Attorney General Cummings Sees Hughes Report Back Roosevelt Plan
Attorney General Cummings says a Hughes report supports part of President Roosevelt's court reform plan. The report urged 16 new federal judges, speeds court work, and aligns with adding judges for aging incumbents as proposed by Roosevelt. Cummings will again ask Congress to authorize the new judges.
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Washington
Cummings
Hughes
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Bi State Fair Opens With Strong Crops and Exhibits
Clovis inaugurates its Bi State Fair as farmers bring in premier crops and crowded agricultural booths. Eastern New Mexico Curry County and Texas Panhandle communities showcase. Amarillo visitors arrive for parade and concert planned by Mayor Stone and fair officials.
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Clovis
Curry County
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Reed Appointed Security Head in Amarillo Office
Dewey T. Reed was named manager of the Amarillo field office of the Social Security Board by regional director Oscar M. Powell. Reed, in government service since 1933, takes over from Malcolm A. George and aims to boost awareness and filing of lump sum old age benefits across a wide Texas Panhandle area including Armstrong to Yoakum counties. Only 15 claims have been filed so far, with the board expecting about 780 claims in 1937.
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Dewey T. Reed
Amarillo
Social Security Board
Oscar M. Powell
San Antonio
Reed
Soil Conservation Service
Malcolm A. George
Wichita Falls
Oliver-Eakle
Amarillo Territory
Amarillo Social Security Board
Armstrong
Briscoe
Carson
Castro
Childress
Collingsworth
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Donley
Gray
Hall
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Lipscomb
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Palmer
Potter
Randall
Roberts
Sherman
Swisher
Wheeler
Bailey
Cochran
Cottle
Crosby
Dickens
Fisher
Floyd
Garza
Hale
Hockley
King
Kent
Yamb
Lubbock
Lynn
Motley
Scurry
Stonewall
Terry
Yoakum
RAF pilot killed as 11 workers hurt in Sealand air crash
A Royal Air Force pilot was killed and another injured today when a freak airplane crash at Sealand Airdrome near Chester injured 11 workmen. The incident occurred on September 29 with emergency crews responding to the scene.
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Chester
England
Royal Airforce
Sealand Airdrome
Here
Amarillo Sends Delegation on Special Clovis Train
Amarillo departs this morning on a special train to Clovis sponsored by the chamber of commerce. About 300 people are expected. 265 tickets sold to date with 35 left for committee members. The trip includes the high school band, Woodmen Circle drum corps, KGNC artists, and entertainers.
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Amarillo
Clovis
Chamber of Commerce
Clay Thornton
Santa Fe
Mr. Thornton
Woodmen Circle
United Fidelity Trio
KGNC
Son Lansford
Bill Beechler
League Praises Hull Stand on Japanese Bombing
Geneva reports that Leland Harrison read Cordell Hull's statement condemning Japan for bombing open Chinese cities. Delegates noted US denunciations and discussed forming a sub committee to study Chinese questions while noting partial progress toward agreement in the Spanish issue.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Leland Harrison
United State
Cordell Hull
Washington
United States
Hull
Quevedo
Francois de Tessan
France
Company sued over Christmas gift from Anderson Clayton
Albert Sidney Gaillard of Louisville filed a Federal Court petition against Anderson Clayton and Company seeking return of 7200 dollars in stock given as a Christmas gift in 1935. He says the stock was placed in trust with Anderson Clayton Securities Corporation to concentrate shares and he has since severed ties and no longer wants to honor the trust.
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Houston
Albert Sidney Gaillard
Louisville
Anderson Clayton and Company
Gaillard
Anderson Clayton Securities Corporation
Mexican Diplomat Genaro Estrada Dies at 51
Genaro Estrada former secretary of foreign affairs and author of Mexico's response to the Monroe Doctrine died in Mexico City at age 51 after an apoplexy. He was a prominent diplomat and writer.
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Mexico City
Genaro Estrada
Mexico
Fight Raging Over Texas Finances
In Austin a budget clash over taxes to fund Texas social security and clear the red balance dominates the extra session. Governor Allred backs pipelines as a $6 million tax source while attacks on Sen. Holbrook intensify amid calls for a middle course and cost savings.
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Austin
Texas
James V. Allred
Senate
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Clarence Farmer
Fort Worth
House
Administration Moves to Slash Emergency Expenditures
Washington, Sept. 29. The administration launched a drive to cut heavy emergency outlays and to coordinate federal activities in a bid to balance the 1939 budget. Treasury officials resisted tax increases but pledged to balance income and outlays through strict economy.
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Washington
Treasury
First McDonald Hereford Sale Set North Of Bushland
The D. L. McDonald ranch four miles north of Bushland hosts the first of two Panhandle Hereford auctions. Twelve bulls and 135 breeding females go on sale starting 10 am, with a lunch recess at noon and resumption at 1 pm. Principal sires and all non yearling heifers are offered. Auctioneers Earl Gartin and Ed Herriff lead. ringmen include Farley, Peterson, King, and Moses. The Osborne sale follows on October 13.
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McDonald
D. L. McDonald Ranch
Hereford
Earl Gartin
Ed Herriff
F. W. Farley
The
American Hereford Journal
O. R. Peterson
Daily Drovers Telegram
Mason King
Amarillo News-Globe
Tad Moses
Cattleman
J. P. Osborne
Miami
Irene Castle McLaughlin Faces Bare Budget After Alimony
Irene Castle McLaughlin says $750 monthly alimony falls short of expenses. She inventories costs for household, food, tips, nurse, and her son’s tuition, noting only $30.70 remains for personal care and clothes. She seeks custody of her two children as divorce proceedings continue.
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Chicago
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin
Billy
Barbara
McLaughlin
Mrs Claudie Camp Dies After Illness at Amarillo Home
Mrs Claudie Elizabeth Camp wife of Grady W Camp business manager for the Amarillo News Globe died at 5 40 pm at the family home 2104 Harrison after a nearly two month illness She leaves husband two sons Lewis E Davis and Grady Woodfin Camp and a daughter Mary Elizabeth Camp along with a Mississippi brother and sister Funeral services are set for 4 pm at the Central Church of Christ with burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Claudie Elizabeth Camp
Grady O'W. Camp
The
Amarillo News-Globe
Harrison Street
Lewis E. Davis
Grady Woodfin Camp
Amarillo
Mary Elizabeth Camp
J. D. Smith
Lake Commorant
B. R. Bagley
Tunica
Miss
Mississippi
Central Church of Christ
Fourteenth Avenue
Monroe Street
Ezra Morton
C. B. Farmer
A. B. Jones
J. M. Webb
C. C. Loving
E. R. Carver
Llano
Griggs
Cattle Prices Reach All-Time September High in Chicago
Cattle sold in the Chicago stockyards at 19.99 per hundredweight for weights around 1255 pounds, marking an all time high for September and the best price since December 1919, an 18 year peak.
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Chicago
Bar Association Forms Panel to Fight Supreme Court Reform
In Kansas City the American Bar Association created a seven member committee to oppose any move to alter the Supreme Court. The panel will monitor proposed court changes and report to the association, with a referendum if changes arise in Congress.
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Kanbas City
American Bar Association
Supreme Court
Sylvester ©. Smith, Jr
Phillipsburg
N. J
Hereford Electric Grant Completed
The Rural Electrification Administration allotted 119000 to the Deaf Smith Electric Co operative of Hereford finishing total allocations of 254000 for the project The final funds will build 9 miles of line serving about 146 customers in Deaf Smith County The first section is under construction
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Deaf Smith
Fire Sweeps Swift Plant in Union Stockyards
One third of Chicago's first fighting force battled flames at the Swift and Company building in the Union Stockyards for two hours. Fire Marshal Michael Corrigan estimated damage at 200000 dollars.
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Chicago
Swift and Company
Union Stockyards
Michael Corrigan
Kansas Wheat Seeding Progress Reported for 1938
Topeka Kansas September 20 two thirds of Kansas intended wheat acreage for harvest in 1938 has been drilled and much of it is up to good stands according to the Federal and state departments of agriculture reported today.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Partly cloudy Thursday with west Texas area mostly cloudy and New Mexico region likely to see showers in the northwest Thursday. Temperature readings for Amarillo yesterday show morning values around 7 to 11 a m with high noted in the 1930s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarilo
Max
Court Appointee To Answer Refuses Talk On Klan
Justice Hugo L Black faced questions about alleged Ku Klux Klan ties as he returned to Washington from Europe. He hinted at discussing the matter in a radio address and said any statement would be made publicly so the nation can hear it. He avoided reporters aboard the ship and left for the Supreme Court building to plan his next steps.
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Washington
Associated
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
Nofork
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The
Post- Gazette
Post-Gazette
Europe
London
Norfolk
Roosevelt
Black
Invisible Empire
Picket Fence Victim Reported Recovering
Mrs. Bonifacio Garcia, 75, found hanging by her arm from a fence at her San Antonio home Monday night, was reported improving today. Physicians said she probably would recover after more than 12 hours pinned between fence pickets before a passerby rescued her.
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San Antonio
Bonifac
Gacia
Gene Howes Mother Dies in Westport Connecticut
Mr and Mrs Gene Howe mourn the death of his mother Clara J Howe 90 of Westport Conn She had been an invalid for seven to eight years and had lived with her daughter Mrs Dwight Farnham in Westport for 25 years Her family includes James P Howe foreign correspondent for the Associated Press for over 25 years She will be buried in Falls City Nebraska in the Frank family plot She last visited Amarillo about eight years ago FE W Howe Gene's father is critically ill in Atchison Kansas No hope for his recovery Mrs Farnham has suffered a nervous breakdown the last six months but is recovering
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Gene Howe
Howe
Clara J. Howe
Westport
Conn
Dwight Farnham
James P. Howe
Walnut Creek
Cal
Acid Eaten Remains Found Near San Antonio
Remains badly eaten by strong acid were found by Miss Ellen Liskom on a Sulphur Springs road farm ten miles southeast of San Antonio. Teeth bone and hair were recovered as investigators from the Bexar County sheriff's office and the State Bureau of Crime Detection sought to determine if the remains were human.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Ellen Liskom
English Commissioner Dies
Petersfield England Sept 29 Earl Peel 70 former secretary of state for India and chairman of the Royal Commission on Palestine who recommended partition of Palestine died today.
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Petersfield
England
Earl Peel
India
Royal Commission On
Palestine
Death Penalty Sought in Slaying of Federal Agent
In Albuquerque a federal jury hears the case of George Guy Osborne charged with the murder of Truett E. Rowe, a U S Bureau of Identification agent from El Paso. Osborne claims the shot was accidental after a struggle over a dropped gun. The judge instructs four verdict options including first degree murder with or without death, second degree murder, or not guilty.
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Albuquerque
N. M
U. S. District Court
George Guy
Bud” Osborne
Truett E. Rowe
el Paso
Tex
Federal Bureau of Identification
Guy Osborne
Rowe
Everett Grantham
U. S
Osborne
New Mexico
Colin G. Neblett
Oklahoma
Eufaula
Okla
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