July Weather and US News Bits From The Plains
July weather outlook with scattered showers mainly tomorrow and over the weekend across the Plains. The United States News reports Vice President Garner sparring with Senate rules over a court bill amid a sit-down standoff. Notes on Colum bus introducing cows in America, a triplet cow, air conditioner debates, an elderly mother ill in Westport, and a golden eagle pet story. Also includes crime and violence statistics and FBI notes on deterrence and punishment.
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United States
John Garner
Senate
Garner
Texas
Law changes spark fear of murder maniacs and flawed justice
A national editorial flags a Texas insanity law that would free killers deemed sane at trial, arguing it endangers public safety and invites unpredictable violence. It criticizes shifting criminal policy and urges renewed civic responsibility to curb professional crime and safeguard communities.
Jerry Mann Visits Amarillo on Business
Jerry Mann former secretary of state and potential attorney general candidate toured Amarillo on business today. He was joined by Ed Erwin of Dallas from his law firm. Mann known as Gerald in school days played for SMU Mustangs before pursuing law and politics. He offered no statement about a possible attorney general bid in the 38 campaign.
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Jerry Mann
Amarillo
Ed Erwin
Dallas
Mann
Gerald
S. M. U. Mustangs
Colonel Thompson heads to National Guard encampment
Col. Ernest O. Thompson, a Texas Railroad Commission member, left Amarillo last night for Austin via Mineral Wells to attend a National Guard encampment. He was in Santa Fe earlier this week for Oil States Conferences and will take part in maneuvers in Mineral Wells today and Saturday.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Austin
National Guard
Thompson
Santa Fe
Oil States
Former National Park Head In Palo Duro Work Visits Here
Maj. F E A Kingsley of Dallas, former head of National Park Service work in Palo Duro Park, visits Amarillo with Mrs. Kingsley. He has led park projects across the state since leaving Amarillo two years ago. They are here to see their son J. G. Kingsley of the Soil Conservation Service and will stay through Sunday.
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National Park
Palo Duro
Amarillo
Maj
F E. A. Kingsley
Dallas
National Park Service
Palm Duro Park
Major Kingsley
Mrs. Kingsley
J. G. Kingsley
Soil Conservation Service
R G Wiseman 72 Dies at Amarillo Hospital
Robert G Wiseman a 72 year old farmer died this morning at 11 o clock at Northwest Texas Hospital His home was north of Dawn Survived by three sisters Mrs L E B Stewart and Mrs F E B Martin of McKinney Funeral arrangements pend ing with Boxwell Brothers in charge of the body
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Robert G. Wiseman
Northwest Texas Hospital
L. EB. Stewart
FE. B. Martin
McKinney
Boxwell Brothers
Dyer's Confession Investigation By LA Lawyers Club
Los Angeles Lawyers' Club started an independent inquiry into Albert Dyer confession. The 32 year old WPA school crossing guard is accused of killing three Inglewood girls. The club charged the district attorney and sheriff with violating rights and alleged the confession was obtained by force.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
WPA
Inglewood
Lawyers’ Club
District Attorney's Office
Sheriff's Department
Dyer
Lawyers' Club
French Reservations Threaten Spain Neutrality Plan
London July 16 French reservations to the compromise plan for Europe’s neutrality in Spain threaten to keep the non intervention powers deadlocked. A 27 power committee meeting recessed as Charles Corbin the French ambassador to London said he needed time to obtain further instructions.
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London
Europe
Spain
Charles Corbin
Fort Worth Man Dies Of Heart Attack At Hospital
Fort Worth July 16 J B Norman aged 36 collapsed with a fatal heart attack while in a hospital room where his wife is recovering from surgery.
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Fort
Differences in life spans and wages across groups
The text contrasts Marilyn Miller’s career earnings with a large sum spent or lost, compares rural and urban survival chances, notes Harvard students’ critique of course organization, recalls income disparities from China to the American South, and describes prison inmates’ reactions to death sentences.
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Marilyn Miller
Harvard Student Council
Harvard
Alabama
Mississippi
Acounts
Help wanted housework and child care in Amarillo Texas
Mrs Costley seeks a permanent helper for housework and child care at a modern country home. Preference for someone who enjoys country life and will travel often. Apply at the first house south of the Hellywood Filling Station on the Canyon Highway Route 1 Box 292 Amarillo Texas.
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Hellywood
Canyon Highway
G. A. Costley
Amarillo
Texas
Roosevelt in Lawful Romance and Political Anecdotes
AP reporter recalls whimsical moments involving John Roosevelt and a Boston debutante Anne Clark plus jokes about Huey Long and the Roosevelt era. Anecdotes cover intergenerational welcomes, cabinet trivia, Boy Scout diplomacy, and a Congressional widow’s WPA life as a horseback mishap ends with a humorous miscue.
Five petitions push granary and crop control in Congress
Washington July 14 petitions circulated among members of Congress urge early farm legislation embracing the ever normal granary and crop control. The petitions express alarm that next year's farm surpluses could bring disastrously low prices and several administration farm leaders signed them.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
Navy airmen search for Amelia Earhart and navigator
Navy airmen in intense heat pressed on with an air search for Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan. Forty to zero planes participated, covering about 40 000 square miles around Howland Island over three days.
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Navy
Amelia
Ronolulu
Amelia Farhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Pacific Ocean
Howland Island
Arno Nowotny Named Dean of Men at Texas Tech
Arno Nowotny, long associated with UT Austin dean of men, is approved as dean of men at Texas Technological College. The board of directors in Fort Worth approved the selection, effective next September.
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Arno Nowotny
Texas Technological
Lubbock
University of Texas
Texas Technological College
West Texas School
Fort Worth
Gasoline Tank Explodes in Atlantic City Fire
A 10,000 gallon gasoline tank exploded at the Pure Oil Company storage plant in Atlantic City New Jersey after a fire broke out. At least ten people were injured including three firefighters sprayed with flaming fuel while dragging hose toward a group of tanks.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pure OO. Company
Traxler Fugitive Sought by FBI Amid Kidnap Chase
Director J Edgar Hoover ordered G men to pursue Pete Traxler a fugitive from a Texas prison farm who with two gunmen kidnapped the son of an oil man during a prison escape.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-Men
Pete Traxler
Texas
Wheat shipments cut and railroad charges noted
The report states wheat cuts exceed 22 million bushels with railroads charging about 20 cents per bushel to move grain to Texas common points. Elevators take around 5 cents per bushel to handle the wheat, with Panhandle business adding over a million dollars in value.
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Texas Common
Panhandle
Two Murders Echo Gangland Ride in Brooklyn
Brooklyn police faced two brutal killings within 24 hours as detectives linked the deaths to the recent federal bootlegging indictments. One victim was found with a crushed skull, gasoline poured on and set aflame. The other victim, Samuel Silverman aged 25, was found in a burned car with three gunshot wounds and kerosene on the body, raising questions of gangland retaliation.
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J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oureau
Buch
Texiag
New York
Brooklyn
Samuel Silverman
Mystery Surrounds Shooting of Doctor in Providence
In Providence a fashionable obstetrician, Dr. George W. Webster, died on an operating table after being mortally wounded at his home. He cryptically urged police not to search for clues and to rush him to a hospital where he promised to reveal details later. Police found the doctor gravely injured after he crawled to a telephone.
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Providence
George W. Webster
Charles H. McNamara
Stratford seeks circus tent for August celebration
Stratford plans a large August celebration featuring a dance and rodeo with other entertainment. A search for a tent led to Amarillo where H. B. Reynolds of North Plains Motor Freight was contacted for aid.
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Stratford
Amarillo
H. B. Reynolds
The
North Plains Motor Freight
Pigs Rabbits and Rodents in Medical Research Roles
A survey describes how pigs are discarded after serum tests while rabbits often serve in city labs. Rats, closer to humans in diet reactions, guide longevity studies, and dogs cats monkeys and ferrets also aid research. Monkeys support polio efforts and study brain patterns relevant to human disorders.
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Company
City
Dallas HOLC Head Jim Anderson Visits Amarillo
Jim Anderson, Dallas HOLC head, tours Amarillo for a few days. Former branch manager in Amarillo, he says things look mighty good in the city during his visiting around tour.
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Jim Anderson
Dallas
Holc
Amarillo
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Mr. Anderson
Frances Aronson Dies in New York at 26
Frances Aronson aged 26 daughter of Mrs Bessie Aronson of 1115 Harrison Street died in her room at Roger Williams Hotel in New York City from gas poisoning. Her brothers Dr Sam J Aronson and Laurence J L Aronson were named as kin. She had been in New York about three months and had lived here for several years. The body will be sent to Griggs Chapel with funeral services and burial planned in El Paso.
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Harrison Street
Roger Williams Hotel
New York City
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Laurence JL. Aronson
New York
Griggs Chapel
el Paso
Nurseryman tests bug trap in Amarillo to curb pests
Redburn reports catching several thousand bugs in a jar from a trial bug trap. He notes at least one thousand varieties present among the pests affecting grass, plants, and trees in Amarillo homes. The jar included three tree borer types, gnats, mosquitoes, moths or millers, and a vinegarroon specimen.
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Amarillo
Redburn
Amarillo nurseryman envisions bug trap industry
Redburn, a longtime Amarillo nurseryman, warns against dangerous garden pests like the black widow and explains spraying thrice yearly using cyanide for ants and a lead arsenic nicotine sunoco mix for general spraying. He notes borers spend years inside trees and hopes to patent a new trap to protect trees and boost Amarillo’s economy.
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Redburn
Sunoco
Amarillo
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