MacDonald and Raymond wed in Hollywood church ceremony
Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond held a ceremonial church wedding in Hollywood at Wilshire Methodist Episcopal Church. A crowd gathered outside as about two hundred police kept order. many stars attended including Ginger Rogers and Fay Wray, with ushers such as Harold Lloyd and Basil Rathbone.
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Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Hollywood
U.P
Wilshire Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Ginger Rogers
Helen Ferguson
Fay Wray
Johnny Mack Brown
Harold Lloyd
Allan Jones
Basil Rathbone
Warren Rock
Wilsie Martin
Garner and Mrs Garner Enjoy Amarillo Visit
Vice President John Nance Garner and his wife toured Amarillo visiting downtown and his son’s office. The Second Lady, born and raised on a Uvalde ranch, said she is gladder to be in Texas and plans private life activities at the Uvalde ranch.
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Garner
Wife
Texas
John Nance Garner
Amarillo
Panhandle
Tully Garner
Genevieve
C. R. Garner
Washington
First National Bank
John Garner
Uvalde Ranch
United States
House of Representatives
House
Second
Tennessee
Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico Weather Forecast
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Thursday fair conditions with little change in temperature. West of 100th meridian and New Mexico areas are generally fair with minimal temperature shifts. Temperature readings yesterday reached a high of 94 and a low of 63 with historical extremes noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Girl Testifies in Party Probe in Hollywood Case
Miss Grace Downs testified before a grand jury probing Hollywood's Hayman party. She said she saw nothing indecent at the festival and acknowledged being a companion of Patricia Douglas, whose accusation of whisky and assault was described. Downs did not name the attacker and identified Dave Ross from a photo as a man Douglas accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Grace Downs
Hollywood
Patricia Douglas
Miss Douglas
Dave Ross
Chicago
Grand Jury Room
Miss Downs
Dorothy Shellenberger
Charges Filed in Lone Star Strike Incident
Aggravated assault charges were filed against three striking Lone Star Gas Company workers after J. E. Carpenter, a non union fitter, said he was flogged in an alley. Carpenter did not sign the complaints and identified all three men as present, while they denied involvement and offered alibis. City detective A. C. Howerton signed the complaints as officials investigated the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
C.P
Lone Star Gas Company
J. E. Carpenter
A. C. Howerton
Carpenter
Judge Upholds $12,000 Fee for Treating Comedian Fields
Riverside judge rules physician Dr Jesse Citron’s 12,000 for 25 days of care during Fields illness reasonable despite Fields seeking 25,000 in damages over narcotic use. Judge O K Morton cites small-town value of results and notes Fields remains alive and well. Continued on page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Jesse Citron
Fields
Riverside Hospital
O. K. Morton
Morton
Alan Dafoe
Trial of Action Against 14 Oil Firms Ordered
Texas Supreme Court holds state anti trust law in effect after NRA issues. Case stems from a 1930s $17,850,000 suit by Gov. Allred against 15 oil majors and two associations, sent back for trial to determine if petroleum code rules violated antitrust statutes.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
NRA
State Supreme Court
James ¥. Allred
Allred
Federal Trade Commission
J. D. Moore
Third Court of Civil Appeals
C. M. Coreen
Texas Court
District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
James
Relief Cut Bared By La Follette
Senator Robert M. La Follette disclosed in the Senate that orders are issued to remove 427,329 people from WPA rolls by July 15. He warned the $1.5 billion relief plan is inadequate and that private industry will not absorb unemployed workers. He cited mechanization and longer hours as causes of persistent unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senate
la Follette
James E. Byrnes
South Carolina
Phillips Announces Salary Increases
Phillips Petroleum Co. president Frank Phillips announced a small wage increase for all employees earning less than 175 dollars a month, effective July 1, at Bartlesville Oklahoma. The move affects the company's lowest paid workers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Co
Blum Girds for Finance Fight in France
Paris June 16 Premier Leon Blum prepared for a clash with the Senate finance committee over a decree power to pull France from deficits. The chamber of deputies backed the plan 346 to 247 as Blum warned he would resign if Communists opposed the measure.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Senate Finance Committee
France
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Aillaux
Aillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Blum
People's Front
Girl Film Actress To Be Met Here
Virginia Lee Bradford a four year old film actress boards a plane alone in Hollywood for a trip to Gadsden Alabama to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Rufus Bradford. She will be met in Amarillo Texas by her uncle Reagan Bradford who will drive her to Gadsden.
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Hollywood
Virginia Lee Bradford
Gadsden
Ala
Rufus Bradford
Virginia
Percy Rouse
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Tex
Reagan Bradford
Scouts Mobilize in City Park Tonight
A general mobilization of Ama arillo Boy Scout parents and their scout sons will be held at Elwood Park tonight at 7 o'clock. T. W. Gilstrap will announce the speaker C. W. Seibel who will describe his years in Washington, D. C. Dr. Jason Robberson and others will address the Scouts and parents. The meeting will not last over an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amaarillo
Elwood Park
T. W. Gilstrap
Amarillo
Basques Launch Counter Attack In Bilbao Area
Basque artillerymen bombarded Bilbao as government and insurgent forces fought near the almost-surrounded capital. Civilians fled along refu gee routes while air squadrons aided government troops and four insurgent warplanes were shot down near Santander. Refugees were ferried to Santander as ships from France and Britain maneuvered nearby amid a four power naval patrol dispute.
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Santander
Fidel Davila
Bilbao
Red Cross
Germany
Italy
la Pallice
France
Ciscar
London
Berlin
Europe
Two Critically Hurt in Wreck Near Amarillo
D N Blanton 69 of Canyon and Ralph Kuriger about 25 of Monte cello Tl were critically injured when their car collided with another four miles south of Amarillo on the Canyon Highway. Forrest Jones of 3100 block San Jacinto Ave had a facial cut and three other occupants in the second car escaped injury. Both Blanton and Kuriger remained in critical condition at St Anthony's Hospital with severe head injuries.
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D. N. Blanton
Canyon
Ralph Kuriger
Montecello
Amarillo
Canyon Highway
Forrest Jones
San Jacinto Avenue
Jones
St. Anthony's Hospital
Blanton
Kupiger
Randall County
White Russia Leader Dies In Suspected Self Harm Crisis
Moscow reports Alexander G. Cherviakoff president of White Russia killed himself after mass arrests of at least 45 state and party executives on treason charges in Minsk. The purge followed a party meeting alleging Polish espionage and a dismemberment plot involving White Russia and Ukraine.
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Moscow
Alexander G. Cherviakoff
White Russia
Minsk
White Russian
Soviet Union
Poland
Cherviakoff
Communist Party
I. P. Uborevitch
Red Army
Ukraine
Union
Germany
General Aborevitch
N. M. Goloded
Council of Commissars
State Communist Party
White
Russia
Woman Quits Laredo On Taxicab Tour
Miss Emily Fisher a 70 year old retired school teacher from Norwood Massachusetts left Laredo on a 7000 mile taxicab tour headed for Monterrey and Mexico City Her party was led by Fred Schafer Norwood taxi driver and included Miss Alma Colton Mrs W H Whitman of Boston and C Coburn of Groton Massachusetts.
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Laredo
Emily Fisher
Norwood
Mass
Monterrey
Mexico City
Fred Schafer
Alma Colton
W. H. Whitman
Boston
C. ©. Coburn
Groton
Roosevelt Appeals For Federal Action In Steel Strike Turmoil
Johnstown mayor Daniel J Shields urged President Roosevelt to intervene to end violence in the city as national labor strife widens. Phillip Murray plans talks with Frances Perkins to discuss a possible employee representation election under the NL RB while four major steel firms refuse to sign labor agreements with John L Lewis. No quick resolution appears, with 10,000 non-striking workers idle in Youngstown and mills not reopening while leaders clash over contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
Frances Perkins
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Republic
Bethlehem
Inland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
John L. Lewis
Youngstown
Frank Purnell
Bethlehem Steel pickets stabbed in Cambria works flare
Flaring violence erupted at Bethlehem Steel Cambria works in Johnstown Pennsylvania as two pickets were stabbed breaking a temporary calm during the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel
Davey Effort Fails as Steel Talks Break Down
Gov. Martin L. Davey’s attempt to peacefully resolve the steel crisis falters when Tom Girdler of Republic Steel declines to attend the peace conference. Girdler cites a firm stance against the CIO contract while Inland Steel workers threaten court action for wage losses exceeding 3 million dollars. Independent unions consider damages against CIO members.
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Davey
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Girdler
Inland Steel Company
Chicago
John L. Lewis
Levy
Film May Portray Panhandle Realities
A newsreel firm plans a Panhandle documentary within two weeks to contrast the March of Time dust bowl portrayal. It will show crops, overflowing creeks, well watered lakes, fat cattle, and farmers planting and plowing while seeking cooperation from local media. John McCarty, editor of The News, had previously been promised such a film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Dust Bowl
Panhandle
John McCarty
The
News
Noted Radio Comedy Team of Amos and Andy To Be Discarded
El Paso June 16. Charles Luckman vice president of Pepsodent Co says he will cancel the contract for Amos and Andy to reach a younger audience. Luckman heads West Coast trip during tri-state druggists' convention. Freeman Gosden and Charles J. Correil under the name Amos N Andy have aired on the Sattoma radio chain for eight years as a nightly feature.
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EL Paso
U.P
Charles Luckman
Pepsodent Co
West Coast
Amos and Andy
Luckman
Freeman Gosden
Charles J. Correil
Amos
Andy
Sattoma
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Lone Star Strike
Phillips
Rubye Nix Zioncheck
Marion Zioncheck
Ambrose
Adv
Associated Press
Dennis Chavez, Jr
Chavez
Daniel J. Shields
Amos and
Amos ’N’ Andy
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