Vice President Garner Tours Panhandle MS Visit
Vice President and Mrs. Garner arrived in Amarillo after a 560 mile Missouri to Texas drive. They praised green plains despite rain and flood conditions on Route 66, and enjoyed a quiet visit with son Tully Garner before continuing home to Uvalde. The couple avoided politics and planned a restful trip with fishing.
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McCormick Co
Garner
Amarillo
Tully Garner
Ong Street
Oklahoma City
Genevieve Garner
John N. Garner
Panhandle
Shamrock
McLean
Springfield
Lela
Genevieve
Earl Fuqua
Dust Bowl
Mr. Garner
Mrs. Garner
Uvalde
Far Fuqua
Father
Allred Scored by Legislature Over Gambling Message
Texas lawmakers attacked Gov. James V. Allred after his message urging a war on gambling targeted private homes as well as public venues. Sen. Eph Davis led a resolution demanding a retraction, while House members criticized the governor for alleged mis representation and vowed to expand anti gambling measures.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Texas Senate
Eph Davis
Brownwood
Davis
Senate
House
Frank Rawlings
Fort Worth
George F. Howard
Houston
L. M. Kenyon
Galveston
Kenyon
Alfred
Communist Refusal of Aid to Blum Triggers French Crisis
In Paris, June 15, Premier Leon Blum faces a cabinet crisis as the Communist party refuses support for his six week emergency powers bill. The finance committee’s 22 to 18 vote reveals deep splits, with five Communists abstaining. If the left wing alliance collapses, Blum may resign rather than govern without Communist backing. The government had sought full powers to shield France from financial attacks and to raise treasury funds.
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Paris
Leon Blum
People’s Front
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
France
Chamber
Blum
People's Front
Russia
New Deal Farm Bill Dropped
Congressional leaders and Secretary Wallace dropped plans to pass the administration farm bill this session. They cited budget delay from about 100 million in new appropriations plus existing 500 million for soil conservation, a crowded agenda, and farm groups' limited enthusiasm, suggesting more study next year.
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Wallace
Congress
Vernon Deputy Sheriff Indicted in Morrison Slaying
Deputy Sheriff W F Klepper was indicted on a murder complaint in the slaying of Jess Morrison 42. He is held on 5000 bond with trial set June 28 in the 46th District Court. District Attorney Jesse Owens said the shooting followed a struggle in Kleppers car ten miles northwest of Vernon as Morrison, Odell resident, was being transported.
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Vernon
W. F. Klepper
Jess Morrison
Klepper
46Th District Court
Jesse Owens
Morrison
Odell
Earhart Arrives in Karachi En Route World Flight
Amelia Earhart lands in Karachi during her world flight segment arriving from Massawa Eritrea. She continues her circumnavigation toward the next leg.
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Karachi
India
U.P
Amelia Earhart
Massawa
Eritrea
Chamber Chief Opposes Wages and Hours Measure
U S Chamber of Commerce President George H Davis opposes enactment of the administration wages and hours bill before House and Senate labor committees He cites no emergency justifying the measure and notes unemployment figures are uncertain Sidney Hillman argues for keeping section five to achieve higher wages and shorter hours for targeted industries and refers to broader relief for the submerged third of workers
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington
U.P
George H. Davis
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
House
Senate Labor Committees
Davis
Sidney Hillman
Almagamated Clothing Workers Union
Chamber
Department of Agriculture
Hillman
John L. Lewis
Committee On Industrial Organization
Lewis
Congress
Tax Dodging Inquiry Opens Thursday in Open Hearings
A congressional committee votes to open a probe into tax dodging with all meetings to be public and witnesses allowed to present evidence. Secretary Morgenthau may testify first, and offers to settle taxes are reported amid a broader fight over nuisance taxes extending into 1938.
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Washington
Congressional Investigating Committee
The
Treasury
Doughton
D.-N
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Dmiss
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Congress
Madrid Shelling and Bilbao Skirmishes Reported
Madrid endures its heaviest night shelling in seven months, with 20 to 30 explosions per minute as government fire answers insurgent bombardment. In Franco-Spanish frontier reports, insurgents claim entry into Begonia near Bilbao and clashes flare in Basque city districts as fires and chaos spread.
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Madrid
Hendaye
Begonia
Bilbao
Paracaljo
Achuri
Hunt County Agent Indicted In AAA Check Forgery
Federal grand jury indicts Hunt County agricultural agent Julian F. Green and assistant Louis M. Taylor on conspiracy to forge AAA checks. Indictment covers alleged acts starting in April 1937 with ten overt acts charged.
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Hunt County
Dallas
United States
Clyde Hastus
Julian F. Green
Louis M. Taylor
AAA
Sections of Pillars Collapse at St Peter's Cathedral
Huge sections of several marble pillars in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City crashed to the pavement today. Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli directed safety measures to protect visitors after the collapse.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Vatican
Vigilantes Join Police To Curb Steel Riots in Pennsylvania
Across Pennsylvania vigilantes armed with pistols and clubs join state police to guard Bethlehem Steel strike sites in Johnstown. Mayor Shields says crowds will protect homes while police manage picket lines as reinforcements and bans on liquor sales are ordered amid rising riot injuries.
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Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Daniel J. Shields
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
bShields
United Press
Shields
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem
George H. Earle
Lquar
David Watkins
BWOC
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for Wednesday to be fair and warmer with generally fair conditions across West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures rose to 66 at 1 PM and reached a high of 66 yesterday with a low around 43. Precipitation in the 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday was 0.04 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Strike Parley Unsuccessful
Gov. L. Davey reports no progress from a second joint steel talks in Columbus Ohio. Details are continued on page 11 column 6.
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Columbus
Mangum Boosters Promote Panhandle Pioneer Celebration Tour
Two hundred yellow shirted Mangum Oklahoma citizens toured the Panhandle region on Tuesday to advertise the fifth annual Greer County Pioneers Celebration planned for June 26 to 28. They visited Shamrock McLean Pampa White Deer Panhandle Amarillo Claude Clarendon Memphis Childress and Wellington. In Amarillo they met 200 local business leaders at the Lions Club luncheon where Walter Barlow and J O Tuton outlined plans and invited further participation. Tuton noted last year drew about 50 000 attendees and highlighted performances by Lucy Ann Lovett Juanita Street and the Norman brothers. The Oklahoma Reformatory Band performed in the Amarillo Hotel lobby and along Polk Street. This is Mangum’s second Panhandle excursion with a third planned to Wichita Falls and nearby cities.
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Mangum
Okla
Panhandle
Greer County
Granite
Oklah
Reformatory
Shamrock
McLean
Pampa
White Deer
Amarillo
Claude
Clarendon
Memphis
Childress
Wellington
Star
Lucy Ann @lovett
Henry C. Sweet
Juanita Street
Norman Brothers
Amarillo Hotel
Polk Street
Tuton
Mangum Boosters
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Hazlett Herd Sale Opens at Hazlett Ranch in Eldorado
The Hazlett herd sale began in Eldorado Kansas with the cry going going gone marking the start of sale of the famed Hereford cattle once the world’s largest. Hazlett who died at 90 after 40 years building the herd was president emeritus of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association and a former head of the American Royal show. He earned the title world’s premier Hereford breeder and his entries recently won grand championships at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago while he attended in a wheelchair.
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Eldorado
Kan
R. H. Hazlett
States
Canada
Hazlett
American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
Kansas City
Chicago
Eden Hopes Franco Won’t Wreck Bilbao
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stated the government hopes Francisco Franco does not intend to destroy Bilbao. The remark came after Basque leader Jose Antonio Aguirre urged use of all diplomatic means to avert such an outrage while civilians were being evacuated.
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London
Anthony Eden
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Eden
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Spain
Ford Brotherhood of America to Disband
Detroit June 15 Harry Bennett Ford Motor Company personnel director announced the Ford Brotherhood of America an independent association of Ford employees had agreed to disband. The United Automobile Workers of America labeled the group a company union.
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Hollywood
Robert Kenny
Gaumont British Pictures
Coporation of America
Constance Bennett
Miss Bennett
New York
Detroit
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Ford Brotherhood of America, Inc
Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Fisher Plant Closes in Cleveland Until Further Notice
Fisher Body Company announces shutdown of its Cleveland factory by bulletin notices. The plant remains closed for an unspecified period, as workers are told to stay home until further notice.
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Fisher
Cleveland
U.P
Fisher Body Company
Representative Connery Dies In Capital
Representative William P. Connery Jr. of Massachusetts, 48, chair of the House labor committee, died at Homeopathic Hospital after a 22 hour illness from what doctors called food poisoning. His wife and brother were traveling to him by auto.
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F Washington
William P. Connery, Jr
House Labor Committee
Massachusetts
Connery
Lawrence
Lynn
Mass
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Allred
Fred Mauritz
Canado
Wilbarger
Amelia
LaFollette
P.wis
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Parsons
Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Society
Advertising Pioneers
Hazlett Herd
Franco
Representative Connery
Rep
W. P. Connery
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