Darling in Chief of Biological Survey Prank Narrative
Associated Press recalls J. N. Darling leaving journalism for a biology post but failing to dodge pranks from former colleagues. James LeCron, a Darling ally now in agriculture, sends a lengthy Yiddish letter marked to demand a prompt reply. Garner receives a new official car drawing laughs for its length. Stanley Reeds RFC hosts a dinner for General Cummings and guests, including Barkley and Treasury official Lawrence Robert, with a singing quartet lively throughout.
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Sigrid Arne
Associated Press
J. N. Darling
James LeCron
Ding” Darling
Department of Agriculture
le Cron
Darling
Stanley Reeds
RFC
Cummings
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Lawrence Robert
Treasury
J. Bruce Kremer
Democratic National Committee
Col
Marvin H. McIntyre
Volun
Baldwin Urges Naval Conference Move Toward End
Lord President Baldwin told the House of Commons that international conditions require the 1935 naval conference to achieve an end. He declined to reveal Britain's maximum naval demands and called for a new international agreement while the government announced a 10 million dollar subsidy to assist British tramp shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Baldwin
Council
House of Commons
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Man Charged With Death Of Couple At Post
Two murder charges were filed against Mont Bridges, 34, in the slayings of J. A. Donaldson, 48, and Bertha Gordon, 24. The couple’s bodies were found in a ditch four miles east of Post, Texas, Sunday night. The state contends the killings occurred during a drinking party. Bridges denied involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Man Killed Officer Shot in Cafe Raid
In Justin Denton County deputies raid a cafe at night. Jimmie Glasscock dies from gunfire after reportedly wounding Deputy Carl Garrett who is in critical condition. Deputy Hugh Elliott says he shot Glasscock after being targeted and Garrett was shot in the neck.
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Denton, Tex
Jimmie Glasscock
Fort Worth
Justin
Denton County
Randolph
Carl Garrett
Denton
Hugh Elliott
Garrett
Elliott
Glasscock
Bobbie Meeker's Orchestra Plays At Nat Monday
Bobbie Meeker and his master music-makers will perform next Monday night, July 9, for a dance at The Nat. The group, booked by Wilbur C. Hawk under the Tri-State Fair Association, travels from Fort Worth to Denver for the season remainder. Admission is $1 per person. Meeker's orchestra broadcasts nightly from WBAP.
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Meeker
Nat
Fort Worth
Denver
Bobbie Meeker
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
WBAP
FDIC Joins OCC and Fed in Nationwide Bank Call
The FDIC, OCC, and Federal Reserve issued simultaneous June 30 bank condition calls. It marks the FDIC's first use of the procedure. Calls target national, member, and other banks to collect financial data. Leo Crowley, FDIC chair, said the move aims for more accurate information from directors.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Comptroller
Federal Reserve
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Leo T. Crowley
Judge denies new trial in Amarillo storage case
District Judge Henry S. Bishop overruled a motion for a new trial in the Amarillo Transfer and Storage Company case. Pete DeShong truck line operator won a $500 judgment and a permanent injunction barring the company from operating a truck line between Amarillo and the Texas Oklahoma state line. Notice of appeal has been filed by the storage company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Bishop
Amarillo
Scope of Texas Centennial Plans Unclear in Austin
The 1936 Texas Centennial committee in Austin ends a two day conference with plans still nebulous. Chairman John W. Middleton says outlines will go to bidding cities in about two weeks and offers may be sent to the centennial commission until September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John W. Middleton
Middleton
Centennial Commission
Attorney General Cummings to Visit Leavenworth and Alcatraz
Attorney General Homer Cummings will visit Leavenworth and Alcatraz Island federal prisons this summer. He will tour Leavenworth on July 20 and proceed immediately to Alcatraz.
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Washington
U.P
Homer
Cummings
Leavenworth
Alcatraz Island
Alcatras
Hitler moves to purge Papen as German crisis widens
Berlin reports a forceful push to remove Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen as Adolf Hitler seeks the president's approval for his resignation. The cabinet meets to decide Papen's fate while new executions are announced including Gustav Von Kahr Edgar Jung and Col. Von Bredow. A decree says violators of the suppression order will face normal justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Paul von Hindenburg
von Papen
Hitler
Neudeck
Hindenburg
East Prussia
Germany
Boehm
Adolf Hitler
Gustaf von Kahr
Munich
Kahr
Beer Hall
Edgar Jung
Marburg
Col. von Bredow
Kurt von Schleicher
Hitler in Berlin as cabinet crisis unfolds
Amid mounting tension in Berlin on July 3 1934 crowds gathered outside the chancellery as Adolf Hitler left a cabinet session. Police patrolled Wilhelmstrasse while loyalists and officials arrived under tight surveillance and public discussion focused on the purge within the Nazi ranks.
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Berlin
Hitler
Lomenta
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Wilhelmstrasse
Hermann Goering
Hajalmar Schacht
Joseph Goebbels
Mrs Connie Mack Jr Ill Taken To Hospital
Mrs Connie Mack Jr daughter in law of the Athletics manager was moved from a hotel room to Hepburn Hospital in Ogdensburg New York. Officials would not disclose her illness. She is the daughter of Senator Sheppard of Texas and arrived with Mr Mack for a wedding trip visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mack, JR
Ogdensburg
U.P
Phildelphia Athletics
Hepburn Hospital
Mack
U. S
Sheppard
Texas
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area shows fair conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies Wednesday. West Texas expects generally fair warm weather with minor unsettled areas in the extreme west. New Mexico forecasts fair conditions with possible afternoon unsettledness and little temperature change. Highs today range from 70 to 92 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Woman Seeks Public Break After Court Ruling on Marriage
San Antonio report details Wineta Long Welburn’s public appeal following district court victory declaring her the wife of Rev. William D. Welburn Jr and establishing paternity of their seven month old son William Drum mond Welburn II. She seeks an even break to rebuild happiness after the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Wineta Long Welburn
Bar of Justice
William D. Welburn
Wilhema
Probe of Triadia Telephone And Telegraph Starts Soon
Washington reports the Federal Communications Commission will be formed officially on July 11 and begin a sweeping nationwide probe of interstate communications. The commission will absorb the functions of the Federal Radio Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission over telephone and telegraph, likely organized into three sections for telegraph telephone and broadcasting.
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Washington
U.P
EF. O. Sykes
New
Federal Communications Commission
Thad H. Brown
Ohio
Paul A. A. Walker
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Irvin Stewart
State Department
George H. Payne
New York
Commission
Telephone and Telegraph
Interstate Commercce Commission
Congress
Arthur Brisbane column mixed global commentary in The Globe
The Globe presents Arthur Brisbane as a widely known American writer with a column featuring his daily topic opinions. Editors note that Brisbane’s views are his own and not The Globe’s. The world news note emphasizes Germany, France, and Britain as key topics with unrest and debt disputes shaping sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Allred liquor policy flayed by Amarilloan terrell
Clint Small campaigning for governor criticizes Attorney General James V. Allred for not enforcing liquor and anti gambling laws. He calls for changing the dry law to regulate liquor by regional wishes and to generate state revenue. He accuses past attorneys general of failing to padlock gambling houses and saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell
Texas
Clint Small
James V. Allred
Small
Allred
HOLC Extends Services for Home Reconditioning Loans
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation will extend loan services to distressed homeowners unable to secure funds earlier. A new Amarillo department will handle the reconditioning program with an assistant to Fonzie A. Robertson guiding Texas operations. Eligible repairs include interior decorating additional rooms and new fixtures funded by HOLC loans. See HOLC Page 2.
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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
James A. Shaw
Dallas
Texas
Amarillo
J. C. Anderson, Jr
Fonzie A. Robertson
Loan Corporation
Dillinger Hunted Across Western Massachusetts
State troopers and mounted officers hunted John Dillinger across Western Massachusetts after a motorist identified a Michigan plate sedan in Whitinsville. A woman accompanied the suspect as authorities widened road and farm searches two hours after the sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John Dillinger
Massachusetts
Whitinsville
Dillinger
Michigan
Allen
Worcester
Cullen
Marie Dressler Given Solid Food Amid Fever
Santa Barbara July 4 Marie Dressler veteran stage and screen star continued her fight against almost certain death. Dr F R Nuzum said she was given solid food yesterday and had a restless day though slept some during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
U.P
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nuzum
Miss Dressler
Captain Coulter Faces Court Martial For Conduct
Fort Sam Houston, Texas July 3. Captain Harold K. Coulter is on trial by court martial charged with conduct unbecoming an officer. Army officials did not disclose specific characteristics of the alleged conduct.
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San Antonio
Tex
Harold K. Coulter
Fort Sam Houston
Army
City Prepares for Safe and Grand Fourth Festivities
Amarillo gears for a large nationwide birthday celebration with bank closures and city offices limited to safety functions. Palo Duro State Park opens with a rodeo, carnival rides, and a big Independence Day program led by Leonard Stroud. Fireworks and a Legion party kick off events tonight at Jack Hall’s Ranch and Roseland dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Duro State Park
Leonard Stroud
State Highway Patrol
American Legion
Jack Hall
Roseland
Roy Mueller
Dutenmen
Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon
Here
President Tests Sea Legs in Rough Atlantic Crossing
President Roosevelt aboard the U S Houston rode 18 to 20 knot seas en route to Haiti and Puerto Rico. He relaxed with Franklin Jr and Joan while remaining in touch with the White House by wireless. The ship steamed southward with destroyers bobbing in the swell as inland reporters learned nautical terms. The schedule called for Haiti on Thursday and Puerto Rico on Friday.
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U. S
Gilmer
Roosevelt
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Houston
Atlantic
Franklin, Jr
Joan
White House
Puerto Rioo
Fourth of July Heatwave Forecast Across the Midwest
The forecast warns of a hot Fourth with temperatures near 95 degrees and partial thundershowers. Weatherman H. T. Collman says any rainfall would be light and regional, while heat remains intense in Kansas, Nebraska, and the grain belt despite some cooling signs.
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H. T. Collman
Kansas
Nebraska
Midwest
New York
Mercury
Norvelles
New York Weather Bureau
Arrest Suspect in Naples Bank Holdup
A Daingerfield Texas man identified by Morris County Bank cashier A. B. Childs and his daughter Mary Elaine as one of two robbers in the Naples Morris County National Bank holdup was arrested at his home near Sulphur River. The robbery occurred yesterday with about 1200 dollars taken.
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Daingerfield
Texas
Morris County National Bank
Naples
White Oak
Sulphur River
A. B. Childs
Mary Elaine
Government Officials Charged in Weirton Boycott Case
In Wilmington federal court on July 3, Earl P. Reed, counsel for Weirton Steel, charged that certain government officials threatened a boycott against Weirton Steel Company. The allegations were presented before Judge John P. Nields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
U.P
Weirton Steel Company
Earl P. Reed
Pittsburgh
Weirton
John P. Nields
Inquiry Ordered on Railroad Working Rules Obsolescence
Federal Transportation Coordinator Joseph B. Eastman announced an inquiry into railroad employe working rules to determine whether any have become obsolete wasteful or unduly restrictive. He noted claims that some rules no longer protect employee interests due to changed conditions.
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Washington
U.P
Federal
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Oklahoma Primary Vote Focuses on Governor Race
Oklahoma City voters set to cast ballots in a 400000 turnout with the Democratic gubernatorial nomination stirring the polls. Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray camps for Tom Anglin while rivals include Jack Walton and E. W. Marland in a heated political contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William H
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
Tom Anglin
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Anglin
Jack Walton
FE. W. Marland
Prince Henry of Meckelnbourg Dies at 58 in Holland
Prince Henry of Mecklem bourg aged 58 and husband of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland died at home in The Hague after a brief illness. He married the queen on February 7, 1901, in The Hague and was naturalized as a Dutch citizen before their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Henry
Holland
the Hague
Netherlands
Prince Henry of
Paris paper beats globe-news with spy classified
It notes a Paris sheet exposed a military spy via a Want Ad, while down home the local classifieds advertise a furnished two room apartment with garage and bills paid for $4.00 a week at 305 North Fillmore.
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Paris
Globe-News
North Fillmore
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Comptroller and
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Hancellor Hitler
View Chancellery
Wineta Long
William Drummond Welburn II
Welburn
France
Britain
Trou
HOLC
Hunt Outlaw
Floyd Cooper
Mobile
Ala
W.p—Léeut
R. M. Lindgren
Kelly Field
Agua Caliente
Mex
Mid-West
Middle-West
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