Senate passes holding company bill amid heated debate
Washington June 11. Roosevelt backing drives the Senate to approve the bill to abolish unnecessary public utility holding companies by 56 to 32 after a tense session. Key votes blocked Dietrich’s attempt to carve out dissolution powers and Borah’s amendment intensified the measure’s reach while a lengthy floor fight continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Dieterich
Illinois
Securities Commission
Wheeler
Montana
House
Rayburn
Texas
Interstate Commerce Committee
Borah
Idaho
Dietrich
Lonergan
Connecticut
Commission
Legion Convention Arrives in Amarillo Late June
West Texas American Legion delegates from Oklahoma to the Mexican border gather June 29 and 30 in Amarillo for the Fifth Division convention. National Commander Frank Delgano will speak June 29 with Miller Ainsworth and Fred Young also on the program. Two thousand delegates are expected for the event featuring a parade pageant and dances with no registration fee.
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West Texas Legionnaires
American Legion
Oklahoma
Fifth Division
Texas
Hanson Post
Amarillo
Dewey Richberg
Pecos
Will M. Benton
Floyd L. Sloan
Howard Anderson
Bil Burger
Charles M. Holt
Roy D. “~Ase
Otho K. Farrell
C. O. Hess
Tom L. Landis
H. F E. Bozeman
Lee Barry
Boy Witness in Nab Case Slugged at Home
Goyo Estrada an 11 year old principal government witness in the June Robles kidnapping case was beaten in his home by an unidentified assailant. County officers said neighbors reported a strange man lurking in the neighborhood for several days. Estrada previously received and delivered ransom notes for the case.
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Ariz
Goyo Estrada
June Robles
Estrada
Grass Root boys denounce and renounce in Beverly Hills
A Beverly Hills reader jokes about idle campaigners calling the President the most names. He notes both sides used the same insults since Hoover’s era and mocks the politicking as a high class gentlemanly game where prize fighters shake hands after a bout. The writer closes with a sarcastic salute to the supposed civility of politics.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Grass Root Boys
M Hoover
Beginning of new ratable gas and oil hearing announced
The Texas Railroad Commission will hold a major gas and oil hearing in Amarillo this Friday to inaugurate the new law ratable for natural gas production. The rule aims to curb wastage and create a ratable market, aligning with oil practices, with broader state hearings in Austin on June 17.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Austin
Railroad Commission
Mrs. Gibbons Indicted in Husband Shooting Case
Mrs. Jimmy Gibbons aged 45 of 803 Lincoln Street is jailed in Potter County on assault and attempt to murder charges for the April 20 shooting of her husband Joe Gibbons 42 at their home. Bond set at 1500. Indicted by the grand jury Monday she was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Roy Brewer after previous bond. The husband was shot in the left temple with a .25 automatic and spent six weeks in hospital with the bullet not yet removed. They have a 22 year old son. No eyewitnesses were reported.
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Jimmy Gibbons
Lincoln Street
Potter County
Joe Gibbons
Gibbons
Roy Brewer
Ranges Improve Across Texas in May USDA Report
The USDA reported Texas cattle ranges rose 13 points in May to 79 percent of normal on June 1, aided by abundant rainfall in most areas. Deficits linger in the trans Pecos and western Panhandle. Cattle condition gained seven points overall, with northwestern and western parts rated less than fair.
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Austin
United States Department of Agriculture Today
Texas
trans-Pecos
Panhandle
Firemen Seriously Burned In Tank Truck Explosion
Gladewater June 11 Firemen Red Walsh and S W Witt were seriously burned today when their truck caught fire and exploded at a gasoline loading rack.
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Gladewater
Red Walsh
S. W. Witt
Roosevelt to Speak at Military Academy Graduation
President Roosevelt will address the U S Military Academy graduation exercises. The ceremony airs on WEAF NBC at 9 05 A M EB ST and on WABC CBS ten minutes later.
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New York
Roosevelt
U.S. Military Academy
WEAF
NBC
WABC
CBS
Weather Sketches West Texas And New Mexico
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with possible showers in southeast Texas and New Mexico mostly fair on Wednesday. Temperature readings from Amarillo show daytime highs near 84 to 85 degrees and nighttime lows around 60s with variable humidity.
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Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Bea
Max
Divorced, To Wed Pearl Buck and Richard J Walsh
Two Reno divorces granted at private trials clear the way for the marriage of Pearl Buck the noted author and Richard J Walsh a wealthy New York publisher. Mrs Buck and Ruth Abbott Walsh filed suits about the same time. Buck charged John Lois ing Buck a missionary in China with cruelty. He did not contest beyond a denial.
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Reno
Nev
Pearl Buck
Richard J. Walsh
New York
Rail Week Observances Highlight Local Open House Tours
National Railroad Week continued with open house tours through Rock Island and Fort Worth & Denver shops and inspection trips at Santa Fe facilities. J W Mode of Santa Fe urged Lions Club members to travel by rail.
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National Railroad Week
Rock Island and
Fort Worth
Denver
Santa Fe
J. W. Mode
The
Lions’ Club
Normandie Sets New Ocean Crossing Record Aboard
The French liner Normandie crossed the eastern Atlantic in 4 days 3 hours 28 minutes passing Bishop's Rock at 10 58 P M from Ambrose Light. The speed averaged 30.31 knots, beating Bremen's 4 days 16 hours 15 minutes at 28.51 knots and Normandie's own westward record of 4 days 11 hours 33 minutes at 29.68 knots.
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S. S. Normandie
Normandie
Bishop’s Rock
Ambrose Light
Bremen
Roads Bureau Outlines Probable Plan in Texas
The Bureau of Roads outlined how Texas would use its Work Relief Administration funds for roads. Most of the 11.99 million grant would pay for preliminary work like grading and drainage under tight labor limits. The 10.86 million crude crossing fund would face the same rule, with at least 40 percent on labor. Regular highway improvement funds of 47.78 million could cover started preliminary work, with 25 percent for secondary roads and the rest for federal aid routes. Continued on page 9.
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Washington
Bureau of Roads
Texas
Work Relief Administration
Bureau
Practice of Long Debate Delays Bill
The Oklahoma debate stretches lengthy as lawmakers delay the bill. Legislators confront voting disputes and procedural stalls amid pressure to advance the measure this session.
Administration push for NRA extension stalls in Senate
A rapid vote on an NRA extension failed as the Senate adjourned amid debate on the utilities holding company bill. Chairman Harrison pressed for a vote to extend NRA to April 1 1936 with anti trust laws restored, but Gore and Borah amendments diverted time.
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Washington
NRA
House
Senate
Utilities Holding Company
Harrison
Finance Committee
Gore
Oklahoma
Borah
Republi
GOP delegates adopt creed at Midwest grass roots gathering
About 8,000 GOP members from 10 prairie states left Springfield after a two day convention at the state fair grounds coliseum. They adopted a unified Republican creed and a declaration of principles to rally dissidents against New Deal policies ahead of the 1936 campaign.
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Springfied
Ill
Grand Old Party
Prairie States
Midwest
State Fair Grounds Coliseum
Not Dance Monday: Richard Cole Orchestra to Return to Amarillo
The Tri State Pair Association announces Richard Cole and his orchestra will play a Monday night dance in Amarillo. The group has risen to top dance units nationally since last November. Prices are $2 per couple or $1.25 for stags, with night club reservations via The Nat management and a 35 cent per person club cost.
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Tri- State Pair Association
Richard Cole
Amarillo
Cole
Music Corporation of America
Stags
Nat
Eight officers to search for Lost Illinois tourists in New Mexico
Gov Clyde Tingley dispatched eight patrolmen to help Albuquerque police and private investigator M E Hannon hunt four missing Illinois tourists believed slain. The Lorius and Heberer couples disappeared May 22 after a car was found abandoned in Dallas May 28. Investigators seek clues in the mountains between Albuquerque and Hot Springs.
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Texas
New Mexico
George M. Lorius
East St. Louis
Albert Heberer
Duquoin
Dallas
Southwest
Lorius
Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Clyde Tingley
George Lorius
Ill
M. EF. Hannon
Hannon
el Paso
Illinois
Hot Springs
Waldo Harris
Cisco
Visitors to have squint at quintets at hospital
Callander Ont June 11 From now on visitors to the Dafor Hospital will be shown the Dionne quintuplets from a distance of 20 feet at various times each day The no admittance rule remains in force and admirers must stay outside the fence surrounding the hospital
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Callander
Ont
Dafor
Location set for CCC camp near Amarillo
Fuqua's ranch located 14 miles north of Amarillo and 14 miles west of Western Avenue was chosen as one of five CCC camps for the government wind erosion program. Potter County headquarters will be at ranch headquarters with selection made by H H Finnell Dalhart FE Beezley and Capt R R Haley. Makeig of Southwestern Public Service Co. agreed to extend a continuation on page 9.
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Fuqua
Amarillo
Western Avenue
The
Panhandle
Potter County
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
Dalhart
May
Jury Verdict in Lubbock Conspiracy Case Sends Sheriff’s Son to Jail
A U S district court jury convicts Sheriff Len Irvin of Lamb County and 15 others of conspiracy to evade liquor taxes. Irvin resigns as sheriff after conviction. Sentences range from 90 days to 24 months with various suspensions at El Reno Oklahoma and Leavenworth for different defendants. Nine others plead guilty to narcotics violations and receive prison terms.
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Lubbock
Len Irvin
Lamb County
James C. Wilson
United States District Court
Irvin
el Reno
Okla
Driscol Irvin
Lubbock County
George Carpenter
Jim Etter
Star Haile
Jerry
Felix
George Silhen
Leonard Terry
Vernon Herman
N. O. Roper
John Purdy
Henry Fulcher
M. L
Lynn
Guy Foster
Virgil Dudgeon
Foster
Dudgeon
Rebecca Carr
Bill Herman
L. W. Kitchen
Post
Leavenworth
W. A. Hartman
Foxhall Chosen President Of Texas Cottonseed Group
F N Foxhall of Memphis Texas was elected president of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association at the end of its 41st annual convention He succeeds B B Hulsey of Terrell Henry Womble of Caldwell was elected vice president The new president will appoint the executive committee and pick a 1936 meeting place at a mid winter session.
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Galveston
F. N. Foxhall
Memphis
Texas
Texas Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
B. B. Hulsey
Terrell
Henry Womble
Caldwell
Federal Charges Put Against Kidnap
Federal Lindbergh Law charges were filed against two prisoners and William Mahan in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case. Thomas H. Tracey, DOJ agent, outlined accusations before U S Commissioner H G Fitch in Tacoma adding federal life terms to Washington State penalties. Investigators tied Harmon Waley and his wife Margaret to transporting the 9 year old across state lines toward Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Thomas H. Tracey
Department of Justice
U. S.S
H. G. Fitch
Tacoma
Wash
Washington State
Ahan
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret Waley
Washington
Blanchard
Spirit Lake
Idaho
George
J. P. Wayerhauser, Jr
Spokane
Washbungalow
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Board of Investigation
Associated
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Tingley
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