Grain Dealers Hear Forecast In Closing Session
About 150 grain dealers from the Panhandle and cities including Dallas Fort Worth Houston St Louis Kansas City Wichita Falls Chicago and Clayton NM attend Amarillo meeting. R O Cromwel of Lawson Brothers Chicago will present the world crop forecast as the two day convention closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Cromwel
Lawson Brothers
Chicago
Panhandle Grain Dealers Association
Grain Dealers
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wichita Falls
Clayton
N. M
Allegiance Voted To AFL At Texas Labor Convention
Delegates at the Texas Federation of Labor convention pledged allegiance to the American Federation of Labor after President W. B. Arnold announced that CIO sympathizers would not be seated. An oil field worker from near Henderson left quietly during the oath and the hall showed little opposition. Attorney General William MceCraw praised the Wagner Act ruling and said reform benefits favored organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
U.P
Texas Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
W. B. Arnold
San Antonio
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Henderson
Arnold
William H. Burk
CIO
William Mce-Craw
Supreme Court
Sunday Section Will Honor Graduates
The News-Globe will honor Panhandle high school and college graduates in Sunday edition. Raymond Holbrook of The Daily News staff leads the preparation and hopes to list all area graduates. Readers seeking extra copies should contact The News-Globe circulation department immediately.
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Panhandle
News-Globe
Raymond Holbrook
Daily News
Move On From Rising Rents with Home Purchase Offer
A compact housing ad warns renters to buy a home now to beat rent hikes. It notes landlords moving in, sales of rental properties, and rezoning for commercial use as reasons to shift to home ownership, urging readers to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Globe and News
Jury Selection Opens in Parker Trial
Fred Parker 26, former athlete, faces murder charges for killing his 42 year old wife. Jury selection began as defense counsel Walter Woodward Brownwood and witness Ethel Pierce 19 absent raised continuance issues. Parker admitted killing his wife with a fence rail after initially claiming she died from a horse kick at their Fort Worth area farm last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
U.P
Fred Parker
Ethel Pierce
Walter Woodward
Brownwood
Parker
Fort Worth
Oscar Griffith Nominated For Sunray Postmastership
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Oscar T. Griffith for postmaster at Sunray Texas on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Griffith
Sunray Postmastership
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Oscar T. Griffith
Sunray
Texas
Thundershowers Move Southeast From Texhoma
Scattered thundershowers cooled parts of the Texas Panhandle and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle with Texhoma Stratford Spearman Perryton receiving the most moisture. Texhoma reported one inch, Stratford and Perryton a half inch each, with wider rains across Moore and Ochiltree counties.
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Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texhoma
Stratford
Spearman
Perryton
Goodwell
Guymon
Dumas
Moore County
Ochiltree County
Santa Fe
Santa
House Speeds Funds Action on Big Bend Park Purchase
The Texas House, aiming to finish three major appropriation bills by midweek, held a night session and added a 750000 appropriation to buy land for a vast international park along the Rio Grande. Senate approval existed. a push to adjourn was defeated by two votes. a special session loomed as Allred hoped for enacted bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House of Representatives
Rio Grande
Senate
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
James V. Allred
House
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Woman Admits Slashing Daughter and Attempting to Kill Son
Mrs. Helen Tiernan, 28, confessed to slaying her eight year old daughter Helen and attempting to kill her five year old son James in a three room New York apartment. She claimed no accomplices and said she acted alone. A hospital report cited the boy’s account of two men, "George" and "Carman," who accompanied her before the attack in woods near Brookhaven on Long Island, with a blue car involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Helen Tiernan
Helen
James
Francis J. Kear
Kear
George
Brookhaven
Convict Who Shot Way Out Of Jail Draws Sentence
B Rains, 21, of Palestine, who shot his way from Crockett jail and wounded a guard last week, pleaded guilty to burglary at a gasoline station in Palestine. District Judge Sam Holland gave him 12 years in prison, with additional Crockett charges pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
U.P
B. Rains
Crockett
Sam Holland
Rains
Grandview Man Goes to Trial for Slaying Father
Trial of Edd Martin, 51, of Grandview, opened in the 18th district court. He is charged with killing his father, Henry Martin, who was shot in the head through a window at the family farm home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne
Edd Martin
Grandview
Henry Martin
18Th District Court
Martin
Mrs Jennie Mae Fuqua Stewart Pioneer Panhandle Resident Dies
Mrs Jennie Mae Fuqua Stewart of Amarillo died at 5 40 pm at the family home 1617 Harrison Street after several weeks illness. She was 65. Funeral services 3 30 pm at Central Presbyterian Church with Dr R Thomson officiating. Interment Llano Cemetery. Survived by husband W A Stewart two sons Fred Fuqua Jack Fuqua a daughter Mary Lee Fuqua a brother Lee Wilson Hot Springs NM a sister Mrs J L Witherspoon Midlothian. P B Fuqua predeceased death in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Mae Fuqua Stewart
Amarillo
Harrison Street
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
J. W. Dodson
Henry Bishop
J. H. Baker
A. L. Stanley
Hugh Chesnutt
Herman Kerr
Llano Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Ellis County
Jennie Mae Wilson
Panhandle
Texas
Deaf Smith County
Porter Fuqua
Fuqua
W. A. Stewart
Stewart
Hot Springs
New Mexico
J. L. Witherspoon
Midlothian
P. B. Fuqua
San Antonio
Mr. Wilson
Mrs. Witherspoon
Arkansas Gets Brockelhurst trial moved to Arkansas
Three state dispute over the murder suspect Lester Brockelhurst ends with New York Governor Lehman agreeing to extradite him to Arkansas where he will face trial for the killing of Victor Gates. Bernice Felton, 18, who is accused as an accessory, also to be tried in Arkansas. Brockelhurst suffers a serious heart ailment as he collapsed multiple times in his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Arkansas
Lester Brockelhurst
New York
Lehman
Illinois
Texas
Brockelhurst
Victor Gates
Lonoke County
Bernice Felton
Poughkeepsie
George Lane
Dutchess County
Logan Proposes Court Bill Compromises and Renewal Plan
Senator Logan a Democrat from Kentucky announced plans to offer several new compromises to the Roosevelt court bill. He predicted the Senate judiciary committee would reach agreement tomorrow on a one justice per year appointment plan. He proposed a substitute raising retirement age to 75 and limiting new appointments to one a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Logan
Kentucky
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lone Star Gas Sued Over Texas Woman's Death
Charlie Engle former Cats player sues Lone Star Gas Company in Fort Worth district court for 75000 damages following the death of his wife Christine Garrett Engle 26 in an explosion on April 23 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Company
Texas
Fort Worth
Charlie Engle
The
Cats Ball Club
Christine Garrett Engle
Allred Signs Act to Require Gas Malodorants
Gov James V Allred signed legislation authorizing the State Railroad Commission to require malodorants in gas to prevent danger after the New London school disaster. The measure was urged by lawmakers and signed in Austin on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
State Railroad Commission
New London School
Supreme Court backs New Deal tax refund limits
The Supreme Court upheld the 1936 revenue act provisions restricting refunds from old AAA levies, allowing the government to retain most of the $963 million collected. Taxpayers must prove they paid the levies and that costs were not passed to consumers. The decision leaves windfall taxes on processors unsettled and does not affect existing budget estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Treasury
Justice McReynolds
Treasury Claims Victory
AAA
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Marriage Date To Be Revealed
The Duke of Windsor will announce tomorrow the marriage date to Wallis Warfield. Herman L. Rogers of New York said the ex king and Mrs Warfield will disclose the wedding location and attendance details at 2 30 P M EST. The planned best man may anger Prime Minister Baldwin's government and trigger royal procedural concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Windsor
King George
Merchant Tailors Designers Association
New York City
Holding Concern Reports Profits
New York May 17 National Power and Light Co public utility holding concern today reported 1926 balance applicable to common stock of 5,416,282 equal to 99 cents a share, vs 4,618,555 or 85 cents. a share for 1935. Operating revenues of subsidiaries for 1936 were 78,272,295 an 8 percent rise over 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Power & Light Co
Wilson Asked to Erosion Parley
M. L. Wilson of Washington under secretary of agriculture is being sought to attend the five state erosion meeting called by the Panhandle Water Conservation Authority. Officials hope his presence will help launch a broad erosion control program as Washington plans to appoint an assistant secretary for coordination in the growth area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Wilson
Washington
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Wilson
Rexford Tugwell
Agriculture Department
Amarillo
Explosion on Japanese launch devastates Hong Kong waterfront
The boiler blast on a Japanese launch, owned by Osaka Shosen Kaisha, killed every crew member and injured many onlookers. Bodies were blown across 200 yards to a quarter mile, with parts reaching the Hong Kong Club verandah near Queen's Pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Hongkong Club
Queen's Pier
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
The forecast calls for Tuesday fair in Amarillo and vicinity with west Texas mainly partly cloudy and possible scattered showers in the north. New Mexico should be generally fair in the south and unsettled in the north with little temperature change. Yesterday's Amarillo high and low were 104 and 61, with today’s temperatures around 46 at 1 AM and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
SA. M
Aintae
Negrin forms new war cabinet in Spain
Dr. Juan Negrin, 48, leads Spain's sixth war time government as premier and finance minister. Cabinet reduced to nine with all ministers from popular front groups, excluding CNT. Crisis at Valencia and tensions with Largo Caballero mark the government reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Negrin
Spain
Popular Front
CNT Trades Union
Posta
Azana
Jose Giral
Republican
National Defense
Indalecto Prieto
Manuel Trujo
Julian Zugazagoita
Jesus Hernandez
Vincent Uribe
Bernardo Giner de Los Rios
Union Republican
Jaime Ayguade
Catalin
Manuel Arana
Manuel Azana
Prancisco Largo Cahbaliero
Francisco Franco
Largo Caballero
Nerrin
Valencia
Insurgenta
Bilbao
Madrid
University City
Proposed New York to Paris air race doomed by U S
Washington May 17 The 1937 New York to Paris air race faces collapse as Colonel J Monroe Johnson assistant secretary of commerce says licenses will be refused due to hazards. The Aero club of France had 22 entrants with two Americans Dick Merrill of New York and James Mattern of Texas among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Old Trail Driver Dies At Home In Rochelle
J P Waddill aged 86 former trail driver died at his Rochelle home at midnight. He had long hunted cattle across western plains and was a familiar figure in local ranching circles. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by the Rochelle funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle Brady
J. P. Waddill
Rochelle
Explorers Row Boat Through Narrow Rio Grande Canyon
Four national park service explorers navigated the dangerous waters of Santa Helena canyon in the Rio Grande. Led by Dr. Walter Prescott Webb of Austin, the party included James W. Metcalfe, Thomas W. Skaggs, and Joe Lane. They steered two specially built steel boats upriver toward a late afternoon finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
National Park Service
Santa Helena Canyon
Rio Grande
Walter Prescott Webb
Austin
James W. Metcalfe
U. S
Rio Grande Expedition Sheds Light on Big Bend History
A 16 mile river journey from Jajitas Brewster County to the canyon mouth, to support Dr Webb's Big Bend national park study. The trip involved rowboats, flags, and a coast guard plane from El Paso piloted by Lt Com N M Nelson. A speed boat awaited at the canyon mouth for rapid response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Cinco de Mayo
Jajitas
Brewster County
Rio Grande
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Walter Barlow
Great West Mills
Ross Rogers
Tom F. Connally
Clarendon
Joe Morris
Association
R. L. Thornton
Mercantile Bank of Dallas
Amarillo Country Club
Barlow
R. B. Bowden
National Grain Association of
AFL
Dalhart
John Hopkins
East Plains
Shamrock
Oklahoma
Cheyenne
Elk City
Hammond
Carpenter
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Hollywood
Wilshire Episcopal Church
Allan Jones
Daughter
Son
47Th Street
Allred
Holding Concern
Juan Negrin
W. P. Webb
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