Germany announces foreign debt moratorium
Berlin reports a moratorium on all pre July 1931 foreign credits affecting about 17.3 billion marks in debt. The suspension starts July 1 and covers interest and amortization in foreign currencies, excluding standstill with private creditors abroad. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht announced the move and warned against retaliation.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
America
U. S
United States
London
Bank For International Settlements
Dr. Schacht
Bank Robbery in Chicago: Seven Bandits Loot Main State Bank
Seven masked assailants terrorized 26 people at the Main State Bank in Chicago, using sawed-off shotguns and pistols. They escaped in two stolen cars with about $17,000. No injuries reported.
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Chicago
U.P
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Forecast indicates fair conditions for Amarillo and western Texas with warmer readings in cooler areas. New Mexico expected to stay fair and warmer in eastern portions. Temperatures show daytime highs near the mid 80s to mid 90s with evening lows around the 60s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Nural
Fee O
Elliott Roosevelt and Wife Seek Divorce in Nevada Courts
Elliott Roosevelt and his wife plan divorce proceedings in Reno on grounds of incompatibility. Roosevelt will establish residence in Nevada to allow his wife to sue, with the couple separated for months and their eight month old son. Mrs Roosevelt indicated no confirmed remarriage plans.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Reno, Nev
Nevada
Elizabeth Browning Donner
Rosevelt
Los Angeles
Reno
Dallas
Dallas News
Fort Worth
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Ruth Googins
News
Mrs. Roosevelt
C. R. Smith
Miss Googins
Denver Group City's Guests Visit Amarillo for Good Will Tour
The Denver Junior Chamber of Commerce Good-Will party of 22 boosters visited Amarillo arriving yesterday. They toured the city, inspected the United States helium plant, and dined at the Herring Hotel. Mayor Ross D. Rogers hosted a luncheon and later a banquet with Amarillo business leaders. Speakers included James T. Coatsworth and James E. McMullen detailing improved national business conditions and the tour’s purpose to build regional contacts.
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Denver Junior Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
New Mexico
Colorado
Amarillo
United States
Herring Hotel
Denver
Ross D. Rogers
James E. McMullen
Junior Chamber of Denver
Mr. McMullen
Channing and Dalhart
Raton
Rogers
Texas
McMullen
Woman shoots man at Overton inn near town
An unidentified woman shot and seriously wounded Jack Howard about 40 at his inn just south of Overton. He could not be moved to a hospital. After several hours of searching, no trace of the assailant was found.
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Overton
Jack Howard
Governor plans July election on 3.2 beer bill
Oklahoma City June 8 Governor Murray in a special message to the Oklahoma legislature indicated he would call a special election July 11 on a bill to legalize sale of 3.2 per cent beer and authorized the session to make a state appropriation to pay the cost of the election if it saw fit.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Oklahoma
Two First Wheat Loads Reported From Panhandle
The Panhandle reported two first loads of 1933 wheat yesterday. Hugh Carroll of two miles southeast of Lockney grew and sold his 61 pound per bushel crop for 57 cents to Collins Grain Company, with a liberal premium. Carroll yields about 10 bushels per acre. W M Weastsouth of Silverton delivered the first load to Silverton Mill and Elevator Company, testing 6144 pounds per bushel and selling at 62 cents per bushel, about seven bushels per acre.
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Panhandle Plains
Lockney
Hugh Carroll
R. E. Patterson
Collins Grain Company
Carroll
W. M. Weastsouth
Silverton
Silverton Mill and Elevator Company
Roosevelt names Newton to Federal Home Loan Bank board
President Roosevelt nominates Walter H. Newton of Minnesota former Hoovers secretary to a Federal Home Loan Bank board seat. The announcement also lists Russell Hawkins to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation George C Sweeney as assistant attorney general Roberts P Skinner ambassador to Turkey Francis White minister to Czechoslovakia John F Montgomery minister to Hungary Alvin M Owsley minister to Romania Dean Robert Granville Caldwell minister to Portugal and Robert C Bell as federal judge for Minnesota.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter H. Newton
Minnesota
Hoover
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Senate
Newton
Congress
Russell Hawkins
Oregon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
George C. Sweeney
Massachusetts
Roberts P. Skinner
Ohio
Turkey
Francis White
Maryland
Czechoslovakia
John F. Montgomery
California
Hungary
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas
Rumania
Dean Robert Granville Caldwell
Rice Institute
Houston
Portugal
Robert C. Bell
Robertson to Lead Lubbock Eighteenth Amendment Repeal Campaign
Fort Worth Texas June 8 John M Mathis Sr state chairman of the Texas Liberal Legion announced F H Robertson of Lubbock would direct the campaign for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and legalization of 3 2 beer in the Thirteenth Senatorial District.
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Fort Worth
Texas
John M. Mathis, Sr
Houston
Texas Liberal Legion
F. H. Robertson
Lubbock
Roosevelt to Name Alvin Owsley Minister to Roumania
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt was expected to nominate Alvin Owsley of Texas as minister to Roumania. The move aims to fill a diplomatic post amid ongoing U S interests in the region.
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Washinggton
Roosevelt
Alvin Owsley
Texas
Roumania
County Home Rule Speeds Texas Charter Vote
Governor Miriam A Ferguson signed bills enabling a county home rule amendment for counties over 62 000 population with a special election set for August 26. Corpus Christi may borrow federal funds for a navigation bridge project. Other measures require precinct judges to file returns within 72 hours and county judges to forward them within 48 hours. Funds were allocated for a Brazoria County substation reconstruction. Embezzlement offenses by officers or directors of various entities defined and punished as theft.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Corpus Christi
Secretary of State
Texas A. and M
Brazoria
Bonds Free Accused Texas Rum Law Violator
Dallas cafe owner W G Singletary was released on multiple bonds after being indicted on three counts under the Dean law. He posted 1000 dollars in each new indictment and had previously posted 1500 dollars on an earlier count, with 1000 dollars to guarantee he would not violate a permanent injunction against selling beer.
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Texas
Dallas
U.P
W. G
Bill Singletary
137 Register for B P W Conclave
One hundred thirty seven members from 33 clubs across the state registered for the 14th annual convention of the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in San Angelo. More arrived after registration closed for the first day as the convention opened tonight. The meeting continues through tomorrow and Saturday with election of officers set for Saturday.
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San Angelo
Texas Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs
Governor calls July 11 election on 3.2 beer bill
Governor Murray sent a special message to the Oklahoma Legislature announcing a special election would be held July 11 to decide the bill legalizing the sale of 3.2 percent beer. He also authorized the session to appropriate funds to cover election costs if deemed necessary.
Shares Hit New Highs In Big Push
In New York on June 8 the weak dollar helped a rally in stocks with a sharp early bulge. Metal shares jumped about $1 to $3 while rails remained heavy. Total volume approached 6.5 million shares as currencies and commodities moved, with sterling and francs varying but finishing near highs.
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New York
Senate delays sales tax clash in public works bill
After 13 hours of debate the Senate postponed the sales tax dispute and related road grant allocations totaling 400 million dollars. Democratic leaders blocked attempts to strip the industrial section while an oil regulation amendment failed in committee.
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Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
American flyer Mattern lands after gas leak during world flight
James Mattern, an American aviator, was forced to land near Belovo Siberia due to a leaking fuel line and gas fumes. He was sick and nearly unconscious, but said he would resume later after temporary repairs at Krasnoyarsk.
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Associated Press
Moscow
James Mattern
Prokoplovsk
Siberia
Belovo
Mattern
Krasnoyarsk
Omsk
New York
Earth
Japan Attacks Naval Treaty in Geneva Conference
At the Geneva disarmament talks Japan challenged the London naval pact calling it a provoker of international fears and refused to renounce aerial bombardment until aircraft carriers are abolished. The dispute unsettles army limits talks adjourned to July 3 as Henderson and Wilson criticized Tokyo’s stance.
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America
Germany
Geneva
Japan
London
Sato
Henderson
Wilson
Motor Fuel Tax Office Opens In Amarillo
Amarillo becomes the headquarters for the state comptroller motor fuel tax division with seven staffers on the third floor of the courthouse. H. B. Dudley directs the unit as district supervisor as the office aids tax collection and anti evasion efforts, with staff drawn from Texas oil fields. The division, created to enforce gasoline tax rules since March 21 1933, has already led to 21 criminal indictments at Longview, with a trial slated next Monday. Amarillo is the sixth office, joining Longview Dallas Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio.
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Amarillo
State Comptroller’s Office
Panhandle
J. M. Simpson
County Commission
H. B. Dudley
W. C. Lewis
T. G. Shephard
C. J. Howard
H. F. Long
H. J. McKenzie
H. K. Shelton
Texas
Longview
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Conciliation Focused Conferences Aim at Settlement
A series of conciliation meetings seeks a peaceful settlement between parties, offering structured sessions to resolve dispute and avoid further conflict. Organizers emphasize cooperation and neutral facilitation to reach mutually acceptable terms.
Roosevelt and House seek accord on veterans pay dispute
President Roosevelt and House teachers meet to resolve differences over World War I veterans compensation. Both sides insist on core demands but adopt conciliatory attitudes as progress hints at final agreement, with debates over direct service connected and presumptive cases and appeals rights.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
White House
M GEE CLICK STRIPPED PHOTOED IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Kansas City, June. Walter M McGee and Clarence Click were stripped and photographed under a court order in the Mary McElroy kidnapping case. Attorney Ralph T. Harding sought the order claiming police mistreatment in securing a confession and a physician's examination was ordered.
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Kansas City
Walter M. McGee
Clarence Click
Mary McElroy
Ralph T. Harding
Hawk Urges Early Reservations for World’s Fair Tour
Wilbur Hawk, sponsor, asks readers to reserve spots for a all‑expense tour to the world’s fair June 25 to July 2. Tour manager Mason King reports about half of the maximum bookings. price is 75 dollars from Amarillo, covering transport, meals, hotel, admissions, cruises, baseball, and theaters.
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News-Globe
Wilbur Hawk
Mason King
Amarillo
Chicago
Lake Michigan
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