Rain drenches North Plains and Panhandle with six inch totals
Torrential rain and high winds swept across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle region on Thursday. Posts from Dalhart to Spearman reported multiple inches, with Channing, Morse, and Canadian seeing heavy downpours. one man was killed by lightning near Clinton as crops were leveled in some areas.
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North Plains
East Panhandle
Pringle
Stinnett
Hutchinson County
Dalhart
Conlen
Channing
Morse
Hansford
Etter
Spearman
Shattuck
Okla
Texhoma
Liberal
Kan
Panhandle
Waynoka
Pampa Pampa
Pampa
Clinton
Conway
Sayre
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Plains
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Collman
All WPA Projects To Continue In Panhandle
A. A. Meredith announces all current WPA projects in the Panhandle will continue through June 30. An extra $172000 allotment was received, with 2725 certified workers to be paid standard wages. Four major highway jobs include Follett underpass and 21 mile segments in Hemphill Wheeler and Lipscomb counties. There are 54 lateral road projects across 20 counties.
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Panhandle
A. A. Meredith
Meredith
WPA
Follett
Hemphill
Wheeler County
Higgins
Lipscomb
Texas
Congress
New Deal Power Funding Upheld by District Court
The District Supreme Court, in a three-point ruling by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat, upheld New Deal allotments financing municipal power projects under the Work Relief program as constitutional. The decision affects 10 PWA financed projects in Alabama, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas, and prompts appeals to the Court of Appeals and then the U.S. Supreme Court for final settlement next fall.
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Richard L. Harkness
Washington
District Supreme Court
New Deal
Alfred A. Wheat
Harold L. Ickes
U.S. Supreme Court
Wheat
Congress
Roosevelt
Ickes
District Circuit Court of Appeals
New Jersey
Plainview
United States
PWA
War declarations and executions across China and Hong Kong
Hong Kong issues an independent war declaration against Japan and calls a united front. Nanking officials deny any such move while Western authorities question its authority. In Shanghai seven Chinese spies paid by Japan are executed as China braces for further resistance.
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Hong Kong
Japan
Canton
Kuomintang
National Party
Southwest Executive Committee
Southwest Political Council
Nanking
Hongkong
Shanghai
Hsinhsiang
Henan
China
Republic
Fiorenza Sentenced to Die in Sing Sing July
John Fiorenza a youthful upholsterer assistant was condemned to die in the Sing Sing electric chair during the week of July 13 for the bathtub murder of Mrs Nancy Evans Titterton a noted short story writer in New York.
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New York
U.P
John Fiorenza
Sing Sing
Nancy Evans Titterton
Reveal secret marriage in Bel Air Maryland
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith and Lindsay Plumly of Winston-Salem married May 17 in Bel Air. Rev. G A Ogg performed the ceremony at Grace Methodist Protestant Church. Plumly, age 26, a clerk. Reynolds Smith, 25, a textile manufacturer's daughter, listed as a divorce. They asked court attaches to help keep the marriage secret.
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Bel Air
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Lindsay Plumly
Winston-Salem
N. C
G. A. Ogg
Grace Methodist Protestant Church
Plumly
Evangelist Richey to Speak at Assembly of God Amarillo
Raymond T. Richey, Houston evangelist, just back from Washington where he presented President Roosevelt with a petition signed by 101,729 people urging a National Prayer day. He will deliver a sermon at 7:40 tonight at the Assembly of God Church, 900 North Pierce Street. Pastor E. R. Foster says this will be his only Amarillo appearance. New roots of all kinds, Ph. 5353, John Maynard Lbr. Co, 800 W. Sth.
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Raymond T. Richey
Houston
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Assembly of God
North Pierce Street
E. R. Foster
Amarillo
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Sth
James Day Seeks Freedom After Acquittal
James Day, 21, acquitted of slaying Richard Loeb in a razor fight at Stateville Penitentiary, returns to prison and plans to seek a parole board hearing next month. He told reporters he has a job in sight and hopes for consideration.
Queen Mary Sails New York on First Eastward Voyage
June 5 report that the British liner Queen Mary sailed today on its first eastward Atlantic crossing carrying 1855 passengers. Commander Sir Edgar T. Britten and Sir Percy Bates of Cunard White Star stated there will be no attempt at a speed record.
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New York
Atlantic
Edgar T. Britten
Percy Bates
Cunard
White Star Line
Amarillo Battles Mosquito Invasion With Oil Barrier
Amarillo began a campaign against mosquitoes after heavy rains by dumping about 50 barrels of crude oil onto lakes in and around the city. The oil forms a surface film preventing larval breathing and cutting off oxygen supply, city manager H. R. Smith said. Health official Dr. B. M. Primer urged residents to eliminate breeding places and inspect premises for water barrels and garbage cans that collect water.
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Amarillo
H. R. Smith
B. M. Primer
Rites Today for Pioneer William Russell 77
Funeral services for William Uncle Bill Russell 77, Amartllo pioneer, will be held at 4 pm from N S Griggs and Sons Chapel. He died in Holbrook Arizona Wednesday. Interment Llano Cemetery. His son W R Russell 81% Mississippi Street traveled to Holbrook to claim the body. A daughter Mrs H Herzinger 507 Virginia Street is named as a pioneer stockman’s child. He first came to Texas with a covered wagon train and settled at
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William
Bill) Russell
Amartllo
N.S. Griggs and Sons
Russell
Holbrook
Ariz
Griggs
Llano
W. R
Ross) Russell
Mississippi Street
Insanity Defense Seen In Eskridge Testimony
In Houston on June 5, 1936, lawyers for Rev. C. Edgar Eskridge, charged with murdering Orange Police Chief Ed J. O'Reilly, began presenting an insanity defense. A witness testified Eskridge's relatives, including two second cousins, May Mimms and Bob Kay, died in an asylum. Evidence of Eskridge's captured arsenal and murder weapon were displayed to the jury.
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Houston
U.P
C. Edgar Eskridge
Ed J. O'Reilly
Orange
L. A. Butler
Smith County
Eskridge
May Mimms
Bob Kay
Rey
O'Reilly
Tom Morris
P. J. Lyons
Roper Opens Texas Centennial Exposition In Dallas
Thousands flock to Dallas as Secretary Roper inaugurates the Texas Centennial Exposition with a noon parade. Miss Frances Nalle will present the $50,000 key to Gov. Allred, then a radio nationwide ribbon cutting. Reproductions of Spanish galleons sail the stage water as a 400 year Texas pageant opens.
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Dallas
Texas
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Esplanade
Hall of State
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Frances Nalle
Fred Schenkenberg
James B. Bonham
The
Daughters
Moses Austin
Centennial Article in Time Magazine Praises Amarillo Publicity
Time magazine devotes more than five pages to Texas Centennial, with Amarillo featured prominently in a half page Texas map and in two mentions. The piece highlights cattle, cotton and oil while noting the absence of wheat and includes a column on Governor James Allred and Texas history, politics, and resources. The Dallas exposition and a Fort Worth rump fair receive coverage, with Amarillo’s Panhandle gas field and cattle industry singled out. The article frames Texas as a land of great men and credits Time with shaping Centennial coverage.
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Texas
Amarillo
James Allred
Allred
Panhandle
Lone Star State
Dallas
Fort Worth
Timeways
Gulf of Mexico
England and United States Agree on Gold Standard Contingency
The News Chronicle reports an informal agreement between Britain and the United States to act in concert if the French franc leaves the gold standard. Whitehall officials say the exchange control fund operates in secrecy, with Parliament not informed of actions. The fund’s controllers could directly coordinate with Washington through the Foreign Office.
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London
The
News Chronicle
United States
Whitehall
Washington
Amarillo Area Forecast Very Warm to Cool Weekend
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle New Mexico region calls for fair skies tonight and Saturday with a slight drop in temperatures. West Texas will stay generally fair with cooler conditions late tonight and Saturday. expect warm high temperatures near Amarillo and cooler readings in the northeast portion tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
European strikes widen as nearly a million workers walk out
In three European nations almost one million workers staged strikes, with France authorities estimating about 500000, Spain about 280000, and Belgium roughly 25000. War officials reported limited progress in talks with employers and operators, while private sources provided unconfirmed figures. Observers feared possible upheaval as signs pointed to potential simultaneous political moves in central Europe affecting Hungary Austria and the small Entente.
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France
Spain
Belgium
Waverly Lewis Root
Paris
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Hungary
Otto von Hapsburg
Austria
House Votes Week Recess After June 15 Adjournment
The House unanimously adopts a concurrent resolution setting a recess from next Monday to noon June 15, with the Senate to act to formalize the break during the Republican national convention in Cleveland. Final adjournment date for Congress is pushed past June 15 depending on the tax bill.
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House
Senate
Cleveland
Congress
Burns
Supreme Court
Amarillo Kiwanians Aid Pampa Centennial Observance
Amarillo Kiwanis and a delegation from the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce joined Pampa to close its Centennial celebration. The event began Monday with Old Timers Day and will end with En Dorado fireworks at Recreation Park and dances. Mrs. Fannie Shelton of Miami was crowned pioneer queen, joining early settlers who arrived in 1875 in the parade. Washington June 5 President Roosevelt nominated Chester C. Davis of Maryland to the Federal Reserve board of governors.
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Amarillo
Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Maryland
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Nine More Held in Legion's Flogging
Nine alleged members of the Black Legion, including prominent Ecorse figures, were jailed in Detroit on charges of kidnapping and flogging Robert Penlan. Investigations link the case to broader probes into town officials and public employees amid a secret terroristic society. Detectives sought six more suspects as Wayne County Prosecutor McCrea described Penlan as terrified by legion vengeance.
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James
Austin
Detroit
Black Legion
Ecorse
Dearborn Township
Charles King
James Stewart
Ecorse Police Department
Pettijohn
King
Stewart
Harold Lawrence
Legion
Wineinger
Harry Clawson
Robert Penlan
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
Thomas F. Cox
Frederick A. Guiley
Earl Angstadt
Penian
McCrea
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Falitor
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
Poole
Duncan
Dean
Fiorenza
Evangelist Richey
James Day
Queen Mary
William Russell
Stockman
Edgar Eskridge
J. J. Collins
Lufkin
Associated Press
Marine Band
Exposition Buildings
Coast Artillery
Bagid
Daniel C, Roper
England
U.S
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Amarilloans
Pampans
Centennial
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