Wage and Hour Legislation Still Balked
President Roosevelt and senators bargained over farm loans for crop control while wage and hour legislation remained blocked in the House rules committee. The administration faced hurdles on a low-cost housing bill and sugar control, with foreign policy also showing restraint. Bilbo proposed a crop program linked to control legislation with loans set to mid and next year subsidy details.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
House
Banking Committee
Senate
Hull
Brazil
Argentina
White House
Congress
Bilbo
Mississippi
Bilbotion
Schwellenbach
Wallace
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Franco Cabinet is Forced Out in Paraguay Turmoil
In Asuncion on August 13 the Paraguayan army and navy rebelled against President Franco and compelled his cabinet to resign. Troops from the northern regular army entered the capital as rumors of a grave situation had circulated, while ex-combatants pledged support for Franco amid talks of a possible triad leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascincion
Paraguay
Franco
Interior Ministry
Chaco
Bolivia
Queen of Nudists Sues Exposition Officials in Dallas
Zorine self styled queen of the nudists filed suit in county court seeking a court order for her troupe to appear at a restaurant on the Greater Tex as and Pan American Exposition grounds. State Rep Fred Harris said restaurant operators broke contract after Frank McHenry, exposition director, rejected the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Zorine
Exposition Grounds
Fred Harris
Frank McHenry
Nazis May Trim Shirt Tails for Economy
Berlin Aug 13 Morgenpost reports a Nazi four year plan proposal to shorten shirts by about two inches, making standard men’s shirts roughly 36 inches long and the back near 38 inches to aid economy.
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Berlin
Morgenpost
Early Collingsworth Days Discussed at Pioneers' Meeting
The Collingsworth Old Settlers Association met at Lahue Grove near Wellington. Elders recalled Jack Elliott era land layout and figures like W. S. Atkinson P. W. Myers and other pioneers. Elmore Dodson, longest-standing pioneer, attended, with C. W. Roberts J. A. Mahan Will Forbis and L. W. Gribble among survivors. The gathering remembered the Rowe Brothers Mill Iron brand and county opening in 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Lockhart
Wellington
Collingsworth Old Settlers Association
Lahue Grove
Jack Elliott
W. S. Atkinson
P. W. Myers
Collingsworth
Panhandle
Elmore Dodson
Lingsworth
C. W. Roberts
Dodson
Dodsonville
Roberts
Will Forbis
J. A. Mahan
L. W. Gribble
Mr. Gribble
Roosevelt Wins First Round in Battle Over Black Nomination
The Roosevelt administration secured an initial Senate victory in a rare clash over Senator Hugo L. Black’s Supreme Court nomination. Opponents gathered strength from Republicans and critics within the Democratic Party, but the administration retained a slim lead as the fight moves to further rounds.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
High
Donley County Old Timers Reunite In Fifth Annual Gathering
Donley County residents celebrate the fifth annual reunion in Hedley with speeches by Sam Braswell and Stuttering Sam. Highlights include fried chicken tables, wagon and horse arrivals, and elections of W. I. "Bill" Rains and Tom Tate to leadership. Notables J. L. Reed, Charlie Dixon, and Maggie Bailey attend. 252 residents over 20 years in Donley. The event reflects long-standing hospitality since 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedley
Donley County
L. H. Carhart
Old Clarendon
Sam Braswell
The
Clarendon News
W. I
Bill” Rains
Billy
Tom Tate
Joe Crawford
Sam
Amarillo
Homer Mulkey
Clarendon
J. L. Reed
Lelia Lake
Charlie Dixon
Maggie Bailey
Loyalist Tanker Sunk By Italian Warship
In Tunis on August 13 28 survivors from the Spanish government tanker Campeador said the ship was torpedoed and 12 crewmen killed by an Italian destroyer Saetta off Kelibia in the Mediterranean at 8 P.M. Wednesday. Captain Felix Gary reported the sinking to French officials.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Felix Gary
Mediterranean
Saetta
Kelibia
Here
Drouth Broken by Rain in Smith Center
Smith Center Kansas residents saw relief from a three week drought as rain began this afternoon. By noon the shower measured four fifths of an inch, easing intense heat and thirst for crops.
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Forecasters predict Saturday fair in Amarillo and west Texas west of the 100th meridian. New Mexico notes unsettled conditions Saturday with little temperature change. Yesterday high reached 98 and low 72 with .02 inches of precipitation in the 24 hours ending 4 p.m.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
TD Aeneanens
Flames Above Shanghai as Battle Rages Near Whangpoo
Shanghai endures a second major clash in six years as Japanese and Chinese forces duel along the Whangpoo and Hongkew. United States and British warships head to defend foreign communities, with 1 050 American Marines and 8 000 British troops patrolling the international settlement.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
AREY
Hongkew
Japan
Woosung
Yangtze
United States
Harry F. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Augusta
Sir Charles Little
Britain
China
Cumberland
Tsingtao
Asiatic Fleet
Sunstroke Fatal To WPA Worker
Sunstroke claimed the life of Tom F. Coskey, 60, WPA electrical worker, at Wichita Falls after collapsing Thursday afternoon while on a federal work relief project. He died despite hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tom F. Coskey
Electra
WPA
Coskey
Strick
Nude Child Found Dead in Staten Island Cellar
The nude 4 year old Joan Muleba was found strangled in an abandoned house cellar near Camp Warren Staten Island. The body showed a rope around the neck and bricks placed along the back. Police questioned suspects and soldiers at Fort Wadsworth as investigators pursued leads.
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New York
Joan Muleba
Camp Warren
South Beach
Staten
Grace Lesandi
Manhattan
Mother Admits Killing Son With Rat Poison
St Louis August 13 U P reports Mrs Lenore King 27 a member of a St Clair Missouri family admitted poisoning her six year old son Jackie with rat poison spread in a hamburger sandwich She also told police of an attempted poisoning of her five year old daughter Jeannine and herself She said she wanted to get rid of the children and herself because the parents of a man she was keeping company with did not like it Remorse led her to discard Jeannines sandwich
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ST. Louis
U.P
Jackie
Lenore King
St Clair, Mo
Jeannine
St. Clair
Mrs. King
Tax Loophole Measure Passes Committee
The House ways and means committee unanimously approved a bill to seal loopholes in the revenue law. Chairman id thton announced the vote. The measure is among major bills leaders plan to push before adjournment, with a House floor vote possible Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
ID Thton
Coughton
Heat Weakens Pope Pius Health in Italy
Heat wave in Italy is undermining Pope Pius health. Church officials privately express concern as authorities report continued warmth affecting the pontiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castel Gandolfo
U.P
Italy
Pius
Engineer recounts lethal electric shock experience
Winston-Salem August report details how pain expert Tell A B Rose, believed dead for 15 minutes after lightning surged through a ground wire, was revived by a colleague. Rose described the agony as bone breaking and needle like sensations before blue flame and regained consciousness in hospital.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
U.P
A. B. Rose
Rose
Ohio Woman Charged With Murder in Five Deaths
Cincinnati detective charged Anna Hahn, 31, with murder in the death of George Gaellman. Police seek links to four other deaths among men she knew. Hahn admitted buying poisonous oil and knowing four men who died. she denies harming anyone. She is held on murder and grand larceny warrants while lie detector tests are considered.
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Cincinnati
George Schuttle
Anna Hahn
George Gaellman
Hahn
George Obendoerfer
Colorado Springs
Colo
Geo. G. Bellman
Jacob Wagner
Albert Palmer
Ernst Kohler
Schuttle
J. Thomas Coughblaint
Obendoerfer
Lieut. Schuttle
Denver
Youth Held in Robbery Charge in San Antonio
Rudolph Smedly a lanky Houston youth was charged with robbery by assault in San Antonio for the holdup of the San Antonio Public Service Company last Tuesday. He was arrested in Houston Thursday.
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San Antonio
Rudolph Smedly
Houston
San Antonio Public Service Company
Smedly
Tale Discredited By FBI Record
FBI files show Morris Gordon known as Jerry Martin was jailed in Arizona when four Illinois tourists vanished on May 21 1935, undermining a New Mexico authorities claim of a murder tale by a Jackson Mississippi suspect.
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EL Paso
New Mexico
Illinois
Jackson
Miss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jerry Martin
Arizona
Morris Gordon
Possible Jackson Mississippi suspect tied to New Mexico disappearances
Gov. Clyde Tingley asked Mississippi authorities for a complete report on a man held there who may be linked to the quartet vanishings in New Mexico. The suspect reportedly bears a tattoo on one arm and a distinctive hair part, matching descriptions of the missing Mr and Mrs George Loring and Mr and Mrs Albert Heberer. Their auto was found abandoned in Dallas after they disappeared May 21, 1935, with sightings of a tattooed driver in West Texas and New Mexico.
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Santa FE
N. M
Jackson
Miss
New Mexico
Clyde Tingley
Mississippi
Tingley
George Loring
Albert Heberer
Dallas
West Texas
Companion Held At Wellington After Escapade
A chase on Highway 4 near Wellington ended when Charles E. Enloe of Roaring Springs Texas was shot dead by officers. His companion James Perry Dehart of Tyler Texas is jailed. Police and investigators from Wellington Texas Highway Patrol Amarillo and DPS Bureau of Investigation pursued in a green Oldsmobile. Enloe died from a head wound after the car overturned in a ditch. Dehart initially resisted identity but later given a signed statement.
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Wellington
Charles E. Enloe
Roaring Springs
Tex
James Perry Dehart
Tyler
Claude McKinney
M. L. Berry
Texas Highway Patrol
Neil Arthur
Amarillo
Bureau of Investigation
Texas Department of Public Safety
Enloe
Paul Enloe
McKinney
New Mexico
Fortenberry
Sheriff McKinney
Arthur
Dehart
Erlee
Oklahoma City
Amaco
Exlee
Faloe
Funeral Rites Planned for Amarillo Pioneer J M Russell
Amarillo mourns J M Russell 85 a civic builder lawyer and churchman among the city's earliest residents He died at 2 25am at his home after illness of more than two months Funeral services set for 4 pm Saturday at First Christian Church with Rev Walter P Jennings officiating Pallbearers include W E Gee K S Loving Reese Jamison R L Rogers Frank Davis and Hugh Doak Interment at Liano Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers funeral direction Russell helped build the community until recent illness
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Amarillo
J. M. Russell
Russell
Taylor Street
First Christian Church
Walter P. Jennings
Plaineview
W. E. Gee
K.S. Loving
Reese Jamison
R. L. Rogers
Frank Davis
Hugh Doak
Boxwell Brothers
Liano Cemetery
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Pioneers’ Meeting
Donley
By Vance Johnson
Pope
Anna Marie Hahn
Ohio
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Cnemisquv
Meaner
Dudley M
Gseliman
FBI
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