Theater bank nights ruled a lottery by Texas court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a $100 fine on H S Cole for bank night style operations at a Bonham picture show. The ruling declares such practices a lottery while noting no outside involvement and stressing that actual facts determine legality. The decision cites civil precedent and condemns schemes to sidestep lottery laws. Fort Worth plans a cleanup drive against bank rights and alleged lotteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
C. S. Lattimore
H. S. Cole
Bonham
Texas
Lattimore
State Supreme Court
City of Wink
Griffith Amusement Company
Elizabeth Johnson
Appellant
Fort Worth
W. F E. Hammond
Hammond
Weather Forecast Sees Fair Thursday for Amarillo Area
Amarillo and vicinity expect a fair Thursday with west Texas and Panhandle showers possible in the south and central portions. New Mexico reports partly cloudy skies, with temperatures showing yesterday’s highs near 75 and lows around 58, and historical high 85 and low 63 noted for 1936.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
SF Peates
Dust Storms and Drouth Over Hopper Menace Looms
Dust storms have ended and floods receded but grasshoppers threaten the Texas Panhandle and surrounding states. Entomologists report 3 to 5 on infestation, with 150000 acres in Sherman County at risk. federal funds will back a large-scale battle to curb the hoppers.
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North Plains
Raymond Holbrook
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Lipscomb
Ochiltree
Hansford
Sherman
Dallam
J. E. Crabtree
Frank Stubbs
Mr. Stubbs
Sherman County
Commissioners’ Court
R. R. Reppert
College Station
R. L. Shotwell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Michigan
North Dakota
Uncle Sam
Trading Resumed After Stockyards Strike Settled
East St. Louis Ill June 9 Trading was resumed at the National Stockyards after strikers voted to accept a compromise proposal ending a two day strike of 300 workers that caused suspension of all trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Ill
U.P
National Stockyards
Flint
Mid
Saginaw Valley
Consumers Power Co
Flint Division
Committee For Industrial Organization
Power Company
Washington
Saginaw
Wyndham Mortimer
United Automobile Workers
Bay City
Dust Bowl Film Tracks Soil Fight and Hope
The March of Time film previews in Amarillo spotlights the Dust Bowl crisis and soil conservation efforts. It contrasts the desolation with recovery by showing rehabilitation work on eroded lands and the broader impact on 9,500,000 acres in the Southwest, as Dalhart's press warned years earlier.
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March of Time
Dust Bowl
Dalhart
Last Man Club
Amarillo
Panhandle
John McCarty
The
Dalhart Texan
Woman Killed As Sooner Twisters Roll Across Oklahoma
Central Oklahoma faced two tornadoes with hail and heavy rain injuring at least four people and destroying buildings. Mrs. Fannie Thornton, about 60, died after her farm home six miles east of Union City was demolished. Frank and Mrs. Tubbs were seriously injured when their home was blown apart.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Fannie Thornton
Union City
Maud
Okla
Shawnee
Frank Tubbs
Thornton
Tubbs
Bern Leverich
Frenchman Elected Head of Rotary International
Maurice Duperrey president of the Rotary Club of Paris was elected president of Rotary International. He will preside over the 29th annual convention to be held next year in San Francisco.
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Nice
France
Maurice Duperrey
Rotary Club of Paris
Rotary International
Order
San Francisco
Senate Accepts House Tax Inquiry Proposal
Senate leaders moved to concur with House amendments to a resolution for a congressional investigation of tax evasion and avoidance to speed the inquiry next week. Publicity would be restricted, but the White House signaled approval and Treasury officials warned on state cooperation and taxable future securities.
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Senate
House
Washington
Treasury
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Roosevelt
United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate House
Drys Ahead In Georgia Balloting
In Georgia a statewide referendum on liquor law repeal shifted to the dry side as rural votes pushed the pro prohibition camp ahead, narrowing the repeal lead from a peak of about 10 000 to a final tally of 83 411 against 82 021. The late night results showed anti repeal supporters gaining momentum.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United Press
Oil Strike Ends in Mexico City Gasoline Flows Again
In Mexico City on June 9 workers in foreign owned oil firms ended a strike at noon and gasoline trucks resumed deliveries to filling stations, restoring supply to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
U.P
Pope vows to aid German Catholics amid Nazi pressure
Pope Pius XI told Bavarian pilgrims in Castle Gandolfo that he would continue the fight for German Catholics despite the Nazi regime. He lamented grave, menacing conditions in Germany, urged consolation for faithful, and dismissed rumors of policy shifts by Italy toward Germany.
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Castle Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XI
Nazi Germany
Holy See
Germany
Vatican
Reich
Arrest Promised in 15 Year Old William Desmond Taylor Killing
Los Angeles district attorney Baron Fitts announced he has taken charge of the renewed probe into the 1922 slaying of William Desmond Taylor and expects an arrest soon. Undercover work has progressed as grand jury action looms, though not immediately. The case involves threats to Taylor and new ballistics matching a 32 caliber slug found with a witness who discarded an unfired cartridge.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
William Desmond Taylor
Taylor
Fitts
Bert
Wallis
Mary Miles Minter
Hollywood
Minter
Danzig Annexation Talk Hints From Nazi Leaders
Reported preparations note Adolf Hitler may address Polish frontier issues from Marienwerder on June 19 as Nazi leaders hint at Danzig moves. Speculation cites Himmler's visit to Danzig with 9,000 Schutzstaffel guards and a possible surprise statement on reclaiming the Free City.
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Knights of Old
All Teutonic Order
Hitler
Free
Danzig
Fuehrer
Prussia
Germany
Baltic Sea
Poland
Danazig
Heinrich Himmler
Schutz Staffel
Not Guilty Plea in Child Beating Hearing
Frank Bouts, 35, relief worker, pled innocent before County Judge Donald Darrah to assault with a dangerous weapon in the beating of his 8 year old daughter Mary Lou Bouts. The charge followed a diagnosis of 20 nail punctures from a board used in the assault.
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Clinton
Okla
Frank Bouts
Donald Darrah
Mary Lou Bouts
Milton Keen
Calvert Signs Repeal Bill Moves to Allred
The Texas repeal of the horse race betting law moved to Governor James V. Allred after Speaker Robert W. Calvert signed the measure. Allred planned to delay signing until Monday to include two Senate supporters in a photo, citing their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
James V. Allred
Robert W. Calvert
House
Allred
Senate
Dog sergeant kills inmate at Ferguson farm
In Huntsville Texas a dog sergeant fatally maimed inmate Dave Ladd aged 42 after he allegedly attacked a guard with a hoe at the Ferguson farm penitentiary offices reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas
Ferguson Farm
Dave Ladd
Copeland Seeks Broad Labor Inquiry on Industries
Senator Copeland urged a general Senate labor investigation covering steel and other major industries. He favored a solution akin to the Railway Act for railway labor and supported including shipping in the inquiry, while noting no precise plan.
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Washington
Copeland
General Senate
New York
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committees
Senate
Murray
Bridges
RN. HW
Senate Post Office
Hot Oil Act Agreement Reached
Senate conferees agreed to accept the House amendment to the Connally bill extending the hot oil law for two years. The original act expires June 16. The Senate had passed a permanent version but the House amended it to a two year extension only.
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Washington
Senate
House
Connally
Farmer Indicted in Death of Plow-Pulling Wife
Woodbury Tennessee June 9 A Cannon County grand jury indicted John W. Davis a scripture-quoting farmer of Blue Wing on a charge of second degree murder in connection with the death last month of his wife who pulled the plow for him The case reflects a rural tragedy amid farm life reporting by United Press.
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Woodbury
Tenn
U.P
Cannon County
Hill Farmers
John W. Davis
Blue Wing
Chamber backs water conservation program in Panhandle
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce unanimously endorsed the Panhandle Water Conservation Association program at a noon meeting. Directors urged full support to the limit of finances, appreciating the five state conference and lawmakers from Southwestern states, with Hinton instructed to push the effort to its conclusion.
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Amarillo
Texas
Ruth Moore
First National Bank
Fourth Avenue
Polk Street
United States
J. N. Burditt
Abilene
R. L. Nelson
Wichita Falla
Medical Society
Fisk
Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
Carl Hinton
John McCarty
Water Group
Hinton
Water Association
Marvin Jones
South
McCarty
Washington
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Teutonic Knights
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Farmer
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Plains Area
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