Italian Italy Japan tensions flare in Rome protests
Fascist troops and police guard against protests over the Italo Ethi opian conflict as the Japanese embassy receives heavy protection. Ambassador Sugimura plans a call on Fulvio Sovich to preserve good relations while denying planned formal protests. Newsroom rhetoric accuses Japan of self serving concern for black races.
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Rome
Sugimura
Japan
Fulvio Sovich
Italy
Far East
Weather Delays Polar Flight Takeoff From Moscow
A. A. Vartanian chief engineer of Am torg Trading Corp says adverse weather delayed the Moscow take-off of three aviators on a 6,250 mile non stop flight over the north pole to San Francisco. Moscow officials did not release information. A telegram confirmed the delay.
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Seattle
A. A. Vartanian
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Moscow
North Pole
San Francisco
Vartanian
Sooner Bound Over in Pampan's Death
Garland Creekmore a Broken Arrow farmer was bound over for trial on a murder charge in the death of Elmer Lemon a Pampa Texas oil worker. Creekmore identified as the shooter testified he called on Lemon at the home of his fiancée Ora Benedict with rivalries dating to high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Garland Creekmore
Elmer Lemon
Pampa
Texas
Creekmore
Lemon
Ora Benedict
Miss Benedict
Relief Cut Off in South Dakota To Force Harvest Labor
Nineteen thousand heads of families were removed from South Dakota relief rolls as officials suspended all state and federal relief to compel unemployed recipients to seek harvest work. Deputy Welfare Commissioner Philip L. Ketchum ordered work-relief projects stopped and offices closed until farm labor needs are met, with unemployable cases referred to county agencies. About 20,000 Rural Roosevelt/Administration transfers unaffected by the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Rural Settlement Administration
Illinois
Kansas
Relief Ninety Nine Counties Targeted In Job Refusal Measures
Plans move to cut federal aid in about 26 Nebraska counties and cut 50 percent in 15 more. Able bodied residents in nearly 20 Iowa counties are denied the dole and urged to join threshing. Minnesota shuts down nonessential works. North Dakota halts projects except specialized ones. Ohio official says refusers lose relief, despite reports of no farm labor shortage in several regions.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Redwood County
Minnesota
North Dakota
C. C. Stillman
Ohio
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Wisconsin
Jap Machine Guns Fire At Hu Ping College in China
American missionary Rev. Edwin Beck reports Japanese gunboat bullets showered the Hu ping College at Yochow Hunan Province last Thursday. Eye witness accounts exist but officials withheld details to protect American Japanese relations. Five missionaries, led by the Rev. Karl Beck, were at the school. the director is Chinese.
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Hankow
China
Huping College
Yochow
Hunan Province
Edwin Beck
Tiffin
Ohio
Beck
The
Reformed Church of the United States Athiladelphia
Huping School
Karl H. Beck
District Conference Sets WPA Program Plans
District conference to determine Panhandle participation in the Works Progress Administration program will be held Wednesday with delegates from 20 counties. A A Meredith urged school districts, cities, towns and counties to send representatives and staff will explain WPA department functions. Counties named include Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley and Collingsworth. The meeting starts at 10 oclock Wednesday morning.
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Panhandle
North Panhandle
A. A. Meredith
WPA
Meredith
Oldham, Potter
Carson Gray
Wheeler
Deaf Smith
Randall, Armstrong, Donley
Collingsworth
Schoolboys held for shooting in Breathitt County
Quillen Howard and Edmond Frazier, both 16, were arrested by Sheriff R A Collier in Jackson Kentucky on a charge of slaying 13 year old Cecil Davis. Davis was shot on his way to school with other Breathitt County children as summer term begins due to winter road conditions. The youths said the shooting was accidental.
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Jackson
Quillen Howard
Edmond Frazier
R. A. Colli
Cecil Davis
Davis
Breathitt County
Collier
Eleven Die as Overloaded Ferry Capsizes in East Prussia
Eleven persons drowned when a row boat ferry, overloaded with 21 passengers, capsized on Darethan Lake in East Prussia. The incident occurred near Berlin on July 22, reports say.
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Berlin
U.P
Darethen Lake
East Prussia
ICC Extends Drouth Freight Relief to Western States
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended reduced freight rates for livestock shipped from drouth areas in western states until September 30. The relief, first set April 20 for 90 days, applies to strained counties in Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas as drought continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Nazi Drive Targets Religion and Jews in Germany Edict
Berlin July 22 The Nazi regime moved to curb Catholic and Lutheran youth groups ordering mass meetings to end and uniforms to be discarded. Jews face intensified pressure with anti Semitic actions reported coast to coast and priests challenge clerical limits while government official Hans Kerrl oversees religious policy.
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Wilhelm Frick
Interior
Freiburg
Hans Kerrl
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
Troops Called in as Terre Haute Labor Holiday Unfolds
Indiana guardsmen moved into Terre Haute to preserve order during a labor holiday that halted business and raised food shortage fears. Proclamations declared Vigo County under military control as 48 local unions joined in the protest against strike breakers at the Columbian Ename ling and Stamping Company, where a month long strike continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana National Guardsmen
Vigo County
Columbian Enameing and Stamping Company
Oklahoma hunt for ADA robbery pair
In Ada Oklahoma two men abducted and robbed Mrs. M W Germany a middle aged storekeeper who surrendered more than 500 dollars. She was forced into a waiting car then released 12 miles north of Ada across the Canadian River after threats and a pistol jab. The search for the robbers continued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Okla
M. W. Germany
Here
Canadian River
Farmer Slayer Electrocuted in Bellefonte Ceremony
Sherman Strawser, 29, was executed in Rockview penitentiary for killing Charles Gable to raise funds for his wedding dress, license, and honeymoon. He declared in his last message that women can be a blessing and a curse. The crime aimed to finance a marriage but he died before he could wed.
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Bellefonte
Sherman Strawser
Strawser
Rockview Penitentiary
Charles Gable
Trousseau
Talk Delays Balloting on AAA Measure
A heated Senate debate centers on delaying ballot action regarding the AAA measure. Supporters push for a timing decision while opponents warn of voter confusion and procedural risks. Debate highlights core questions about urgency, funding, and potential consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Senate stalls AAA bill amid tariff clash
Washington July 22 An administration bid to push the AAA bill through the Senate faced a delay as debate was halted until tomorrow. The chamber prepared for a heated session on reciprocal tariff policy with McCarran and Vandenberg proposing changes and Robinson defending constitutionality amid NRA rulings.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
McCarran
Nevada
Vandenberg
Michigan
Robinson
Supreme Court
NRA
Rogers praises Moscow to San Francisco flight hope
A Santa Monica letter salutes an alleged 60 to 70 hour non stop Moscow to San Francisco flight across the North Pole. The writer foresees praise for such a feat, hopes for a warm welcome regardless of politics, and endorses credit for notable achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
San Francisco
Moscow
North Pole
Atlantic
House Lobby Act Welcomed By Senate Investigators
Chairman Black of the Senate lobby committee welcomed a parallel House inquiry into the power company battle against holding company abolition. He said there is enough dirt to keep 20 committees busy and praised the House probe as it runs alongside his own investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Black
Senate
House
Midget Money for Texas May Be Made
The government planned to mint half cent and one mill coins to aid state sales tax systems. If Congress grants permission, Treasury will produce the coins within days to correct inequities in sales tax payments. Morgenthau said Roosevelt approved the plan but denied it signals a federal sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
Wiley Post plans Moscow flight with Will Rogers aboard
July 22 Los Angeles report says Wiley Post prepares a single engine flight to Moscow and back with Will Rogers possibly as passenger. Post aims to Seattle then Nome before Siberia and Kamchatka on to Moscow, with Soviet permission for overflight. Mrs Post to accompany him on the mission.
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Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Moscow
Los Angeles
Post
Airways
Rogers
Unton Air Terminal
Burbank
Seattle
Nome
Siberia
Kamchatka
Russia
Scout Flays Huey Long Over Roosevelt Remarks
Tyler Boy Scout Dan Meehan Jr says Senator Long should apologize to President Roosevelt for calling him a liar. Meehan and fellow scouts plan to attend the national jamboree at Washington and urge respectful conduct toward the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Dan Meehan
Senator Long
Dan
Washington
Roosevelt
Young Meehan
Amarilloans Nightly Planets Spark Local Observation
Amarillo residents report nightly lights in the northern sky resembling a speeding planet. Lights appear around 10 pm for about 20 minutes and again near 4 am, with various paths including a zig zag. Weatherman H T Collman dismisses alarm and confirms the sightings.
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Bill Wilson
Amarillo
McLean votes to outlaw beer sales in city
Dry forces win by a landslide 221 to 59 in McLean in a special election held Saturday. The vote bans beer sales within the city, marking one of the region's most decisive anti alcohol outcomes.
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Mclean
Wheeler Area Cut Off From Western Zone
The Wheeler area is cut off from the western zone affecting coordination of services and regional access. Officials announced the measure noting impact on transport and emergency coverage for residents east of the line.
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Wheeler
Panhandle gas proration splits into east west zones
The Railroad Commission divides the Panhandle into east and west gas zones with August allowables 482,143,000 cubic feet daily for the West and 88,407,000 for the East. Wells face 50 percent for producing ability and 50 percent on acreage, with max acreage 640 acres in the west and 160 in the east.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Great Panhandle
Lefors
Gray County
West Panhandle
East Panhandle
Ernest O. Thompson
Showers Benefit Plains Farm Areas Amid North Panhandle Rain
Local thundershowers drenched parts of the Panhandle Plains with spotty moisture. Totals ranged from a quarter to half an inch in towns like Happy Canyon Hereford Texico and Boise City with Conrad close to an inch. Amarillo hit 89 degrees after noon with early morning low near 68.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Happy
Canyon
Hereford
Black
Texico
Childress
Quanah
Henrietta
North Plains
Boise City
Oklahoma
Conrad
Ligon Smiths Orchestra to Play at The Nat Monday Night
Ligon Smiths Orchestra, described as the Souths finest novelty entertainers, will perform a single dance program at The Nat Monday night. The group arrives from Dallas under Wilbur C. Hawk Tri-State Fair president. Admission is 150 per couple 125 for stags with 35 cent per person reservations at The Nat management.
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Ligon Smith
Wilbur C. Hawk
South
Dallas
Stags
Nat
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FT. Simpson
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Sigmund Levanevsky
Jimmy Mattern
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H. T. Collman
C'Lean
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