Tragic Milwaukee Road Train Wreck Claims Dozens
Twenty of the 29 known victims were identified as searchers combed the flood wreckage of the Olympian at Miles City Montana. The disaster followed a flash flood that weakened a trestle causing the train to plunge into Custer Creek with passengers and crew trapped in submerged cars.
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Olympian
Milwaukee Railroad
Miles City
Montana
Associated Press
Mont
South Dakota
Holy Rosary Hospital
Custer Creek
Milwaukee Road
Lucile Stumley
Keldron
Roaring Creek
Yellowstone River
Montana State Highway Patrol
Bernard Maguire
Milwaukee
Plains Route to Denver Sought
Sixty three delegates from Texas Oklahoma and Colorado met in Stratford and urged the National Association of Highway Engineers to extend Federal Highway 287 from Denver into Amarillo via the T O C route. Officials were named for the year and a paving effort for Sherman County Texas and the route to Boise City Oklahoma was targeted with WPA aid if state funds fail.
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Stratford
National Association of Highway Engineers
Federal Bureau of Roads
Amarillo
Denver
Yellowstone National Park
Julius Cox
Boise City
Royal Pendleton
Oklahoma
M. R. Sunday
Colorado
Julius Dorenfield
John O. Pitts
Dumas
Arthur Ross
D. T. Wadley
Kerrick
Carl Etling
Glen Kirkpatrick
Lamar
Colo
Guy Hudson
Wylie
J. R. Woods
Eads
R. K. Welch
Kit Carson
J. N. Quinn
Hugo
Ted Spade
Simon
Sherman County
Texas
Texas State Line
Ohlo
State Highway Commission
Methodist bishops to hold first joint session after unification
In Oklahoma City on June 20 two bishops from the Northern and Southern Methodist branches will convene with their cabinets in a historic joint session. Rev. Charles C. Selecman of the Southern church and Bishop Charles Meade of the Northern branch will lead presiding elders and district superintendents in the meeting. Selecman will retain his duties as president of Southern Methodist University during the transition.
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Oklahoma City
Methodist
Charles C. Selecman
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Charles Meade
Kansas City
Selecman
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Hopper Menace Escalates As Insects Sprout Wings
Entomologist A. A. Miller and agricultural agent Ted Alexander report migratory grasshoppers growing wings, complicating control. Livestock losses including nine dairy cows and twelve Herefords prompt calls to sustain and intensify poison programs across Potter and surrounding Panhandle counties. Severe wheat damage observed in wheat fields as rains boost Johnson grass risks. Officials forecast continued campaigns with federal support while noting heat from rank Johnson grass raises prussic acid danger.
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A. A. Miller
Panhandle
Ted Alexander
Potter County
Virgle Oglesby
Pleasant Valley
Dan Pavillard
Pavillard
Bill McSpadden
Alexander
Miller
Upper Panhandle
Girl Keeps Ring Despite Breakup Court Rules
Chicago judge rules the engagement ring given by Bernard Berg remains the property of the recipient, Adelle Saunders, despite her later marriage. Berg had sued for $400 damages, claiming the ring was collateral for a $125 loan and questioned its retention after the engagement ended.
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Chicago
Ife
Thomas Green
Bernard Berg
Adelle Saunders
Adelie Rickles
Police and pickets clash outside Eagle Pencil plant
In New York on June 20 forty policemen and 150 pickets fought for twenty minutes as workers attempted to reach the Eagle Pencil Company and Niagara Paper Box Company plant. Eggs and vegetables flew as police protected automobile loads of employees. Eleven people were arrested one injured and two officers slightly hurt.
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Nework
Eagle Pencil Company
Niagara Paper Box Company
French Sailors Sentenced in Espionage Case
Three French sailors were sentenced to long prison terms and banishment by a military court in Besancon on charges of espionage for Germany.
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Besancon
France
Germany
McLachlan Sentenced to Die in California Murder Case
Los Angeles reports Charles A. McLachlan aged 55 was sentenced to death in San Quentin for the murder of seven year old Jenny Moreno on April 14. The court ruled capital punishment implemented in the lethal gas chamber.
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Los Angeles
Charles A. McLachlan
San Quentin
Jenny Moreno
Thus I Learned of The Plains and of Men Who Made History
Roy Riddle recalls meeting a longtime businessman featured in the News-Globe Golden Anniversary Edition. The interviewee, smiling and sincere, speaks mainly of others he has known over 40 years of business, highlighting industry and faith. He arranged an ad for the edition before sharing his story.
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Roy Riddle
News-Globe
Amarillo Hosts 4-H Girls On City Visit
About 400 girls from 14 counties visit Amarillo for a day of city life tours. They meet at 9 a.m. at the Municipal Auditorium with Miss Pauline Lokey hosting, then tour local facilities including a helium plant and KGNC radio. A church gathering at 11:30 features talks by Mayor Ross Rogers and Gene Howe, followed by lunch in Ellwood Park.
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Amarillo
Lokey
Municipal Auditorium
Pauline Lokey
Fotter County
Central Presbyterian Church
Ross Rogers
O. L
Ted”) Taylor
Tri-State Fair Associaton
KGNC
Gene Howe
Texan
Globe News Publishing Company
Ellwood Park
Volunteers Seek Girl Lost in Weymouth Swamp
State troopers forest and fire fighters joined volunteers in a search for Thelma Redfield an 18 year old from Woodbury believed lost in Weymouth swamp five miles from Hammonton after wandering from her aunt’s home yesterday afternoon Fire Warren Fonte Gale organized the search and appealed for aid from state police.
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Hammonton
N. J
U.P
Thelma Redfield
Woodbury
Weymouth
Warren Fonte Gale
Weather report for Amarillo area remains partly cloudy
Partly cloudy conditions persist across West Texas and New Mexico with little temperature change. Amarillo area readings show highs near 1937 and lows around 1937, reflecting historical notation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Hobo Candidate in Capitol Delays Roosevelts Visit
Er nest G Albright the hobo candidate for Congress from Oklahoma fifth district reached Washington four days after Roosevelt had left town He said a box car fall in Columbus delayed him arriving at 5 30 A M with a beard cinders in his face and no straw hat that once was white The quirky entry highlights his campaign as he met no president but pressed on with his bid.
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Washington
U.P
Ernest, G. Albright
Congress
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Albright
Columbus
Five Policemen Cleared in 1935 Tampa Flog Case
Circuit Judge John L. Moore dismissed all charges against five former policemen and an Orlando resident in connection with the flogging tar and feathering of three labor leaders near Tampa in 1935.
Amarillo Hosts Sixteenth Annual American Business Club Meeting
Delegates from across the nation gathered for the American Business Club convention in Amarillo Texas to discuss serving communities. Events include a cattle round up rodeo chuck wagon feast and a Forty Niner dance while national officers urge promotion of the movement and plans for next year’s venue.
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Amarillo
Cleveland
American Business Club
A. N. Gingrich
Lancaster
Wimberly Ranch
Roseland
Herring Hotel
Washington
D. C
Dayton
Palo Duro Canyon
Tri-State Fairgrounds
P. BE
Pete’ Neumann
Danville, Til
Dry Ice Blast Hurts Amarillo Boy Eye
Thomas Lee Brush a 12 year old Amarillo lad was injured when a dry ice explosion shattered a bottle as he juggled it with friend Billy Hemphill at 513 A North Buchanan Street. He suffered a deep cut near the left eye and was taken to St Anthony’s Hospital where an eye specialist operated. The sight of the eye could be lost though the boy rested well.
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Thomas Lee Brush
Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Billy Jack Hemphill
W. L. Hemphill
Buchanan Street
Thomas
Thomas Lee
W. L. Brush
North East
Third Avenue
Mr. Brush
The
Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Refining Suit Outlined Between Gray and Danciger Firms
The Gray Processes Corporation sues Danciger Oil and Refining Company in U S District Court alleging patent infringement over a gasoline refining method using Fuller’s Earth. Gray seeks an injunction and disgorgement of gains while attorney Grady Cole recounts the process history linked to Thomas T. Gray and the rise of automotive fuel needs.
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Gray Processes Corporation
Danger Oil and Refining Company
U. S
Danciger Oil and Refining Company
Danciger Company
Gray Corporation
Grady Cole
Thomas T. Gray
Gray
Fuller
Puller
Thomas Gray
Mr. Cole
France Concedes Step to Britain In Peace Move
France signals a shift toward Britain amid Spain crisis as Paris plans a diplomatic mission to the Spanish insurgent regime while Britain seeks to evacuate foreign fighters. Hull presses Germany over Austrian debts and Jewish property. Rome pursues Anglo Italian reconciliation to shape Spain's endgame.
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Germany
Cordell Hull
Paris
Barcelona
Spain
Britain
United States
Austria
America
Berlin
Hull
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Rome
Galeazzo Cilano
Lord Perth
France
Neville Chamberlain
First Vigorous Spy Investigation Climax in U S
The nations first intense postwar spy probe reaches a climax as 18 people including German officials are indicted on charges of conspiracy and espionage. Udo Von Bonin and Herman Menzel linked to Berlin defense offices. Otto Voss charged with transmitting aircraft construction data. Federal prosecutors say ring heads reside in Germany.
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New York
Amar Hardy
Germany
United States
Otto Herman Voss
Udo von Bonin
Herman Menzel
Berlin
Defense Office
Reich Air Ministry
Ernst Mueller
Hamburg
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McLachlan
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J. W. Hill
Lad
Senta de Wagner
Hempstead
L. I
Special
Federal Grand Jury
Eleanor Boehme
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