Panhandle road projects to be funded by PWA funds
Delegations from 20 Panhandle counties urged improvements to state and federal routes as the Texas Highway Commission announced new policy limiting new designations. Main federal aid routes 4 5 and 66 were placed on a preferred list, with paving planned in Panhandle and adjacent counties. Contracts for these routes expected August and September with completion by winter.
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T. E. Johnson
Austin
Panhandle
Texas Highway Commission
Plains Territory
Commission
Perrytown
Wellington
Collingsworth
Ochiltree
Perryton
Donley
Armstrong
Oldham
Mussolini Mobilizes Two New Italian Divisions in East Africa
Benito Mussolini announced the mobilization of two new divisions for East Africa, totaling about 35,000 troops, with 20,000 regulars and 12,000 to 15,000 Fascist militiamen. He ordered 10 submarines built and called up specialists for the air force while insisting the move preserves Europe defenses and peace in East Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Benito Mussolini
East Africa
Il Duce
Italy
Giornale D’italia
Ethiopia
Former Ferguson secretary Kathleen Trigg dies in Austin
Kathleen Trigg, 31, long-time aide to Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and state land office employee, was found dead at her Austin residence. Justice of the Peace Tom Johnson ruled death due to natural causes. Trigg came to Austin during Ferguson’s first administration and later worked on her staff in 1933. her home was listed as Temple.
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Austin
Kathleen Trigg
State Land Office
Miriam A. Ferguson
Justice of the Peace
Tom Johnson Sr
Miss Trigg
Nudists Fined by Kansas City Judge
The Sunshine Health League indoor nudist colony faced a court setback as Judge Thomas V. Holland fined Earl Young and four attendees $250 each. Police testified Young, the league president, and three others included two women and one person performing a nude dance, with officers presenting correspondence about the league.
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Kansas City
Sunshine Health League
Thomas V. Holland
Earl Young
Moon Eclipse Dazzles Amarillo Audience
Amarillo residents watched a total lunar eclipse last night from 9:15 PM local time as the moon shaded into earth’s shadow for 1 hour 41 minutes. Reports describe coppery tint and favorable skies with telescope observers, including Joe McNeill, observing from 1200 Taylor Street.
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United States
Amarillo
Joe McNeill
Taylor Street
Rivalry Grows Between House and Senate Lobby Probe Panels
Solon plans counsel staff as House committee indicates it will hire counsel and investigators. Chairman O Connor denies any joint inquiry with the Senate and criticizes the Senate probe as hasty and precipitate. The Senate discloses a probe into utilities bill financing.
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House
Senate
Washington
O’connor
Federal Fund Added to Senate Bill At July Session
Washington July 15 The Senate appropriations committee added 3 000 000 for federal government participation in the Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936 to the second deficiency appropriation bill It also included 10 000 to be paid to the mother of the late Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Airliner crash in Amsterdam kills four crew and two passengers
Engine trouble was blamed today for the Royal Dutch airliner disaster near Amsterdam. Four crew members and two passengers, both British, were killed. Thirteen others escaped death in the crash.
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Amsterdam
U.P
Cotton Parley Ends Amid Farmers Readying to Go Home
New Orleans July 15 The All-South Cotton Conference session closed after farmers shouted We’re going home while Chairman Haspel adjourned until morning Dissension broke out over a resolution opposing the current federal cotton program proposed by J M Hanley of Lake Podence Lathe chair refused to accept floor proposals and threatened to end the meeting without full delegation participation Continued on Page 11 Col 4
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New Orleans
Joseph Haspel
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Haspel
J. M. Hanley
Lake P Odence
Hanley
Association of Commerce
Walter Randolph
Orville
Ala
Yale Rogers Says Pat Hurley and Changes in Republicans
In Beverly Hills Pat Hurley voices a bold critique. He notes Republicans’ louder tone and warns of threats to the constitution and African institutions while joking about Rolls Royces and Cadillacs. The letter frames political shifts with ironic optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Pat Hurley
Pat
Glass punctures Tyler Babe’s lung in a fall incident
Eighteen month old George Maurice Ward, son of Mrs. G M Ward, wandered to a window sill when the screen came loose. A shard of glass pierced his right lung as he fell, doctors noting a two inch puncture and the child breathing.
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Tyler
George Maurice Ward
G. M. Ward
George Maurice
Students killed in election row in Tabasco
Three students were killed and six wounded in Villa Hermosa during a political clash. The students had flown from Mexico City to participate in local elections. Dispatches say the fight was with Garridistas followers of Tomas Carrido Canabal, a leading Tabasco politician.
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Mexico City
Wupj
Villa Hermosa
Tabasco
Garridistas
Tomas Carrido Canabal
Tabaco
Tragic end of Julia Graham after film career
Los Angeles July 25 The beautiful former Sis terville West Virginia choir singer Julia Graham known for two suicide attempts was found dead in cameraman Benjamin F Reynolds apartment with a bullet wound to the temple. Reynolds said she was drunk and that he helped her to the studio club. earlier she had poisoned herself in 1934 and again in 1935. Reynolds and Graham allegedly traveled to Santa Catalina Island under false names.
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Los Angeles
Julia Graham
Sisterville
West Virginia
Benjamin F. Reynolds
Reynolds
H. A. Spencer
Miss Graham
Studio Club
Carroll
Earl Carroll
New York
Want Ads Show Steady Gains Through Year
Since the year began the Globe News has carried more Want Ads each month, with June the peak so far. The note highlights rising local business activity and more money to spend on homes, furniture, cars, radios and other goods, urging readers to use Want Ads.
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Globe News
Kenedy Buckshot Killing Ties Local Feud to Grammar School
In Kenedy Texas on July 15 F M Johnson violinist for the First Methodist Church was killed by buckshot fired from a truck driven by Leslie Wright a wholesale grocer employee. Wright faced murder charges and posted a 3000 bond after a feud linked to his daughter.
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Kenedy
Texas
F. M. Johnson
First Methodist Church
Beeville
Buckshot
Leslie Wright
Elizabeth
Johnson
Wright
Karnes County
Bank Bandit Slays Two Officers Near Orting
A bank bandit resembling scar faced William Mahan shot and killed two police officers near Orting state bank, fleeing with $500 as a massive manhunt spread across Western Washington. Police, including Chief Frank Chadwick and Sheriff’s deputies, pursued toward Seattle while highways were guarded and investigators linked the suspect to the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping.
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Vacoma
William Mahan
George Weyersaeuser
Orting State Bank
Here
Frank Chadwick
Puyallup
Harry Storem
Washington
William Cole
Colorado Sheriff Shot by Prisoners in Roadside Ambush
Sheriff W. W. Dunlap of Montezuma County was shot and likely fatally wounded while being returned to Cortez from Grand Junction for arraignment on murder charges. The two confessed killers, brothers Herbert and Otis McDaniels, escaped after dumping the sheriff’s unconscious body by the roadside. they had admitted killing rancher James Wesphal near Cortez on April 15 to steal $75.
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Placerville
Colo
U.P
W. W. Dunlap
Cortez
Grand Junction
Dunlap
Montezuma County
Herbert
Otis Maniels
Ten Die as German Mine Blast Kills Miners
A mine explosion near Dortmund Germany killed ten workers and injured 32 after a shaft fire. An initial fear of mass entombment proved unfounded when roll call confirmed all 700 miners above ground.
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Dortmund
Germany
North Dakota Voters Reject Sales Tax Repeal
Preliminary returns from 254 of 2242 precincts show strong opposition to repealing the sales tax with about 16 062 votes against and 952 in favor, indicating the tax remains in place.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Showers Bring Moisture to Dry Panhandle Areas
Dry Panhandle plains receive thundershowers and cooler air with Amarillo reporting a high of 86 and a low of 66. Conway and Groom saw heavy showers with about 0.21 inches measured near Amarillo as clouds swept westward over farms and towns.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Conway Amarillo
Conway
Groom
Quetta Struck Again by Severe Earthquake
A strong quake lasting 15 seconds hit Quetta at 11 A M. described with gurgling sounds. The city already lay wrecked from a May 31 quake that killed 26,000, with total Indian area deaths around 60,000.
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Quetta
India
Zoo Worker Freed From 27 Foot Python At Amityville Camp
Otis Lloyd was seized by a 27 foot python during a cage change at Prank Bucks wild animal camp in Amityville. Four coworkers wrestled the snake away after it coiled around him, while lion trainer Henry Kirby was injured when the lion broke loose and attacked him. Both men were taken to Reed Hospital for treatment. The python had just arrived on Saturday from Malay Sumatra and India.
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Amityville
N. Y
Prank Bucks
Otis Lloyd
Henry Kirby
Kirby
Reed Hospital
Lloyd
Fred Blue
Lloyd Quick
New York
Malay
Sumatra
India
Britons Offer Services in Ethiopian Army Volunteer Push
London reports many British volunteers signed up to aid the Ethiopian army as Britain presses peace efforts in the controversy. The government coordinates with local authorities to manage the influx and ensure proper oversight.
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London
Great Britain
Television Cable Permit Is Sought in U S
Washington July 15 plans to spend 750000 on a cable experiment between New York and Philadelphia for telephone television were described to the federal communications commission. D Frank B Jewett of Bell Telephone Laboratory said AT T wants to install the coaxial cable in six months for use by January 1 1936. The commission is expected to grant permission. Pombo in Venezuela Maracay Venezuela July 15 Juan Ignacio Pombo Spanish trans Atlantic flier en route to Mexico to win a bride arrived here after a flight from Port of Spain Trinidad Pombo delayed in Brazil by wrecking of his plane after a successful Atlantic hop en route to Mexico City to propose to Elena Maria Rivero Corral
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Federal Communications Commission
D. Frank B. Jewett
Bell Telephone Laboratory
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
POMBO
Venezuela
Maracay
U.P
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Mexico
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Brazil
Mexico City
Elena Maria Rivero Corral
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Amarillo Globe
William Ferguson
Solon Plans Counsel
Yale Rogers
Hue Roper
McNaua’t Syndicate
Ine
Glass
Tyler Babe
DIA
Tom Cornnell
Kennedy
Doc Haines
Haines
Karnes
First Methodist
Seattle
Eatonville
Eatonvile
Butte, Mont
Weyerhaeuser
Leslie Stone
Colorado
Purvis
Daniel M. Ladd
Melvin Purvis
John Diinger
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Ladd
Chicago
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Viscinity
Perth
West Texas
Wlasan
Mick Aeess
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