Theater Code and Bank Night Up in U S Court
A federal case in Amarillo challenges bank nights and the theater code tied to the NRA. The New Liberty Theater seeks a temporary injunction to block the Dallas NRA Code Authority and distributors from halting film deliveries and its bank rights.
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Amarillo
James C. Wilson
Amarillo District of
Fort Worth
Court Records Show
NRA
Theater Code
Grievance Board
New Liberty Theater
State of
Texas
Congress
Pancho Villa Recalled as Farmer in Insurance Case
In Santa Fe New Mexico April 184 Pancho Villa described by Col. D R Delgado as a Mexican farmer who rode a Chicago tractor during revolution days testified in the suit of Mrs Vernon Tilton against Penn Mutual Insurance. The dispute centers on a 25000 policy on Warren C Spurgin and whether he was slain or alive.
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Santa FE
N. M
Pancho Villa
Chicago
Col
D. R. Delgado
Delgado
Vernon. Tilton
Penn Mutual Insurance Company
Warren C. Spurgin
Villa
Elias A. Torres
Torres
Stratosphere Pictures To Reveal Upper Air Data
Moscow reports that a Soviet expedition has taken unusually clear photographs of the aurora borealis at Kirovsk to derive new data on stratosphere temperature and properties. Researchers N Koryrev and Dropkin from Pulkovo Observatory plan analysis by comparing spectral line brightness in the upper atmosphere.
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Moscow
N. Koryrev
Dropkin
Pulkovo Observatory
Leningrad
Kirovsk
Courthouse Records and Vehicle Registrations Brief
Courthouse records show warranty deeds transferring parcels in Plemons and Famous Heights additions including Burgess lot transfers and multiple lots to Kasishke and Bivins with values around 8000 dollars. Vehicle registrations list Mrs H I Ryan and Ben H Stone with 1935 Ford and Chevrolet sedans.
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Burgess
Plemons
Fard Crist
Paul Kasishke
N. A. Stevenson
Mary F. Bivins
H. I. Ryan
Ben H. Stone
Provincetown Campaign Promotes Pilgrim Landing Claim
One hundred Provincetown businessmen launch a campaign to raise awareness that Provincetown, not Plymouth, was the Mayflower landing site. They note Provincetown’s 300-foot Pilgrim Memorial Monument marks the landing, not a lighthouse, and accuse Plymouth of stealing the publicity. In Plymouth, tourists retort with a mossy quip about choosing Plymouth over Provincetown. Esther Shellmer, 19, dies at Boston City Hospital after repeated sleep-like deaths since February. doctors dispute diagnosis between sleeping sickness and coma.
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Provincetown
Mass
Plymouth
Cape Cod
Boston
Esther Shellmer
Boston City Hospital
FEAR REDS IN KANSU SECTOR
Americans and other foreign missionaries abandon stations in southern Kansu as Communist forces advance from Sichuan and Shensi. Foreign residents evacuate prep to watch developments with General Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops pressing 40,000 Communists. Japanese observers monitor possible breaches threatening Sinkiang and Mongolia. Marcus Weisbarth’s middle name revealed as Kamakananakaoulikokalani.
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Lanchow
Kansu Province
China
Kansu
Soviet Russia
Czechwan
Sian
Shensi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sinkiang
Mongolia
Students survey electric rates in Amherst for FPC study
Ten Massachusetts State College students funded by ERA canvass Amherst homes to collect data for a federal survey of electric rates. Similar efforts are under way in about 100 college towns nationwide. Data include bulbs outlets purchase dates and rooms to help form an ideal rate structure.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts State College
ERA
Federal Power Commission
John E Penney of Lubbock Dies at 47
John F Penney of Lubbock County dies unexpectedly from apoplexy at 47. He was a former bank employee and insurance agent, brother of County Commissioner P B Penney, and married six years ago to Mrs. Ethel Moore of Lubbock. Masonic funeral services will be held this afternoon.
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Lubbock
John F Penney
Lubbock County
P. B. Penney
Ethel Moore
Youth Killed When Cycle Strikes Bus
Fort Worth April 18. Frank Porter 18 Azle Texas died last night in a motorcycle crash into a bus near Lake Worth Casino. Tom Heath 42 Fort Worth has a fractured arm and scalp injuries. Porter's death marks the 27th traffic fatality in Fort Worth this year.
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Fort Worth
Frank Porter
Azle
Texas
Lake Worth
Tom Heath
Young Porter
Body of David R. Gaddy Sent to Home for Burial
The body of David R. Gaddy, 20, who died Sunday in a local hospital, was sent last night to the family home in Alta Vista, Virginia, by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gaddy, who were both ill at the time of his death.
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David R. Gaddy
Alta Vista
Virginia
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
R. J. Gaddy
Epidemic of twins reported in Springfield April 18
An epidemic of twins has been reported in Springfield Missouri with three sets born. Two sets were girls and the other boy.
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Springfield
Kansans Lead Cop Move to Defeat F D R
Republican leaders sharpen preparations for the 1936 campaign as meetings and fund drives are planned nationwide. William Allen White and Senator Henry Allen of Kansas head private talks with Congress members to shape a regional rally and party platform, with Vandenberg and Dickinson among invited attendees.
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Kansans
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Henry Allen
Congress
Capper
White
Allen
Kansas City
New England
West Coast
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dickinson
Iowa
Capitol
Hoover
Baylor debaters win at Spartanburg meet
Baylor University debate team captures top honors in Spartanburg South Carolina on April 13. The victory showcases strong performance by Baylor speakers against regional rivals.
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WACO
Spartanburg
S. C
Baylor
University at Waco wins two day speech convention title
The University at Waco, Texas captured the championship at a two day convention of the Southern Association of Teachers of Speech and Tau Kappa Alpha, the national forensic fraternity.
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University At
Waco
Texas
Southern Association of Teachers of Speech
Tau Kappa Alpha
House maps rapid action to adjourn by June
House leaders outlined a tight program aiming for adjournment by June 15 with potential Senate delays possible into August. Bills listed include social security, naval appropriations, banking, farm legislation, utilities holding companies, NRA extension, ship subsidies, and motor bus regulation. Also notes strong committee work and a push for Aurora Dam construction with over 20,000 signatures.
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Washington
House
Byns
Senate
Congress
Burns
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Federat
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Orc
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Weisbarth
John E. Penney
Pannandie Sanuary
Republican National Committee
New York
New York State
Hughes
Charles Evans .Hughes II
United States
Brown University
Providence
R. 1
Associated Press
Permunt
Polk St
E. L. King & CO
Tennessee River
Murray
Newspapers
Hanes
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