Plan to dissolve Texas Relief Commission advances in House
The Texas House approved a plan to abolish the Relief Commission and shift relief duties to the State Board of Control by 112 to 33, amid brisk debate and other measures to appoint a new relief body. A joint House Senate inquiry into relief expenditures was recommended, with several amendments defeated in a quick session.
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Austin
Texas Relief Commission
Texas H House of Representatives
House
State Board of Control
Senate
Holliday
R. L. Holliday
el Paso
Relief Commission
Board of Control
Claude Teer
John W. Wallace
Henry C. Meyer
Teer
Dan Moody
Wallace
R. S. Sterling
Meyer
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. J. Long
Wichita Falls
James V. Allred
Allred
W. E. Pope
Corpus Christi
Edgar E. Witt
Death takes wife of Cyclone Davis
Sulphur Springs death report states Mrs. J. H. Davis, 79, wife of J. H. Cyclone Davis and long-time resident, died here. She leaves four sons including Allen B. Davis of Kilgore and Walton G. Davis Sulphur Springs city marshal. Funeral services set for Sunday in Sulphur Springs.
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Sulphur Springs
J. H. Davis
J. H
Cyclone) Davis
Allen B. Davis
Kilgore
Walton G. Davis
Landen V. Davis
Roy Davis
Amarillo Area Weekend Forecast Summary
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity on Saturday shows fair to party cloudy skies with warmer temperatures inland. West of 190th meridian in Texas, warmer conditions expected. New Mexico generally fair. Hourly temps reported for yesterday include morning and afternoon readings with maximums around 83 and minimums near 67.
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Amarillo
Wes
Texas
New Mexico
T&m
Veces
Dallas Heads Toward Texas Centennial City Announcement
Dallas poised to be named Texas Centennial city after final bid study by the Centennial Commission in Austin. Dallas, Houston and San Antonio presented claims for the 1936 exposition to draw 20 million visitors. Dallas officials, including R L Thornton and J Ben Critz, attend the Austin meeting amid bid comparisons with Houston and San Antonio.
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Dallas
Dallas News
Centennial Commission
Austin
Houston
San Antonio
the News
R. L. Thornton
J. Ben Critz
Probers Tie King George to Effort Against Arms Sales
Senate munitions committee hearings reveal King George V intervened in 1932 to block a gun sale to Poland by Driggs Ordnance. War department accused of aiding the same firm to push Polish weapons, while Turkish officials viewed aboard the Raleigh and an ex-naval officer aided Colombia defense plans. Continued on page 9.
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Washington
George V
England
United States War Department
Senate Munitions Committee
Poland
New York
War Department
Driggs Ordnance Engineering Company of
James H. Strong
Colombia
American Armament Corporation of New York
String
Guard Shot by Two Slavers in Oklahoma Escape
In McAlester Oklahoma on September 7 two convicted slavers Danvil Chastain and Burt Pope shot guard Hughey Askew in the neck and kidnapped him from a prison yard truck. They forced the driver to relocate and fled six miles west on Highway 270 in another motorist’s car.
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Mcalester
Okla
Hughey Askew
Danvil Chastain
Burt Pope
Jackson County
Askew
Potter County Democrats Head to State Convention
A group of Potter County Democrats depart for Galveston to attend the biennial state Democratic convention next week. Secretary Roy D. Chase says several will leave today with others Sunday and a few Monday, as delegates prepare to align with Governor elect Allred's recommendations though not bound to vote a fixed slate.
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Potter County
Galveston
Roy D. Chase
BlaLock Named Head of Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Myron G Bla lock of Marshall will chair the Democratic state executive committee at the Galveston convention. Robert Lee Bobbitt of Laredo serves as temporary convention chairman and keynote speaker. John Kilday of Houston is named permanent convention chairman with Van M Kennedy as convention secretary.
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Austin
Myron G. Blalock
Marshall
Democratic State Executive Committee
Galveston
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Laredo
John Kilday
Houston
van M. Kennedy
Austin News Service Bureau
Texas Included in Grants of Relief
Washington reports Harry L. Hopkins announces September relief grants totaling 5,994,938 to 26 states. Texas receives 4,097,350 and Oklahoma 3,004,800 as actual delivery of funds allotted earlier. Allotments had been announced in several cases.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
Texas
Oklahoma
Relief funds approved for Texas September aid total
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration approved a September relief grant for Texas totaling 4,097,350 dollars. The package includes 2,000,000 for drought relief, 1,275,000 for other aid, 912,350 for rural rehabilitation, and 10,000 for professional work projects.
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The
Washington
Texas
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Block Moves To Void Rules For Election In Louisiana
State and federal courts overruled Long faction attempts to suspend temporary restraining orders during the Louisiana primary. Huey P. Long angry at Mayor Walmsley as 2,000 national guardsmen arrive to secure election mobilization. Baton Rouge business man Alfred D. St Amanit threatens to kill Long if harm comes to his son, a National Guard member.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Luisiana Supreme Court
Long
Baton Rouge
Alfred D. St. Amanit
Courts Issue Orders Over Election Officials Naming
Yesterday Judge Michel Provosty ordered the parish board of election supervisors not to name extra election commissioners and special officers. Richard Leche, secretary to Gov. Allen and Long ally, chairs the board and had authority granted at the latest Long run session. Judge Wayne Borah granted a preliminary injunction stopping Richard J. Gregory from removing names from the voter registration list. The state supreme court majority said there was insufficient time for a proper hearing and ruled the upcoming primary proceed under existing laws.
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Michel Provosty
Civil District Court
Parish Board of Election Supervisors
Richard Leche
O. K. Allen
Long
Board of Supervisors
Wayne G. Borah
Federal District Court
Richard J. Gregory
City Register of Voters
Allen
State Supreme Court
Panhandle Pre Centennial Plans Meet at Herring Hotel
The Panhandle Pre Centennial committee meets at 2 this afternoon in the Herring Hotel. Dr. J A Fill president of West Texas State Teachers College Canyon leads as committee chairman. They will discuss initial plans for celebrations preceding the Texas Centennial with other sections of the state planning similar events next year.
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Panhandle
Herring Hotel
J. A. Fill
West Texas State Teachers' College
Canyon
Neal Myers Denies Part in Death Of Marian Mills
Norman Oklahoma September 7 The Neal Myers murder trial for the abortion death of Marian Mills a university beauty queen enters final phase as Myers testifies denying he killed his campus sweetheart He says he loved her and opposed the abortion while sobbing after cross examination The judge instructs on possible verdicts and rules an accomplice cannot be charged without evidence
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Neal Myers
Norman
Okla
Marian Mills
Pharmacy
Myers
Ben Williams
Tom Pace
Pace
Hazel Brown
Probe delayed in fight at church in Kountze
Hardin County grand jury probes a church fight in Votan, with investigation in recess as county attorney Bryan Coe says jurors will resume next Wednesday.
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Kountze
Hardin County Grand Jury
Votan
Bryan Coe
Hardin County
Big Spring Bids to Host 1935 West Texas Dental Meet
West Texas Dental Society members met at the Herring Hotel for talks on tough issues facing dentists. Big Spring entered a formal bid to host the 1935 convention as officers were to be elected and next year’s meeting place decided. Over 50 dentists from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico were registered with more expected to arrive. Dr. C N Harrell, an early Panhandle dentist, was highlighted in the program.
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W. B. McCall
Temple
West Texas Dental Society
Herring Hotel
Country Club
Palo Duro Canyon
W. B. Stevenson
Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
Big Spring
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
C. N. Harrell
Harrell
Smokey A Potter County Juvenile In Jail After Theft Bust
A 12 year old jail trusty nicknamed Smokey Sun shine and Lightning was caught downtown trying to sell a watch and stickpin for 15 cents. Police returned him to the jail where the items belonged to Sheriff Bill Adams. He awaits juvenile court disposition and is also alleged to have sold a pistol for 60 cents.
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Potter County
Smokey
Bill Adams
Bunshine
Seven Men Die in Gin Blast at Neal Georgia
Seven workers were killed when a cotton gin hoiler exploded at Neal in Pike County near Concord. Victims include Wilbur and Lawson Riggins Amory McCord Roger Evans Frank Caldwell John Caldwell and Bo Collier. The Willamson and Company gin owned by Atlanta factors operated the farm and employed the deceased.
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Willamson and Company
Atlanta
McCord
Three Boosters of Lubbock Fair Hurt in Auto Collision
Three members of a party boosting the Panhandle South Plains Fair were gravely injured in a truck auto collision between Brownfield and Meadow. C. H. Hamilton, 29, roofing company employee. EBFE Nelson, 62, insurance salesman. and Dolph Stansell, 14, high school band member, were injured. The automobile driven by Hamilton collided head on with a truck carrying A. L. and E. L. Bruce, who were uninjured.
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Lubbock
Brownfield
Meadow
C. H. Hamilton
Eb.fe. Nelson
Dolph Stansell
Hamilton
A. L
E. L. Bruce
Bruces
Texas Girls Will Seek Record Again
Mary Owens and Jean La Rene announce a fifth attempt to set an endurance flight record. After four failed runs they left Curtiss Airport near East St Louis for Chicago, planning the flight despite low ceilings and rain. Their fourth flight lasted 3 1/2 hours before being abandoned due to bad weather.
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ST. Louis
Mary Owens
Jean la Rene
Texas
Curtiss Airport
East St. Louis
Chicago
Curtiss
Textile strike widens as unions mobilize for action
William Green of the AFL orders a broad labor mobilization behind the textile strike. Secretary Perkins blames local authorities for Honea Path killings, calls deputy action dangerous. Mills reopen under guard as negotiations begin with the Roosevelt peace board and strike leaders.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Honea Path
8. C
Green
Unionista
Francis J. Goreman
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Miss Perkins
Beecause
Pear
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Death
Cyclone Davis
Pepperell Mills
Fall River
Mass
News Says Committee
Probers
King George
Potter Demos
Blalock
Louisiana
Walmsley
Young Myers
Lubbock Fair
Frances Perkins
Unionists and Manufactur
ERS
Roosevelt Peace Board
John G. Wirant
New Hampshire
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Brooklyn
Marion Smith
Gorman
Sloan
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