Death Fall Captured By Television Camera
New York June 23 A mobile transmitter recorded a fatal fall of Marian Perloff from Rockefeller Center. The scene showed the sixth to eleventh floor drop as technicians watched at Radio City. Perloff, a Girl Scouts clerk, had just returned to work after a nervous breakdown from an unhappy affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockefeller Center
Radio City
Marian Perloff
Rockefeller Plaza
O. B. Hanson
National Broadcasting Company
Portable Telephone
Ross Plastid
RCA
Plastid
Time and Life
Hanson
Miss Perloff
Girl Scouts, Inc
Corporation
Fire Victim Finds Haven
A seven month old fire victim Kay Marie Thompson found refuge after Amarillo rooming house blaze that killed three and left two injured. Her mother Mrs W L Thompson leaped from a window with the baby to escape flames. Sunday school classes from First Baptist Church cared for Kay Marie after her release from St Anthony's Hospital and the infant is staying with Mr and Mrs Robert Burnett at 4118 Tyler Street. Fidelis class members have been especially active in her care. Kay Marie is near recovery and will stay with the Burnetts until her mother is well enough to provide care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Kay Marie Thompson
W. L. Thompson
First Baptist Church
Kay Marie
St. Anthony's Hospital
Robert Burnett
Tyler Street
Fidelis
Burnett
Coliseum Plans Taking Shape for Amarillo project
Tri State Fair Association executives met at the Capitol Hotel to map financing for the sponsor's 55 percent share of a proposed Amarillo coliseum. A committee led by C. W. Farr will pursue a 45 percent grant from the PWA and possible WPA support, while another panel headed by Mason King will study similar structures focusing on size seating and arrangements.
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Amarillo
Tri- State Fair Association
Capitol Hotel
C. W. Farr
Dean Kirk
Roy Cullum
the Blackburn
E. W. Har
PWA
WPA
Mason King
Bill Beechler
John Boyce
Ross Rogers
Babe Lost Four Days In Mountains Found
In New Mexico's Glorietta Mountain country the four year old Timoteo Griego was found wandering after four days missing. A 100 man search party had nearly given up hope. The child was naked hungry but unharmed apart from minor scratches a sunburn and a large appetite after traveling an estimated 40 miles.
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Babe
Rowe
N. M
Timoteo Griego
Glorietta
Timoteo
Palm Beach
Auto Loans in Want Ads Offer Low Rates and Quick Cash
Foolish Question No. 9 981 asks about money and suggests your car as a borrowing asset. The piece notes auto loans at low rates, terms of one year or more, and using the loan company’s funds while you drive your car. It mentions real estate and signature loans and points readers to the Want Ad section of the Globe News for options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
World Wheat Output For Year Estimated
The Department of Agriculture places world wheat production this year at 4.025 to 4.075 billion bushels, up from 3.827 billion last year. July 1 old wheat stocks seen around 650 million, vs 556 million a year ago. New crop supplies about 4.7 billion bushels, roughly 320 million more than last season, excluding Soviet Russia and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Soviet
Russia
China
Czech Army Planes Collide. Two Aviators Killed
Two Czech Republic army aviators died when three military airplanes collided during maneuvers over Prague. The crash occurred June 23, with authorities confirming the fatalities and investigating the incident.
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Prague
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy conditions are expected Friday across Amarillo and vicinity and for West Texas while New Mexico is also partly cloudy. The report includes hour by hour temperature readings for Amarillo with highs near 67 and notable data from 1937 indicating a 0.96 minimum and a 1937.70 value in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cease
Vavesres
Rae Si
Seven Dead in Hobbs Nitro Blast Floods
Nine drowned and a baby missing as cloudburst floods surge through Montana gulches. Eight bodies found in Gravelley Coulee near Havre. homes carried miles by flood. Victims include Emile de Haan and family, Charles Pratt, Herman Wendt, James Brown, and others. Fred Tilghman drowned near Zurich. sheriff notes rapid four foot rise. Floods follow night rain with more storms across Butte and Livingston.
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Havre
Mont
Montana
Malta
Harlem
Gravelley Coulee
Laredo
Coulee
Emile de Haan
Charles Pratt
Herman Wendt
James Brown
Duluth
Minn
de Haan
de Haans
Fred Tilghman
Hogeland
Zurich
C. B. Reser
Chinook
Tillghman
Butte
Livingston
Early Ruling Likely On Gas Proration
A three judge federal court in Austin indicated a decision in about two weeks on the validity of the Railroad Commission proration order for the Panhandle sour gas area. F C and E P Henderson sued contending the order limits gas for a carbon black plant near Sanford. Testimony covered commission power to prorate and whether the proration was proper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
Panhandle
F. C
E. P. Henderson
Sanford
W. E. Cottingham
Commission
Henderson
Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr
New Orleans
Duval West
Robert J. McMillan
San Antonio
Medical Broadcasts Can't Be Helped
Washington reports a communications commission official said the agency cannot act on Texas medical examiners' charges about Mexican border radio stations violating medical practice laws. He noted the broadcasts fall outside U.S. jurisdiction as they are in a foreign country. He added the inter-American radio treaty ratification could foster mutual efforts with Mexico to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Communication Commission
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Commission
United States
Mexico
Youth Flies First Flight Takes Off In Tulsa
Sixteen year-old Paul Johnson made his first sold flight after 10 minutes instruction. Johnson helped two friends, De Witt Ross and Charles Stewart, build a light monoplane. For his labors they let him taxi it around the field. It took off and Paul brought it down safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Paul Johnson
Johnson
DeWitt Ross
Charles Stewart
Paul
Latin American Support Lost To League Of Nations
Washington reports growing Latin American withdrawals from the League of Nations. Nicaragua and Honduras plan departures in coming months, Guatemala left earlier, Chile and El Salvador gave advance notices. Of 20 original republics, eight have resigned or will. Officials cite good neighbor policy, fear of the United States, distance to Geneva, and membership costs as key factors.
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Washington
Latin America
League of Nations
State Department
Nicaragua
League
Honduras
Guatemala
Geneva
Chile
Salvador
Paraguay
Brazil
Costa Rica
Lake Geneva
United States
North
Japan Tightens War Economy Amid China Conflict and Floods
The Japanese government announced a July 15 retrenchment plan to tighten control of life and property during wartime. It limits metals, fuels, and textiles, curtails exports, and pushes price control and thrift while the floods in China aid Chinese resistance against Japanese advances along the Yellow River and Yangtze basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
China
Shanghai
Yellow River
Court Tilton Spy Tale Rages as Canyon Library Grants Move Forward
The West Texas State College at Canyon won an $81,000 PWA grant for a new library and a $99,000 loan commitment, with plans for a second dormitory. Dr. J A Hill says a $36,000 grant and $44,000 loan would fund the dormitory, part of a broader campus expansion valued at about $2 million. In New York, a separate case involves former agent Leon Turreau seeking to publish an insider story on a German espionage ring despite government efforts to restrain press coverage. Turreu claims the records show the defendants’ guilt, while government attorneys question ownership of information acquired in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Washington
West Texas State College
Canyon
Panhandle
General College
J. A. Hill
Hill
Texas
Stafford Hall
University of Texas
Pioneer Hall
Museum of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society
New York
Murray Hulbert
New York Post
Leon G. Turreu
Department of Justice
The
Post
U. S
Turre
John W. Burke
Turrou
United States
Simon H. Rifkind
J. Edgar Hoover
Turreu
Hoover
Administration of Justice
PWA allocates millions to 61 Texas projects
The Public Works Administration approved 61 Texas projects with grants totaling $3,221,265 and loans of $740,000, part of $7,033,234 in grants and $1,574,000 in loans for 116 state projects. Allocations target Panhandle and West Texas sites including Canyon library, Lubbock dormitory, and Lipscomb street improvements.
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Washington, D.C
Public Works Administration
Texas
PWA
Panhandle
West Texas
Canyon
Childress
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Plainview
Anton
Levelland
Lipscomb County
Memphis
Orion
Rail Wage Session Called
Railroad labor leaders met for two hours to plan their stance for a Chicago conference set for June 28 with rail executives over a proposed flat 15 percent wage cut requested by carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Chicago
Yarnell Visits Yangtze River Inspects Lower Yangtze
Shanghai June 23 Admiral Harry F Yarnell commander in chief of the United States Asiatic fleet sailed today on the 710 ton naval yacht Isabel for an inspection voyage on the lower Yangtze River now under Japanese domination. The voyage attracted interest amid foreign pressure to reopen navigation on the river prohibited by Japan. The Yangtze serves as a main avenue in their drive on Hankow, China's provisional capital.
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Shanghai
Harry F. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Isabel
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Hankow
China
Murder attack charged against Amarillo man
R. E. Wilson of Amarillo was charged with assault with intent to kill his former wife’s three year old child. Justice of the Peace set bond at $2,000 after officers were called to a Taylor Street home for a family dispute. The boy Charles Reeves was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital for a minor neck injury and released. Wilson was jailed.
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R. E. Wilson
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Charles Reeves
Northwest Texas Hospital
Taylor Street
Wilson
Thompson Rally Draws 6 000 To 7 000 In Beeville
Beeville reports Ernest Thompson campaign rally on Sheriff Ira Heard’s ranch drew 6 000 to 7 000 people. Local figures como praise Thompson as next Texas governor, with speeches by Judge B Dudley Tarleton and Clara Driscoll. Thompson touted farm relief, soil conservation, marketing gains, and new industries to boost Texas prosperity.
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L. 8. Cole
First Baptist Church
Clara Driscol
National Democratic Committee
Texas
Thompson
Johnnie Barnhart
Rio Grande Valley
Five Killed and Five Hurt in Hobbs Nitro Explosion
A nitro time bomb used to shoot an oil well near Hobbs New Mexico exploded, killing seven and injuring five. Victims include George A. Kaseman prominent financier and banker, and other crew members. Witnesses described a sudden blast as the charge was moved toward the drilling rig. A coroner's inquest was opened to investigate.
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Hobas
N. M
New Mexico
George A. Kaseman
Albuquerque, N. M
National Trust and Savings Bank
Albuquerque and
Albuquerque National Trust and Savings Bank
Herman Crile
Roswell
Jack Starkey
Hobbs
WILY
J. B. Headley
Ole Johnson
Rigman
Hobbs Hospital
Kaseman
J. R. Hodges
Titled Pair Leave For Honeymoon
SAN FRANCISCO June 23 Prince Louis Ferdinand grandson of former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and his bride Grand Duchess Kira of the Romanoff family sailed today for Hawaii. The couple received a world cruise wedding present from Kaiser Wilhelm and recently met him at Doorn. They said they avoided politics and welcomed any form of address.
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San Francisco
Louis Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Kira
Hawaii
Doorn
Louie
Ferdinand
Fireside Chat Opens Drive for Recovery and Party Unity
President Roosevelt’s forthcoming Fireside Chat to rally economic recovery before the November elections. The speech aims to bolster the New Deal amid Southern opposition gains and party rifts as Batley’s NC chairmanship assumption shifts Senate committee control.
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Democratic Party
Batley
North Carolina
Senate Commerce Committee
Ben-ator Copeland
New York
Democras
Roosevelt
West
San Francisco
Comedy Develops in Romantic Serial on Yacht Deck
Joseph Herendeen Sandham hosts a luxe yacht luncheon with three identically sunlit blondes vying for a seat at the table. A sudden punch from one blonde interrupts the calm as guests react with staged amusement and intrigue amid champagne and pâté de foie gras.
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Joseph Herendeen Sandham
Smithers
Joseph
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Gilbert
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