Hoover calls for one third world armament cut
President Hoover proposed a sweeping global arms reduction aiming to save 10 to 15 billion dollars over a decade with potential U.S. savings near 2 billion. He outlined abolition of tanks chemical weapons large mobile guns and bombing planes plus a 25 to 33 percent naval tonnage cut. International reactions were mixed with France uncertain while Britain Italy and Germany showed varying support.
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Washington
Hoover
Germany
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robinson
Reed
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Tidal Wave After Quake Wipes Out Village in Mexico
The West coast town of Cuyutlan in Colima state was virtually wiped out by a tidal wave after an earthquake. At least 30 people were killed with many missing and injured ferried to Colima as relief efforts lagged. The quake's epicenter was southwest of Colima with aftershocks continuing through the day.
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Mexico
Cuyutlan
Manzanillo
Colima
Pacific
Mexico City
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy Thursday with likely showers in Amarillo and West Texas. Rio Grande Valley and southern New Mexico show a chance of showers. Generally fair elsewhere with slight temperature changes. highs around the mid 70s and lows near 72.
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Amarillo
Cinity
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Roosevelt asks Walker to answer removal charges in New York
Albany June 22 Governor Roosevelt leading Democratic nominee asked Mayor James J. Walker to respond to claims of unfitness and possible removal. Six days before the Chicago convention observers weigh how Tammany and regional factions may shape Roosevelt’s political future. Walker said he would not draft his formal reply until after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Walker
New York City
Chicago
Samuel Seabury
Tammany
New York
James J. Walker
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Pioneer farmer found dead in pasture near Archer City
Peter Simmons a 42 year old farmer was found with his throat cut in a pasture near Scot land. A coroner ruled death by own action. Simmons belonged to a pioneer German family that helped found a colony in Archer County 40 years ago. Funeral services scheduled for today at Windthorst.
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Archer City
Peter Simmons
Scotland
Simmons
Archer County
Windthorst
Bank Robbery Suspects Indicted in Seagraves Heist
James W. Baker Seagraves teacher led state rangers to $390 cached at a Lubbock residence after a May 27 bank robbery at Seagraves First State Bank. Grand jury indicted Baker and four others Edmond Meredith Elmer Slaughter Terry County farmer Oscar Herring and Jodie Edwards.
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Lubbock
James W. Baker
Seagraves
Texas Technological College
Seminole
Baker
Seagraves First State Bank
Edmond Meredith
Elmer Slaughter
Terry County
Oscar Herring
Jodie Edwards
Edwards
Thomas L. Price
Seagraves- Brownfield
Herring
Wichita Falls
Meredith
Price
Scattered Showers Reported Across Panhandle Region
Railroad dispatchers report a hard rain at Fritch and a quarter inch west of Amarillo with light showers at Texline and Dalhart. Partly cloudy conditions are forecast for Amarillo with probable showers today per the U S Weather Bureau.
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Fritch
Amarillo
Texline
Dalhart
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Senate approves $500 million public works bond in relief bill
Debates limited to half an hour precede Senate approval of the $500,000,000 bond section cited by President Hoover as opposed. Administration leaders split, with Democrats and Western independents backing it, while Moses and some Republicans opposed. The debate then shifts to a proposed increase to $5.5 billion and related farm, veteran, and foreign sales provisions.
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Amarillo Daily News
Senate
Hoover
Washington
Moses
N. H
LaFollette
Wis
Trammell
Fla
Frazier
N. D
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Connally
Tex
Reconstruction Corporation
Senator Black
Ala
Exemption Sought for Cities Under New Tax Statute
The House today unanimously passed an amendment to the new tax law designed to relieve states and municipalities of federal excise taxes levied on articles bought for governmental functions.
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Washington
House
Confederate Veterans Open 42nd Reunion in Richmond
The United Confederate Veterans opened its 42nd annual reunion in Richmond Virginia. The event marks a gathering of veterans from the Civil War era as they recount their four year conflict against Union forces led by General Ulysses S Grant.
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Richmond
Robert E. Lee
A. S. Grant
United Confederate Veterans
Hausner Aims New Atlantic Flight After Rescue
Stanley Hausner, rescued after 11 days adrift in a disabled plane, returns to the United States aboard the Circe Shell near Miami. He declares the Atlantic crossing his life ambition and says he will seek another plane, planning to pilot across the ocean despite prior failure. He rests with his wife and awaits next steps.
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Associated Press
Miami
Stanley Felix Hausner
United States
Atlantic
Hausner
Circe Shell
Atlantic Ocean
Portugal
Accused Monkey Unworried at Lubbock
In Lubbock a monkey named Patrick sits in the city jail awaiting a decision by the city commission after biting a 6 year old boy last Saturday. The animal is owned by a local physician and is deemed a public nuisance by the hearing held Monday. The monkey shows calm insolence during an attempted interview as reporters visit the jail.
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Lubbock
Patrick
Pat
Warner club forms in Amarillo for Phebe Warner
An Amarillo group organized last night at the courthouse to support Phebe K. Warner for congressman at large place No 2. Warner, living at Claude, is labeled the sole Panhandle candidate. Plan includes literature distribution, hundreds of letters statewide, and a giant rally Monday in district court. Mrs Robert Wilson chairs, with Annie Dyer Nunn and S E Fish on publicity.
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Amarillo
Phebe K. Warner
J. L. Bagwell
Robert Wilson
Fish
Nunn
Laura V. Hamner
O. D. Newell
Porter Underwood
Horace Russell
Charles P. Woodburn
Angelo Post Office Bids Received in Texas Remodeling
Christy Dolph Cannon Construction Co. of Dallas submitted the low bid of 119800 for remodeling and reconditioning the San Angelo post office and courthouse Texas. Robert E. McKee of El Paso was second low at 122500 and H M Seby of Abilene at 122718.
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Washington
Christy Dolph Cannon Construction Co
Dallas
San Angelo
Texas
Robert E. McKee
el Paso
H. M. Seby
Abilene
Rosendahl Leaves Akron to Sea Duty
Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, ordered to sea duty on the U S Virginia, was relieved of command of the airship Akron in Lakehurst New Jersey. Commander Alger H. Diesel, who had led the Los Angeles, took command of the Akron.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy Department
U. S
Virginia
Alger H. Diesel
Rosendahl
Los Angeles
Youthful Hoboes Die Under Shifting Box Car in Yard
Three well dressed itinerant youths were killed as structural steel in a box car shifted during switching at the Missouri Pacific yards in Osawatomie Kansas. The dead are George E Gallagher 22 a college graduate from New Alexandria Pennsylvania Robert Mc Manus 18 of Chicago and Eugene Walters 22 of Maplewood Missouri.
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Osawatomie
Kan
U.P
Missouri Pacific
George E. Gallagher
New Alexandria
Robert McManus
Chicago
Eugene Walters
Maplewood
New York Delegation Holds Key to Roosevelt Nomination
Tammany leader John F. Curry said New York has not chosen its presidential nominee and will decide at a caucus next Sunday amid talks to stop Roosevelt. Roosevelt backers push abrogating the two thirds rule as McAdoo joins the convention battle.
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Curry
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Garner
Farley
Indiana
Wheeler
Senator Long
Louisiana
Rules Committee
Long
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Roosevelt Board of Strategy
McAdoo
Three Testify in Brownwood Murder Trial
In Brownwood on June 22, three state witnesses and one defense witness testified in the trial of Eva Nell Meichinger, 17, and her mother Willie Meichinger for the murder of husband and father Joe Meichinger who was shot April 27. State witnesses included an undertaker, Sheriff M. H. Denman, and County Attorney A. E. Nabors. officials said the mother and daughter admitted the shooting was by the daughter and cited threats by the mother as motive.
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Brownwood
Eva Nell Meichinger
Willie Meichinger
Joe Meichinger
Meichinger
M. H. Denman
A. E. Nabors
Mrs. Ruffin G Pleasant Escalates Capitol Encounter
Mrs. Ruffin G Pleasant wife of former Louisiana Governor Pleasant accuses Senator Huey P Long of insulting her in a Baton Rouge capitol meeting calling her a drunken cursing woman. She denies using profanity or liquor and says friends feared a confrontation prompting Long to increase his bodyguard.
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Ruffin G. Pleasant
Pleasant
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Capitol
Baton Rouge
Long
World Wheat Supplies Shrink Outlook for Harvest
Washington reports smaller global wheat supplies with an estimated 200 million bushels fewer produced in the northern hemisphere excluding Russia and China. July 1 carryovers and UK port stocks are down about 15 million, and the U S winter crop is expected about 377 million bushels smaller than 1931.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Russia
China
United Kingdom
United States
Charges Dismissed Against Insane Killer in San Marcos
Hays County officials dismissed murder and assault with intent to murder charges against William F. McWilliams for the fatal shooting of Major T. B. Curtis and wounding of A. W. Turner on a passenger train June 16 in San Marcos. The quashing aims to commit McWilliams to a federal institution with the Veterans Bureau at Saneo notified.
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San Marcos
Hays
William F. McWilliams
T. B. Curtis
A. W. Turner
McWilliams
Veterans Bureau
Saneo
Three youths charged in Dallas robbery
Dallas detectives charged Joy Davis 16 Carl Gibson 18 and Charles Strickland 18 in the May 24 department store robbery. About 1100 dollars in cash and 2300 dollars in checks were taken. Davis was arrested yesterday at Mount Vernon Texas and returned to Dallas County jail. He implicated the other two youths who remained at large.
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Dallas
Joy Davis
Carl Gibson
Charles Strickland
Davis
Mount Vernon
Tex
Farmer charged with murder in Wylie garage shooting
McKinney June 22 Will F Vaughan 47 was charged with murder in connection with the shooting of C L Lane 47 garage owner at Wylie yesterday Vaughan is a Collin County farmer.
Rooseveltians Back Submitting Prohibition Repeal
A Democratic platform plank will submit the repeal question to states. Hull and Byrd push for repeal or repeal moderation while Rooseveltians press for tariff cuts and spending trims. Hitchcock chosen to chair the resolutions committee and draft the 1932 platform.
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Chicago
Hull
Tennessee
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Roosevelt Forces
Hitchcock
Wilson
Senate
Opera season canceled by Chicago Civic Opera
The Chicago Civic Opera Company announced it has abandoned plans for opera next winter in the $20 million structure due to current economic conditions.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Civic Opera Company
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