Gas Hearing Opens With Single Issue For Wheeler County
The first day of the Panhandle gas hearing at the Herring Hotel centers on whether Wheeler County joins as a separate zone. Lone Star Gas and United Gas back the move with two witnesses while Col. Ernest Thompson presides and A G William McCraw sits with four assistants. A dispute over 1000 cubic feet of gas bought in the field versus delivered downtown is noted as the day’s only challenge. Nominations from field purchasers are requested, Cities Service Company abstains, totals not yet in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler County
Panhandle
Lone Star
Lone Star Gas Company
United Gas Company
J. H. Dunn
Dallas
A. Stephenson
Missouri Scholol of Mines
Rolla
United Gas
Ernest Thompson
Railroad Commission
C. V. Terrell
William McCraw
Col. Thompson
McCraw
Dunn
Cities Service Company
Six to One Vote in AAA Referenda Affirm Programs
Agricultural Adjustment Administration programs were upheld by large margins in four referenda. Across 2,918,678 votes, 2,511,109 supported continuance while 40,983 opposed. Cotton growers and wheat and tobacco referenda showed strong support for continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Agency
AAA
Artists To Broadcast For Charity From KGNC Night Club
Richard Cole's MCA orchestra will deliver a 15 minute radio broadcast on KGNC at 6 1 o clock Monday evening. The Tri State Pair Association organized the show to aid those unable to attend the Nat dance. Cole's band plays at The Nat from 9 30 to 1. Admittance to the dance is 1 per person and 1 25 for stags. Night club places are 35 cents per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cole
MCA Orchestra
KGNC
Tri-State Pair Association
Stags
Army acquits Foulois but reprimands for statements
Secretary of War George Dern found Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois not guilty of charges from the House committee. He will reprimand Foulois for exaggerated and misleading statements. The inspector general reviewed claims about airplane purchases, air mail readiness estimates, and congressional remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Dern
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
House Military Affairs Committee
Foulois
Dern
Inspector General of the Army
War Department
Post Office ‘Department
Army Air Corps
Steinmetz Sentenced to Sing Sing for Wife's Slaying
Joseph Leib Steinmetz, 22, a former divinity student, received a term of eight to sixteen years in Sing Sing Prison for the slaying of his 17-year-old bride Ruth Armstrong Steinmetz of Los Angeles. They were shot in the Knights of Columbus Hotel last November. Steinmetz was convicted of first degree manslaughter in connection with his wife’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Leib Steinmetz
Sing Sing
Ruth Armstrong Steinmetz
Los Angeles
Oklahoma to Create State Police Force
Oklahoma City June 14 Gov E W Marland announced a state police force will be created July 1 with primary duty enforcing liquor prohibition laws. He said investigators have clues on the disposition of $3000 worth of whisky stolen last Wednesday night near Jauls Valley from a truck bound for Texas from Joplin Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Jauls Valley
Joplin
Texas
Flood Devastation Rises As Nueces Bridges Fail
Towering floodwaters sweep the Nueces River valley near Uvalde engulfing homes and destroying two railroad and two highway bridges. At least eight dead and thousands homeless as water rises threaten more towns. Damages and missing persons mount across Texas with Crops and infrastructure ruined. Five dead at Del Rio and two unidentified drowned near Kenedy. Lasaro Barrientez, 18, among those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Nueces
Uvalde
Texas
del Rio
Here
Kenedy
Lasaro Barrientez
Trains Crash Near Dallas Injures Passengers
Texas and Pacific Sunshine Special collided with a freight train east of Dallas. Engineer C Leach of Fort Worth attempted to slow but could not stop the passenger train. Mrs. Della Noble of St Louis, 33, had a severely bruised arm. other passengers were shaken up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Co. C. Leach
Fort Worth
Della Noble
St. Louis
Postal Telegraph Files Section 77B Reorganization
New York June 14 Postal Telegraph and Cable Co filed a petition for reorganization under section 77B of the national bankruptcy laws in federal court. The action follows persistent deficits and an inability to cover fixed charges, a result Wall Street anticipated as a path to eventually end the company’s long financial struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Postal Telegraph & Cable Co
Wall Street
Insull and Partner Freed in Bankruptcy Case
Samuel Insull Jr Harold L Stuart and Samuel Insull Sr were freed of charges under federal bankruptcy laws Friday in Chicago. The ruling ends a long court fight linked to the fall of the Insull utilities empire and may mark their final court appearance in the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Insull, Jr
Harold L. Stuart
Samuel Insull, Sr
Chicago
Insull Utilities Empire
Japan presses new demands on Chahar as troops mass near Shanhaikwan
In Tientsin China on June 14 Japanese demands were presented to Chahar authorities including cessation of anti Japanese activity and punishment of detainments. Japanese troops moved into Tientsin and Peiping and 4 000 to 5 000 troops gathered at Shanhaikwan while garrisons plan to leave for home next Tuesday. four Japanese were detained Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
Chahar Province
Nippon
Peiping
Shanhaiwan
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chahar
Changpei
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast With Cloudy Skies
Partly to mostly cloudy conditions expected across West Texas near Amarillo and surrounding regions. New Mexico should see generally fair skies with little temperature change. Hourly readings indicate highs near 85 and lows around 47 in the evening, with Saturday featured as largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
aeFesaca
Arcane
Wrasse
New Plan To Regulate Oil Industry Appears
Washington June 14. Proponents of federal control of interstate crude shipments offered a new petroleum bill to keep within Supreme Court limits. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said it was milder than his first proposal. The bill would create a five member Petroleum Board to set a national market demand and allocate each state’s quota. If a well or area exceeded its quota, the board could prescribe crude movement quotas after hearings. Continued on Page 9 Col 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Thomas
Oklahoma
Charles Fahy
The
Petroleum Administrative Board
Russell B. Brown
Independent Petroleum Association
Jurors Reach Laska Kidnap Verdict in Denver Lawyer Case
A federal jury in Oklahoma City reached a verdict for Ben B. Laska, a Denver attorney charged with conspiracy in the $200,000 Urschel kidnapping case. The verdict was sealed and to be opened tomorrow morning before Judge Edgar S. Vaught. Co-defendant James C. Mathers was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Edgar S. Vaught
Laska
James C. Mathers
Vaught
Agricultural Act Attacked in Court
A petition for an injunction against enforcement of the Agricultural Adjustment Act was filed in U S District Court in Birmingham Alabama by the Alabama Packing Company. The suit seeks to restrain the internal revenue department from collecting the processing tax and to declare the act unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. District Court
Alabama Packing Company
Internal Revenue Department
Sooner Fugitive Jublee Whitson Shot Dead Near Cookeville
Jublee Whitson, an Oklahoma convict serving life for his wife’s murder, was shot to death by officers in a field seven miles northwest of Cookeville Tennessee after escaping from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cookeville, Tenn
U.P
Jublee Whitson
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlister
Here
Two Student Pilots Die in Plane Crash Near Mishawaka
South Bend report says young aviators Clifford O.1, 16, and Carl Hamilton, 18, both of South Bend, died when their plane fell three miles east of Mishawaka airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Clifford O.1
Carl Hamilton
Mishawaka
Ruling Sought on Validity of State Tax Act
Tax assessors collectors of Texas seek an attorney general ruling on the constitutionality of a proposed discount for prompt payment of property taxes under a 1943 bill. Questions include constitutional status, current systems compatibility, and effects if discounts are ruled unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Forty-third
Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas
Paul Williams
Association
George H. Sheppard
Williams
Texas
Comptroller
Ole Rogers Praises Kate Smith On Baer Bout Call
Beverly Hills writer Ole Rogers notes Kate Smith correctly predicted Max Baer in the early round. He humorously calls broadcasting for sports a paid venture and thanks judges for revealing the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Max Baer
Kate Smith
Katie
Henry Ford
Dizzy Dean
Showers Bring Rain to Dry Northwest Panhandle Areas
Thunder storms delivered scattered rain to a dry Northwest Panhandle region last night. From Dalhart to Texico and beyond, amounts ranged from a trace to about three inches, easing dust conditions and easing drought pockets along the North Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Panhandle
Midwest
Canadian River
Texico
Dalhart
Ware
Fort Worth
Denver
North Plains
Drouth
Conton
Conten
Stratford
Logan
N. M
Tucumcari
Tired Nobles of Shrine Go Home
Tired nobles were homeward bound after the 61st Shrine conclave climax in Washington. The four hour parade ended with fireworks over the Washington Monument as thousands packed Ellipse Park and downtown streets for the carnival night of pageantry and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ellipse Park
Washington Monument
Demo Leader Denies He Planned To Quit
John L. McCarty of Dalhart president of the Young Democratic Clubs of Texas denied plans to resign as part of a push to place Elliott Roosevelt in the office. Roosevelt, a vice president of the group from Fort Worth, was discussed at a Fort Worth meeting. McCarty said he reconsidered resigning at the request of Elliott Roosevelt and other leaders, and denied any move to honor someone lacking proven service. Red Christie of Quanah resigned as state secretary to join the national organization and was described in the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. McCarty
Dalhart
Young Democratic Clubs of
Texas
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
McCarty
James Roosevelt
Phil Overton
Dallas
State Executive Committee
Young Democracy of
NRA stopgap extended to 1936 as Hoover era codes fade
The House passed an 11 to 1 vote authorizing a code-less NRA extension to April 1, 1936. President Roosevelt quickly signed, with Garner and Burns signing after passage. Debate focused on a Harrison Borah anti trust amendment and ensuring fair labor standards and collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Garner
Speaker Burns
House
White House
Huey Long
Senate
Supreme Court
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Borah
Idaho
Fog Blankets Union Air Terminal Delays Wiley Post Flight
Fog at the Union Air Terminal postpones Wiley Post's scheduled stratosphere flight to New York as his mono plane stays behind hangar doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Union Air Terminal
Wiley Post
New York
Globe News Want Ad Promises Quick Results
Thirty three thousand daily reach for Want Ads sold cars and goods fast in Renting, Selling and Swapping. EXTRA CASH for vacation possible by filling vacancies or selling furniture, car, radio, washing machine, camping gear, refrigerator, or other items. For sale car cheap for cash at 812 South Buchanan. Dial 6262.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News
Globe
Globe News
Also Mentioned on This Page
M’craw
N. D. Bartlett
Herring Hotel
Nance
Mai. Gen
Foulotis
ARMY
Inspector General
Gen. Foulois
Steinmetz
Postal Telegraph
Insulls
Partner Freed
Samuel Insull
John C. Knox
Bond
Ole Rogers
Muir
Rogerr
McNang
T Syndicate
Ine
Stork
Norma Shearer
Hollywood
Irving Thalberg
Miss Shearer
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Northwest Panhandle
Christie
Elliott
South
Buchanan
DIAL
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!