Man Aims Gun At King Edward VIII In London Protest
A discontented subject aimed a revolver at King Edward VIII during a royal procession on Constitution Hill London. Police seized the man George Andrew Mahon a newspaperman who said the act was a protest not an assassination. He was remanded eight days for unlawful firearm possession.
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Associated Press
London
Edward VIII
Constitution Hill
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Bow Street
Mahon
George Andrew Mahon
Human Gazette
Wellington Arch
Hyde Park
Duke of York
John L. Lewis May Not Go to AFL Trial
John L. Lewis, leader of AFL rebels and president of the United Mine Workers, questions the authority of the AFL executive council to summon him and other leaders for an August 3 insurrection trial. The council postponed a vote on suspending the insurgents, hoping for delay and peace as labor factions weigh a major union schism.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L. Executive Council
A. F. of L
Labor World
Lewis
United Mine Workers
A. F. of I
William Green
Varied bids for Amarillo post office sites opened
Eighteen proposed locations were opened by Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi ranging from the Denver Railroad to Ninth Avenue and from Grant Street to Northwest Texas Hospital. Prices spanned 5 500 to 178 500 with many parcels including weather bureau land and large city blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Company
Charles Pride
Northwest Texas Hospital
Herring
Fourth
Johnson
Grant
Taylor and
Fillmore
Ware, Ware & Garner
Santa Fe Railroad
Fuqua Development Company
Seventh Street
Tyler and
Harrison
D. Sears
John Hill
Allen Early
Amarillo Post Office Bids Listed for 18 Proposed Sites
Bids opened by Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi detail 18 site options for Amarillo’s new 750000 post office. Each entry lists location bounds, land price, cash donations where offered, net cost to government, and the selling agent or owner.
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Fourth Street
Pierce and
Fillmore
Courthouse
Taylor and
Fifth Street
Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
Pierce
Government
Tom Cotten
Taylor
Fifth
Johnson
Grant
Tyler
Harrison
Co. D
Sears
C. D. Sears
Chas. Green
Harrison Street
Eighth
Ninth
John Hill
Allen
Robert Ricks
Buchanan
Lincoln
A. A. Koaller
Seventh
Weather Bureau
John Mathis
Christian Church
Fannin
Bonham
Charles Priolo
Heat Crushes Midwestern Isles as Death Toll Climbs
Heat across the three great valleys of the Middle West pushes the death total past 3,500 with crop damage near 500 million dollars. Cooler air from the west brought only brief relief as 112 degree readings set in Keokuk and 118 in Bartlesville. Showers offered little long term reprieve while forecasts promised only slight cooling in Ohio and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. McIlrath
Chicago
U.P
Middle West
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kansas
Wisconsin
Tillmon
Minnesota
Illinois
Keokuk
Peoria
Til
Oklahoma City
Springfield
Bartlesville
Okla
Clinton
Wellington
Kan
Iowa City
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Local Notices
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with some local showers southeast. West Texas also partly cloudy with showers possible. New Mexico unsettled with likely showers and thunderstorms north and east portions. temperatures steady. Amarillo highs reached 93 and lows 70 earlier today. FHA LOANS from Long-Bell Lbr. Co. Phone 5353. Joan Maynard Lbr. Co. for McMurtry Paints and Varnishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Joan Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints
Coughlin Aligns With Townsend in Convention Speech
The Rev. Fr. Charles F. Coughlin joined Dr. Francis Townsend at a national Townsend convention and denounced Franklin D. Roosevelt as a betrayer and liar. He criticized government debt and warned against endorsing any candidate who supports reform. He opposed Alf Landon and argued against re election of Roosevelt.
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Cleveland
Charles F. Coughlin
Francis F. Townsend
Roosevelt
National Union For Social Justice
Townsend
National Union
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Fr. Coughlin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt Sets Course For Fundy Sail On Sewanna
President Roosevelt sails from Seal Harbor Maine aboard the vacation schooner Sewanna heading east toward Petit Manan Island for the night. The voyage continues across the Bay of Fundy with lobster and flounders aboard toward Nova Scotia’s southeastern shore.
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Liberty
Maine
Roosevelt
Seal Harbor
Petit Manan Island
Mount Desert Island
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Speedy Trial of Farnsworth Contemplated
Washington officials press for a quick trial of John S. Farnsworth a former navy officer charged with selling secrets to Japanese agents. A nationwide spy hunt expands evidence and officials say guilt is clear with potential 20 year sentence under espionage law in peace time.
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Washington
Navy
John S. Parnsworth
Farnsworth
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Senator Louis Murphy Dies In Wisconsin Auto Crash
United States Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa was killed when the car he rode in left the road after a tire blowout near Bloomer Wisconsin. Mrs Murphy and the Woodwards of Dubuque Iowa were treated for injuries in Chippewa Falls.
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Murphy
Iowa
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Wis
United States
Louis Murphy
Bloomer
Here
F. W. Woodward
Dubuque
Il Duce Plans Treaty for Ten Years' Peace
Rome July 16 Premier Benito Mussolini drafts a peace consolidation plan to be offered to Great Britain France Germany and Italy. The plan would cooperate these powers within a four power framework and modify Mussolini's earlier pact to insure peace for ten years.
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United Press
Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
Mussolini
Burglars Hit Local Garage In Panhandle
In Panhandle on July 16 Sheriff Tom Harris found J. B. Buster, 31, Amarillo, in the act of stealing city water pipe and charged him with misdemeanor theft. The pipe valued under 50 dollars. Earlier burglars entered Fd Little Motor Company garage, pried a window, rolled the safe into storage, and loaded it into a new Ford pickup and a showroom coupe fled in a front door.
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Panhandle
Tom Harris
Harris
J. B. Buster
Amarillo
Carson County
Fd Little Motor Company
50 Cars Wanted For Tulsa Jaunt
At least 50 cars are needed for the Goodwill Caravan from Amarillo to the Tulsa Birthday Celebration. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce sponsors the trip, leaving Fourth Avenue and Polk Street at 8 20 tomorrow morning to join the 10 30 parade in Tulsa. Bill Feechler and Bob Epperson lead the caravan and reservations come from Edwards Bottling Works to Fisk and Federal Tires.
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Amarillo
Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce
Edwards Bottling Works
Cunningham Floral Company
Continental Oil Company
Carlton Florey
Herring Hotel
Carl Hinton
Guy Saunders
Coca Cola Bottling Works
FE. B. Meyer
Jim Williams
Phillips Petroleum Company
Fisk
Federal Tires
Wallace plans permanent federal crop insurance system
Secretary Henry A. Wallace outlines a permanent federal program to insure crops and stabilize prices by government purchases of surplus during good years and sales in bad years. The plan, discussed in Colorado Springs, would begin no earlier than 1937 and focuses on wheat in variable Northwest and Southwest climates.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Colorado Springs
United States
Feud Splits U S Detectives Into Competing Agencies
Washington July 16. An inter department feud pits J Edgar Hoover's FBI against the Secret Service and Post Office inspection service. Attorney General Homer Cummings confirms sick ill advised activities while Treasury figures deny knowledge and note Secret Service lacks authority for such probes.
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Washington
U.P
J. Edgar Hoover
G-men
Homer
Cummings
Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
Post Office Department Inspection Service
FBI
Treasury Department
William H. Moran
Dallas Deputy Tax Collector Hoos Found Dead at Lake
Arthur F W Hoos 42 deputy Dallas County tax collector was found dead on White Rock Lake shore with a pistol in his hand. Justice Ben Fly returned a verdict of death from a self inflicted gunshot wound.
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Dallas
Arthur F. W. Hoos
White Rock Lake
Ben Fly
Old Pistol Discovered Near Here
Cowboy Joe Rutherford found an old Colt six shooter buried on the prairie ten miles north of Fritch. The rusted revolver, likely 80 years old, has four loaded chambers and two fired, with a damaged grip and immobile parts. Rutherford plans to sell it at the Centennial.
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Joe Rutherford
Two Circle Ranch
Amarillo
Fritch
Rutherford
Bluebeard in Court Denies Murder Amid Rattlesnake Scare
In Los Angeles on July 16, Robert S. James testifies he did not kill his seventh wife Mary James. Prosecutors allege torture with rattlesnakes, drowning, and dumping her body in a pond after the insured death claim.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
Mary James
Frosty Hamrick Reported In Critical Condition At Local Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital attendants report H. G. Frosty Hamrick is in poor condition and dangerously ill after several days of illness.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
H. G
Hamrick
Polly Moran seeks divorce from real estate broker
Beverly Hills July 18 Polly Moran a 23 year film veteran announced plans to divorce Martin Malone real estate broker aka Polly Moran after he faced a dawn assault with a deadly weapon in Beverly Hills. Moran said there is no chance of reconciliation and will pursue legal steps after the criminal case.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Polly Moran
Martin Malone
Justice Court
Polly
Malone
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LABOR
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Fillmore Street
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P.O
Globe-News
Paket
Texas
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Coughlin
Plains
Pampa
Texico
Adrian
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Clarendon
Ashtola
Goodnight
Wolstin Amarillo
Lee Coughlin
IL Duce
Lee
U. S
Dallasite
Bluebeard
Moran
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