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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
1
Amarillo Approves New Post Office and Federal Building
The United States Treasury and Post Office Depart ment approve a new Amarillo post office and federal building costing about 700000. Funds are available after site purchase and final design, replacing the 1934 Seventh Avenue and Taylor Street facility used for 20 years. Amarillo residents react as Congressman Marvin Jones had long pursued approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Post Office
Federal
United States Treasury
Post Office Department
Washington
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
Treasury Department
Amarillo
Marvin Jones
Internal Dissension Rises At Democratic Convention
At Philadelphia on June 24 Senator Robinson of Arkansas attacked the Supreme Court while urging a Roosevelt style battle within a Democratic convention troubled by platform disputes. Dissension delayed key committee actions but a delegate contest appeared settled by compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F Chester
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Drafting clash over platform unity and court critique at convention
Nightlong committee wrangles at the national convention over platform language and a potential two thirds nomination rule change. Senator Robinson sharply attacked the Supreme Court while pledging to abide by its decisions. Delegates weary after a long, quiet session await continuation with Barkley and other leaders in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Robinson
Court
Arkansan
Russia demands open passage through Dardanelles
In Montreux on June 24 Russian Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff urged that Russian submarines and all warships have free passage via the Dardanelles. He spoke to Lausanne treaty signatories in response to Turkey’s proposal to bar underwater craft. He questioned why foreign warships would enter the Black Sea except for courtesy calls or League of Nations sanctioned missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreux
Switzerland
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Dardanelles
Turkey
Litvinoff
Black Sea
League of Nations
Garner, Lonesome Visits Roosevelt at White House
Vice President Garner paid a half hour call on President Roosevelt at the White House in Washington. He told reporters he would travel to Philadelphia Friday to make a statement of acceptance after renomination by the Democratic convention, and he cautioned it would not be a full speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garner
White House
Philadelphia
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Areas
Thursday forecast shows fair and warmer conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with warmer temperatures across West Texas. New Mexico unsettled with little temperature change expected. Panhandle also warmer with partly cloudy skies. Historical hour by hour data notes yesterday highs around 84 and lows near 66 to 69, with regional variations and miscellaneous timestamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Noor
MR Eckaset
Ieee
Baboon Rampage Ended by Police in California Church
A rabid five to ten pound baboon escaped in Placentalia and attacked residents then the First Presbyterian Church. Police used tear gas and shot the animal in the choir room. Three people were under medical care and a fourth potential bite victim is being traced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placentia
Calif
Willis Hasson
Hasson
Joseph T. Johndrew
First Presbyterian Church
K. H. Sutherland
Orange County Health Department
Esther Gonzales
Bobbie Jerome
Stabber Goes in Solitary at Alcatraz
James C. Lucas, a Texas robber, stabbed Al Capone at Alcatraz. Warden James A. Johnston said Capone is all right and Lucas is likely to remain in solitary, possibly on a bread and water diet, with punishment to be decided by Washington authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alcatraz
James C. Lucas
Texas
al Capone
James A. Johnston
United States
H. H. McPike
Chicago
Capone
Lucas
Washington
Snake Murder Trial Opens In Los Angeles Court
In a Los Angeles superior court a jury of ten men and two women heard the case of Robert S. James accused of killing his wife Mary last August to collect her life insurance. Fred C. Karl described the home setting with maps and diagrams showing the grounds and interior where James is said to have drowned her after inserting her leg into a box of rattlesnakes. The defense plans to pursue an insanity plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robert S. James
Fred C. Karl
Iith
Mary
Kohn
James
Troops Advance Toward Nanking Area In Push
Allied forces extend march into the Nanking region as they tighten grip on the area. Reports indicate continued troop movements and growing pressure on remaining resistance near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Japan charges Canton with emboldening crisis in China
From Hong Kong June 24 threats of civil war in China revived as Kwangsi forces reportedly push into Hunan with a brief casualtyless skirmish against national government troops. Nanking officials accuse Japan of aiding Canton with a 5 million dollar loan to fund its army. Canton demands aim to corner Chiang Kai Shek and force concessions, including mobilizing the nation to resist Japan and severing ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Kwangsi Province
Canton Southwest
Hunan
Nanking
Changsha
Canton
South China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Central Executive Committee
Kuomintang
Japan
Marcell e Manville Sails Alone After Split
Marcelle Manville, formerly Marcelle Edwards and fourth wife of asbestos heir, sailed alone on the Queen Mary from New York. Her estranged husband did not see her off. An attorney relayed that the voyage is purely ocean-bound, with no destination disclosed.
Striking French Sailors Resume Work as Ships Set Sail
Paris June 24 striking sailors agreed to return to work at Marseille after owners accepted demands. The government said nearly 50 ships with red flags during the occupation strike would resume sailing tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marseille
Childress in Finery For Centennial Fete
Childress, June 24. The Southeastern Panhandle city prepared for the Centennial celebration with open house by merchants from 9 to 12 tomorrow. More than 6,000 visitors were expected as 100 bicycles to serve as floats would parade at 10 in Centennial regalia for prizes. Cyclone Davis, the collarless congressman from Texas, to speak at a noon old timers gathering. Paul Seed's Texans band from Wichita Falls to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Panhandle
Cyclone Davis
Texas
Paul Seed
Texans
Wich
Newman Takes Pulpit In Waco and Wheat Pit Giant Dies
Rev. Guy D. Newman leaves Amarillo First Baptist to serve as assistant pastor at Seventh and James Street Baptist Church in Waco starting August 1. He previously led the Amarillo church during illness and after the death of Dr. G L Yates. Arthur W. Cutten, famed “Little Giant of the Wheat Pits,” dies at 66 of a heart attack in Chicago after years of market success and health decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy D. Newman
First Baptist Church of
Amarillo
Newman
Baylor University
Waco
J. Howard Williams
Dallas
Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Maude Booker
J. Phillip Evans
Edgewater Beach
Cutten
Grain Futures Commission
Japan Dispatches Destroyer Squadron to Patrol Chinai Gulf
The Japanese consulate said a destroyer squadron was sent from Port Arthur to patrol the Gulf of Chinai in response to the Sino-Japanese customs crisis. Tokyo also hinted it may demand full withdrawal of Chinese customs vessels from North China waters if the situation does not improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Japan
Port Arthur
Gulf of Chinai
Tokyo
North China
Vallee Concert Tickets On Sale At City Drug
Reservations for Rudy Vallee’s concert next Monday night available at City Drug 617 Polk Street with mail orders via Miss Lois Black at The News-Globe. Tickets range 40 cents to 1 dollar 65. show at 8:30 pm with six girl entertainers and the Connecticut Yankees. After the concert a dance at The Nat costs 2.20 admission. dancing 10:30 to 1:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Valee
City Drug
Polk Street
News-Globe
Lois Black
Rudy
Connecticut Yankees
Judy Starr
Stewart Sisters
Three Graces
Vallee
Crooner
Amarillo Jaycees to Affiliate with State and National Bodies
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce directors vote to affiliate with state and national Junior Chambers. A program committee plans a social for new members, and a membership report seeks honorary memberships for senior chamber members. Directors meet again next Wednesday at Southwestern Public Service Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. W. Whitley
P. W. Mullen
Ben Solnick
Gene Elo
Stewart Browning
Roy Stockton
R. C. Jordan
Chamber of Commerce
The
Southwestern Public Service Company
Japan Rejects London Naval Pact as Meaningless
Tokyo reports that Japan rejected the three power London naval treaty as practically meaningless. The cabinet declined Britain’s invitation to join the pact, echoing the Japanese delegation’s walkout in January. Japan protested the lack of naval parity clauses and total tonnage limits in the March 25 agreement among the United States Great Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Vice Consul Thorne Drowns in Sumatra
The State Department was advised of the death of William Dubois Thorne an American vice consul at Singapore from drowning in Sumatra on June 21. Thorne a resident of Jamesburg New Jersey served in Singapore and died while on duty in Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
William Dubois Thorne
Jamesburg
N. J
Singapore
Sumatra
Party chiefs rule writing of platform in Philadelphia
New Deal platform makers draft a declaration on 1934 issues aided by White House guidance and public hearings. Disorder was minimal as leaders seek a platform echoing President Roosevelt. Washington delegation supports Townsend plan and production for use, while Senator Schwellenbach abstains from the resolutions committee. The platform is kept close to the White House draft despite some debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
White House
Roosevelt
Wagener
Resolutiona
Townsend
Washington
Resolutions Committee
Schwellenbach
Senator Schwellenbach
Warner
Soutchr
Supreme Court
Rainfall Report From Clovis and Surrounding Area
Clovis received a half inch of rain last night with reports of rain in the Albuquerque vicinity. Observers at English Field noted little chance of reaching Amarillo from the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
Albuquerque
N. M
Amarillo
English Field
Stratoq Balloon Takes Off From Minneapolis Stadium
Professor Jean Piccard leads an unmanned experimental balloon launch from Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis on June 24. The craft aims to reach 10 to 14 miles altitude for a scientific mission into the stratosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Jean Piccard
Memorial Stadium
Funeral Rites Today For Victim of Burns
Funeral services for Mrs. Ifon Shelton, 19, who died from severe burns suffered Tuesday night while cooking at home, will be held at 5 p m at Boxwell Brothers chapel. Rev. Robert C. Jones of Central Church of Christ will conduct. A kerosene pan burst, setting her clothing aflame as she tried to extinguish the fire. She ran from the house dragging the flames, then collapsed. Neighbors and family attended her through the night as she fought for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifon Shelton
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Robert C. Jones
Central Church of Christ
Clarence Sh
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Landon
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
New York
Japaoan
Marcelle Manville
Tommy” Manville
Baylor
Tom Connally
Sam Rayburn
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Carlos Manzaneros
J. Thaxton
Clyde Tingley
Frank Wiener
Grace McCanna
John E. Miles
Associated Press
Chihli Gulf
Jaycees
London
Rage
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