Hoovers wheat move to Germany sparks debate
The Globe discusses President Hoover's suggestion to Germany to buy out U S wheat and cotton on long term payments. It notes Germany had not replied, flags farmers preferred cash sales, and weighs the potential impact on mortgages, oil, steel, and automobiles. It mentions WW era loan dynamics between Britain France and the U S and praises aviation feats by Russell Boardman and John Polando.
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Hoover
Germany
America
Russell Boardman
John Polando
New York
Istanbul
Europe
Britain
Royal Air Force
England
Capetown
Africa
Amarillo School Board approves budgets and gym plan
Amarillo School Board slashes the city school budget by 45 717 34 to 642 361 75 and approves a 1 02 tax rate lowering 13 cents from 1 15. The college budget totals 64 807 25 funding a 6 000 gymnasium at Sixth Avenue and Buchanan Street with construction to begin soon.
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Amarillo
Amarillo College
Sixth Avenue
Buchanan Street
Henry Elizabeth Goodman
Armine Park-Horton
Summitt School
Canadian Big Lake region north of Churchill
A note places the Big Lake area in Canada about 390 miles north of Churchill, within the Arctic subregion. The reference situates the locale for readers tracing northern Canadian geography.
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Alii Lake
Big Lake
Churchill
Oklahoma Guard Mobilizes Over Murray Oil Order
About 150 national guardsmen assembled in Oklahoma City as officers prepared to enforce Governor Murray’s pro executive order to shut prorated oil wells. The order aims to control oil pricing amid reports prices could reach a dollar per barrel, with enforcement likely in Oklahoma City and the Seminole fields.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Oklahoma
National Guard
Wagstaff Oil Bill Faces Amendments and Open Debate
In Austin the House rejected an amendment to give the conservation commission power to set a price ratio between crude and refined oil. The measure drew claims of price fixing, but was tabled without a recorded vote. Senate actions were limited as cotton conference matters took priority.
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House
The
Conservation Commission
Senate
Senate Chamber
George B. Terrell
Alto
Wagstaff
Abilene
Bailey Hardy
Breckenridge
Bill Wagstaff
Texas Senate
Clint Small
Wellington
A. P. Johnson
Carrizo Springs
Northwestern Fires Rage Across Six Fronts Coast to Idaho
Northwest forest fires blaze on six fronts from Washington to Idaho and into Canada. A wind driven 18 mile long burn north of Newport threatens roads and lookout stations while Deer Creek in North Idaho expands its 80 mile perimeter. Homes burned in Colville Valley Grangeville and other districts amid shifting flames and firefighting efforts.
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Spokane
Wash
Newport
Pendrielle River
Priest River
Tion
Idaho
Salmon River
Colville Valley
Kalispell
Deer Creek
Colviile Valley
Grangeville
Lindberghs Safe At Baker Lake On Vacation Air Tour
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Baker Lake after a 377 mile flight from Churchill as part of their Orient bound vacation air tour. A severe electrical storm around the Arctic Circle cut them off from contact yesterday, and they planned to resume their journey today despite the frontier welcome awaiting them.
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Associated Press
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Baker Lake
Canada
Churchill
Japan
Clye Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Russell Boardman
John Polano
Istanbul
Churchill Lake
Man
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Orient
Arctic Circle
Colonel Lindbergh
Delay Denied in Death Quiz at Sinton
Newt on Yarberry, 22, charged with murdering his sweetheart Miss Dorothy Symon, a prominent Aransas Pass choir singer. The judge overruled postponement and jurisdiction motions as the trial set to proceed, then recessed for the afternoon. Symon’s body was found in a shallow seaweed strewn grave near Aransas Pass, with footprints matching Yarberry’s.
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Sinton
Texas
Newton Yarberry
Dorothy Symon
Aransas Pass
A. J. Custer
Yarberry
Baby dies after fall from chair in Texas
Doris Imogene Ware six months old died five minutes after tumbling from a rock ing chair onto a pencil. The pencil pierced her mouth and jugular vein. She was child of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ware of Snyder, Texas. funeral services planned.
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Snyder
Tex
Doris Imogene Ware
W. H. Ware
Murray’s Father Relapses in Osage Flu Illness
A. D. T. Murray 91 father of Governor Murray in Bethany Oklahoma, weakened after a relapse from influenza as of yesterday, after already being critically ill. The physician reported continued weakness today.
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Murray
Bethany
Okla
A. D. T. Murray
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday for Amarillo. West Texas mostly fair with little change. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Temperature extremes 82 and 70 as of 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Allred urges state action to reduce utility rates
Texas Attorney General James V. Allred announces a plan to seek a general scaling down of utility charges through court action if needed. He says a survey shows gas and electric firms resist passing savings to consumers and warns of anti trust prosecutions of outside-controlled utilities.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Allred
Grady Shipp
Chamber of Commerce
Plainview
Allied
Gas
Mexico Faces Money Crisis
Mexico City August 4 A financial crisis loomed as Credito Espanol de Mexico failed and Banco Nacional de Mexico closed temporarily to calm withdrawals. Depositors pulled 4 million pesos yesterday. the Banco Nacional planned to reopen. Spanish bank officers hoped for a two week reopening.
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Mexico City
U.P
Credito Espanol de Mexico
Banco Nacional de Mexico
Bank of Mexico
Slaying Adds Pressure in Gotham Gangster Hunt
In New York City police face a fourth killing in a week as three grand juries convene in Manhattan and the Bronx. The latest victim, Angelo Marino, a petty racketeer, was found in a Long Island City garage wrapped in blankets after shotgun slugs felled five year old Michael Vengalli in Harlem.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Michael Vengalli
Harlem
Angelo Marino
Marino
Long Island
Chicago Riot Blamed on Reds on South Side
Police blame Communists for a brief but deadly riot on Chicago's south side that left three black residents dead and several wounded. Three officers were injured as crowds estimated around 1000 opposed eviction actions by court bailiffs.
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Chicago
Fred Graham
Martin Ernst
John McFadden
Ernst
Henry Lyons
Lyons
Hoover Likes His Gumdrops as Nutt Reveals Sweet Habit
Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, travels from Cleveland to Washington with a small package for President Hoover. Asked what the box contains he refused detail then confirmed they are gumdrops the President likes.
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Washington
Joseph R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Cleveland
Mr. Hoover
Nutt
Delegates Discuss Effect of Reduced Cotton Production
AUSTIN Aug 4 Delegates from five cotton states met with Gov Gay and Texas leaders to study how acreage reductions would affect cotton prices and southern welfare. Gov Sterling opened the conference noting doubts about new legislation and stressing supply and demand while urging action to relieve deplorable farmer conditions.
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U.P
Gay
Ross Sterling
Texas
South
Sterling
Clint Small
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Wellington
Lawrence Westbrook
Waco
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Westbrook
Panhandle Deluge Eases as Roads Start to Clear
After weekend downpours the Panhandle reports improving roads though many routes remain rough. Amarillo records 2.06 inches of rainfall since Friday with showers continuing. travelers through Canyon Hereford Highway 66 to Tucumcari and Highway 385 to Lubbock face bad to rough conditions. Rail lines show no rain last night and clearer conditions.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
United States Weather Bureau
Panhandle Auto Club
Canyon
Hereford
Tucumcart
Lubbock
Channing
Dumas
Dalhart
Borderiing
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Grand jury probes Belflower slaying amid family feud
Wheel er Aug 4 Grand jury begins inquiry into the Saturday night slaying of John Belflower 37 as Judge W R Ewing and District Attorney Raymond Allred arrive. Melvin Bus Walker 22 in custody without bond has not spoken. Belflower was the second victim in a family feud that began with the March 4 slaying of E E Walker father of Bus. The grand jury planned to investigate the earlier killing on August 6. Friends say quarrels over Walker’s attentions to Belflower’s daughter sparked the shootings.
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the Globe
Wheeler
Grand
John Belflower
W. R. Ewing
Raymond Allred
Melvin “Bus Walker
Belflower
E. E. Walker
Buss
Bus” Walker
Famlinre
Canyon Water Bond Issue Wins By 4 Votes
Canyon August 4. An unofficial tally shows Canyon's 18 000 bond issue to extend water mains carried by four votes in yesterday's special election. No other issues appeared on the ballot. Eight inch mains will be laid to Maxwell and Conner additions, previously served only by temporary lines.
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Canyon
Maxwell
Conner
Wilkins Delayed as Nautilus Rehandles Fuel for Arctic Trip
Sir Hubert Wilkins postponed departure from Bergen after a fuel cargo shift on the Nautilus. The submarine will load half the fuel again before heading into the Arctic toward the North Pole.
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Bergen
Norway
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Arctic
Youth Makes 1500 Bail in Bat Slaying
Sam King an 18 year old tied to a fatal attack outside a downtown corner after McKenzie was beaten by N L King. Sam King reportedly wrested a bat from the car and struck McKenzie behind the right ear, leading to his death two hours later.
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Austin
U.P
Sam King
Mack McKenzie
King
N. L. King
McKenzie
Arthur Woody
Woody
Teen Killed in Night Crash Near McKinney
Hargas Herron aged 16 was killed when the car he rode in with two friends collided with a parked truck on the highway near McKinney Texas. Funeral services were scheduled. Lynn Scribner suffered a broken collar bone in the same crash.
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Mckinney
Texas
Hargas Herron
Herron
Lynn Scribner
Oklahoma governor vows oil field closure order soon
Gov. William H. Murray said an order to close Oklahoma oil fields would be issued soon, even if it requires every trooper. Tulsa reports indicate several major crude purchasers would ignore the order, risking shutdown of about 3,106 wells and a large share of Oklahoma’s daily yield. In Texas East, a voluntary well shutdown gained backing from producer Charles F. Roeser and Captain J. Lucey, with broad producer support needed to avoid minority-driven reopenings.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Oklahoma Oil
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Fort Worth
East Texas
Charles F. Roeser
Roeser
J. F. Luce
Dallas
Lucey
Shamrock V Wins King’s Cup at Royal Yacht Squadron
Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock V, previously the unsuccessful Americas Cup challenger, won the King’s Cup in the Royal Yacht Squadron regatta at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Mattress renovate advertised at $2.50.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Thomas Lipton
Royal Yacht Squadron
Crusading Scribe Beats House Move To Keep Him Out
Austin reports that Dick Vaughan of the Houston Press faced a House attempt to bar him from the floor over a July 27 story. The resolution to bar him was tabled and expunged 115 to 9 as lawmakers applauded and praised Vaughan for “Truth Written Readably.”
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Scribe
House
Austin
Dick Vaughan
Houston Press
Scripps&Howard
Texas House of Representatives
Charles 8. McCombs
Dallas
McCombs
Vaughan
John M. Mathis Sr
Houston
Harris County
Mathis
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