Omnibus tax bill hit by Texas Senate committee
The Texas Senate state affairs committee voted 12 to 3 to report the omnibus tax bill with a recommendation it not be passed. They also killed a House approved gross receipts tax on merchants, while fate of the constitutional sales tax amendment remains unsettled as House battles continue.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Senate State Affairs Committee
Senate
House
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Senate Committee
Roll of Violent Deaths Drops on Memorial Day Weekend
The Memorial Day four day weekend from Saturday through Tuesday yielded 308 violent deaths across the nation. New York logged 19 motor deaths and 32 violent deaths overall while Ohio, California, Illinois and New Jersey reported multiple fatalities including nine each. state reports varied with some noting no unusual rise. Air crashes shootings and accidents spurred the toll with a Colorado boy killed from a fall and a Wisconsin heat fatality among the notable cases.
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New York
Ohio
California
Illinois
New Jersey
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Floyd Roberts
Indianapolis Speedway
Colorado
Wisconsin
Peace in Spain framed by Franco victory parade
Franco told 11,000 uniformed women fascists and about 50,000 onlookers that Spain should be a fortress for peace, not entangled in adventures, while war debts to Germany surface amid a surge of Spanish oranges in Berlin. Italian and German forces praised. Molotov speech anticipated. arms race cost cited at one billion dollars monthly.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Germany
Europe
Russia
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Molotoff
Manchoukuo
Berlin
Denmark
Geneva
International Labor Office
John G. Winant
Canada Passes Official Secrets Act in House Vote
The House of Commons approved the Official Secrets Act after debate on espionage and foreign propaganda in Canada. The government pushed through the measure amid security concerns.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
Bankers Meet in Panhandle Sets Attendance Record
The Panhandle Bankers Association held its thirty-fifth annual convention at the Herring Hotel with a record registration of 500 badges. Federal Reserve official M B Szymczak spoke on the system’s origins and aims noting there is no banking danger. He cited excess reserves of over 4.2 billion dollars and credit capacity six times that amount. Arthur H. Ware, Amarillo National Bank VP, presided as 1938 president. H S Wilbur of Canadian Dalhart was named 1939 president. S E Brown was elected treasurer, succeeding Elmer Stearns. Stearns moves to new duties at Matador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick Co
Panhandle Bankers Association
Arthur H. Ware
Amarillo
Wilbur
H. Dale Smiley
S. E. Brown
Dalhart
J. K. Crews
Plainview
Elmer Stearns
Matador
M.S. Szymczak
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Panhandle
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
Her
Amarillo National Bank
Crystal Ballroom
H. S. Wilbur
First National Bank
Canadian
Dalhartan
Citizens State Bank
First State Bank
Stearns
Leach Promoted by Texas Oil Company Moves to Oklahoma City
Frank Leach, district sales representative for Texas Oil Company, departs Amarillo for Oklahoma City to take a promotion in a similar role. He came from Texarkana and has been active in the American Legion 40 and 8 ABC club Chamber of Commerce and the Masonic Lodge. W. W. Ince succeeds him from the Dallas office.
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Frank Leach
Texas Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Leach
Amarillo
Texarkana
American Legion
ABC Club
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Lodge
Mr. Leach
Plains
W. W. Ince
Dallas
Nazis Seize Salzburg Archbishop Palace
In Salzburg Austria May 30 the palace of Archbishop Sigismund Waitz was seized by the SS and emptied of furnishings after an appeal to Hitler went unanswered. The archbishop, dis possessed, took refuge in a seminary while authorities cited 1802 secularization and 1805 imperial guarantees as bases for the seizure.
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Salzburg
Germany
Sigismund Waitz
Hitler
Fuehrer
Waitz
S. S
Francis II of
Austria
Bishopric of
Waite
Weather prospects in the Southwest and Plains
West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with thundershowers and cooler air in the Panhandle. East Central experiences showers, while New Mexico expects partly cloudy days with afternoon showers or thunderstorms in the north central region and cooler conditions in the north and east on Wednesday and Thursday.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
New Class Hatreds Cited on Memorial Day
Memorial Day observances spanned Gettysburg Arlington and New York with ships at sea saluting 26 Navy men from the sunken Squalus. Senator Byrd tied old sectional hatreds to new class rivalries and warned that unity is threatened by economic division. Roosevelt takes leisure while planning a royal visit.
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Navy
Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Mrs. Roosevelt
England
Gettysburg
Byrd
Rainey Urges Americans to Embrace Common Life
Dr. Homer Price Rainey new UT president addressed about 20 000 people in Houston urging education for the common life. He warned that scarce white collar jobs and shifting secondary schooling will test democracy within a decade and called for a folk movement in education with emphasis on literature music poetry and religion.
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Houston
Homer Price Rainey
University of Texas
America
Denmark
Scandinavian
Dr. Rainey
Rainey
Amarillo Globe News Seeks Letters for $10 000 Model Home
Readers from the Plains are invited to submit ideas for a new Model Home to be built by the Globe News. First prize is 15 dollars, second 10, third 5. Letters must be postmarked by June 1 and should list features rather than provide house plans.
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Amarillo
The
Globe News
Plains
Globe-News Want Ads Quick Results
Globe-News Want Ads offer fast buying selling and renting with low cost. Dial 6262 for sure results. Want Ad Headquarters Por Cooling Amarillo Hdw. Co. 5318.
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Globe- News
Globe-News
Amarillo
King George VI urges Canada as world peace mediator
At a Victoria luncheon the king calls Canada a potential intermediary between East and West, noting Atlantic windows to Europe and Pacific windows to Asia. He urges youth to pursue Arctic opportunities as science shrinks distance and cooperation defeats conflict. He revises his speech to emphasize Canada’s future role.
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Victoria
B. C
George VI
Canada
Arctic
British Columbia
North American
United States
Atlantic
Europe
Pacific
Asia
Far East
Arctic Circle
George
Amarillo men open market for cattle in Los Angeles
Badger Bruner Cattle Co proprietors Harry C Badger and Hal Bruner announce the opening of the Badger Bruner Livestock Commission Company in Los Angeles California to handle large and small consignments. Offices at Union Stock Yards LA occupy space once used by the Great Western Livestock Commission Co with Betty Bennett in charge. Patt Bennett and Arch Conner join as salesmen. Roger Knorpp may return as sales rep for fall sales.
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Harry C. Badger
Hal Bruner
Badger-Bruner Cattle Company
New Mexico
Badger-Bruner Livestock Commission Company
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Badger
Mr. Bruner
Union Stock Yards
Great Western Livestock Commission Company
Betty Bennett
Patt Bennett
Amarillo
Clayton
Arch Conner
Wichita
Kan
Roger Knorpp
The
Great Western
Wolves Reducing Reindeer Herds
Juneau Alaska May 30 UP Dr Ray Edward Smith government hospital physician at Kitzebue said roving wolf packs have cut native reindeer herds to one third of six years ago and that wolves are ten times more numerous. He noted a group of 60 fawns found by natives and said wolves snapped skulls but left meat. only tongues were taken from adults and carcasses rotted in snow.
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Juneau
Alaska
U.P
Ray Edward Smith
Kitzebue
Band Rehearses for Royal Visit to British Embassy
A naval band from the Exeter of the West Indies fleet will play God Save the King at a British embassy garden party in Washington on June 8. Lady Lindsay said the 16 member band will perform throughout the fete, and with President Roosevelt absent, the U.S. national anthem is unlikely to be played.
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Washington
Exeter
West Indies
George
Elizabeth
Lady Lindsay
Ronald Lindsay
Roosevelt
Grange Chief backs Garner for President in Texas
Ralph W. Moore, master of the Texas Grange, endorsed the Garner-for-President movement. He stated Roosevelt would not seek a third term and that Garner can win based on observations in Texas and other states.
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Dallas
Ralph W. Moore
Texas Grange
Roosevelt
Texas
Garner
Three Held In Girl Death In San Diego Case
In San Diego California on May 30 police reported three men jailed in the death of 16 year old Martha Wilma Anderson after an alleged illegal operation. William H Bouldin a 24 year old sailor and Dr G H Parden a chiropractor were jailed with Parchen Jr held on suspicion of murder. Mason said another arrest was expected.
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San Diego
Calif
Martha Wilma Anderson
Blake Mason
Mason
William H. Bouldin
U. S
Bigel
Luling
Tex
G. H. Parden
G. H. Parchen, Jr
Anderson
Bouldin
Texas
Offender Shot By Officers After Hayloft Standoff Near Lockney
Ernest Williams 38 sought for the Plainview murder of Mrs. Bessie Mae Smith was killed in a hayloft exchange with officers near Lockney. Amarillo Patrolman Jim Line and Ranger Taliaferro led the assault after Williams fired at deputies and crowds, using a .25-20 rifle and buckshot.
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Lockney
Ernest Williams
Bessie Mae Smith
Plainview
Williams
Barlow Hill
Hill
Amarillo
Jim Line
Texas Highway Patrol
Pat Taliaferro
Texas Ranger
Pete Hackney
Joe Rogers
Rogers
Floyd County
Line
Taliaferro
Smith
Buster Williams
Ernest
Mrs. Smith
Lockerney
Wilams
O. R. Martine
Hale County
Taxi Driver Questioned in San Antonio Death
A former taxicab driver was questioned by police in San Antonio after Maxine O'Brien aged 32 also known as Irene Zimmer was found unconscious in her room and died.
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San Antonio
Maxine O'Brien
Irene Zimmer
Chief of Matadors Passes Murdo Mackenzie Dies in Denver
Murdo Mackenzie a famed cattle baron and former Matador Land and Cattle Company head died at St. Luke's Hospital Denver at 89 Funeral services will be Friday at Rogers Mortuary with burial in Fairmount Cemetery He helped build the Wests cattle industry starting in 1885 as Prairie Land and Cattle Company manager and served as president of the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas in 1901 He led Matador in Texas Montana Colorado and New Mexico and once headed a Brazilian venture before returning to Denver The Western ranchman was a friend of President Theos Harding
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Denver
Murdo Mackenzie
Colorado
St. Luke's Hospital
Rogers Mortuary
Fairmount Cemetery
Mackenzie
Matador Land and Cattle Company
John
Scotland
West
Prairie Land and Cattle Company
Tascosa
New Mexico
County Ross
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Prairie Company
Texas Panhandle
Montana
Brazil
Matador Company
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Associated Press
Texas Company
Arlington National Cemetery
New Hampshire
Ranch Country
King
Theos
Muedo MacKenzie
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