Embrace Story Denied on Stand at Elder Assault Trial
GREENFIELD MASS July 26 A former Mount Hermon school cashier testified that Norton’s account of seeing Dean Thomas E. Elder kiss and embrace a stenographer was untrue. Elder, accused of assault with intent to murder Norton May 25, contends he was in Keene New Hampshire hotel.
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Norton
Elder
Dean Elder
Evelyn Dill
S. Allen Norton
Charles Fairhurst
Keene
N. H
Nightwatchman dies in electric chair for 1936 murder
John Becker a 38 year old Brookville night watchman died in the electric chair at Rockview Prison for the April 10 1936 killing and slashing of Kathryn Bracken a Shawmut railroad telegrapher whose body was found April 11 1936 along the railroad right of way.
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Rockview
Bellefonte
John Becker
Brookville
Kathryn Bracken
Miss Bracken
Shawmut
Train crashes into bus near Tampico killing twelve
A collision near Tampico, Mexico, between a train and a bus left twelve people dead and twenty two injured. The victims included seven men, four women, and a child, with details reported from Mexico City. Russell Staty. Wedding Gifts.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Streets Deserted After Invaders Enter Gates
Peiping resembled a siege town as 300 Japanese troops breached the southwest gate and sheltered in a temple and cemetery. Chinese and gendarmes encircled the area, 20 Japanese were reported killed, and fighting halted by night with fears of dawn actions and a Chinese withdrawal deadline.
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Peiping
Kwanganmen
37Th Division
Fengtai
North China
Line Riders of News Continue Work on Range
The News-Globe line riders press ahead with tours across the Panhandle. Fred Post visits Pampa while Dick Martin travels to Um barger Dawn Black Bovina Fri ona Texico Farwell Muleshoe and Dimmitt. Next week Bill Wilson plans northern trips to Dalhart Texline Clayton and nearby towns as the feature series continues for another month.
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News-Globe
Fred Post
City Hall
The
Globe
Pampa
Dick Martin
News Copy Desk
Umbarger
Dawn
Black
Bovina
Friona
Texico-Farwell
Muleshoe
Dimmitt
Bill Wilson
Dalhart
Texline
Clayton
Panhandle
Panama Gold Discovery Echoes Panhandle Legends
The tale of Piedra Candela in Chiriqui province ties to Panhandle lore of lost gold and a fatal curse on the finder and officials. Historians deem it likely a hoax, yet questions linger about the finder’s death and related mysteries that fuel local debate. Legends speak of an army payroll buried near a creek tributary to the Canadian River, close to Amarillo, inspiring strong belief among regional residents.
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Piedra Candela
Chiriqui
Panhandle
Panama
Panhandle Farmers To Meet In Amarillo On Federal Program
About 3,500 farmers from 50 Panhandle counties will gather in Amarillo at Municipal Auditorium to voice demands for action on a new federal farm program. Cliff Day of Plainview led the Texas Agricultural Association briefing, noting 25 counties will be represented with 50 to 250 delegates.
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Panhandle-Plains
Amarillo
Washington
Cliff Day
Plainview
Texas Agricultural Association
Congress
State Agricultural Association
Municipal Auditorium
State Association
American Farm Bureau
Day
Panhandle
Amarillo Farm Leaders Call for Democratic Meeting of Farmers
Texas Agricultural Association urges hundreds of farmers from every county to attend a Panhandle session aimed at pressuring Congress for a new farm bill before adjournment. Donald Kirkpatrick of Washington will be the only external speaker, with committees to draft resolutions after farmer remarks.
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South Plains
Donald Kirkpatrick
Washington
Farm Bureau
Panhandle
Congress
Day
Texas Agricultural Association
Texas
Waco
Lufkin
Spanish Forces Clash in Fierce Aerial Battle on Brunete Front
Madrid reports spectacular air combat during insurgent attacks on the Brunete front. A government bulletin claims a bomber was shot down in a night battle, as both sides press a major offensive near Villanueva de la Canada. Plans show 100000 troops per side in the Madrid area clash.
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Brunete
Madrid
Brunete Front
Villaneuva de la Canada
Jose Miaja
Francisco Franco
Franco
Brunete-Villanueva de la Canada
Girl Receives Birthday Gift From Earhart
Amy Morrissey of Medford Massachusetts received a birthday present from her aunt Amelia Earhart presumed dead in the Pacific. The six colored bracelets were mailed from Bombay on June 30 after Earhart flew across India on her ill fated world flight.
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Medford
Mass
U.P
Amy Morrissey
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Bombay
Miss Earhart
India
Action Completed on Interior Department Appropriation Bill
The House finished action on the $130,000,000 Interior Department appropriation bill. The measure now goes to the White House for signature.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
White House
Wartime Adviser Edward M House Observes 79th Birthday
Colonel Edward Mandell House, adviser to President Wilson, celebrated his 79th birthday at his summer home in Manchester after two weeks of illness. He splits time between Austin Texas and New York City.
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Manchester
Mass
U.P
Edward Mandell House
Austin
Texas
New York City
Wilson
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon with a slight warming trend. West of the 100th Meridian expect partly cloudy skies, possible showers in the southwest and warmer conditions in the north. New Mexico sees unsettled weather with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures reached a high of 91 and a low of 64, with 0.18 inch precipitation in the past 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Plainview Pilot Killed in Pensacola Plane Crash
Cadet Arthur B. G. Rigler of Plainview Texas died in a plane crash at Pensacola Naval Air Station during takeoff and landing maneuvers. His companion Ward W. Thomas was seriously injured but expected to recover. A naval board led by Lieut. Comdr. J. D. Lowry opened an inquiry.
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Pensacola
Fla
Arthur B. Rigler
Plainview
Tex
U. S. Naval Air Station
Ward W. Thomas
Thomas
Fond du Lac
Mich
Naval Board of Investigation
J. D. Lowry
Rigler
Plainview Dairyma Plainview
Arthur B. G. Rigler
J. E. Rigler
Plainview High School
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Naval Air Station Training School
Air Commerce Pioneer Dies in New York
John Luther Maddux 49, president of Transcontinental Air Transport and pioneer of commercial aviation, died in New York of a heart ailment. He led Maddux Airline in California and T A T predecessor area, and was president of the Maddux Electric Brake Company in New York and Los Angeles. A close associate of Col. Charles Lindbergh.
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New York
John Luther Maddux
Transcontinental Air Transport
Maddux
California
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Maddux Electric Brake Company
Los Angeles
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Louisiana Woman Urges Garner Action on Overton Petition
Mrs. Hilda Phelps Hammond, Louisiana society leader and former foe of Huey Long, demands Vice President Garner act on a three year old petition seeking impeachment of Senator John H. Overton. She criticizes Garner for not assigning the petition to the proper committee and calls for acquittal or removal. The Women's Committee alleges Overton's 1932 election against Edwin Broussard was fraudulent.
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New Orleans
U.P
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Huey P. Long
Senate
John N. Garner
John H. Overton
Long
Garner
Hammond
Women’s Committee
Louisiana
Overton
Congress
Women's Committee
Sen
Edwin §. Broussard
Unfinished Senate Feud Echoes in Assassination Context
A short fragment recalls earlier accusations against Long and notes that the senator was killed by an assassin's bullet, suggesting a continuing political violence thread in the era. The passage links ongoing charges to the historic death, highlighting political peril.
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Long
Steel Striker Killed in Cleveland Steel Strike Clash
Steel workers and police clashed at Republic Steel Corporation's Corrigan-McKinney plant in Cleveland as a motor car struck and killed striker John Creeny. Two dozen injuries were reported during morning and afternoon confrontations amid a broad strike by SWOC.
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Cleveland
Polic
Republic Steel Corporation
Corrigan-McKinney
Republic
National Guard
C.I.0
John Creeny
Harold H. Burton
C.I.O
Burton
Creeny
Great Lakes States
Chicago
Youngstown
Massillon
Beaver Falls
George J. Natowitz
Rowley Oker
St. Alexis’ Hospital
Martin A. Horrigan
James Quinn
SWOC
Horrigan
Dooling Death Shocks New York City Politics
Tamany Hall chieftain James J. Dooling dies at 44 from a stroke in Queens leaving Tammany Hall divided as Copeland struggle weakens. Executive Committee head William P. Kenneally assumes temporary control amid factional disputes and LaGuardia Simpson clash over fusion plans and primary slate.
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New York
Tammany Hall
James J. Dooling
Manhattan
Dooling
Queens
Royal S&s. Copeland
Tammany
F. H. LaGuardila
Kenneth Simpson
LaGuardi
Eloc
Simpson
Joseph McGoldrick
Newbold Morris
Government employment dips in June figures
Secretary Perkins reported that employment fell by about 46,000 last month and weekly payrolls declined by 2.1 million dollars.
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Washington
Perkins
Naval Assistant Favors Dirigibles
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison told the House Naval Affairs Committee he personally favors a training dirigible program. Rear Admiral William Leahy opposed new dirigibles, noting no future policy is settled. Edison argued two ships should be built to test craft value. three losses did not prove anything.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Edison
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
William OD. Leahy
Chief of
Naval Construction
Leahy
Department
Edison
Los Angeles
Ten New Bombers Ordered for Army
War Department announced today award of a contract to the Boeing Aircraft Company Seattle Wash for 10 bombers of the flying fortress type. The contract includes an option for an additional 3 bombers and spare parts making a total contract amounting to 3 108 000 dollars. The flying fortresses will be the four engined planes similar to those recently delivered to the army by the Boeing Company except for minor changes found advisable as the result of service tests.
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Washington
War Department
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
Army
Boeing Company
Lubbock Man Named Probation Officer
Fort Worth July 26 El mer J Reed of Lubbock today was appointed assistant United States probation officer to succeed the late Sam B Motlow who died May 29. The appointment was made by Federal Judge James C Wilson on recommendation of John Alderman United States probation officer for the Northern district of Texas. Reed is a deputy United States marshal at Lubbock. He will remain at Lubbock to assume his new duties on August 1. Motlow formerly was Potter County judge.
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Fort Worth
Elmer J. Reed
Lubbock
United States
Sam B. Motlow
James C. Wilson
John Alderman
Senate Opens Struggle Over Black Bill in Washington
Senate faces a debate over the Black wage and hour bill as Senator Black of Alabama plans to start proceedings to authorize a board setting minimum wages and maximum hours for large industries. Senate leaders pledge action within days amid adjournment pressure.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Connery
Tomorro
Black
Alabama
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Copeland
New York
Barkley
Supreme Court
Reepublican
New Mexico Senators Discuss Conchas Dam With President
Senators Hatch and Chavez and Representative Dempsey of New Mexico met with President Roosevelt to discuss the feasibility and funding share for the Arch Hurley irrigation project at Tucumcari. The $6,000,000 plan would irrigate about 40,000 acres and seeks state land charges versus relief expenditures.
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Washington
Hatch
Chavez
Dempsey
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Tucumcari
N. M
Stratford Celebration Boosted in Amarillo Program
Stratford boosters 185 strong touring Amarillo for their fifth annual birthday event. Floyd Yates leads as Mayor Ross Rogers and chamber committee greet them at the city limits. A 15 minute Cal Farley hour broadcast invites Amarillo to the August 23 show with plans for an extensive two day program including rodeo ball game and dances.
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Panhandle
Boosters of
Stratford
Amarillo
Boosters
Floyd Yates
Ross Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
Polk Street
Cal Farley
KGNC
Stinnett
Berger
Dalhart
Channing
Dumas
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