Leaders Open Chicago Meet Headquarters For Roosevelt And Ritchie
Roosevelt and Ritchie campaigns announce key floor directors as Farley opens Roosevelt HQ in Congress Hotel and Ennis names Howard Bruce for Ritchie. John Mack from New York invites John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie to push Roosevelt toward nomination amid a growing chairman fight.
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Robert ST. John
Chicago
Roosevelt
Ritchie
James A. Farley
Roosevelt Forces
Congress Hotel
Arthur Mullen
Omaha
New York
Robert B. Ennis
Baltimore
Howard Bruce
National
Maryland
John Mack
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
Shouse
Ennis
Farley
Voter by mail law revised for July primary
New provisions to absentee ballot law allow voters to obtain, mail, and return blank ballots for the July 23 primary. Duly verified by poll tax receipt or exemption, ballots may be cast by mail from out of county or from July 3 to July 20. County clerks responsible for ballot handling and transmission.
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Raymond Brooks Austin
Billy goat fails to become man atop Germany's Brocken
On the Brocken in Saxony a scrawny billy goat, smeared with blood honey and bells, failed to transform into a man during a psychic experiment led by Harry Price. Miss Gloria Gordon stood as the maiden pure in heart but no figure emerged as the ritual concluded.
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Wernigerode
Saxony
Germany
Brocken
Faust
Harry Price
London
Gloria Gordon
England
Miss Gordon
Weather Holds Steady as Panhandle Sees High Sunshine
Cloudless skies covered the Panhandle with no change in heat. In Amarillo area, temperatures ranged from 59 to 88 degrees Sunday, following rains driven by a strong west wind Saturday night.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Gunman Robs Grocery Cashier in San Angelo
An unmasked gunman robbed the cashier at a local San Angelo grocery store of 100 dollars late last night. He walked away as clerks and customers watched, unaware a robbery had occurred.
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San Angelo
Roberts County Wheat Sold to Barnett Grain Company
The first load of 1932 Roberts County wheat was sold to the D. I. Barnett Grain Company this morning by Carl Certain. The test was 58.
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Roberts Wheat
Miami
Roberts County
D. I. Barnett Grain Company
Carl Certain
Dumas Plans Rally Friday Evening for State Candidates
A county wide rally is planned in Dumas next Friday night with district and county candidates and state office hopefuls. Amarillo attorneys Riley Strickland and Lee P. Pierson will speak in support of Gov. Ross Sterling and Miriam A. Ferguson campaigns. The program runs 8:30 p.m. with two bands and 15 minute talks. Delegations from Perryton Dalhart and Hereford will attend.
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Dumas
W. W. Halcomb
Moore County
Clint C. Small
Amarillo
Dave Shanks
Perryton
Dalhart
Hereford
George Burnett
Halcomb
Noel McDade
Dumas School
Two Die In Kansas City Fire After Mystery Explosion
A vacant apartment house blast and ensuing fire killed two men, David Rees a 71 year old coal dealer from Rich Hill Missouri and T B Shriver a grocer, and damaged 13 buildings. The victims were trapped in nearby dwelling quarters as they slept.
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Kansas City
David Rees
Rich Hill
T. B. Shriver
Primary Vote Ticket 10 Be Fixed Tonight
Potter County Democratic executive committee members meet at 8 tonight to determine by lot the order of 72 candidates on the July 23 primary ballot. They will estimate election costs and apportion expenses. All candidates must be present to draw. filings closed at midnight Saturday. Campaign expense statements follow Thursday to Monday. ballot fees due by next Saturday night.
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Potter County
Democratic Executive Committee
Grover B. Hill
Texas
Lewis P. Fields
New York prepares grand welcome for Amelia Earhart
New York to greet Amelia Earhart at 8 AM with a mayoral committee aboard the Riverside. The city plans a week of ceremonies extending to Washington as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic is honored by officials and notable citizens.
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New York
Amelia Earhart
Riverside
Ile de France
Washington
Port Rico Chief Justice Attacked Over Flag Day Speech
Chief Justice Emilio Del Toro of the Porto Rico supreme court was attacked by a Nationalist in his office on Wednesday in response to a Flag Day speech by the jurist. The incident was reported today.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Emilio del Toro
Porto Rico Supreme Court
Conflicting Plans Drive Hoover Economy Session Toward adjournment
Washington report from June 19 notes pressure to adjourn as Congress debates unemployment relief and economic policy. President Hoover, the Senate, and the House clash over a 300 million emergency relief fund, a 2.3 billion Garner bill, and a 500 million public works bond amid broader Reconstruction Finance Corporation borrowing changes. Leaders seek an early settlement though House and Senate sides diverge on key finance measures.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
House Banking Committee
White House
Democrats
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate Democrats
Borger Man Dies After Well Blast
C F E Wilson aged 27 died in Borger hospital after an explosion at a separator near an oil well west of town. He and welders worked on the rig. Wilson attempted to remove a manhole cover when a blast occurred. Survived by parents five brothers and three sisters. Funeral planned Balko Oklahoma at 2 PM Monday.
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Borger
F. B. Wilson
Wilson
Balko
Okla
Garner Fights Bronchitis Slowed by Washington Dullness
June 19 report from Washington states Speaker Garner, ill for over four weeks with bronchitis, felt better but remained in his hotel due to damp streets and overcast skies.
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Garner
Washington
Speaker Garner
Dallasite held for murder of 85 year old mother
Yancey Lewis, 34, was jailed on a murder charge in Dallas for slaying his 85 year old mother Mrs Luia Lewis. He admitted the act stating he planned the killing to end her life and said he did not expect arrest. The death was attributed to anaesthesia rather than blows.
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Dallas
Yancey Lewis
Luia Lewis
Lewis
State Hospital
San Antonio
Nelson Phillips
State Supreme Court
District Attorney's Office
Yale University
Portales Man Killed Dives Beneath Freight Train
Foster Price of Portales New Mexico about 30 was decapitated by a Fort Worth Denver freight four miles north of Childress. Trainmen reported he dived beneath a car after the locomotive and three cars passed. Letters on his body to his mother father and a brother asked forgiveness. He had been fed by citizens near the scene.
Auto Run Down Child in Uvalde Street Crossing
Elynora Tolhurst a 3 year old girl was fatally injured when an automobile struck her as she ran across a street in Uvalde. Her mother and two sisters witnessed the accident.
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T. Uvalde
Elynora Tolhurst
Death toll rises to 24 in Cymbeline explosion
In Montreal a tanker Cymbeline explosion and the Canadian Vickers Drydock disaster left 24 dead, with three unidentified and three still missing and presumed dead.
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Montreal
Que
Cymbeline
Canadian Vickers Drydock
Menjou's Son Held in Fatal Crash Near Los Angeles
Adolph Menjou's 20 year old adopted son is held on suspicion of murder after a car chase ended in a crash that killed his 16 year old companion Miss Marjorie Gauthier. A motorcycle patrolman pursued the vehicle through Los Angeles streets until it overturned.
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Menjou
Los Angeles
Harold L. Menjou
Adolph Menjou
Here
Marjorie Gauthier
Uncle Sam Will Begin Serving New Tax Tuesday
Washington reports new tax measures set to take effect, detailing individual and corporate rates, estate and gift taxes, manufacturers excise taxes on goods from fuels to electronics, miscellaneous levies like telephone charges and stamp taxes, along with total projected revenue. The schedule includes June 6 and June 21 effective dates and a grand total of 1 118.5 million dollars in additional taxes and postal revenue.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
United States
Treasury
Bomb hurled at Cicero mayor's home in Chicago suburb
A heavy bomb targeted Joseph G. Cerny's Cicero residence, blowing a hole in the sidewalk as police detained eleven suspects including Albert Capone. Mayor Cerny, away in Michigan, pursues anti gambling policy amid the attack in the suburb once linked to Capone.
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Chicago
Joseph G. Cerny
Cicero
Alfonso Capone
Sullivan
Albert Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Cerny
Richey V. Graham
Anton J. Cormack
South Haven
Michigan
Calles's Nearing Goal in Medical Flight to New York
Senora Leonor Calles and former President Plutarco Elias Calles travel toward New York for medical treatment with doctors accompanying them. Her condition has modestly improved as they pass through Pittsburgh tonight in two private cars.
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Powers Meet At Lausanne To Weigh Debt Talks
The June 16 Lausanne meeting follows a year after Hoover proposed a moratorium on intergovernmental debts. European leaders push to settle reparations before U S relief, aiming to move American public opinion toward debt revisions. Chancellor von Papen notes Germany cannot pay another mark.
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Germany
United States
Europe
Lausanne
von Papen
Hoover
Julius Curtius
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Italy
Veterans Move Up Replacements In Washington
June 19 report from Washington notes an influx of veterans seeking bonus payments while others depart quietly. Police tolerate freight rides as veterans push to bring more men to the capital, with estimates of in city veterans ranging from police to veteran leaders, from 23,000 to higher figures.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Anacostia
Veterans’ National
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