Roosevelt Attacks Power Lobby Over Holding Companies
President Roosevelt denounces the power lobby as the most daring in history and urges the House to back the Senate plan creating a death sentence for unnecessary public utility holding companies. He accuses the lobby of falsifications and pushes for aligned House and Senate measures on SEC authority to outlaw such holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Power Lobby
Roosevelt
House T0
Senate
House
Securities and Exchange Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
Democrat
Texas
Securities and Exchange Commission Authority
Rules Committee
Brong Rider Cleared in Slaying by Grand Jury
Bryan Roach, former world champion bronc rider and Tarant County rodeo figure, was cleared today by a grand jury after murder charges tied to the June 7 fatal shooting of Theron Webb, a 37 year old former Hollywood contractor, at Roach's night club. Roach said Webb started the fight and the pistol discharged accidentally when he struck Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
Bryan Roach
Tarrant County
Roach
Theron Webb
Hollywood
Calif
Webb
Dalhart Names Lillian Fountain 1935 Most Useful Citizen
Mrs. Lillian Fountain bookkeeper for West Texas Utilities Co. Dalhart district offices wins the Dalhart Lions Club annual Most Useful Citizen award for Dalhart, Dallam and Hartley counties. She is an accompanist for local humorous musical groups and has aided community plays cantatas and fundraising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
Lillian Fountain
West Texas Utilities Co
Dallam
Hartley
Shadow of Blood Purge still hangs over Germany
Berlin reports the Nazi blood purge a year later. The purge reshaped power, boosting the army and sidelining the brownshirts. Hitler’s popularity appears to rise while party members grow restless as army leaders tighten control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Reichswehr
Adolph Hitler
Greenville Girl Helen Glenn Found Dead in Marsh
The body of nine year old Helen Glenn, daughter of a local Methodist minister, was found in a marsh near Greenville. Police say she was lured away Wednesday night on her way to school to receive a perfect attendance prize and may have been attacked. An injury beneath her right eye was noted and autopsy pending. Hundreds searched the Catskill Mountain area before her body was discovered near Basic Creek. The Reverend Ernest Glenn voiced suspicion that someone near Greenville was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Helen Glenn
Fred Hillstein
M. E. Atkinson
Catskill
Basic Creek
Ernest Glenn
Mrs Jameson Rites Pending in Panhandle Texas
Arrangements for the funeral of Mrs Martha Jane Jameson 86 died at 907 Buchanan Street. A Panhandle pioneer she lived in West Texas 44 years widow of William S Jameson. Surviving daughter Arch Bryan and Mrs W P Cannon five sons J M W F F R Jameson Amarillo J A Jameson Floydada TN Jameson Hereford. Funeral home N B Geffs and Sons in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Jameson
Buchanan Street
Jameson
Panhandle
West Texas
William S. Jameson
Baptist Church
Arch Bryan
W. P. Cannon
Dublin Texas
John M
W F
F. R. Jameson
Amarillo
J. A. Jameson
Floydada
TN. Jameson
Hereford
AAA Administrator to Talk at Dallas
C A Cobb national administrator of the AAA will speak at a public hearing in Dallas on the cotton situation. The event, called by the state legislature’s cotton investigating committee chaired by FF. Knetseh, aims to gather viewpoints from interested parties before forming a government program. No plan will be sponsored or opposed, a cross section of opinion will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
C. A. Cobb
Washington
AAA
Cotton Investigating Committee
FF. Knetseh
Appeals in Criminal Court List of Reversals and Dismissals
Austin June 28 Proceedings in the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed reversals remands and dismissals include Dee Alexander Marvin Miller H R Thomas W M Patton Yarborough Bland Carr Buddy Thomas Meadows Dodson Miller Byrd Jones Hays Womack Johnson Pate and others with various opinions and dissents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carr
Cochran
Buddy Thomas
Smith
Guy Meadows
Brown
Hawkins
Less Dodson
Hale
M. I. Miller
Coleman
L. P. Byrd
Ralph Jones
Hardeman
Arthur Hays
Burnet
Vance Womack
Hub Johnson
Lubbock
Bill Pate
Potter
Court reverses conviction of Harris County bookie
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed H. R. Thomas's conviction for keeping a place for bets and gambling on horse races in Harris County. He received two years. the court found he was charged under a general gambling statute instead of the specific horse race bookmaking and pool selling misdemeanors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
H. R. Thomas
Harris County
Thomas
Auto Fatalities Decline In May Says Safety Council
Chicago, June 28. The National Safety Council reports one death every 18 minutes from automo biles in the United States. May fatalities reached 2,490, nearly matching scarlet fever yearly toll. a decline from May 1934’s 2,700. Five month total 12,050 vs 12,600 in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
United States
National Safety Council
Beauty contest heats up at Paramount in Roswell
Nell Rhoads winner of Ama rillo beauty contest garners interest as Paramount hosts a July 17 and 18 event. Contestants perform in formal wear then swimwear while six advance. The winner meets Vernon and Wichita Falls winners and goes to Roswell for a Queen of the Southwest title with a Hollywood screen test and Catalina trip. Side trips include Carlsbad Cavern. applications are being taken at the Paramount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Rhoads
Amarillo
Paramount
The
Will R. Winch
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Roswell
Southwest
Hollywood
Paramount Studios
Catalina
Winch
Carlsbad
Mrs. Lola Cooper to be Buried Today
Funeral rites for Mrs. Leola Cooper 54 die Wednesday Amarillo hospital to be held 4 p m at Griggs Chapel with Rev T D Sumrall officiating Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery She lived in Amarillo eight years wife of J W Cooper with five sons and four daughters surviving all residents of Amarillo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Cooper
Amarillo
Griggs Chapel
T. D. Sumrall
Fundamentalist Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Gerald
Luther
Carl
Arley
Myron
Wanda
Modeen
Jacqueline Cooper
P. G. Fowler
Fults Reported En Route to Mississippi with Posse
Sugar Land Texas dispatch says Ralph Fults aged 24 a companion of the late Raymond Hamilton is being moved toward Mississippi with a heavily armed posse. Mississippi may seek the death penalty for the Prentiss bank robbery. Deputy Sheriff Vance Harvey said rumors of a possible escape attempt by friends were circulating and he would not disclose the jail destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Land
Ralph Fults
Raymond Hamilton
Mississippi
Prentiss
Vance Harvey
Fults
Harvey
Pults
Coast Guard Planes To Aid Oklahoma Bootlegger Fight
Oklahoma Governor Marland said the United States Coast Guard would offer air corps support to stop whisky smuggling into Oklahoma by air. The offer, made by federal officials, follows reports of large scale bootlegging and a recent hijacked whisky shipment seized near Pauls Valley. The state crime bureau will pursue possible links between a Creek County raid and the Pauls Valley hold-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
United States Coast Guard
Air Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Marland
Oklahoma
Coast Guard
Robert Huston
State Crime Bureau
Huston
Pauls Valley
Joplin
Guv Marland
Revenue Agent Elias Wilson Dies in Amarillo Home
Elias Ephriam Wilson, 54, a U. S. Internal Revenue Service agent, died after a brief illness at his Amarillo residence. He had lived in Amarillo since 1934 and will be buried in Watonga, Oklahoma. Surviving family includes his widow Mabyl, son Hal, daughter Dalma, and sisters Farr New and B. W. Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Ephriam Wilson
U. S. Internal Revenue
Amarillo Federal Building
Louisiana Street
Amarillo
Watonga
Okla
Rock Island
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Mabyl Wilson
Hal Wilson
Dalma Wilson
Farr New
Skellytown
B. W. Barnes
Smackover, Ark
IGS Students Hear L M Neill On Education Value
Thirty five ICS students heard L L McNeill Amarillo High School dean of boys speak on the value of education at the Herring Hotel. Lester F Aldrich ICS field rep presided. Beacon Male Quartet sang. A banquet for current and former ICS students will be held in August and prompt contact was requested for the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Correspondence School
L. L. McNeill
Amarillo High School
Herring Hotel
Lester F. Aldrich
ICS
Beacon
Fisher Wins Fight as 150-Pound Ray Leaps Into Boat
In Galveston on June 28 a 150 pound four-stinger Ray leaped into a small outboard boat. Godfrey Tacquard and Wallace Van Houten, fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, battled the giant fish with an oar and killed it after a terrific fight. Several witnesses saw the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Godfrey Tacquard
Wallace van Houten
van Houten
Tacquard
Restraining Order Blocks Waco Gas Rate Cut
District Judge J. D. Moore granted a temporary injunction preventing the railroad commission from enforcing an order that would reduce Waco gas rates to 59 cents per 1000 cubic feet. A hearing date was not set. The Texas Cities Gas Company challenged the order as void against a Travis County restraining order and questioned the rate order and valuations, naming Commissioners Lon Smith Ernest O Thompson C V Terrell Attorney General William McCraw Mayor Joe Hale and other Waco officials as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
J. D. Moore
Railroad Commission
Waco
Texas Cities Gas Company
Travis County
Lone Star Gas Company
Lon Smith
Ernest O. Thompson
C. V. Terrell
William McCraw
Joe Hale
Hamilton Burial Today In Amarillo At Tabernacle Church
William Wilson Hamilton 72 will be laid to rest at Llano Cemetery after burial rites at 2 pm from Tabernacle Baptist Church. Rev. J. C. Sisemore to read services. Pallbearers include D Grantham and others. Hamilton was senior deacon. Survived by widow Mattie, three daughters, a granddaughter, a brother in Oklahoma, and a sister in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilson Hamilton
Llano
Tabernacle Baptist Church
J. C. Sisemore
D. Grantham Allen Gifford
J. J. Curry
C. & Kennett
J. M. Bullock
R. H. Lumpkin
Mr. Hamilton
Amarillo
Mattie Hamilton
Virginia Street
C. W Zinn
Mirtle Hamilton
Mary Jo Hamilton
Janetta Zinn
E. B. Hamilton
Wilburton
Okla
Bessie Gilmion
Long Beach
Calif
Mexican silver shipment routed to New York bank
A shipment of 351,000 pesos of Mexican silver moved through Laredo last night on the way from Banco de Mexico in San Luis Potosi to Chase National Bank in New York. no further details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Banco de Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Chase National Bank
New York
Around the Clock KGNC Radio Schedule For Saturday
A detailed KGNC program grid lists Saturday’s hourly slots from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. with shows such as The Skypilot Farm Hour Pandoleers Lou Childre Moments Musical and more. It notes additional segments including Shamrock Morning News Brunswick Concert Orchestra and Jane Walker Home Economist along with later items like Blatz Baseball Broad and National Commander Frank Belprano address to the American Legion convention. The New York item references related broadcasts and events including a national championship, a Detroit horse race Challenge Cup, and the Poland and Vienna musical programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Flash
Pandoleers
Pinkney Packing Company
Lou Childre
Micro
Red Nichols
Dorsey Brothers
Shamrock Morning News
Brunswick Concert Orchestra
Jane Walker
Home Economist
Scrappy Lambert
Levine
Louis H. Smith
Cal Farley
Steffen
Larry
Lillian
Capitol Hotel
John Josey
the Oceaa
American Legion
Sunset Symphony
Yellow Cab
Blatz
Frank Belprano
New York
Ocean City
N. J
Wabc-Cbs
Detroit Racing Association
Wjz-Nbc
Saengerfest
Wiscon
Madison
Wjznbc
Karl Fischer-Niemann
Vienna Opera
la Follette
Utica
N. Y
Henry Lester Smith
National Education Association
Denver
Weafnbc
Amarillo Club members report National Association meeting
Members of the American Business Club heard reports from Amarillo delegates James Sellers John R Forkner Clyde Holtz claw and Roy Burke first vice president at the national convention in Louisville. Burke was elected second vice president of the association. James L Fowell Amarillo Rotary president elect spoke of his Mexico City trip and attendance at the International Rotary convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Club
National Association
Louisville
James Sellers
John R. Forkner
Clyde Holtzclaw
Capitol Hotel
Roy Burke
Amarillo
Burke
James L. Fowell
Radio Schedule Snippets From WEAF and WABC Lineup
The item lists broadcast notes: Thornton Fisher’s parade over WEAF NBC at 5:45, Madrid folk music on WEAF at 1:13, Nancy Clancy Irish impersonator and Eddie Walters new stars of Modern Minstrels on WABC CBS at 6, Otto Kruger and Martha Sleeper with Al Jolson on WEAF NBC at 7:30, and Allen Burt the Columbia Concert Hall guest on WABC at ai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Fisher
WEAF
NBC
Madrid
Spain
Nancy Clancy
Eddie Walters
Wabc-Cbs
Otto Kruger
Martha Sleeper
al Jolson
Radio Network Daytime Schedule Snippet
The listing shows WEAF NBC and WABC CBS times with music orchestras conducting programs from 6 to 10:30 including Pearce Hit Parade Village Green Los Angeles Symphony California Melodies and Ben Bernie and Royce Hogan ensembles. Other stations present Future Farmers and Old Skipper programs plus an Operatic Gems and Goldman Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEAF
NBC
al Pearce
Gang
Toronto
Jesse Hawkins
Paul Pendarvis
WABC
CBS
Village Green
Los Angeles Symphony
Ben Bernie
Bill Hogan
WIZ
Future Farmers
Goldman
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Riggs
Medical Associations
Ministerial Alliance
Piu Lae
A. C. Johnson
Marsh
Mrs. Jameson
Fiticura
Ike
ANG
Ctanoti
Orchestr
Featuring ME Anderson
Municipel Audiorium
Asie Corner Drug Store
Harrison Street
Beata
Tower Fiser
Lois Black
Globe News
Nat Dance Palace
Auspher OF
Tristate Fair
Criminal Appeals
Lola Cooper
IGS
L. M’neill
Hamilton
Scholls
KGNC
Arthur Tracy
Fred Rich
Cavaliers
All Church
Shamrock Street
George Selkirk
Yankee
A. B.C
Mexico City
Ben
Schilling
Jeeves
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Kelloggs
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