Freight Wreck Near Piqua Kills Three Trainmen
Three freight trains collided near Bradford, 15 miles west of Piqua, killing Harry J. Johnson Fred L. Trickfer and Leonard Schaefer all Logansport Indiana. Four others injured include J C Murdock Gordon Pinney Charles Bryan and Frank Messersmith in the worst wreck on this railroad in 37 years.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
New York
Harry J. Johnson
Fred L. Trickfer
Leonard Schaefer
Logansport
Ind
J. C. Murdock
Columbus
Ohio
Gordon Pinney
Charles Bryan
Frank L. Messersmith
Bradford
Piqua
Ohio-Indiana Line
Chicago and Indianapolis
Messersmith
Schaefer
Four Die in Gas-Filled Dairy Well at Blackwell Oklahoma
At a dairy near Blackwell Oklahoma four men died and three others were overcome while responding to a gas-filled well accident. Rescue attempts included firefighters and police, with several overcome before bodies were recovered. Authorities seek to determine the gas type, suspecting carbon monoxide or black damp.
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Blackwell
Okla
Lowell Curry
Aaron Briggs
Napier
John Pennewell
Napier Briggs
Curry
Pennewell
Briggs
Forrest Law
Bill Minihan
Minihan
Don Jones
John
Hiram Ragan
Texas Army Flier Killed in Pursuit Plane Crash
Nine miles north of San Antonio a P-12 single seater piloted by Reserve Second Lt. James Marion Jones 26 on active duty as a Kelly Field instructor crashed during a test flight around 11 am civilian witnesses report a spin. He was the son of C H Jones of Temple and an investigation is planned with wreckage guarded.
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San Antonio
James Marion Jones
Kelly Field
J. C. Crosthwaite
Jones
C. H. Jones
Temple
Brothers killed in Austin Plane Crash
Two young men from Austin died when their aircraft crashed during an aerial show. John Oatman of the Southern Pacific Railway and his brother Sneed Oatman, a hardware company employee, were killed when the engine failed and the plane fell about 100 feet. Their bodies were crushed.
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Austin
John Oatman
Southern Pacific Railway
Sneed Oatman
Model Home Contest Plans Public Involvement
The News-Globe announces a community plan your home contest at 1018 Milam Street in Bivins Addition with a $30 total prize pool. Prizes are $15, $10, and $5 for the best ideas. no floor plans required. Submit a written list of home inclusions by postmark deadline May 24.
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The
News-Globe
Milam Street
Bivins Addition
Bund leader Kuhn under fire as protests grow in New York
Fritz Kuhn, head of the German American Bund, faces intensified scrutiny after a Washington's Birthday rally provokes protests, tax probes, and possible perjury charges. Authorities raid Bund HQ in Yorkville seizing books while Mayor La Guardia seeks passport action delays.
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Paul Ross
NEA Service
New York
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Amarillo Merchants Honor Peg Malion Cinderella Week
Amarillo merchants back the Cinderella idea inspired by Pygmalion and prepare a week of glory for Peg Malion played by Eileene Morrison of Pleasant Valley. Morrison will start at Colonial Beauty Shoppe under Mary Miner, with hotel stay at Amarillo Hotel, radio interview at State Theater opening night, then attend Amarillo Secretarial School.
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Amarillo
Globe-News
Peg Malion
Leslie Howard
State Theater
Eileene Morrison
Pleasant Valley
Mary Miner
Charley Pryor
Miss Morrison
Putnam Weds Beverly Hills Divorcee in Nevada Ceremony
George Palmer Putnam age 52 Hollywood publisher marries Jean-Marie Consigny James, Beverly Hills divorcee, in Boulder City Nevada. They boarded a Lake Mead excursion launch and plan to depart by train tomorrow for Chicago.
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Boulder City
Nev
George Palmer Putnam
Hollywood
Jean-Marie Consigny James
Beverly Hills
Amelia Earhart
Lake Mead
Chicago
Two Girls Drown In Malakoff Pond
Two 10 year old girls drowned in a pond near Malakoff Texas today. They were daughters of Mrs Zann Owens and Mr and Mrs R R Rozell all of Malakoff.
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Malakoff, Tex
Zann Owens
R. R. Rozell
Malakoff
Giant Yankee Clipper Links the Worlds
The Yankee Clipper made its first regular service flight linking the old and new worlds by landing on the Tagus River in Lisbon at 7 42 P M local time after a 6 54 hour trip from the Azores. It carried 14 crew and three observers and 1603 pounds of mail, completing the New York to Azores leg in 13 22.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Tagus
Amarillo
Azores
New York
Plane crash kills two men near Jamestown New York
Two men from Jamestown died when their plane crashed three miles east of Jamestown. The victims were Bryan V. Anderson and Woodrow Spitz.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Here
Bryan V. Anderson
Woodrow Spitz
Danzig Protests After Clash At Frontier Customs Post
The Danzig Senate demanded damages apology and the shooter be handed over after a Polish chauffeur killed a Danzig man during an attack on a customs post near Kalthof on the frontier. Warsaw protested the assault by a crowd led by Nazi units and the use of force against Polish officials.
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Free City
Danzig
Poland
East Prussia
Warsaw
Gruebner
Kalthof
Senate of the Free City of Danzig
Tadeuz Perkowski
Britain
Russia
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
London
Geneva
Bucharest
Blast Victim's Rites Today
Funeral services will be held for Bettye Frances Mullin a 12 year old girl who died from burns after a gasoline explosion at her father's motorcycle shop. Her grandmother Mrs R L Dean and her father Wallace Mullen were also injured in the blaze with minor burns.
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Texarkana
Bettye Frances Mullin
Burns
R. L. Dean
Wallace Mullen
Border Slaying Intensifies Danzig Dispute
A Pole killed a German citizen of Danzig amid rising Berlin Warsaw tensions. Poland protested to the Danzig Senate after clashes at a Polish customs post near Kalthof. Britain moved toward Moscow Britain- Paris alignment for mutual aid with talks in Geneva.
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Danzig
Europe
Berlin
Warsaw
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Free City
Jews Reject British Arab State Plan
In Jerusalem five thousand Jews protested the British white paper proposing an Arab dominated state in Palestine. The day featured a orderly high school courtyard demonstration and street parades in contrast to prior violence. One person was killed and 114 injured in clashes with police last Thursday. British troops and police prepared for possible further disorder as some Jews returned decorations received over the past two decades.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Britain
Wellington Girl Attends 250 Schools in Six Years
June Alice Brunk, 12, graduates seventh grade in Wellington after attending 250 schools across six years. Her traveling tent show parents move town to town, with June enrolling in local schools, mostly in Texas, and earning top grades while performing song and dance with the family show.
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Wellington
Alice Brunk
June
Glen Brunk
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
California
New Mexico
Kansas
New York City
Los Angeles
New Jersey
Ohio
Rail Legislation Up This Week
Senate to begin consideration of a Wheeler bill consolidating regulatory control of transportation under the ICC. The measure aims to aid carriers in the red and is part of a quick enactment push before mid July. The White House conference may clarify plans for a new spending drive or self funded public works.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Roosevelt
FDR
PWA
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Texas heat record tops 100 degrees across cities
Abilene and San Antonio reported the day’s high with temperatures near 1006 degrees, while Wichita Falls reached 98 Amarillo 96 El Paso 94. Coastal towns stayed hot with Corpus Christi 92 Brownsville 90 Galveston 86 Dallas 88.
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Preas Abilene
San Antonio
Texas
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Galveston
Dallas
Burns Fatal to Fire Eater in Carnival Show
Charley Hamlin aged 29 died from first and second degree burns after flames from a torch he was about to extinguish in his mouth ignited his grass skirt during an afternoon carnival performance in Albuquerque. Hospital workers were trying to notify his mother who lived in San Antonio Texas.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Charley Hamlin
San Antonio
Tex
Handshaking King and Queen Draw 50,000 in Ottawa
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth led a massive open air reception in Confederation Square Ottawa after unveiling Canada’s war memorial. About 50,000 crowds, including 12,000 veterans, pressed close as the royal couple moved through. The king’s speech honored 60,000 fallen Canadians and the crowd urged the royals to greet them directly, while a tense moment arose over the memorial unveiling schedule.
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Frank H. King
Ottawa
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Confederation Square
Canada
Dominion Capital
Kingstone
Toronto
United States
George
Lon
Don’s
Trafalgar Square
New York
Times Square
Rideau Hall
Inspector Canning
Scotland Yard
Wiscracks
House of Commons
MacKenzie King
Bankhead Warns Against Un American Doctrines At Ceremony
Speaker Bankhead told a Washington Cathedral audience that there are limits to free speech and assembly when un American doctrines spread. He referenced the Dies committee investigations into plots to overthrow the government and an anti Jewish campaign, urging adequate remedies to purify policy.
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Washington
Bankhead
Washington Casthedral
Dies
Congress
Dies Committee
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Felix McWhirter
Indianapolis
George Deatherage
The
Knights of the White Camellia
Dies of
Texas
Hamilton
James FE. Campbell
Owensboro
Campbell
Republican Committee
George van Horn Moseley
Moseley
Deathcrage
St. Albans
W. Va
Portales Crash Claims Two In Portales Crash
Two Portales residents died and four others were hospitalized after a Saturday night collision four miles south of Clovis on the Portales highway. Victims were Mrs. J. D. Rankin and Marvin Spriggs. injured were J. D. Rankin and four children, plus John D. Spriggs. All were from Portales. Funeral plans for Mrs. Rankin and young Spriggs were pending.
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Clovis
Portales
Portales Highway
J. D. Rankin
Marvin Spriggs
John D. Spriggs
Spriggs
John
Rankin
Rankin Boy
Rankins
John Spriggs
Portales Milling Company
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Young Spriggs
J. W. Spriggs
Eight Aboard In Crack Up Near Coalville Utah
An eight passenger privately owned plane en route from Chicago to Oakland crashed in a field 15 miles east of Coalville Utah killing one man. Ins E E Hughes of the Civil Aeronautics Authority said he could not identify any aboard. The Salt Lake Tribune reported three men four women and a little girl aboard with one seriously injured in the Wasatch Mountains east of Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Chicago
Oakland
Calif
Coalville
Utah
E. E. Hughes
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hughes
Wasatch Mountains
The
Salt Lake City Tribune
Lloyd Aagard
Weather Summary West Texas and Oklahoma
Generally fair weather expected in West Texas and Oklahoma on Monday and Tuesday. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with cooler conditions in the northwest on Monday.
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West Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
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Floyd Allen
Emmett Gillespie
Horace Perlman
Philadelphia
Texas Army
Bund Nazi
LaGuardia
State Department
Pritz Kuhn
Yorkville
Central Park
Germany
Cinderella
Associated Press
3dReen
Mercury
Heart of
Amarillo How, Co
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