TWA Blamed for Crash of Large Airliner Near Kirksville
The Commerce Department faulted improper dispatching and faulty weather reports for a TWA crash near Kirksville Missouri last month that killed Sen Bronson Cutting of New Mexico and four others. The report warned of new tighter airline rules including eight hour flight limits and dispatcher licensing.
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Washington
Commerce Department
TWA
Kirksville
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Roper
Harvey Bolton
Kenneth Greeson
New York
Jack Frye
Frye
Bureau of Air Commerce
Bolton
Air Commerce
Eugene L. Vidal
Scretary
Suit Seeks $20,000 Damages In Train Collision
J H Cates files in district court seeking damages and costs from Texas New Orleans Railway Co after he and his wife were seriously injured when struck by a train at a highway crossing near Angus Navarro County on November 4 1934.
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Corsicana
Texas-New Orleans Railway Company
J. H. Cates
Cates
Angus
Navarro County
Amarillo Plans Sons of Confederacy Camp Formation
Amarillo hosts a noon luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel to form a local Sons of the Confederacy camp. Carl Hinton of the Chamber of Commerce invites prominent residents to reserve seats as the group aims to back the September Confederate Reunion and social events honoring veterans and other camps. Amarillo financiers have underwritten $10,000 to cover convention expenses.
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Amarilloans
Sons of Confederacy
Amarilo
Sons of the Confederacy
Amarillo Hotel
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Mr. Hinton
Panhandle
Fire Ends Probe Into Rendezvous Cabin Tragedy
Investigators close a fruitless inquiry into the fatal cabin fire at a Texas tourist camp in Waco. Guy Anderson and Dorothy Buchanan died in the blaze. both deaths ruled accidental by fire with origin undetermined.
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Waco
Texas
Justices of the Peace
Guy Anderson
Calvert Cotton Buyer
Dorothy Buchanan
Anderson
C. H. Chumley
Longview
Buchanan
Clint Allen
Miss Buchanan
Claude Segrest
Board of
Regents of
Texas A. & M. College
W. C. Anderson
University of the South At
Sewanee, Tenn
Meeting Called by Age Pensioners for Public Explaination
A mass meeting is set for 8:30 Thursday night at the D. and I. Theater on Taylor Street to explain the old age revolving pension plan. Two speakers from Washington D C will discuss Townsend sponsored benefits of 200 dollars monthly for residents over 60 who must spend it. M I Huddleston, publicity chair man, says the local group has 687 members since April 10 and invites the public to attend.
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D. and I
Taylor Street
National Headquarters
Washington, D. C
M. I. Huddleston
Townsend
California
Huddleston
Huddlestorf
Train Rescues Motor Car From Mud
Heavy rains in Floydada area over the past ten days flood roads forcing automobiles to be shipped by train. J B Sheridan of Detroit, headed from the state convention at San Antonio to Albuquerque, tried to drive the 16 mile unpaved stretch from Motley County line to Floydada and got bogged down. He loaded the car onto a Santa Fe train bound for Farwell to reach the next paved route to Albuquerque.
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Floydada
J. BE. Sheridan
Detroit
American Title Association
San Antonio
Albuquerque
Motley County
Sheridan
Santa Fe
Farwell
Four ABCs Go to Convention in Louisville
The American Business Club will send four delegates Clyde Holtzclaw Roy Burke John Forkner and Jim Sellars to the national convention in Louisville Kentucky next week President Bob Hill announced The group plans to present a full resume of the year’s work At a Capitol Hotel luncheon B M Britain Amarillo attorney spoke on improved railroad services of Western lines during National Railroad Week Sam Elkins led the program
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The
American Business Club
Louisville
Bob Hill
Clyde Holtzclaw
Roy Burke
John Forkner
Jim Sellars
B. M. Britain
Amarillo
Capitol Hotel
Western Lines
Sam Elkins
Marlin Man Heads G of GC Managers
George S. Buchanan of Marlin was elected president of the Texas Chamber of Commerce managers association as the annual convention closed in Brownsville. He succeeds Paul T. Vickers of McAllen. Officers named Grady Shipp and M. D. Abernathy chaired posts with a slate of directors from McAllen Dalhart Longview Austin Wichita Falls Marshall Huntsville. Delegates planned a two day automobile caravan from Laredo to Monterey, Mexico.
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Brownsville
George S. Buchanan
Marlin
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Buchanan
Paul T. Vickers
McAllen
Lubbock
Lufkin
Texarkana
Beaumont
Grady Shipp
Plainview
M. D. Abernathy
Longview
Paul Vickers
Ed Bishop
Dalhart
Walter E. Long
Austin
Wilburn Page
Wichita Falls
M. R. Martin
Marshall
W. J. Lawson
Huntsville
Laredo
Monterey
Mexico
Ex-Ag gies Change Meeting Time for Panhandle Club
Panhandle A and M Club changes meetings from luncheons to evening sessions starting next week. Newly elected president B C Rogers announced the gatherings move to 7 30 PM while remaining at the Capitol Hotel every first and third Wednesday.
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Panhandle A. and M. Club
B. C. Rogers
Ex-Aggies
Capitol Hotel
Central Fete building plans move forward in Dallas
June 14 report states the board of control selected Texas Centennial Architects Associates to design a 1 million dollar main building for the Centennial central exposition in Dallas. Adams and Adams of San Antonio named associates. A 5 percent fee was set and a $50,000 surety bond arranged.
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Austin
Board of Control
Dallas
Texas Centennial Architects
Adams
San Antonio
Claude Teer
Rescue Work Amid German Factory Blast Death Toll Holds at 52
At Reinsdorf near Wittenberg rescuers labored through darkness to recover bodies from the Westfalia Anhalt munitions plant explosion. 52 dead, 73 seriously injured, 100+ homebound. one woman among the dead. Dr. Frick inspected. Hitler contributed 100,000 marks for relief. Public funeral planned next Monday.
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Wittenberg
Germany
Westfalia-Anhalt
Reinsdorf
Wilhelm Frick
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
London Hostesses Favor Vogue of Green Walls
In London bright green walls dominate new decorating schemes. Mrs. Bingham wife of the American Ambassador chooses fog shell green for her embassy boudoir with family portraits and antique furnishings. Mrs. Anthony Eden spouse of England’s roaming ambassador displays deep sage green walls in Berkeley Street matching her modern water colors.
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London
Bingham
Anthony Eden
England
Embassy
Former West Point cadet indicted for threatening White House
Ira Bashein a Brooklyn resident and 1933 West Point graduate faced a DC grand jury indictment for a written bomb threat to President Roosevelt. Alienists deemed him insane, aiming to permit institutional commitment. Bashein resigned a year earlier as a second lieutenant "for the good of the service" after service in the air corps.
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Washington
White House
Ira Bashein
District, of Columbia Grand Jury
Bashein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Roosevelt
Secret Service
West Point Grad
P. S
New York
Air Corps
West Point
The
Military Academy
Mexican Politicians Forecast Open Duel Between Cardenas and Calles
In Mexico City June 14 political circles anticipate a fierce confrontation between President Lazaro Cardenas and former president Plutarco Elias Calles. Cardenas defends labor policies and positions himself as head of government, while Calles emerges as leader of conservatives challenging the administration.
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Mexico
D. F
Lazaro Cardenas
Plutarco Elias Calles
Cardenas
Calles
Labor
Anglo German Pact Nears Signing On Naval Limits
London reports say a bilateral Anglo German naval accord is ready for signing that would cap Germany's navy at 35 percent of Britain's tonnage and limit ships by category. A release clause protects Germany if other powers expand warships and submarines.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Britain
Germany
Reich
England
Death takes sister of Amarillo woman
Word reached Amarillo Thursday night that Mrs. Walter Johnson of Roswell New Mexico, sister of Mrs. Dan Wooten, died Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Wooten, joined by another sister Mrs Crockett of Taylor Clarendon, left Friday for Roswell. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Dan Wooten
Prospect Street
Walter Johnson
Roswell
N. M
Firemen Fight Car Blaze En Route to Convention
Four Canadian firemen W. C Teague FE. C. Fisher Harold Reed and Carl Zybach traveling with Swetwater firefighter J. H. Gehbauer from Sweetwater to El Paso encountered a car fire. Flames erupted from floorboards after a broken spark plug wire ignited gasoline in the sediment bulb. Fire was extinguished with sand.
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W. C Teague
FE. C. Fisher
Harold Reed
Carl Zybach
Sweetwater
el Paso
J. H. Gehbauer
Roosevelt Social Security Bill Draws Debate With Amendments
In Washington on June 14 the Senate debated Roosevelt's vast social security bill amid praise and criticism. Senator Hale charged the measure mirrors the Socialist platform, while Senator Long urged his share the wealth plan and self financing. Chairman Harrison urged quick approval despite many proposed amendments.
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Washington
Long
Roosevelt
Senate
Hale
Maine
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Louisiana
Longs plan to tax rich to fund vast program faces hurdle
The speaker proposed financing a huge program entirely by a tax on the rich. A capital levy would apply to family fortunes starting at 1.7 million dollars and rise steeply for fortunes above 6 million. Senator Gore was set to offer a patronage amendment meant to filibuster recent NRA legislation.
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Long
Gore
Oklahoma
NRA
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