Not Guilty Pleas Entered In Black Legion Case
June 1 arraignments bring Virgil Morrow and Albert Stevens to charges of murder and kidnapping linked to the Charles A. Poole abduction. Both men pled not guilty, were held without bond, and joined 13 others in the Black Legion case as prosecutors push for broader inquiries and ties to multiple deaths.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Virgil Morrow
Albert Stevens
Duncan C. McCrea
Morrow
Stevens
WPA
McCrea
Benson
Farmer- Labor
Minnesota
Arthur F. Lupp
Michigan
Night Riders
Lupp
Dayton Dean
Dean
Poole
Ethiopia reorganizes empire under Italian rule
Rome reports a sweeping administrative decree ending native Ethiopian chiefs ruling locally. Five autonomous colonies form Italian East Africa with viceroy based in Addis Ababa and two councils to advise on governance while Eritrea, Somaliland, and other regions gain revamped capitals and structures.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Italian East Africa
Patriarch of
Alexandria
Mussolini
Eritrea
Somaliland
Etritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Galla
Sidamo
Jimma
Harar
Samaliland
Mogadiscio
Addis Ababa
East Africa
Gainesville youths escape jail after sawed bars incident
Gainesville police searched June 1 for Tommie Nowell and Alvin Davis who escaped yesterday by sawing through bars at the city jail. They were charged with robbery by assault in connection with the beating and robbery of Magers, a rural resident.
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Gainesville
Tommie Nowell
Alvin Davis
Magers
Mother's Plea Fails as Court Keeps Linden Stalkup Behind Bars
In U S District Court, Mrs. F M Stalkup of Albuquerque pleaded for leniency for her youngest son Linden V Stalkup, jailed for theft of government property after admitting a car ride with federal agent Ernest D Cavanaugh. Judge James C Wilson rejected a suspended sentence, sending the 22 year old to Leavenworth for three years, urging parole earned by good conduct and warning crime remains unprofitable. The mother, whose family includes Virgil Stalkup, a Texas criminal executed for murder and widow of O D Stalkup who died in a gun battle with officers, expressed profound grief and resilience.
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U. S. District Court
F. M. Stalkup
Albuquerque
N. M
Virgil Stalkup
Texas
O. D. Stalkup
Lawton
Okla
Stalkup
James
C. Wilson
Linden V. Stalkup
McLean
Cavanaugh
Wilson
Amarillo
Leavenworth
Exhausted Zioncheck placed under mental observation at Gallinger
Washington June 1 Ex exhausted from lack of sleep and erratic tilts with police Rep Zioncheck Democrat Washington quietly submitted to mental observation at Gallinger Hospital. Dressed in hospital pajamas he reclined on a cot and discussed events leading to his arrest on a commitment order charging him with unsound mind. He quipped maybe he is crazy or Congress is full of wind bags. He had been the subject of a police radio alert after calling at the White House and visiting city officials or leaving a case with beer bottles and moth balls.
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Washington
Zioncheck
Democrat
Gallinger Hospital
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Burglar Trapped After Pants Takeoff in Barber Shop
In Houston on June 1 Zeke Ramirez 23 a Mexican man entered a barber supply store under cover of darkness and was confronted by manager C H Greer armed with an iron bar. Greer ordered him to remove his pants and Ramirez complied waiting for police arrival.
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Houston
Zeke Ramirez
C. H. Greer
Greer
Zeke
Relative of Roosevelt shoots self in Argentina
Buenos Aires June 1 Robert B. Delano a youthful relative of President Roosevelt shot and killed himself late last night at Estancia in the Argentine Chaco where he worked for the Anderson Clayton Cotton Company. No motive for the death by his own action is known.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Robert B. Delano
Roosevelt
Estancia
Argentine Chaco
Anderson - Clayton Cotton Company
Queen Mary Fails To Break Trans Atlantic Record
The Queen Mary completed her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage to New York on June 1, missing by a fraction of an hour the record set by the Normandie on its first trip. Crowds lined the Battery seawall as tugs and boats welcomed the liner into harbor.
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New York
Great Britain
Battery Seawall
Laska Loses Plea Against Pen Term
Washington June 1 Ben B Laska a Denver criminal lawyer lost today in the Supreme Court his protest against a ten year prison term imposed after conviction of conspiracy in connection with the 200000 abduction of Charles F Urschel of Oklahoma City The tribunal refused to interfere with the decision of the tenth circuit court of appeals which approved the sentence Laska contended his constitutional rights had been violated by jury instructions the introduction of newspaper articles as evidence and by use of the term ransom money during his trial in Oklahoma
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Washington
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Supreme Court
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Laska
Oklahoma
Hanson Post to Sponsor Bonus Edition in Amarillo
Ex service men of Amarillo and the Panhandle expect several million dollars in bonuses. The Hanson Post of the American Legion will sponsor a special Bonus Edition of The News-Globe, printed June 14, the day before payments begin. A Legion committee led by H F E Bozeman Sam Page George Broome Dr T M Montgomery and A Petersen will supervise.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Hansen Post
American Legion
News-Globe
H. F E. Bozeman
Sam Page
George Broome
T. M. Montgomery
A. Petersen
Blackburn
Court Rules Minimum Pay Law Invalid
A court declares the minimum pay law invalid while an important session discusses implications. The ruling impacts workers and employers as lawmakers respond to the decision and potential remedies.
Supreme Court Rules NY Minimum Wage Law Unconstitutional for Women
The 5 to 4 ruling declares New York 1933 minimum wage law unconstitutional as applied to women, violating the right to contract. Chief Justice Hughes dissents, joined by Brandeis Stone Cardozo, arguing women deserve special treatment and the act should stand. Separate dissents urge legislative solution. Debates follow about impacts on child wage laws and NRA guidelines.
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Supreme Court
New York
NRA
High Court
Hughes
Butler
Vandevanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Roberts
Brandeis
Stone
Cardozo
Guffey
High Tribunal
Cop Is Guilty Too So Driver Escapes
Delaware June 1 Col. Lynn Black of the Ohio state patrol spotted an auto with a broken taillight. He pulled ahead to issue a summons but the motorist retorted that Black’s taillight was out too. Black admitted it and let him go after chiding him.
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Delaware, O
Lynn Black
Ohio State Patrol
Black
Guardsmen Depart Cotton Strike Zone
Forrest City Arkansas June 14 Sheriff J M Campbell said national guardsmen were withdrawn from the cotton strike zone as the situation eased. Three or four Arkansas rangers remain in the plantation district for several days.
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Forrest City
Ark
J. M. Campbell
St. Francis County
Arkansas Rangers
Harding withdraws from governor race after long campaign
Fort Worth June 1 W P A Harding Fort Worth announced his withdrawal from the gubernatorial race after a 14 month campaign. He cited pressure of personal business as the reason for stepping aside.
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Fort Worth
A. E. Harding
Harding
Senate approves massive relief bill amid late amendments
Washington June 1 The Senate passed by 62 to 14 a relief and deficiency bill exceeding 2.4 billion dollars, including 1.425 billion for continued work relief, as debate lingered past dusk. A Hayden amendment added 57 million for western reclamation projects while a Republican bid to reopen the Florida ship canal survey failed 35 to 32. Vandenberg sought limits on political contributions from relief beneficiaries.
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Washington
Florida Ship Canal
Senate
House
Vandenberg
Borah
Idaho
Alf Landon
Kansas
Schwellenbach
Wash
Landon
Hayden
Arizona
Pampa Centennial opens with four day celebration planned
Panhandle centennial officials prepare for the formal opening Tuesday at 11 AM with Governor Allred to speak. A three phased program includes centennial focus pioneers round up and reunion of old men, plus a Boy Scout assembly. An air show featuring about 50 aircraft with $550 in prizes will be staged at the Commerce field west of the airport, with Dallas aeronautics chief Charles A Rowe overseeing.
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Pampa
Panhandle
James V. Allred
Allred
Newton P. Willis
Pampans
U. S. Department of Commerce
Charles A. Rowe
Dallas
Shepard Witness Adjudged Insane
Grace Brandon a 30 year old Brooks field stenographer and star witness in two murder trials of Ma, Charles A Shepard was found of unsound mind by a jury in lunacy court in San Antonio. She was ordered committed to the San Antonio state hospital.
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San Antonio
Grace Brandon
Brooksfield
Charles A. Shepard
San Antonio State Hospital
Pioneer Day fete draws early settlers to Clovis parade
Clovis hosts the second annual Pioneer Day celebration Tuesday and Wednesday with parades and a 40 float parade depicting city progress. Features include ball games dances cowboy music and the DeGraftenreich rodeo. Eastern New Mexico boosters and Texas Panhandle visitors expected to join Melrose and Grady entrants in a revived Old West pageant.
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Clovis
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Main Street
Melrose
Grady
Rebels trap Sacasa as palace siege grips Managua
In Nicaragua, June 1 reports say President Sacasa and loyalists were trapped by rebel machine guns and troops in the new palace as fighting raged. Casualties were undetermined, with several citizens killed in the streets. US Minister Boaz Long urged safety. diplomats sought an armistice. An Italian hotel manager, Genaro Buono, died of a heart attack amid the turmoil. The rebels reportedly controlled Leon.
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Managua
Nicaragua
National Guard
Regular Army
Juean B. Sacasa
United States
Boaz W. Long
Sacasa
Reyes
National Army
Camp de Marte
Genaro Buono
Leon
James James Convicted on Morals Charge in Los Angeles
James, a five time married barber, was sentenced to 3 to 150 years after conviction for a morals offense involving his 21 year old niece Lois Wright. The case precedes his June 22 murder trial for his fifth wife Mary Bush James. Police allege he used a rattlesnake box and attempted poisoning before drowning her in a tub.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Barber
Lois Wright
Mary Bush
Aimed at Amarillo as cool Tuesday spreads northward
A fragmented weather note reports a cooler Tuesday spreading into the north while New Mexico stays fair. Temperature forecasts by hours at Amarillo yesterday show inconsistent readings and unclear figures.
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100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo
Ivy the camp dog nurses pups and fox kits at ARCHVILLE
Ivy, a CCC camp dog near Archville Tennessee, is a full time mother to two of her own puppies and also nurses three orphaned fox cubs and an abandoned kitten. Her mixed ancestry is noted as less scrambled than her present happy family.
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Archville
Tenn
Ivy
CCC
Here
Texas Man Sentenced to Die by Electric Chair
Lufkin on June 1 Judge C E Brazil sentenced Glenn Warren to die in the electric chair on July 10 for the murder of C E Cansler Sr of Zavalla. Cansler, an aged citizen, was beaten to death February 9, 1934, and Warren denied guilt to the spectators in the courtroom.
Firm cited over chicken turnovers dispute
Los Angeles report states the Bureau of Food Inspection issued citations against a firm for its chicken turnovers. The agency demands the firm use chicken in the product instead of veal and vegetables.
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Los Angeles
The
Bureau of Food Inspection
Japanese Move Deepens in Inner Mongolia Under Puppet Rule
In Inner Mongolia Japanese forces surge through the deserts and winter terrain. Chinese officials view this as part of a plan to create a second Manchukuo and sever Soviet China from China. A puppet ruler, Prince Teh Wang, is installed with Japanese support including aircraft and advisers, while military headquarters sit at Pailingmiao.
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Dolnor
Inner Mongolia
Genghis Khan
Tamerlane
Kublai Khan
Mongolia
China
Soviet Russia
Asia
Pailingmiao
Teh Wang
Manchukuo
Emperor Kang Teh
Prince Teh Wang
Jury Ponders Fate of Two in Burglary
A Forty-seventh District Court jury deliberates on George Dubbs and J. R. Holstine charged jointly with burglary for stealing $15 and a cigarette case from John Spikes at 1700 Jackson Street.
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George Dubbs
J. R. Holstine
Dubbs
Holstine
John Spikes
Jackson Street
Thief Stole Alarm Clock in Tampa Bay Boulevard Home
A burglar entered a Tampa residence on Tampa Bay Boulevard on June 1 and took an alarm clock while leaving many valuable items untouched. Police investigated and urged residents to secure homes and report suspicious activity.
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Tampa
Tampa Bay Boulevard
Gas Control Act Goes To U S Supreme Court
Texas faces Supreme Court review of a 1935 gas control law aimed at preventing waste and enforcing production quotas in rich natural gas fields. The state asserts police power to protect a vital resource, while lower courts found the act void and issued injunctions against pipeline orders.
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Washington
Texas
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
State Railroad Commission
William McCraw
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