House Defeats Death Sentence For Utility Holding Firms
The House rejected President Roosevelt's demand for a death sentence on unessential utility holding companies in a roll call vote. Representative Rayburn urged adopting Senate bill section 11 to abolish unnecessary holding firms rather than merely regulate them. A quorum question halted debate as a roll call began.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Representative Cross
WASTE OF GAS FREIGHT CARS GASHED AND WRECKED
Austin reports clash over hot oil control as Railroad Commissioner Terrill warns of a potential racket in East Texas. Panhandle gas waste proration ordered after San Antonio court denial, while a derailment near Bruceville causes multiple fatalities and injuries among transients and crew.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
C. V. Terrell
House of Representatives
Panhandle
State Railroad Commission
San Antonio
Heat Peak Forecast as July Opens with 97 Degrees
The day opened with scorching sun and 97 degree heat as a forecasted peak near 104 degrees was predicted. Observer H. T. Collman of the U S Weather Bureau said the high would push toward last August’s record, with a cooler five degrees expected tomorrow and a dry, partly cloudy afternoon forecast.
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Mercury
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
House rejects plan for new midget coin fractions
The House coinage committee rejected Secretary Henry Morgenthau's proposal to authorize the treasury to issue "midget" coins for fractions of a cent. The rejection was announced in Washington on August 1 as part of a broader discussion on coinage and currency policy.
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Washington
House Coinage Committee
Henry Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Federal judge blocks wheat and corn processing tax collection
Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly issued two injunctions preventing the collector of internal revenue from collecting processing taxes on wheat and corn.
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Houston
U.P
T. M. Kennerly
Collector of Internal Revenue
Violent Seamen Clash at Port Houston Aims to Force Strike
At Port Houston 65 sailors attacked the tanker Gertrude Kellogg in a brief deck battle linked to a month long labor dispute. I S U says 250 to 300 seamen are picketing Southern Steamship vessels. Injuries were reported but none serious amid stretched contract talks with dock workers and shipowners.
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Kellogg Tanker Corporation
Gertrude Kellogg
Peace Sought in Roosevelt Statement on Ethiopia War Threat
President Roosevelt urged pacific means to resolve the Italy Ethiopia dispute as the League of Nations began its consideration in Washington. Ethiopian mass recruiting started in Addis Ababa after a war council warned delays could make defense crucial. Geneva sources said Italy rejected a Franco British compromise, delaying the council to seek another plan.
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Ethiopia
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Council of the
Pacific
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League
Addis Ababa
Ministry of War
Haile Selassie
Geneva
U.P
Pierre Laval
France
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Reuther and Exchange
Laval
Benito
Advertising man admits whispering campaign against Roosevelt
Senate lobby committee hearings reveal New Jersey advertiser F E Cramer helped start a whispering drive alleging the president’s insanity. Cramer, a Plainfield stockholder in Electric Bond and Share, says he is ashamed and had no basis to claim mental illness. The push followed a pattern cited against Hoover by Charles Michelson. The effort reportedly gained some traction in recent weeks despite Roosevelt’s health being publicly applauded by press reports. In other news, Gov. James Allred heads to Dallas for optician club installation. Hogs rise to 10.80 on Fort Worth livestock market.
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New Jersey
Roosevelt
Senate Lobby Committee
FE. P. Cramer
Plainfield
N. J
Electric Bond and Share Company
Schwellenbach
Chairman Black
Hoover
Charles Michelson
Black
Michelson
Cramer
Curb For Duck Shooting Set
Washington reports J N Darling unveils the nation’s most rigid wild fowling rules. A 30 day fall season, baited water ban, no live decoys, two zones northern and southern, 7 AM to 4 PM daily, bag limit 10, three shell limit, opening dates October 21 in the north and November 20 in the south. States listed in the northern zone include Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York and more.
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J. N
Ding” Darling
Biological Survey
Darling
Roosevelt
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Long Island
Pennsylvania
West
Murder Charge For Woman In Dallas Office Killing
Mrs. Theta Burch, 35, shot and killed Dr. William E. Hubbert in his Dallas office and then wounded herself. A murder charge was filed as physicians said she had only slim chances of recovery. Dr. Hubbert, a former naval surgeon, died of a heart wound. funeral plans were pending.
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Theta Burch
William E. Hubbert
Hubbert
John W. Low
American Legion
Legion
Navy blimp ZMC-2 target of rifle fire near Point Pleasant
Navy officials opened an investigation after unseen snipers fired on the blimp ZMC-2 cruising off Point Pleasant New Jersey as it searched for a drowning victim. A bullet hole was found on the port fin and the ship was held in its hangar pending ballistics tests and possible police help.
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T Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Charles E. Rosendahl
Lakehurst Naval Air Base
Point Pleasant
Rosendahl
Ben May
May
Approve Jobs in Panhandle West Texas Road Grants
West Texas received a $6,000,000 allotment from a $15,500,000 fund for road building as the Texas Highway Commission met in Mineral Wells. Chairman Harry Hines announced projects including Gap closures on Highway 9 from Amarillo to Corpus Christi and improvements on Highways 75 and 66 east of Amarillo.
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West Texas
Texas Highway Commission
Harry Hines
Memphis
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Morgenthau Declines to Judge House Tax Bill
Secretary Morgenthau tells Senate Finance Committee he will not critique the House tax bill his views align with the President's recommendations. He warns against new expenditures outside the budget and hopes tax revenues will reduce the deficit and national debt. He says he does not write tax bills and finds the request an embarrassing position.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
House
Harrison
Tiny plane noted in regional aviation report
A brief item lists a tiny plane in a regional aviation update appearing on Page 3. Details are sparse with no accompanying names or dates.
Whimsical Hodgepodge From Across the Nation
A collage of brief items: a relief center shirt repair remark in Oak, a Los Angeles horse at an old sandstone trough drawing protest, Idaho congressman White demanding salary in silver dollars, Vienna court on a wife giving keys to another man, a bearded and shaved man in Parma after lightning, Addis Ababa meaning noted by Haile Selassie via botanist, two hungry men in Fort Worth after 48 hours on a freight train, a bakery aid and indigestion in the case of Warren and Willhite, and a Philadelphia mongrel dog at a police station.
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Texas
U.P
John Warren
Muskogee
Okla
Clifford Willhite
van Buren
Ark
Warren
Soviet Submarine B-3 Disaster Claims 55 in Baltic
The Soviet government announced the sunken war-time submarine B-3 with 55 dead including seven cadets and eight officers. Commander Alexander Golodnoff led the sub during Baltic maneuvers as the fleet expands to counter Germany. Survivors receive 10 000 rubles per victim and pensions.
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Gulf of Finland
Alexander Golodnoff
Germany
Baltic
Relief Rolls Cut as Drive to End Dole Is Launched
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration began trimming direct relief rolls by funding August money for half a month in 13 states. The $4 billion employment program aims to move needy from breadlines to federal payrolls by August 15. States include Arkansas California Connecticut Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Montana New Jersey Oklahoma Pennsylvania Texas and Washington.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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California
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
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Maine
Montana
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Hearings for Six Newsmen Delayed in Contempt Case
District Judge M. S. Munson postponed contempt hearings for six Houston newspapermen in Anglton as he consulted with lawyers on legal points. The reporters had refused to refrain from publishing testimony from the Clyde Thompson murder trial, defying orders to wait until related trials proceeded to avoid prejudicing jurors.
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U.P
M. S. Munson
Houston
Clyde Thompson
Munson
Cass
New District Relief Office for Amarillo Established
A Texas Relief Commission district office will be set up in Amarillo to direct relief work across 10 counties. City commission and local officials agreed to provide free office and warehouse space and cover utilities, with district offices planned for Pampa, Childress, and Plainview to consolidate county relief groups.
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Texas Relief Commission
Amarillo
Adam R. Johnston
Pampa
Childress
Plainview
Commission
Two Birthdays and Unclear Odds in 1934 Feature
A compact note highlights two birthdays and contrasts numbers 30 000 and 130 000 000. The item titled Sure I Did It references a union racketeers theme in a brief syndicated feature context.
Ford and Mussolini birthdays spark commentary in The Globe
Arthur Brisbane notes in The Globe column that Henry Ford turned seventy-two and Mussolini turned fifty-two two days apart. The editors emphasize the authorship and invite readers to compare the two leaders while predicting Mussolini’s future impact.
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Henry Ford
Mussolini
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair tonight and partly cloudy cooler Friday afternoon. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions with local thunder showers in the extreme west, cooler tonight and Friday in the Panhandle. New Mexico expected to remain generally fair and cooler Friday. Today's temperature range 72 to 97.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Note Found Implicates Rejected Suitor in Dr Bauer Mutilation
A black notebook signed by Mandeville Zenge was found in a taxi and hints at a possible suicide after a failed romance with Louise Bauer. Police remain puzzled by the Dr Walter Jo Bauer murder mystery as the cab passenger vanished at Navy Pier.
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Mandeville Zenge
Walter Jo Bauer
Zenge
Canton
Yellow
Louise
Louise Bauer
Bauer
Navy Pier
Songs of South at Meeting in Amarillo Hotel
Meeting attendees plan singing of southern songs from The Land of Cotton at Amarillo Hotel to honor Confederate veterans. Organizers urge Amarillo residents to prepare for a major local event as white-haired veterans gather for the reunion and musical reminiscences.
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Songs of
Amarillo
Deep South
Arch Hurley to Broadcast Here Sunday on Conchas Dam
Arch Hurley of Tucumcari will address listeners Sunday afternoon on KGNC about the Conchas Dam project. The former New Mexico state senator has been in Washington for six months pushing the irrigation effort, with $4,500 allocated for year one of the 26,000 foot earthen dam and $9,000,000 total budget. Army engineers are already at the dam site, 28 miles north and east of Tucum etc.
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Conchas Dam
KGNC
Arch Hurley
Tucumcari
Hurley
New Mexico
Wilbur C. Hawk
Washington
Roosevelt
U.S. Army
Tuscumeari
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