Bad medicine blamed in girl's death
Norman Oklahoma July 11 Be lief that Marian Mills 20 year old campus beauty queen at the University of Oklahoma died as the result of an attempt to prevent motherhood was expressed today by County Attorney Paul Updegraff following an all night investigation He based his theory on the story of Mrs Hazel Brown cook for the Delta Upsilon fraternity in whose apartment the girl's body was found yesterday afternoon shortly after Neal Myers a pharmacy student had summoned a physician and then disappeared The autopsy report will determine it definitely He said death was caused by overdose of this medicine whatever it is
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Norman
Okla
Marian Mills
University of Oklahoma
Paul Updegratt
Hazel Brown
Delta Upsilon
Neal Myers
P. B. Myers
Neal
Mills
Bernard Doud
Uni
Wheat acreage kept after USDA forecast for 1934 crop
U S agriculture officials expect the AAA to maintain the 15 percent acreage reduction into next year based on a 1934 wheat yield seen at about 484 million bushels. They anticipate normal weather will raise production but carryover should yield a surplus around July 1, 1935. Grain experts warn of a coming wheat shortage and possible import reliance.
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Associated Press
Washington
AAA
Agricultural Department
Crop Reporting Board
Wallace
United States
Nature
Chicago
la Salle Street
America
Drouth
Fear General Strikes Loom Over San Francisco and Twin Cities
Across San Francisco Minneapolis and St Paul labor actions threaten city life with a general strike. Truck line workers in Minneapolis refuse arbitration signaling a wider Twin Cities walkout. Fed mediators seek peace as National Labor Relations Board powers loom.
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America
San Francisco
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Twin Cities
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Seabrook Farm
New Jersey
Cuba
Great Lakes
Republic Steel Corporation
Will Rogers Signs Pay To On Top Line After Autograph Incident
At English Airport Will Rogers avoided mischief by signing on the top line of a blank checks book for two autograph seekers. He had visited the Emmett Hassell ranch near Muleshoe with his son Jimmy before boarding an eastbound TWA plane. Rogers plans stops in Claremore Oklahoma and New York before visiting his daughter Mary in Maine.
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Will Rogers
English Airport
Rogers
TWA
Emmett Hassell
Muleshoe
Jimmy
Claremore
Okla
New York
Maine
Mary
Shortage in Crops Lifts Grain and Cotton Prices
New York July 11 grains led a dull market on government estimates of the smallest crops in thirty years for wheat oats barley rye and flax. Wheat rose to the daily limit in Chicago while corn oats and rye advanced. December cotton futures topped 13 cents a pound. rubber and silver futures also rose amid broader inflation fears.
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New York
Chicago
Three-Score Drown In Chinese Flood
Sixty people drowned in floods caused by heavy rains in Ishikawa prefecture. A major death toll came from the collapse of a bridge over the Tetori River near Kanazawa. Villages and farms were submerged and communications disrupted.
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Tokyo
Ishikawa Prefecture
Asah
Kanazawa
Tetori
Thompson Smith To Meet Oil Committee
Railroad Commissioners Lon A. Smith and Col EF Thompson were to confer in Dallas with members of a congressional oil investigating committee. The panel, after visiting Tulsa and Bartlesville, planned stops in Wichita Falls and Austin as it reviews activity in the East Texas oil field where hot oil has reportedly flowed at about 100000 barrels daily.
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Dallas
Lon A. Smith
EF. O. Thompson
Congressional Oil Investigating Committee
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Okla
Wichita Falls
Austin
Smith
Thompson
Texas Oil Field
Jacksonville Storm Wrecks Homes and Crops in Midwest Surges
A violent storm swept Jacksonville and nearby farms causing an estimated 750000 in damage and injuring about twenty people including three seriously. A tornado damaged residences south of the business district while hail and heavy rain battered crops. Power lines were down and telegraph service limited as roofs tore off and garages collapsed.
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Jacksonville
Edward Perry
Imlay City
Mich
Sam B. Dill Circus
J. W. Hamilton
Connally Here Tonight in Amarillo for Campaign Rally
Senator Tom Connally arrives in Amarillo for an open house at the Municipal Auditorium before his campaign address. He rests at the Amarillo Hotel, then speaks at 8:30 with John McKnight presiding and James O Guieke introducing him.
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Tom Connally
Amarillo
Panhandle
Municipal Auditorium
Senator Connally
John McKnight
James O. Guieke
P. A. Quarles
Quieke
Organized Labor
Texas
Warhington
Woman Slayer Eaton Escapes From Arkansas Farm Again
Helen Spence Eaton, an Arkansas woman who has killed two men, escaped from the state farm for women for the fourth time in a year while serving a 10 year sentence for a second killing. She feigned illness to gain freedom and took a guard's pistol during the flight, raising fears of trouble on return. Her fourth escape came a year to the day after a parole by Governor Futrell from a two year sentence for the courtroom slaying of Jack Worls, the man accused of killing her father.
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Little Rock
Ark
Helen Spence Eaton
Arkansas
State Farm
Futrell
Jack Worls
One Big Code Expected For 450 Industries
Washington July 11 The NRA expects a single code impacting about 450 small industries. It will cover wages hours and child labor prohibition but not fixing. Gen Hugh S Johnson said he may transfer NRA duties to a commission and return to private life when the President deems it possible.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8S
Johnson
New Cabinet Formed as Dollfuss Consolidates Power
President Miklas approved a reorganized cabinet formed by Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. Dollfuss retains the chancellor title and takes personal command of all armed forces as he leads a stern drive against Nazis. Annihilation of terrorists is his stated immediate aim.
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Vienna
Wilhelm Miklas
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler winds. West Texas expects generally fair skies with a chilly dip Thursday. New Mexico sees fair to partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change. Temperatures today reach around 72 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhadle
New Mexico
Tesla announces super death ray capable of destroying an army
New York on July 11 reports Nicola Tesla outlining a death beam claimed to emit 50,000,000 volts that could annihilate 1,000,000 troops, down 10,000 aircraft at 250 miles, and surround a nation with an invisible wall while arming battleships with the weapon. Tesla plans to present details before scientific bodies and at the Geneva disarmament conference.
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New York
Nicola Tesla
Tesla
Bandit Trio Steals Whisky and Cash Near Carlsbad
Three bandits robbed a truck near Carlsbad New Mexico taking 15 cases of whiskey and $20. The driver W E Oliverson and passenger James Hammack were ordered to stop as the truck traveled west of Salt Flats. The bandits fled after unloading liquor and knocking out the truck lights. Police reported three men were arrested in El Paso in connection with the robbery.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Here
Salt Flats
Fl Paso
W. E. Oliverson
James Hammack
Oliverson
Hammack
el Paso
Man Sentenced to 99 Years for Beating Aged Women
Lester C. Sterne of Abilene received 99 years for robbing and beating two elderly women whose Cross Cut area home was invaded on the night of June 19. The verdict was delivered in Brownwood Texas with the judge outlining the sentence and crimes.
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Brownwood
Texas
Lester C. Sterne
Abilene
Cross Cut
Business Man's Assurance Executive Improves After Surgery
F. B. Martin of the Business Men's Assurance Company underwent an operation Monday at St. Anthony's hospital and is reported to be improving.
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F. B. Martin
Business Men's Assurance Company
St. Anthony's Hospital
West Texas Utilities accused of propaganda and plant grabings
Examiner Carl H. DePue presented evidence to the federal trade commission alleging the West Texas Utilities Company spent 168 514 in a campaign to seize municipal plants in Texline Stratford Clayton Vernon and Brady New Mexico and Texas from 1928 to 1930. He said the effort used propaganda and political influence and that the company overstated income and obtained unearned dividends. He cited inter company profits of 3 193 461 in the record.
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Washington
Ciiy
West Texas Utilities Company
Insull
West Texas
New Mexico
Federal Trade Commission Today
Carl H. DePue
Textine
DePue
Texline
Stratford
Texas
Clayton
N. M
Vernon
Brady
Lupe Velez Seeks Divorce From Johnny Weissmuller
Lupe Velez, noted Mexican film star, filed a divorce suit in superior court alleging cruelty by her husband Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic swimmer and screen actor. The action comes amid Hollywood headlines as the couple’s marriage faces strain.
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Los Angeles
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Paris Has New Racket
A Paris evening paper unveils a 100-foot illuminated moving picture front page that is legible up to a distance and audible from six blocks. The text mocks the display and suggests a live classified Want Ad section like The Globe News as a cheaper, effective alternative. An example ad promotes a TF MODEL BUICK STANDARD Sedan for 40 dollars with a phone contact.
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Paris
Globe News
Four Die in Hyde Park Slaying and Possible Suicide
Boston July 11 four members of the Gibney family were found dead in a Hyde Park house in a suspected triple murder and death by suicide. Victims include John J. Gibney 55 and his daughter Margaret Borgeson 19, her husband 20, and their six month old baby Estelle.
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Boston
Hyde Park District
John B. Gibney
John J. Gibney
Margaret Borgeson
Estelle
South Texas Receives Generous General Moisture
Rain across South Texas in the last 24 hours boosted soil and pasture conditions. Reports from Houston and the Lower Rio Grande Valley show totals from .25 to over 1 inch with additional showers forecast. Cities like Brownsville Corpus Christi Galveston Port Arthur and Beaumont logged measurable rainfall while San Antonio had a trace.
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Texas
Houston
Rio Grande Valley
Brownaville
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Two Elderly Women Slain by Night Prowler in Oakland
In Oakland California bodies of Adella Merrill 71 and Mille Foote 64 were found in a boarding house with crushed skulls. Police believe a night prowler committed the slayings as the room showed clear signs of a break in and ransacking.
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Oakland
Calif
Adella Merrill
Mille Foote
Big Gains in Federal Taxes in 1934 Texas
Texans paid the federal government almost twice as much in taxes for the 1934 fiscal year ending June 30, with Texas totaling 60,501,954 compared with 34,167,406 in 1933. AAA taxes added 10,070,720 to 1934 receipts while farmers received 40,040,156 in AAA payments through May 31.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Globe
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Lone Star
Texas
Paraguayan Forces Advance on Fort Ballivian
Reports from ASUNCION indicate Paraguayan troops press the death struggle over Fort Ballivian in the Chaco. The Bolivian stronghold is described as the region’s best fortified post, now seemingly surrounded with Pilcomayo River as the last external link.
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Asungion
Paraguay
Chaco
Fort Ballivian
Co op Sales Reach 14 Million Cattle Heads in 1933
Madiron Wisconsin July 1 Over 14 000 000 head of live stock valued at more than 138 900 000 were marketed in 1933 through sales organizations owned and controlled by livestock producers The American Institute of Cooperation was told today J D Harper editor of the National Live Stock Producer said this figure represented 274 percent of all livestock handled on federally inspected markets in the United States in 1933.
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Madiron
Wis
American Institute of Cooperation
J. D. Harper
United States
Milwaukee strike disorders at Wehr Steel Casting
In Milwaukee on July 11 two shots were fired eleven men were arrested and two others were injured during disturbances at the Wehr Steel Casting Company. Police reported the clash erupted during the labor action and tied to ongoing strike activity at the plant.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wehr Steel Casting Company
Mississippi votes against liquor reform in 2 to 1 defeat
Jackson Mississippi unofficial returns show a 2 to 1 defeat for the liquor referendum with 47 275 to 246 in 658 of 1596 precincts. Senator W B Roberts said the result is a mandate to enforce current laws and end the present conditions.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
W. B. Roberts
Rosendale
President Roosevelt Sets Out On Panama Canal Inspection Tour
President Roosevelt, aboard the U S Houston, prepares to tour the Panama Canal with War Secretary George H Dern aboard for the inspection. The cruise anchors at Cristobal at 430 AM and enters the Gatun locks with guards posted as spectators gather along the canal.
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Panama Canal
Oklahoma sheriff, deputy kill two bank robbers in cross border chase
Hemphill County Sheriff Walter Jones and Deputy Joe Oney stopped the bandits Buster Orr and W. O. Orte after a bet chase from Allison Texas to Oklahoma. The pair opened fire, striking a passenger in the sheriff car, then died en route to Erick hospital. The officers recovered most of about 200,000 in loot.
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Brick
Okla
San Diego
Calif
Texas
Allison State Bank
Allison
Wheeler County
Buster Orr
W. O. Orte
Oklahoma
Hemphill County
Walter Jones
Canadian, Tex
Joe Oney
Erick
Jones
Allison Bank
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Updegraff
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Elbert M. Mills
Myers
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New York Capitalist
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Kennedy
Frisco
Minneapolis and
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Illinois
Mit
Connally
Voice of the Church
Arthur Brisbane
Brisbane
Russia
Bank For International Settlements In
Switzerland
Germany
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Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Company
Bandit Trio
Martin
AIR Utilities Purchase Plan
Federal Trade, Commission
Lupe
Johnny
N. Johnson
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Beckham County Lines
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Tor
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