Texas Heat Wave Sizzles Across Major Cities
AP reports severe heat across Texas with 104 in Wichita Falls and 103 in Waco. Crops suffer as parched pastures and heat prostrations rise. Uvalde and Corsicana report scorching conditions and damaged fields. Corpus Christi and Beaumont see cooler readings. cotton farmers expect a bumper Nueces County crop.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Waco
Uvalde
Texas
John Garner
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Nueces County
Nine Candidates Seek Briggs Post in Texas Seventh District
From nine hopefuls three hail from Galveston and six from upstate as voters in the seventh Texas congressional district choose a successor to the late Clay Stone Briggs. Candidates include Galveston figures Thompson Stubbs and Dent, with Patton, Greer, Pickett and others from Crockett Elkhart Palestine Conroe. The map shows Galveston Liberty and Chambers reassigned after redistricting but the elected representative will serve the old seventh until January 1935.
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Galveston
Upstate
Texas
Congress
Clay Stone Briggs
Clark W. Thompson
Theodore B. Stubbs
Thomas H. Dent
Nat Patton
Crockett
Julian Greer
Elkhart
James D. Pickett
Palestine
R. E. Biggs
Liberty
Jake B. Clegg
Trinity
Natl Colson
Conroe
Chambers
Confessed Kidnapper Browbeats Interrogators in Court
The man, previously tearful, endured the continued interrogation with as he offered defiance at times. Mrs. Buck said Kenneth Jr has not attended school since his father’s arrest due to taunts from other children about the father.
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Weth
Buck
Kenneth, Jr
Young Escapers Pursued After Clashing With Constable
Anderson and Raines aided by a posse pursued four youths after a constable fired at them. The group split from Applegate and Scott aiming for a Shreveport train. They were captured without resistance following a trek through heavy underbrush and woods.
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Anderson
Raines
Applegate
Scott
Shreveport
Congress and John Smith No 4 Aiding Industry To Fight Slump
Analysis of the final article in a series on Congress special session laws. It explains how the National Industrial Recovery Act, inflationary finance, and public works aim to raise prices, boost borrowing, and shift purchasing power to farmers and workers to stimulate employment and industry.
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Congress
National Industrial Recovery Bill
President Roosevelt
John American Smith
Oil refiners form Texas Independent Refiners Association
About 70 oil refinery officials with 200000 barrels daily capacity met in Dallas to draft a code under the Industrial Recovery act. J R Starnes named temporary chair. Harris Melasky led the committee creating a permanent board of eleven directors to organize and direct the effort.
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Dallas
Junce
Roosevelt
Texas Independent Refiners’ Association
Do. R. Starnes
San Antonio
Harris Melasky
Taylor
Washington
E. B. Howard
Oklahoma
Oil Producers
Chicago
Burford
Lindbergh Home to Become Center for Child Welfare Work
Hopewell New Jersey June 23 The Lindbergh estate in the Sourland Mountains with the white farmhouse from which Charles Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped will be used for welfare work for children. The Lindberghs may become trustees in the new corporation that will run High Field but details and purchase price are not yet decided.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Sourland Mountains
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Lindberghs
Henry L. Breckinridge
Linbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hunterdon County
New Jersey
Drouth relief inspection tours Texas Panhandle counties
In the Panhandle drought zones inspectors from the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission, with Rock Island freight agent C B Davis noting no unseasonal livestock movement, survey 14 counties for emergency feed loans with $50 000 allotted.
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C. B. Davis
Rock Island
Panhandle
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Davis
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Dallam
Hartley
Sherman
Moore
Hensford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Hemphill
Roberts
Carson
Hutchinson
Oldham
Potter
Deaf Smith
Government to begin wheat farmer program conferences
Kansas City June 23 The government moves to aid wheat farmers as county agents and extension workers are scheduled for a two day conference starting next Monday. M L Wilson wheat production administrator and sponsor of the domestic allotment plan will open the meetings with participants from Kansas Iowa Missouri Nebraska.
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Kansas City
M. L. Wilson
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Wallace weighs tax and plan for corn and hogs
Wallace says administration explores a processing tax for corn and hogs as corn belt groups have not offered a definite plan. He argues the corn hog dilemma is as real as wheat and cotton, with complex land leasing and centralizing act use. A pork tonnage cut with bonuses and penalties could be tried, pending marketing agreements among producers packers and government.
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Wallace
Conference aims for rapid county wheat survey plan
The notice lists Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico as attendees. It says participants will plan a rapid survey by the county agents in each wheat producing county to gather local condition information needed before starting the program.
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Braska
Colorado
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Man Killed on Motorcycle Near MuleShoer
Vernon Porter of Dallas died instantly when the motorcycle he rode with William Lawless and G B Stevens left the highway and struck barbed wire, injuring Lawless and Stevens as they traveled from Los Angeles to Dallas. Porter's body rests in a morgue awaiting Dallas relatives orders.
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Vernon Porter
Dallas
William Lawless
G. B. Stevens
Los Angeles
Porter
Lawless
Stevens
Ask Adjournment of World Parley in Paris Debate
In Paris a resolution was introduced in the chamber of deputies by Rene Dommange and colleagues urging the French government to ask adjournment of the world economic conference until currency stabilization under the gold standard is established. The measure cites the US opposition to dollar stabilization as jeopardizing London decisions and faces government opposition.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Rene Dommange
United States
London
Four Years in Slaying Case In Texas
Fred Moutray 40 was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty as an accomplice in the March 22 1930 murder of H M Polan a gambler from Plentywood Montana. Polan’s body was found in the Pecos River with Roger Thompson already sentenced to 50 years in Sterling City.
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San Angelo
Fred Montray
H. M. Polan
Plentywood
Mont
Polan
Sterling County
Roger Thompson
Sterling City
Pecos River
Pecos County
Moutray
Thompson
Drowning at Fink Lake Ends Picnic in Lakeview
Mrs. T. M. Isham, 39, drowned early today at Fink Lake during a midnight picnic swim near Lakeview. Her body was found about eight feet deep, 15 feet from shore, after she dived from a cottonwood tree. Rescuers nearly drowned in the dark attempting a救 effort, and the cause of drowning was not determined. She leaves her husband, parents in Dodge City, a brother in Lakeview, and several sisters.
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Lakeview
T. M. Isham
Fink Lake
Bell Ranch
Survivors Rescued After Traverse City Seaplane Crash
Mrs. Charles Rennie Jr sole survivor of a four person party from Traverse City was picked up by a car ferry 15 miles from Frankfort after clinging to an empty gas tank. The party included James Gillette and Peter Keller both of Traverse City. all were aboard a seaplane en route to Milwaukee. The husband head of Rennie Oil Co was reported among the presumed deceased. The rescuing vessel proceeded to Kewanee Wisconsin with the survivor in serious condition from exposure.
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Grand Haven
Mich
U. S. Coast Guard
Ann Arbor
Charles Rennie, Jr
Traverse City
Milwaukee
Kewanee
Wis
Rennie Oil Co
James Gillette
Peter Keller
Rennie
Frankfort
Farm officials set office to protect consumer interests
Washington, June 23. Farm administrators establish an office to guard consumers in price-increase programs for farmers. Frederic Clemson Howe, lawyer and former New York Immigration Commissioner, will review all agreements before approval to ensure protection against sharp price rises and to investigate consumer complaints.
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Washington
Frederic Clemson Howe
New York
Immigration
Wilson
Compston Beats Sarazen In First Match Of Series
Archie Compston defeated Gene Sarazen 5 and 4 in the opening match of their series at Countess Weir Exeter. Sarazen led 2 up after the morning 18 holes but faded in the afternoon as the Englishman sought to claim the title of world’s best golfer.
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Countess Weir
Exeter
England
Archie Compston
Gene Sarazen
Coral Gables
Fla
Sarazen
State highway seeks bids on two oil surfacing projects
Clovis New Mexico June 23 calls have been issued by the state highway department for bids on two oil surfacing projects on U S highway 60 in the Clovis territory. The projects total 8 76 miles and will create a 100 mile paved road stretch west of Clovis upon completion.
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Clovis
N. M
State Highway Department
U. S. Highway 60
Clovis Territory
Macdonald declares conference will continue despite hurdles
Delegates urged continuation of the conference as Prime Minister MacDonald reiterated determination to press on. He cited American currency stabilization as crucial, acknowledging real difficulties but expressing buoyant hope for success and faith that work will proceed.
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MacDonald
Press of All Nations
Large 30-Hour Week Budget Allocations by State and Army Posts
The article lists state allocations topped by California 5 841 812 and Virginia 4 469 865, followed by detailed army distribution including Santa Fe National Cemetery New Mexico 7 800 Fort Sill Oklahoma 2 310 095 and numerous forts and depots in Texas such as Fort Sam Houston 2 710 446 Brooks Field 23 050 and Randolph Field 482 902 with associated facilities and depots across the region.
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California
Virginia
Army
New Mexico
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Oklahoma
Post Field
Fort Reno Quartermaster’s Depot
Fort Sill
Fort Gibson National Cemetery
Texas
William Beaumont General Hospital
Fort Bliss
Brooks Field
Fort Brown
Fort Clark
Fort Crockett
Dryoon Field
Duncan Field
Hensley Field
Fort Sam Houston
Kelly Field
Fort MacIntosh
Normoyle Quartermaster Depot
Randolph Field
Fort Ringgold
San Antonio Arsenal
San Antonio National Cemetery
Price Fixing Question Faces Early Recovery Codes
Washington reports the battle over including price fixing in initial recovery codes led by Hugh S Johnson as industry groups push for measures to curb unfair competition. The Borah amendment against monopolies and price fixing was once approved but later dropped, creating a presumption that price fixing may be permissible.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Johnson
Roper
Senate
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Viola Oil Company Chartered in Corpus Christi
Charter granted for Viola Oil Company to operate in the oil business with Corpus Christi as base. Capital stock set at $10,000. Incorporators are J. T. Graham Virginia Graham and FE. E. Swift.
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Austin
Viola Oil Company
Corpus Christi
Capital Stock
J. T. Graham
Virginia Graham
FE. E. Swift
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Corsicana
Houston
Abilene
Amarillo
Briggs
Gebhardit
Antone
Health Department
Journal of American Medical Association
John Smith
J. R. Brackett
Industrial Recovery Act
F. W. Buford
Dulles
H. B. Maay
Fort Worth
D. H. Gray
Electra
Mr. Starnes
E. W. Montray
G. L. Rowsey
el Paso
D. W. Hovey
Dan Danciger
Tyler
C. M. McNutt
C. A. Middleton
Board of
W. C. Houk
Board
Grain Rally
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Llano
H. P. Canode
Beals - Stencils
Whitney
Mar
Amarifio Rubber Stamp Co
Compston
Americas
Fifth and
Dixie Wez
Iees Nor-East Fabrica
Blackburn Bros
Frange Urges
Fore
Wendell
Globe-News
Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Earle
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