Rumors Fly Over Vandenberg Ticket at Republican Meet
At the Republican National Convention the Kansas governor’s backers weigh a first ballot nomination amid London chatter. Vandenberg is discussed for vice president as platform debates spark talk of currency plank and a constitutional amendment on state minimum wage laws. Knox and Borah deny any push for a rapid nomination.
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Cleveland
Kansas
London
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Frank Knox
Chicago
William E. Borah
Idaho
Texas Slayer Grady Warren Death Date Set
In Gilmer Texas Judge Walter G Russell set July 10 for the execution of Grady Warren 25 convicted of murdering E C Brown on New Year Eve 1933 near Tyler Warren which is his final date after appeals failed and clemency remains governor's sole hope. Warren was moved from Dallas County jail to hear the sentence and Sheriff J W Bryce escorted him to Huntsville.
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Gilmer
Texas
Walter G. Russell
Grady Warren
E. C. Brown
Tyler
Warren
Dallas
J W Bryce
Huntsville
Black and White Ointment Skin Remedy Ad
An old style advertisement promoting Black and White Ointment for pimples and blemishes. Claims 20 years of use and scientific safety, with a trial size and large can priced at 25c. Suggests pairing with Black and White Skin Soap and lists all druggists.
Black-Draught’s Good Reputation
A typical reference shows long trust in Black-Draught as a reliable remedy passed through generations. A Hartshorne Oklahoma man says his family has used it for decades for sour stomach constipation and sluggish feeling and plans to use it for years more.
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Pred Richardson
Hartshorne
Oklo
Eskridge Peculiar Witnesses Testify In Murder Trial
Defense witnesses testified that Rev. Edgar Eskridge acted peculiarly for weeks before he shot Police Chief Ed O'Reilly in Orange. They cited insanity in his family as part of a temporary insanity defense.
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Houston
Edgar Eskridge
Ed O'Reilly
Orange
Eskridge
Way
O'Reilly
Texas schools warned against low salaries and overtime for teachers
The Texas accrediting committee met in Austin and warned 21 schools to be dropped from the accredited list with four suspended and 17 warned. It condemned overcrowded classes and noted pay disparities among coaches superintendents and teachers.
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Texas
Austin
Accrediting Committee of Texas Colleges
L. V. Stockard
Dallas
Greenville
J. W. O’banion
O'Banion
Tehuacana
Mexia
Bosqueville
Speegleville
Waco
Knox City
Valley View
Nocona
Bill Lampe Takes Two to U S Pen
Deputy U S marshal Bill Lampe left Friday for Leavenworth Kansas with Linden V Stalkup and Joseph W Owens who were sentenced in federal court this week. Stalkup pleaded guilty to theft of a federal agent car and received three years Owens got two years for forging and altering a postal money order Vernon Harmon of Amarillo accompanied Lampe as guard.
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Bill Lampe
U. S
Leavenworth, Kans
Linden V. Stalkup
Joseph W. Owens
Stalkup
Virgil Stalkup
Owens
Vernon Harmon
Amarillo
Lampe
Roosevelt names Davis to Federal Reserve Board
President Roosevelt nominates Chester C. Davis to the Federal Reserve Board and H R Tolley is chosen by Secretary Wallace to replace Davis as AAA administrator. Tolley will take the permanent title after Senate confirmation. Tom Connally leaves for Chicago on business.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
H. R. Tolley
Wallace
Davis
AAA
Tolley
Reserve Board
Senate
Mussolini and Schuschnigg Talk of Italy Quitting League
In Rome Mussolini and Schuschnigg discussed Italy possibly leaving the League of Nations amid sanctions. A two hour meeting preceded Mussolini’s return to Rome where he plans a symbolic military parade. Officials say Italy may seek a Europe-wide front with Germany if it withdraws.
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Venice
Italy
Austria
League of Nations
Kurt Schuschnigg
Mussolini
Rome
Il Duce
Germany
Schuschnigg
Europe
Ethiopia
Duce
Vienna
Program outlined for U S neutrality by senate group
A 15 point legislative program for neutral ity policy development was outlined to the Senate by the munitions investigating committee. Senator Clark of Missouri leads a report noting treaty violations and laws on neutrality while honoring Woodrow Wilson and defending his wartime record.
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Washington
Senate
Munitions Investigating Committee
Clark
Missouri
Woodrow Wilson
Nye
North Dakota
Wilson
McCraw May Face No Opponent for Senator Renomination
Guy B Fisher of Bland Lake San Augustine County petitions the Texas Democratic committee to block Houston attorney general candidate John O Douglas from McCraws renomination race saying Douglas failed to file correctly. The committee will decide in Dallas Monday. If rejected McCraw will have no opponent for renomination.
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Austin
Guy B Fisher
Bland Lake
San Augustine
United States
Texas Democratic Committee
John O. Douglas
Houston
William McCraw
Douglas
Fisher
Vann M. Kennedy
McCraw
Dallas
Oklahoma seeks prisoner custody in Nabors extradition case
Governor Marland asked Texas authorities to extradite Claude B. Nabors held in Fort Worth on grand larceny charges. Nabors is accused of stealing $114 worth of tools equipment and a radio from the Joe H Edwards Motor Company at Alva where he formerly worked.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
E. W. Marland
Texas
Claude B. Nabors
Fort Worth
Alva
Nabors
Joe H. Edwards Motor Company
Continental Oil Officials Stop Here On Inspection Tour
Continental Oil Company executives led by Dan Moran and Wesley Nunn tour the Southwest contacting staff and inspecting properties during a 17 state, 8000 mile inspection. The group includes 20 plus executives from Ponca City and Fort Worth and will visit Artesia New Mexico and Raton New Mexico during their travels. They praise Texas Centennial publicity and plan Hospitality House facilities for visitors at the exposition.
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Conoco Travel Bureau
Chicago Century of Progress
Wesley I. Nunn
Continental Oil Company
Dan Moran
Amarillo
Artesia
N. M
Rat
Dallas
Texas
Moran
Nunn
Senator Clint Small to address Hill Men’s Bible Class
Senator Clint C. Small will be the principal speaker before the T Newton Hill Men's Bible Class Sunday at 10 o'clock. Friends and members are invited to hear him. The class meets in the new stone unit of the First Christian Church.
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Clint C. Small
T. Newton Hill
New Stone
The
First Christian Church
Time Prevents Amarillo Visit by Roosevelt
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce had invited President Roosevelt to visit as part of his Centennial trip. Congressman Marvin Jones sent a telegram explaining time and distance prevent the visit. The telegram noted the death of the Speaker of the House caused plan changes and an early return.
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Amarillo
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
Binford Arney
Junior Chamber
Congressman Jones
Plains
Jones
Deliberations Begin in Willacy Irrigation Fraud Trial
A twelve man jury in Washington started deliberations on the Willacy County irrigation fraud case. Seven defendants, including former PWA engineer Charles R. Osberg, face charges of conspiring to defraud the government of about 400000 by steering project bids and selecting a redwood conduit over a concrete gravity canal.
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Washington
Willacy County
Tex
F. D. Letts
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Charles R. Osberg
Public Works Administration
PWA
Rio Grande
Sign Names and Cafes Echo Towns and Tales
A narrator recalls odd business names from towns and streets. He notes The Dinner Bell boarding house Taste Rite cafe Mike s Place Red s Place and a Memphis hash house named Old Smokie with a two sign sequence First Chance Cafe and Last Chance Cafe at Morningside in the negro section.
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Mike
Red
Amarillo
Old Smokie
Morningside
Memphis
First Chance Cafe
Last Chance Cafe
Dr McKeen Talks to Business Club About Opportunities
Dr Harry R McKeen minister chamber of commerce campaigner addressed the American Business Club on adapting to changing conditions. He urged focusing on a few well done tasks and emphasized opportunities for men today. Willard Winyard added a classification talk outlining professional endeavors.
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Harry R. McKeen
Chamber of Commerce
American Business Club
Dr. McKean
Little Rock
Ark
Willard Winyard
Legislator Fined for Missing Car Safety Sticker
State Legislator E. E. Monson was fined 2 dollars for not displaying an automobile safety inspection sticker. The law requiring the sticker was drafted in part by Monson. Separate note states Alaska coastline measures 35,000 miles, about 10,000 miles longer than Earth's circumference.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
E. E. Monson
Monson
Coast
Alaska
Myers Organizing Junior Chorus for Pa tience at Amarillo College
Emil F. Myers will organize a junior chorus ages 6 to16 at Amarillo College of Music next Tuesday at 2 PM to perform Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Pa tience. The annual summer chorus has sung these works the past two summers and participants will rehearse for a late July Municipal Auditorium production. Railway locomotives sometimes weigh more than 250 tons.
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Amarillo College of Music
Emil F. Myers
Municipal Auditorium
Bill Would Slash Farm Program Aid
The agriculture committee reported a bill to the Senate to reduce farm program payments. It would cut all payments between 2 000 and 10 000 dollars by 25 percent and reduce payments above 10 000 dollars by 50 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Committee
Senate
O'Mahoney
Brisk Tax Payments Reported by County Officials
Brisk payments on the last half of 1935 taxes were reported by George M. Waddill school collector and Miss Jewell Davidson county tax assessor-collector. Delinquent tax penalties begin July 1 and many payments are also coming in on delinquent taxes.
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George M. Waddill
Jewell Davidson
Mr. Waddill
Altar Society Bakes Today at White and Kirk Store
St Bernardette Circle of the Altar Society holds a baked goods sale today at White and Kirk store offering assorted pastries and treats for shoppers.
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St. Bernardette Circle of the
Altar Society
White & Kirk Store
Amarillo motorist meets headrise on road in freak weather
Ercel W. Brooks district supervisor of education drove through Stinnett Spearman area finding sudden climate changes. He encountered rushing water 10 miles north of Stinnett a cloudburst hail 2 inches near Spearman and a dust storm on the homeward leg.
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Amarillo
Ercel W. Brooks
Stinnett-Spearman
Stinnett
Brooks
Spearman
Panhandle
Texas
Warrants Issued for Zioncheck and Bride in Landlady Assault
Judge McMahon issues warrants for Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck and Mrs. Rubye Nix Zioncheck on assault charges. Service delayed pending mental-condition exam. Zioncheck allegedly assaulted at 8 30 AM May 30, and Mrs. Zioncheck at 10 30 PM the prior evening amid dispute over a sublet apartment.
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Zioncheck
Bride
Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Rubye Nix Zioncheck
John P. McMahon
Karl Kindleberger
Ted
Kindleberger
Benjamin Scott Young
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Paviowa
Rosina Galli
Anna Paviowa
Mme, Tell
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Ava Lowe
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Magnolia
Amarillo Dai! News
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Eighth Avenue
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N. Y
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Tom Connally
Connally Bearing Company
Schusnigg, Duce Confer
U.S
Bill M’craw
Oklahoma
Continental Oil
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J. J. Cosgrove
Walter Miller
G. F. Smith
George Olds
H. J. Kennedy
J. G. Dyer
H. K. Tompkins
T. D. Harris
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W. D. Rogers
Ponca City
Barney Holland
T. H. Lawson
Southern
P. Riggins
F. D. Ballentine
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H. B. Semcox
Joe Dawson
Tracey, Locke and Dawson, Inc
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DR. M
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Myers
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