Eddie Freed Quizzed in Blonde's Slaying Case
Chicago July 6 Eddie Freed known as a Capone era collector surrendered to police to explain events surrounding the killing of Annabelle Blake also known as Audrey Vallette. His wife Ruth suspected of jealousy did not appear. Police link Freed to possible motives tied to his Capone era connections.
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Chicago
Eddie Freed
al Capone
Prohibition
Annabelle Blake
Audrey Vallette
Freed
Abe Marovitz
Ruth
Blake
Jack Guzik
Capone
Annabelle
Eddie
League Group Lifts Economic Sanctions on Italy
The League of Nations sanctions committee voted to lift economic penalties on Italy ending the Ethiopian siege. Italy may resume exports to league members and seek loans to cover war costs. The measure terminates sanctions officially on July 15. proposals varied on effectiveness dates.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
Geneva
League of Nations Committee
Assembly
Italy
Benito Mussolini
League
Ethiopia
Rome
M. Stevenson
Great Britain
Wheat market soars as prices hit new peaks
Wheat and corn jump to full limit gains amid reports of crop damage and heat across the United States. July wheat nears 1.06 dollars a bushel while December climbs toward 1.07, with oats also rising. Weather bureau warns of continued drought and heat with little rain in sight.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Great West Mill and Elevator
Chicago
Brouth
Canadian
United States
Prairie Provinces
Washington
Grouth
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Union Drive Heats Up as NLRA Battles Steel Firms
Washington July 6 The government moves to enforce the National Labor Relations Act in steel by petitioning the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans against Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation. The act protects collective bargaining, bans employer dominated unions, and prohibits unfair practices in a sector facing industrial strife.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Big Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Rain Drenches Wide Texas Region With Widespread Showers
The Associated Press reports welcome rains across North Central and West Texas with heavy showers in places like Sonora Sutton County and San Angelo. Dallas recorded 1.38 inches in 24 hours, Abilene 0.96 inches, and Stamford nearly 2 inches yesterday. forecasts call for fair conditions in West Texas and scattered showers in East Texas.
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Associated Press
North Central
West
Texas
Sonora
Sutton County
San Angelo
Dallas
Lubbock
Abilene
Haskell
Santa Anna
Stamford
Denton
Dallas Weather Bureau
West Texas
East Texas
FDR Studies Campaign Plans in Washington
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a weekend in Virginia to study campaign plans before proceeding to a sailor’s vacation off the New England coast.
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Washington
Capital
Old Dominion
Roosevelt
New England
Danzig Looms as New Danger Spot in Europe
Danzig becomes a powder keg as anti Nazi Germans fear a coup to end the Free City status and League of Nations control. Tension climbs amid fears the dispute could strain German Polish relations and trigger a new crisis.
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Danzig
Europe
U.P
League of Nations
Conquest Kills 2,533 in Ethiopia War
Italy reports 2,533 officers soldiers and Black Shirt militiamen killed died of wounds or missing in East Africa from Jan 1 1935 to June 30 1936. The figure excludes native troops killed or wounded.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Italy
East Africa
Haile Selassies
Auto Upsets on Vega Road During Holiday Trip
A holiday trip to the Plains ended in tragedy when five Kansas visitors in an automobile left the road and overturned on a curve southeast of Vega. A. F. Dycke 56 of Moundridge was critically injured and his wife badly hurt. Irene Dycke the elder daughter drove the car after it jumped a ditch and overturned twice. She walked half a mile to a farmhouse for help despite a serious leg injury. The farmer carried the injured to Vega for emergency treatment by Dr. O. H. Loyd. Ambu lances from N. S. Griggs and Sons brought them to Northwest Texas Hospital where Dycke suffered multiple fractures and a deep scalp wound. Mrs. Dycke had serious chest and back injuries. The party had been visiting Kenneth Cook at his ranch near the McCasky area. The crash is reported on page 2.
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Plains
Kansas
Vega
A. F. Dycke
Moundridge
Kan
Bert Cook
Kenneth Cook
Central
Irene Dycke
O. H. Loyd
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Northwest Texas Hospital
Dycke
Widow Loses Dower Rights in Rogers Fortune
Riverhead New York July 6 Mrs Pauline V Rogers widow of Col Henry Huddleston Rogers failed in surrogate court to gain dower rights in the $16 million Rogers estate. The surrogate refused to set aside the waiver, leaving her bequest at 100000 outright and about 125000 annual income.
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Riverhead
Pauline V. Rogers
Henry Huddieston Rogers
Rogers
Robert S. Pelletreau
Sailor to Get Term Today as Convicted Spy
Henry Thompson, a 30 year old former US Navy yeoman, is to be sentenced in federal court today as the first peacetime espionage convict. Judge Leon Yankwich can impose up to 20 years after a five minute jury verdict following a two day trial. Thompson allegedly wore a naval uniform to board war vessels in Los Angeles and San Diego and sold confidential equipment and movement information to a Japanese agent.
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Los Angeles
Harry Thomas Thompson
United States Navy
America
U. S
Leon Yankwich
Thompson
San Diego
Poisoning hits over 100 at Jehovahs Witness convention
Health and police authorities in two states investigated the poisoning of more than 100 members of Jehovahs Witnesses at their New England convention near Manchester New Hampshire. Victims developed violent stomach pains after eating a convention dinner and were treated at hospitals or by physicians as police deployed ambulances and patrol wagons.
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Manchester
N. H
U.P
Jehovah's Witnesses
New England
Nashua
Landon to Confer Over Kansas Social Security Plan
Gov. Alf M. Landon shifted from campaign talks to Kansas legislative sessions to consider a proposed constitutional amendment allowing Kansas to participate in the federal social security program. He called the legislature into special session and will outline his views tomorrow.
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Pera
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Estes Park
Colo
Legislative Council
House
Senate
Landon
Negro Driver Held After Crash With Parked Car
Vandy Gates a black dishwasher at a local drug store was jailed Sunday night on a drunken driving charge after his car struck a parked vehicle owned by Will Simpson of 1915 Fillmore Street in front of Talmage Place.
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Vandy Gates
Will Simpson
Fillmore Street
Talmage Place
Burns Prove Fatal in Laredo Kitchen Accident
Mrs Nieves Hernandez, 23, died in Laredo after clothes caught fire while she ironed at home. The incident occurred Saturday in Bebronville.
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Laredo
Bebronville
Nieves Hernandez
Sukey the cow rescued from 40‑foot tree top perch
Sukey, a frightened cow, was removed from a 40 foot high tree top after a cloudburst flood on Sandies Creek washed her there last Wednesday. Ropes and a block and tackle hauled the cow down safely.
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Gonzales
U.P
Sukey
Muich
Sandies Creek
War scatters missionaries in Kwangsi China
American and British missionaries fled the interior of Kwangsi province amid rising internal warfare. Americans moved toward Wuchow on the Si Kiang while British planned evacuation to Hong Kong to avoid being stranded near Nanking. River shipping was requisitioned for war materials and a Nanking conference was being arranged to avert hostilities.
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Hong Kong
Kwangsi
Wuchow
Si Kiang
Nanking
Gun Found Near Scene of Dohoney Death
A pistol found two weeks ago near a smelter north west of Amarillo by a worker was checked by deputies as possibly the firearm that killed Frank Dohoney. His body was found May 20 near Jack Hall's Ranch. The coroner ruled the death at the hands of person or persons unknown.
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Amarillo
Frank Dohoney
Jack Hall
Dohoney
Drowning of San Benitco Boy Near Recasa River
In San Benitco on July 6, a boy named Ernes to Vega, five, fell into the Recasa near the town and drowned. His parents, searching for him, did not learn of his death until they saw the place where he slipped from the bank.
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San Benitco
Ernesto Vega
Recasa
France Faces Nationwide Farm Labor Walkout
France eyes a nation wide farm strike following a violent weekend that left scores, including 30 policemen, injured. Left and right clashes on the Champs Elysees prompted arrests and a warning from Interior Minister Salengro about spreading agitation. Printing workers strike in the south hit Biarritz and Bayonne. all building trades walked out in Limoges.
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Paris
France
Champs Elysees
Roger Salengro
Biarritz
Bayonne
Limoges
Zeppelin Ends Fourth Hop In Frankfurt On The Main
The Hindenburg landed in Frankfurt at 1 27 A M completing its fourth eastward crossing from the United States The airship departed Lakehurst New Jersey at 10 44 P M Friday C T 8 N T hours earlier arriving after a night flight across the Atlantic The journey started from Lakehurst New Jersey Friday night heading to Frankfurt Germany
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Frankfort
Main
Germany
United States
Lakehurst
N. J
Mother Ousts Son as Family Pickets House
New York July 6 A mother refused to answer at her two family home while her son Kapal Lory 42 who lost his left hand in a car crash and his family picketed demanding eviction. Deputies moved furniture to the sidewalk prompting neighbors to store it and a crowd to jeer as a collection was taken.
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New York
U.P
Kapal Lory
Lory
Sarah Lory
Relief Bureau
Mussolini Delivers Secret Rome Speech To Generals
In Rome Mussolini convened all army corps generals for a short secret address. Diplomats abroad would like to hear what he said. If war comes the timing remains uncertain and must be kept confidential. Arthur Brisbane notes in The Globe reflects on the day’s topics.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Rome
Mussolini
Four Hurt as Trains Collide Near Cleveland
Four people injured when the second section of the Big Four Missourian rear collided with the first section near North Eaton southwest of Cleveland. The St. Louis to New York train had 11 cars in the first section and four in the second. Injured passengers include EB. A. Smiley of Cleveland, Mrs. Smiley, Miss Lulu Whitehead of Louisville, and Mrs. Eve Kupilnick of Lynn.
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Cleveland
Big Four Railroad
Missourian
North Eaton
Here
St. Louis
New York
EB. A. Smiley
Smiley
Lulu Whitehead
Louisville
Eve Kupilnick
Lynn
Mass
Clemency Denied in Austin for Glenn Warren Murder Plea
The Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency to Glenn Warren who is scheduled for electrocution Friday for the murder of C. E. Caneler Jr. a Zavalla resident. The note mentions McMurtry Paints and Varnishes and a contact at John Maynard Lor phone 5353.
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Board of Pardons and Paroles
Glenn Warren
Austin
C. E. Caneler, Jr
Zavalla
John Maynard Lor, Co
McMurtry Paints
Glavis quits Ickes force to join Senate probe
Louis R. Glavis head of the PWA inspection force plans to quit within days to become chief attorney for the Senate campaign investigating committee. President Roosevelt arranged the move without a formal resignation. The shift signals a heightened inquiry into campaign contributions and foreshadows a power struggle between Glavis and Ickes' agency after the election.
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Washington
Louis R. Glavis
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Gravis
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Ickes
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce to Move Offices
Tomorrow marks moving day as Amarillo Chamber of Commerce personnel prepare to vacate the city hall top floor and relocate to the former First National Bank building at Polk Street and Fourth Avenue.
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Amarillo
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a warmer night. West Texas remains generally fair and warm tonight into Tuesday. New Mexico shows fair skies tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. In Amarillo temperatures ranged from 62 to 76 degrees up to 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Huge Rally Planned for Gulf to Colorado Highway No 5
A large rally in Amarillo on July 14 will celebrate the opening of Gulf to Colorado Highway No 5. The route extends from Rhome Texas to Denver, with changes at Clarendon where a new gap is to be opened. The highway runs north through Wichita Falls Vernon Childress Memphis Clarendon Claude and continues toward Dalhart and the Baton Pass near the New Mexico Colorado line.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Gulf To Colorado
Rhome
Texas
Denver
Gulf
New Orleans
Houston
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Childress
Memphis
Clarendon
Claude
Highway Department
Dalhart
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Missouri
Labor Board
Lewis
Organization OF All Steel Workers
Panhandle Plains
FHA
Long-Bell Lor. Co
Vega Road
Cook
China
By Ralph Heinzen
Zep
Glavis
Ickes’ Force
C. OF
City Hall
Colorado
Okla
Mita Falls
Heer Meee Ount Ome Wren
N. Mex
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