Three Girls Slaying Suspect Arrested Silent Inglewood Case
A suspect in the slayings of Melba Everett Olive and Madeline is identified by police as a former sailor. Inglewood officers report the man was linked after witnesses saw him near Centinela where the girls disappeared. Relatives describe clothing and injuries fitting the scene as investigators push for charges and transport to Los Angeles jail.
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Los Angeles
Olive Everett
Melba
Stephens
Jeanette
Olive
Dow
Eugene
Inglewood
Du Pont Daughter Weds Roosevelt Jr at Christ Church
Ethel du Pont, heiress of a famed finance dynasty, married Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of the U S president, in Little Christ Church Delaware. The ceremony united rival families as cabinet members and advisers looked on, with a long white tulle gown and a prayerbook bouquet of white orchids and lilies.
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Old Christiana Hundred
Del
U.P
Ethel du Pont
America
Finance and Industry
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
United States
Little Christ Church
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
du Ponts
Eugene du Pont
Delaware
Roosevelt Tax Loophole Use Charged on Taxes
Washington June 30 House floor debate centers on President Roosevelt using tax loopholes for Hyde Park and Georgia estates. Rep Hamilton Fish Jr accuses Treasury of partisan disclosure while claiming evidence will show similar practices by Roosevelt family and Cabinet. Treasury officials cite Ed Wynn Fritz Kreisler and Percy Crosby as examples of tax avoidance via corporate structures, noting Wynn $196,728 saved 1932 1936. Kreisler $33,264. Crosby $72,941.
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Washington
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
Congressional Tax Inquiry
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Georgia
Fish
Ed Wynn
Treasury
Jolt
Fritz Kreisler
Percy Crosby
Skippy
Arthur Kent
Kent
Wynn
Skippy, Inc
Kreisler
Crosby
Secretary Hull conveys Leahy apology to Soviet on remarks
Secretary Hull yesterday announced that an apology from Admiral William D. Leahy was conveyed to the Soviet government for calling the Russian people virtually slaves of the central organization. The State Department said the Soviet embassy made informal representations about Leahy remarks from a June 22 address for delivery to the Army Industrial College.
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Hull
William D. Leahy
Central Organization
State Department
Leahy
Army Industrial College
Fort Worth Papa Wins Libel Suit
The Texas Supreme Court ruled in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram libel case, overturning a lower verdict. The suit, brought by OL in Kimble County, claimed the newspaper accused him of perjury. The court held the story did not enlarge the meaning of words or introduce new matter to support innuendo.
Two Sentenced in Wendel Case
Ellis H. Parker Sr and Ellis Parker Jr were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap Paul H. Wendel. Parker Sr received six years in a federal penitentiary while Parker Jr was sentenced to three years. The article also notes a separate Roosevelt signing of a $639,331,298 appropriations bill for the Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the 1938 fiscal year.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Ellis H. Parker, Sr
Ellis, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Farm Credit Administration
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico
Forecast shows fair conditions across the Amarillo area and West Texas along the 100th meridian with a generally fair Thursday in New Mexico. Temperatures are expected to be steady with little change through the day.
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West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo
National Guardsmen Mobilized as Steel Plants Open
Oklahoma reports link between flashlight print and escaped Texas convict in Byars slaying. Six points match W. H. Bybee, aiding the hunt as crime bureau details unfold. In Canton, Indiana, guardsmen mobilized to back steel mills reopening amid CIO strike pressure and picket actions.
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National Guardsmen
Oklahoma City
Clint Miers
State Crime Bureau
E. C. Smith
Byars
Okio
Texas
Miers
W. H. Bybee
Eastham
Tex
Smith
Crime Bureau
Themexas
Canton
Canton Steel Mills
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Indianapolis
Nicholas Fontecchio
Andrew Rooney
East Chicago
CIO
Borger Ballot Box Allegations Surface in City Election Trial
Testimony in the Borger city election trial centers on alleged ballot box stuffing by G. C. Harney and sustained interference by E. L. Lantron and Dale Lane. Henry Fields reports seeing Harney place hands inside the ballot box multiple times and Lantron handling ballots during the count. Fields describes Harney as often keeping hands in the box while disputes arose, with Lantron moving ballots and examining votes as they were stirred.
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E. L
Curly” Lantron
Fields
Lantron
Harney
Dale Lane
Dale
Pields
Japan Charges Russia Ready With Troops
Tokyo reports that Russia mobilizes 40 warships and heavy forces on the Amur frontier amid clashes near Sennuru Island. Russian gunboats reportedly include one sunk, one disabled, one forced to flee, with Manchoukuo and Russia claiming the other garrisoned assets.
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Tokyo
Russia
Amur
Siberian
Sennuru Island
Manchoukuo
Asahi
Sunray Boosters Visit Amarillo for July Fourth Tour
The Sunray Lions Club motorcade arrived in Amarillo at 5 p.m. after a goodwill caravan through Perryton Spearman Stinnett Boorger Skellytown Pampa Lefors White Deer and Panhandle. The 55 members and 16 vehicles were greeted by Chamber of Commerce officials and hosted at the Nat with refreshments from Coca Cola Battling Co and Borden Co. Speakers from Pampa invited locals to attend the July 4-5 celebration.
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Sunray Lions Club
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Dwight Seymour
Two in Hospital After Shooting
Dallas men Donaldson Youngblood and Charlie Clay both about 21 were hospitalized in McKinney after a shooting affray five miles northeast of Diana at night. Their women companions and a Collin County farmer were jailed in connection with the incident.
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McKinney
Dallas
Donaldson Youngblood
Charlie Clay
Diana
Meere Ose
Collin County
Grasshoppers Threaten Plains Largest Row Crop
In the Southern Plains, vast planting of the largest row crop in history faces ruin as millions of grasshoppers spread across 750,000 acres in Union County New Mexico and beyond. Farmers deploy bran and sodium arsenite, racing to curb losses. counties in Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado report heavy damage and appeals for aid as the plague moves westward.
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Union County
N. M
Des Moines
J. B. Copeland
Copeland
Mr. Copeland
Cimarron County
Oklo
Bill Baker
Oklahoma Panhandle
Beaver County
Walter Schnelle
Texas County
Beaver
Cimarron
Sherman County
J. B. Crabtree
Stratford
Spurlock
Stevens
Frank Stubbs
Dalhart
Dallam
Atubbs
Hansford
Sudan
Hansford County
Joe Hatton
George Brockman
Panhandle
Endtire Panhandle
High Plains
Colorado
Associated
E. G. Kelly
Kansas State College
Manhattan
July Fourth Celebrations Across Panhandles Plains
Panhandle communities plan a Septet of Fourth events led by Anvil Park rodeo with top bronc riders and a Cecil Cornish appearance. Dalhart Lions host a wide carnival, Canyon dedicates a federal building, Tucumcari and Woodward stage rodeos and picnics, with Pampa and Texline clashes and fireworks. The XIT Reunion and Hutchinson County pageant frame a broader old west celebration across the region.
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Vincent Lockhart
News
Panhandles
Anvil Park
Carwill
Donley
Unties
Sauuday
Dalhart
Lions Club
Turday
Canyon
Tucumcari
Ed Breen
New Mexico
Swisher County
Carl A. Studer
Anvil Park Snodes Association
Iene
Cecil Cornish
Smokey
Rice Medicine
Clarendon
Geil
Tured
Texhoma
Sunray
Texline
Clayton
Pampa
Ameri Legion
Hutchinson County
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Iro
Jeane
Ubert Wallis
Centinela
Melba Everett
The
Irks Soviet
Fort Worth
Eraay
Bybee
Ind
Inland Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
John L. Lewis
Republic Sheep Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
T. FE. Johnson
Japan
Sunray Boosters
Schnelle
Mr. Gehnelle
Plains
Air Chief
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