World Economic Conference Hopes Persist Over Dollar Stabilization
World Economic Conference delegates, led by Britain and the United States, seek cooperation to curb abnormal dollar movements and protect gold currencies. The gold bloc pushes for a united stance while non gold nations anticipate separate statements on stabilization and the goal of returning to the gold standard. A four power wheat agreement talks continue alongside the currency discussions.
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America
European Gold Bloc
Great Britain
United States
MacDonald
Assembly
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
New Deal in Prospect as Farmers Meet Head of Federal Land Bank
A Panhandle Texas meeting at the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel brought 150 farmers and farm women together with A C Williams president of the Federal Land Bank Houston. They discussed appraisals and loan problems with Williams promising aid and area appraisers to help loan issuance while avoiding promises, aiming to study each case and seek fair outcomes.
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New Deal
Federal Land Bank
Oral Land Bank
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Terpeitory
A. C. Williams
Houston
Washington
The
Land Bank
Herring Hotel
Thih
Williams
Houston Federal Farm Bank
Federal Land Banker
Vets demand firing of Hines at veterans session
Disabled American Veterans demand immediate removal of General Frank T. Hines as director-general of the Veterans Bureau at a turbulent convention in Cincinnati. They booed Rep Byron Harlan and condemned Budget Director Lewis W. Douglas for opposing veteran benefits. National Commander William Onley struggled to maintain order as the crowd cried out.
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Cincinnati
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Disabled American Veterans of the World War Today
Veterans’ Convention
Hines
Byron Harlan
Dayton
Ohio
Lewis W. Douglas
Harlan
William Onley
Convent Contract Awarded For Amarillo Chapel Complex
Gau and Vozel won the general contract for Amarillo’s new St. Francis Convent on the Price Memorial College campus. Johnson and Davis Plumbing won the plumbing and heating bid. The fireproof two to three story red brick building will house the Franciscan Sisters with a large chapel and dining area, slated near the college administration building.
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Amarillo
Gau and Vozel
Price Memorial College
Townes and Funk
Gau'and Vogel Company
Johnson and Davis Plumbing and Heating Company
Robey Funk
Fast Amarillo
St. Francis Convent
Franciscan
R. A. Gerken
Santa Fe
Man Frees Garb in Clovis Street Deluge of Shocking Nuisance
In Clovis New Mexico a man on the main street stripped to his underwear prompting oohs and laughs as neighbors alerted police. Hayden Jennings a motor sales man reported a centipede crawled into his shirt causing the unexpected wardrobe malfunction.
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Clovis
N. M
Hayden Jennings
Dairymen offered 20 cent raise after Saturday
Potter County dairymen face a proposed base milk rise of 20 cents per hundred pounds from one buyer, far short of the $2 target they asked in a petition to Amarillo’s three major plants. The plan, per Metzger, would set base milk at $1.80 and surplus at $1.00, with next steps pending a Saturday dairymen meeting.
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Potter County
Amarillo
R. E. Am
Bordens and
Steffens
Metzger
Bordens
Dick McCall Named Deputy Administrator in North Texas
Amarillo notes a federal prohibition shakeup with Dick McCall promoted to deputy administrator of the northern federal district of Texas based in Dallas. Sam Tibbetts is furloughed after two years with the enforcement agency. McCall closed the local office and left for Dallas, with no replacement named.
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Amarillo
Federal
Prohibition Department
Dick McCall
Department
Federal District of Texas
Dallas
Sam Tibbetts
Enforcement
McCall
Panhandle field oil production raised to 50 000 barrels daily
The Texas Railroad Commission increased Panhandle field allowable output from 44 000 to 50 000 barrels per day, effective July 1, with no other field regulations changed. Testimony at the last hearing cited rising market demand as justification.
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Austin
Panhandle
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Weather and policy notes on drought impact and farming levy
The bureau of agricultural economics reports the smallest harvest of small grains in generations due to drought across the eastern U S. It notes wheat, oats, rye, barley and flaxseed yields below domestic needs. Farm act administrators monitor rising grain and cotton prices as they consider processing tax adjustments.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dreuth
Farm Act
Rocky Mountains
Roosevelt Reaches Fogbound Maine Vacation Haven
President Franklin D. Roosevelt completed a bold voyage through dense fog up the Maine coast to Campobello Island in New Brunswick arriving this afternoon. The trip took him from the United States mainland to the island as part of his vacation, navigating the foggy narrows successfully.
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Pulpit Harbor
North Haven Island
Roosevelt
Campobello Island
N. B
Campo Bello Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maine
United States
Wheat price rise blamed on inflation and dollar decline
Washington June 29 The Department of Agriculture issued a formal statement attributing the steep wheat market rise largely to inflationary tendencies and dollar depreciation in foreign exchanges.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Gut Air Mail Service Rates Economy Move
Air mail operators were notified that service rates would be reduced 25 percent on July 3 due to a reduced appropriation for the service. Postage rates for air mail remain the same as the agency determines new rates and route adjustments.
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Washington
Record Heat Grips Amarillo as Mercury Surges
Amarillo and the Panhandle endured a blistering day with the thermometer hitting 103 in the shade the highest in three years. Unofficial reports spread that Shattuck reached 120 Higgin s 110 Canadian 107 Waynoka 112 Texline 105 and Dalhart 104. The 106 official record dated June 17 1924 remains the all time peak. Continued on Page 8 Col. 7.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Plains
Shattuck
Higgins
Canadian
Waynoka
Texline
Dalhart
A. S. Weather Bureau
Arbuckle dies at 45 after anniversary party
Roscoe Patty Arbuckle famed film comedian dies in his New York hotel suite from angina pectoris after celebrating his third marriage anniversary. The actor had been attempting a comeback after the Virginia Rappe death scandal and had just finished a Warner Brothers film Tamallo. His third wife Addie McPhail found him unresponsive following the celebration.
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New York
Roscoe
Patty) Arbuckle
Addie McPhail
Arbuckle
Long Island
Warner Brothers
William Lahiff
Arbuckles
Virginia Rappe
San Francisco
Federal agents shoot and kill man during whisky raid
In Missouri near Joplin Homer Weese, 46, was killed by federal agents during a raid on a farm house seeking counterfeit whisky equipment. The confrontation followed a volley from Weese, who also previously published a weekly paper and served time for counterfeiting conspiracies. Two suspects were arrested at the scene, and an inquest is planned for tomorrow.
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Erin
Homer Weese
Here
Harold Lane
Weese
State Penitentiary
Kansas City
E. E. Fished
Greene County
W. J. Romans
Shidler
Okla
W. E. Lauener
Jennings
Newton County
Neosho
Lane
Frank Harpold
Frank Seaton
D. Bea
Search for Spanish pilots ends in Mexico City
Army planes were ordered to abandon the search for Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar who disappeared on a Havana to Mexico City flight. Soldiers will continue the coast search and a pilot boat departed Vera Cruz to patrol the area.
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Mexico City
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Havana
Vera Cruz
Judge Grants WDSU News Broadcast Injunction
Judge Walter L. Gleason of civil district court ordered an injunction preventing Radio Station WDSU from broadcasting news taken from New Orleans daily newspapers. The ruling sustains a suit filed by the local press against the station.
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New Orleans
Daily
Walter L. Gleason
Civil District Court
Today
WDSU
Amarillo and West Texas Friday Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy conditions expected for Amarillo and surrounding West Texas areas on Friday. New Mexico appears generally fair with cooler temps in the south central and far east regions, and a slight warm-up in the northwest zone. Local hourly temperature readings from yesterday show highs around 98 to 104 degrees and lows near 60 to 70 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Oaeae
Yeat
St. Anthony’s Hospital Updates Stab Victim Homer Hart
Rapid improvement was reported at St Anthony's Hospital for Homer Hart a leather worker and former cowboy of Amarillo who suffered serious stab wounds last Saturday morning A M Thomas a singing cowboy faced an assault with intent to murder charge and said the stabbing arose from alleged domestic trouble.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Homer Hart
Amarillo
A. M. Thomas
Singing Cowboy
Thomas
Protests Farley Ban On German Boycott Stamps
Samuel Untermeyer protests to Postmaster General Farley against a Post Office Department order banning envelopes with stamps urging a boycott of German goods. The stamps bearing For humanity's sake don't buy German goods were circulated by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States as part of a nationwide campaign against Hitler.
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New York
Samuel Untermeyer
Lawler
Farley
Post Office Department
United States
Carnera Knocks Out Sharkey In Sixth Round For World Heavyweight Title
Primo Carnera, the 260 plus pound challenger, floored Jack Sharkey with a decisive uppercut in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden Bowl New York to claim the world heavyweight championship. Sharkey had battered Carnera for most of five rounds before the dramatic finish. The crowd of about 40 observed a stunning conclusion to a brutal contest in which Carnera’s size and power overwhelmed Sharkey late.
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Edward J. New
Associated Press
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York
Jack Sharkey
Sharkey
Carnera
Ebbets Field
News-Globe Crowd Hails Carnera Sharkey Victory Fight
More than 2000 fans packed the courthouse lawn and nearby streets to hear the News-Globe broadcast of Primo Carnera’s knockout win over Jack Sharkey in New York. The crowd blocked Sixth Avenue and the News building area for about an hour as the blow by blow account streamed via Associated Press wire. Sharkey pressured early but Carnera’s right uppercut sealed the fight, leaving Sharkey sprawled at ringside as cheers rose.
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Primo Camera
Jack Sharkey
New York
Sixth Avenue
News
Fillmore
Fifth
Sixth
Associated Press
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