Odd incidents and political headlines mix in July dispatches
A Dallas hotel shop fire via sunlight on a bottle risks fire. Buck Terry resists jail costs. Ruth Stawicki derides husband to a magistrate. fishermen Bronheil and Keyes miscue lines at Medina Lake. dust storms near the Bering Sea prompt schooner alerts. and Congress debates Wheeler-Rayburn utilities and AAA amendments amid crossfire over a death sentence vote.
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Dallas
U.P
Tom Gresham
San Antonio
Bronheil and Keyes
Medina Lake
Seattle
Bering Sea
An. J. E. Shields
Sophie Christenson
Shields
Washington
House Today
Wheeler-Rayburn
Senate Audit and Control Committee
Senate
William H. Dietterich
Illinois
Thomas Corcoran
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Ethiopia asks quick League move after Ethiopia Italy clash
Ethiopia seeks immediate convocation of the League of Nations as it presses for peaceful solution with Italy. Foreign minister writes to European powers protesting arms deliveries aiding Ethiopia’s defenses. Italy expands troops to 120,000 for East Africa action as refugees flee in heightening war threats. Addis Ababa hosts fear and American missionaries remain.
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Addis Ababa
Foreign Ministry
Ethiopia
Italy
Council of the
League of Nations
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Denmark
Rome
Empire of
Bento Mussolini
London
U.P
Two Injunction Suits Filed Against AAA Tax Collection
Two injunction suits were filed with the U S commissioner to halt the wheat and corn processing tax in Amarillo and Tulia. The Lemons Thompson Grain Company and Tulia Milling Company, both Amarillo firms, seek to strike down the tax as unconstitutional and an invasion of states rights. Ross M. Lambdin of Lambdin and Russell left for Houston for a hearing before Federal Judge Tom Kennerly, who handles related district matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
United States
Amarillo
Tubhia
Lemons-Thompson Grain Company
Tulia Milling Company
Ross M. Lambdin
Lambdin and
Federal hatcheries to stock Panhandle lakes for anglers
Frank T. Bell head of the United States Fish Commission arrived in Texas with Glen C. Leach to survey stocking state waters. They foresee City Lake near Amarillo becoming a mecca for West Texas anglers as federal support begins soon.
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Panhandle
Frank T. Bell
United States Fish Commission
Mr. Bell
Texas
Washington
Mecca
Glen C. Leach
Fish Culture
City Lake
Amarillo
West Texas
Yangtze Flood Strikes Central China Leaving Destruction
Leaden skies retreat as Yangtze flood waters surge across central China around Nanking. Reports describe wholesale death, destruction, and pleas for aid while communications falter. Few cities between Nanking and Ichang escape unscathed as melting snows feed the flood.
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Central
China
Nanking
Yangtse
Erin
Tibet
Hankow
Grain battle and political notes headline
A compact summary of the page item mentions a grain battle and political updates. The Electra fire report, tax trouble, nursing in Congress and President FDR popularity are referenced in brief items. The page notes Duce sets jaw and other contemporaneous political developments.
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Congress
Cuba Fires Cut Telegraph Links as Baracoa Region Burns
July reports say a large part of Baraco Orient Province on Cuba's northeast tip caught fire. Telegraph wires failed before full reports of the supposed catastrophe could be transmitted.
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Cuba
Havana
Baraco
Orient
Testimony Sought From Kidnapping Victim in Waley Trial
In Tacoma authorities plan to question 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser in the Lindbergh law case against 19 year old Margaret Thulin Waley. The U S Attorney indicated the boy will be called to testify despite defense protests aiming to let him forget his eight days in captivity.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Margaret Thulin Waley
U. S
J. Charles Dennis
Exile ended as Hapsburg properties restored
The federal dict unanimously passed a bill revoking punishments on the former ruling Hapsburg family and restoring confiscated property to Archduke Otto once President Miklas signs it into law.
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Wade Werner
Vienna
Federal Dict Today
Hapsburgs
Miklas
Archduke Otto
Europe
Krakatoa Erupts Again Spurring Warnings in Java
Batavia Java July 10 The Krakatoa volcano resumed eruptions at two minute intervals reaching about 2500 feet skyward The Netherlands coast watch doubled safety measures and ordered tom tom warnings inland as Anak Krakatan reportedly disappeared.
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Batavia
Java
Krakatoa
Netherlands
Anakrakatan
Heat kills seven Texans including four convicts on prison farms
Seven people, four convicts, died of heat prostration on Texas prison farms as record temperatures swept the state. Victims at Ramsey in Brazoria County and Eastham near Weldon fell in the fields during peak heat, with victims ranging in age from 17 to 40 and committing burglary, assault to murder, or theft. Authorities noted heat as the cause and moved patients to prison hospitals for treatment.
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Texas
Ramsey
Eastham
W. A. Paddock
James Leed
Galveston
J. E. Cole
Kaufman County
Felix Moore
Ellis County
Bennie Daniels
Hunt County
Weldon
Houston County
Dallas
E.S. Carter
Scopes Trial Anniversary Recalled in Dayton
Dayton marks the tenth anniversary of the Scopes evolution trial. Rep. John Washington Butler who sponsored Tennessee's monkey law recalls he would do it again. The case led to Scopes' conviction later reversed on a technicality while the law stayed valid. No observance planned today. a formal celebration is set for September.
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Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
Tennessee
John Thomas Scopes
John Washington Butler
General Assembly
Clarence Darrow
Arthur Garfield Hays
Dudley Field Malone
William Jennings Bryan
Darrow
Bryan
State Supreme Court
Butler
Macon County
Lafayette
Censorship Lifted for Anglo American Press Dispatches
Paris reports Premier Laval announced the end of official censorship on American and English newspaper dispatches. An agreement with war ministries allows instant transmission to the two countries with warnings remaining for inaccurate or prejudicial news and possible expulsion after warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Paris
Pierre Laval
Anglo-American Press Association
Ministers of War
Ministry of Forc
France
Cummings Urges Gold Clause Legislation to Save World Standard
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings warned the House banking committee that Congress must pass a law outlawing gold clause suits against the government or an international gold standard agreement would be nearly impossible to achieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Homer S. Cummings
House Banking Committee
Congress
New Orleans Officials Break With Senator Huey Long Showdown
Two city commissioners A Miles Pratt and Joseph P Skelly quit backing Mayor T Semmes Walmsley in the clash with Senator Huey P Long amid threats of state intervention. The pair said peace and cooperation with the state are needed to prevent severe future losses while Walmsley defended his moral fight as essential to the city. Long was in his hotel suite in Washington and canceled a return trip.
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New Orleans
Huey P Lanz
T Semmes Walmsley
Thay
Hey
A. Miles Pratt
Joseph P. Skelly
Pratt and
Skelly
Walmsley
Public Utilities
Fred A. Earhart
Public Safety Com
Frank R. Gomila
Pratt and Skeily
Senator Long
Kvocrapes
Washington
Texas court dissolves restraining order on 32 cent gas rate
The Texas Court of Civil Appeals dissolved a restraining order blocking a 32 cent per 1 000 cubic feet gas rate by Lone Star Gas. The ruling allows about 200 cities using Lone Star gas to seek rate reductions based on the gate rate set by the railroad commissioners. Thompson indicated cities may proceed to adjust consumer rates accordingly.
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Austin
U.P
Lone Star System
Man Killed as Harvest Combine Chain Snaps Near Panhandle
Joel Durrett, 26, was killed instantly at Panhandle when the harvest combine chain snapped and the lever struck him. He had moved to the area nine years ago from Sherman and lived on Wyman Purvine’s farm. The body was sent to Sherman for burial. He leaves a widow Velma Nickell Durrett, a brother Raymond, four sisters, his father J A Durrett, and a cousin J E Medford.
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Panhandle
Joel Durrett
Durrett
Sherman
Wyman Purvine
Virgin Island Governor Labeled Liar in Senate Probe
An affidavit by Rev FE Anson named Island Governor Paul Pearson as an awful liar thief and hypocrite amid a Senate inquiry into Virgin Islands affairs. Ulysses Gimenez also swore aliens from Tor tola were given relief jobs and natives faced disfranchisement as mass demonstrations emerged. Tax burdens fell on the poor while large landowners avoided payments.
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Washington
Senate
Island
Paul Pearson
Rev
FE. G. Anson
Paul
Pearson
Yates
Ulysses A. Gimenez
Tortola
Virgin Island
Turtle and time work in July speech by Brisbane
Column by Arthur Brisbane discusses July work ethic and a Declaration of Independence Against Crime and Communism promoted by the United States Flag Association. It mentions Selassie and a broad public debate while noting editorial context and the Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bragane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Nate
Washington
United States ‘Flag Association
United State
Earl Fuqua Condition Improved After Rail Transport
Earl Fuqua of the Amarillo First National Bank was moved by rail to a Fort Worth hospital and showed improved condition this morning. Mrs. Fuqua said he made the trip fine and is doing nicely. He had been ill for several days and was accompanied by his father W. H. Piqua and doctors Sid West Dr. Sam Broyles Malcolm and James Shelton.
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Fort Worth
Earl Fuqua
Amarillo First National Bank
Navy plans 12 destroyers and six submarines for 1936 37
Secretary Swanson announced a navy building program for the year starting July 1 1936 including 12 destroyers and six submarines and possibly a battleship under the Vinson Act 54 warships would reach treaty strength by 1942 He said no decision yet on replacing one of seven battleships due to expire December 31 1936 Construction could start January 1 1937 but no competition.
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Washington
Swanson
Navy
Amarillo Weather Forecast Glows Fair Nights
Forecast calls for Amarillo and West Texas fair nights with modest daytime warmth. New Mexico shows fair south and occasional unsettled conditions in the north, with temperatures ranging from 92 to 71 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Relief Efforts Intensify After Floods In New York
Gov. Lehman surveys state response as flood toll rises with 40 dead and 3000 homeless. Cleanup by CCC crews near Ithaca and Monterey restores utilities while missing persons decline to four. Alice Ferris 22 of Interlaken drowned when her car was swept from the highway.
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Albany
Ate
Cnee
Darage
Herbert H Lehman
CCC
Itahaca
Alice Ferris
Interlaken
Butterm Fells
Ghway
Jeanette Leaelee
Monterey
Corning
Sit
Bath
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Boston
Ruth Kerr
New York
Co. Us
Einsiedel
Germany
Einsiedel Moun
Taineering Association
Williamston
N.C
Buck Terry
Orde
Terry
Ruth Stawicki
Miami
Tex
W. R
Bob) Campbell
Campbell
Solon
Corcoran
Brewster
Ter
Robinson
Sentor Byrd
Virginia
Smith
Agricultural Committee
Quick League Council
Advan ES
Electra
Kate
The
Associated Press
Soring
Cummings
Lone Star
Thompson
Il Industrial Comission
Garment
Gwiteherkikkin
John Maynard Lbr Co
W. Oth
Arthur Brisbane
Br King Features Syndicate, Inc
Selassie
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