Ethiopia colonization seen as bigger problem than conquest
The piece argues that military victory in Ethiopia is only the start for Italy, with British experts noting about 500000 Italian troops in Ethiopia and the heavy costs of sustaining them 3000 miles from home as the country transitions from conquest to governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Bronner
NEA
London
Ethiopia
Britain
Italy
Napier
Theodore
Magdala
Badoglio
Rome
Church Elder Vouches for Fish Tale in Marlin
Marlin resident Raymond Reno recalls hooking a big fish that snapped his line only to catch it the next day with a second hook. The fish reportedly bore the first hook and line in its mouth. Reno's father in law J. Gl en, a church elder, confirms the tale’s accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Raymond Reno
Reno
G' Len
Amarillo Junior Chamber Seeks Plow That Broke the Plains
The Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce requests a print of the controversial film The Plow That Broke the Plains for a local screening. A telegram to Dr Rexford Tugwell Undersecretary of Agriculture Washington DC asks for prompt reply. Dr Harry McKeen from Bentonville Arkansas outlined policies for the chamber's membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Amarillo
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harry McKeen
Bentonville
Ark
McKeen
Chamber of Commerce
Doctor Denies Plot to Poison Wife in Court
Dr. John W. Colbert, on trial in an American court for an alleged plot to kill his tennis-player wife, sat calmly through cross-examination and protested his innocence. He denied predicting her death before she entered a hospital, asserting he is not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
John W. Colbert
Colbert
Battle For Inner Mongolia Draws Three Way Fight
In Suiyuan Province China and Japan vie for Mongol loyalties with money and favors while Soviet Russia watches. Mongol princes, weakened by winter, welcome planes automobiles munitions and cash as China seeks to block Japanese advance and Japan seeks influence in event of a clash with Soviet forces. Suiyuan marks the eighth Chinese province to fall to Japanese influence since 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suiyuan
Suiyuan Province
China
Japan
Inner Mongolia
Mongolia
Soviet Russia
Outer Mongolia
Highway Officers Reap Big Harvest
Austin reports April patrols by 130 highway officers yielded 15 597 in fines and 20 130 in registration fees. Expenses totaled 19 987, leaving a 15 740 surplus benefiting road and bridge funds in counties with complaints filed. Fines were filed against 1 607 motorists. over six times as many were warned. Complaints included 440 trucks over 7000 pounds and 3 377 speeding charges.
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Austin
L. G. Phares
Highway Patrol
Los Angeles to Host 1936 National Air Races
Cliff Henderson announces Los Angeles will host the 1936 National Air Races from September 4 to 7. The event will feature aviation competitors and demonstrations in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cliff Henderson
Amarillo Boy Identified in West Pasture Death
The body of Frank Dohoney 21 son of Mr and Mrs W B Dohoney was found in a pasture west of Amarillo. He had been missing since May 11 and was identified by clothing and shoes from Killough Davies. Police and sheriff investigated but found no motive or gun. drains and searches were planned as they traced his last movements and friend Nelson Ellis who accompanied him toward Highway 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Frank Doheney
W. B. Dohoney
Jackson Street
Young Dohoney
Sheriff's Department
Doheney
Bill Adams
W. R. McDowell
Dohoney
Frank Dohoney
Young Ellis
Frank
Valleys End Divorce Fight In Los Angeles Court
In Los Angeles on May 20 lawyer reports Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb Vallee’s divorce final in Superior Court with a property settlement granting her 100 dollars weekly for life or until re marriage plus a cash sum not disclosed. She regains her maiden name. The contested suit featured testimony of temper outbursts and profanity, with no objects thrown at her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb Vallee
Vallee
Arthur Crum
Mexican divorces ruled invalid in Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court ruled against the validity of mail order Mexican divorces and upheld a $40,000 verdict for Valerie Huff of San Francisco against C Redfield Vose, millionaire insurance broker, in a New York case reported May 20. Hoover and Roosevelt Avenues under construction in Palo Alto were described as a separate item in the same dateline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Supreme Court
Salvatore A. Cotillo
Valerie Elizabeth Huff
San Francisco
C. Redfield Vose
Palo Alto
Calif
Hoover Avenue
Roosevelt Avenue
Townsend Defies Panel on Funds Question
Dr. F. E. Townsend, co founder of the old age pension movement, snapped at a House committee asking about knowledge of the movement. He admitted contributors had given about a million dollars since the start, saying they received the organization itself in return and noting 8,000 clubs nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Townsend Old Age
F. E. Townsend
House
Rep. Hoffman
Michigan
Townsend
Townsend Club
James R. Sullivan
Dirigible Hindenburg Leaves Lakehurst For Eastward Crossing
The German airship Hindenburg with 52 passengers lifted off from Lakehurst New Jersey at 10 05 pm EST on its second eastbound North Atlantic crossing. The last bus load was ferried to the mooring mast 20 minutes prior and the Zeppelin was weighted off at 9 58 pm when the stern mooring car detached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
North Atlantic
Pampa Man Hurt When Log Falls From Truck
Marvin Pendleton of Pampa suffered a crushed leg when a log toppled from a truck he worked near on Wednesday. The accident at Sixteenth Avenue and Monroe Street left his left leg injured. doctors at Northwest Texas Hospital said the injury was not serious.
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Marvin Pendleton
Pampa
Pendleton
Sixteenth Avenue
Monroe Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Aging Poet's Widow Gravely Ill In Wisconsin Foreclosure Fight
Mrs. Julia Comstock Field, widow of poet Eugene Field, 80, is gravely ill as friends race to raise funds to pay a $2,500 mortgage and other charges on her 150acre homestead in Hesford Junction Wisconsin. The sheriff sold the farm to Mrs. Mary Bowell on May 9, and the foreclosure sale awaits confirmation in three days. Eugene Field II accuses a miscarriage of justice and seeks federal aid to save the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesfford Junction
Wis
U.P
Eugene Field
Julia Comstock Field
Mary Bowell
Eugene Field II
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Frank Herbert
Tomahawk
Friends of the Fields
Field
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Herbert
Bowell
Woman Slightly Hurt As Cabin Overturned In Amarillo Duster
A miniature twister struck Amarillo late Wednesday night, injuring one woman from Enid Oklahoma and partially demolishing a tourist camp. Rainfall ranged from drenching downpours in portions of the Panhandle to five inch totals near Hereford and Black, with KGNC briefly knocked off air and several cabins overturned at Dreamland Camp. The storm displaced Mrs. Lily Snyder, 51, who was treated at St. Anthony’s Hospital for multiple injuries while others watched as cabins toppled and lights flickered.
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North Plains
Amarillo
Panhandle
Hereford
Black
Dreamland Camp
North Fillmore Street
Seventh Avenue
Lipscomb Street
KGNC
Lily Snyder
Enid
Okla
St. Anthony's Hospital
W. H. “Bi Utterback
Mrs. Bayey
Strong
Utterback
North East
Fightth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Melvin Bibb
Bibb
Mrs. Snyder
TWA
Rainfall Map Sketches Wide Amarillo Area Totals
Summary of moisture distribution across Amarillo region with varied rainfall. Heaviest falls in the Panhandle near Hereford and Nazareth, plus 1 to 2 inches at Claude Goodnight Clarendon. Shower activity in Tucumcari and surrounding New Mexico, with lighter or no rain in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and across southern Texas Panhandle.
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Amarillo
Airport
Fort Worth
Denver
West
Vega
Wildorado
Glen Rio
Tucumcari
N. M
San Jon
Panhandle-Plaing
Hereford
Black
Dimmitt, Hart
Nazareth
Piiona
Farwell
Clovis
Canyon
South Plains
Claude
Goodnight
Clarendon
Memphis
Childress
McLean
Shamrock
Groom
Pampa
Canadian
Borger
Panhandle
Tascosa
Dalhart
Duncan
Texline
Agents Advertise for Still in Poplar Bluff
Federal revenue agents in Poplar Bluff Missouri ran newspaper ads seeking information on illegal stills amid rising seizures. The agent said 35 stills were seized this year and 93 last year, describing the situation as desperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Federal
ER. O. Liley
Illick, Stills
Care Post
South Carolina Delegates Back Roosevelt at Convention
South Carolina Democratic convention unanimously instructed its delegates to support President Roosevelt's renomination at the national convention in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Columbia
D. C
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Orville Ss. Carpenter
Texas Old Age Assistance
Allred
National Security Board
Carpenter
The
Security Board
Texas
Tugwell Film Showing
Rudy
Solon
Dirigible
Log
Mrs
Drouth
Santa Fe
East Panhandle
Rock Island
Dimmitt
Friona
Hart
Bovina
Tucuma
Vicinity
New Mexico
West Texas
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