Roosevelt moves to extend NRA skeleton group and curb codes
Washington June 6 President Roosevelt and congressional leaders reached a draft accord to extend a skeleton NRA organization to April 1, 1936 while repealing presidential authority to prescribe approve or enforce codes of fair competition. A tax plan to redistribute wealth via higher inheritance and estate taxes is also under consideration.
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Washington
NRA
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Brisbane column critiques NRA reconstruction plan
The Globe prints a Brisbane column analyzing NRA coverage and criticizing attempts to “reconstruct” the group’s public image. The author compares the effort to a boy reassembling a broken watch and notes the columnist’s stance against aligning with NRA positions.
West Texas Young Democrats Open Convention Parley
The West Texas Young Democrats opened their convention with speeches by James O. Gulekie and J. Evetts Haley urging state rights and West Texas ideals. Roberton named permanent chairman as rules adopted. Governor Tingley and Elliott Roosevelt expected. Allred due tomorrow. Delegates discuss site, resolutions, and officer elections.
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West Texas
James O. Gulekie
Amarillo
State Board of Education
J. Evetts Haley
West
French M. Robertson
Haskell
Robertson
W. Richard Cavett
Littlefield
J. Doyle Settle
Abernathy
Tingley
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Elliott Roosevelt
James V. Allred
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
State Railroad Commission
Oklahoma
Herring Hotel
Pampa
Lubbock
Panhandle
Plains
Pampans
Young Democrats
Hamlin
Gulerie
J. D. Hamlin
Farwell
John N
Flood Crest Reaches Kansas City Amid Missouri River Floods
Missouri and Kaw rivers rose past flood stage in Kansas City as engineers predicted a gradual rise to about 27 feet. Dikes should hold the central district though old bridges face danger and debris piles up at piers. Levees breakage has left acres underwater along the eastern river zone from Hermann to the Mississippi.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kaw
R. C. Moore
U. S. Army
A. M. Hamrick
Hamrick
Hermann
Mississippi River
Bones Found At Buried Skeleton Mystery In Borger
In Borger on June 6 a skeleton was unearthed during water line digging in the downtown area. Doctors cannot confirm sex or era. quick lime comments and a shallow grave scenario fuel mystery about origin and whether it marks a boom time murder or earlier burial.
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Panhandle
Nichols To Place W.T.C.C. in Capital
Stamford reports West Texas Chamber of Commerce leader Ray H. Nichols heads to Washington to open a bureau there. D A Bandeen says the bureau will help West Texas sub divisions with works program applications and seek congressional passage of amendments to the AAA.
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Stamford
Ray H. Nichols
West Texs Chamber of Commerce
Washington
D. A. Bandeen
West Texas
Congress
Anti Long Man Charged in Confidence Game
New Orleans June 6 John P Sullivan an anti Huey Long leader and Roosevelt patronage dispenser in Louisiana was charged in criminal district court with operating a confidence game. The indictment cites several fraud counts tied to Sullivan's Navillus Realty Company real estate dealings. Sullivan denies the charges calling them political maneuvering by Senator Long.
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New Orleans
John P. Sullivan
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Criminal District Court
Sullivan
Navillus Realty Company
Long
Laska Resigns Counsel to Fight Urschel Kidnapping Case
Denver attorney Ben B. Laska said he will defend himself in federal court on charges of conspiracy in the Urschel kidnapping case. Laska and co defendant James C. Mathers of Oklahoma City face indictments alleging they took part of the $200 000 ransom as attorney fees and proceed to trial Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Laska
James C. Mathers
Urschel
Steel leaders pledge to uphold NRA labor standards nationwide
Leaders of the American steel industry representing 90 percent of capacity vowed to maintain pay rates, maximum hours, fair competition, and collective bargaining as set by the NRA steel code. Over 200 executives from across the country attended the meeting at the American Iron & Steel Institute and adopted resolutions to preserve conditions that existed under the code. Prices of steel were not discussed as third quarter quotations were already filed, said Eugene G. Grace, Institute president.
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New York
U.P
NRA
American Iron & Steel Institute
Eugene G. Grace
Institute
Oklahoma Doctor Brewer Faces New Murder Charges
Two new murder charges were filed today against Dr. Guy E. Brewer of Garber, raising to six the abortion death accusations he faces. The charges allege the deaths of Wanda Lee Gray and Elizabeth Shaw in Logan County, with four earlier counts tied to Hermoine Fowler Doris Jones Ruby Ford and Myrtle Rose. Brewer remains in county jail after arrest in early May.
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Enid
Oka
Guy E. Brewer
Robert Huston
Marland
Garber
Wanda Lee Gray
Elizabeth Shaw
Roxanna
Logan
Roy Holbird
Doctor Brewer
Hermoine Fowler
Oklahoma
Kidnap Case Spurs Search as Second Ransom Bill Found
Discovery of a second $20,000 ransom bill tied to the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping broadens the manhunt. A Seattle hotel detainee is questioned while agents pursue a gang possibly based in Tacoma or Seattle. The boy was released near Issaquah after a $200,000 payoff.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Seattle
Department of Justice
Spokane
Portland
Huntington
Ore
Salt Lake City
Vernon Beavers
Weyerhaeuser
Old-Timers of Buffalo Days Flock to Pampa Celebration
Buffalo plains heritage event in Pampa features a pre centennial and pioneer's roundup with 75 early hour registrants. The Panhandle oil show parade, floats from Texas history and oil development, dramatic skits, rodeo, baseball, street dance and a sham battle with blank ammunition mark the two day program headlined by Governor Allred.
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Pampa
Vestel Lott Pampa
Texas Plains
Pampas
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Drake
Pennsylvania
Sam Houston
General Fannin
Deaf Smith
Bowie Travis
Crockett
West Texas
Frank Willis
John Adair
JA Ranch
Roy Dean
Pecos
James V. Allred
Eskridge arraigned in slaying of Orange chief
The Rev Edgar Eskridge pastor of First Baptist Church Orange was arraigned before District Judge F P Adams on a charge of slaying Police Chief Ed J OReilly. Trial date set for June 19 with a special 108 man venire. Eskridge was not handcuffed and exchanged greetings in court while prosecutors indicate possible pursuit of the death penalty. Defense lawyers from Port Arthur Beaufort and Orange said they would defend the minister.
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Orange
Texas
Edgar Eskridge
First Baptist Church
F. P. Adams
Ed J. Oreilly
W. P. Brown
Eskridge
Holis Kinard
O. I. Baker
C. G. Carruth
Port Arthur
C. W. Howth
Beaumont
W.H Stark
Vera Cruz Governor Vasquez Vela Attends Lunch
Governor Vasquez Vela of Vera Cruz and his wife dined with Mr and Mrs James V Allred at Austin. The item notes a social meal and includes a small ad for Blatz beer and inexpensive shirts.
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Austin
U.P
Vasquez Vela
Vera Cruz
Ransom Paid in Cuban Kidnapping Case
Havana reports a ransom of 286000 dollars was sent to kidnappers holding Antonio San Miguel and three aides. The note arrived via valet Simon Martija who, blindfolded, delivered the money in bundled bills. Police say San Miguel, his chauffeur Constantino Prieto and guard Modesto Iglesias remain in captivity.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
Antonio San Miguel
San Miguel
Simon Martija
Frank J. Steinhart, Jr
Havana Electric Co
United Press
Martija
Constantino Prieto
Modesto Iglesias
Highway 66 Group Plans Budget and Meeting in City
Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma members of the U S Highway 66 Association approved an emergency budget of 1060 for represented states with 500 to be requested from three others. A Texas New Mexico and Arizona delegation will be invited within weeks likely Amarillo Texas. The annual meeting is tentatively planned for September probably in Springfield Missouri.
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Joplin
U. S. Highway 66 Association
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Amarillo
C. M. Bartlett
Miami
Springfield
Jap Troops Threaten North China With Demilitarized Zone
Armed Japanese troops move through Chinese quarters in North China as leaders gather for a pivotal war council to decide the region's fate. Col Takashi Sakai says Peiping and Tientsin may join the demilitarized zone, promising business stability though foreign concerns grow. Arnhold and Co in Tientsin suspends operations, signaling uneasy confidence amid looming occupation.
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Tients IN
China
Great Wall
Nessmen
Tientsin
Peiping
Sakai
Sakais
Arnhold and Co
North China
Twin midgets seek small housing loan under New Deal
Ike and Mike Rogers two 32 inch tall brothers from Richmond Virginia appeal for a 750 to 1000 loan from the Public Works Administration to build a portable miniature home. They propose financing from circus earnings and touring with the show. The idea is under FHA review.
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Ike
Mike Rogers
Public Works Administration
Mike
Richmond
Angel R. Clas
Federal Housing
Roosevelt
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
McMullen Indicted In Lobby Fee Case
Army officer Colonel Joseph T. McMullen, head of the patents section of the JAG office, was indicted by a DC grand jury for taking fees from the Cuban American Manganese Corporation to oppose a proposed excise tax on manganese imports. He allegedly received 1500 dollars on July 6 1932 and 250 dollars on January 3 1933 as monthly compensation.
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Washington
Joseph T. Mc
Army
Judge Advocate General's Office
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
Manganese Corporation
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Requested
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday across West Texas and Panhandle with unsettled conditions in New Mexico. Temperature extremes reach 64 to 78 degrees today.
End of Toledo Edison Strike Brings Return to Work
A 800 square mile area in northwestern Ohio faced potential power loss as the Toledo Edison Company strike ended. Union electricians voted 237 to 22 to resume work after Secretary Perkins urged negotiations for a 20 percent wage increase, with talks in New York led by Henry L. Doherty Company officials.
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Toledo, O
Toledo Edison Company
Ohio
New York
Henry L. Doherty Company
Toledo Edison
Oliver Myers
Electrical Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Myers
Washington
Department of Labor
Toledo of Commerce
Perkins
Stratosphere Expedition Delayed by Weather at Rapid City
Weather delayed the launch of the National Geographic Society Army Air Corps Stratosphere expedition from the Rapid City base. The 3,700,000 cubic foot balloon and gondola with Capt. Albert W. Stevens and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson were prepared for ascent once conditions improved after final instrument tests.
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Rapid City
8. D
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Albert W. Stevens
Orvil A. Anderson
Barbara Hutton Mdivani and Hatugwitz-Reventlow Seek Europe Home
Danish counts greet Barbara Hutton Mdivani and Kurt Hatugwitz-Reventlow on their honeymoon in Copenhagen. They say fear of gangsters in the United States prompted plans to settle in Europe, likely England, rather than Denmark.
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Copenhagen
June
Kurt Hatugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Europe
United States
England
Denmark
Oil laws probe stirs page three reports
The page notes on page three focus on political attention around oil policy and a reported interest by Prince in related topics. It mentions ongoing scrutiny and potential shifts in regulation as coverage expands across sections.
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NRA
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