Federal cash to be matched in nine Panhandle counties
A 50-50 partnership between the Soil Conservation Service and a farmers' executive committee calls for federal funds to match county spending in nine Panhandle counties. The plan covers purchase of 10 tractor grader units seven soil conservationists and related costs with counties matching the expense. Read details and list of included and excluded counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
The
Soil Conservation Service
Dallam
Hartley
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Sherman
Moore, Lipscomb
Hansford
Ochitree
Randall
Floods Kill 21 in South Texas and Cause Heavy Loss
Devastating South Texas floods drown 21 people and leave at least 14 missing. The disaster racks livestock and crops with more than $1,000,000 in damage as Plum Creek and Big Sandy Creek surge, wreck a Missouri Pacific train, and pull families apart near Nixon and San Marcos. Strong entities include Nixon, San Marcos, Plum Creek, Missouri-Pacific, and Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Warnette
Nixon
Teague Boy
Missouri-Pacific
Castro
Pledras Negras
Rio Grande
Fagie Pass
Plum Creek
San Marcos
Texas
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Laredo
Austin
Antonio Genegales
Pedro Gonzales
Talia Gonzales
Rodrigo Garza
J. H. Murphy
Clarence Warnette
Hardy's Bluff
Big Sandy Creek
Jesus Garza
Aurelia
Petra
Thula Warnette
Elizabeth Hardy
Beatrice Hardy
Hindenburg Nears North Atlantic Crossing Record
The Hindenburg approached Labrador waters en route to a potential North Atlantic crossing record. Captain Ernst Lehmann extended the flight to Greenland to enter North America via Labrador, maintaining a 62 mile per hour northwest course from Germany toward Greenland’s southern tip amid fog.
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U.P
Hindenburg
Labrador
Ernst Lehmann
Greenland
Germany
Slayer Loses Plea to Escape Death in Utah
Delbert Green, 28, known as a beady-eyed triple slayer, lost today in his bid to avoid execution. He is scheduled to be shot July 10 after the Utah State Board of Pardons refused to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. Attorneys said no further action will be taken as a six year legal battle ends with two stays on the eve of execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
Utah
State Board of Pardons
Green
Burdick Denounces Farm Aid Efforts as Failure
Rep Usher J Burdick Republican North Dakota at the National Farm Holiday convention branded Congressional efforts to solve farmers problems as a failure He criticized Congress for only delivering a lame duck bonus and a soldier's bonus by taxation, while noting the lack of direct money for farm aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Usher J. Burdick
North Dakota
Congress
Burdick
William Lemke
Faithful Dog Brings News of Master's Death
In Chicago on July 1, a police officer informs Mrs. Ruth North that her son Bobby North has drowned after falling into a lake while fishing. Prince the black and tan dog led authorities to the scene, returning to the door with news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Prince
Bobby North
Bobby
Ruth North
M'am
M’am
Murder clues remain elusive in Chicago hotel slaying
Investigators in the Florence Thompson Castle case turn to science as a crime lab team led by Dr. C. W. Muehlberger probes the hotel room murder of the red haired nightclub hostess. Prosecution staffer Mal Coghlan says leads focus on male acquaintances and a seven year old's testimony about a “big negro” attacker.
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Chicago
Florence Thompson Castle
Mal Coghlan
Jimmy Thompson
C. W. Muehlberger
Coghlan
William J. O'Brien
Edward Lynch
Ernest Lavergne
James Britt
Honor West Texans at Centennial Fete
West Texas drew attention at the Centennial exposition as Hardin Simmons University students and alumni were guest honors. Officials announced a large Fourth of July program featuring a fireworks display, a queen’s night with Rudy Vallee and Robert Taylor, and cavalry drills as crowds were expected. Attendance yesterday reached 35,485, with total since June 6 at 1,184,619.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
West Texas
Hardin- Simmons University
Rudy Vallee
Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Farmers on Contracts Benefit From New Deal Aid Across District
A Department of Agriculture report shows more than 20 million dollars paid to farmers in the district from May 1933 to April 1934. It lists benefit payments for cotton, wheat, corn, hog and livestock contracts across 28 counties led by Swisher, Ochiltree, and Collingsworth. Nine counties exceeded one million dollars, with Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hall, Ochiltree, Randall, Swisher and Wheeler topping the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Marvin Jones
Agriculture Committee
Mr. Jones
Collingsworth
Dalat Dade Tebeckear
Tieal Bug
CRS
Bocca Es
Pierre Soba
Figubrolg Se
ISN Sia Wis
Optidiene
Psn
Vestink
Hitchinson
Ladscomd
Cabs Care
Meguady
Sit Eticeen
PRK Meehs
Ochiltree
Parmer
Deaf Smith
Gray, Hall, Ochiltree
Randall, Swisher
Wheelers
Treasury deficit at 4.4 billion as Morgenthau speaks
In a nationwide radio address Secretary Morgenthau reports the fiscal year deficit at 4.4 billion and public debt near 33.75 billion. He notes recoverable assets totaling 8.75 million and hints more figures to be released. he warns plans remain vulnerable to unforeseen events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Mother Collapses as Zioncheck Promises to Be Good
Police and politicians prepare for Representative Marion Zioncheck's homecoming as his elderly mother collapses after learning of his actions. Seventeen seek the district seat, up from a dozen, with national attention on the campaign. Zioncheck promised to be a model boy and hinted that campaign activity would surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Zioncheck
Minneapolis
Congress
Frances Zioncheck
Ring thief offers novel alibi in police lineup
Thomas McCarthy, 24, claimed in a police lineup that he took a $2000 ring from Ruth D Arcy because she liked him and he thought anything she had was his. He had previously sold the ring for $287 after the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Thomas McCarthy
Little Rock, Ark
Ruth D'Arcy
McCarthy
Iron ore strike disrupts quiet at lime works
Gunfire at the No 5 lime works of Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company in Birmingham Alabama interrupted the iron ore mine strike. Unidentified men ambushed the area along the mountain side firing 50 to 75 shots at the fan house where two workers were repairing. No injuries reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
No. 5
Lime Works
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
U.5. Steel
Betty Davis Holds Out for Higher Salary at Warner Brothers
Hollywood reports confirm Betty Davis, a 1935 motion picture academy winner, is a salary holdout at Warner Brothers Studio. She demands a new contract with a substantial pay increase, which the studio has rejected to date.
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Hollywood
Betty Davis
Warner Brothers Studio
Bridges Given N Year Term
Monte Bridges was convicted of murder in the February 1 slaying of Fred English Borger Hotel proprietor and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The jury deliberated 16 hours after defense argued self defense claiming English threatened to kill Bridges. The state contended English could not move toward Bridges as the wound was to the proprietor's side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinnett
Monte Bridges
Fred English
Borger
English
Bridges
Cowpuncher Pleads Guilty in Extortion Case
Joseph F. Snyder a 72 year old former cowpuncher pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to extort 1000 dollars from Mrs Will Rogers widow of the late actor and humorist He had sent threatening letters and tried to sell her a manuscript for 1000 He will be sentenced next Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Joseph F. Snyder
Bradley Lumber Company challenges Wagner Act at Supreme Court
The Bradley Lumber Company of Arkansas asked the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, signaling a test of the act's validity at the upcoming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Bradley Lumber Company
Arkansas
Resettlement Office Transfer Opposed by Senator Hatch
Senator Carl A. Hatch of Clovis protested to the Rural Resettlement Administration against moving rehabilitation accounting offices from State College New Mexico to Amarillo Texas. D W Williams president of the college board warned the shift would worsen unemployment create confusion raise operating costs and reduce efficiency.
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Washington
Carl A. Hatch
Clovis
N. M
Rural Resettlement Administration
New Mexico
State College
Amarillo
Texas
D. W. Williams
Board of
Regents
New Mexico State College
Hatch
Treasury transfer prompts ROA accounting move to Amarillo
Resettlement Administration may shift treasury accounting work. officials say Amarillo was named by treasury leaders while local offices deny knowledge of any removal and indicate the matter will be handled from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch
Resettlement Administration
Treasury Department
Amarillo
Treasury
Accounting Department
the Resettlement Administration
Lorat
Washington
Desolation After South Texas Floods Described
Aerial survey by Lloyd Price reports a 200 mile flood zone through South Central Texas with 21 dead and 12 missing. Fields stand waterlogged from Ennis to Corsicana while crops suffer and roads wash out amid heavy rainfall and rising rivers near Mart Marlin Cameron Rockdale and Lexington.
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Dallas
Texas
Ennis
Corsicana
Mart
Marlin
Cameron
Milam County
San Gabriel
Planta
Rockdale
Lexington
Lee
Wind storms cause $50,000 damage in Sweetwater Tennessee
Sweetwater faced repairs after two sudden windstorms caused more than $50,000 in damage to homes and factory buildings. A smokestack at the American Textile Woolen Co. plant was blown into the engine room and a warehouse, and half the town’s telephones and two-thirds of the lights went out temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetwater
Tenn
American Textile Woolen Co
Aged Woman Beaten. CCC Worker Held in Hugo Case
J Lucero, 26, CCC worker at the camp in Hugo Colorado, was held after authorities investigated the beating of 74 year old paralytic Mrs Anna Griffin at her home near Hugo last night. Griffin suffered a fractured jaw and nose and facial cuts. Lucero admitted slapping her but denied a hard blow.
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Hugo
Colo
J. Lucero
CCC
Anna Griffin
Mear
Mas. Griffin
Merlin Koerner
Lucero
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Raby Haynes
Monica Valdez
Benjamin A. Castro
Swisher
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Clyde Pangborn
Transatlantic Flyer
Monte Mason
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Globe
Texas Centennial Sky Ranger
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Berlin
Moscow
Associated Press
Treasurys Daily
Natural Bridge
J. J. Olderson
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Olderson
J. P. Hamilton
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
Philadelphia
John Keeser
Tazewell County
Virginia
Lena Holden
Goodview
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F. J. Bixler
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