County Demos Down Patman Resolution Back Garner
The Potter County Democratic convention debated and defeated a motion to commend Rep. Wright Patman on the bonus issue after three roll calls. Delegates also backed John N. Garner for president and Clint Small for governor, with resolutions supporting Ernest Thompson for railroad commissioner and endorsing party leadership.
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County Demos Down
Patman
Garner
Potter County
Wright Patman
Back Small
Clint Small
Ernest Thompson
Railroad Commission
Republican Party
Houston
Committee On Nominations
Lewis Fields
McAdoo Visits Speaker Garner in Washington
May 10 report: William Gibbs McAdoo called on Speaker Garner at the Capitol and told reporters that the Texas Democrat would be nominated for the presidency by the Democratic national convention in Chicago.
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Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
Garner
Capitol
Chicago
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Wednesday outlook partly cloudy for Amarillo with mixed cloud cover in West Texas and possible thunder showers in southern portions. New Mexico forecast shows unsettled conditions with variable temperatures during the day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Potter County Republicans pledge to Hoover at county convention
Potter County Texas Republicans voted a pledge of support to President Hoover and selected 12 delegates for the May 24 state convention in Mineral Wells. Delegates include Exum Hawk Keck and Fish. they were instructed to back Exum and Hawk for the Texas delegation to Chicago.
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Potter County
Herbert Hoover
8. E. Fish
Hoover Administration
Mineral Wells
H. E. Exum
Wilbur C. Hawk
L. A. Keck
J. R. Keeling
E. Fish
B. F. Harper
J. M. Kernan
Ruth L. Bacon
George Shannon
J. M. Mullen
Indict Mother and Daughter in Rancher Death
Ruth McComas and her daughter Edith McComas, aged 31 and 13, were indicted by a 110th district court grand jury in Matador Texas for the ax murder of J A Cunningham, a Motley County rancher. Cunningham was killed April 23 at his home. both defendants surrendered with bonds discussions ongoing. The initial tale of dual consent was contradicted after questioning by District Attorney A J Folley.
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Matador
Tex
Ruth McComas
J. A. Cunningham
Motley County
McComas
Edith McComas
Grah Edith
110Th District Court
Cunningham
Borger youths spared prison in counterfeit coin case
Judge James C. Wilson found five Borger youths guilty only of possessing counterfeit coins used in slot machines but suspended any sentence for good behavior. Three Swisher and Deaf Smith County farm youths pleaded guilty to similar coins offenses and received 90 days with further sentence suspended for five years.
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Panhandle
Borger
Deaf Smith and
Swisher Counties
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
U. S
Wilson
J. D. Lee
Bert M. Huntsman
Kenneth W.W. Conway
Ben F. Gidley
Shelah A. Vandergriff
Cousins
Oscar Hancock
Leon and
Kimmel Hicks
Swisher
Deaf Smith Counties
Hereford
Lee Cox
Boulder Dam
Cox
North Plains Sees Intermittent Rains Across Panhandle
Showers drenched the Panhandle with 0.5 to 1.0 inch of rain Tuesday morning into the afternoon. Railroad dispatchers reported rainfall along the Fort Worth and Denver line from Texline to Memphis. Dalhart area totaled about one inch. Continued on Page 13.
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Panhandle
Fort Worth and
Denver
Texline
Memphis
Dalhart
Amarillo School Board Sets 1932 33 Budget At 500000
The Amarillo Independent School District board tentatively set a maximum operating budget of 500000 for 1932 33 to guide immediate staff adjustments. They expect to pay cash salaries from the first 60 percent tax receipt, with warrants due from later payments.
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Amarillo Independent
Want Ads Offer Free Tickets to The Mouthpiece
The News-Globe offers a free Mis sion Theater guest ticket for every 70 cents or more in today’s want ads. Collect 12 ads of 70 cents each for 12 tickets. Tickets valid Thursday Friday or Saturday. Warner Williams stars in The Mouthpiece with Sidney Fox John Wray Guy Kibbee Noel Francis in supporting roles.
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News-Globe
Mission Theater
Warner Brothers
Warren William
Sidney Fox
John Wray
Guy Kibbee
Noel Francis
Wheat Output Dips Despite May Estimates
The Department of Agriculture pegs winter wheat at 440.78 million bushels for this year, down from 457.97 million a month ago and 787.47 million last year, with 75.1 percent of normal condition on May 1. Rye production is forecast at 39.46 million bushels, rye condition 63.2 percent of normal. In Oklahoma about 458,000 acres of fall wheat abandoned, May 1 condition 6.0 percent of normal, forecast 36.99 million bushels, down from 70.29 million in 1931. Abandonment heavy in Cimarron and Panhandle Texas counties.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Rge
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry B. Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Cimarron
Bank Robbery Reported at Farmers & Merchants Bank
An unmasked bandit robbed the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Sterling Oklahoma of an undetermined cash amount today. He fled north by automobile as possemen fired at him. C Hughes, son of bank cashier C W Hughes, fired shotgun slugs at the bandit but no hit was confirmed. Sterling lies in northern Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma.
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Sterling
Okla
Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Sterling
C. Hughes
C. W. Hughes
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Senate confirms four reappointments to Federal Board of Tax Appeals
The Senate on May 10 confirmed reappointments to the Federal Board of Tax Appeals. Eugene Black and William D. Love of Texas, J Edgar Murdock of Pennsylvania, and Ernest H. Van Fossan of Ohio will return to the board.
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Washington
Senate Today
Federal Board of Tax Appeals
Eugene Black
William D. Love
Texas
J. Edgar Murdock
Pennsylvania
Ernest H. van Fossan
Ohio
White Leading in Ohio Count
Early returns show Gov. George White leading Ohio Democrats for the state's 52 convention votes. Roosevelt leads Murray 10 to 1 in West Virginia, with Roosevelt likely to secure 16 delegates there. Roosevelt is also mentioned as a possible second choice to Speaker Garner.
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Associated Press
George White
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
West Virginia
White
Roosevelt
Murray
New Yorker
Garner
Senator Proposes 5.5 Percent Oil Import Limit
Washington May 10 A bill by Senator Thomas D Oklahoma urges limiting oil imports to five and a half percent of domestic consumption as proposed by the Oil States Advisory Committee.
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Washington
Oil States Advisory Committee
Thomas D
Okla
Ranger Captain Townsend Dies in San Antonio Hotel
Ranger Captain Light Townsend collapsed in his hotel room in San Antonio after arriving from Wharton with Ranger W A Dial. Townsend had been waiting in the lobby for his cousin Mrs Marguerite when he died.
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San Antonio
Captain Light Townsend
W. A. Dial
Wharton
Captain Townsend
Marguerite &Ew
Bond Not Set In First Case In Washington
Washington authorities move to set bond at 100000 for Gaston B Means as he faces charges over grifts against Mrs. Edward B McLean and Mrs Finley Shepard while the Lindbergh baby claim remains unconnected The DC grand jury indictments accuse Means of embezzlement and larceny after trust from funds given by Mrs McLean amid rumors of further investigations into Communist activity tips. The case links wealthy socialites to alleged fraud without tying to the Lindbergh scandal directly.
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Edward B. McLean
Washington
Lindbergh
Finley Shepard
New York
Helen Gould
Big Bond
Leo A. Rover
Means
Bond
McLean
District of Columbia
Justice
Texas Democrats pick delegates to Garner at county Conventions
Panhandle to Rio Grande counties named delegates for the state convention to back John Nance Garner at Chicago. Many counties urged voting for Garner while his name is before the national convention, with some support for Franklin D Roosevelt as second choice. Republicans similarly rallied behind Hoover. Houston Harris County adopted a resolution criticizing national prohibition laws amid Garner discussions. Jed Adams as national committeeman and Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier as committeewoman were affirmed. Bowie County backed Wright Patman for vice president. Speakers taunted Senate minority leader Joe Robinson over Democratic principles. Wharton County Democrats opened with pledges of allegiance to Garner.
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Associated Prew
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Chicago
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hoover
House of Representatives
Garner
Houston
Harris County
Jed ©. Adams
Clara
Driscoll Sevier
Patman
Bowie County
Texarkana
Wright Patman
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Wharton County
Hurley protests cuts in war fund before House panel
Secretary of War Hurley, known for clashes with Congress, publicly condemned drastic budget cuts proposed for war funds before the House military affairs committee. Governor Harvey Parnell decides to retire from politics at term end, not seeking the U.S. Senate seat amid seven candidates. Kenneth Hooks, 17 months, escaped serious harm after a fall from a second story window, remaining well and uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hurley
Congress
House Military Affairs Committee
Parnell
Little Rock
Ark
Harvey Parnell
United States Senate
Hattie W. Caraway
Dallas
Kenneth Hooks
France Elects Chief Tardieu Quits Office
Albert Lebrun, age 60, elected president by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies in Versailles. Premier Andre Tardieu resigns his ministry but agrees to stay until a new cabinet is formed by June 4. Lebrun heads to the Elysee to meet Paul Doumer’s successor and lays a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Paris
France
Albert Francois Lebrun
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Louis XIV
Versailles
M. Lebrun
Andre Tardieu
M. Tardieu
Tardieu
Elysee Palace
Paul Doumer
Mme. Doumer
Ace de Triomphe
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Big Spring
John N. Garner
McAdoo
W. 8. Kenyon
Borger Boys
North Plains
U. S. Fleet
San Francisco
Oakland
Alameda
Bay
Market Street
George M. Waddill
Ranger
Gaston B. Means
Rover
James M. Procuptor
Tom Love
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