Democratic National Committee reports May deficit and finances
The Democratic national committee announced a May 31 treasury deficit of 557,757 dollars with three months spending totaling 45,008 dollars and receipts of 46,194 dollars. A June 1 cash balance stood at 15,787 dollars amid prior reports of potential leadership changes. Frank Scofield of Austin contributed 1,457 dollars as finance director.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Treasury
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Farley
White House
House
South Trimble
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Democratic Committee
Frank Scofield
Austin
Texas
Rainfall Dots North Panhandle with Widespread Showers
Thunderheads over the North Panhandle dropped moisture from light showers to heavy downpours. Dumas reported two inches between five and seven pm, with Gruver and Baker similar totals and hail noted. Other towns such as Washburn, Bushland, Clarendon, Shamrock, Memphis, and Amarillo area recorded varying amounts, while dust storms preceded the rain in places.
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North Panhandle
Dumas
Gruver
Baker
Drouth
Boise City
Amarillo
Washburn
Goodnight
Ashtola
Clarendon
Memphis
Shamrock
Mobeetie
Wellington
Tisha
Officer Trip Causes Fatal Shot During River Bank Chase
In Dleburne on June 12 an unidentified white man was mortally wounded when a deputy tripped over barbed wire and a pistol discharged during a chase of two suspects stripping a car in the Goat Neck area of the Brazog River brakes. The man died before reaching Cleburne.
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Dleburne
Oran Smith
Goat Neck
Brazog River
Smith
Terrell Shannon
Cleburne
Ex Con Lays Plot to Hamilton in Lurid Prison Break Story
Huntsville Texas June 12 James Mullin five times an ex convict today attributed to Ray mond Hamilton on trial for his life for murder the planning of the sensational January 16 prison break from the Eastham Farm in which Major Crowson a guard was killed but denied that the young bank robber fired any shots Mullin the states star witness in its third try in six weeks to obtain the death penalty testified more than an hour relating details of the escape of four long term convicts He said that Raymonds brother Floyd Hamilton and Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker desperado pair slain in Louisiana helped execute the delivery Mullin testified that Joe Palmer one of the convicts who escaped held the only weapon the convict
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Huntsville
Tex
James Mullin
Raymond Hamilton
Eastham Farm
Crowson
Mullin
Raymond
Floyd Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Joe Palmer
Prison escape testimony recounts gunfire during breakout
The defense cross examines Mullin and Ed Frizzell as Mullin testifies Hamilton proposed an escape plan around December 1 with pistols hidden on a farm and a car to meet there. Frizzell corroborates Mullin that Hamilton and Palmer fired at guards during the incident.
Prison release sparked Barrow gang escape plan in Texas
The note describes a prisoner release on January 10 and a sequence: Mullin contacting Floyd Hamilton in Dallas then meeting Barrow and Bonnie Parker to plot an escape. Mullin bought ammunition and, with Floyd, reached near Eastham Farm. Over three days Barrow and crew scouted routes, Floyd visited the prison, and Mullin prepared pistols for the plan.
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Dallas
Floyd Hamilton
Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Mullin
Floyd
Eastham Farm
Raymond
Mullins
Racing Plant Buzz At Tri-State Fair Grounds
A bustling suburb has sprung up overnight at the Tri-State Fair grounds as race horses trainers and jockeys converge for the spring race meeting. Dozens of owners unloaded racers from Panhandle and Honda and key entries from Kansas City heighten expectations with more than 250 thoroughbreds expected. Jockey W Dutch Ricard arrived amid talks of a big future while builders finish caliche around the grandstand and work on the pari mutuel and secretary offices.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Panhandle
Honda
The
Fair Association
Kansas City
Dutch
Ricard
Bob Martin
Ricord
Strickland and Son
Corsicana
Martin
Pair of gunmen slain in Oklahoma raid identified
In Miami Oklahoma two men implicated in a Flat River Missouri bank robbery were identified by Muskogee and McIntosh County officers as Leroy Dennison 20 and another unnamed man known only as Bill. A police deputy reported a pistol taken in the holdup and a stolen car used in the robbery. A third man Frank Shinn 21 Webber Falls admitted being with the pair but said he fired no shots.
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Miami
Okla
Muskogee
McIntosh County
Flat River
Leroy Dennison
Dennison
John Hatley
Hatley
Missouri
Frank Shinn
Webber's Falls
Dunaway
Tropical Gulf Gale Dwindling Near Tampico
In Brownsville on June 12 officials say neither the Weather Bureau nor Pan American Airways have word the tropical disturbance moved 60 miles inland north of Tampico Mexico. Observers note no wind change, suggesting only a very weak storm may have inland effects.
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Brownsville
Tex
Government Weather Bureau
Pan American Airways Weather Bureau
Tampico Mexico
Tampico
Records Open to Inspection in West Texas Chamber of Commerce
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce responder D A Bandeen says records show Electra and Eastland towns sent membership payments via checks, and the organization has relied on local directors and chambers rather than its own solicitors since 1940. The remarks come after the Texas Relief Commission demanded a recheck of disapproved relief items administrations under chamber supervision prior to the state relief commission.
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Stamford
Texas
U.P
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
D. A. Bandeen
Texas Relief Commission
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
State Relief Commission
Electra
Eastland
West Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Mexico Denies Recognition Of Manchukuo State
Mexico rejected Japan’s bid to recognize Manchukuo under the Estrada doctrine, which applies only to established governments and not to newly formed states. The denial was conveyed by officials in Mexico City, clarifying that Manchukuo does not meet the doctrine’s criteria.
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Mexico City
Japan
Manchukuo
Yoshiatsu Hori
United Press
Amarillo Weather Forecast for Wednesday
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas calls for partly cloudy skies on Wednesday. Temperatures rise through the day with morning values near 42 and afternoon readings around 87, based on yesterday’s observations.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Alosi Admits Slaying Five Despite Denial
Susanville California June 12 Peter Alesi 45 confessed to Sheriff James Leavitt that he stabbed and killed five people including Joe Fazio and his family and a neighbor after his home broke apart He claimed he intended only to kill Fazio but killed others as they came to the house stating he washed away blood in a bathtub and could not escape.
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Susanville
Calif
Peter Alesi
James Leavitt
Alesi
Joe Fazio
Fazio
Leavitt
Navy Formula Emerges as Clue in Air Crash Tragedy
Investigators probe explosive formula found in luggage after seven aboard an American Airlines plane perished on Mongrup Mountain. Coroner Bourke studies Navy property documents from Seniet Solvay official Bennett while weather and wind conditions are reviewed by aviation and Commerce inspectors.
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Liberty
American Air Lines
Sullivan County
Victor G Bourke
Buffalo
William B. Bader
Navy
Rourke
Department of Commerce
Mongrup Mountain
Livingston Manor
Clyde Holbrook
Bourke
T. H. Bennett
Seniet Solvay Company of
New York
Japanese Vice Consul Missing Sparks Chinese Search
In Nanking on June 12 the missing Japanese vice consul Fimei Kuranoto prompted a national Chinese search. Police and troops canvassed Nanking and surrounding towns as General Chiang Kai-Shek ordered faster action from his Nanchang headquarters.
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Nanking
China
Fimei Kuranoto
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanchang
Youngest Train Hold-up The Merry Widow Delayed
The Illinois Central passenger train Merry Widow arrived ten minutes late in New Orleans. Engineer J H Hogan said a woman boarded at Tangipahoa and in Natalbany the crew helped deliver a baby. The mother’s name was not learned and mother and child were left with a doctor in Hammond Louisiana.
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Ilinois Central Crack
New Orleans
J. H. Hogan
Tangipahoa
Natalbany
Hammond
Globe News
Nervous Youth Nabbed at Bank On Way to Wed
A tense scene at the First National Bank in Lawrence Kansas ends with police arresting Lawrence Stenning of Rochester New York. He sought to change a $20 bill to pay his wedding officiant Dorothy Stewart daughter of the bank attorney and director. Riot and machine guns were seen as officers arrived.
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Lawrence, Kan
First National Bank
New York
Lawrence Stenning
Rochester
Misa Dorothy Stewart
Bailey Crowds Hear Bailey In Amarillo Rally
Congressman Joe W. Bailey Jr returned to the Panhandle to resume his United States Senate campaign at Municipal Auditorium Amarillo amid wind and rain. The audience of several hundred heard him address his positions and defend his loyalty to the President while outlining his duty to the people of Texas.
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Joe, W. Bailey, Jr
Panhandle
United States Senate
Bailey
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Sherman
Texas
Washington
Disney Thomas
Grady Fox
W. 5
Birge
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hailey
Rabbit Wins Fight With Snake at Potobi Home
In Potobi Missouri a domestic rabbit killed a copperhead that tried to enter its small box home. The rabbit attacked with teeth and hind feet while the snake struck back, but the reptile died near the rabbit’s feet. Owner Mrs Cecil Boyer witnessed the struggle and could not aid the pet.
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Potobi
Cecil Boyer
Borger Man Dies of Pistol Wound
W Henson Davis 55 formerly Borger city manager and accountant died at 9 15 p m at a local hospital from a gun shot wound to the head found after a shot was heard in a hotel room a pistol lay beside him He came from Oklahoma seven years ago and served as city manager from 1930 to 1933 Survived by his widow.
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Borger
W. Henson Davis
Mr. Davis
Oklahoma
Roosevelt Signs Tariff Bill and Opens Trade Talks
President Roosevelt signed a sweeping tariff bill granting him sole power to fix import rates for three years and to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements. The act repeals certain excess retaliatory tariffs and ends special duties on softwood from Canada and Mexico. It sets automatic basic rates and directs swift progress toward model treaties with about 27 nations, with a Cuba treaty anticipated within weeks.
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Roosevelt
United States
Adebt
Mexico
Canada
Congress
Executive Committee
Francis B. Sayre
State Department
Colombia
Cuba
Cattlemen Back Drouth Aid Program Amid Cattle Shifts
Interest in the cattle buying program for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico drouth areas grows as stockmen endorse moving low grade cattle off the range. Diseased cattle are killed while usable meat is canned. Cattle carloads arrive from Adrian Channing and Hereford with more expected. trucks bring cattle from nearby. Amarillo canning plant opening delayed to Friday morning due to new federal refrigeration rules. Gaines Whitsitt Potter County relief administrator notes the delay.
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Drouth
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Adrian
Channing
Hereford
Amarillo
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Potter County
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