Sloppy Track Adds Interest to Tri-State Races
Racing fans braved a muddy track at Tri-State’s spring meeting, drawing about 2,000 as horses slipped and slid with spirited runs. Quick Sale won the feature, Hal Dwyer and Lady Emily also placed, while jockey L. Hamilton rode three winners.
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Tri-State
Quick Sale
Hal Dwyer
Adams
Lady Emily
L. Hamilton
Red Banner
Oleman Sunshine
Altus Nuba
Merc Wave
Albane
Silks
Windy Ross
Helbig Freed Without Bond In Slaying Case
William Helbig Jr. waived examining trial on murder charges in the slaying of his brother Sampier, a Uvalde mechanic. Grand jury convenes Aug. 23. Helbig released on recognizance. The case involves Sampier’s estranged wife and family, with funeral processions noted for the local community.
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Knippa
William Helbig, Jr
Aees Sampier
Uvalde
Helbig
Justice of the Peace
David R. White
Sampier
William Helbig
L Ollie Helbig
Louis Helbig
Rockefeller Dies at Age 97 in Florida Estate
John D. Rockefeller, billionaire founder of the family fortune and philanthropy, died yesterday at his winter palace in Ormond Beech. His body was sent north by private car for burial in Cleveland after a funeral in Tarrytown, New York. The dynasty remains under son John D. Jr. with a trained second generation ready to take over.
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Ormond Beech
Fila
John D. Rockefeller
Hudson River
Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Jr
Lubbock Theater Manager Dead
Hal B. Grady age 28 long time Griffith Amusement Company Theater manager died in a Lubbock hospital from pneumonia after a minor operation May 7. Services were held at First Christian Church and burial will be in Hugo Oklahoma. Survived by wife, a foster daughter, four, and three brothers. Grady had managed theaters in Wellington Pampa Midland Lubbock and Ada after graduating from Oklahoma A and M College.
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Lubbock
Hal B. Grady
Griffith Amusement Company
First Christian Church
Hugo
Okla
Ben Grady
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Stillwater
Grady
Wellington
Pampa
Midland
Texas
Ada, Okia
Double Funeral Held For Wreck Victims
A double funeral service was held in Albany for Clifton Ledbetter and Weldon Stockton who died when their car overturned two miles south of Throckmorton. Ledbetter was a stock farmer and Stockton a tool dresser. The deaths occurred after a morning accident west of the town.
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Albany
Clifton Ledbetter
Weldon Stockton
Throckmorton
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy with local showers likely on Tuesday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian should be mostly cloudy with possible thunderstorms. New Mexico unsettled Tuesday with little temperature change. Temperature readings for Amarillo yesterday show highs near 60 and lows around 57 to 58 with trace precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Neexico
Supreme Court Upheld Social Security Act in Key 1936 Term
The Supreme Court upheld the Federal Social Security law in two cases 5 to 4 for unemployment taxes and 7 to 2 for old age pensions. Justice Cardozo dismissed challenges to the unemployment levy as constitutional excise and rejected claims that rebates to states weakened their rights. The decision reinforces Roosevelt administration’s broader court victories and fuels debate over court restructuring.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Robinson
Cardozo
Chas. C. Steward Machine Company
Alabama
Cardoza
Allred Declines Taxation Discussion At Special Session
Governor James W. Allred said taxation will not be on the agenda of the special session opening Thursday even if the horse betting repeal is addressed. He noted the recent adjourned general session produced no revenue and outlined plans to study the issue separately after a vacation.
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James WY. Allred
Roosevelt Seeks Flexible Labor Law to Set Wages Hours
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact a flexible labor law guaranteeing fair pay for a fair day’s work and limiting child labor. A House bill initially proposed 40-cent minimum wage and 35 to 40 hour week, but a substitute left wage and hours blank, leaving standards to Congress. The measure also seeks to bar products made by child labor or under harsh conditions from interstate commerce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Connery
D. Mass
House Labor Committee
Black
Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Allred Says Texas Legislature Won More This Session
Gov James V Allred defended the 45th Texas Legislature regular session saying it did more than the previous regular session The House passed more bills and sent them to the Senate earlier He blamed many bill failures on rules and suggested a return to 60 day sessions He referenced potential topics such as barring dog races and preventing bookie operations after a race repeal vote.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
James V. Allred
Allred
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Jury Selected In Cansler Trial Near Zavalla
In Lufkin on May 24 jurors were chosen for the trial of M. H. Cansler accused of the July 4 killing of Albert Warren near Zavalla. Testimony expected to begin tomorrow in the same courtroom where Glenn Warren, son of Albert, was executed for a robbery murder years ago.
Contour Plowing Highlights Soil Conservation Plan
Grover B Hill cites contour furrows as key to soil conservation flood control and drought resilience. He has studied federal programs in Amarillo aiding long range plans to coordinate cattle and farming efforts across the Southwest.
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Grover Hill
Mr. Hill
Hill
Washington
Amarillo
Department of Agriculture
Farley to Visit Amarillo with Cabinet Aide
Postmaster General James A. Farley will visit Amarillo next Thursday aboard the Santa Fe train due at 3 20 in the afternoon. He will be greeted by Mayor Ross D. Rogers Bishop Robert E. Lucey Chamber of Commerce head Walter Barlow and other local leaders.
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James A. Farley
Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
Amrose O'Connell
Mr. Farley
Smith Purdum
Santa Fe
Ross D. Rogers
Robert E. Lucey
Walter Barlow
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Montgomery
Potter County
Bob White
Soviet Pilot Plans Flight to the U S Across Arctic
Moscow reports Sigismund Levaneffsky, American trained Soviet flyer, prepared to test a Douglas transport plane for a North Pole dash to the United States. Stalin reportedly designated him to inaugurate the permanent North Pole base as a step toward an Arctic Moscow to San Francisco air route. No departure details given.
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Moscow
Sigismund Levaneffsky
North Pole
United States
Levaneffsky
Josef Stalin
San Francisco
Levanefsky
Birth of Lindberghs Third Son Reported by Cleveland Relative
Cleveland informant Annie Cutter says Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh welcomed a third son born May 12 in England. Mrs. Lindbergh and baby reportedly in good health. birth announced to Mrs. Cutter in Cleveland by Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow. The family saw no formal U.S. confirmation yet. King George VI coronation night noted. Lindberghs had just returned from Europe after a ten week aerial tour.
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Cleveland
England
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Annie S. Cutter
Zoo
Dwight W.morrow
Lindbergh
Senator Morrow
New Jersey
Constance
Morrow
Long Barn
Sevenoaks
Kent
Jon
London
Ras
United States
George VI
Weald
New York
Paris
Lindberghs
Europe
India
Four Escaped Felons Captured at Angleton Farm
May 24 Angleton Texas four of ten escapees from a prison farm were captured. Kimmell was found in a cemetery and surrendered. Gresham and Jorgeson were nabbed at Wear Columbia without a fight. Others remained at large while the group was returned to the farm.
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Angleton
Tra Neal Kimmell
Kimmell
Dallas
Harris Counties
Wear Columbia
W. ©. Gresham
Fort Bend
J. E. Jorgeson
Harris
Louis Sadler
Cass County
Tipman
H. W. Miller
Brazoria
Ellingson
J. D. Hope
Gregg
Wharton
Houston
Clifton Davidson
L. R. Giles
Ward
Midland
Stephens
Joe DeMack
Baylor County
Lonney Jackson
Hidalgo County
George Barber
Nolan
Concho
Reagan
Dust bowl remedy urged as federal authority
A dust bowl spokesman urged a federal body to fight soil blowing and conserve water in the Great Plains. Carl Hinton presented the proposal to House agriculture chair Jones of Amarillo and M L Wilson, assistant secretary of agriculture, after a meeting of wind-eroded Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas and Colorado representatives seeking congressional action.
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Washington
Great Plains Drouth
Jones
Amarillo
House Agriculture Committee
M. L. Wilson
Carl Hinton
Panhandle
GOP Leader Sees Patriotic Democrats Joining New Party
In Dallas on May 24 McLean Work, GOP director of organization and finance for the West, said the party could broaden its base and form a new party with a new name. He claimed Roosevelt no longer represents the Democratic party's states rights and Jeffersonian principles.
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Dallas
McLean Work
The
West
Roosevelt
Theater Operator's Damage Suit Heard at Dallas
Robin Frels of Victoria sues the Jefferson Amusement Co and others in federal court here seeking damages claiming distributor conspirators refused him motion pictures in 1931.
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Dallas
Robin Frels
Victoria
Jefferson Amusement Co
Frels
Panhandle Receives Widespread Rain Boosting Wheat Harvest
A slow soaking rain across the Panhandle and South Plains improves the 1937 wheat yield by about 2 million bushels, restoring estimates to 20 million. Heavy totals reached four inches in Hale County and extended from Roswell to Childress, with rainfall varying across towns and counties.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Plainview
Lubbock
Clovis
Hereford
Lockney
Tulsa
Sterley
Canyon
Clarendon
Memphis
Amarillo Grain
Hale
Hale County
South Plains Wheat Belt
Roswell
Tucumcari
Childress
Borger
Pampa
Gruver
Morse
Spearman
Booker
Follett
Carrouzett
Perryton
Shamrock
Groom
Claude
Conway
Southeastern Panhandle
Hedley
Exstelline
Wellington
Kirkland
Hale Center
Floydada
Petersburg
Abernathy
Hart
Dimmitt
Turkey
Silverton
Quitaque
Happy
Kress
Lehman
Bledsoe
Meadow
Shallowater
Ropesville
Levelland
Amherst
Idalou
Sudan
Brownfield
Black
Friona
Farewell
Texico
Muleshoe
Poretales
Amarillo
CIO Affiliates Expulsion Sought by AFL Drive
Cincinnati May 24 AP a proposal to expel CIO affiliates from city and state central labor bodies was submitted to 102 AFL unions in an extraordinary session. The move aims to open a war against John L Lewis and CIO by the Federation. The recommendation was drafted by the Federation executive council amid a concentrated organizing drive.
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Cincinnati
APLA
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
Willian Green
Two Suspects in Slaying at Raymondville Arrested
Two men sought as suspects in the slaying of Eusebio Gonzales were captured near Lavilla, Raymondville, on May 24. Deputy Sheriff Larry Gomez said he expected the arrest of a third suspect.
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Raymondville
Eusebio Gonzales
Lavilla
Larry Gosmez
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Grover B. Hill
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U. S
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