Magic Powders Fail To Work and Slain Husband Case
Mrs. Edele Zerbo of Brooklyn said $3,825 of magic powder from Mrs. Florence Faicco did not protect her husband, a Manhattan restaurant owner, who was stabbed to death two weeks earlier. Zerbo had given thousands in withdrawals and a diamond ring for anti evil powders. Police arrested Faicco on grand larceny. detective found Mary Yale in the house having her fortune told.
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New York
U.P
Edele Zerbo
Brooklyn
Florence Faicco
Colorado launches catapult planes in Earhart search
The battleship Colorado deployed catapult planes from Honolulu to search Howland Island for Amelia Earhart. George Palmer Putnam and others stay hopeful, though signals from Earhart’s plane fade. The Itasca and minesweeper Swan join the hunt near Winslow Banks, about 175 miles east of Howland.
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San Francisco
Globe Wireless
Honolulu
Colorado
Howland Island
Amelia Earhart
Miss Farhart
George Palmer Putnam
Howland
Coast Guard
Earhart
Putnam
Oakland
Miss Earhart
Winslow Banks
Little American Island
New Guinea
Itasca
Swan
Testimony Ends In Ouster Suit In Borger
In Stinnett on July 7 the district court ended testimony in the ouster suit against Borger mayor and two commissioners over alleged fraud and ballot stuffing in the April election. Sheriff Dan Hardee refused to reveal his vote, citing personal privacy and poll tax payment. Judge Pickens ruled he may object to the question and that the sheriff need not disclose ballot markings. The jury will decide legality of the election, with further special issues to follow after jury recess.
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Dan Hardee
Hutchinson County
Borger
Hardé
E. J. Pickens
F E. J. Pickens
Decision Sought on Wage-Hour Bill
The Senate Education and Labor Committee met for three hours seeking a decision on the Black-Connery wage and hours bill. Chairman Hugo Black said the bill will be voted on tomorrow after the session produced agreement on many points. The measure will be rewritten and reported to the Senate in revised form.
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Washington
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Senate
Black
Wheeler
Montana
Logen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kentuckian
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Health officers deny paralyisis scare in Austin
Health officials ruled out an infantile paralysis scare after reports of two deaths and four cases in Austin. Dr. George M. Decherd, the health director, said there is no cause for alarm despite cases running slightly above normal.
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Austin
George M. Decherd
Two Strategic Points Fall in Heavy Fighting
Government troops struck a shattering blow west of Madrid capturing two villages as part of a major offensive aimed at lifting the eight month siege. Villanueva de la Canada fell and Brunete was claimed by officials though insurgent sources disputed Brunete’s fall. 25 000 government troops attacked Navalcarnero while the front zigzagged from Escorial to Navalcarnero with heavy fighting threatening Santander.
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Madrid
Villanueva de la Canada
Jose Miaja
Brunete
West Central Front
Escorial
Navalcarnero
Francisco Franco
Santander
Biscayan
Ministry of Defense
Casa de Campo
Troop B Plans Huge Reunion at National Guard Armory
Old Troop B veterans recall formation on April 15 1903 and service in the Texas National Guard since 1916. The reunion is slated for July 10 at the National Guard Armory with a dutch lunch for ex soldiers and an invitation to join the gathering.
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National Guard
Texas Volunteer Guards
Texas National Guard
Fort Sam Houston
Britain Divides Palestine into Three States Plan
The British government announced a royal commission plan to divide ancient Palestine into Jewish, Arab, and international zones with Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth and a corridor to the sea under a new mandate. Britain warned swift action against renewed strife and prepared to submit the plan to the League of Nations.
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London
Royal Commission
Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Nazareth
League of Nations
Turkey
Japanese and Chinese Troops Clash Near Marco Polo Bridge
Reports from Peiping say night fighting broke out between Chinese and Japanese forces at Marco Polo Bridge ten miles west of Peiping. Domei News Agency lists casualties including a Japanese officer killed and several noncommissioned officers wounded.
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Peiping
China
Marco Polo Bridge
Domei
Fingtal
Clash Between Chinese and Japanese Battalions Near Fengtai
Reports from Tokyo on July 8 say a Chinese battalion clashed with a Japanese battalion at midnight Wednesday near Fengtai during night maneuvers. Both sides rushed reinforcements as light artillery and machine guns engaged.
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Tokyo
Heiping
Fengtai
Mae West Admits 1911 Marriage to Wallace in Legal Clash
Los Angeles July 7 Mae West screen star admits marrying Frank Wallace in Milwaukee in 1911 as part of his bid to force recognition of him as her husband. She says Wallace remarried without divorce and that she never lived with him though license copy shows age 18 21. Next deposition planned as case moves forward.
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Mae
Wallace
Los Angeles
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Milwaukee
Miss West
Ray Blakesly
New York
Miss Blakesly
New Jersey
Tartly
Charles F. Milliken
Priday
Social Security Board Advances Aid to Texas Needy Aged
The Social Security Board announced an allotment of 1,605,672 for aid to the needy aged in Texas for the first quarter of the new fiscal year starting July 1. Five states received allotments including Mississippi Montana Oregon Tennessee and Texas with Texas getting more than half of the total 3,100,236.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Texas
Mississippi
Montana
Oregon
Tennessee
Nightwatchman Slugged in San Antonio Burglary
Ernest Bruno, night watchman, was knocked unconscious by two burglars who broke into a tailor shop early this morning in San Antonio. Police believe the assailants, described as two Black individuals, escaped with a small amount of cash.
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San Antonio
Ernest Bruno
Dyer Indicted for Murder of Inglewood Girls
Albert Dyer, indicted for first degree murder in the killings of Jeanette Stephens 9 Madeline Everett 8 and Melba 7, appeared before Judge Ambrose who ordered jail without bail. Dyer fainted when asked to plead guilty and faced possible death sentence at trial set for Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Dyer
Thomas L. Ambrose
Melba
Ambrose
King George Conflicts With Ministers Over Wales Visit
London July 7 The News Review says a clash occurred between King George and the cabinet over his plan to visit distressed areas of South Wales in mid July. The king insisted, recalling Edward VIII's reception, and said he would go where his brother went.
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London
The
News Review
George
South Wales
Wales
Edward VIII
Amarillo Area Thursday Forecast Cool and Partly Cloudy
Weather outlook for Amarillo and vicinity through Thursday calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions. West Texas areas west of the mile marker face thundershowers possible and cooler air, while New Mexico expects generally fair conditions east and south with possible showers and thunderstorms in the northwest. Temperature hints show daytime highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and cooling into the 70s at night.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Alcoa riot after plant reopening leaves worker dead
Henson Klick, 30, dies of a neck wound after a clash between police and strikers at Alcoa Aluminum Company plant. The reopening after a seven week walkout sparked gun and club battles injuring 17 strikers and 4 officers. guards protect the mill as shifts change.
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ALCOA
Tenn
Henson Klick
Aluminum Company of America
Klick
Alcon
Tennessee National Guardsmen
Knoxville
Marion Boyd
W. M. Hump
Gordon Woolf
Harry Young
J. Howard Murr
Edgar James
Ralph Gentry
Paul Weaver
Gordon Blue
Karl Klenninger
O. R. Kinser
Walter Goddard
Harrison Klick
Henson Klich
Clyde Testerfield
J. F. Shultz
Pickets Shut Industrial Rayon Plant in Covington
In Covington Virginia on July 7 clashes erupted as several hundred pickets blocked efforts to reopen the Industrial Rayon Corporation plant. The strike had lasted fourteen weeks with two overturned automobiles reported.
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Covington
Industrial Rayon Corporation
Ranks of Returning Steel Workers Swelled
Rep ublic Steel officials said the ranks of returnees swelled today in Cleveland as the plant reopened and workers returned to jobs. Continued on Page 11.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel
Boyer Aids School Land Reappraisal Effort
Rep. Max Boyer of Perryton and Mrs. Boyer visited Amarillo after attending a Dalhart landowners meeting with Texas Land Commissioner Bill McDonald on school land value reappraisal. He promotes the XIT reunion at Dalhart on August 9 and 10 and helped plan the North Plains event with Rep. G H Little.
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Max Boyer
Perryton
Boyer
Amarillo
Dalhart
Texas
Bill McDonald
Darhart
North Plains
G. H
Jack” Little
Little
Golddust Twins
Mrs. Little
Austin
Panhandle
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Kentucky
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