Relief agencies praise coordinated relief as unemployment tops six million
Secretary Lamont cites January unemployment at 6,050,000 while census data show 2,249,062 jobless from the 1930 count and 1,930,666 in 19 cities for January 1931. He notes a 1.4 percent rise in unemployed in February and a 7.5 percent jump in wage payments, signaling more full-time work and longer hours amid robust relief efforts nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lamont
Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Opera Star Amelita Galli Curci Flies for First Time
Madame Amelita Galli Curci, renowned operatic soprano, took her first airplane ride at English Field yesterday afternoon aboard Transcontinental and Western Air en route to Albuquerque then Los Angeles. She said she was excited and believes flying is safe, despite a rough, delayed start from Kansas City.
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English Field
Madame Amelita Galli-Curci
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Amarillo and West Texas Sunday Weather Outlook
Sunday forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair and warmer conditions. West Texas and New Mexico readers expected fair skies with a slight temperature rise. hourly readings show morning warmth increasing through the day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Largest gas compressor station being built near Fritch
Ice blocks in White Bay hindered rescue ships from reaching St. Johns as 26 men remained missing after the Viking disaster. Aviation expert Bernt Balchen planned a dawn flight to scout for survivors, weather permitting, hoping to locate Varick Frissell and others.
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Fritch
Associated Press
ST. Johns
N. F
White Bay
Horse Island
St. John’s
Bernt Balchen
Artic
N. B
Balchen
Newfoundland
Varick Frissell
New York
Big Absorption Plant Near Amarillo Advances
Construction work is underway on a new absorption plant located 35 miles from Amarillo. The project progresses as crews establish foundation work and site preparations for the long anticipated facility.
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Amarillo
Biggest gas compressor station rises near Fritch Texas
The Continental Construction Corporation builds the world’s largest booster station near Fritch Texas on the Rock Island line, 35 miles north of Amarillo. An adjacent massive gasoline extraction plant will mirror the scale once plans are finalized. Houses arise for workers as an industrial city forms to originate the company’s gas pipeline to Chicago.
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W. 8
Izzard
Fritch
Texas
Rock Island
Amarillo
Continental Construction Corporation
Continental Corporation
Chicago
Iown
Texoma Natural Gas Company
State Line
Continental Construction Company
J A Official Sentenced in Amarillo Stock Scheme
S R Mc Corkle formerly of Amarillo Tex convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses in stock and bond sales of the J A Land and Cattle Company and sentenced to five to 10 years in the State penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was filed.
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Associated Press
Denver
S. R. McCorkle
Amarillo
Tex
J.A Land and Cattle Company
State
McCorkle
Laredo Boy Indicted on Murder Charge
Harlan B. Carter a 16 year old Laredo schoolboy was indicted by a grand jury in Forty ninth District Court on a murder charge tied to the shotgun slaying of Ramon Casi ano a 15 year old. Carter is free on a ten thousand dollar bond.
Johnny Pringle Given 25 Years Hard Labor in Texas Murder
United Press reports in Fort Worth that Johnny Pringle was sentenced by Criminal District Judge George E. Mosey to 25 years of hard labor in the Texas penitentiary for the murder of James Harney on February 22, 1930.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Johnny Pringle
Texas Penitentiary Today
James Harney
Criminal District
George E. Mosey
Will Rogers Jr. Leaves L A for Fort Worth to Work as Reporter
Will Rogers Jr., 19, son of the actor, departed Los Angeles by airplane for Fort Worth Texas to take a reporting job at the Star-Telegram.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Will Rogers, Jr
Fort Worth
Tex
Star-Telegram
Road Bond Issue Enemies Battle and Capone Hench Death
Chicago reports a violent night as Johnny Genaro, Capone henchman, is shot seven times and found in a car at Twenty-ninth and Normal Avenue. Genaro faced links to Frankie Yale and James Belcastro. Yale's 1928 slaying unsettled New York authorities. Legislative activity in Austin paused as Supreme Court declared about 2,000 general laws unconstitutional amid highway bond questions and county debt retirement measures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Johnny Genaro
Capone South Side
Twenty-ninth and
Normal Avenue
Genaro
Frankie Yale
Brooklyn
New York
James Belcastro
Yale
Capone
Calumet City
Wild Bill” Rooney
West Side
Moran-Aiello-Zuta
Tony
Mops) Volpe
Italy
Zuta
Zuta Gang
East Texas Ready to Fight Probation
Lawyers prepare pleadings to block probation of the Kilgore East Texas oil field if the Railroad Commission orders it at a Wednesday hearing. An injunction in district court is planned, with potential appeals to the state supreme court and possibly the U S Supreme Court to stop what oil men call confiscation of the field.
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Sunday News Globe
Austin
Railroad Commission
Kilgore East Texas
Kilgore
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
East Texas
Merchants Prepare for Amarillo Spring Style Show
Merchants of Amarillo invite crowds for the annual Spring Style Show on Monday at 7 pm. Polk Street from Third to Tenth Avenues, plus Taylor Street, will be closed 7 to 9 pm with color, lights, and music. Dave Derden’s bands will parade on trucks from 7:30 to 9 pm and a News-Globe game offers $5 prizes for license plate number finds in the show windows.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Tenth Avenues
Taylor Street
Dave Derden
News-Glob
The
News-Globe
Teachers Pay Bill 15 Signed In Texas
Governor Sterling signed emergency legislation allowing school trustees to issue interest bearing warrants to fund teachers salaries this year. The move aims to keep schools in the distress area open through term and notes tax delinquency deferred to October 15. Introduced by Gilbert and Young, the bill passed Senate unanimously and faced 20 House votes against. Warrants will cease bearing interest by March 1.
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Associated Press
Austin
Sterling
Gilbert of
Cisco and
Young
Wellington
Senate
Old Fiddlers Seat Sale Opens Thursday at Municipal Auditorium
Reserved seats for the Old Fiddlers and Square Dance contests at the Municipal Auditorium go on sale Thursday morning at City Drug No. 1. Lower floor seats 75 cents, balcony 50 cents, children under 12 half price. No extra reservation charge. Mail orders to Mr. Hawk at The News-Globe.
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Municipal Auditorium
Tri-State Fair Association
Wilbur C. Hawk
Mr. Hawk
News-Globe
Plane Crashes in Panama Canal Drowning Two Navy Aviators
In Panama City on March 21 two US Navy aviators drowned when their utility amphibian crashed into the canal midway between the two locks. The body and wreckage were recovered by the destroyer Ellis as it passed through. The crew were Paul Avril Wilson of Billings Montana the pilot and George W Van Wegan of Minneapolis Minnesota the passenger.
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Associated Press
Panama City
United States Navy
Panama Canal
Ellis
Coco Solo
Cristobal
Balboa
Paul Avril Wilson
Billings
Montana
George W. van Wegan
Minneapolis
Minn
Wilson
van Wegan
Maryland bill targets whipping post for wife beating
The Associated Press reports in Baltimore that a bill to outlaw the whipping post for wife beating was prepared for introduction in the Maryland Legislature. Preparations were also underway to impose ten lashes on John Kowalski, recently sentenced for the offense.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
John Kowalski
Amarillo Girl to Wed Prince Soon
Amarillo resident Mary McCormie daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Marrix is to wed Prince Serge M Dyani soon. Hollywood dispatches say the prince, previously Pola Negri’s ex husband and Mae Murray’s brother in law, has leased a Beverly Hills estate for their home after a Japan trip.
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Mary McCormie
Paria Opera Company
J. HW. Marrix
Buchanan Street
Prince Serge M'Dyani
Hollywood
Prince M'Dyani
Pola Negri
Mae Murray
Beverly Hills
Japan
Warris
Gas tax group off 10 Amarillo to Austin fight proposed levy
About 25 Panhandle landowners gas producers and business men left Amarillo for Austin to oppose a three eighths cent per thousand feet gas and oil tax bill due for a House vote Tuesday. They warn the measure would abandon hundreds of wells and disrupt regional business. The delegation plans a strong protest in the legislature.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Austin
Amarillo Canadian Clovis Win Majority of Festival Honors
Amarillo Canadian and Clovis New Mexico won first place in multiple divisions of the eighteenth annual Spring Music Festival band contests. Amarillo led orchestral categories with firsts in Class A and Class C, while Canadian took Class C and Clovis ward school band topped Amarillo College of Music in Class D. Nearly 1700 contestants entered as the three day festival closed at 3 PM.
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Amarillo
Clovis
N. M
Perryton
Plainview
Wellington
Clovis Ward
Amarillo College of Music
Ama
News-Globe
First Potter County death verdict marked in Amarillo history
Will Moore, an Amarillo porter, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by electric chair after a March 4 slaying inside the Terminal Hotel lobby. The verdict, delivered by a 12-person jury, marked Potter County’s first death penalty ruling. Moore claimed self defense against four cowboys led by Pete Moore.
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Will Moore
Amarillo
Bishop
Potter County
F. T. Miller
Wishop
Miller
Pete Moore
Terminal Hotel
Grand Jury
Gray County
Pampa
Allen Mitchell
Thurman Dobbing
W. H. Bethany
City Electrician
G. Kelly Stout
Talbart
Mitchell
Dobbing
Tulia Widow Loses $100000 Balm Suit Against Ranchman
Martha Lemmons, 47, Tulia widow, was awarded no damages in a civil case against S. F. Florea, retired ranchman and banker, who allegedly proposed marriage in 1930. The Swisher County jury rejected the $100,000 claim after hearing the case through Friday.
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Tulia
Sunday News-Globe
Martha Lemmons
S. F. Florea
Swisher County
Florea
D. H Culton
Amarillo
A. B. Martin
Plainview
George J. Jennings
Dennis Zimmerman
J. H. O'Neal
Ely and Corthay Reach Costa Rica on goodwill flight
American delegate W R Ely and Southwest Texas representative William Corthay arrived in San Jose Costa Rica aboard the Miss Prosperity from Panama City. They plan to continue the goodwill flight to San Salvador tomorrow after attending the Inter-American Highway Conference in Panama City.
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Ely
Costa Rica
Associated Press
San Jose
Hg 21
W. R. Ely
Panama City
William Corthay
Texas
Miss Prosperity
Panama
San Salvador
Army flier killed in plane crash off Waikiki Beach
Second Lieutenant George C. Baker of the Army Air Corps Reserve was killed when his plane plunged into the ocean off Waikiki Beach. The incident occurred March 21 near Honolulu. He served in the Army Air Corps Reserve.
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ARMY
Associated Press
Honolulu
George C. Baker
Army Air Corps Reserve
Waikiki Beach
Prisoner Moore Reflects Calm After Trial Verdict
In Potter County Jail, Will Moore, called a Negro defendant, speaks quietly about his plight. He shows reserve and fear for his safety, noting the State pressed the case hard at final arguments while avoiding vengefulness. His six foot three inch frame and claimed 180 pound weight are cited to support his claimed resilience.
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Will Moore
Potter County
Reserve
Stat and
Defense
Moore
Lubbock Man Hurt After Trio of Auto Smashes
Richard Carruth, about 25, of Lubbock, was left in a semiconscious condition at a local hospital after his light coupe was involved in three separate crashes. He struck a soda truck and a parked coupe, then jumped a curb and hit a tree. authorities say he suffered head injuries.
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Lubbock
Richar Carruth
Fai
Lee Hospital
Carruth
Edmondson Acquitted in Llano County Murder Trial
Georgetown March 21 Edmondson a Llano County farmer was acquitted by a jury this afternoon on a murder charge connected to the slaying of Fr Bolinger a bachelor recluse. Edmondson sought an alibi and witnesses testified the men argued over hogs prior to the killing.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Edmondson
Llano County
Fr Bolinger
Edmonson
Witesses
Pri
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Galveston
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Junction
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
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Waddill
GAS Tax Group
Bill
Rillo
Amarillo Central Junior High
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