Senate trims bee and fruit items from AAA bill amid laughter
The Senate Agriculture Committee scaled back the AAA amendment by removing poultry fruits for canning and package bees and queen bees from marketing controls. House earlier exempted fruits for canning, provoking debate and laughs as senators objected to changes and lobby testimony was sought on utilities.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriulture
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Pope
Idaho
American Farm Bureau
Bankhead
Alabama
AAA
Glass
Virginia
Secretary of Agriculture
House Rules Committee
Brewster
Maine
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Passamaquoddy
Brewsters
Italys Mussolini mobilizes divisions for East Africa war
Rome reports Il Duce orders a new regular army division named Sila II and a First of February blackshirt division. He also orders ten new submarines and rapid formation of more blackshirt units to replace those sent to Africa as tensions rise with Ethiopia.
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Andrue
Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
East
Africa
Ethiopa
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Sila II
National Defense Forces
de Michelis
Attilio Teruzzi
Mussolini
East Africa
Ministry of Propaganda
Sila
Regular Army
Justice Resigns from Texas Second Court of Appeals
Fort Worth July 15 JudgeHall Lattimore resigned as associate justice of the second court of appeals citing inadequate salary to support his family. Gov Allred said District Judge P A Martin of Wichita Falls would succeed him. The term ends January 1 1937. Lattimore mailed the letter from Houston calling Texas judiciary poorly paid.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles I. Dawson
Louiseville
Louisville
Ickes
Supreme Court
Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works
Dawson
Edward J. Gernert
Fort Worth
Hall
Lattimore
Second Court of Appeals
James V. Allred
P. A. Martin
Wichita Falls
Marvin H. Brown
Houston
Texas
Blacks Rally to Form War Legion in Harlem and Beyond
In New York on July 15 the Black Legion movement swelled as recruiting surged in Harlem to defend Ethiopia against Italy. Estimates put legionnaires at about 2,500 with doctors and nurses among enlistees. An auxiliary boycott of Italian goods formed as plans for a 59 acre training camp near Montrose, New York advanced.
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New York
U.P
Harlem
Ethiopia
Italy
Deep South
Texas
Montrose
N. Y
Lenox Avenue
Sam Brown
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday for Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico expects showers this afternoon or tonight with cooler temperatures tonight and unsettled Tuesday. Temperature extremes reach 66 to 76. Advertised by John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 West Fifth.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
West Texas
New Mexico
Northcentral
White woman and Chinese man held in Lang murder case
Rockford police questioned Rose Burns 22 of Madison and Edgar Funk 28 also of Madison after Chicago named Eve lyn Smith and Harry Jung as alleged killers. Mrs Blanche Dunkel, Lang's mother in law, admitted involvement, claiming jealousy over Lang's marriage and arranging the stay before the murder. Police said Lang was drugged and murdered in Mrs Smiths apartment, with his dismembered body later found near Hammond.
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Rockford, II
Rockford
Ervin Lang
Chicago
Evelyn Smith
Harry Jung
Madison
Wis
Edgar Funk
Rose Burns
Jung
Mrs. Smith
Blanche Dunkel
Lang
Hammond
Mrs. Dunkel
Han River Flood Wrecks Large Area Near Hankow
In Hankow China on July 15 authorities estimated about 10 000 people perished as the Han River breached a dike near Hanyang. Two thirds of Hanyang was under water with survivors fleeing to hills while the river’s surge swept houses livestock and people away. A Chinese motorboat crew eyewitness described the wall of water and the scale of destruction.
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Hankow
China
Han
Hanyang
Resource 108 Drive Halted
Washington officials said the national resources board plans, once central to Roosevelt’s 4 billion work relief program, have been abandoned for now. Money shortages and speed were cited as reason to shift focus toward creating 3.5 million jobs.
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Washington
National Resource Board
Roosevelt
Ickes
Senate
July Fourth Reflections and Brief Mentions
Arthur Brisbane writes in The Globe portraying his opiniana on day topics. Editors note emphasizes his views as his own and not The Globe's. A casual line hints at a July Fourth celebration and notable names.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Mr Brisbane
Lynching of Bert Moore and Dooley Morton near Columbus
Two Black men named Bert Moore and Dooley Morton were lynched by a white mob eight miles from Columbus Mississippi. The victims, accused of two attempted attacks on white women, were seized from the sheriff and hanged behind a church on a country road.
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Columbus
Miss
Bert Moore
Dooley Morton
Aberdeen
FDR Nominates Envoys to Chile Norway and DOJ Post
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Hoffman Philip of New York to be ambassador to Chile. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr of Philadelphia was nominated as minister to Norway. Cleon A Summers of Oklahoma was nominated United States attorney for the eastern district of Oklahoma.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Hoffman Philip
New York
Chile
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Philadelphia
Norway
Cleon A. Summers
Oklahoma
United States
Eastern District of
Blind Beggar Tosses Sweetheart From Hotel Window
In Boston a blind beggar killed his blind sweetheart by tossing her from a Tremont Street hotel window and then threw her dog after her. He surrendered to police and gave a drawn confession citing love and lack of funds and friends. The suspects were identified as Forrest R. Wells and Hazel Martin, both with no fixed address.
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Boston
Tremont Street
R. Wells
H. Wells
Detroit
Mich
Forrest R. Wells
Hazel Martin
Wells
Waley Woman Faces Long Prison Term for Kidnap Case
Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, linked to the Lindbergh law kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser, is expected to receive a lengthy term but not life. Federal Judge Cushman will decide Wednesday, with a possible sentence near 45 years, following her husband Harmon Metz Waley’s 25 year term.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Utah
Ean
FE. Cushman
Cushman
Harmon Metz Waley
Demo leaders face chore
Page 3-Demo leaders face chore. Page 3-Washington off the Record. Page 38-Elliott fate pends. Page 9-Ethiopian row in picture. Page 10-Traffic toll 15. Page 10-Eclipse weather, FHA Loans. Long-Belt Lumber Co.
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Washington
Elliott Fate Pends
More Quakes Rock Stricken India City
An earthquake lasting 15 seconds was felt in Quetta at 11 A M. The city, already ruined by a May 31 quake that killed about 26 000, adds to an Indian area death toll around 60 000. A separate report notes a Miami car kill in Oklahoma.
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India City
Quetta
India
Miami
Manknid
Okla
W. L. Morgan
Elk City
Will O. O'Laughlin
Texas
Mena
Enid
O'Laughlin
Drive Against 450 For Lottery Begins
The Post Office Department issued fraud charges against about 450 foreign residents in Canada Cuba Bermuda Mexico France and Luxembourg as part of a crackdown on the foreign lottery racket. The list covers 10 pages of names and addresses and includes 396 firms and individuals in Canada About 40 Havana residents and others in various countries. Officials say peddlers send vouchers by express to US agents who then mail tickets to buyers. inspectors can’t seize express packages but can trace addresses to target American agents and disrupt the business.
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Washington
W.P
Post Office Department
Canada
Cuba
Bermuda
Mexico
France
Luxembourg
Havana
United States Sees Total Moon Eclipse Tonight
The moon begins to enter Earth's shadow at 9 12 P M and is fully covered by 10 09 P M The eclipse lasts about 1 hour 41 minutes as the shadow sweeps across the moon from the earth Jim Blakeslee reports for New York July 15 1927 United States observers watch a nationwide eclipse for the first time since 1927 with the moon passing into a shadow cone about 226000 miles out and the Earth's shadow extending 860000 miles into space.
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New York
United States
Earth
Moon Shadow and Copper Disc At Midnight Light Phenomenon
The article describes the moon passing through Earth's shadow and may appear as a copper colored disc at midnight. Depending on cloud cover and atmospheric refraction, the coppery ghost may or may not be visible as red rays bend around the Earth to illuminate the moon. The phenomenon begins at 11 59 P M CST as the moon creeps out from the shadow.
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