Charge Erratic Scion Is Crazy
Washington congressman Marion A. Zioncheck was charged with unsound mind and ordered committed to Gallinger Hospital for observation after a day of erratic driving and sensational incidents. Capitol and Naval Hospital officials said Zioncheck had visited the White House offices and asked to see the President. Police escorted him to the hospital where he was taken into custody amid shouting and threats of hand grenades.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Gallinger Hospital
FE. P. Stump
District of Columbia
Zioncheck
Naval Hospital
Naval
White House
Marion A. Zionbeck
E. P. Stump
Bernard Thompson
Government Hospital
Marion Zioncheck
Benjamin S. Young
Borah Moves Toward Peace as GOP Heads to Cleveland
Senate liberal voice William E Borah averted a party fracture ahead of the Cleveland convention. He rebuffs invitations to draft platform language while GOP leaders seek unity against the Roosevelt Garner ticket and monied interests. House leader Snell signals influence as convention chair.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
William FE
Borah
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Idaho
Herbert C. Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Alf M. Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
London
Mr. Hoover
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Charles D. Hilles
New York
J. Henry Boraback
Connecticut
Walter F. Brown
Ed C. Schorr
Ohio
House
Bertrand H. Snell
Snell
Oriental War Threat Leaps Into Reality
Peiping June 1 Chinese troops join striking students to press for armed resistance against Japanese forces occupying North China Authorities expect a Sino Japanese showdown that could topple Chiang Kai Shek's government. Ten thousand students across seven universities and six middle schools strike over Japan’s occupation, while reports of bodies in the Hai Ho river heighten tension in Tientsin and prompt official inquiries.
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Earl H. Leaf Peiping
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
29Th Army
Sung Cheh-Yuen
Great Wall
Machukuo
North China
Peiyang
Nanyuan
Peiping
Tientsin
Hai Ho
Sean River
Plow That Broke The Plains Shown to Amarillo Crowd
About 1500 attendees at the Junior Chamber of Commerce previewed The Plow That Broke The Plains at the Paramount theater. The film opens to the public tomorrow as part of regular programs across many theaters.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Paramount Theater
Paramount Tomorrow
Binford Arney
KGNC
L. H. Hayter
The
Resettlement Administration
National Resettlement Administration
John Boyce
Chamber of Commerce Drive For Funds
Panhandle Plains
Harry McKeen
Little Rock
Pampa Parade Highlighted For Centennial Visitors
Quy Saunders of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce urged residents to attend the Pampa Centennial parade starting tomorrow and continuing through Friday. He said the event would interest children and offer historical significance beyond a textbook. Hardin joined the call to invite Amarillo residents to attend.
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Quy Saunders
Amarillo
The Veterans That Remain in the Grand Army of the Republic
Arthur Brisbane notes the dwindling Grand Army of the Republic as 4500 survivors and 404000 dead. He recalls a New York parade led by 96-year-old Timothy J. Creedon, highlighting the aging vets and the passage of time for the Civil War generation.
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Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Timothy J. Creedon
New York State Militia
Grand Army
Railroad official cites crystalized rail in Santa Fe wreck
In Guthrie Oklahoma railroad men blamed a crystalized rail for the Texas Ranger wreck at Cimarron River bridge Saturday night, costing two lives. They said the rail probably cracked under the locomotive and snapped as cars rolled over. engineer Tom Roche received credit for braking to avert greater loss. President Roosevelt returned to the White House after a cruise on nearby waters.
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Guthrie
Okla
Santa Fe
Texas Ranger
Cimarron River Bridge
Tom Roche
Amarillo hosts Panhandle chamber leaders Thursday luncheon
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce president Guy Saunders issued invitations for 26 Panhandle county chamber presidents and secretaries to attend a noon meeting at the Capitol Hotel. The session will discuss mutual interests including the dust bowl film and the Panhandle wheat exhibit at Fort Worth's Frontier Centennial.
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Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Amarillo
Guy Saunders
Pangborn Plans Dallas to Moscow Nonstop Flight in Flying Wing
Clyde Pangborn, the transpacific flyer, left Los Angeles for Dallas to embark on a non-stop Dallas to Moscow flight on June 12 in his Flying Wing. Officials from the Texas Centennial exposition attended the event and Pangborn’s plane will be christened the Texas Skyranger. Backer Roland W. Richards said the flight would reach Moscow at 25,000 feet, with oxygen tanks aboard.
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Dallas
Clyde Pangborn
Transpacific Flier
Los Angeles
Moscow
Pangborn
Roland W. Richards
Dallas taxicabs roll again after five day strike
Taxicabs rolled through Dallas streets renewing service after a five day stoppage. Drivers demanded a one third cut in all receipts from fares and asserted the move aimed at securing better pay.
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Dallas
Dust bowl becomes mud bowl as rains flood Panhandle fields
Amarillo reports unprecedented prolonged rains transforming the Panhandle dust bowl into a network of lakes. Wheat fields glisten, towns flood, cows wade, and arroys fill as May rainfall nears all time records, fueling hopes of bumper crops and potential market shifts.
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John L. McCarty
The
Globe News
Amarillo
Dust Bowl
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Japan
Dust Bowl flood deaths and custody case cross plains
Floods in the Arkansas River basin across Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska claim seven lives including residents of Lamar and Denver. In Springfield, a dust storm sprinkles air as a doctor from Amarillo seeks custody of his three children, with the mother jailed on morals charges.
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Springfield
W. Forest Dutton
Amarillo
Texas
Guy D. Kirby
Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Kansas
Nebraska
Republican River
Simon Gonzales
Maria
Lamar
Juan Garzia
Raton
N. M
C. Baumgardner
Dearo
Don Gates
John Wyatt
Goodland
Kan
Colorado
Oklahoma
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast shows fair and cooler conditions tonight and Tuesday across Amarillo, West Texas, and Panhandle with cooler readings in northwest and southeast parts. Temperatures ranged from 63 to 79 degrees today as the rain-free pattern continues.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Probers Hear Pension Club In Bad Shape
A House investigative committee heard that the Townsend organization is in a deplorable condition and badly needs reorganization. Charles M. Hawkes, recently resigned state area manager for Massachusetts, testified the movement is now in the hands of people without a real idea of the Townsend movement.
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Washington
House
Townsend
Charles M. Hawkes
Massachusetts
Liner Queen Mary Ends Maiden Atlantic Trip
The British liner Queen Mary completed its first transatlantic voyage and arrived at New York Harbor but did not beat the Normandie’s record. It entered Ambrose Lightship at 6 55 AM and reached Quarantine at 8 10 AM amid a heavy mail load and welcoming ceremonies led by officials including Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
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New York
Atlantic
New York Harbor
Ambrose
Ambrose Channel
Fiorello
Gerald Campbell
Queen Mary
Normandie
Cherbourg
Bishop’s Rock
English Channel
Mussolini Splits Ethiopia Into Five Administrative Parts
Rome June 10 Mussolini and his cabinet approve a plan to divide Ethiopia into five administrative regions Eritrea Amhara Gondar Galla and Sidma Harar Somaliland with Addis Ababa named capital under a viceroy and general staff chief. Two consultative bodies will aid central government including a governor's council and a general consultative formed from East Africa residents merchants and industrialists.
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F. A. Stunt
Rome
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Roman Empire
Eritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Galla
Sidma
Jim
Harar
Somaliland
Mogadiscio
Addis Ababa
Itabar East Africa
Coal control bill gains House floor approval
Washington June 14 the rules committee granted right of way to the House floor for the Guffey Vincen coal control bill intended to replace the Gulfey coal act after it was invalidated.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court strikes down 1933 New York wage law
By a five to four decision the supreme court declares unconstitutional a 1933 New York law setting minimum wages for women and children. Also reports the death of British publisher Sir Frederick MacMillan aged 84.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
London
Sir Frederick MacMillan
Railroad Tickets Now Selling for Two Cents a Mile
Railroads nationwide cut passenger fares to two cents per mile in coaches and three cents in Pullmans matching pre war levels. The 50 percent Pullman surcharge is eliminated and porters note the era of cheap travel returns as sandwiches rise in price and tolerances tighten.
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Washington
United States
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Middle West
NEA
Liberal
Panhandle Dust Bowl
Dutton
Helen Elizabeth Dutton Grimm
la Crossais
William N. Grimm
WPA
Clair FE
Larson
Decorah
Towa
la Crosse
Anna Tucker
Grimm
Wisconsin
Kirby
PHA Loans
Long-Bell Lor, Co
Probers
Pension Club
Duce
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