Five Directors Named for Potter County Relief Funds
Potter County approved a five member relief board in executive session to administer R F C funds. The appointees are J O Guleke Julius T Dorenfield L M Fischer Earl Fuqua and W J Kelly with Dorenfield Fischer and Kelly previously recommended by the state relief committee. Maj E A Simpson urged Austin direct appointments while noting county submission authority and the non political aim of fund administration.
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Potter County
State Relief Committee
Beard
Joe Gray
Kelly
Sam B. Vaughn
Maj. E. A. Simpson
State Relief Commission
Austin
County Commission
Julius Dorenfield
L. M. Fischer
Lso
Relief Commission
Hhe
State Relief Commission Office
Simpson
A President With Power and Bootstrap Miracles
Arthur Brisbane argues Congress ceded power to the President who now controls industry licenses spending three billion three hundred million for public works and five hundred million for relief. He could mandarin salaries and tax policy, reorganization of pensions, inflation tools, and railroad regulation from Washington. See TODAY Page 3.
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Congress
Washington
Mussolini
Kemal
Stalin
Hitler
Textile Code Is First Test For Recovery
The first code of fair competition under Roosevelt's program targets the textile industry. It calls for about a 36 percent wage rise, a 20 percent cut in hours, and a $10 weekly minimum in both regions, with a 40 hour workweek. Public hearings start June 27, with Johnson's approval needed, and the code represents how other industries may be brought into the national recovery plan.
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H. O. Thompson
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Cor
Steel
Navy
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute, Inc
T. M. Marchant
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Ernest M. Hood
Salem
Mass
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
United States
Johnson
Pittman monetary plan gains support at world conference
At London June 20 the Pittman resolution for silver rehab and monetary stability dominates talks. The American delegation, backed by the President, states the US will not return to the gold standard until it is workable. Warburg argues for workable gold standard while France opposes a swift return. Six nations back Pittman, others endorse broad monetary stability principles.
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London
Key Pittman
Cordell Yull
United States
Pittman
James P. Warburg
France
Warburg
America
Viscount Hailsham
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
India
China
Mexico
Irish Free State
Britain
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Portugal
Uruguay
Jean V. Parmentier
Floyd fired as Killer? The Floyd link to Kansas City massacre
Kansas City police weighed whether Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, infamous Oklahoma bank robber, served as a paid assassin in the Union Station massacre that killed five, after a witness identified Floyd in a description matching a man with a machine gun. Officers noted Floyd’s history of killing officers when cornered, while others doubted his involvement in the Nash slaying and the four officers. Page 2.
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Kansas City
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Oklahoma
Frank Nash
Lottie West
Traveler's Aid Society
Nash
Texas Governor Vetoes Oil Penalty and Intangible Tax Bills
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson vetoed the oil field penalty bill and the oil pipeline intangible tax bill from the 43rd Texas Legislature. She approved navigation district bonds security and a state supervision bill for mutual insurance. She criticized unequal taxation and warned that the Daniels oil tax bill would yield the state’s needed revenue and avoid constitutional issues. The vetoes leave two conflicting laws on oil taxation and penalties, creating a confused legal landscape.
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Austin
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
State Insurance Commission
American Heiress Weds Prince Mdivani in Paris Civil Ceremony
Barbara Hutton, heiress to the Woolworth fortune, married Prince Alexis Mdivani in a Paris civil ceremony at the Mairie of the 16th Arrondissement. A religious rite will follow at the Russian Orthodox Church. Hutton retains control of grandfather’s estate except for a dowry. witnesses include her father Franklyn L. Hutton and Jessie Woolworth Donahue.
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Paris
Barbara Hutton
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Georgia
Frank W. Woolworth
Franklyn L. Hutton
New York
James P. Donahue
Jessie Woolworth
Jose Paria Sert
Akaki Tchenkili
Last Rush On For Fair Trip
Reservations for The Globe News World’s Fair special continue with over 30 cities across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico to be represented. The Amarillo departure awaits next Sunday with a 22 hour run to Chicago under sponsor Wilbur Hawk who says no reservations will be accepted after Thursday. Mason King tour manager and Lois Black at The Globe News coordinate final plans and Miss Betty Sullivan will lead a farewell ceremony with Fred Short in charge of concessions on the club car. The Economical Tour is priced at 75 dollars from Amarillo and immediate reservations are urged to avoid disappointment.
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Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Chicago
Wilbur Hawk
Mason King
Betty Sullivan
John Sullivan
Fred Short
el Taos
Hawk
Lois Black
The
Globe News
Feed Loans Granted for North Plains Farmers
Owen Sherrill, manager of the regional crop production loan office, announced emergency feed loans for farmers in 11 Texas and New Mexico counties. Spearman, Texas, office will handle applications through July 15, with a maximum loan of $250 per farmer.
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Dallas
Owen Sherrill
Texas
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Union
Sherrill
Spearman
Home Town Postage Rate To Be Lower
Washington reports a two cent stamp will rate local mail starting July 1. Mail to destinations outside the city will remain at three cents.
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Washington
Boy Gunmen Admit Hardware Job By Twins
Two brothers aged 10 and 12 admitted to stealing guns from the Amarillo Hardware Co after initially claiming they found the weapons in a parked car. They described climbing a telephone pole to reach the skylight and entered the store, taking guns ammunition knives and cash before police placed them with juvenile authorities.
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Amarillo Hardware Co
Rains Bring Relief Across Northwest Panhandle and Adjacent Areas
Rain spread across Amarillo Dalhart Dalhart region with half inch totals in Channing Hartley and nearby towns while Clayton New Mexico reported a near cloudburst Fort Worth Denver dispatchers. Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Colorado four corner area saw two inch fall aiding wheat and grazing lands amid heat wave conditions in the Middle West with more heat expected see RAINS Page 2.
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Fort Worth
Rail labor leaders seek aid to halt wage cuts
Washington June 20 U P High railway labor officials said Joseph B Eastman new federal railroad coordinator planned to appeal to the carriers to drop an additional wage reduction of 12 and a half percent They said Eastman would speak for President Roosevelt though he has no wage authority and would confer with both sides unofficially.
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Washington
U.P
United Press
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Roosevelt
Nazis stamped out by Austria
Vienna reports Hitlerism outlawed as a revolutionary movement in Germany’s creator. Austrian Nazis jailed for bombings, prompting drastic decree banning the Vienna affiliate. Krems sees strict martial law after Heimwehr units suffer grenade injuries. Prince Starhemburg warns leaders to defend comrades and act decisively against the Brown menace.
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O. FE
Werner
Vienna
Germany
Hitler
Dollfuss
Krems
Danube
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Heimehr
Prince Starhemburg
Texas Receives 532,527 Dollar Relief Grant
Washington reports a relief grant of 532,527 dollars was allocated to Texas today by Emergency Relief Administrator Hopkins. The grant supports state recovery efforts following recent disasters and funds will be disbursed to state agencies for relief needs.
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Texas
U. S
Washington
Hopkins
Hideout of Hamm Kidnappers Is Revealed
St Paul June 20 The region of the Hamm kidnapers hideout has been identified by Police Chief William Cahill The inquiry expanded into a triple hunt as authorities offered rewards totaling 26150 dollars The captors freed multimillionaire brewer William Hamm Jr after collecting ransom.
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Paul, Minn
William Hamm, Jr
William Cahill
Hamm
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with local thundershowers. West Texas west of the 100th meridian remains partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico outlook unsettled tonight and Wednesday with probable thundershowers in the north-central area and cooler southeast portions. Temperature extremes today reach 62 to 81.
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West Texas
100Th Méridian
New Mexico
Clara Zetkin Dies in Russian Sanatorium Near Moscow
Clara Zetkin, famed German feminist and Communist, died unexpectedly last night at a sanatorium near Moscow. In another month she would have been 16 years old.
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Moscow
Clara Zetkin
Archangelskoye
Martyr to Science Fort Worth Doctor Dies Of Cancer
Fort Worth June 20 A P reports 64 year old Dr Chase a pioneer in X Ray cancer treatment with three decades of work saving limbs and lives died of cancer. He started X Ray work in 1902 introducing the first instrument to the area. His left arm was amputated last year to curb the disease. Planned Fort Worths most valuable citizen honor for 1933 was moved up days before his death.
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Fort Worth
Chase
Amberjack at Sea Off Cape Cod during Roosevelt voyage
President Roosevelt sails Amberjack II from Nantucket bound for Provincetown. A north wind slowed progress until Cape Cod was sighted, engine silent and sails set. Ships saluted as the schooner Northbound. Ellis the destroyer answered. Sea calmed. yesterday’s blow forced shelter in Nantucket harbor.
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President Roosevelt
Harwichport
Mass
Cape Cod
Nantucket
Provincetown
Mr. Roosevelt
Ellis
Harvest field travelers killed in railway fall
Wellington Kan June 20 A 27 year old Corsicana Texas man L G Coskey was killed when he fell beneath a Rock Island train at Corbin last night. A companion said they were traveling through Kansas seeking harvest work.
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Wellington
Kan
L. G. Coskey
Corsicana
Tex
Rock Island
Corbin
Kansas
Texas official predicts 40 million cotton aid this July
DALLAB June 20 J B Mc Donald Texas agricultural commissioner says the federal cotton plan will inject 40 million dollars into Texas in July. He notes early market gains rely on psychology as consumption and demand have not risen. He warns that if cotton is not reduced the industry risks collapse.
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Dallab
J. B. McDonald
Texas Agricultural Commissioner
Texas
McDonald
Austin
Washington
Spanish Aces Fly Non-Stop to Mexico City
Captain Mariano Barberan and Lieutenant Joaquin Collar, Spanish pilots, depart Havana for Mexico City on a 1,000 mile non-stop flight. The mission, financed by the Spanish government, aims to express goodwill toward Mexico but they were detained in Cuba for over four weeks amid ongoing tensions.
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Havana
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Seville
Spain
Mexico City
Mexico
Barberan
Collar
Cuba
General Electric to Give 5 Percent Wage Increase
General Electric will raise wages by five percent for about 50,000 employees in plants nationwide, effective July 1. The announcement came from GE offices in Schenectady New York on June 20.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Bond Set For George Leigh McGee in Kidnap Case
ROANOKE Va June 20 25 000 bond set for George Leigh McGee a participant in the McElroy kidnaping at a hearing before US Commissioner Charles D Fox Jr this morning McGee held on charges connected with the abduction proceedings and remains in custody awaiting further action by authorities.
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Roanoke
George Leigh McGee
McElroy
United States
Charles D. Fox, Jr
Rose Stokes Dies Leader of American Radical Party
Rose Pastor Stokes, American radical party leader, died in Munich Municipal Hospital of a heart ailment after recent cancer surgery. She was 54, entered the hospital on April 15, and will be cremated with ashes sent to New York. The cancer operation was performed by Prof. Vito Schmieden.
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Frankfort - ON - the - Main
Germany
Rose Pastor Stokes
Radical Party
New York
Vito Schmieden
Stokes
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