Art Gets New Suit and Shires Faces Lawsuits in Louisville
Art Shires arranged a $1,000 bond after a police court appearance and faces a June 20 hearing on a malicious assault charge plus a $650,000 damages suit. Teammate Jimmy Adair also faced assault charges with a $1,000 bond. Deacon Johnson, hospitalized with a broken leg, filed for $50,000 damages alleging Shires attacked him at his home Thursday night.
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Louisville
Art
Shires
Roscoe Searcy
Great Shires
Columbus Red Birds
Jimmy Adair
Jack Deason
Bakers Press for Flour Processing Tax in Wheat Plan
Bakers and dealers join wheat growers to back a processing tax on flour as part of a farm adjustment act plan. They seek August 1 levies with 70 percent of benefits to farmers cutting production, estimated at 231 million dollars. Opposing view warns higher bread costs and potential substitutes.
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Washington
F. Hutchinson
Chicago
Millers National Federation
Hutchinson
Readhimer Change of Venue Granted in Floydada Slaying
A change of venue to Lubbock County was granted today in the cases of J. R. Readhimer and W. A. Readhimer charged with the slaying of Stokes Campbell on a Floydada street.
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Floydada
Lubbock County
J. R
W. A. Readhimer
Stokes Campbell
Floydada Street
Highway 60 Route Seen Nearing 1935 Completion
States report the transcontinental Highway 60 from Norfolk to Los Angeles is largely paved or under construction with most remaining work slated for completion by 1935. The travel industry is highlighted as a major economic force, with five billion dollars spent annually on travel across the United States. The convention notes growing interest and efforts from Illinois Missouri Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona and California with a closing barbecue and theater program to showcase progress.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Los Angeles
California
National
America
H. H. McClintock
Bartlesville
Okla
Illinois
Cairo
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Mission Theater
McClintock
Boyce elected president of Texas Insurance Agents
Corpus Christi May 26 The Texas Association of Insurance Agents elected John K. Boyce of Amarillo as president at the final session of its annual convention. John H. Childs Jr of Austin was named vice president and D G Foreman of Fort Worth secretary treasurer. The next convention city will be chosen in October.
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Corpus Christi
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
John K. Boyce
Amarillo
John H. Childs, Jr
Austin
D. G. Foreman
Fort Worth
Legislators Agree on College Appropriation
The Texas Senate passed a substitute and approved a bill funding state educational institutions for the next biennium with total appropriations of 9 216 565 dollars. The measure, approved 74 to 58 after a long debate, follows earlier funding acts signed by the governor. The House had not yet concurred as adjournment loomed.
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Austin
Texas Senate Tonight
H. Grady Woodruff
Decatur
Woodruff
Joe M. Moore
Greenville
Texas
Cuse
Senate
House
Coke Stevenson
Juse Passes Public Works Bill Amid Morgan Inquiry Uproar
A Senate uproar follows Virginia's Glass demanding the goals of the J P Morgan inquiry. Ferdi nand Pecora signals readiness to resign as Morgan & Company links to United Corporation and utility holdings serving over 50 million people. Morgan’s deals include millions in stock and warrants exchanged for favorable prices, prompting dramatic testimony in the caucus room.
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Washington
Virginia
Glass
J. P. Morgan & Company
Ferdinand Pecora
Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan
George Howard
United Corporation
Democrat
Pecora
Morgan Holding
Senate
Morgan & Company
United
Morgan House
Unitedcom
Injunction Denied in Texas Oil Proration Case
A three judge federal court in Fort Worth denied an interlocutory injunction against the East Texas oil proration order of the Texas Railroad Commission. The decision ends a two day proceeding with options to pursue a final hearing or appeal. The judges noted the dispute over acreage as a factor and suggested the case could go to the U S Supreme Court on final ruling.
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Fort Worth
East Texas Oil
Texas Railroad Commission
Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr
Houston
Hutcheson
Supreme Court of the United States
Railroad Commission
MR LANDLORD Admits Chance Tactic in Vacancy
A public notice urges landlords to avoid relying on a sign for rentals and promotes using Want Ad Rental Columns for faster occupancy. It advises calling 6262 for 3-day or weekly rates to fill vacancies.
Local Showers Add Moisture to Panhandle Regions
Panhandle areas saw renewed showers late yesterday adding to moisture from three days of rain. Dumas reported a quarter inch, stretching from that point south to the Canadian River, with Tascosa and Channing seeing light showers and Amarillo a brief shower before dusk. Unpaved highways remained passable in fair condition with partly cloudy forecast for Amarillo.
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Panhandle
Dumas
Canadian River
Tascosa
Channing
Amarillo
Opposition Defeats Sales Levy Measure in Big Relief Bill
Washington May 26 Opposition in the House to the Roosevelt 3.3 billion public works industrial taxation bill crumbled and the measure amended to plug holes in the income tax laws passed 324 to 76. It goes to the Senate where leaders expect action after revisions to ease burden on small incomes.
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Washington
House
Senate
McCormack
Democrats oppose industrial recovery bill on final House vote
The final House roll call on the industrial recovery bill shows that a number of Democrats voted against it. Listed dissenters include Ayers Montana Bailey Texas Busby Mississippi Carpenter Kansas Carpenter Nebraska Cartwright Oklahoma Castellon Georgia Collins Mississippi Cox Georgia Deen Georgia Ellzey Mississippi Gillette Iowa Jacobsen Iowa JonesTexas Lanham Texas Ludlow Indiana Monaghan Montana Parker Georgia Rogers Oklahoma Shannon Missouri Strong Texas Tarver Georgia Taylor North Carolina Terrell Texas Wearin Iowa.
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Washington
Ayers
Mont
Bailey
Tex
Busby
Miss
Carpenter
Kas
Nebr
Cartwright
Okla
Castellon
Collins
Cox
Deen
Ellzey
Gillette
Iowa
Jacobsen
Roosevelt plans codes and tax boost for public works program
Massachusetts lawmakers discuss a 2 percent general sales tax proposal to fund a 3.3 billion public works bond. The House rejected the tax but approved an income and gasoline tax package to raise 220 million annually for interest and amortization. An amendment to curb year-old loss deductions was adopted. The bill authorizes Roosevelt to set fair codes of competition, suspend anti-trust laws, and fix working hours and minimum wages as the public works program aims to create about four million jobs with 2 billion to be advanced to states and localities.
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House
Ragon
Arkansas
Senate Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan & Company
Roosevelt
Means Whitaker Receive Sentence For Lindbergh Hoax Plot
Gas ton B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker known as the Fox were sentenced in Washington to two years each in prison for plotting to steal 35 000 from Mrs Eva Walsh McLean in a Lindbergh kidnapping ransom hoax. Means already serves 15 years for stealing 104 000 from Mrs McLean under the same pretext. The judge did not specify concurrency or consecutiveness. standard practice is concurrent terms when not stated.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Norman T. Whitaker
the Fox
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Lindbergh
Means
McLean
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Justice O'Donoghue
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Markets Rally On Inflation Fears From Gold Clause Move
New York May 26 Stocks surged as reports said the administration planned to cancel gold clauses in debts, boosting gold shares and driving averages to highs not seen since 1931. Traders worried about inflation as details showed the bill targets payments in gold or equivalents amid banking limits.
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New York
Wall Street
Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity and West Texas
Saturday partly cloudy and warmer for the east portion. Generally fair in New Mexico with a trough in the high country. Amarillo area yesterday recorded low and high temperatures around 68 to 87 degrees with a trace of precipitation totaling 0.01 inch in the last 24 hours ending at 8 PM yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Houra
Amarilla
Ceca
Mattern Prepares for Solo World Flight
Texas aviator James Joseph Mattern 28, ready to attempt a solo non stop flight around the world from Floyd Bennett Field in his Century of Progress monoplane. He aims to beat the 8 days 7 hours 51 minutes record set by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, departing tomorrow morning for Harbor Grace, N F.
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New York
James Joseph Mattern
Globe
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Floyd Bennett Field
Century of Progress
Harbor Grace
N. F
Bennett Griffin
Virginia Senator Warns Against Equal Silver Policy
A Virginia senator predicts that if a bill mandating equal silver and paper money values passes, courts would void the measure. He cautions this could fuel disputes over currency value and legal challenges nationwide.
Glass Proposes Equal Legal Status for Silver Paper Money
The treasury sent a bill to Congress to place legal tender status on silver and paper money for all contracts, domestic and international, challenging gold as the standard. Senator Glass warned the measure could be unconstitutional, while President Roosevelt framed it as legitimizing an existing fact since the gold standard's end. The plan aims to ease government and private debt payments in legal tender and curb hoarding, with mixed early reactions and expectations of swift debate.
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Stock Exchange
United States Treasury
Honda
Washington
Congress
Treasury
House
Senate
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Roosevelt
United States
Woodin
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Joans
Waggoner Improves After Brain Hemorrhage
Fort Worth report says 81 year old capitalist W T Waggoner showed gradual improvement after a brain hemorrhage. He remained conscious and could take nourishment, though his right side was paralyzed and speech was limited. Doctors described him as cooperative and in good spirits during bedside care.
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Fort Worth
W. T. Waggoner
Oil Test Spudded Today Near Amarillo in Randoll County
Amarillo hosts the Woolsey & Devore No. 1 Oxnard test six miles southeast of the city. An 86 foot steel derrick, a 15 ton diesel engine, and top drillers prepare to begin spudding in in section 85 block 2 A B M survey on a 20 000 acre block assembled by Woolsey Devore Levy and local businessmen. A large crowd is expected and geophysical instruments bolster optimism for a successful test.
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N. BD
Bartlett
Amarillo
Panhandie
Woolsey & Devore
Oxnard
A. B. & M. Survey
Randall County
W. W. Woolsey
Fred
Bert Devore
Julian Levy
Loese
Tenth Avenue
Harding Ranch
Ders Rick
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