Rail Retirement Plan Ruled Unconstitutional by Court
Justice Jennings Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme Court issued injunctions against the rail road retirement plan, forbidding payment of funds and collection of taxes under the companion act. The decision, covering about 1,000,000 workers and 131 railroads, declares the scheme unconstitutional as an inseparable part of a single measure. Appeals expected.
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Washington
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Railroad Retirement Board
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Bailey
Supreme Court
Congress
Justice Bailey
Roosevelt Renominated By Democratic Convention Crowds
Frankin Delano Roosevelt was renominated for the presidency by acclamation at the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. John N. Garner is assured of renomination as running mate. The convention pledges an all New Deal platform with constitutional amendment if needed. Night featured numerous seconding speeches and a large demonstration for Roosevelt. Labor and farm planks drew praise from leaders. some Southern delegates voiced ongoing opposition to the two thirds rule and potential future battles.
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John F. Chester
Philadelphia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
John E., Mack
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Mack
South Carolina
Cotton
Ed” Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Associated Press
Democrats Laud Platform For 1936 Campaign
Philadelphia June 26 Crisp phrases praised the platform adopted by Democrats at the convention last night. Marion Allen Georgia delegation chair hailed it as rival only to the Declaration of Independence. Oscar Johnson Mississippi and others called it practical and folksy while McKellar Tennessee called it a working platform not a telegram. The convention began to frame the campaign on the antiregimentation and welfare themes against a Republican administration.
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Philadelphia
Marion Allen
Georgia
Oscar Johnson
Mississippi
W. D. Lynch
North Dakota
Geneator McKellar
Tennessee
Western Union
Goverenor Lehman
New York State
William S. Boyle
Nevada
Guy B. Park
Missouri
Union Party names money plank to wipe out debt
William Lemke and Father Coughlin unveiled a new Union Party platform in Royal Oak Michigan calling for replacing Federal Reserve currency with United States money issued by Congress. They proposed wiping out 20 billion dollars of bonds held by bankers as debt security, arguing it would be moral and not repudiation. They forecast wins in Ohio New England Michigan and other regions with an eventual party merger.
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Detroit
William Lemke
Union Party
Charles E. Coughlin
Lemke
Father Coughlin
Thomas Charles O'Brien
Boston
Royal Oak
Mich
National Union For Social Justice
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Congress
Ohio
New England
Michigan
Middlewest
Pennsylvania
Tiirosis
Louisiana
Indiana
Coughlin
Grady Shipp Indicted on Embezzlement Charge
A 64th District Court grand jury indicted Grady Shipp for embezzling 224.81 dollars from the Panhandle Plains Dairy Association in June 1935. Hale County officers plan to travel to Longview to offer bond for his Plainview court appearance. Shipp had held secretarial posts in Plainview and later at Longview.
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Plainview
64Th District Court
Grady Shipp
West Texas
Panhandle-Plains Dairy Association
Hale County
Longview
Shipp
Sweetwater, Tex
Board of City Development
Two Days Left to Reserve Vallee Tickets
Two days remain to reserve seats for Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees concert and dance in Amarillo. The 8:30 PM concert at Municipal Auditorium features Judy Starr and the Stewart Sisters plus the Three Graces. Tickets start 40c to $1.65 at City Drug No 1 with a seat chart, and dance admission at the Nat is $2.20 per person from 10:30 PM to 1:30 AM. Mail orders go to Miss Lois Black at The Amarillo Globe News.
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Rudy Vallee
Connecticut
Amarillo
Judy Starr
Stewart Sisters
Three Graces
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug No. 1
Lois Black
Amarillo Globe News
Farmer Ernest Herwig Killings A Quarrel Led To Axe Deaths
June 26 reports Ernest Herwig a Blanco County farmer admitted killing his wife and stepson with an axe. He described a volatile quarrel escalating after his wife grabbed a piece of iron, claiming everything went blank and he struck both victims. He said the boy threatened him earlier and he walked away afterward before notifying the sheriff. He claimed the couple met through a correspondence club and wed in Johnson City.
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Austin
U.P
Ernest Herwig
Blanco County
Herwig
Meridian
Miss
Texas
Johnson City
Magnolia tanker runs aground near Ross Island in Korea
A distress call said the General Petroleum Corporation tanker Magnolia ran aground on Ross Island near the Korean coast. The Japanese ship Awaji Maru is en route to the scene to render aid.
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Manila
General Petroleum Corporation
Magnolia
Ross Island
Two Bandits Rob Bank Messenger in San Francisco Heist
A bank messenger told police that two men assaulted him and fled with a satchel containing 10 000 to 15 000 dollars in cash and 160 000 dollars in checks in San Francisco on June 26.
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San Francisco
Drouth Area Widens and Stock Rates Reduced
Chicago reports record heat expanding the June drouth across western plains. WPA official Howard O. Hunter says relief measures are being sped up at a St Paul conference. Large Dakota areas have no crops. scattered showers fail to revive withering fields. Wyoming remains in the breuth area with no relief in sight.
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Chicago
Howard O. Hunter
WPA
St. Paul
Dakotas
ICC approves lower emergency freight rates for livestock
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized reduced emergency freight rates to move livestock from drought hit Montana and North Dakota to delivery points, easing shipping costs for farmers amid the crisis.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana
North Dakota
Bedouins Support Arabs in Fight Across Jordan
St Louis report notes 100000 Bedouins ready to join Arabs in Palestine against Jews and British forces. Emir Abdullah of Transjordan, paid about 70000 dollars yearly, seeks peace while Crown Prince Talal pushes for active Arab aid. Deputies discuss mission under League mandate and 1928 independence agreement.
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Amman
Transjordan
Jordan
Abdullah
Great Britain
Fmir
Talal
Oxford
Palestine
Britain
Arguments delay snake murder case in Los Angeles
The jury in the Robert S. James case, accused of exposing his wife to a rattlesnake and drowning her, was excused during technical arguments before Superior Judge Charles Fricke. Attorneys debated Hope's story as two women witnesses, Florence Hope and Ethel Smith, were discussed by Deputy D.A. Eugene Williams.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Robert S. James
Charles Fricke
Charles Hope
Mary James
Eugene Williams
Hope
Florence Hope
Ethel Smith
James
British troops attacked near Jerusalem derailment and killings
A June 26 train carrying British troops on the Haifa Lydda line was derailed and attacked by Arabs. Two soldiers were killed and four wounded aboard the train. Three Arabs were killed and two wounded near Ainsinya. A British corporal was killed when a patrol trolley car came under fire near Lydda.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Haifa-Lydda
Ainsinya
Lydda
Radical deputy Altamirano gunned down in Mexico City cafe
In Mexico City on June 26 Manlio Fabio Altamirano, a radical deputy, was shot to death while dining at a cafe. A young assailant fired a pistol, then fled in a waiting car after discharging the weapon. No motive or suspect named.
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Mexico City
Manlio Fabio Altamirano
Naval workers strike at St Nazaire yards in France
Nine thousand workers halted work at the St Nazaire naval yards where a battleship and two cruisers are under construction and four submarines are being rebuilt. The overall strike count in France dropped to about 180,000 with crews at Marseilles among those not sailing.
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Paris
U.P
St. Nazaire Naval Yards
France
Marseilles
Want Ads Offer Extra CASH2 for Readily Sold Items
There are many items in homes that outlived their use but hold cash value for others who watch the Want Ads. Rent extra space or sell camping gear furniture clothing or jewelry through bargain weekly Want Ads. Dial 6262 Globe-News Want Ads for results and flexible cancellation.
Four Honeymooners Held In Clovis Theft Case
Four newlywed couples were jailed in Clovis as Sheriff L. R. Thomas investigated the theft of 700 dollars Brown said was hidden in his sock during sleep in a hotel room. The group was arrested after extradition waivers. no charges filed yet.
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Clovis
N. M
L. R. Thomas
Fred Brown
Texas Panhandle
Brown
Thomas
Hereford
Amarillo
Banker Deals for Swift Stockyards Chicago
John De Witt a New York investment banker said he is negotiating to purchase all Swift & Company stockyards holdings for transfer to United Stockyards Corporation. The deal has not closed pending settlement and court approval. Swift officials declined to confirm. a spokesman cited the transaction is not complete.
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Chicago
John DeWitt
New York
Swift & Company
United Stockyards Corporation
Chicago American
DeWitt
Navy spy suspect pleads not guilty in federal court
The discharged Navy yeoman Harry Thomas Thompson and Imperial Japanese Navy Lieut. Commander Toshio Miyazaki faced conspiracy to violate the espionage act charges. Thompson entered a not guilty plea in federal court. Trial set for next Thursday before U S District Judge Leon R Yankwich. Miyazaki remains at large.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Harry ‘Thomas ‘Thompson
Toshio Miyazaki
Imperial Japanese Navy
Japan
United States
Leon R. Yankwich
Pioneer Resident Dies in Plainview
Hale County resident Day dies at home after long illness in Plainview. Survivors include his widow and four sons Frank R Day Cliff H Day J W Day all of Plainview and Ed Day of Kress. Two daughters Mrs W R Stevens Wichita Falls and Ray Young Aliene also survive. Clyde Pangborn to take off for Dallas at daylight with Monty G Mason of Mason Aircraft Corp.
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Plainview
Day
Hale County
Frank R. Day
Cliff H. Day
J. W. Day
Plaineview
Ed Day
Kress
W. R. Stevens
Wichita Falls
Ray Young
Abilene
EL Paso
Clyde Pangborn
Dallas
Tomorow
Monty G. Mason
The
Mason Aircraft Corp
Civil War and Mutiny Adds to China's Riddle
Hong Kong dispatch notes civil war and mutiny on the Kiangsi-Kwangtung border as Nanking forces seek to contain the Southern government's moves against Japan. 7000 Hunanese troops loyal to Nanking reportedly rebelled in Canton, calling themselves an anti Japanese salvation army amid Japanese protests in Tsingtao.
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Hongkong
Kiangsi-Kwangtung
Kwangtung
Nanking
Japan
Canton
Tsingtao
China
Tokyo
Domei
Tientsin
Kiku
Tangku
Kwanetung
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Internal Revenue Office
U. S
Garner
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John IL. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
South
Federal Reserve
H. B. Santers, Jr
Prince of Freckles
Drouth
Wyoming
Breuth
F. L. Disterdick
ST. Louis
Ludwig O. Muench
Helen Berroyer
Wilfred Jones
Marsh Pittman
Kahoka
Anna Ware
Grace Caroline Thomasson
Muench
Pitzman
Thomasson
DIAL
Globe-News
SWIFT
Pangborn
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