Amarillo Congressman Jones wins farm tenancy bill passage
Congressman Marvin Jones of Amarillo champions a House passage of a farm tenancy bill authorizing 135 million dollars over three years to aid tenants in buying farms and retiring submarginal land. The vote was 307 to 25 after a hard fight over amendments. The measure allocates 10 million in 1938, 25 million in 1939, and 50 million in 1940 for loans to tenants and sharecroppers and 50 million for government purchase of unproductive land. The bill also allows lake site land purchases for recreation as part of a broader water conservation program.
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Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Hoyes
Jones
House
Cardinton
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
Hinton
Southwest
Secretary of Agriculture
Poll Tax Purchase by Police Admitted to Testimony
Reports from San Antonio and Stinnett detail police actions against the Workers Alliance of America as the group protested WPA job losses. Six leaders jailed for unlawful assembly were named, while testimony in Borger election cases was admitted alleging police bought poll taxes for citizens. The day included ballot box controversy and officials denying illegality of the April election.
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San Antonio
U.P
Workers Alliance of America Today
Alliance
Gunter Building
Works Progress Administration
Mma Tenavuck
Robert Williams
Fernando Marino
Jose’ Alfro
Anastacio Garcia
Juan Mendoza
T. E. Johnson Stinnett
EK. J. Pickens
Borger
E. A Simpson
Borger Police Department
E. T. Miller
Joe Aynesworth
John R. Miller
Borger City Commission
Pickens
Dale Lane
Citizens Ticket
G. C. Harney
Miller
E. L. Lanthron
Harney
Lane
Henry Fields
Lantron
Pers
Fields
Bartholomew Agreement To Remain Effective
Superior Judge W Turney Fox ruled the four year old agreement between Myl Lincent May Bartholomew aunt of Freddie Bartholomew remains in effect in all particulars. The ruling was delivered in Los Angeles on June 29.
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Los Angeles
W. Turney Fox
May Bartholomew
Freddie Bartholomew
Vanderlip Financier Dies in New York Hospital at 72
Frank A. Vanderlip 72, famed American financier and former president of National City Bank of New York, died in New York Hospital after an intestinal ailment. He rose from machinist apprentice to banking leader, leaving a widow Narcissa Cox Vanderlip and children Kelvin, Frank Jr, Virginia Schoales, Narcissa Street, and Chalotte Conway.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
New York Hospital
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr
California
Aurora
Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Narcissa Cox Vanderlip
Kelvin
Frank, Jr
Virginia Vanderlip Schoales
Dudley M. Schoales
Narcissa Vanderbilt Street
Britain considered recognizing Franco as belligerent
London informed sources said Britain may recognize General Francisco Franco as a belligerent if Germany and Italy continue the hands off Spain policy. Officials stressed this would not equal recognition of Franco's regime, just acknowledgment of a state of war in Spain to confine the civil conflict.
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London
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Germany
Italy
Spain
Britain
France
Franco
Anthony Fden
Detroit man kills wife and wounds two sons in home
Police say Homer Dickson forced entry by breaking down a locked bedroom door and found his wife dead and both sons wounded, one fatally, in a Detroit residence on June 29.
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Detroit
Homer Dickson
Plainview Man Is Historical Society Head
R P Smyth of Plainview was elected president of the Pan handle Plains Historical Society to fill the unexpired term of the late Horace Russell at a called meeting of directors in Canyon on Tuesday afternoon. He was formerly first vice president of the organization. Judge J D Hamlin of Farwell was also noted.
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R. P. Smyth
Col
Plainview
Panhandle-Plains
France weighs devaluing the franc amid gold drain and crisis
French finance minister Georges Bonnet told the Chamber of Deputies the treasury is in desperate straits with billions of francs drained by gold outflows. He warned the franc may be devalued and signaled possible withdrawal from the tri party gold and currency pact as US and UK reportedly approved rate cuts. The government seeks extraordinary powers to implement a rehabilitation plan amid shrinking funds and heavy borrowing.
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Paris
France
Georges Bonnet
Finance Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Bonnet
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Caisse de Depot Et Consignation
W E Cobb Rites Set in Pampa for 67th Birthday
Funeral services for W E Cobb 67 will be at 2 PM Thursday at the First Christian Church in Pampa with Rev John Mullins and Elder M C Cuthbertson officiating. Burial at Fairview Cemetery. Survived by widow five daughters and five sons with relatives in White Deer Hereford Mineral Wells Tulsa Albuquerque Pampa Dallas Piqua and other cities. pallbearers named. Cobb a Mason from Pampa and Kings Mill Gray County resident.
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M. C. Cuthbertson
Francis Aven
Church of Christ
Cobb
Myrle Hodges
H. C. Vanbibber
White Deer
J. C. Robinson
Hereford
M. Bruton
Mineral Wells
Lessie Cobb
Dallas
T. E. Cobb
Tulsa
W. H. Cobb
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Bruce Cobb
Pampa
E. EF. Cobb
W O. Cobb
Piqua
Ohio
Sharon McCaskel
McCaskel Arkansas
J. F. Maness
Gage
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather forecast notes fair and warm conditions for Amarillo and vicinity on Wednesday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian also fair with little temperature change. New Mexico generally fair Wednesday with temperatures steady. Yesterday’s temperatures show 10 AM reading 83, noon 83, 3 PM 86, 4 PM 84, high 93, low 68.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Mexico
Amarillo Native Named Santa Fe Passenger Traffic Manager
Thomas B. Gallaher formerly of Amarillo was named passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe System Lines in Chicago. He succeeds W. J. Black who retires after 51 years with the Santa Fe and illness. Gallaher began in Amarillo, rose through auditor and freight agent roles, and moved to Chicago as assistant to the vice president last year.
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Thomas B. Gallaher
Amarillo
Santa Fe
W. J. Black
Chicago
F. B. Houghton
Black
The
Gallaher
Auditor's
Santa I’e
Relief Bill Approved and War Funds Delayed in Congress
Congress approved a 61.4 billion relief bill to fund work relief for FY starting July 1, while funding for War and Interior Department programs for the same period was postponed after Senate-House conference deadlock. The relief measure proceeds to the White House for final action.
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Washington
Congress
War and Interior Departments
House
Senate
White House
Senate House
Treasury Names Tax Evaders in Joint Committee Hearing
The Treasury identified nine individuals, including Henry L. Doherty and Alfred P. Sloan Jr., as using personal holding companies to cut income taxes. Witness Abe Portas described how Cities Service President Doherty saved 160000 dollars in a year and Cartier Lupton saved 648523 in three years. Other named taxpayers included Helena Raskob, Wilhelmina DuPont Ross, Mrs Sloan, Charles K. McManus, Owen B Winters, Charles C. Merrill, and Edmund Lynch.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Henry L. Doherty
Alfred Vp. Sloan, Jr
Joint Congressional Committee On
Abe Portas
Youthful Securities Commission
Doherty
Cities Service Company
Cartier Lupton
Chattanooga, Tenn
Helena
Charles C. Merrill
Edmund
Lynch
Sloan
General Motors
Raskob
Ross
Montchanin
Del
Merrill and Lynch
New York
Relief bill totals and federal spend outlined
The text states about 660 million dollars would go to the War Department for military, flood control and civil functions. Interior Department funds total around 135 million with reclamation projects a major portion. The relief bill matches Roosevelt's request, enabling Hopkins to spend a eighth billion. Peak relief rolls hit 5,488,000 in January 1935, then declined to 4,400,000 over the next two years.
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War Department
Interior Department
Senate
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Naval expert urges helium export for military use
Commander C. E. Rosendahl told the House Military Affairs Committee that the United States should permit export of helium gas for military purposes. He said the US holds the future of lighter-than-air craft due to its monopoly on the world supply of the non explosive gas.
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Washington
C. E. Rosendahl
House
United States
Seek To Refute Charge Officer Died in Duel
In Shaw Mississippi the state moved to refute Grace Vance testimony that Night Marshal Harrington was killed in a duel with her father, Vance. The 42 year old man is charged with slaying Harrington after a confrontation at the Vance drug store. Grace Vance, 19, testified she was wounded by a stray bullet when her father fired in self defense after Harrington fired at him following the arrest of a negro employed by Vance.
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Harrington
Vance
Plea Follows Dynamiting in Steel Sector
Johnstown Pennsylvania reports dynamiting of two water lines at Bethlehem Steel Cambria works disrupts operations for 6,000 workers amid CIO strike. Mayor Shields seeks federal and state protection and demands law order, while officials launch a state police investigation into perpetrators. In Youngstown Ohio, four strikers face kidnapping charges tied to union activities at Campbell lodge and CIO agents accused of plotting bombings.
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Johnstown
U.P
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Committee For Industrial Organization
Daniel J. Shields
Roosevelt
George H. Earle
Cambria
James Mark
George H. Harle
Lynn G. Adams
Mark
D. Evans
Youngstown
F. Q. Greggs
Campbell Union Lodge
Ivor W. Gardner
Youngstown Sheet, & Tube Co
William Steele
Mike Klein, Jr
John Casey
Campbell
Cj.o
Gus Hall
C.I.0
Warren
Republic Steel Corp
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
The
Sheet & Tube Co
Secretary Perkins cites failed steel strike mediation
Secretary Perkins said the government’s mediation efforts in the steel strike had collapsed. She noted she would study the dispute to see if further steps are possible after a conference with Charles P. Taft, chairman of the Federal Steel.
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Washington
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Charles P. Taft
Federal Steel
Duchess of Windsor Tops List of Best Dressed Women
The Duchess of Windsor named world's best dressed woman for 1937 in a Paris stylist poll conducted for United Press. The list includes Princess Karam of Kapurthala, Duchess of Kent, Mrs. Harrison Williams, Senora Martinez Hoz, Begum Aga Khan, and other social figures.
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Paris
Baltimore
England
Edward
United Press
Princess Karam of
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