Days of 90 Return as Guymon Revels in Pioneer Day
Fifteen thousand visitors from five states joined Guymon residents for Pioneer Day celebrations honoring Panhandle history. The parade featured bands from Gruver Goodwell Liberal Borger and Guymon Cowboy Band with Judge Wallace Hughes as parade marshal. Guards atop a Pueblo stage coach and two veteran locals highlighted the procession, followed by a 30,000 sandwich barbecue and an old fashioned dance ending at dawn.
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Garford Wilkinson Guymon
Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
No Man's Land
Oklahoma Territory
Bill Beechler
Amarillo
Guyman
I. M. Lightner
Gnneman
Re Nama Caaches
Bob Epperson
Ed W. Hardin
Gruver
Goodwell
Liberal
Kan
Borger
Hooker
Guymon Cowboy
Wallace Hughes
Panhandle
Guymon
Charlie Hitch
Cowman
Wilson W. Ballew
Pueblo
Colo
Chamber of Commerce
Buford Medley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frank DeWolfe
Wallace Jackson
George Gear
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Missouri
KILLED IN FILIPINO RIOTS IN MANILA AND LAGUNA
Sixty five killed as widespread uprising challenges the new commonwealth government. Battles between constabulary and Sedalistas erupt in Laguna province near Cabuyao and Santa Rosa. Governor General urged to return to Manila as violence spreads.
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Manila
Jose Guido
Constabulary
Governor General
Joseph R. Hayden
Laguna
T Here
Cabuyao
Santa Rosa
Supreme Court Examines NRA Powers in Birthright Case
Justices probe delegation of code making to the President and interstate commerce as NRA arguments begin. Senate finance panel reports a one year extension with limited intra state rules amid industry opposition. The Department of Commerce advisory council urges a two year trial with civil liabilities and voluntary withdrawal rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
High Court
Justice Stone
Sutherland
McReynolds
van Devanter
High Tribunal
Senate Group
Senate Finance Committee
Industry and Business Committee
Senate
Wagner
Democrat
New York
Business Advisory Council
Department of Dommerce
Roosevelt
Turkish temblor claims 200 lives
Panic stricken thousands camped in fields as aftershocks continued following a violent earthquake in the Kars district near the Turkish Russian frontier. The quake killed more than 200 people and seriously injured 500, destroying fifteen villages. Homeless crowds faced food and medicine shortages. at least 16 children were confirmed victims.
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Istanbul
Kars
President breaks with U S Chamber of Commerce
Beverly Hills dispatch notes a long running rift between President Roosevelt and the U S Chamber of Commerce. The split appears to have dated to March 4, 1933, with both sides stubbornly pursuing their own course and Roosevelt leading in temporary funds.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Texas Senate Reaches Four Day Extension For Adjournment
The Texas Senate approved a four day extension to May 11 for the 44th regular session after accepting a House request. Administrations aim to pass must list measures including an old age pension amendment and tax law corrections. Final action on several bills was delayed as debate continued.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
James V. Allred
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
Treasury
Outlaw Trial Set for Next Monday in Dallas
N C Out law from Garza County Texas to be moved from El Reno Okla to Dallas for trial on conspiracy to defeat justice linked to the February slaying of federal agent Spencer Stafford in Post. Co defendant is Sheriff W F Cato and E R Braddock. Outlaw previously convicted of subordination of perjury and sentenced to 15 months in the El Reno reformatory.
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Dallas
N. C
Cato
Outlaw
Federal Reformatory
el Reno
Speedy sentence in Clovis man’s wife beating case
J F P Pee Wee Robertson pled guilty before District Judge Harry L Patton to wife beating and was sentenced to one year to eighteen months in the state penitentiary. He was arrested moments before sentencing and had not yet been jailed.
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Clovis
N. M
J. FP
Pee Wee) Robertson
State Penitentiary
Harry L. Patton
Pledges Fast Highway Work by Texas Officials
Texas Highway Commission chairman Harry Hines and state highway engineer Gibb Gilchrist arrived in Amarillo to confer with chamber leaders about speeding a federal road program. They plan to seek a $100 million federal grant to improve Texas roads, aiming to start projects within 30 days of Washington’s program interpretation.
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Harry Hines
Texas Highway Commission
Gibb Gilchrist
W. J. van London
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
Panhandle
Wade Brymer
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Hines
Gilchrist
Graham
Floydada
Amarillo
Childress
U.S
State Highway Commission
Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
United States
Mr. Hines
R. B
Rube” Knight
Col
W. T. Knight
Alfred
Col. Knight
Wichita Falls
Light shower brings tentative hope to Dust Bowl
Rain fell briefly in parts of the southwestern dust belt on May 2, lifting spirits in Baca County Colorado where three years without rain sparked joy as half an inch disappeared quickly. In Oklahoma Panhandle dust storms and a 25,000 crowd in Guymon watched clouds drift. bomb blasts near Dalhart paused as conditions improved. Springfield reported the season’s first moisture since January, a relief but soil still shallow and requiring more showers.
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Springfield
Colo
Dust Bowl
Baca County
Colorado
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma Territory
Guymon
Oklo
Dalhart
Tex Thornton
Thornton
Boise City
Okla
Dodge City
Kas
Democrat Herald
Fred Case
Hauptmann Trial Jury Claim Urges Outside Influence
Bruno Hauptmann's counsel charged the Lindbergh baby murder jury was improperly influenced by outsiders. They asked the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals to allow testimony to support the claim as the court prepared to rule on briefs after denying a motion for oral argument.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Grant in Texas Approved for Relief Totals 3743000
Federal Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins approved a 3.743 million dollar Texas grant with 2.2 million for general relief, 1.313 million for drought relief, 130 thousand for transient relief, and 100 thousand to check caseloads, announced by Texas Relief Commissioner Adam Johnson in Austin on May 2.
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Austin
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
Texas
Adam R. Johnson
Editors Close Shop To Gather Today in Annual Parley
Newspaper editors from the Panhandle gather in Amarillo for the Panhandle Press Association two day meeting at the Herting Hotel. Presidents and editors discuss dust storm impact as delegates travel from Dalhart Donley County and Childress to attend.
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Panhandle Press Association
High Dlains
Herting
Dave Warren
Panhandle Herald
Senators Open Debate on Bonus Arm-Waving
Washington May 2 Opening a three cornered battle over the bonus Senate proponents of Patman and Harrison plans today waved arms and shouted in favor of their proposals. Behind the scenes Vinson bill supporters struck softer blows with observers noting a possible swing toward that approach. Hours remain before a final vote tests the politically potent issue Chairman Harrison forecast Roosevelt would sign his bill and noted one measure would cost a billion dollars less than cash payments. Senator Long asserted the President would sign Patman as he had not vetoed Frazier Lemke before.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Senator Long
Louisiana
House
Panhandle press roasts headline figures at gridiron dinner
West Texans attend the first annual gridiron dinner by the Panhandle Press Association in the Crystal Ballroom. Wes Izzard directs nine satire skits roasting editors and notable figures, with Verlon Twaddell singing verses to Annie Doesn’t Live Here Any More. Admission is 1.50 and includes a steak dinner, dessert, and a dance to follow.
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the Panhandle Press Associa
Washington
Washington Press Club
Crystal Ballroom
Wes Izzard
Panhandle
Annie
George Ray
Verlon Twaddell
Ben Carlton Mead
News-Globe
Parish Freed In Infraud Case In Chicago
A federal court jury acquitted Frank Parish and co defendant Samuel J Maddin of mail fraud tied to the collapse of the $30 million Missouri Kansas Pipe Line Co The verdict leaves two others acquitted as the long trial ends Judge Barnes said good faith is a defense but any intent to defraud was crucial Parish and Maddin argued rivals engineered the company ruin
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Chicago
Frank Parish
Parish
Samuel J. Maddin
Kansas City
Parish Enterprise
John P. Barnes
Samuel Insull
Chinese Brigands Attack Jap Train
Dispatches report 100 Chinese brigands attacked a passenger train on the Hsinking to North Korean ports trunk line. Five train guards were killed, 14 passengers injured, and a dozen hostages were seized. The raiders left 13 of their own dead as Japanese troops arrived. Most casualties were Japanese.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Kirin
Manchoukuo
Hsinking
Paris Press Warns Rhineland Faces Possible Invasion
Le Matin reports German Schultz Polizei stations along the Rhine ready to occupy the demilitarized zone in violation of the Versailles treaty. Goering warns Germany’s air force will outpace any foe and notes conscription starts October 1.
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Paris
Nancy
le Matin
Schultz Polizei
Rhineland
Rhine
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reich
Europe
Germany
League of Nations Council
Goering
Geneva
League
Adolf
Centennial Group Approves Texas Centennial Budget
The executive committee of the Texas Centennial Central Exposition Corporation in Dallas approved a roughly 10 million dollar budget for celebration quarters. Details remain withheld until board approval Saturday and Gov Allred’s signature on a 3 million dollar state appropriation decision. If the measure is not signed, retrenchment may be required.
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Dallas
James V. Allred
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W. W. Holcomb
Dumas
Rogers E
Yours
Ce. Ropere
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Speedy Justice
Guest of
Hauptmann
Fred Story
John McCarty
Association
Dalhart Texan
F. P. Engleman
John
J. C. Estlack
Donley County Leader
The
Childress News
David M. Warren
John L. McCarty
Vinson
Gridiron
Tion
Mahdi
Paris Press
London
Dusseldorf
Frankfort
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
Reichswehr
Regular Army
Saarbruecken
Sarre-Louis
Schutz Staffel
Saar
Centennial Group
West Texas
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