Pendergast Named as Backer in Vote Fraud Cases
Federal grand jury cited Z. J. Pendergast and his nephew James as backers of the defense fund for Kansas City's vote fraud defendants. Trials show 46 convicted for marking and resisting ballots with over 100 indicted. Pendergast reportedly told a bonding company he would back the defense for any amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. J. Pendergast
Kansas City
James
Federal Grand Jury
Merrill E
Lls
Pendergast
Negro Attacker Escapes Mob in Dallas Area
Sheriff Jess Sweeten of Athens Texas transported a 16 year old suspect to avoid a lynching mob after the boy admitted beating and attempting to assault a 25 year old white woman near Athens. The sheriff warned crowds in the Henderson County jail lobby and kept the suspect under guard. A second report notes a separate Fort Worth park attack on an 18 year old girl with an escort robbed and forced to an isolated area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Jess Sweeten
Athens
Tex
Sweeten
Smoot Schmidt
Henderson County
Fort Worth
U.P
J. M. Daniels
Canadian Girl Steals the Rodeo Show at Anvil Park
Fourteen year old Lydna Yokley of Canadian wowed a crowd of over 1,000 at the seventeenth annual Anvil Park Rodeo with calf-roping and steer riding. She matched male riders with a 60 second time and rode for the full 50 seconds on one steer. Junior Caldwell of Fort Worth earned top riding honors on the day with Black Bottom, the wildest beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Lockhart
Anvil Park
Lydna Yokley
Jess Yokley
Sydnay
Junior Caldwell
Ft. Worth
Bankhead Jones Farm Tenancy Act advances in Congress
The Senate joined the House in approving an $85 million outlay over three years to aid tenants and sharecroppers become farm owners. The bill, named for Bankhead and Jones, includes staged funding and a proposed farmers home corporation. Presid ent Roosevelt endorsed the trimmed expenditure while debates focused on loan vs land purchase approaches and conference committee actions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bankhead
Jones
Amarillo
House Agriculture Committee
McNary
Oregon
Farmers Home Corporation
Alabama
Roosevelt
Fillibuster
McCarran
Nevada
Bailey
North Carolina
Bilbao
Mississippi
Connally
D.-Tex
Texas
Federal Farm Loan Agency
Wallis' Ex Husband To Wed Detroit Widow
Commander Earl Winfield Spencer once married to Wallis Warfield and Norma Reese Johnson widow of Detroit manufacturer Sturtevan Johnson obtained a license to wed today in Los Angeles.
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Wallis
Detroit
Los Angeles
Earl Winfield Spencer
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Norma Reese Johnson
Sturtevan Johnson
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
Amarillo and West Texas expect a fair Saturday with partly cloudy skies west of the 100th meridian. New Mexico shows unsettled weather with possible showers and thunderstorms in north central and northeastern portions. Temperatures will be around mid 70s, with highs near 80s and overnight lows around the mid 60s to mid 70s. Precipitation in the last 24 hours measured .39 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Death suit targets Denhart over hotel death
Edward C. Langan administrator files suit in Jefferson County Circuit Court seeking 70 000 damages for Patricia Wilson 25 whose body was found atop an elevator shaft in a Louisville hotel The petition accuses Brig Gen Henry H Denhart former adjutant general and Kentucky lieutenant governor of assaulting Wilson and causing her death Denhart dismisses the claim as absurd and says he was not in Louisville at the time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Henry H. Denhart
Patricia Wilson
Edward C. Langan
Denehart
Kentucky
Henry County
Verna Garr Taylor
Langan
James T. Robinson
Miss Wilson
Denhart
Jefferson County
Bowling Green
Denhardt
Labor unions authorize strike vote across 14 groups
Representatives of 14 non operating railway labor organizations in the United States authorized a strike vote among about 800,000 members. The action signals potential coordinated labor action amid ongoing disputes with railroad management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Russia Orders Withdrawal From Amur Islands Clash
The Soviet government announced it ordered the withdrawal of Russian cutters and armed patrols from the Seniuru and Bolshoi islands in the Amur River after Japanese Ambassador Shigemitsu announced a settlement with Moscow. The move follows an accord aimed at a peaceful resolution, ending four days of tensions over the disputed border area.
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Moscow
Amur
Russia
Manchoukuo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
Shigemitsu
Siberia
Maxim Litvinoff
Japan
Seniuru
Bolshoi
Blagovestchensk
Seniusu
Litvinoff
U. S
United States
Joseph B. Davies
Davies
Roosevelt
Hull
Tokyo
Tingley Orders National Guardsmen To Fight New Mexico Grasshoppers
Governor Clyde Tingley orders 60 national guardsmen into Union County to distribute arsenic poison against grasshoppers. County Agent Copeland lists needs including trucks sawdust molasses and arsenic while state agencies coordinate supplies and delivery for about 750000 acres of infested land.
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Tingley
National Guardsmen
New Mexico
George May Clayton
N. M
National
Santa Fe
Clayton
Russell Charlton
Charlton
State Highway Department
WPA
Conservation Service
CCC
Springer
CIO Leaders Rally Against Back-to-Work Drive Clash in Congress
In East Chicago Indiana 5500 workers returned to Inland Steel amid a strike armistice while Massillon Ohio saw 115 loads moved under National Guard protection. In Washington Speaker Bankhead adjourned the House amid a volatile clash over CIO criticisms as Maverick and Cox sparred over procedure and propriety.
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CIO
Clo
Chicago
Ind
U.P
Massillon
John L. Lewis
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Youngstown
Purnell
Washington
W.P
William B. Bankhead
House
Committee For Industrial Organization
Maury Maverick
Tex
Texas
Maverick
Eugene E. Cox
D. Ga
Cox
Jerry O'Connell
Mont
Clare Hoffman
Mich
Blanton Sues Newspaper Over Libel Damages
Thomas L. Blanton former congressman from the 17th district files a libel suit in Abilene's 104th district court against A. H. Belo Corporation publisher of the Dallas Morning News. He seeks 100000 in damages citing editorials news stories and a cartoon alleging the paper conspired to damage his political standing after losing a run off primary to Clyde Garrett of Eastland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Thomas L. Blanton
A. H. Belo Corporation
Dallas Morning News
Blanton
Clyde Garrett
Eastland
AFL To Boycott CIO Clothing in Dallas
Dallas labor leader P. D. Jackson says 10000 AFL members will boycott apparel from Dallas firms with CIO contracts. The move aims to pressure CIO out of Dallas while supporting local Chamber of Commerce and employers and pledges no violence. Russell Stationery Company and Royal Typewriters are mentioned.
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AFL
CIO
Dallas
P.D. Jackson
Central Labor Council
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Noted Aviatrix Is Sought by Coast Guard
Coast Guard units searched for a noted aviatrix reportedly missing after a flight along the coast. Authorities issued alerts and urged any witnesses or survivors to contact shore stations for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Search for Amelia Earhart Begins Near Howland Island
The coast guard cutter Itasca, the only vessel nearby, started a search for Amelia Earhart and navigator near Howland Island after a 2 570 mile hop from Lae. The plane reported only a 30 minute fuel supply and weather indicated a possible sea landing if conditions allowed. Navy officials waited for Washington guidance on dispatching flying boats as surface ships would take days to reach Howland.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Coast Guard
Itasca
Howland Island
South Pacific
Howland
Lae
New Guinea
Miss Earhart
Paul Mantz
Burbank
Calif
Mantz
San Francisco Coast Guard
Navy
Washington
Here
Grasshopper Exodus Destroys Wheat Across Ochiltree County
Judge H B Hoover reports millions of grasshoppers clouding the sky and destroying 50 to 75 percent of standing wheat in southeastern Ochiltree County. Acres of wheat heads severed, yields dropping from 10–15 bushels to 3–5 per acre. Damage lighter in Hemphill County. Colorado Springs reports 2000 WPA workers battling a vast invasion across 20 000 square miles.
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Ochiltree County
H. B. Hoover
Clcuda
Colorado Springs
Colo
W.P
Colorado
WPA
National Guardsmen
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Colorado Plains
Former Colorado Governor Convicted in Mail Fraud Case
A federal jury in Indianapolis convicted C. J. Morley former governor of Colorado and four other Morley & Company officials on mail fraud charges. Morley, who had resigned as president of the defunct investment house, was found guilty on one count related to schemes to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
C. J. Morley
Colorado
C. J. Morley & Company
Investment House
Morley
Borger Vote Trial Recessed Into Next Week
The Borger city election trial pauses until Tuesday as prosecution testimony nears completion. Plaintiffs Perry Powell and T. Davidson testified about a letter to Panhandle State Bank urging discharge of four city employees and about alleged irregularities in the April 6 vote and ballot destruction.
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Borger
T. E. Johnson Stinnett
Borger City
John R. Miller
Panhandle State Bank
Perry Powell
T. §. Davidson
Citizens
Lloyd McCann
Davidson
McCann
Commission
Powell
Hutchinson County Grand Jury
E. T. Miller
C. C. McClelland
A. R. Avary
McClelland
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Amelia Earhart Putram
America
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Backer
Texas Extension Service
Panhandle
Jack Shelton
H. H. Finnell
Oldham County
Shelton
Hendaye
Bay of Biscay
Santander
Gentleman’s
Hoffman
Russell Stationery Company
Royal Typewriters
The
Ochiltree
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