Desert Sands hold secret as two Illinois couples vanish
Four missing Illinois residents linked to Vaughn New Mexico in late May were last seen near Vaughn on May 20 or 21 while en route to the Grand Canyon and Southern California. An abandoned car was found in Dallas on May 28 and sightings of travelers checks were reported in Holbrook Arizona.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Desert
New Mexico
Texas
Illinois
George Lorius
East St. Louis
Albert Heberer
Duquoin
Ill
Vaughn
Dave Beckett
Lorius
Heberer
A. J. Davis
Santa Fe Railway
Grand Canyon
Arizona
California
Dallas
Gallup
Holbrook
Ariz
Federal funds requested for peach tree disease work
The Works Administration announced receipt of applications for relief funds including 831,568 to locate and destroy peach trees infected with Phony peach disease across Alabama Georgia South Carolina Tennessee North Carolina Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Texas Missouri and Illinois. The plan cites using local labor to remove diseased and wild seedling trees and to halt disease spread in 13 southern states.
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Washington
The
Works Administration
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
North Carolina
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Missouri
Illinois
King’s Friend Shot in Romania as Brother Kills Self
In Bucharest on June 9 Michael Popovich a former Romanian finance minister and King Carol’s ally was shot and wounded by his brother Stefan who then killed himself. The incident follows reports of a dispute over personal finances amid Popovich’s ties to Skoda contract matters.
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Mithridates the Great
Kig
Pontus
Abe
Mithridates
Pharnaces
Bolivia
Bucharest
Romania
Michael Popovich
Carol
Stefan Popovich
Nautical Themed Summer Dress Pattern Advertisement
Vintage advertisement offering Marian Martin patterns for a summer wrap dress with Peter Pan collar and darts. Includes fabric suggestions, size range, order details, and price for pattern and book. Appears with address to Amarillo Daily News Pattern Department and New York contact.
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Marian Martin Lew
Marian Martin
Amarillo Daily News
Wath St
New York
Oil Company Stock Sold for 650000 in Texas Deal
Dallas today saw E B Germany announce the sale of a half interest in the C G Oil Company to the Argo Oil Company of Gladewater and Shreveport for 650000. The stake, formerly held by Mrs Ton E Cranfill and Mrs E B Germany, includes 173 acres across nine East Texas leases with Germany retaining operating control. Sponsors call the sale a success and plan an annual celebration.
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Dallas
E. B Germany
C. & G. Oi Company
Argo Oil Company
Gladewater
Shreveport
Ton E. Cranfill
Cranfill Companies
E. B
Germany
East Texas
Fast Texas
Returning stock to dry areas in drought relief drive
Washington reports late spring rain shifts relief focus to moving livestock to growth areas and seed distribution. AAA notes 131 counties remain in 1935 drought area across parts of Colorado Kansas Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Rail tariffs extend favorable rates for cattle shipped from drought zones through June 30 1936 while livestock feed shipments drop into the 1935 growth area.
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Washington
Grouth
Farm Adjustment Administration
Federal Livestock Feed Agency
Cattle Transfer Unit
AAA
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Hopkins Says Building Aided Nation's Wealth
Harry L. Hopkins credited relief building activities across 41 states with adding to national wealth. He cited 3,602 public buildings completed and 9,989 improved, noting the count excludes Civil Works Administration projects and that seven states plus Washington DC did not report or have no projects. The Works Progress Administration sought another 6.84 million dollars in new projects as part of the 4 billion dollar fund, while the Public Roads Bureau allowed 200 million for grade crossing work with at least 25 percent directed to secondary roads. Projects will be evaluated at a rate of 1,400 dollars per worker per year for labor and materials.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Relief Administration
Hopkins
Civil Works Administration
District of Columbia
Hau
Delaware
Idaho
Iowa
Kentucky
Missouri
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Works Application Division
Bureau of Public Roads
Coast guardsman killed during Cape May still raid
In Cape May Court House New Jersey a coast guardsman shot two sentries and died from bullets after a raid on a still. Herman Benson chief of Woodbine volunteer fire department was killed as he led the raid and was shot in the head and abdomen. Louis Benson 39 a former Woodbine police chief is jailed among three arrested at the still.
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Cape May
N. J
Coast
Benson
Henry Milliken
Louis Benson
Woodbine
Tingley Sets Pace For Improvements In New Mexico
Governor Clyde Tingley showcases bold plans and projects from Conchas Dam to Highway 66 and a Hot Springs hospital. His reform of the Springer reformatory shifts control to judges and a prominent woman as he pursues broad, popular development for the state amid a trail of admiration and precedent breaking.
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New Mexico
Clyde Tingley
Albuquerque
Panhandle
Conchas
Tucumcari
Tingley
Reformatory
Springer, N. M
Amarillo
Rio Grande
Great Lake
Canterbury Cathedral Holds Naval Relics Logbook and Models
The cathedral houses the bell of the British warship Canterbury along with Admiral Percy Royds logbook and a model of HMS Canterbury built in 1744.
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Canterbury
Percy Royds
Man Drowns With Swimming Party Near Magnolia Gardens
Houston reports W. H. Beidelman, 40, division traffic manager for Standard Brands in Dallas, drowned while swimming with friends in the San Jacinto River near Magnolia Gardens about 18 miles from Houston. The rest of text notes annual flour consumption per person and bread versus cake usage.
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Houston
W. H. Beidelman
Standard Brands, Inc
Dallas
San Jacinto River
Magnolia Gardens
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Vaughn, N. M
Max Carey
Toporoches
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mithridates the
Ripley
Michae
Rarmania
Skoda
Stefan
Department of State
Nogales Wash
Nogales
Mexico
United States
Santa Cruz
Gulf Coast
Paramount Theater
Constance Ferguson
Ferguson School
Imperial Russian Ballet School
Petipa
Johannsen
Legat
Theodore Kosloff
Marian Baldina
Miss Ferguson
Murry Watts Photo
Glen Madelyn Randal
OIL Company
Drouth Area
Kansas City
New Guinea
State OF Texas Board OF Insurance Commissioners
State OF Texas
Austin
California-Western States Life Insurance Company
Sacramento
R. L. Dante
Still
Hot Springs Hospital
Hot Springs
Warm Springs
Southwest
Charles Priolo
Eee Taylor
Man
America
T. M. Montgomery
Optometrist
Oliver-Eakle
POLK
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