Roosevelt Opens Broad Offensive on Economic Crisis
President Roosevelt, with power from Congress, launches a national push to fight the economic emergency. He signs the Glass-Steagall Act, public works and railroad reforms, and initiates farm price measures and acreage reductions. A $40 million highway fund and a $230 million naval program are set, with Eastman named railroad coordinator. He heads to a two week Atlantic cruise after outlining the plan.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Wallace
Donald H. Sawyer
Hugh S. Johnson
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastman
Rooevelt
North Atlantic
FOG CONCEALS MATTERN FATE OVER ALASKA FLIGHT
Alaska dispatch notes Jimmie Mattern, Texas aviator, vanished from a round the world route after departing from Khabarovsk to Nome as fog and clouds hinder search efforts. The report flags vast sparsely settled terrain, limited communications, and the high risk of landing without recording word.
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Alaska
Jimmie Mattern
Texas
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
Nemelles
Mattern
Bering Sea
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
Los Angeles
World Fair Trip Sell-Out Seen Within a Week
The News- Globe special all expense tour to the world’s fair may close within a week, with reservations urged by sponsor Wilbur C. Hawk. Tour manager Mason King and Lois Black handle deposits of 10 dollars, with balance due by June 20. The 75 dollar price covers all including top accommodations from Amarillo.
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News- Globe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Mason King
Lois Black
Amarillo
Plea for Immediate Federal Loans to Drought Areas
Resolutions adopted in Guymon Oklahoma seek about 5 million dollars in emergency federal relief. Attended by 2,500 from Oklahoma Kansas Texas Colorado and New Mexico the group calls for no security loans through county committees to feed families livestock and recondition sand swept lands. Farmers warn of possible starvation as wind and sand devastate vegetation and land. William C. Washburn of Elkhart Kansas says copies will be sent to state senators representatives the agriculture secretary and federal relief administrators. Described as a catastrophe surpassing storms or floods the plan covers areas in southwestern Kansas southeastern Colorado northwestern Oklahoma western Texas and northeastern New Mexico.
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Guymon
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
William C. Washburn
Elkhart
Kas
Secretary of Agriculture
Panhandle
First 1933 Wheat Sold at Bovina Territory
Hobart Mc Cord of the Oklahoma Lane Community marketed the first load of 1933 wheat in the Bovina territory. The 101 bushel lot tested 62 pounds and brought 60c a bushel plus an unspecified premium. Buyer was W. W. Cunningham of the J. B. Rid Ling Elevator.
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Bovina
Hobart McCord
Oklahoma Lane
W. W. Cunningham
J. B. Ridling
Cotton futures recover losses with gains in New Orleans
In New Orleans on June 16, cotton futures closed with net gains of 90 to 95 cents per bale and spot cotton rose by 1.10 dollars per bale. The market remained widely fluctuating as deliveries lagged, pushing mis lings back above nine cents per pound to 9.07 cents.
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New Orleans
Oil price rises sweep Midcontinent as firms announce increases
White Eagle joins Tulsa as crude prices rise in the Midcontinent with several firms, including Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing and Kanotex, announcing increases up to 52 cents for various gravity oils. Gulf Coast rates rise to 62 cents, while Barnsdall tentatively raises prices before board confirmation.
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Okla
East Texas
Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Panhandle
Gray County
Carson
Hutchinson Counties
Gulf Coast
Hutchinson
White Eagle Oil Corporation
Kanotex Oil Company
Skelly Oil Company
East Texas Refining Company
National Refining Company
Bell Oil and Refining Company
North Texas
Danciger Oil
Eest Texas
Tidewater Oil
Phil-Tex Oil Company
Sinclair
Panhandle
Barnsdall
Board of
Mrs Ballard Freed of Murder Charge in Lubbock Case
A jury in 72nd District Court acquitted Julia Ballard of murder in the death of her husband Albert T. Ballard. Prosecutors alleged poisoning. the body was exhumed months later revealing about one eleventh of a grain of poison in the viscera. Ballard embraced jurors after verdict. The death occurred March 19, 1932.
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Lubbock
Julia Ballard
Lubbock County
Albert T. Ballard
Ballard
Santa Fe President Tours Southwest Railway Route
Samuel T. Bledsoe, newly elected president of Santa Fe, visited Amarillo on a southwest inspection tour by special car. He voiced no comment on wage issues, dismissed concerns about crop conditions, and indicated trains would not speed up soon. The trip covered Gulf Coast, San Angelo, Presidio, Amarillo, Boise City, Dodge City, and return toward Chicago.
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Samuel T. Bledsoe
Santa Fe Railway System
Amario
Great Transportation System
Southwest
Mr. Bledsoe
Pampa
Boise City
Okla
Santa Fe
Chicago
Gulf Coast
San Angelo
Presidio
Rio Grande
Clinton
Oklo
Amarillo
North Plains
Dodge City
Wheat tax plan targets processors for farmer aid
Washington June 16 A 30 cent a bushel tax on wheat will be levied on wheat processors after July 1 to raise 150 million dollars for farmers under the domestic allotment plan. Secretary Wallace outlined payments to farmers for acreage reductions over the next two years and hinted at a cotton program to be announced soon. The plan assumes a 20 percent maximum acreage cut, with payments largely by September 15 to aid business recovery and crop insurance for farmers hit by winter-kill and bad weather.
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Washington
Wallace
London
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Millionaire Kidnapped In St Paul Ransom Demand
St Paul businessman William Hamm Jr., 38, was abducted yesterday and is being held for a $100000 ransom. Officials delayed disclosure to pursue contact with the kidnappers but, realizing no immediate contact was possible, released the news to enlist public aid in their capture.
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ST. Paul, Minn
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Currency Stabilization Talks In World Conference
June 16 reports say the agreement to stabilize American and British currencies is nearly complete except for the rate at which to begin. At the White House President Roosevelt has heard nothing from London and stabilization requires high level approval. The pound closed at 4.05 dollars, with speculation that stabilization could set the rate above four dollars for both currencies.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Georges Bonnet
Gollar
James A. Cox
Monetary Commission
Outlaw Floyd and Ricchetti kidnap sheriff in Bolivar garage
Charles Pretty Boy Floyd and Adam Ricchetti abduct Sheriff Jack Killingsworth in Bolivar Missouri driving a stolen car. Posse pursuit follows as the pair mask the sheriff with a machine gun in a garage while bystanders are lined up. Floyd warns of deadly force if anyone moves.
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Bolivar, Mo
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Adam Ricchetti
Jack Killingsworth
Floyd
Riechett
Joe Ricchetti
Adam
Ricchetti
Mrs Roosevelt Attends Groton Graduation
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt attended Groton School graduation in Groton Massachusetts as the mother of a graduate rather than as first lady. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr received his diploma from the same school where his father was graduated 33 years ago. The ceremony drew relatives friends and Groton alumni in keeping with tradition.
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Groton
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Groton School
State School Board postpones per capita fund decision
The Texas State Board of Education postponed setting the per capita apportionment citing deficit concerns and tax uncertainties. An assistant attorney general opinion said a deficit of about 4.5 million dollars must be covered before next year’s distribution. The board adjourned to July 3 with budgets due by August 31 and considered refinancing 2.5 million in public wheel bonds.
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Lubbock
State Board of Education
Texas
Nat M. Washer
San Antonio
W. A. Morrison
Cameron
James V. Allred
Supreme Court
Morerison
Comptroller
Panhandle
R. 8
Bowers
Caldwell
H. F. Alves
State Department of Education
Gas Pipeline Contract Void by Illinois Commerce Commission
The Illinois Commerce Commission voided contracts between Panhandle Minerals Pipe Line Co and gas distributors from Texas fields. New contracts must be filed within 30 days. The panel also ordered Chicago District Pipe Line Co to cut its rate from 32 to 27.6 cents per thousand cubic feet, saving about 1.08 million annually for Chicago-area utilities. The ruling critiques minimum consumption and monopoly fears and notes potential impact on revenues forTexoma and Natural Gas companies.
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Chicago
Panhandle Minols Pipe Line Company
Texas
Minols Commerce Commission
Hlinola Power Company
Tinois Power and Light Corporation
Central Tlinois Public Service Company
Central Ulinois Light Company
Hlinois Utilities
Panhandle Company
Chicago District Pipe Line Company
Joliet
Peoples’ Gas Light & Coke Company
Public Service Company
Northern
Ilinois
Western United Gas and Electric Company
Texoma
Panhandle
Amarillo and West Texas Saturday Weather Forecast
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Saturday calls for partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the extreme west and warmer conditions in the southeast. New Mexico regions show generally fair weather in the east and unsettled conditions in the west, with higher temperatures overall. Temperature data from yesterday shows a range with a maximum near 87 and minimum around 59.
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Amarillo
Cinity
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Sk Dias
Max, Yee
Local option beer votes may be set after July 1 in Texas
Texas attorneys rule local option elections on beer may be called after July 1 and must be held August 26 if petitions reach ten percent or 500 voters. Commissioners courts can be compelled to act by subcounty petitions, with rules for dry counties and wet subdivisions guiding where manufacture and sale would be allowed or prohibited.
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Attorney General’s Department
Elbert M. Hooper
Commissioners Courts
Hooper
Texas
Justice
Baker at Memphis Suffers Gun Wound
Special to The News Memphis June 16 Lebron Buck owner and operator of the Memphis Bakery is in serious condition after a pistol wound. The tragedy happened about 6 o clock Friday afternoon. The bullet entered above the left temple and exited the right temple. Buck is well known in the city after years in the bakery business. No reason has been assigned for the act. Recovery is doubtful.
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