Farm Bureau backs balanced budget and trade treaties
The 17th annual American Farm Bureau convention closes with strong support for a federal budget plan and a stance favoring reciprocal trade treaties. Delegates urge maintaining agricultural tariffs and oppose tariff cuts that would lower domestic prices, while endorsing the AAA and a managed currency.
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Chicago
AAA
American Farm Bureau Federation
Resolutions Committee
United States
Canada
A. J. Olson
Minnesota Farm Bureau
Minnesota
League Move Cited Council Meets Today for Discussion on Ban
Paris reports a League of Nations approach to halt oil sales to Italy amid Ethiopia's rejection of any premium to the aggressor. Wolde Mariam, envoy to Paris, and Premier Laval seek terms while Mussolini eyes new demands. Ethiopia demands adherence to territorial integrity and league principles.
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Italy
Wolde Mariam
Paris
Pierre Laval
Haile Selassie
Council
Assembly
League of Nations
Mariam
Ethiopia
League
Cerruti
Vittorio Cerruti
Foreign Office
Il Duce
League of Nations Sanctions Committee
Committee of Five
Salvador de Madariaga
Mussolini
Ogaden
Danakil
Baron Faces Murder Trial in House of Lords
The 28 year old Lord de Clifford, 26th baron since 1299, will face trial for manslaughter tomorrow in the House of Lords. A crimson robed tribunal of peers will hear the case, the first peer trial by Lords since 1901.
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London
Lord de Clifford
House of Lords
Lords
England
Earl Russell
Mollie Cooke
Reno
New
Edward VII
Victoria
Prisoner Escapes While Being Transferred to Leavenworth
John Wilbur Voss aged 21 escaped from federal officers in Erie Kansas by leaping through a train window while being taken from Oklahoma City to Leavenworth. It was his third successful break. Voss had sentences totaling six years for transporting a stolen car and for prior escapes, according to Walter Acord of the Oklahoma City police.
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Erie
Kan
John Wilbur Voss
Oklahoma City
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Walter Acord
Polygamist Convicted In Arizona Cult Case
Twelve jurors convict Sean I Spencer of open and notorious cohabitation for polygamous life at the Short Creek cult. He is the first of three defendants from the community to be tried with no sentence recommendation. three years imprisonment possible. Spencer says he has a conscience and follows religious dictates.
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Arizona
Kingman
Ariz
Sean I
Spencer
Short Creek
Utah
John F. Barlow
Single State Witness Sheds Light On Slaying Trial
In Hazlewood’s surprise move the state rests after one witness as Herman Wachtendorf 32 faces trial for Pat Graves 29 slain yesterday afternoon. Albert Jarvis taxi driver testified Graves was killed with fatal shots fired by Wachtendorf amid defense counterclaims. Judge Nelson overruled defense bid for acquittal as court resumes with witnesses for the defense.
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Herman Wachtendorf
Pat Graves
Hazlewood
Calhoun
Albert Jarvis
Graves
Wachtendorf
Jarvis
E. A. Simpson
Simpson
E. T
Dusty) Miller
Julius Dorenfield, Jr
E. C. Nelson
E. F. Timmons
Cotton Case Rested On Briefs as Demo Plans Are Changed
The administration will not resume oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Bankhead cotton control act. Attorney General Cummings plans to argue tomorrow a government motion in the utility holding company case. Solicitor General Reed fainted, halting Bankhead arguments, with the court told the brief fully covers validity. Lee Moor, a Texan cotton planter, brought the suit against Texas and New Orleans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cummings
Stanley Reed
Justice Department
Reed
Texan
Lee Moor
Texas
New Orleans
Hapsburg Return Rumors Rise In Vienna Speech
Vice Chancellor Ernst von Starhemberg urged the potential return of Archduke Otto to the Hapsburg throne if Dollfuss’s program is accepted. He asserted Austria must lead Germanic nations and challenge Hitlerism, urging Austrians to embrace monarchist ideals and central European leadership.
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Vienna
Ernst von Starhemberg
Hapsburg
Archduke Otto
Dollfuss
Austria
Europe
von Starhemberg
Patriotic Fatherland Front
Hitler
Hapsburgs
Roosevelt to attend Texas Centennial opening
Dallas dispatch says President Roosevelt plans to be present when the Texas Centennial gates swing open next June 6. W A Webb, general manager of the exposition, announced the news today.
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Dallas
U.P
Roosevelt
W. A. Webb
Hickman Named Deputy Sheriff in Cooke County
Tom R. Hickman, former Texas Ranger captain, was appointed deputy sheriff of Cooke County by the commissioners court. He will share duties and salary with Henry Kirchenbauer, as senior peace officer Luther McCollum noted. Hickman was born in Gainesville and began his law career as deputy constable in 1909.
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J. W. Graves
Texas
Gainesville
Tom R. Hickman
Texas Ranger
Cooke County
Luther McCollum
Hickman
Commissioner
Henry Kirchenbauer
McCollum
Texas Public Safety Commission
Yates Resting Well After Operation
Dr G L Yates pastor of First Baptist Church underwent an operation at Northwest Texas Hospital. The surgeon said the operation was preliminary to a major procedure within 10 days or two weeks. Hospital staff reported he was resting well and improving for another operation soon.
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G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
Northwest Texas Hospital
Yates
Bids Received on Major Texas Bridge Projects
Bids were opened by the State Highway Department for two large bridge projects. Substructures for a Galveston Bay causeway and a Highway 87 bridge over the Neches River near Port Arthur drew bids. Officials expect early awards to secure federal aid.
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Austin
State Highway Department
Galveston Bay
Neches River
Port Arthur
Roosevelt cautions limits on federal aid to schools
President Roosevelt told state school officials in Washington that federal assistance would be limited as he trims the budget. He urged better pay for teachers and a cohesive national education policy, praised by California’s Wehl ing Kersey. He cited Huey Long’s literacy work in Louisiana as a factor in Long’s popularity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wehling Kersey
California
Sen
Huey Long
Long
Louisiana
Nab Kidnap Suspects Details Tulsa Club Slayings
At a Tulsa preliminary hearing guest A B Anderson testified that Louis Pappan and George Stewart were knocked down and beaten at the Sheridan nightclub. Tyree Parks and George L McCullough were identified as responsible, with Pappan suffering two skull fractures and Stewart head injuries.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sheridan
Louis Pappan
Internal Revenue
George Stewart
Tyree Parks
George L. “Hickory” McCullough
A. B. Anderson
Stewart
Parks
Anderson
McCullough
Pappan
T. R. Roberts
Leaping Lena Levy Committed to Illinois Asylum
Mrs Lena Krakow Levy known as Leaping Lena who steered her brother King Levy ns ky to boxing riches was adjudged infant and ordered committed to the state asylum at Kankakee Illinois after a hearing today.
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Chicago
Lena Krakow Levy
Lena
King Levinsky
Kankakee
Ill
Christianity in the Modern World debated at Canyon conference
The first religious conference at Canyon hosts a program on Christian function in modern society led by Prof. S. H. Condron of West Texas State Teachers College. Amarillo clergy Dr. R. Thomson Bishop Robert E Lucey and Dr. C. C. Grimes participate with topics on church and war and faith.
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Canyon
S. H. Condron
West ‘Texas
Amarillo
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Thomson
Robert EF. Lucey
Notre Dame
C. C. Grimes
Polk Street
Methodist Church
Americans Nab Nappers Of Canadian Brewer Hero
U S Department agents trapped and captured two suspects in Ottawa after a 14 month manhunt for John S Labatta’s alleged kidnappers. Russell Knowles of Detroit and Herman Kierdorff of Gary Ind were identified while lodging with a third man. They fled but were chased by federal agents and a Northwest Mounted Police captain.
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Ottawa
U.S. Department
John S. Labatta
North America
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Russell Knowles
Detroit
Knowles
John L. Webber
Gary
Ind
Herman Kierdorff
Kierdorff
Herman Herbst
Joliet
Herbst
Northwest Mounted Police
Philippine Clipper heads to Midway on Manila air mail flight
The Philippine Clipper left Pearl Harbor at 6 24 A M bound for Midway Island 1323 miles northwest as the second U S air mail to Manila from the United States. Captain J H Tilton said a tall wind helped the climb and expected arrival in nine hours.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Manila
United States
Alameda
Calif
J. H. Tilton
Midway
Albert Pall in serious condition at William Beaumont Hospital
Army physicians reported no improvement in the condition of Albert B. Pall former secretary of the interior who is seriously ill at William Beaumont Hospital El Paso.
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EL Paso
Albert B. Pall
William Beaumont Hospital
Army Physicians
Body of Slain Lawyer Found in Oklahoma
The body of Ray Evans, identified as the second victim of Chester Comer, was found near Lindsay Oklahoma City. Roscoe Arrington, Evans's law partner, identified a second body found north of here as Evans. Mrs Evans accepted the identification and arranged for burial. A girl found bullet ridden in Wyandotte County Kansas was previously identified as Comer's first wife Elizabeth Childers Comer. Still missing are L A Simpson his son Warren and Lucille Stevens Comer. Comer was wounded fatally by police.
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Lindsay
Okla
Ray Evans
Chester Comer
Oklahoma City
Roscoe Arrington
Evans
Shawnee
Here
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Comer
Elizabeth Childers Comer
L. A. Simpson
Piedmont Farmer
Warren
Mercury to Drop on Panhandle Plains Today
Near freez ing temperatures around 33 degrees were forecast for the Amarillo area this morning. The Panhandle Plains enjoyed clear weather while much of the state saw heavy rains. H. T. Collman of the Weather Bureau predicted little change before next week with Thursday’s Plains forecast listed as fair.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Plains
Centennial Museum Parked Funded by U T Regents
The United States Centennial Commission delivered 300000 dollars to the University of Texas regents for the campus Centennial museum project. William B. Yeager presented the check to Luther Stark of Orange, chairman, at President Benedict’s office.
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Austin
United States Centennial Commission
Regents of
University of Texas
William B. Yeager
Luther Stark
Orange
H. Y. Benedict
King sets world record for light single seated sea plane speed
Ben King of Washington DC established a new global record by flying light single seated sea planes at 80.931 miles per hour over a 100 kilometer course in Miami Florida.
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Miami
Fila
Ben King
Washington, D D. C
Texas Oil Shipments To Italy on Increase
Oil exports from Texas Gulf ports to Italy rise as European tensions grow over sanctions. Houston figures show August crude oil 14 792 tons fuel oil 10 864 6 tons gasoline 3 781 4 tons and kerosene 4 688 2 tons. September crude 11 143 tons up from last year.
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Texas
Italy
Dallas
Gulf
Houston
Texas Gulf
Houston Port Commission
Thaly
Port Commission
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United States Supreme Court
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Nelson
Grady Hazlewood
Clem Calhoun
Austrain
F.D. R
Home County
U.S
Corning
N. Y
Pasadena
Tony Miller
NAB
U. S
Clipper
New Mexico
Fund For Museum
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