Wreck of Hindenburg Claims 35 to 64 Lives at Lakehurst
The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst New Jersey killed between 35 and 64 aboard as flames engulfed the airship after a gas cell explosion. Survivors and injured swelled hospital counts while authorities investigated two possible causes amid chaotic scenes at the naval station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. Naval Air Station
Harry A. Bruno
Zeppelin
Timothy W. Margerum
Lakewood
Naval Station
Naval Sick Bay
Margerum
Navy Department
Washington
Bill Robb Wilson
Rome
Hindenburg
W. von Meister
Zeppelin Transport Company
U. S
Naval Air Station
Texas Senate Rejects Override of Allied Truck Bill Veto
The Texas Senate refused to override Governor Allred’s veto of the Allied truck bill after a day of wrangling. House action included appropriations for eleemosynary institutions and debates on soil conservation and National Guard land leasing for oil and gas development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Senate
Austin
House
Allred
National Guard
Palacios
Railroad Commission
Panhandle
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Worley
Screen Strikers May Join CIO
Hollywood reports ten federated motion picture craft unions allied with the AFL discuss switching allegiance to the CIO committee for industrial organization. Union leader Charles E. Lessing said John Brophy offered CIO cooperation for studio pickets and a nationwide theater boycott with no strings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Charles E. Lessing
Lessing
John Brophy
Washington
CIO
John
Dallas Doctor G H Hackler Dies at 72
Dallas physician and surgeon Dr. G H Hackler, aged 72, died today at a local hospital in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
G. H. Hackler
Plains Water Conservation Authority Formed and Plans
The Panhandle region formed the Plains Water Conservation Authority as a governmental body to obtain its share of a $500 million federal flood control and water conservation fund. Carl Hinton becomes general manager at $1 yearly, and directors aim to secure five state federal authority and push for national support in Washington as bills come up. The change dissolves the previous association, retaining officers and directors, and honors regional lawmakers for their help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains Water Conservation Authority
Hinton
Panhandle
Authority
Amarillo Hotel
John McCarty
Carl Hinton
Drouth
Noel McDade
Dumas
Eral Authority
Washington
New Authority
Marvin Jones
Clint Small
Jack Little
Amarillo
Max Boyer
Perryton
A. B. Tarwater
Plainview
Gene Worley
Bobbitt pledges Panhandle highway meetings on home grounds
Texas highway chief Robert Lee Bobbitt promised that if the Panhandle wants a full Texas Highway Commission session the meeting will be held on the home ground. He spoke at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Crystal ballroom of the Herring Hotel, praising the commission and inviting constructive criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Texas Highway Commission
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Texas Highway Chief
Highway Commission
General Bobbitt
Commission
The
Herring Hotel
Amarillo
C. V. Terrell
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Four Hundred Die in Barcelona Uprising
In an IAF radio report from May 6, 400 people were killed and 1,000 wounded during the anarchist uprising in Barcelona. The Catalan Government urged calm and urged citizens to lay down arms as public order was restored swiftly after a tense period provoked by regime opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perpignan
France
U.P
Barcelona
Iberian Anarchist Federation
Republic
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Region
Fair Friday for Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair conditions across West Texas west of the meridian and unsettled weather in parts of Mexico likely to bring showers northwest. High near 30. Low around 29.80 with slight temperature variation from yesterday's readings. Precipitation 0.05 inches in the last 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Mexico
Kamloops
Des Moines
Edmonton
Modena
Narillo
Bloc Ats
Ana
McAdoo Proposes 15 Member Supreme Court Amendment
Senator McAdoo of California offers a constitutional amendment to set the Supreme Court size at 15 for 25 years and to require retirement at 70 with compulsory exit at 75. He also seeks an unconditional Roosevelt bill amendment to guarantee the 15 member court regardless of retirements.
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Washington
McAdoo
California
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
One-Time Screen Idol Named in Taylor Death Probe
Los Angeles reports the reeopened William Desmond Taylor murder inquiry included the name of James Kirkwood, former screen idol, as he was questioned by the county grand jury. Mrs. Margaret Fillmore, sister of Mary Miles Minter, testified to a love affair between Minter and Kirkwood from the Lasky era. Kirkwood is not implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James Kirkwood
William Desmond Taylor
Baron Fitts
Margaret Fillmore
Mary Miles Minter
Taylor
Fillmore
Fitts
Kirkwood
Lasky
Miss Minter
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan City
Charlotte Shelby
Pillmore
Major Dirigible Disasters Recounted Across Years
A Washington dispatch lists 18 major dirigible disasters over 23 years involving US and foreign airships. Notable losses include the Akron and Shenandoah, the Macon in 1935, the R-101 in 1930, the Italia in 1928, and the Dixmude in 1923.
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Washington
United States
Rome
Italy
Hampton Roads Army Base
England
Humber River
Howden
Chicago
North Sea
Vienna
Heligoland
Atlantic City
Zeppelin Hindenburg Explodes On Maiden US Flight Anniversary
New York reports the airship Hindenburg exploded during approach to Lakehurst New Jersey on the first anniversary of its maiden voyage from Friedrichshafen Germany to the United States. The disaster occurred at 6 30 PM EST as the ship prepared to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
New York
America
Friedrichshafen
United States
Sparks and gas ignition blamed for ship explosion
Experts offered two theories for the disaster involving a long silver ship in rain. One cites a static spark from landing ropes igniting hydrogen gas, the other a spark from an engine during throttling. Observers note gas cells would need specific air mixes, suggesting the blast occurred outside a gas cell.
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von Meister
van Meister
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Ihe
Frederichshafen
Davidan Johnson
el Paso
W. R. McDowell
Davidan
J. H. Johnson
Brooks Avenue
James
Wolverton
McDowell
Bobbitt
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