Howe to be asked to explain again on kit purchase
Washington reports the Senate military affairs committee will ask Louis McHenry Howe to testify again about the 200000 slot kit purchase for reforestation camps. Maj. Gen. DeWitt and others say the kits could be duplicated cheaper by the Army, and Bevier & Co. says prior talks with Howe prompted a cheaper offer.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Louis McHenry Howe
Bevier & Company, Inc
New York
John L. DeWitt
Quarrie
Robert Fechner
Richard Bevier
Howe
White House
Cmpany
Lewis Douglas
F. W. Lowery
Douglas
Fechner
J. J. McEntee
Carey
Republican
Wyoming
Budget Bureau
Bevier
Sheppard Dem
Texas
Roosevelt
Department
Recital Tonight by Hereford Pianist Edgar Pickett at Amarillo
Edgar Pickett, a renowned Hereford pianist, headlines a free recital at Amarillo College of Music tonight at 8 15. Admission is by ticket only, available at the college. The program features Bach Busoni Chaconne in D minor Bach Liszt Prelude and Fugue in A minor Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Chopin Debussy Ravel and more.
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Panhandle
Edgar Pickett
Hereford
Amarillo
Beethoven
Chopin
Debussy
Juyeres
Ravel
Rigaudon
Car Loadings Rise for Week Ended May 27
The American Railway Association reports revenue freight car loadings totaled 541 309 for the week ended May 27, up 9 691 from the prior week. May 27 loadings were 20 060 more than 1932 and 169 940 fewer than 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
American Railway Association
Amherst Students Deny Flag Burning on Bond
Five Amherst College freshmen, all 19, appeared in district court and pleaded not guilty to publicly mutilating and treating contemptuously the U.S. flag. They were released on $200 bail each after being arrested for burning a flag at a campus “mock communist meeting.” Two students were suspended from the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Amherst College
United States
Baer Schmeling Fight Tops Week's Boxing Card
The Baer Schmeling 15 round heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium headlines a light national schedule. Other welterweight and featherweight bouts across Newark Jersey City Pittsburgh Atlantic City Toledo Louisville Terre Haute and Seattle fill the card with 8 to 10 round matches.
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New York
Baer-Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Newark
Stanley -Poreda
Jersey City
Les Kennedy
Long Beach
Calif
Lou Harper
Jimmy Phillips
Bernardsville
N. J
Freddie Polo
Belleville
Bucky Lawless
Syracuse
N. Y
Powell
Plainfield
Frankie Petrolle
Schenectady
Pittsburgh
Tommy Paul
Buffalo
Jackie Wilson
Atlantic City
Joe Fogeletti
Philadelphia
Race Jank
Seattle
Freddie Steele
Tacoma
al Lewis
Mashie play growth and swing control guidance
The text stresses mashie play as a stroke shot with emphasis on control. It warns that forcing or over swinging causes mishits, and that a stronger club should be used if the objective is doubtful. It cautions against holding back or quitting on iron shots to avoid hooks or pushes.
Baseballs Big Six sees Klein lead NL binge. Hodapp, Simmons rise
A flood of doubleheaders shakes the Big Six standings. Chuck Klein moves to first in the National League after five hits in nine at bats, while Johnny Hodapp slips. Virgil Davis and Randy Moore chase the top NL totals. In the American League Al Simmons gains, with Hodapp and Ben Chapman dropping points. Standings show Klein and Simmons atop their leagues with solid totals across AB, R, H, and batting percentage.
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Chuck Klein
Johnny Frederick
Virgil Davis
Randy Moore
Boston
Davis
al Simmons
Johnny Hodapp
Ben Chapman
Hodapp
Red Sox
Simmons
W. Sox
Pchapman
Yankees
Klein
Phillies
Moore
Braves
Phillip Jacelski Wins 50 000 Meter Walk
Phillip Jacelski, National A A U 50 000 meter walking champion, won a 50 000 meter walk from Neville, C to Cincinnati. Representing the Stone wall Democratic Club of Baltimore, he covered 31 miles and 125 yards in 5 hours 28 minutes 5 seconds, breaking the course record by 28 minutes.
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Cincinnati
Phillip Jacelski
Neville, C
Jacelski
Stonewall Democratic Club
Baltimore
Llano Extends Lead With 3-1 Win Over Brady
Llano defeated Brady 3 to 1 to extend its Hill Country League lead. Fred-ericksburg beat Junction 10 to 8 and Mason defeated San Saba 6 to 1. The article also notes a Thanks Badge in Girl Scout rules for recognizing gratitude toward promoting Scouting.
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LLANO
Fredericksburg
Junction
Mason
San Saba
Illinois votes on repeal of Prohibition in 21st amendment ballot
Illinois voters go to the polls to decide on repealing the eighteenth amendment as part of the national shift toward repeal. Democrats and Republicans back a 50 delegate slate for a Springfield convention, while Prohibitionists mobilize with anti repeal delegates.
Indiana voters set to elect delegates for Twenty first Amendment repeal drive
In Indianapolis on June 4 the wets and drys organized to mobilize voters for Tuesday's special election. 320 delegates will meet June 26 to register repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Dr. J R Schutz spoke at a mass meeting as banners urged jobs over prohibition. William Stokes of the United Repeal Council predicted a repeal landslide if turnout rises. L E York of the Indiana Anti Saloon League offered no prediction.
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Indianapolis
J. R. Raymond Schutz
Manchester College
North Manchester
Ind
William Stokes
United Repeal Council
Wets
Stokes
Indiana
L. E. York
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Delaware to hold Sunday local option voting statewide
Delaware, after a $2,110 weekly victory for repeal of the 18th Amendment, will hold local option elections in all areas except Wilmington on Sunday. The state remains dry outside Wilmington and campaigners tie the repeal result to expectations for Tuesday ballots.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Germany urged to include Jewish athletes in Berlin Olympics
Brig. Gen. Charles Sherrill, the US IOC delegate, warned that if Germany does not grant equality to Jewish athletes the 1936 Olympic Games could be moved from Berlin. He said the issue would be discussed at the IOC meeting, with the American delegation leading the campaign against discrimination.
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Vienna
Germany
Berlin
Charles Sherrill
United States
Sherill
Frank L Jones Funeral Tomorrow At 2 Oclock
Frank L Jones 45 year old Amarillo mechanic dies suddenly Saturday night. Last rites at 2 this afternoon at Griggs Funeral Chapel directed by Rev J A Zienta. Home address 1337 East 13th Avenue. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Griggs
Frank L. Jones
Amarillo
J. A. Zienta
East 13Th Avenue
Memorial Park Cemetery
Fourteen killed as French express derails near Nantes
A Paris Nantes express train carrying about 300 passengers derailed while passing a switch, after the engineer allegedly ran through four signals at high speed. Fourteen people died and 116 were injured, many gravely, as excursionists bound for Brittany faced the Whitsuntide holiday. The engineer was arrested after admitting the signals were ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantes
France
Paris
Central Airport and Other Screenings at the Fair
A film review roundup notes Central Airport with Richard Barthelmess as a pilot in love and danger, plus a Mickey Mouse comedy Out All Night with Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts. Texas shows Peg o My Heart featuring Marion Davies, while a library of Girl Scouting books is advertised.
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Central Airport
Richard Barthelmess
Sally Eilers
Miss Eilers
Tom Brown
Barthelmess
Brown
Havana
Central
Amarillo
Zasu Pitts
Summerville
Miss Pitts
Mamma
Niagara
Texas
Peg O' My
The
Marion Davies
Colleen
Onslaw Stevens
J. Farrell MacDonald
Stevens
Peg O’ My Heart
MacDonald
Funeral set for Cornelus Perkins educator at Pleasant Valley
Funeral services for Cornelus E. Perkins 32 principal of Pleasant Valley School are at 10 this morning at the Church of Christ. Rev. Robert C. Jones to conduct. Perkins, a leader in Pleasant Valley and Amarillo education, died after a brief illness. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include Superintendent W A McIntosh and all Amarillo teachers.
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Church of Christ
Cornelus E. Perkins
Pleasant Valley
Robert C. Jones
Perking
Amerillo
Central High School
San Jacinto
E. L. Hunter
Felix Phillips
H. P. Garrett
Frank King
C. C. Walden
J. 5. Evans
Memorial Park Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
W. A. Mc
Stafford Texas back may go to West Point
Harrison Stafford star half back from Texas University likely to receive a West Point appointment via Congressman Joseph Weldon Bailey. Bailey telegrammed that a late medical rejection could delay the offer after an unofficial notice. Stafford, famed for the 1933 San Francisco charity game with the Western All-Stars, hails from Wharton Texas.
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Stafford
Texas
West Point
Houston
Houston Post
Harrison Stafford
Texas University
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Bailey
San Francisco
Air Mail Pilot Dies After Plane Crashes Near Bowling Green
W. L. Jamieson Eastern Air Transport pilot since 1930 died of burns after his mail plane crashed into a 15 foot ravine near Bowling Green. He was pinned beneath wreckage and died before a search party reached the scene. The body will be sent to Edmond, Oklahoma, tomorrow for burial.
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Bowling Green
W. L
Larry) Jamieson
Eastern Air Transport
Edmond
Okxkla
Japan Replacements Sent to Tientsin Garrison
Six hundred Japanese soldiers arrived in Tientsin today as reinforcements for the garrison, replacing 600 men sent to Peiping on May 23 to strengthen the legation guard there. A Japanese bombing plane flew over the city, likely for reconnaissance.
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Tientsin
China
Japan
Peiping
Legation
Kidnapping Case Details Linked to Kansan Suspects
See kidnapping continued from page 1 column 2. Clarence L. Click, 27, of Kansas City, on file. Search for George McGee, brother of McGee, an unemployed Leavenworth, Kansas plumber, and Clarence Stevena, named as a principal of the gang in confessions, pressed relentlessly.
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Clarence L. Click
Kansas City
George McGee
McGee
Leavenworth, Kan
Plummer
Clarence Stevena
Heat wave grips Amarillo as temperatures hit century mark
Unseasonably hot conditions persist across the Panhandle with Amarillo reaching 100 degrees for the third straight day. Forecasters expect relief Monday as clouds gather and cooler air arrives after scattered showers near Pampa and Canadian.
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Amarillo
Panhandie
Tesmercury
Pampa
S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Service for Mrs. Alice Woolston Set at 10:30 Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Woolston 55 wife of M P Woolston will be at 10 36 this morning at Griggs Funeral Chapel with Rev E B Fincher officiating. She resided at 2100 Taylor Street Amarillo for 25 years and died at home last Wednesday. Pallbearers are Lee Humphreys A F Crabbe W B Benton E M Herman E H Ashcraft and G W Street.
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Alice Woolston
M. P. Woolston
Griggs
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Woolston
Taylor Street
Amarillo
Lee Humphreys
A. F. Crabbe
W. B
Gunman in hiding after Oklahoma deputy shot
Bob Goodfellow Caddo County clerk and a girl were abducted by an armed bandit Sawyer who carjacked and forced them north. Sawyer opened fire as officers approached, wounding Goodfellow in the groin and provoking a melee that ended with Sawyer captured. Separately, two escaped Kansas convicts robbed a filling station near Mammoth Springs Ark and abducted Cleo Reeves before fleeing toward Missouri.
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Bob Goodfellow
Caddo County
Goodfellow
Binger
Crisp
Marlow
Sawyer
Bryan County
Fort Scott
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Cleo Reeves
Missouri State Line
Mammoth Spring
Here
J. D. Brookout
Reeves
Missouri
Reeves Ou
Pine Bluff
Malvern
Arkansas
Modern Etiquette Q&A From Roberta Lee
The column offers etiquette guidance on late visits and introductions. It advises the girl should note when it is very late if guests overstay and that repeating a prior introduction is optional rather than required. It also states peas should be eaten with a fork, not a spoon.
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Roberta Lee
Ocean Freight Rates Hiked for Cotton July Tariffs
Gulf ports in the French Atlantic Hamburg range see July cotton freight up two cents to 30 cents per 100 pounds for Havre Antwerp Rotterdam. Bremen Hamburg rises three cents to 27 cents. Conference meeting on Gulf-Mediterranean delays to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
U.P
Havre
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Congress Finance Debates Tax and Veterans Cuts
Roosevelt administration faces tax questions as Congress negotiates veterans' allowances and 26 percent cap on cuts. Byrnes and Garner avert a revolt over veterans' benefits while Harrison pushes a capital stock tax and other revenue ideas. Senate and House races loom as conference talks inch toward a June adjournment, with many measures awaiting final action.
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Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
House
J. P. Morgan
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt Sought on Cut Views in Veterans Pay
Washington June 4 President Roosevelt was queried on Senate limits to veterans pay cuts. House Democratic leaders predicted the 25 percent cap on compensation for combat injured veterans would be accepted. Western Republicans and Speaker Rainey voiced revolt unless the President opposes the measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
House
Independent Offices
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
White House
Rainey
Dentists and Physicians Urged to Cooperate in Health Care
Dr LeRoy B Miner dean of Harvard Dental School spoke at the University of Pennsylvania 50th dentistry anniversary dinner in Philadelphia about bridging the gap between dentistry and medicine. He warned of postwar widespread dental disease and said authorities see dentistry and medicine facing plagues alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
LeRoy
Miner
Dental School
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Relief Commission Led by Governor Faces Federal Funds
The article notes a state relief commission under a governor who chairs it, with sections granting the panel power over federal funds from the general relief program. Other agencies like the Highway Commission must provide data and reports. The governor appointed three of seven members, none from the Highway Commission.
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Supreme Court
Relief Commission
The
Highway Commission
First Continental Air Trip by a President's Wife
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt begins the first ever nonstop air journey for a president’s wife traveling from Washington to Los Angeles via Camden St Louis Dallas Tucson and Phoenix with a layover in Dallas and stops to visit relatives and friends before returning to New York and Washington.
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Continental Air
Elliot
Los Angeles
White House
Malvina Thompson Schneider
Marguerite Lehand
Mrs. Roosevelt
Camden
N. J
Lorena Hickok
New York
Dallas
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Tex
Tucson
Ariz
Lawrence Waterbury, Jr
Isabella Greenway
Winslow
Washington
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