Peddler questioned as search for missing baby stalls
On July 15 in Hartsdale New York a 20 year old theater usher Bernard Fidenberg was held under the Lindbergh law for offering to sell information about the missing two month old Connor baby. He admitted writing the note but knew nothing of the child's whereabouts. Federal state and city officers continued an exhaustive but futile search. Nearby Governor Lehman and his wife visited the Connor home expressing cooperation and condolences.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Lindbergh Law
Connor
Bernard Fidenberg
New York City
Bronx
Charles Connor
Frank Fay
Department of Justice
Philip A. McQuillan
Greensburgh
Seidenberg
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
Purchase
Hartsdale Manor
Robert Connor
Ice truck driver killed in McCamey highway crash
Lee Bur row age 30 driver of a daily ice truck from McCamey to Texan died when his heavily loaded vehicle crashed into a concrete culvert and burned on the highway nine miles east of McCamey.
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Mccamey
Lee Burrow
Texan
Tyler Chamber Chief Resigns to Lead Tulsa Office
Russell S. Rhodes, eight years Tyler Chamber of Commerce manager and Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association president, resigns to become manager of Tulsa chamber.
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C. Head
Tyler
Russell S. Rhodes
Tyler Chamber of Commerce
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Tulsa Chamber
Wanted to Buy Ad Offers Mirror and Dial Numbers
An old Globe News item promotes a wanted to buy ad service. It highlights an IWANTED mirror about six by three feet and provides phone numbers 8453 and 6262 to place or refine an advertisement. The note emphasizes low cost and the option to charge it.
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Globe News
Trial of feud case is soon in Clovis New Mexico
The Tate Bohanan feud flares again as Casey Bee and Louis Bohanan stand trial July 23 for the February 12 slaying of Vernon Tate, ex auctioneer. The conflict began after a basketball game fight near Clovis and escalated to gunplay at a country store.
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Clovis
N. M
Tate
Carl
Bohanans
Benchvale
Bohanan
Loot From Amarillo Burglary Ring Sparks Quest Across States
Sheriff Bill Adams reports a widening hunt for suspects after a burglary ring shipped thousands of dollars in loot from Amarillo to Chattanooga Tennessee. Five of seven suspects were jailed, Max O'Brien and Julius Grodieski freed on bonds totaling 1500 dollars. Remaining arrestees include Bob George, Willie Tomlinson, and Hester Red French. all waived preliminary examination.
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Bill Adams
Arkansas
Amarillo
Chattanooga
Tenn
Adams
W. R. McDowell
Max O’brien
Julius Grodieski
Justice of the Peace
Bob Clark
Justice Clark
Bob George
Willie Tomlinson
Hester
Red” French
Tex
Marvin Jones Sees Improvement After Busy Washington Session
Congressman Marvin Jones arrived in Amarillo delighted to be home after a session in Washington. He touted farm legislation that will bring over 1,000 million dollars in rental and benefit payments to Texas by year end and noted wheat and cotton program payouts approaching 15 million dollars. Jones, chairman of the agriculture committee, described the session as productive and temporary measures moving toward permanent reform, urging recovery through people’s activities and planning a short trip to New Mexico.
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Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Washington
Congressman Jones
Texas
Eighteenth
Congress
Jones
House
Senate
Mr. Jones
Committee On Agriculture
New Mexico
Priests Pray for Rain Across Texas Parishes
Bishop Lucey directs priests in Texas diocese to offer special prayers for rain at each Mass as moisture remains scarce. He also takes over the Sacred Heart Cathedral pastorate, succeeding Msgr Amirault who returns to South Dakota.
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Oklahoma
San Antonio
R. E. Lucey
Texas
Breuth
Lucey
Sacred Heart Cathedral
A. F. Amirault
South Dakota
F. M. Kaminsky
R. A. Gerken
Santa Fe
W. F. Rosen
J. J. Neff
Chris
McDonald of Wichita Falls to Speak in Amarillo Tonight
C C McDonald visits Amarillo for a gubernatorial campaign speech at Municipal Auditorium at 8 30 pm. He plans several engagements across the Panhandle including Pampa Canyon and Tulsa. He backs a six hour day a 26 hour week collective bargaining and old age pension with Ferguson attending in support.
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C. C. McDonald
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
J. McDonald
Panhandle
Pampa
Canyon
Tulsa
McDonald
Jim Ferguson
Ferguson
Power Policy Group Named by Roosevelt to Craft National Plan
Washington July 15 President Roosevelt acting by wireless today approved creation of a National Power Policy Committee to define a national power policy and ensure electricity is available to all at the lowest costs Secretary Ickes will head the committee Its duty is to prepare legislation for the next Congress to better regulate inter state electrical energy flow The move interrupts his vacation cruise as part of a push to extend cheap power to homes factories and farms
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ickes
Public Works Administration
National Power Policy Committee
Three Houston Residents Drown In Galveston Bay
Three Houstonians drown in a Galveston channel during a fishing trip near the east end sand flats by the jetties. Mrs Tauber and Genevieve Lamek, six, were rescued along with two others after stepping into deep water. Willie Busch helped save the survivors.
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Galveston
Tex
Houston
Belgian Premier Jules Renkin Dies at 71
Dr. Jules Renkin former premier of Belgium from 1931 to 1932 died at age 71 in Brussels. A Catholic parliamentary member, he played an active role in government affairs from 1907 until retirement.
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Brussels
Jules Renkin
Belgium
Ickes Orders Oil Drillers Pay Schedule
Oil administrator Ickes announced a basic price schedule for drillers in Oklahoma and Texas fields. The plan, from state drilling practices committees and the petroleum administrative board, aims to meet operating costs and is not price fixing. Per-foot costs listed: Seminole above 3,500 ft 3.34. Seminole below 4,500 ft 4.37. Stroud 3.81. Chandler 4.34. Lucien Perry area 4.34. Crescent 5.95. Oklahoma City 5.15. Texas figure 1.51.
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Washington
Tr Ickes
Oklahoma
Texas
Petroleum Administrative Board
Oklahoma Drilling Practices Commission
Seminole
Stroud
Chandler
Lucien
Perry
Crescent
Oklahoma City
Texas Drilling Practices Committee
Constable Killed in Knife Fight Near Frederick
Frederick Oklahoma July 15 Constable W J Jones age 45 was fatally stabbed while trying to break up a knife fight at Manitou Park picnic ground eight miles north of Frederick Virgil Jones and Claude Meadows of Tipton were wounded Meadows held in jail No charges filed Jones was serving his second term his widow and two children survive
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Frederick
Okla
W. J. Jones
Manitou Park
Virgil Jones
Claude Meadows
Tipton
Meadows
Jones
Vandalism Breaks Anew Amid San Francisco General Strike
San Francisco and Oakland feel the impact as the general strike expands to 1.3 million residents. National guardsmen, dock laborers, and union workers clash with police and hunger loosens food supplies. A guard and others are injured as hoodlums target stores and shipments while patrols and arrests rise amid ongoing turmoil.
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Robert Pearson
National
Rot Ealla
Portland Sets General Strike Plans Amid West Coast Walkouts
July 15 Portland union policy group says it will act with haste to plan a general strike as San Francisco sees a general walkout. Prowlers fled after shots embedded in a box car. Police raise emergency measures with 150 of 600 guards sworn in. Market Street Railway workers walk out, 4800 employees retreat to barns. Oakland Key System joins the strike. Ferry crews’ status unclear. A 25 member strike committee heads plans for 65,000 members. Stores close, restaurants lack meat as downtown tensions rise.
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San Francisco
Bay District
Portland
Ore
Nhp
Viglense
William J. Quinn
Angelo Rossi
Market Street Railway
Oakland
Christians Dedicate New Church Edifice
Amarillo Christians dedicated their new three story native stone church at Eighth Avenue and Taylor Street, the first such building in the city. The cornerstone included church history. Dr. R L Rogers led the ceremony as hundreds attended, including three charter members. The dedication sermon stressed the church’s three fold mission to preach teach and minister and a future facade remodel will align the old auditorium with the new unit.
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Amarillo
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Polk Street
Eighth Avenue
Taylor Street
Christian Church
Old Town
Old Methodist Church
Potter County
R. L. Rogers
W. W. Wetsell
Jennie Harrell
J. M. Russell
Roy Snodgrass
Rogers
Fatal gun battle among dock workers in Houston
In Houston on July 15 three independent negro longshoremen were shot dead and several others wounded in a dockside gunfight amid wage dispute tensions on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coast. A white ILA member Reeves was wounded and later charged with murder along with another negro unionist.
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Houston
International Longshoremen's Association
Texas
Louisiana
Reeves
P. Brown
Frank Roland
Jim Barnes
George Hardy
Joe Henry
Altending
Gulf Coast
Lake Charles
Southern Steamship
Galveston
Checks mailed to Texas wheat growers under 1933 pact
Special to The News reports that the Agricultural Adjustment Administration began paying the second installment to wheat growers under 1933 prediction adjustment contracts. Texas growers are set to receive about 1.672 million dollars, adding to 3.681 million already paid from the first installment. The state’s total wheat reduction benefits reach 5.354 million. The piece also notes cotton acreage reduction checks totaling 30.301 million nationwide with Texas county payments listed for Dimmitt Gray Hall Hemphill Lamb Swisher.
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the News
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Texas
Lone Star
Farm Administration
Dimmitt
Gray
Hall
Hemphill
Lamb
Swisher
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Bobby Connor
C. C. M’donald
Aport
Go, Reeves
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