Senate moves to pass wealth tax separate from nuisance levies
Washington June 26 The Roosevelt administration rejects tying new wealth taxes to nuisance taxes and House members opt to debate the tax the rich bill separately next week. Democratic leaders push the separate bill while the Senate speeds the nuisance tax extension through.
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House
Washington
Congress
Senate
House Ways and Means
Roosevelt
White House
Robinson
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Tragedy Near Amarillo As Nitro Glycerin Truck Explodes
A nitro glycerin truck exploded near Amarillo injuring one man severely and killing two others. The blast shattered a crossing near the Fort Worth and Denver line, left 350 quarts of high explosive exposed, and blew down poles while drawing hundreds to the scene.
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Amarillo
Ben McDonald
Borger
Paul Brooks
Bruce Hayes
Whittenburg
Dummier
Fort Worth & Denver
Pullman
Texas Company
Artesia
N. M
Hayes
St. Anthony’s Hospital
McDonald
Brooks
New Mexico Glycerin Company
Billie Brooks
Tex Thornton
D. F. Keeter
Keeter
Charles E. Pavillard
Woodrow Keenan
van Buren Street
Pavillard
McCormick Co
Murry Watts
Louisiana ouster deemed scurrilous by Senate official
The Women's Committee of Louisiana urged the ouster of Senators Long and Overton. Chairman George of the Senate privileges and elections committee said he would advise the vice president not to receive the petition. He found it scurrilous and containing nothing new.
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Washington
Women's Committee of
Louisiana
Long
Overton
George
Georgia
Privileges and Elections Committee
Garner
Senate
Move On You Boston Police Hit By Blue Law
Boston police faced an internal enforcement as Commissioner Eugene Mc Sweeney ordered officers to stop lingering at the doorway of police headquarters. Detectives clerks and superiors were told to enter or leave without stopping for chats or a smoke.
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Boston
Eugene McSweeney
Wall Rogers Says Mussolini Halted Spring Drive in New York
In Beverly Hills a report states Mussolini’s spring offensive was halted. General Joe Louis, leading Ethiopian forces, met Il Duce and was praised as a gladiatorial figure. A movement to send Louis to Abyssinia with philanthropy funding may proceed, backed by several American donors and a German contributor.
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Beverly Hills
Cali
New York City
Big Italy
Abyssinia
Mussolini
Joe Louis
Il Duce Carnera
Lion” Louis
New Friends of Abyssinian Liberty
Braddock
Baer
Bugs
Mr. Schmelling
Louis
Africa
Quarry Blast Kills El Paso Youth and Injures Workers
A dynamite blast at a cement quarry near El Paso killed 16 year old Stephen Sparks son of H S Sparks superintendent of Southwestern Portland Co and injured nine workers including Juan Saucedo Juan Fierro and Guadalupe Damos. Foreman David Maddox was shaken but not seriously hurt.
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EL Paso
Stephen Sparks
H. S. Sparks
Southwestern Portland Co
Juan Saucedo
Juan Fierro
Guadalupe Damos
David Maddox
Forecast Fragments for Amarillo and West Texas Regions
Partly cloudy conditions expected Thursday across Amarillo and West Texas. Temperatures show little change with hourly notes indicating mild variation. wording incomplete but implies typical day with modest highs and cooler lows.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Roosevelt launches fifty million youth employment program
President Roosevelt inaugurates a fifty million dollar plan to train and place 16 to 25 year olds in private industry and youth projects. The program, funded from relief, targets up to a half million youths and pairs Miss Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams in charge with a national advisory committee across labor, business, agriculture, education and youth.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Miss Roche
Williams
Labor
Business
Agriculture
Preacher Edgar Eskridge Brought to Houston Jail
Rev Edgar Eskridge Orange Baptist preacher arrived in Houston to await murder trial for killing Ed J O'Reilly Orange police chief. Attorneys argued local prejudice would bias a fair Orange County trial. Eskridge expressed confidence in a fair Houston hearing.
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Houston
Harris County
Edgar Eskridge
Ed J. O'Reilly
Orange
Harry County
Eskridge
Orange County
Texas Centennial funding moves toward White House
Vice-President Garner signed a 3 million dollar Texas Centennial authorization today and presented the pens used to Senators Sheppard and Connally and Representatives Lanham and Johnson. The measure now goes to the White House as Speaker Burns signs in the House. Texans weigh whether to add the appropriation to the second deficiency bill or handle it through the appropriations committee chaired by Rep. Buchanan of Texas.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
Sheppard
Connally
Lanham
Johnson
White House
Burns
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Rep. Buchanan
Rainfall and Hail Hit Palo Duro Park and Panhandle Areas
Half an inch of rain fell across the Panhandle Plains with limited relief at Black to Clovis. A hail storm at Palo Duro Canyon produced five foot drifts. a lightning strike hit a park post but caused no major damage. Water rose at Timber Creek Bridge beyond a foot and at Number Two Crossing by eight and a half feet.
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Panhandle Plains
Clovis
Palo Duro Canyon
Louis J. Bryan
Palo Duro Park
Timber Creek
Jubilee tribute marks Father Dolje's golden jubilee
The Farewell feast honors Rev. J. J. Dolje for fifty years of missionary work across the Southwest from Fast Texas to the California line. Dignitaries at Price Memorial College banquet include monsignors and Bishop Lucey with Monsignor Nolan presiding. The jubilarian recalled frontier days, Apache conflicts, and service as U S soldiers chaplain.
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Southwest
Texas
California
J. J. Dolje
Umbarger
Price Memorial College
South
Father Dolie
U. S.S
Plains
Robert M. Nolan
Fort Worth
Pather Dolfe
Lucey
Jubilarian
Father Dolje
Los Angeles
Dolje
Needles
San Bernardino
Drouth Facts Ranked Richer Than Gold by Bowman
Washington scientist Dr Isaiah Bowman warned that Midwest drought data buried in records could prove more valuable than gold. He urged using meteorological facts to guide restoration and warned that human actions create the biggest risks.
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Midwest
Drouth
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Washington
Isaiah Bowman
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Double Tragedy as Husband Kills Wife Then Himself
In Noxville near Harper D. D. Parker shot and killed his wife and then himself while their three children watched from the back seat. Justice KM Burt ruled the incident murder and death by self-inflicted gunshot, noting both families are prominent ranching lineages.
Laval Open to Negotiating Peace with Hitler
Paris reports Premier Pierre Laval expressed willingness to discuss a peace arrangement with Adolf Hitler if a Franco German accord seems truly possible. He said he would act for general peace and European reconstruction, noting any agreement must involve several powers and respect their integrity.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Laval
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Nevada Boy Freed After Inquiry in Missing Tourists Case
A 17-year-old Nevada high school student, held on questions about the disappearance of the No 1 Illinois tourists in New Mexico, was released after state police could not identify him as the sought hitchhiker. He testified he was home more than two months before the disappearance. his parents supported him and two New Mexico officers cleared him.
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Nevada
Illinois
New Mexico
Prohibition repeal campaign plans debated in Texas meeting
Dallas on June 26 reports that the executive committee of the Texas League Against Whisky will meet tomorrow to draft further details of the campaign against repeal. The gathering aims to outline strategy and mobilize opposition.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas League Against Whisky
Meridian brothers near world endurance flight record
In Meridian Mississippi Fred and Al Key push toward a seven year goal as they near 24 hours from a new endurance mark. At 8 13 P M they were 19 hours from the 553 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds record set by the Hunter brothers in Chicago four years ago. The team reported the motor is sound and ground crews stay in contact while hoping for a successful stretch with no mishap.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
al Key
Meridian Brothers
Hunter Brothers
Chicago Fwe
O. K
Ole Miss
Lions Slumber As City Thrown Into Turmoil
A circus truck had a trail er with three hens break loose near Dallas on June 26. The hens escaped, the cage door opened, and neighbors reported the incident as dozens of emergency calls flooded the police station. The driver, R. Thomas, sought help as officers found the hens calmly inside the cage with the door open.
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Dallas
R. Thomas
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