AF of Labor Maintains Nonpartisan Stance in Election
President William Green asserted the American Federation of Labor will stay nonpartisan in the national election. He rejected calls to back Roosevelt and noted no federation backing for the pro-Roosevelt Labor League created this week. Green stressed the AF of L will pursue its own political policy and will not endorse any candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Sulzberger
Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor League
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
John L. Lewis
George L. Berry
Green
Lewis
Berry
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt League
Robinson Borah Takeballot Leads In Senator Races
A stream of primary ballots gave Senator Joseph T. Robinson and Senator William E. Borah commanding leads for renomination. Robinson held a better than two to one margin over Cleveland Holland and J. Rosser Venable in Arkansas while Borah led Byron Defenbach three to one amid early returns. In Florida C. C. Andrews won the Democratic senatorial nomination with Townsend Club backing as campaign clashes intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
William E. Borah
Idaho
Florida
C. C. Andrews
Townsend Club
Robinson
Cleveland Holland
Roosevelt loosens relief rules to add 600 million in public works
President Roosevelt announced a revised public works policy allowing 45 percent grants and 55 percent state matching, relaxing the 100 percent relief labor rule. Twelve states were initially blocked by labor shortages, and the plan enables inter-area borrowing of relief workers to meet project needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Roosevelt
PWA
Delaware
Kentucky
Maine
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia
Wyoming
Cattle on Feed in Corn Belt Up 3 Percent
The agriculture department estimates that on August 1 cattle on feed for market in the corn belt states were about three per cent larger than the same date in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Russians plan leg in 10,000 mile U S to Moscow flight
Russians Sigismund Levanevsky and Victor Levchenko, after arriving from Juneau, rested at Harding Lake near Fairbanks awaiting favorable weather to resume their 10,000 mile journey toward an air trade route to Moscow. They completed the Juneau to Fairbanks leg, about 500 miles in three hours and four minutes, and plan next to fly to Nome and then Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
U. S
Moscow
Sigismund Levanevsky
Victor Levchenko
Juneau
Harding Lake
Astor Battle With Thorpe Delays Private Settlement
Mary Astor and former husband Dr. Franklyn Thorpe hammered out no accord as industry pressure mounts. The actress vows to continue the fight over custody of her diary detailing her affair with George S. Kaufman. Judges may urge compromise in ongoing negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Thorpe
George S. Kaufman
Goodwin J. Knight
Elaine Barrie Ends Engagement With John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie 21 ends engagement with film star John Barrymore while he lies ill in a sanitarium. Barrie says it is impossible to plan a happy married life and terminates the relationship, noting Barrymore had earlier denied the engagement. Barrymore, afflicted with a serious heart ailment, remains hospitalized and private.
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Hollywood
Calif
Elaine Barrie
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Manhattan
Ballet Russe
Los Angeles
Farm women go to school encampment at Jack Hall ranch
Potter County home demonstration club women and 4-H girls gather this afternoon for an encampment at Jack Hall's ranch. The event features classes echoing the Texas A and M Short Course plus a miniature version added last year. Mrs. O A Blankenship leads as general chairman with a picnic at 6 30 and a program at 8 directed by Mrs. W M Martin and Mrs. J R Hogee. public invited.
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Potter County
Jack Hall
Texas A. & M
O. A. Blankenship
W. M. Martin
J. R. Hogee
Boxer Uzcudun Reported Killed Near San Sebastian
Newspapers claim Basque heavyweight Paulino Uzcudun was killed in fighting at San Sebastian amid Loyalist activity in Irun near the city. Authorities could not confirm the rumor.
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Bayonne
France
U.P
Paulino Uzcudun
San Sebastian
Irun
Landon Returns to Colorado for Campaign Planning
Governor Alf Landon, in private life, visited Denver for 15 minutes before heading to Estes Park with his family. Republican leaders greeted him at the station and he planned to stay until August 20 before starting a speaking tour to the East.
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Denver
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Colorado
Estes Park
Boulder
Charles R. Enos
Amarillo Weather Outlook and County Attorney Note
Forecast for Amarillo shows fair conditions tonight and Thursday with cooler afternoon, while West Texas and New Mexico trend generally fair and milder. Extremes in Amarillo reach 99 and 74 degrees today as Lumpkin is named County Attorney. FHA loan ad appears at end.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Loyalists Put All Eggs in One Basket in Drive
Government forces launch two desperate offensives in Spain's civil war aiming to save Madrid and push back Franco's rebels. Militia clash in the northwest near Oviedo while southern Moroccan troops threaten Madrid. Reports claim San Sebastian fallen and Catalan volunteers slain at Belchite as both sides claim gains.
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Madrid
Bay of Biscay
Oviedo
North
Africa
Francisco Franco
Cordoba
Granada
Seville
Tangier
Paris
San Sebastian
Burgos
Belchite
Zaragoza
Four Thousand Indian Villages Submerged by Floods
Four thousand Indian villages were flooded today as raging torrents submerged about one third of the country. Authorities opened refugee camps in central provinces as 20,000 homes were ruined and roads and crops were destroyed in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
United Central Provinces
Escape plot foiled for condemned wife killer James
Two hack saw blades sent through the mails to Robert S. James, convicted wife killer under death sentence, were intercepted by county jail guards. Units mention Hubert Cole for County Clerk-Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hack
Robert S. James
Los Angeles
Cal
James
Drouth Relief Committee Arrives in Amarillo for Breakfast
The President's Drouth Relief Committee will reach Amarillo at 7 20 Monday morning. Carl Hinton secretary of the chamber of commerce says officials and the CC agricultural committee led by Walter Barlow Grover Hill and H M Baines will meet with the drouth delegation for a briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth
Amarillo
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
CC Agricultural Committee
Walter Barlow
Grover B. Hill
H. M. Baines
Drouth Committee
Gulf Gale to Pass Inland Near Tampico
The Weather Bureau predicted the tropical disturbance roaming the western Gulf of Mexico for four days would move inland this afternoon or early tonight north of Tampico Mexico with fresh winds and squalls confined to a small area near the center. Hubert Cole for County Clerk. Adv Vote for Herman Wright for State Representative Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Mexico
No Rain In Sight Heat Wave Grips Texas
Texas endures a brutal heat wave with Dallas to the Texas Gulf coast seeing scattered clouds and light rain in places. Amarillo tops 102 as officials report seven heat related deaths over three days. A tropical disturbance in the Gulf moves inland tonight north of Tampico. In Bonn, Germany Hanis Eduard Giese, 32, is executed for kidnaping the 11 year old son of a Bonn merchant.
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H. T. Collman
Amarillo
Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Perry Walker
A. J. Orr
P. A. Polineck
Waco
Graham
Eagle Pass
Austin
Bonn
Germany
Hanis Eduard Giese
Giese
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LABOR
Townsend
J. Rosser Venable
Borah
Townsendite
Byron Defenbach
Ronald Wagoner
ASTOR
Elaine
John
Uzcudun
Loyal Fort
Landon
Lumpkin
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lor. Co
Baron Blardony
French Morocco
Spanish Morocco
Mary
Guadarrama Mountains
San Sebastian-Irun
Spain
Seat
Alfonso
Dellach
Austria
Jaime
Juan
Roccan
Arthur Brisbane
Yesteryear
England
America
Globe
Brisbane
Europe
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
War Department
Hubert Cole
Ady
Drouth Relief Committee
City
Herman Wright
Fort Worth
Mercury
San Angelo
Tamapico
Bureau
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