House orders probe of OL D on oil production control
The House voted to investigate the need for oil production control legislation and possible administration backed bills. A subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee will conduct the inquiry and report to the next Congress, aiming to deter illegal oil activity and assess future measures.
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Washington
House
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
Interstate Commerce Committee
Rules Committee
Ickes
Body Identified as Missing Lawyer Agnes Torvertson
Thomas Rogers of the Fordham morgue tentatively identifies a woman body at the morgue as Agnes Torvertson a missing New York and Detroit corporation lawyer. The body was found on the rocks at Ferris Point Long Island Sound by two canoeists after June 7.
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New York
Thomas Rogers
Fordham Morgue
Agnes Torvertson
Detroit Corporation
Rogers
Miss Turvertson
Ferris Point
Long Island Sound
Senate Approves Large Drouth Relief and Public Works Fund
The deficiency appropriation bill provides over two billion dollars for public works and relief, including 525 million for drouth stricken states. The Senate approved the measure and began consideration of the administration housing bill.
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Washington
Senate
Niles Captain Buried After Eight Years In Coffin
Captain William Twogood 77, operator of boats on the St Joseph River, was buried after a brief illness. He slept atop his coffin for eight years, the coffin built in 1924 and stored under his wheel.
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Niles, Mich
U.P
Williem Twogood
St Joseph River
Twogood
Evangeline Booth Angles for Salvation Army Headship
Rumors from a secret London conclave discuss Evangeline Booth as leading candidate to become the next general of the Salvation Army. The 69 year old daughter of founder William Booth would face rivals Henry Mapp Samuel Hurren and David Lamb as High Council delegates select the fourth Army head. The Army counts about two million members and thousands of officers worldwide with major centers in Britain and the United States.
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London
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
High Council
Army
William Booth
Bramwell Booth
Edward J. Higgins
Great Britain
United States
India
Australia
Booth
Damon
Maxwell
McIntyre
Parker
Evangeline
Catherine Bramwell-Booth
Mary Booth
Denmark
Higgins
Henry Mapp
Samuel Hurren
David Lamb
England
Edward Higgins
Bombay
Scotland
Treasury
War Cry
Mexican Divorce Legality Up Again as Brokers Face Trial
Los Angeles June 15. City Attorney Newton Kendall and police moved against Mexican divorce brokers for handling thousands of California cases. C V Ricardi and T E Weatherholt pleaded guilty to practicing law without a license and advertising as brokers. George Varady fled after a bench warrant. The case tests whether Mexican decrees can be outlawed by California courts.
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Los Angeles
California
Newton Kendall
C. V. Ricardi
T. E. Weatherholt
Riccardi
Weatherhold
George Varady
George W. Martin
Carl Keglery
Kendall
Mexico
Medical men devise new diet for kidney stones
At the American Medical Association closing session in Cleveland the second oldest operation for kidney and bladder stones is slated for retirement. The diet, tested at the Cleveland Clinic for two years, uses vitamin A rich feeding and cod liver oil to dissolve stones and prevent new ones. Eighteen patients have tried it with seven showing complete disappearance of stones and others substantial size reduction.
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Cleveland
American Medical Association
Cleveland Clinic
Charles C. Higgins
M. D
Utility Company Sued Over Fatal Transformer Accident
The Southwestern Public Service Company faces two suits in district court seeking a total of 121000 damages. Plaintiffs include Mrs. Howard O Coy and A L Coy totaling 98000 for deaths and injuries to Boyd R Coy amounting to 25000. The incident occurred when a transformer being moved for the utility at a substation near the Fort Worth and Denver railroad tracks on Harrison Street contacted a high power line.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
District Court
Howard O. Coy
Boyd R. Coy
A. L. Coy
W. S. Birge
Howard Coy
Boyd
William G. Street
Amarillo
Public Service Company
Fort Worth
Denver
Harrison Street
Flapper Fanny Says on Courts and Ace Queens
Flapper Fanny jokes about women visiting different courts for royal titles and for an ace. The quip contrasts games of kings and queens with card play.
Ex-Kaiser’s Fortune Estimated Over Six Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
The fortune of the former German Kaiser is estimated at more than 62.5 million marks. The figure reflects wealth amassed before and during his reign and is cited by financial observers of the era.
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Germany
Ita
It's Safe to Let This Man Ride
Wilson Jennings of Paris Tennessee a hitchhiker known for safety measures travels from Memphis to San Diego when he catches a ride he enters the car handcuffed and hands the key to the driver to reassure them he is not a robber this marks a new era of safer hitchhiking for motorists.
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Wilson Jennings
Paris
Tenn
Memphis
San Diego
Calif
Doctor Butterfield Injured in Two-Car Collision
Dr Allen C Butterfield was injured in an automobile wreck at Crockett Street and Julian Boulevard yesterday around 2 30 pm. Attendants at Northwest Texas Hospital reported last night his condition as good. The crash involved two cars one driven by E J Schalk and the vehicle carrying the doctor.
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Allen C. Butterfield
Crockett Street
Julian Boulevard
Northwest Texas Hospital
Archambeau Couple Leave for West Coast Trip
Mr and Mrs Ernest R Archambeau depart for an extended West Coast tour at Lake Tahoe California to attend the Reliance Life Insurance Company convention in Pittsburg Pa he represents the company in the Panhandle area They will visit Phoenix Los Angeles Yosemite National Park Sacramento and Salt Lake City on the journey.
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Ernest R. Archambeau
Reliance Life Insurance Company
Lake Tahoe
California
Archambeau
Reliance Company
Pittsburg
Panhandle
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Yosemitte National Park
Sacramento
Calif
Salt Lake City
Mrs Scarborough Dies at 34 in Amarillo
Mrs Nettie F Scarborough 34 wife of J B Scarborough died in a local hospital at 7:30 pm yesterday. Survived by husband son James Stanley and daughter Floryce. Resided at 1322 Fast Sixth Avenue. family in Amarillo nine years. member of Methodist Church. Body at N S Griggs and Sons chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Nettie F. Scarborough
J. 8. Scarborough
James Stanley Scarborough
Floryce Scarborough
Scarborough
The
News-Globe
Fast Sixth Avenue
Amarillo
Auto crash sends man to hospital near Rock Island underpass
S. H. Hollabough of 307 North Lamarin Street was hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital after a vehicle collision near the Rock Island underpass on West Third Avenue. He sustained a leg injury.
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S. H. Hollabough
Lamar Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Rock Island
West Third Avenue
Kansas Marriages Rise In Early 1934 Record
Kansas marriage records show a surge in early 1934 with 1,278 more marriages than January to April of the previous year. The report, from the marriage recorder in Topeka, notes steady gains across the period.
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Peka
Kan
U.P
Dan Cupid
Vanishing Apple Trees Endanger Pennsylvania Farms
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, reports warn that the old apple tree, once central to farm economies, is vanishing from many farms. The tree, a once common economic factor, now stands as a curious relic as orchards decline.
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Harrisburg
U.P
Pennsylvania
Puff and Mother Dilemma in a Stuffy Sty
Puff's mother frets and cries over leaving their cramped sty. She laments the place is not fancy yet fears separation from Puffy, wishing to stay to avoid losing sight of their pet.
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Puff
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