Inferno at Lynchburg Federal Transient Bureau Kills 14
A grease spill on a hot stove sparked a deadly fire at the Federal Transient Bureau in Lynchburg Virginia killing 14 and injuring at least 75. The two story brick building housed about 190 men who slept there and many victims were burned or froze in the March dawn. Fire officials and tragic survivors described a chaotic scene as ambulances carried the injured to two area hospitals.
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Lynchburg
Federal Transient Bureau
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
William Rash
Dillinger Gang Members Sentenced to Death and Life
The old Dillinger gang was dissolved as two members Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Sheriff Jess L. Sarber during the jail break. Russel Clark received life imprisonment after being found guilty with mercy.
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Lima. O
Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Charles Makley
Ohio State Penitentiary
Jess L. Sarber
John Dillinger
Russel Clark
Allen County
Attorney Is Given 10 Years For Embezzlement
GEORGE TOWN March 24 Charles E Heidingsfelder Sr 61 year old Houston attorney slept behind the worn gray stone and steel bars of the county jail there tonight He was convicted by a district court jury today of embezzlement of 34500 from a client Mrs Adele Pipkin of New York formerly of Beaumont and assessed the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison The jury was out 12 hours and much of that time was spent in sleep Heidingsfelder claimed he was robbed of the 34500 by a stranger who lured him to his Houston offices on Christmas Day An armed man entered his offices and forced him to open the safe containing the 3450 bills
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Georgetown
Charles E. Heidingsfelder
Houston
Adele Pipkin
New York
Beaumont
Reach Accord on Jones Bill in AAA Reorganization
Congressional conferees agreed to the Jones-Connally bill adding dairy and beef cattle as basic commodities under the AAA. Senate amendments list peanuts rye flax barley and grain sorghums for AAA benefits. The LaFollette amendment for a 150 million dollar eradication and aid package was accepted with a 50 million dollar reduction and removal of a transfer clause.
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Washington
Jones-Connally
Senate
Ferguson Wins Acclamation on Texas Democratic Committee
James E. Ferguson gained a seat on the National Democratic Committee after the Texas State Executive Committee voted him in by acclamation amid cheers. Two dissents were recorded, W. R. Hooks and Summers Norman.
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Texas
W. R. Hooks
Itasca
Summers Norman
Jacksonville
Wynekoop Denied New Trial in Chicago Case
Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop loses bid for new trial in the operating room murder of Rheta Wynekoop. She is ordered transferred to Dwight women's prison to serve a 25 year term.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Dwight
Call for Inquiry of Brain Trust Charges
A Republican House member urged the House commerce committee to compel Dr. William A. Wirt of Gary Indiana to reveal the names of a brain trust he says called the President only the Kerensky of this revolution. Rep McGugin said there is a band within the department betraying the republic and the President. Democratic Rep Bulwinkle planned a resolution to summon Wirt to name names next week.
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Washington
Republican House
House Commerce Committee
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Wirt
Kerensky
McGugin
Kansas
Department of Government
Kansan
Congress
Dr. Wirt
Representative Bulwinkle
North Carolina
House
James J. Rand, Jr
Committee For the Nation
Car Makers Reject Labor Settlement Proposal
Washington March 24 two major labor settlement bids faced rejection as car makers refused a union plan to use government verified membership lists and payroll data. Union leaders sought talks with NRA administrator Hugh S Johnson while labor and manufacturing committee members argued over data control and anti union discrimination concerns. Federal coverage notes Eastman proposed railroad wage settlement terms after a two hour conference with labor officials.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Hughs. Johnson
NRA
Federal Transportation Co
Joseph B. Eastman
Educational Parley To Be Annual Event Formed
The North west Texas Educational Conference will become a permanent spring event with fifteen hundred representatives forming a new organization. Supt. C. H. Dillehay was named president and a large slate of officers and an executive committee were announced as the conference becomes a divisional branch of the Texas State Teachers Association.
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C. H. Dillehay
Hereford
C. T. Hunkapillar
Pampa
H. P. Webb
Olton
R. P. Parcells
Amarillo
T. V. Reeves
Canyon
Geo
Heath
Friona
L. H. Rhodes
Dalhart
W. B. Erwin
Perryton
Sam Isaacs
Canadian
Elva Fronabarger
Borger
J. W. Reid
Dumas
W. A. McIntosh
W. D. Ward
Olin E
Littlefield
Bryan Dickson
Childress
J. D. Hamlin
Farwell
Sam Braswell
Clarendon
R. C. Snodgrass
Harry Munday
Shamrock
Ola Boyles
Texas State Teachers Association
United States
Texas
J. Lh
Connally Announces Bid for Second Senate Term
Texas Senator Tom Connally confirms a second term bid after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. The announcement follows an earlier lobby briefing and reflects administration support for his re election. Connally says he does not wish to involve the President in Texas politics and invites public judgment on his Senate service.
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Ator Tom Connally
Texas
Roosevelt
Connally
White House
Senate
Relief funds limited to lateral highways in Texas
Senator Connally announced that the Federal Relief Administration would cover 70 percent of costs for emergency lateral highway work in Texas, with the state highway commission funding the remaining 30 percent. The plan, tied to residences in need of relief, faces objections over restricting projects to lateral roads and near homes.
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Nally
Texas
State Highway Commission
Representative Jones
Public Works and Relief Administrations
Panhandle
Midland Drouth
Rio Grande Valley
Connally
Relief Administration
D. K. Martin
Texas Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Rogers
Harry L. Hopkins
Oil Promoter and Fugitive Julian Dies in Shanghai
Julian, former Oklahoma oil operator accused in a $3.5 million federal mail fraud case, died at a Shanghai hotel after taking poison. A Spanish national woman, identified as his secretary, attempted suicide. she survived. Julian fled the United States in 1933 after posting bond and seeking extradition.
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Shanghai
Ay —C
Julian
Oklahoma
Ewe
Wall
C. Julian
United States
Oklahoma City
California
C. C. Julian Ot
Light Snow and Sleet Hit Scattered Points
Snow and sleet were reported at scattered Panhandle and eastern New Mexico points with a 1 inch snowfall at Muleshoe and flurries from Plainview to Happy. In Texas the cold brought heavy losses to lambs near San Angelo and rain in Abilene and Shackelford County while a mother and two children were found safe in Morgantown after a long mountain search.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
Muleshoe
Channing
Texico
New Mexico Line
Farwell
Texline
Tascosa
Black
Palmer County
Clovis
N. M
Plainview
Happy
Lubbock
Associated Zone
Texas
San Angelo
Abilene
Shackelford
Ballinger
Fort Worth
Dalles
Tyler
Coleman
Three Robbers Enter Johnson Lucas Bank In Osceola Heist
Three robbers entered the Johnson Lucas Bank in Osceola Missouri today and cut into the vault with an acetylene torch. They escaped with about $10,000 in cash.
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Osceola
U.P
Johnson- Lucas Bank
Trial records show first week of Crutchfield murder case
District Attorney Grady Hazlewood and private prosecutor FE Miller built a long witness list to argue Frank Crutchfield of White Deer was sane after the January 5 fatal shooting of Amarillo Police Captain Preston Burnam. Night sessions begin Monday to complete the case with jurors already seeking air as 20 more witnesses are expected.
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Frank Crutchfield
Grady Hazlewood
FE. T. Miller
Crutchfield
White Deer
Preaton Burnam
Amarillo
Western Hotel
Babe Dycus
Dorothy Davis
Tom Lene
Henry
Bishop
47Th District Court
Timely Tips From Today's Classified Ads
Random picks from Want Ad columns include a swap offer for a cabinet radio and a Thor washer, un furnished living space near stores. A Hoover refinished factory item priced and a cash sale for Ford and Chevrolet cars, plus a large dress trunk and exchange of trees for grass and burlap sacks. A seven room home with four bedrooms in a good location asks 2750 while noting delivery times and contact guidance.
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Thor
Hoover
Ford
Chevrolet
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