Roosevelt presses Congress to pass four must bills
President Roosevelt told House leaders he expects Congress to pass 14 must bills, four with speed, guiding quick action on the NRA stop-gap, Wagner labor disputes, Guffey coal, and transportation coordinator extension measures. Senate ended a 154 hour filibuster by Long before approving NRA extension rules. McCarran then carried the vote at 6:21 AM.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
NRA
Wagner
Guffey
Burns
Taylor
Colorado
O’ Connor
New York
Rules Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Samuel B. Hill
White House
Senate
Long
Louisiana
McCarran
Nevada
Final fight loss as Richetti faces murder indictment
Adam Richetti, sole survivor among the Plaza gunmen, lost a bid to quash the murder indictment in Kansas City. Judge Cowan opened arguments as defense challenges grand jury composition alleging no minority jurors. Prosecution seeks the death penalty for the Ozark bandit linked to Charles Floyd. Floyd was killed after escape, while Verne Miller was slain in Detroit.
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Kansas City
U.P
Adam Richetti
Frank Nash
Union Station Plaza
Ray G. Cowan
Laska Denies Ransom Tales In Urschel Kidnapping Trial
In a Denver Federal Court Ben B. Laska of Oklahoma City denies threatening to slit the throats of the government's two star witnesses and flatly rejects taking money related to the Urschel kidnapping case. Feldman and his mother testified that Laska directed concealment of Bates 75000 share and accepted 10000 in hot ransom cash.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
James C. Mathers
Claude Nowlin
Leslie Connor
James H. Mathers
Mathers
Laska
Dave Tant
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Edward Feldman
Clara Feldman
Albert Bates
David Fant
Feldman
Bates
Des Moines Man Sues Wife for Divorce Over Severe Abuse
Carl F. Woolery filed for divorce citing his wife as a large temperamental woman who allegedly beat him with a beer bottle and knocked him down with a heavy glass ash tray. He emphasizes her "very ad temper" in the petition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carl F. Woolery
Pan American Clipper Completes Second California to Hawaii Flight
The Pan American Clipper arrived at Pearl Harbor from Alameda after 17 hours 57 minutes covering 2410 miles. Captain Musick and crew, barely fatigued, prepared for a planned hop to Midway Island as Pan American aims to start Pacific service this summer.
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Honolulu
California
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Amarillo
Alameda
E. Musick
Musick
Pan -American Air Way
Explosions Destroy German Arms Plant Reported
A series of blasts cripple a German arms plant leaving fifty two dead as details spread. The incident is cited amid tensions in Europe with authorities not yet releasing full casualty or cause information.
Film Star Marilyn Miller Faces $15150 Judgment
Hollywood dancer and motion picture actress Marilyn Miller faced a $15150 judgment in connection with an automobile accident. The suit named her and chauffeur R D Davis, with lower court rulings upheld by an appellate court.
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Hollywood
U.p
Marilyn Miller
H. C. Meader
R. D. Davis
Miss Miller
Two Die in Waco House Fire Blamed on Unknown Cause
A house fire in south Waco claimed the lives of Miss Dorothy Buchanan and Guy Anderson. The blaze left several rooms destroyed and investigators did not immediately determine the fire's origin.
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Waco
Dorothy Buchanan
Guy Anderson
Calbert
Explosion at German works leaves over fifty dead
Nazi district leader Otto Heidenreith announced at Wittenberg that 52 people died in the Westphalian Anhalt Explosive Works blast. He said 75 were seriously hurt and 300 slightly injured, with 30 of the dead unaccounted for yet believed recovered among the debris. Funerals were planned for early next week.
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Associated Press
Wittenburg
Germany
Westfalian Anhalt
Otto Heidenreith
Heidenreith
Heindenreith
Gassaway Seeks Baltimore Speech Attack on Huey Long
Oklahoma Democrat Representative P L Gassaway plans to ride into Baltimore on June 20 to denounce Huey Long under Calumet Democratic Club auspices. He will give a speech at the Elks Club after a horseback parade through the city, with a male quartet requested to perform.
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Baltimore
Huey Long
P. L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Elks Club
Calumet Democratic C
Gassaway
ForeCast for Amarillo and West Texas Friday
Partly cloudy in Amarillo and surrounding West Texas on Friday. New Mexico expected generally fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Readings show variable hourly temperatures with highs around 80 and lows near 60, typical for the period.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Yret
China Faces New Demands as Japs Mass Troops
Tientsin center of Sino Japanese tension as Japan readies more troops, while Nanking and Tokyo deny military ultimatums. Four Japanese officers detained near Changpe and reports of a secret anti Japanese society fuel the dispute amid deployments at Chinwangtao and along the Great Wall.
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Associated Prose
Shanghai
China
Japan
Tientsin
Nanking
Peiping
Tokyo
Changpe
Tan Takahashi
Rengo
Chinwangtao
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Chahar
Kupeikow
Shanhaik
Huey Long to be counted out as Senate stint ends
24 VOCE ROGERS notes Huey Long will return home after a brief Senate session. Rogers recalls Long’s 16 hour talk spree and his constitutional readings, contrasting his former political reach with the current limit. The writer mocks forecasts of Japanese advances in China.
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Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Calles
Beverly Hills
Calif
Huey
Senate
U. S
China
Heavy rains flood South Texas forcing hundreds from homes
Four hundred people flee a low Kenedy area as Escondido Creek surges after a 10 inch rainfall. Rail and highway routes are blocked with bridges washed out and trains rerouted. floodwaters threaten the Nueces at Three Rivers and Frio rising near Beeville.
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Kenedy
Karnes County
Escondido Creek
Karnes City
Missouri Pacific
San Antonio
Tom Donnell
Kenedy Constable
Escondido
Carlaham
Beeville
Frio
Nueces
New Clues in Mahan Search Spur Fresh Lead
A new tip in the hunt for William Mahan and the Weyerhaeuser ransom case prompts renewed police pursuit. A man resembling the fugitive sought food in Livingston Montana, raising suspicion with his stylish clothes as investigators gauge if he fled toward Yellowstone gateway.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Livingston
Mont
C. B. Jeffries
Two-Purpose Gas Hearing Draws Western Producers to Amarillo
The Railroad Commission hearing in Amarillo draws top oil and gas figures from across the mid continent to discuss gas allocation under the new law and to address West Texas production problems. The session covers residue gas usage, fuel and light gas markets, and carbon black manufacture stemming from gas processing, with notes on sweet and sour casing heads and repressurizing requirements.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Max Braddock Upsets Baer in Historic Heavyweight Win
Jimmy Braddock, long shot from New Jersey, defeats Max Baer by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden Bowl before 36,000 fans. The 15-round title bout ends with Braddock hailed as Cinderella in rags, delivering the undoable upset and a world heavyweight crown.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York
Max Baer
Jimmy Braddock
Johnny McAvoy
New Jersey
Baer
Jimmy
Lloyd Named Lamb County Sheriff After Resignation
Olton June 13 F A Lloyd is the new Lamb County sheriff appointed by the commissioners court to fill the unexpired term of Len Irvin who resigned following a federal conviction for conspiracy to evade liquor taxes. Lloyd, an Amherst druggist, had served as county relief administrator before the appointment.
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Olton
F. A. Lloyd
Lamb County
Commissioners Court
Len Irvin
Lloyd
Amherst
Panhandle Dancers Hear Nat King Cole In Amarillo
Richard Cole and his 16 piece ensemble will headline a Panhandle wide dance event in Amarillo next Monday. The Nat King Cole show, backed by an 18 member orchestra, will be held after arrival from Hotel Skirven in Oklahoma City. The Tri State Pair Association sponsors promise big-time dancing with admission at one dollar per person and one dollar twenty five cents for stags.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Richard Cole
Nat. Cole
Music Corporation of America
Skirven
Oklahoma City
Tri-State Pair Association
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Urschel
P. S
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Ine
James J. Braddock
Mahan
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Yellowstone National Park
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N. D. Bartlett
Railroad Commission
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