Nations Plan New Attempts to Avert War
Nations press renewed talks and diplomatic outreach as war threats rise. Leaders from multiple states seek ceasefire options and confidence building measures amid mounting tensions and regional instability.
22 Jul 1935
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1935
Page
1
Nations press renewed talks and diplomatic outreach as war threats rise. Leaders from multiple states seek ceasefire options and confidence building measures amid mounting tensions and regional instability.
Reports from Rome indicate Britain and France plan separate long efforts to avert war between Ethiopia and Italy this week. Sir Eric Drummond may ask Mussolini to submit full Ethiopian controversy documentation to the League of Nations, while Italian circles doubt the request. In Addis Ababa crowds applaud Emperor Haile Selassie as Ethiopians vow to defend their land and report foreign affairs confirm abolition of the slave trade in Djinna.
A torrential six inch rain with strong winds drenched Colorado Texas causing street floods and crop damage. Water filled streets from one inch to two feet, trapping downtown shoppers and halting many cars. Bus schedules and some telephone service were disrupted as streams rose and the Colorado River surged. Hail fell at Westbrook and nearby Loraine reported heavy showers southward.
Riverside California reports that fighting planes roared over the Far West as the United States Army's first wing air force began maneuvers covering five states.
Attorney General William McCraw and Archie D. Gray flew to New Orleans to defend a challenge to the Texas anti gas wastage law. The suit by Clymore Production and Nueces Refining seeks to block railroad commission actions and argues the well definitions and gas ratio rules are too vague and discriminatory. McCraw maintains the law targets natural gas waste without discrimination and fits field conditions across Texas.
In Great Yarmouth a gangway failed yesterday as tenor John McCormack boarded a pleasure steamer. He was thrown into the water but rescued by the crew and a companion, and he sang at a concert tonight.
In Chicago, Mills Redmond confessed after 62 hours of lie detector testing to killing 17 year old Marian Cozzo whose body was found in a southwest sewer. He admitted striking her when she resisted and dumping the body in a sparsely populated catch basin. Cozzo had been missing since December 1, 1934.
President Cardenas ordered all gambling venues shut in Baja California towns Tijuana and Agua Caliente causing quiet Sunday. Jockey Club and resort operators feared economic impact on around 15 000 residents reliant on tourism. Officials hope for pari mutuel betting exemption as jai alai gains popularity.
Dr. Thomas Richmond will finance a 25 member inlaw party to Estes Park Colorado. The group travels in a 17 passenger bus and two cars with baggage by truck. Mrs. Richmond jokes she doubted the idea but approves the family expedition.
The Works Progress Administration plans and policies will be outlined to county judges commissioners mayors and school boards from Panhandle counties. District Director A A Meredith announced the gathering in Amarillo noting the meeting in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel at 10 o clock Wednesday morning. Counties are urged to form planning councils to speed project approvals under the new recovery program.
Charles Dismark Ames, chairman of The Texas Company, died of a heart attack at his summer home in Meredith New Hampshire after a brief swim in Lake Wimpiusakee. He was 64. Survived by wife and daughter Mrs J L Cleveland Jr of New York and four sons: Ben A Ames Fisher Ames Longstreet Ames and Charles V Ames.
Lobby leaders urge no bias in final action on holding company abolition as conferees meet to resolve differences in the utility bill. Philip H. Gadsden defends that Black’s investigation headlines do not affect merits and warns against inflaming prejudice against government ownership supporters.
A trough of moist air lowered over the Panhandle late last night promising rain after scattered afternoon showers. Rain totals included Dumas one eighth inch, Machovec one and a half inches, Etter half an inch, with Hereford Texico and Black noting light to half inch showers. Thunderstorms were forecast for the rest of the night and today by U.S. Weather Bureau observer H. T. Collman.
In Gainesville Texas a special election authorized the sale of 3.2 percent beer in precinct one covering Gainesville Lindsay and Dye. The vote ratio favored legalization about seven to six.
Amarillo Garden Club ends tulip bulb orders in nine days as it aims to make Amarillo a tulip town next spring. Bulbs bought in Holland at 50 cents per dozen will be shipped to Amarillo. closing date is July 15, 1936. Orders to Mrs. Ben Manning, Mrs. John Rowland, or Mrs. Davis Tudor.
In Freiburg Baden priests read a letter from the Episcopate denouncing the Nazi push against Catholic youth groups as a breach of the Vatican concordat. Police were reportedly ready to arrest violators but took no action as the decree had not been published locally.
The Tass report says Meshed, Persia, saw deadly disorders after a government decree requiring European style hats. Theran remained calm, but Meshed saw riots led by priests against wearers of the new hats. Troops faced stiff opposition. major casualties occurred at a mosque.
Grundy Morrison and his cowboys completed a 225 mile cattle drive to grazing lands south of Raton New Mexico with 2064 cattle returning to Morrison ranch headquarters 20 miles east of Borger. Only three cattle were missing and no feed was used for cattle or ponies. A chuck wagon accompanied the party.
Senator Borah predicts Congress will stay in session until November 1 to consider layering five billion dollars in inflationary measures onto administration priorities. He notes the Frazier Lemke farm refinancing bill and the Patman bonus plan could be added to the tax program, delaying action on the wealth tax and bank bills.
A head-on collision on Highway 2 near Buda left A C Astry of San Antonio dead and three others injured. Dewey Hawkins of the Plaza Hotel San Antonio and Mrs Peggy Whelane of Corpus Christi were unconscious or partly conscious, with grave prognosis. Robert Steele of San Antonio was injured but treated.
Herbert King a 38 year old oil company Midland warehouse manager was charged with murder in the death of H. B. Whitt a 64 year old San Angelo nightwatchman who died early this morning in San Angelo Texas
Newell P. Sherman, 26, confessed to drowning his wife Alice Sherman 24 during a Lake Singletary canoe trip in Millbury Massachusetts. State Detective McCarthy cited a possible affair and said Sherman initially claimed accidental canoe overturning. Police recovered the body. Sherman a Worcester machinist. wife from Dudley.
In Lahore India on July 21 British troops fired three times to disperse rioting Moslems trying to take Gurwara Mosque as Sikhs demolish it. Ten deaths were reported since the violence began yesterday. Cavalry and armored cars supported the Royal Scots Guard under the hot sun.
The Soviet pilot Sigmund Laveneffsky and navigator Victor Levchenko prepare for a 6250 mile non stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco across the Arctic. Weather studies and a weather observatory at the North Pole are part of the Project. The mystery plane, designed by A N Tupalov, is a long winged monoplane with a gray fuselage and wide landing gear.
In Santa Monica a letter reflects on Mexican president stopping gambling in Tia Juana and mass unemployment, comparing it to Washington lobbying. Mrs. Garner returns to Uvalde to clean a gun and feed the bird dog as a playful jab at innovation and politics.
New York July 21 The village figure Reuben Greenspan known for seismic forecasts hosts a breakfast visit as he sketches a new laboratory plan with his wife Mrs Greenspan guiding the scene. He hints at an Eastern school announcement this week to validate his method for refined research.
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