Connally Addresses Crowd With Record as Focus
United States Senator Tom Connally spoke at Municipal Auditorium as a candidate for re election presenting a concise clear account of his record. The speech drew frequent applause with attendees lingering to shake hands and congratulate him After the rally observers called it a fine speech and noted Connally’s public servant approach over campaign rhetoric.
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United States
Tom Connally
Senator Connally
Grants Choice of Merger or New Authority Posed
Labor abuse prompts a decision on a merger or a new governing authority. The choice centers on how to address worker grievances and oversight. Stakeholders weigh potential leadership, regulatory powers, and long term impacts on industry structure.
Roosevelt era code plan sets 20 day windup for Blue Eagle rules
Washington reports President Johnson orders a new basic code for uncoded industries with a 20 day deadline to wind up the Blue Eagle framework. Most codes already cover workers but 262 pending codes remain to be addressed as NRA shifts to a streamlined enforcement role.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
America
Robert K. Straus
Leon Marshall
George 8. Brady
Senator Connally Honored With 10-Gallon Cowboy Hat
Panhandle Livestock Association presented Senator Tom Connally a 10-gallon cowboy hat through its president Jay Taylor in appreciation of cattlemen services in West Texas. Connally wore the hat for a photograph session.
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West Texas
Panhandle Livestock Association
Jay Taylor
Tom Connally
Senator Connally
Connally Rally Highlights West Texas Support for Senator
Senator Connally lauded for a record across Texas while P A Quarles of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen praised organized labor for backing his re election. James O. Guleke introduced Connally as nationally recognized for his outstanding record and responsiveness to West Texas needs.
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Quarles
Santa Fe
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Organized Labor
Senator Connally
Connally
James O. Guleke
Guleke
Texas
West Texas
Gulekie
Police Report Details Knob-Knocking Incidents
Dallas police said two knob knocking cases were reported, with a woman striking her husband with a two by four and another woman hitting her husband with a gun stock.
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Dallas
U.P
Amarillo Area Thursday Forecast And Temps
Fair and cooler conditions expected for Amarillo and surrounding West Texas Thursday. Other regions in the Panhandle and New Mexico show generally fair to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and not much warmth.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Meridjian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oh Seoapemenet
Igaa
Grain market soars to limit gains on 1934 yield forecast
Chicago dispatch reports grain prices jumping to limit as the government estimates 1934 US yield to be the smallest in 33 years. Drought and insect damage plus crop reduction plans sparked feverish buying across the grain pits. Other markets in the US rose in sympathy.
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Chicago
United States
Governor Horner Tours Storm Hit Area
Governor Henry Horner toured the storm struck corridor from Jacksonville to Havana Illinois and noted extensive damage. The late night tornado like storm felled trees ripped lines unroofed homes and caused about 1 million dollars in damages with around twenty people cut and bruised and three seriously hurt.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Henry Horner
Havana
Escape-fugitive Helen Eaton slain near Jacksonville Prison Farm
Helen Spence Eaton, 22, who had four escapes from the Jacksonville Women's Prison Farm, was killed in a gun battle seven miles from the farm as she attempted to flee after invading a farm house for transport. Guard Frank Martin and deputy superintendent B O Brockman confronted her when she walked along a road. She wore overalls and a man's shirt and shoes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Helen Spence Eaton
Jacksonville
Here
Frank Martin
B. O. Brockman
Brockman
Martin
Trusty
Broadway Decency Drive Reaches Burlesque Houses
The decency campaign affects Broadway burlesque venues as dancers accustomed to revealing outfits perform more modestly. Dr Worth M Tippy of the Federal Council of Churches announces a plan to show selected films at Sunday church services and a nationwide Legion of Decency is expected to publish views in The Catholic News.
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New York
Worth M. Tippy
Church and Social Service Department
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Legion of Decency
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Catholic News
Propaganda Charges Linked to Utilities Buyout Efforts
Examiner Carl H. DePue presented evidence to the federal trade commission showing West Texas Utilities Company spent 168 514 and used propaganda and political connections to acquire municipal plants in West Texas and New Mexico from 1928 to 1930. Expenditures by city included Texline Stratford Clayton Vernon and Brady with sums ranging from 3 592 to 108 004. He noted correspondence mentioning propaganda and political influence and charged the company overstated income and surplus and extracted unearned dividends, listing inter company profits of 3 193 861.
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Washington
West Texas Utilities Company
Insull
West Texas
New Mexico
Federal Trade Commission Today
Carl H. DePue
DePue
Texline
Stratford
Texas
Clayton
N. M
Vernon
Brady
Medicine To Prevent Motherhood Blamed For Co Ed Death
In a Pacific Coast labor dispute update, 27,000 waterfront workers may see arbitration after employer acceptance of a Roosevelt board proposal. A general strike threat grows with 100,000-plus union workers involved, amid clashes and ongoing outbreaks along the coast. The plan awaits full Pacific Coast union approval. In Oregon, Meier comments on the dispute as Portland clashes escalate. In Norman, Oklahoma, a separate campus tragedy examines a student’s suspected overdose linked to an illegally prescribed medicine amid an autopsy awaited.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Labor Disputes Board
Employers and Steamship Companies
Portland
International Longshoremen’s Association
William J. Lewis
Julius L. Meier
Oregon
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Hazel Brown
Delta Upsilon
Brownie
Paul Upedegraff
Marian Mills
Updegraff
Neal Myers
University
Brown
Drowning at Lake Brownwood Ends Fishing Trip
Ernest McCollum aged 27 drowned when he fell from a boat while fishing at Lake Brownwood. Two companions aboard could not rescue him as the incident occurred today.
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Brownwood
Tex
U.P
Ernest McCollum
Lake Brownwood
Texas Voters Show Live Interest in Absentee Balloting
Absentee voting and straw votes quicken interest in campaigns for the Democratic nomination in the July 28 primary. In many parts of Texas, absentee voting appears heavier as voters respond to major races and pledges are ridiculed.
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Texas
Austin
Sply Iips
Hal Lattimore Tests Plains Tour for Texas Supreme Court
Fort Worth judge Hal Lattimore visits the Amarillo region to campaign for a Texas Supreme Court seat. He argues he is the only candidate with trial court experience and cites the need for a young, vigorous justice. He notes about 1200 annual cases require two daily decisions and criticizes overlong legal language.
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Hal Lattimore
Fort Worth
Second Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court of Texas
Amarillo
South Plains
Lattimore
Supreme Court
YACE
Supreme Bench
Jude
Ben Greenwood
SMALL GAINS IN POLL IN AUSTIN GOVERNOR RACE
In a post card poll by the Austin American for Capital City and Travis County Clint Small of Amarillo rises to third place in the governor race. He edges ahead of McDonald and Hughes after an address Monday night. James V. Allred leads, with Tom F. Hunter in second.
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Small
Austin
Travis County
Austin American
Clint Small
Amarillo
O. C. McDonald
James V. Allred
Tom F. Hunter
Smalls
McDonald
Hughes
Governor Candidates Spar In Growing Primary Ambitions
The campaign for the state's major nominations heats up as observers expect a large turnout in the first primary. Attention focuses on a seven man governor race while U S Senate and attorney general contests draw speculation. State Senator C C Small denounces rival promises as ridiculous claiming some would cost the state 300 million dollars annually.
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United States
C. C. Small
Small
Corsicana
Abilene Man Accepts Sentence After Beating Two Women
Lester C. Sterne of Abilene, previously convicted and sentenced to 99 years for robbery and beating two elderly women, withdrew a motion for a new trial and accepted the penalty. He sobbed while admitting he slugged Mrs. Lige Dehusk, 82, and Mrs. Addie Hounsell, 85, during the home robbery in Brownwood, Texas.
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Brownwood
Tex
Lester C. Sterne
Abilene
Lige Dehusk
Addie Hounsell
Wallace Sees Tariff Cuts Break Monopolies
Secretary Wallace told the American Institute of Cooperation that tariff reductions could do more to break monopoly power than antitrust laws. He urged sacrificing tariff protected monopolies in reciprocal trade agreements and also assessed opponents of processing taxes.
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Madison
Wis
Wallace
American Institute of Cooperation
Secretary of Agriculture
Berlin to arrest orchestra leader Otto Klemperer
A warrant was issued for the temporary arrest of Otto Klemperer now in Vienna. The Reich ministry of finance announced his arrest and the confiscation of his property, accusing the Jew of tax evasion.
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Berlin
Otto Kiemperer
Vienna
Klemperer
State Opera
Reich Ministry of Finance
Germany
Austrian Leader Seizes Power to Crush Nazi Faction
Vienna reports Chancellor Dollfuss consolidates military and police control. He reshuffles cabinet to appoint himself as foreign affairs defense and agriculture minister, while Emil Pey steps down as security commissioner to carry out Dollfuss orders in a move against bomb firing Nazis.
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Vienna
Austria
Engebert Dollfuss
Mussolini
Emil Pey
Dollfuss
Austria Sees Threats as Dollfuss Buttoned Up Cabinet
Fey the minister of security forms his new role with a vitriolic Abendzeitung editorial warning that Austria faces anarchy from the neighboring Reich. He urges steps to extinguish the center of contagion while Berlin rumors swirl of a French invasion. Germany’s fate hinges on the Reichstag’s stance.
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Abendzeitung
Hitler
Germany
Austria
Reich
Berlin
France
Reichstag
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