Heavy hail and six inch rain hit Boise area and prairies
A fierce storm swept the region with six inch downpours along a 17 mile stretch of the Santa Fe Boise City branch from Machovee to Lautz. Pringle Stinnett Morse Provo Park reports describe lakes and flooded streets. Roadbeds were damaged but trains were expected to run slowly. Dumas Optimo and Canadian also recorded heavy rainfall and lakes.
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North Panhandle
Stinnett
Pringle
Lake
Morse
Provo Park
Stinwell
Santa Fe
Boise City
Machovee
Lautz
Etter
Dumas
Te City
Okla
Optimo
Rock Island
Four Lakes
Canadian
Glazier
Spearman
Tugwell film restricted to Midwest by chamber heads
The Chamber urged that the Tugwell documentary not be shown outside the Midwest. Hull replied that the United States would not intervene in Latin American internal affairs. State Department notes to Chile and Peru sought U S stance on possible mediation but the policy remains nonintervention.
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Chamber
Midwest
Hull
Nicaragua
United States
State Department
Chile
Peru
Sumner Welles
New Speaker Bankhead Crowned House Leader With a Football Past
William Bankhead, elected speaker of the House, hails from west Alabama hill country. A former University of Alabama fullback and oratorical award winner, he studied at Georgetown, earned a law degree, and briefly pursued stage and political ascent after leaving New York.
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Washington
William Brockman Bankhead
House of Representatives
Joseph W. Burns
Halls
West Alabama
Hill Country
Moscow
Ala
John Hollis Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Will
University of Alabama
Alabama
National House
Georgetown University
Bankhead
New York City
Tammany Hall
Sudden Death Delays Tax Bill and Adjournment Hope
Speaker Joseph W. Burns dies prompting Senate to recess and delay approval of the tax bill. Leaders abandon early adjournment plans before the Republican convention and push for a new schedule with possible action on tax relief and related measures in the coming days.
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Washington
Joseph W. Burns
Senate
Administration
Congress
Annapolis Diplomas Confer 262 Midshipmen at Naval Academy
Annapolis Md June 4 Two hundred sixty two midshipmen received diplomas and the Bachelor of Science degree as parents and friends watched. After the exercises 216 graduates were sworn in as ensigns in the navy line and twenty five became second lieutenants in the marine corps.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Bancroft Hall
Navy
Marine Corps
Former Ranger Dies in Mineral Wells
W. Y. Luke 84, a former Texas Ranger, died in Mineral Wells on June 4 194? at the local hospital. He served in the Texas Ranger Unit and was widely known in the community. Funeral arrangements were pending today.
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W. Y. Luke
Texas Ranger
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity shows Friday partly cloudy with possible local showers in the Panhandle. West Texas remains unsettled with similar chances of showers in New Mexico’s north and cooler conditions in the south. Temperature details from yesterday appear erratic in the recorded hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Marcel Leaves His Hair Wave To Posterity
New York reports the death at 84 of Marcel a retired Parisian hair dresser and inventor of the Marcel wave. He died Tuesday night at his Château of Thiel in France after 39 years as a gentleman farmer. His wave invention at century end made him a millionaire.
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New York
Marcel
Thiel
France
Pampa Honors Old Settlers in Panhandle Centennial
Thousands gather in Pampa for Panhandle Centennial Celebration focused on early settlers and the region’s conquering spirit. Theme “Sustained Courage” guides events through Friday with parades, a barbecue, rodeo, and a planned finish featuring delegations from Amarillo.
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Pampa
Panhandle Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Mussolini Offered Sanctions Trade Agreement In Paris
France and Great Britain signal willingness to lift sanctions on Italy if Mussolini keeps the Mediterranean and Central Europe status quo. Diplomatic sources say Eden and Leon Blum discussed May 15 and agreed to delay League of Nations council sessions to June 29, enabling Italy to borrow for Ethiopian development.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Europe
Anthony Eden
Leon Blum
Ethiopia
Britain
League of Nation's Council
Panhandle Chamber Proposes Limits On Plow That Broke the Plains
The Panhandle chambers urge not to show the film outside the Great Plains amid wind and drought devastation. A Amarillo meeting resolution asks Dr Rexford Tugwell to withhold release beyond the midwest region. Thirty nine representatives from 12 counties attended a Capitol Hotel luncheon.
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Panhandle
Chambers of Commerce
Plains
Midwest
Amarillo
Rexford G. Tugwell
Great Plains
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hotel
Ed Mayer
R. A. DeFee
Channing
Alex Thompson
Hereford
Binford Arney
Guy C. Saunders
Fort Worth
Capone Fights Waley at Alcatraz in Prison Shuffle
June 4 report says Al Capone was knocked down by Harmon Waley in a quarrel at Alcatraz San Francisco Bay with Capone branded a baby snatcher. Warden Johnston unavailable to confirm details. Capone had prior prison fights including a wrist-breaking blow in March 1935.
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San Francisco
U.P
al Capone
Chicago
Harmon Waley
Weyerhaeuser
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Waley
Capone
America
Little George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
James A. Johnston
Fate of Loeb slayer given to jury in prison trial
Joliet June 4 The fate of James Day 21 Stateville Prison inmate on trial for the razor slaying of Richard Loeb in a prison shower room January 28 was given to a jury late today.
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Joliet
James Day
Stateville
Richard Loeb
Amarillo Chamber Drive Opens with Strong First Day
More than a third of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce budget of 30000 dollars was raised on the first day. Campaign Manager John K Boyce reported receipts totaled 10058 with 8654 from subscriptions by firms and corporations and 1404 from memberships by over 200 workers. The drive opened yesterday and a workers breakfast at the Amarillo Hotel was planned for this morning.
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Chamber
Amarillo
Carl Hinton
Roy Cullum
Walter Barlow
Toney Chisum
Jim Florey
Cullum
Binford Arney
Civil War Vet. 96 Becomes Father Again in New Addition
Ninety six year old George Isaac Hughes, a Confederate veteran from Newbern North Carolina, welcomed his daughter Mary Gertrude as his latest addition to a growing family. This follows his earlier startling news two years ago when he became a father.
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Newbern
N. C
U.P
George Isaac Hughes
Mary Gertrude
Texas drafts minimum wage and hour bills for legislature
Everett L. Looney, chairman of the Texas Industrial Commission, prepared minimum wage and hour measures for the legislature. He aims to align with the Supreme Court ruling on the New York law and reduce working hours for women and children to six hours a day and 36 hours a week in certain trades.
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Austin
Everett L. Looney
Texas Industrial Commission
Looney
Supreme Court
New York
China builds modern army for defense against Japan
Shanghai reports China under Chiang Kai-Shek is rapidly expanding its war capability. Half a million loyal troops plus up to 250,000 from provinces stand ready if needed. China’s arsenals produce light mortars rifles grenades and machine guns modeled on European and Japanese designs. Eight batteries of 150 mm heavy artillery and 24 modern British tanks bolster the force, with air power playing a decisive role in defense planning.
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Morris J. Harris Shanghait
China
Japan
League of Nations
Nanking
Hopei
Chahar
Yellow River
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiangs
Europe
United States
Generalissimos
Blum Takes Reins As France Strikes Paralyze Nation
Paris reports show Leon Blum taking power amid widespread strikes across France Spain and Belgium. Roughly 500000 French workers walkout 250000 in Spain and 25000-plus in Belgium with violence causing several deaths. Blum orders immediate ministerial transfers and plans a radio address to mobilize support as strike actions expand.
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France
Leon Blum
Spain
Santiago Casares
Belgium
Paris
Rogers Salengro
J. B. Lebas
Blum
Albert
LeBrun
Albert Sarraut
Jean Chiappe
Press
Chihuahua Bishops Residence Seized in Mexico City
The Chihuahua City home of Most Rev Antonio Guizar Valencia, bishop of Chihuahua, was confiscated by the Mexican government as he reportedly had no legal title. The house belonged to Bishop Nicolas Perez Gavilan, who died in 1919, and was given to Valencia after his death. Valencia has lived there since 1921.
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EL Paso
Chihuahua City
Antonio Guizar Valencia
Chihuahua
Juarez
Valencia
Nicolas Perez Gavilan
Gavilan
Marine Band Receives Funds for Centennial and Reunion Tours
President Roosevelt signed a measure authorizing the Marine Band to attend the Arkansas and Texas centennials and the Confederate Reunion in Shreveport Louisiana from June 6 to 16. The band will perform at the commemorations during the travel period.
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Marine Band
Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
Shreveport
Man Plunges Nine Stories to Death in Harlingen
Frank Gaston, 35, fell from the ninth floor of a Harlingen business building. He landed on an awning and died from internal injuries. Gaston worked as an advertising man for a food store chain. no witnesses reported seeing the fall.
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Harlingen
Tex
U.P
Frank Gaston
Gaston
Funeral for Speaker Burns Prompts State Ceremony in Washington
Washington mourns Joseph W. Burns former Speaker as President Roosevelt vows to attend the funeral. House leaders end the week’s business, call a special session, and plan a Nashville interment near the Hermitage. Rep. William duties and succession discussed.
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Washington
Joseph W. Burns
Roosevelt
Nashville
Hermitage
Andrew Jackeson
House
William
Texans Challenge Louisiana In Spitting Record Test
Dallas reports Texas officials and citizens rally to defend a spitting record against Louisiana Governor Leche. Leonard Pack, head of Centennial police, named by Governor Allred as Texas champion, vows to outspit Rep. Leonard Spinks of Tangipohoa Parish. Spinks accepts, seeking loaning privileges, as McCraw hints additional matches while Governor Leche and other Texans prepare for the June 12 visit.
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Dallas
Texas
Lone Star
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Leonard Pack
Centennial Police
James V. Allred
Pack
Leonard Spinks
Tangipohoa Parish
Baton Rouge
Spinks
William McCraw
Austin
McCraw
Lewhe
Alfred
Lee Stebbins
Fort Worth
Allred
Leche
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J. M. Hill
Clarendon
John McCarty
Marion Peters
Plainview
MceCormick Company
Gib Gilchrist
State Highway Department
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Harry R. McKeen
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
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