Rift on Banking Rules Mounting
Washington reports a clash between Secretary Morgenthau and Federal Reserve Board Chair Marriner Eccles over bank examination policy. Morgenthau demanded immediate adoption of his liberalizing yet standardized plan, backed by Comptroller, FDIC, and state examiners, while Eccles argued for broader liberalization to aid credit growth and recovery. Eccles offered no comment.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Marriner
Eccles
Comptroller of Currency
Federal Deposit
Cles
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Receives 1 010 000 Check
Basil O Connor and Keith Morgan presented to President Roosevelt a check for 1 010 000 to fund a national drive against infantile paralysis. Most funds came from the Presidents birthday balls on day 30 with 80 000 from the March of Dimes to the White House.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
National Foundation For
Roosevelt
Basil O'Connor
New York
Keith Morgan
White House
Six Indicted On Burglary And Assault In Pampa
In Pampa six men were indicted by the 31st district court grand jury on burglary and assault with intent to commit robbery. Jule Price Harold Nicholson and LeRoy Ragan face burglary charges for entering the McLean Independent School District office and taking three typewriters and an adding machine. all items were recovered. Vernon Lewis Robert Warren and Harold Nicholson were charged with assault with intent to commit robbery. Bond set at 1500 in each case.
Mellon Tax Fight Settled Over Estate of Andrew Mellon
Washington report states the government and Mellon estate reached a 668,629 settlement for a 3 million tax dispute linked to Andrew W. Mellon. The deal covers 485,809 principal and 182,220 interest on underpaid 1931 income taxes, ending with no appeal of a Board of Tax Appeals ruling.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Board of Tax Appeals
Tulia Hires New Instructor For School Staff
H. M. Baggarly Jr. resigned as piano teacher in Tulia to join the Tulia staff as shorthand teacher and activities director. He will direct plays chapel programs and auditorium work, with a permanent position confirmed by Supt. G. H. Jones and Supt. Turney.
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Happy
H. M. Baggarly Jr
Tulia
G. H. Jones
Fire damages Louvre Museum in Paris
Fire swept the Louvre Museum in Paris with priceless artworks at risk. Fire crews arrived quickly and authorities said the blaze was fatally started but the extent of the damage remained undetermined.
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Paris
Louvre Museum
Wage Disparities in WPA Pay Spark Local Push
Dalhart residents push for probe into wage gaps in Western WPA pay across the Panhandle. Reported rates range from 40 dollars per month in northeastern New Mexico to 29 dollars in Dalhart, with 36 dollars in parts of the Panhandle. A congressional raise previously boosted Dalhart from 21 to 29 dollars. The inquiry will go to WPA supervisor A. A. Meredith of Amarillo.
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Dalhart
Panhandle
New Mexico
Marvin Jones
A. A. Meredith
Amarillo
WPA
Railroad Will Junk All Rolling Stock In Texas
HOUSTON June 21 Pi H Durston of the Burlington Rock Island Railroad told the Harris County tax board all rolling stock in Texas would be junked this year. The tax rendition for the stock was 93000 as of Jan 1 identical to 1937. Durston said two streamlined trains Zephyr and Texas Rocket are owned by the Chicago parent company and are not listed. He said junk prices were used for other equipment and the line will dismantle gear and seek to buy the two streamliners next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Pi H. H. Durston
Burlington, Rock Island Railroad
Harris County Tax Equalization Board
Texas
Durston
Equalization Board
Chicago
Amarillo Minister Returns From Detroit
Rev. T. D. Sumrall resumes duties at Central Baptist Church after a Detroit visit where he spoke on the Pre-Millennial Bible School. A church meeting is set for Wednesday. Detroit conference drew ministers from many states and Canada with France and China missionaries speaking. Over 2000 attended. He cited uncertain conditions but hopeful revival prospects for America.
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T. D. Sumrall
Amarillo
Central Baptist Church
Detroit
Sumrall
States
Canada
France
China
North
America
Dalhart Eyes Inauguration of NYA Program
Dalhart hopes to start an NYA program after a Chamber of Commerce briefing by Roy Taffinder. A conference with Phil Wilson of Amarillo discussed worker data and job types. Local officials Floyd McNeill Blake Bolton and Mrs. R. L. Duke offered assistance.
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Dalhart
Dalhart Names New Democratic Committee Chairman
Dalhart appoints Jim Burrow as chairman of the Dallam County Democratic Executive Committee to succeed Jack Wade who has become Dalhart postmaster. Wade held the post for 16 years. John Henry replaces Perry Turner, moving from Coldwater to Conlen precinct.
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Dalkbart
Jim) Burrow
Dal- Part
Dallam County
Democratic Executive Committee
Jack Wade
Dalhart
Wade
John Henry
Coldwater
Perry Turner
Conlen
Vagrant Held in Mattson Kidnap Probe in Niagara Falls
Police officials said FBI agents were still questioning a convicted vagrant in connection with the 1936 Charles Mattson kidnapping. Police Supt. Edward T. Pierce said he contacted the Buffalo FBI field office after the arrest of the man.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Edward T. Pierce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Mattson
Pierce
Buffalo F. B. I
Dr Petty Named To Lead Optimists At National Convention
Dr Fr Fern Petty of Los Angeles was nominated today for president of Optimist International at the twentieth annual convention. The nomination is effectively the election, with final balloting scheduled for tomorrow.
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Dr. Petty
Optimists
Los Angeles
Fern Petty
Optimist International
Dalhart Scouts Head to Week-Long Camp at Ceta Glen
Dalhart Boy Scouts travel Monday for a week at Ceta Glen in Palo Duro Canyon. Scoutmaster Rev John W Myrose leads the group with Mr Myrose and Herbert Peeples accompanying.
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Dalhart
Ceta Glen
Palo Duro Canyon
John W. Myrose
Myrose
Herbert Peeples
Schuschnigg Near-Exile Possibility Raised in Vienna
Vienna report says Gestapo inquiry into Kurst Schuschnigg nearly finished and he could soon be allowed to go into exile in Italy. Also notes a Texas air mail route of 542 miles as the longest non-stop route in the United States.
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Schuschnigg
Vienna
Gestapo
Kurst
Austria
Italy
United States
Texas
Dog mart at Fredericksburg years of barter and bids
In 1938 the Fredericksburg dog mart headlines as a long standing colonial era event led by auctioneer N. B. Kinney. The annual gathering draws thousands seeking dogs and bargains, a tradition tracing back to early Virginia settlements.
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Fredericksburg
N. B. Kinney
Virginia
Dalhartan’s Brother Dies in Oklahoma Lightning Strike
Mrs. J. P. Oliver of Dalhart attended last rites in Shawnee Oklahoma for her brother Robert Renegar 48 killed Thursday by lightning.
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Dalhartan
Dalhart
J. P. Oliver
Shawnee
Okla
Robert Renegar
Two Men Die As Train Strikes Stalled Car
Lloyd Sanford aged 40 was killed and William Senn aged 38 was seriously injured when their stalled auto was struck off the railroad tracks by a Southern Pacific passenger train near Sugar Land Texas. Witnesses Mr and Mrs James Reed of Bellaire saw the collision while driving by.
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Sugarland
Tex
U.P
Lloyd Sanford
William Senn
Southern Pacific
James Reed
Bellaire
Harvey Case Rites Set in Turkey Funeral
Funeral services for Harvey Case 45 were held Monday afternoon in the Turkey high school auditorium. The Turkey cemetery interment followed. Survived by his widow and seven children. Case had lived in the area for years and ran an auto and tractor agency in Quitaque and a recently sold grocery store before moving to a farm near Estelline.
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Turkey
Harvey Case
Alva Johnson
Church of Christ
Turkey Cemetery
Case
Quitaque
Estelline
Plane passenger treated by radio saves ill traveler
A Dallas man, James H. Amble, collapsed on an American Airlines flight 250 miles west of El Paso. Pilot Johnny Martin relayed to El Paso and Dr. Robert S. Hardwick guided flight attendants for over an hour, landing the plane safely as Amble remained critically ill en route from a San Diego sanitarium.
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EL Paso
American Airlines
James H. Amble
Dallas
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Sanitarium
San Diego
Arizona Desert
Johnny Martin
Robert S. Hardwick
Tractor Incident Fatal for WPA Worker in Kansas City
Thomas Ambles a 45 year old Black WPA worker died when a tractor ran over his head after he lay down in a weed patch feeling ill at his Kansas City site. He used his shovel as a pillow prior to the accident.
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Kansas City
U.P
Thomas Ambles
Adobe Brick Made In Arizona Desert
University of Arizona scientists describe how irrigation and heavy farming in desert soils create puddling. A 90 horsepower tractor can bind water in soil when moisture is 20 to 30 percent, transforming soil into adobe and reducing fertility. Management with teams shows different moisture thresholds but desert land remains fertile with proper handling.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soils
T. F. Buehrer
W. T. McGeorge
University of Arizona Soil Chemists
Jackson Barnett fortune sale halted by widow
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on June 21 Anna Laura Barnett widow of the late Jackson Barnett briefly sought an injunction to stop the sale of her 18 room Los Angeles mansion as the Federal court battle over the fortune of more than 1,000 claimants neared its end.
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Okmulgee, Okla
Jackson Barnett
Anna Laura Barnett
Los Angeles
Safety Endowment Sought To Improve Texas Roads
Lowry Martin of Corsicana through the Texas Good Roads Association appeals for a Texan to endow a safety institute. He urges wealthy citizens to donate to reduce suffering and economic waste in Texas, citing hospital and school gifts as worthy precedents.
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Austin
Lowry Martin
Corsicana
Texas Good Roads Association
Martin
The
Good Roads Association
Texas Traffic Safety Council
Texas
Pampa Drills Water Well Fourth Bore in City
Drilling of a fourth city water well began in Pampa Tuesday morning led by Amarillo driller D. L. McDonald. The project costs 23500 cash or 24750 with time warrants, and completion is guaranteed in 40 days with an open flow capacity of 1200 gallons per minute.
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Pampa
D. L. McDonald
Amarillo
McDonald
British Troops Kill Two Arab Fighters at Tegart Fence
British troops killed two Arabs during operations near the Tegart security fence on the Palestine Syria border. Several Arabs were wounded as the half million dollar electrified barrier, named after Sir Charles Tegart, aims to bar terrorists from the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Tegart
Charles Tegart
Holy Land
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Dalhart Scouts
Amarillo Rubber Stamp CO
Ren
Enon
Yale University
Jerome Davis
Yale Divinity School
Colorado
Albert Payson
Terhune
Green River
Utah
Nevills
Colorado River
Norman D. Neville
Elzada Clover
University of Michigan
Lois Ojtter
Don Harris
U. S. Geological Survey
Eugene Atkinson
W. C. Gibson
San Francisco
DOG Mart
Mayfair Hotel
Gulf
South Texas
South Plains
B. A Pewers
Union Bus Depot
Harvey
Man Ili
H. H. Ball
Blackburn
Safety Endowment Sought
Hudson
Cullum Motor Co
Tyler Street
General Motors
Western Light & Supply Corp
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