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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1935
Page
1
Big turf card offers fans today as eleven events are scheduled for the closing day of the Tri-State meet.
Post time set for 1:30 with the Tri-State Stake a 500 dollar purse as ninth race. Phalamo and Chu Chu head a strong field including Bunting Lad Oleman Sunshine Miss Orleans and Showcase among nominees. Jockey J Adams injured in a railing incident but no bones broken.
President Roosevelt seizes the airwaves to challenge the Supreme Court ruling on the NRA and hints at constitutional revision. He cites grave national problems and faces swift GOP and some in his own party opposition while senators discuss continuing existing New Deal programs.
Mrs. H. L. Mencken, writer, teacher and lecturer, wife of the editor and author, died late today at Johns Hopkins Hospitals. An illness lasting a year, then suddenly grave, led to her death in Baltimore on May 31.
Hollywood essay notes Jack Garner hailed by Nick Longworth as smart in the House. The piece recaps Garner's reputation, mentions Mr. Garner as up-to-date influence, and hints at public pressure for legal action amid price cutting and chiseling in commerce.
Swift floods along the Republican River inundated McCook and nearby towns in southwestern Nebraska. Reports say Parks and Max were washed away with unknown drownings. McCook faced darkness as the power plant flooded while 14 workers were stranded atop the local power plant amid ongoing rescue efforts and border-area rail lines rendered impassable.
Winds of tornadic intensity swept the Panhandle with rain and hail. In Roxana near Skellytown eleven people were injured as a twister demolished lease houses and two oil derricks. A Pampa doctor treated the injured, who were later cared for by neighbors.Near Alanreed eleven more injured as two more houses fell. The storm damaged sheds and a Shamrock Oil Company cooling tower, and a tank was smashed. Bridges reportedly failed but main roads remained open. Rain fell across Lefors and Borger, with up to an inch noted. the event described as one of the heaviest in the area.
In London on May 31 British Foreign Secretary contender Captain Anthony Eden announced Britain would join Air Locarno. The pact would create air parity among the western Big Four Britain France Italy and Germany and commit them to immediate joint action against an aerial aggressor. Eden spoke to the House of Commons amid cabinet speculation about Sir John Simon's successor.
May end deficit rises to 6,168,250 dollars from 5,008,560 on May 15. Warrants issued to February 14 will be paid, costing 631,792 dollars, per Treasurer Charley Lockhart.
State police moved into Sand Springs Oklahoma to quell a wave of terror tied to a textile strike at Commander Mills. Four explosions and threats against mill workers and local businesspeople spurred Governor Marlin to consider calling out the National Guard. Sheriff Marrs requested urgent state aid, saying officers cannot cover the town alone.
In Tacoma on May 31 authorities widened the Weyerhaeuser abduction probe linking Volney Davis to the case. Federal agents questioned Alcatraz inmate informants and other mob associates as the hunt for the nine year old lumber heir continued.
Mounted police and detectives hunted in the mountains near Bogota for three men who assaulted German minister Otto Von Henth and his nine year old son Hartmann during a mountain climbing expedition. Investigators cited robbery as the apparent motive but examined a possible political motive due to the minister's pro Nazi activities.
In Orange Texas deputies head to Louisiana to extradite Rev Edgar Eskridge charged with murder in the shooting death of a church member, as Sheriff Brown remains to handle local jail matters while Ed O Reilly’s case cools. In Lubbock a courtroom clash over self defense limits delays a federal jury trial for Sheriff W F Cato and three others in a separate machine gun killing of a federal agent in Post.
A massive quake in Quetta northwest of British India killed an estimated 20 000 people and left thousands homeless and wounded. Relief trains with doctors nurses and supplies were dispatched as death tolls varied with reports from outlying districts.
In Lawton Oklahoma an officer was killed and five others wounded in a gun battle at a cabin eleven miles east of Lawton. Robbers Charlie Sands of Seminole and Leon Siler of Lawton led the Elgin bank robbery earlier the day. Slain officer named Pete Wilson of Chickasha police. Two girls captured with the robbers include Sands wife and Ruby Moore of Healdton.
Governor Allred granted full pardons to Roy Collins a United States customs officer and Eriquen Cavazos a deputy sheriff both sentenced to three years for murder without malice in Cameron County. They were convicted May 18 and the governor noted they were performing official duties at the time amid alleged smuggling and other offenses by the deceased.
Funeral services were held at 3 o clock for W. H. Ray pioneer jeweler of Hereford who died in a local hospital. He had been a resident since 1905 and leaves a son Oliver Ray and two daughters Mrs Cecil Lawrence and Mrs George Spangler. Brothers J. H. Ray and J. A. Ray and sister Mrs J W Schneil survive.
An official statement from London dated May 31 reports King Craige is suffering a chill and has been advised to stay indoors as a precaution.
Forecasters warn of an unsettled cool Saturday for Amarillo and surrounding West Texas and parts of New Mexico. The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies with cooler conditions in the far north and east areas, while other regions remain lightly unsettled.
Approximately 5.25 million of the 65 million New York relief appropriation for soil erosion prevention would be spent in Texas under the plan by H H Bennett director of the Service. The formal application for the blanket allotment was submitted to Frank C Walker head of information and application Friday and action by the President's advisory allotment board was expected within weeks. Most funds would go to wind erosion projects as dust storms in the Southwest prompted urgent action.
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