Drought Death Toll Tops 1 200 Across Regions
In a heat driven disaster across the Middle West and East the drouth claims rose to at least 1 247 deaths and $300 million in crop damage. Government meteorologist J R Lloyd warned no relief rains were seen for the Northwest or major corn states as heat persisted. A cooler front offered slight hope for Illinois and nearby states by midweek.
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Chicago
Drouth
Middle West
J. R. Lloyd
America
Northwest
Brouth
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Lloyd
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiana
Jail Flyer In Killing With Car
Howard Hughes awaited questioning by district attorneys on an automobile crash in which 59-year-old Gabe Myers was killed. Hughes held on a technical charge of negligent homicide and was jailed 12 hours while investigators sought the identity of a woman with him at the scene. His release came after a writ of habeas corpus.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Gabe
Myer
Filyer
Neil S. McCarthy
Fletcher Bowron
Death Valley Scotty Returns With 15 Noted Mules
Desert entertainer Death Valley Scotty tidies his caravan after a five week California shopping trip. He spent about 4500 dollars on 15 mules with feed and packs and praises a standout, Barnum, a 1250 pound saddle-ready animal.
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Walter B. Clausen
Los Angeles
Death Valley
Scotty
Desert
California
Barnum
Helgoland Fortifications Raise British German Replies
Lord Cranborne told the House of Commons that Helgoland is being refortified by Germany without British leave. Germany denied plans to fortify or forbid bathing areas as rumors circulate about the North Sea rock.
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London
Lord Cranborne
House of Commons
Helgoland
Germany
Anthony Eden
Oliver Locker-Lampson
North Sea
Kiel Canal
Bremen
Hamburg
Berlin
Navy
Buchanan Crossing Is Started
More than a score of men began preliminary work on the Buchanan Street underpass a 400000 project with peak activity of about 200 workers over months. Oren Speer of Alvord is the contractor. the crossing will be blocked to traffic late today and extend from South First Avenue to beyond North Second Avenue as Amarillo’s largest such structure.
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Buchanan Street
Denver
Rock Island
Oren Speer
Alvord
South First Avenue
North Second Avenue
Amarillo
Leader slain after flaying fascist rule in Madrid
The body of Jose Calvo Sotelo, monarchist leader, was found in the Municipal Cemetery after he and his home were raided by men in assault guards uniforms. He was killed by clubs, knives, and gun shots. The government cabinet took up the case amid fears of wide political repercussions. Family members claim vengeance linked to a prior assassination of an assault guard captain by alleged Fascists.
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Madrid
Jose Calvo Sotelo
Spain
National Cabinet
Potter County Auditor Frosty Hamrick Remains Seriously Ill
H G Frosty Hamrick Potter County auditor who had an appendectomy last Thursday stayed in serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital this morning. Attendants said visitors would likely not be admitted at least until the end of this week.
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H. G. Frosty Hamrick
Potter County
Northwest
Texas
Eyston Breaks 24Hour Speed Record at Bonneville
Captain George Eyston, knight of the roaring road, set an unofficial 24hour world land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats with about 149.16 mph. He shared driving with Berty Denly over 3580 miles of salt, surpassing last year’s 140.52 mph mark. The run starts a planned 48hour challenge to beat 109.54 mph European record.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George Eyston
Great Britain
Berty Denly
Eyston
Farm aide back after Colorado trip
J. Edwards assistant district farm agent returns to his office after a week in Colorado. He attended the Regional Advisory Committee on conservation meeting in Denver last week and was accompanied by Mrs. Edwards.
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J. Edwards
Colorado
Mr. Edwards
Denver
Edwards
Smith Adopts Clam Tactics On Campaign
Alfred E Smith reportedly plans to boycott active campaigning in the 1936 presidential race. He may cite his June letter with other Democrats opposing Roosevelt’s renomination and urging platform reforms. His silence could help either party, with potential impact on Northeastern Democratic strength.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
Wallace to Broadcast Drouth Report From Colorado
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, vacationing at a mountain resort near Colorado Springs, will address the nation on the western drouth situation in a 6:45 to 7:00 P M C T radio hookup over KVOR tonight. The program is carried nationwide via Columbia.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Henry A. Wallace
Here
Drouth
Columbia
KVOR
Amarillo Rails Welcomes Rail Week With Salutes And Demonstrations
Amarillo celebrated Railroad Week with a one minute whistle salute at 8 am and a public display of new equipment at the Fort Worth & Denver yards. Miss Alvilda Smith, Miss Lona Mae Donovan, and Miss Jeanne Howe pulled the whistle cords to start the event. A Pullman conductor gave tours of air conditioned berths while families toured the cars and enjoyed the modern features. The week includes dances, civic club talks, and observances in 500 West towns.
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Alvilda Smith
H. R. Smith
Lona Mae Donovan
Jeanne Howe
Gene Howe
Fort Worth
Denver
Nat
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Amarillo Hosts Highway Boosters Tuesday Event
Amarillo will welcome highway boosters from a thousand mile radius for a 25 year achievement ceremony. Delegations from the north south east and west will attend the opening of Highway No 5 the first all pavement route to bisect the Panhandle. Distinguished visitors include Harry Hines chair Texas Highway Commission C D Tompkins from Colorado Springs and F Johnson and C M Bartlett from Miami Oklahoma.
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Amarillo
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Texas Highway Commission
C. D. Tompkins
Colorado Springs
Colorado
F. Johnson
C. M. Bartlett
Miami, Ok!a
Highway 66
Descend Among Bicycles Strikes and Worries
Arthur Brisbane comments on conflicts between two flags and two nations as crowds sing the Marseillaise while wearing ribbons of red, white, and blue. The Globe presents his opinion on today’s day of national symbol clashes and public worries.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
France
Rouget Delisle
Rhine
Paris
Marseilles
Zioncheck to Speak in Seattle Tonight
Washington Congressman Marion A. Zioncheck promised a public address with his topic "Who's Crazy?" He would not reveal if he plans to run for Congress governor or dog catcher and spoke to his homefolk in Seattle on July 13.
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Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington
Zioncheck
Congress
Boastful Slayer Gardner Hanged at Dawn in Arizona
Earl Gardner an Apache Indian 31 was executed on a government gallows at San Carlos Arizona. He killed his wife and infant son and boasted of facing the trap with defiant bravery. The trap was sprung at 5 06 A M and after 33 minutes the condemned man was pronounced dead by the attending physician.
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San Carlos
Ariz
Earl Gardner
Gardner
Dot Babb Seriously Ill at Home in Amarillo
T A Dot Babb 83 year old Amarilloan and pioneer cattleman is seriously ill at his home at 604 Virginia Street. He was captured by Comanche Indians at age 14 and ransomed two years later by his father. He later settled in the area and wrote In the Bosom of the Comanches in 1912.
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T. A
Dot) Babb
Hunter to rap Texas relief in talk here
Tom Hunter guber-natorial candidate plans an eight o clock open air speech at Seventh Avenue and Tyler Street in Amarillo. He will address mismanagement losses of nine million dollars, attack Governor Allred and his alliance with William Randolph Hearst, and criticize broken promises. He arrives in Amarillo at four this afternoon and will be at the Amarillo Hotel before his speech.
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Texas
Tom Hunter
Hunter
Wichita Falls
Seventh Avenue
Tyler Street
Allred
William Randolph Hearst
Roosevelt
Jimmy Allred
Mr. Hunter
Amarillo
Experts Claim Texas Grazing Prospect Good
Government statisticians report good prospects for summer and fall grazing across most Texas counties. Rains in late May and early June aided ranges statewide, aiding re-sodding after the 1934 drought, though drought areas persist in northern regions and northern Texas.
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Texas
Austin
U.P
Drouth
United States
Canada
F. E B. Finley
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hugo Rachie
Scrambled family ties tangled Paul Browns in Palm Beach
The Paul Brown case in West Palm Beach details a complex web of marriages. Paul Brown Sr. remarried about three years ago and his son Paul Brown Jr. married the new wife’s younger sister. The Jr. couple now has an infant son, Paul Brown, NT, making Mrs. Brown Sr. both mother-in-law to her sister and grandmother to her nephew.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Paul Brown
Paul Browns
Brown
Constable W. Sarver Shot Dead in Vidor Home
In Vidor Texas on July 13 constable W Sarver 40 was shot to death at his home. His son Henry 14 said he disarmed his mother before she could carry out a threat to kill four other family members and herself.
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Vidor
Tex
U.P
W. Sarver
Henry Sarver
Washington girl links killer to Luciano plot in eerie assault
Henna haired Jean Bell says a man carved C L initials and 3 12 on her thigh before escaping to New York, where detectives chase a suspected hit man and a possible “finger man” tied to Luciano. She was rescued from a gas filled apartment and remains in pain.
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Washington
Henna
Jean Bell
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Sing Sing Prison
New York City
C. L
New York
District of Columbia Women's Bureau
Luciano
Sing Sing
Organized Vice
Fair Weather Brings Panhandle Wheat Harvest Ahead
Panhandle Plains expects fair weather easing a moderately cool week. Harvest continues with combines in Central Panhandle and near completion on South Plains. North Plains lag behind South and Central areas as rains fell Saturday night. Amarillo recorded 0.28 inches rainfall with 88 degrees Sunday afternoon and expecting near 90 for today.
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Panhandle Plains
Central Panhandle
South Plains
Panhandle
North Plains
Bkies
Plains
Amarillo
Rohde Honeymoon at Niagara Falls With Ruth Owen Rohde
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde guides her Danish bridegroom Captain Boerge Rohde around Niagara Falls as they begin a conventional honeymoon in the United States Their plans include a journey to Yellowstone National Park with multiple stops and a meeting with President and Mrs Roosevelt during a weekend wedding reception.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Boerge Rohde
America
Rohde
Denmark
Yellowstone National Park
Roosevelt
Amarillo Vicinity Weather Forecast Update
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity shows fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with showers in the extreme southeast portion. New Mexico remains fair with little temperature change. Temperature highs and lows reach 85 and 67 in Amarillo before 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mrs Dill Seeks Washington Fifth District Seat
Rosalie Jones Dill declares candidacy for U S House in Washingtons fifth district on the Democratic ticket. She plans street speeches and campaigning after filing in her Spokane hotel room. She notes she is the former wife of ex Senator Dill and references his 1914 to 1918 tenure.
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Spokane
Wash
Rosalie Jones Dill
Dill
Washington
Daring Chinese Climber Rescued After Nuana Pali Plunge
Joan Wong a 21 year old Chinese climber was marooned on a narrow ledge on Nuana Pali above Honolulu for two hours before rescue. A companion helped pull her to safety after she was knocked off by a gust that snagged her jacket on a ledge 300 feet below the crest.
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Honolulu
T. H
Joan Wong
Nuana Pali
Koolau
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