Haile Selassie Seeks League Loan to Defend Ethiopia
In a Geneva appeal the Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie urged the League of Nations to grant a 50 million dollar loan to defend Ethiopia. He proposed Article X and XVI non recognition of annexation by force and asked members to guarantee the loan after consultation with a League finance committee. He urged immediate peace conference to avert a European war.
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League
Assembly
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
A. C. OC. de Graeff
United States
Fugitives Trammell and Gibson Nabbed Near Thornton Texas
Luke Trammell and Forrest Gibson, escaped from Retrieve Prison Farm after killing a guard, were found asleep in a car on a country lane near Thornton and surrendered to a six man posse led by Sheriff Will Adams. Weapons including pistols shotguns and a 30 30 rifle were found in the vehicle.
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Thornton, Tex
Luke Trammell
Forrest Gibson
Retrieve
Here
Felix Smith
Will Adams
Limestone County
Gibson
R. L. Steele
Mexia
Texas
Thornton
Limeateme
Adams
Trammell
Associated Press
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Friday
Weather notes show fair conditions for Amarillo and west of the 100th meridian with partly cloudy skies and warmer readings in eastern areas. New Mexico remains unsettled Friday. Prior hourly data appears garbled with inconsistent digits and stray characters.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Widow Mrs J Walker Hunter Appointed Constable
Mrs J Walker Hunter was appointed to fill the unexpired term of her husband who died Sunday. She will serve until year end. The county commissioners voted unanimously in a special session. Her written application was filed. she did not appear before the commission. Other applicants included W M Roberts Walter Oilinger Fred Bessey H M continuo on Page 13 Col 3
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J. Walker Hunter
Amarillo Plan to Observe Glorious Fourth Friday as Saturday
Amarilloans prepare for the Glorious Fourth with many traveling to picnic grounds theaters and entertainment venues. Most stores close for the day while five and ten cent shops stay open until regular Saturday hours and barber shops close early. City merchants persuade Mayor Rogers to declare Friday as Saturday to ease shopping for residents.
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Barber’s Union
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
News and Globe
Floods Push Toward Gulf as 23 Are Dead in South Texas
Flood waters from the Guadalupe River threaten areas near Cuero and Victoria as the river spreads across about 20,000 acres in Dewitt County and moves toward the Gulf of Mexico. At least 23 deaths are confirmed with missing persons and damages near 3 million dollars across Gonzales, Hays, and surrounding counties.
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San Antonio
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Cuero
Victoria
Guadalupe River
Gulf
Dewitt County
Austin
Gonzales
Here
Guadalupe
Willis Ellison
C. C. Wade
San Marcos
Farm Loan Agency
Hays County
Ballonists Expect Dry Weather For National Race
Winds from the Rocky Mountains draw pilots to the 24th annual national balloon race in Denver. Six balloonists seek favorable conditions to start on Friday night as Col Roscoe Turner aims to break the world distance record for single motor planes over a 100 kilometer course in the same event weekend. A two day airplane racing and stunting program is planned for Saturday and Sunday.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Roscoe Turner
Duchess of Kent Rumored to Expect Second Child
London reports today that the Duchess of Kent is believed to be pregnant with a second child. Observers link the rumor to a recent dental operation and note she has appeared rarely in public, living at Coppins Iver Buckinghamshire. A magazine hinted that Prince Howard, born October 9, may gain a playmate soon.
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London
Mayfair
Duchess of Kent
Coppins Iver
Buckinghamshire
Prince Howard
Balaban Elected President of Paramount Pictures
Barry Balaban a Chicago and Midwest theater operator was elected president of Paramount Pictures Inc at a special board meeting He succeeds John E Otterson who failed reelection to the board in the recent vote in New York on July 2.
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New York
Barry Balaban
Chicago
Middlewest
Paramount Pictures, Inc
John E. Otterson
Playwright Admits Fuzzy Eyed Affection Mentioned in Suit
Chicago July 2. Charles MacArthur testified in a $100000 alienation of affections suit brought by his first wife Carol Frink against his second wife Helen Hayes. He admitted referring to himself as a fuzzy eyed husband in 1920, a phrase he said sounded like him.
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Chicago
U.P
Charles MacArthur
MacArthur
Carol Frink
Helen Hayes
Miss Frink
Plaintiff
Rainfall Forecast to Ease Severe Drouth Across Big Area
The Weather Bureau forecast rainfall for the Ohio Valley and western regions, with a $250 million crop damage estimate. The drought worst in history hit the Dakotas, Montana, Iowa and neighboring states as relief plans moved toward implementation next week. President Roosevelt’s drouth committee coordinated aid while WPA efforts planned 50,000 jobs in northeastern states.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Iowa
Roosevelt
Drouth
Washington
WPA
Woman shoots Miss Blake in Chicago hotel slaying
A well dressed woman entered Miss Annabelle Blake's apartment at a near North Side hotel and shot her fatally below the heart after a brief talk. The intruder fled via the stairway and car as Blake cried for help before dying despite aid. Harold Knox the hotel manager noted inquiries about apartments.
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Chicago
Annabelle Blake
Near North Side
Miss Blake
Chicago Avenue
Blake
Harold Knox
Surgeons May Operate To Save Siamese Twin
Surgeons planned a severance operation for the surviving Siamese twin born to Mrs. Diego Fiorenzo in Everett with the other twin dying hours after birth. The day-old girl, five pounds, was in a private room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as doctors weighed risks and awaited a brain-specialist to act. The mother is 27 and the case drew national attention as officials warned the procedure could be days away due to the high danger.
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Medford
Mass
U.P
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John B. Vernagna
Diego Fiorenzo
Everett
United Press
Vernagha
Harvard Medical School
Vernaglia
Mary Fiorenzo
Shamrock to Spend 300000 on New Octane Plant
Shamrock Oil & Gas plans a 500000 dollar Dubbs octane plant near the McKee natural gasoline facility, half between Dumas and Sunray along a new paved route. The project includes a 500 boiler unit linked to a central plant and lab, with a license from Universal Oil Products to reform lighter hydrocarbons for premium gasoline. Construction begins August 1 in Pittsburgh with Stearns Roger Manufacturing handling the contract and aims for winter market availability.
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Shamrock Oil & Gas Company
Mately
McKee Natural Gasoline
H&tc
Dumas
Sunray
Shamrock Company
Universal Oil Products Company of Chicago
Pittsburgh
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Company
Denver
Shamrock
Universal Oil Products Company
Chicago
Gulf Coast
Grand Jury Probes Dallas Taxi Strike
Dallas County grand jury probes violence during a taxi strike of 500 drivers. A summons is issued for Buddy Dyer union manager to appear, but he cannot be located. Baldy Whatley, an ex convict, is charged with aiding in beating and robbing a driver. Company heads expect service to resume soon amid driver unrest.
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Dallas
Times- Herald
Dallas County Grand Jury
Buddy Dyer
Baldy Whatley
Fifteen Killed in Harvest Riots
In Lwow Poland on July 2 peasants rioted after estate owners imported hungry farmworkers. Police killed eight and wounded ten in one district, while another disturbance in Przeworsk district left seven more peasants dead.
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Lwow
Poland
Ruda
Przeworsk
Prince Seeks To Anticipate Divorce Suit
In New York Count Alfonso Covadonga plans to annul his marriage to Edelmira Sampedro after three years, while she in Havana aims to divorce on incompatibility. Attorneys say the annulment action is about to be commenced and the count will oppose any divorce.
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New York
Alfonso Covadonga
Covadonga
Alfonso
Spain
Havana
Edelmira Sampedro
Miner Rescued After 24 Hours From-Abandoned Mine
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a 35 year old miner Knock Kuklinski was brought to the surface alive after nearly a full day trapped 65 feet underground in an abandoned coal mine. Fifteen Stevens Coal Company miners worked through wet clay and anthracite to reach him and freed him just after dawn.
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Knock Kuhlinski
Stevens Coal Company
Kuklinski
Jury finds Albert Walter Jr sane and sentences him to death
San Francisco authorities report Albert Walter Jr was found sane by a jury and sentenced to be hanged at San Quentin Prison on September 4 for the silk stocking strangling of Miss Blanche Cousins of Idaho Falls Idaho.
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San Francisco
Albert Walter, Jr
San Quentin
Blanche Cousins
Idaho Falls
Ida
Silhouette Contest with Cash Prizes in Amarillo Sunday News-Globe
The Amarillo Sunday News-Globe announces a silhouette contest with cash prizes. A full page of black and white profiles will run in Sundays paper, inviting readers to identify the largest number of business men and women.
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Amarillo Sunday News-Globe
Amarillo Sunday News- Globe
Amarillo
Pope Pius Launches Crusade Against “Bad Films”
Pope Pius ordered a global, organized campaign to curb what he called debasing films. He urged bishops to set up review boards and obtain pledges from communicants to avoid offensive pictures, directing moral watchdogs to protect truth and Christian morality.
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Vatican City
Pius
United States
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Irish Free
U.S
Geneva
Emperor Haile Selassie
Italy
Black Country Lane
Widow
Hunter
Potter County
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Destruction Center
Dumas-Sunray
N. PD
Bartlett
News-Globe Oil
Moore County
Prince
Miner
Shamokin
U. A
Strangler
Pope
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