Hopkins to Decide Spending on Roosevelts Slum Plan
Washington dispatch reports Harry L. Hopkins will determine how much of 2490000000 earmarked for Secretary Ickes slum clearance is spent and where. Ickes notes total 249 million must be studied by Hopkins before cash is released. Hopkins' Senate confirmation follows work-relief law thresholds. leaders foresee no major fight.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Ickes
Hopkins
Senate
Golden Jubilee for Rev J J Dolje in Amarillo Cathedral
Church dignitaries from Texas New Mexico and Arizona attend a Golden Jubilee service for Rev J J Dolje of Umbarger at Sacred Heart Cathedral Amarillo the 10 oclock Solemn High Mass features Most Rev Archbishop Gerken and Bishops Lucey Lynch with numerous priests assisting from across the Southwest.
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Panhandle
J. J. Dolje
Umbarger
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Tombstone
Father Dolfe
Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Amarillo
R. A. Gerken
R. E
Senate Finance Committee Moves Roosevelt Tax Plan Forward
The Senate Finance Committee voted to proceed with open hearings on high taxes for the wealthy, attaching income and inheritance levies to a $500 million nuisance tax resolution. Chairman Harrison expects brief hearings over two days, with action aimed by Saturday night despite filibuster threats and House opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Treasury
House
Clark
Democrat
Missouri
President Approves Largest Peace Time Navy Building Fund
Port Arthur Texas June 25 A union employee at Gulf Port Welding and Boiler Company was seriously injured in a clash between police and pickets described as West Coast agitators seeking to incite a walkout. Police Chief H S Baker said welders and boilermakers were not on strike. The city ordered dispersal of the pickets after a hand to hand scuffle. Joe Looney was struck and hospitalized in serious condition. Releasedsun.
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Port Arthur
Tex
U.P
H. S. Baker
Gulf Port Welding and Boiler Company
Baker
Joe Looney
Paducah Man Offered Director Post in Texas Project
W R Smit ham, Texas rural rehabilitation chief, announced that R D Jones of Paducah has been offered the directorship of the Ropesyville project located in Hockley County Texas. The move signals rehabilitation program expansion and local leadership.
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Paducah
Austin
W. R. Smitham
Texas
R D. K. Jones
Hockley County
Roosevelt Signs Navy Bill To Build Warships And Planes
President Roosevelt signed a war navy appropriation of 460 million dollars to fund 24 new warships and 555 airplanes. Of the planes 282 are replacements and 273 add to air strength toward a 2000 aircraft goal by 1942. Ship construction funding was reduced to 20.69 million, with officials stating the cut will not delay total vessel costs estimated at 197.427 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Navy Department
Department
Bonus plan shapes new payments for veterans
On June 25 a cash bonus plan was shaped on Capitol Hill to possibly attach to the House tax bill. It would issue 2.1 billion dollars in adjusted service certificates with new money retired at 4 to 5 percent annually. Senator Thomas and Rep Patman discussed introducing the plan soon and rejected limiting payments to needy veterans.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Patman
Texas
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Stepfather Faces Assault Charge in Yvonne Kehoe Case
Alvin native Ray Biehler, stepfather of 3 year old Yvonne Kehoe, was freed on bond after a charge of aggravated assault tied to alleged abuse. The child, sent from Houston to Buffalo with minimal food, was later hospitalized in St Louis, then recovered and placed with relatives in Buffalo.
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Alvin
U.P
Ray Biehler
Little Yvonne Kehoe
Houston
Buffalo
N. Y
Yvonne
St. Louis
Biehler
Missouri Boy Held In New Mexico Mystery
A Missouri boy is detained as part of a month long probe into the disappearance of four Illinois tourists in New Mexico. Gov. Clyde Tingley directs the search with state police officials handling Missouri ties while investigators trace a tattooed youth linked to a car seen with the missing group. The car later surfaced in Dallas after forged travelers checks tied to George Lorius and others.
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Santa FE
N. M
Illinois
Missouri
Clyde Tingley
E. S. House, Jr
Roy Vermillion
Nevada
George
Lorius
East St. Louis
Albert Heberer
Duquoin
Ill
New Mexico
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Tingley
Ford Diesel Auto Plans Denied in Edgewater
New York World Telegram reports Ford Motor Company officials at Edgewater New Jersey refused to discuss experiments on a four cylinder diesel motor car planned to sell around 300 dollars. The paper notes the car may be aimed at foreign competition from a new Japanese model due next January.
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New York
New York World-Telegram
Ford Motor Company
Edgewater
N. J
the World-Telegram
Job Hunts Man Sanderson Lands Telegram Offer
William H. Sanderson a 28 year old civil engineer spent two years seeking work. He went to Rulo Nebraska last week to find employment and received a telegram offering a government job at Latima Texas effective July 1. Efforts to jockie Sanderson have failed.
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Kansas City
William H. Sanderson
Rulo
Neb
Latima
Texas
Jockie Sanderson
Prisoner Slugged Deputy Free From Texas Jail Break
Salem Oregon June 25 Capt W H McClain of the Oregon State Police announced the arrest of a man identifying as W E Coupe 36 alias William Wilson sought in Lubbock Texas on a murder charge Doupe was among four prisoners who escaped a Texas jail in 1934 He was found at an Oregon coast beach resort where he worked as a farm hand and held awaiting further information from Texas
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Salem
Ore
W. E. Coupe
William Wilson
Lubbock
Texas
W. H. McClain
Oregon
Doupe
McClain
Long-nosed W. E. Coupe recaptured in Oregon
Lubbock. June 25. W. E. Coupe an international criminal known for an escape from Lubbock County jail was recaptured in Salem Oregon a year and a day later. Sheriff Tom Abel and Deputy Bedford Carpenter will pursue extradition if Coupe waives it. The capture followed leads from fingerprints and photos.
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Lubbock
W. E
Bill) Coupe
Salem
Ore
Lubbock County
Tom Abel
Charles D. Pray
Department of Oregon State Police
Bedford Carpenter
Oregon
Coupe
James V. Allred
Abel
Perchmouth) Stanton
Army pilots die as planes crash at Selfridge Field
Flying Cadets Willis M. Darnell and Robert C. Streater, both in their early twenties, were killed when 16 others in the 96th Pursuit Squadron locked wings during a training formation at Selfridge Field Michigan. The crash occurred about 500 feet above ground as they pulled out of a power dive, near the airfield.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Willis M. Darnell
Robert C. Streater
96Th Pursuit Squadron
Army Air Corps
Johnson Takes Over NYC Relief Administration
General Hugh S. Johnson assumed control of New York City federal work relief, appointed by Harry Hopkins as city works progress administrator. Johnson, former NRA chief, accepted after strong push from Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, working without pay at $25 per diem and four days per week, term ending October 1 unless extended.
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Johnson
New York City
New York
Hugh S. Johnson
Federal Work Relief
NRA
Washington
Harry JL. Hopkins
Federal Works Fund
Fiorello LaGuardia
Lunded
White House
Roosevelt
Daddy
Blue Eagle
Beale Queen Named Acting Manager of JA Ranch
Beale Queen, five year wagon boss for the JA Ranch, was named acting manager by Montgomery Ritchie temporary administrator for the Adair estate. Ritchie, grandson of the late Cornelia Adair, has lived at the ranch or in Dallas for three years and previously ran London. Hobart died May 19 leaving Ritchie as administrator. The JA Ranch spans 427000 acres across Donley Briscoe Hall and Armstrong counties and is the Panhandle’s largest ranch with continuous ownership for about 50 years.
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Clarendon
Beale Queen
JA Ranch
Montgomery Ritchie
Adair
Ritchie
Cornelia Adair
Ranch
Dallas
London
Mr. Ritchie
T. D. Hobart
Hobart
Pampa
The
Panhandle
Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Canadian
Donley, Briscoe Hall
Armstrong Counties
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
Amarillo and vicinity expect Wednesday to be partly cloudy and cooler with Panhandle regions mostly cloudy and cooler. New Mexico generally fair with little temperature change. Hourly temperatures yesterday show a mix of cool and warm readings with a blanked forecast window and partial data.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Arcarillo
Cicceaee
Local Panhandle Showers Drench Texas Panhandle Region
A weather map report notes heavy thunderstorms and widespread showers across the Panhandle from Memphis to Childress with two inches at Memphis and two inches at Allison. Estelline westward, Shamrock to Wellington, and east of Pampa toward Clinton Oklahoma reported heavy rain. Amarillo saw a light shower and canyon bout half an inch. Miami recorded one inch. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and cooler skies in Amarillo today.
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Panhandle
Memphis
Childress
Shamrock
Wellington
Pampa
Clinton
Oklahoma
Allison
Miami
Amarillo
Canyon
Wounded Youth Faces Robbery Charge After HoldUp
Robert F. Autrey 31 of Fort Worth was charged with robbery by firearms after a $2.80 holdup at a Houston B. R. Bib filling station hours before an automobile wreck that fatally injured a woman passenger identified as Joan Maddox 20 of Fort Worth and El Paso. Autrey shot himself in the head as bystanders freed the injured woman.
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Houston
U.P
Robert F. Autrey
Fort, Worth
B. R. Bibl
Rutter
Joan Maddox
Fort Worth
el Paso
Will of Senator Cutting Discloses $1.1 Million in Bequests
The late Sen Bronson Cutting of New Mexico left about 3.98 million in estate with 1.106 million in specific bequests to colleagues friends and staff. Major gifts include 100000 to Herman S Baca and Brian Born O Tinn and 150000 to J M Baca, plus 100000 to 10000 to the Spanish American Normal School. Executed by Baca and Olivia M Cutting.
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Washington
U.P
Robert M. LaFollette
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Justine B. Ward
Olivia James
New York City
Iris Origo
Edgar Puryear
Ley Trujillo, Jr
Florence Cracey
Senate
M. C. Chavez
Abiquiu
N.M
Tomas V. Chavez
Alameda
N. M
Dennis Chavez
Cutting
Herman
Baca
Brian Born O'Thinn
J. M. Baca
Santa Fe New Mexican
Pan American Airways to launch trans-Pacific service
Pan American Airways plans the world’s first regular trans-Pacific mail and passenger route within three months. A weekly round trip will link Alameda airport and Manila with stops at Honolulu Midway Wake, with one way fares under 1000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Pan-American Airways
W. E. Chenea
Pan American
Alameda
Manila
Philippine Islands
Chenea
California
Pan-American
Honolulu
Midway Islands
Wake Island
Dallas Man Faces New Tax Charge
Austin June 25 F D H Willard of Dallas, whose 20 year sentence for cigarette stamp counterfeiting was reversed, was indicted again by the Travis County grand jury in three bills. Willard and F H Stribling of Dallas reindicted for alleged issuance and circulation of counterfeit stamps in Tarrant Wichita and Bexar counties between March 1 and March 6 1934.
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Austin
D. H. Willard
Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Willard
F. H. Stribling
Travis County Grand Jury
Tarrant
Wichita
Bexar
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Dolje
Dolfe
Cesario Gutierrez
C. M
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White Deer
F. M. Kaminsky
Plainview
Andrew Quanti
Borger
R. M. Schindler
Woll Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
England
Mexico
McNaugh.t Syndicate
Globe News
Bird Cage
Willys Knight
West Sifth
North Fast Fifth
Stepfather
Ford Diesel
Dpoupe
Laguardia
JA Ranch Properties
Withnather
WCU
East Panhandle
Pacific
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