Shaw wins Indianapolis 500 in record time
Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis won the 500 mile race by two seconds over Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles. Shaw set a new record with a 4:24.07.81 finish at 113.580 mph, as 170000 spectators watched a gripping duel and a crash occurred for Floyd Davis.
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Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
America
Sh-W
Triump
Ralph Hepburn
Los Angeles
Hepburn
Shaw
Louis Meyer
Huntington Park
Calif
Ted Horn
Meyer
Cliff Bergere
Bill” Cummings
Billy Devore
Kansas City
Tony Gulotta
George Connor
San Bernardino
Louis Tomei
Sinvteen
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Rex Mays
Glendale
Babe Stapp
Dallas
Texas
Mauri Rose
Detroit
AAA
Kelly Petillo
Floyd Davis
Springfield
Miles
Davis
Dee Toran
San Diego
More Moisture Is Due Today
Thunderstorms formed late at several points over the Panhandle with scattered rains forecast as moisture returns. Traffic near Tierra Blanca crossing on Highway 9 resumed and buses run all routes except the Hereford to Clovis link on Highway 60. The road between Tucumcari and Clovis remained impassable.
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Panhandle
Oklahoma
Hereford
Tucumcari
Tierra Blanca
Highway 9
Canyon
Clovis
Plainview
Lubbock
N. M
Mother Cat Adopts Wolf Pup On Rural Farm
A mother cat on the Travis Lively farm near Clarendon adopts a baby coyote after her kittens drown. The tiny coyote, rescued from a den two weeks earlier, is thriving under the tabby’s care, nursing it, bathing it daily and carrying it by the neck.
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Clarendon
Travis Lively Farm
Here
Martin To Confer With Lewis on Ford Action
Homer Martin president of the Automobile Workers of America said he will fly to Washington tomorrow to discuss organizing Henry Ford's 140000 employees with John L. Lewis leader of the CIO. Detroit May 31.
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Detroit
Mich
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers of America
Washington
Henry Ford
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Hale County Grand Jury Indicts Dick Brady in Slaying
Hale County grand jury indicted 19 year old Dick Brady for murder in the hatchet killing of E P Hamner, 61, a Plainview filling station operator. Brady was arrested May 21 and taken to Abilene and Coleman where he signed a statement. he later repudiated it when confronted by a second man.
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Hale County Grand Jury
Dick Brady
E. T. Hamner
Luron Brown
The
Plainview
Hale County
E. P. Hamner
Anerama
Eeereerete Brady
Abilene
Coleman
Brady
Hamner
J. K. Hooper
Hatmmer
Sweetwater
Quemado
House Action on Race Repeals Heads to Final Vote
The Texas House advanced a repeal bill ending horse racing under pari mutuel betting with a 103 to 28 tally and expected final action the next day. Debates featured strong opposition and a strident attack by W F E Pope, while Senate sentiment moved toward a favorable report on a similar measure.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
House
Senate
Nelson
3. T. Johnson
Fort Worth
Johnson
Far Committee
Negro Charged in Woman's Death
Milton Jackson, a negro chauffeur, was jailed in Atlanta awaiting grand jury action on a charge of bludgeoning and burning Mrs. Adele Fluker to death at her suburban home. The coroner's jury found she was killed by blows and being set on fire, these acts attributed to Jackson.
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Atlanta
Milton Jackson
Adele Fluker
Buchanan Street Underpass Opening Delayed to Friday
Formal opening of the Buchanan Street underpass in Texas is postponed due to minor details. The project, part of a grade separation program, used federal funds of 390000 and involved 315899 bid by Oren Speer of Alvord plus 70000 by railroads. The 1541 feet long structure includes six steel beam units per track, 150 lighting units, four traffic lanes, and a drainage system tying into city sewers.
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Buchanan Street
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Texas
H. R. Smith
Oren Speer
Alvord
Rock Island
Denver
Second Avenue
Taylor Street
Ropesville Project Brought Hope to District Farmers
Ogden Dayton, a former land agent turned Ropesville tenant, became a pioneer in the Texas Rural Communities project near Lubbock. He joined 29 fellow farmers on 120 acre plots funded by relief labor and a five percent loan repayable over five years. Dayton predicts the venture will pay off and sustain his family as drought and 1930s losses fade.
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Vance Johnson
Ogden Dayton
South Plains
Ropesville
Dayton
Slaton
A. B. Davis
Lubbock
Dreath
New University Head Selected
J W Calhoun, 64, named acting president of the university to succeed the late Dr H Y Benedict. A UT graduate and longtime administrator, he serves as comptroller and professor of applied mathematics. Calhoun holds Harvard MA, has three decades at the school, and belongs to AMS, MAA, and Phi Beta Kappa. He is married with a daughter, Mrs Kay Miller of Austin.
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Board of Regents
H. Y. Benedict
Calhoun
Pennsylvania
Harvard
University of Texas
American Mathematical Society
Mathematics Association of America
Phi Beta Kappa
Kay Miller
Austin
Amelia Earhart Prepares for World Flight Check
Amelia Earhart began another instrument check in Miami today for her $80,000 flying laboratory as she readies for a second attempt to circle the globe. Her husband George Palmer Putnam said she hopes to take off tomorrow if weather remains suitable.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Amelia Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Canyon Educator Is Honored With Doctor of Letters Degree
L. F. Sheffy editor of the Panhandle Plains Historical Review was honored by Austin College with a Doctor of Letters degree. The award cited his historical literature contributions to the Panhandle Plains region through editing the Review. He is director of history at West Texas State College in Canyon and holds degrees from Southwestern University and the University of Texas.
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L. F. Sheffy
Panhandle-Plains
University of Chicago
Sheffy
West Texas State College
Canyon
Mola's Northern Army Attacks Bilbao Defense Key
Gen Emilio Mola's northern insurgent army pressed a heavy attack today on the Lemona road junction near Bilbao as the Basque capital endures a three month siege. The offensive focuses on breaking through the defense lines at Lemona about ten miles southeast of Bilbao.
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Emilio Mola
Robbery Trial To Open in McKinney
A 59th District Court in McKinney will select a jury Wednesday for the robbery with firearms trial of Bill Garrett B H Huddleston and Ray Music. The case involves the use of stolen property in the hold up and was listed as a special venue with 60 men summoned for voir dire.
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McKinney
M’kinney
59Th District Court
Bill Garrett
B. H. Huddleston
Ray Music
So Eral le
Holiday Mishaps Claim 200 Lives
A national Memorial Day weekend toll rose as highway crashes and holiday accidents killed about 200 people. Driving nationwide continued despite Decoration Day observances, with Texas reporting the heaviest weekend toll.
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Texas
Open Conflict May Follow Bombardment
London May 31 reports fear that German bombardment of Almeria could spark open war between Spain and Germany. The raid followed the Deutschland attack on Tbiza harbor that killed 24 German sailors and injured 82. Italy and Germany pulled from the non intervention committee as tensions rise.
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London
Almeria
Spain
Germany
Mediterranean
Tbiza
Italy
Europe
Deutschland
Sourcss
Valencia
British Foreign Office
Dino Grandi
Neutrality Committee
Mussolini
Barlet Palma
Barcelona
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Martin
Lewis
Ford
Ambrose
W. F E. Pope
Corpus Christi
J. Bryan Bradbury
Buchanan
Spourty
E. A. Christopher
V. W. Reece
Christopher
Melvin Ray
Ropesville Project
Farmers Beam
Ise
Resettlement Administration
Texas Rural Communities, Inc
Galveston
J. W. Calhoun
Austin College
Mola
Bilbao
Hendaye
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Waukesha
Wis
Jed John Waszak
Waszak
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