Guardians for Dionne babies approved in Ontario
Ontario Attorney General Arthur W. Roebuck obtained a district court order appointing four guardians for the Dionne quintuplets. Dr Allan R Rafoe W H Alderson Kenneth Morrison and Oliver Dionne named to protect the babies from exploitation at the Chicago World’s Fair. The contract with Chicago promoters would pay Dionne $100 weekly until ready for display and $200 weekly plus a percentage of receipts thereafter.
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Toronto
Arthur W. Roebuck
Province of
Ontario
H. D. Lesak
Chicago
Ovila Dionne
Allan R. Rafoe
W. H. Alderson
Red Cross Emergency Committee
Kenneth Morrison
Callander Merchant
Oliver Dionne
Roebuck
Canada
Attorney General's Office
Dionne
Riggs supporters offered transport to polls in Amarillo
Friends of J N Newt Riggs announced autos will run Saturday to assist supporters with no transport to the polls. Headquarters are at 502 Polk Street in the former Amarillo Hardware building. Those needing rides should call 2 4182 for pickup and return. Riggs seeks county judge post. In Meridian Miss Fred and Al Key atop the Old Miss marked seven days aloft with 150 hours in the air pursuing a new endurance flight record.
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J. N
Newt) Riggs
Mr. Riggs
Polk Street
Amarillo Hardware Company
Meridian
Miss
Fred
al Key
China Censors Films Ban Alien Sex Movies in Nanking
Nanking censors enforce restraints under Chiang Kai-Shek's moral campaign. Seven full-time censors review both foreign and domestic films, taxing 1 500 feet of foreign film at 3.30 dollars. Domestic pictures are tax-exempt to bolster local production. American films dominate, while Chinese cinema struggles with low pay, weak directing, and limited box office appeal.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
United States
Chinese People’s Party
Censorship Board
Hollywood
Erninent Fosters
Honey Bees Hold Convention on Capitol Dome
A swarm of bees on the Texas state capitol dome in Austin prompted the fire department to respond. Watchmen on the first floor rotunda observed the insects clustering on the lit dome, while firefighters climbed hundreds of steps to reach the site.
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Capitol Dome
Austin
Texas
State Capitol
Special Music for Hill Bible Class at First Christian Church
Miss Dorothy Coan and Helen M. Strite will provide musical entertainment for the Hill Bible Class at the First Christian Church 717 Taylor Street Sunday at 9 40 AM. Dorcas Class guests join, Elks and wives invited for next Sunday. Judge L Gough and Judge C B Reeder address the class in absence of regular teachers.
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Dorothy Coan
Helen M. Strite
T. Newton Hill
New Stone
First Christian Church
Taylor Street
Dorcas
Tom Williams
C. E. Eaton
L. Gough
C. B. Reeder
Gould to Return to U S from France in September
Fran Jay Gould, who left the United States in 1913 claiming it no place for a rugged individualist, will return in September from France. Miss Winnie May McClesky of Canadian is the guest of Mrs. B V Blackwell at 1222 Harrison Street.
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Gould
U. S
New York
Fran Jay Gould
United States
France
Winnie May McClesky
B. V. Blackwell
Harrison Street
Prince of Wales Becomes an Author in Africa Thriller
The Prince of Wales adds author to titles with a new thriller about his East Africa big game hunting adventures. Publication is planned for November and the first autographed copy will go to Queen Mary of England.
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London
East
Africa
Mary
England
Plains Body To Meet State Relief Board
Delegations from the drouth stricken Panhandle will present their problems before the state relief commission at 10 o clock Wednesday morning in Austin. John E Hill heads the Panhandle Relief Commission in Amarillo and expects delegates from each dreath stricken county. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce secretary Cel Hinton is compiling drought data from the original 19 Panhandle counties.
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Panhandle
State Relief Commission
Austin
Adam R. Johnson
Panhandle Relief Commission
John E. Hill
Amerillo
State Commission
Cerl Hinton
Amarillo
Robbers Fail to Find Loot at Oil Stations
Burglars broke into two Phillip 66 service stations on Sixteenth Avenue and Tyler Street last night seeking money. Captain Clark Cain said the suspects thoroughly searched both stations but found no cash or valuables and departed without taking anything.
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Phillip 66
Clark Cain
Sixteenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Confederate Vet's Rites on Saturday
Funeral services for Benjamin Nick Hodges 91 Confederate veteran will be held Saturday at McWright Cemetery north of Greenville. Hodges who fought under General Wheeler died at his daughter's home Mrs Randall S England in Dallas. He was born in 1842 in Mississippi and moved to Greenville in 1865. Survivors include Mrs England another daughter Mrs L I Barton a son Will Hodges a brother Joe Hodges 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Dallas
U.P
Benjamin Nick Hodges
McWright
Greenville
Hodges
General Wheeler
Randall S. England
Mississippi
England
L. ‘I. Barton
Handley
Will Hodges
Terrell
Joe Hodges
White Deer
Mayor Protests Rangers Policing Gregg County Ballots
Mayor Roy Laird led protests against Texas Rangers policing Gregg County ballot boxes in the Democratic primary. He said residents do not want self appointed box guards intruding and asserted local police power, noting Gregg County is not the Badlands of Texas.
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Kilgore
Roy Laird
Texas Rangers
Gregg County
Laird
Texas
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