Roosevelt Declares Codes Nullified as NRA Debate Rises
Washington reports President Roosevelt said Supreme Court nullification of codes returns to fundamental law including anti trust statutes. House debate moved to extend skeletonized NRA to 1936 while Burns doubts Long’s wealth plan. Elliott Roosevelt to address TexasYoung Democrats session. unity urged for New Deal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House Uvter
NRA
Burns
U.P
Joseph W. Burns
Byrns
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
National Tax Revision Council
Huey P. Long
Congress
Baldwin Repeats as British Prime Minister in Swift Transition
Stanley Baldwin accepted the post from King George VI after Ramsay MacDonald resigned due to ill health. MacDonald recommended Baldwin, who was already lord president and leader of the majority, to form a new cabinet. The rapid handoff left the country with a prime minister for only four minutes as both figures crossed paths.
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Albert W. Wilson
London
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
King George
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
No. 10
Downing Street
Mascot Bear Breaks Free at Houston Zoo
A 425 pound grizzly bear gifted to San Jacinto High School escaped its cage at Hermann Park Zoo in Houston and roamed for two hours. Zookeeper Hans Nagle and assistant Tom Baylor exchanged fire. Baylor shot the bear in the head to save his life amid the buffalo pen with a mother buffalo and calf nearby.
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Houston
Tex
San Jacinto High School
Hans Nagle
Frank Walter
Nagle
Tom Baylor
Buffalo Pens
Baylor
New Anti-Saloon Head in Dallas Resigns Texas League Post
The Rev Atticus Webb announced his resignation as superintendent of the anti saloon league of Texas. Rev Jeff Davis, pastor of the Baptist Church at Center, Texas, was elected and accepted as his successor.
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Dallas
Atticus Webb
Days of Texas
Anti-Saloon League of Texas
Jeff Davis
Baptist Church
Dalhart Texas Receives Half Inch Rain
The weather system delivered nearly half an inch of rain to Dalhart and Texline, with Amarillo tallying about 0.02 inches. Cooler temperatures linger with a low around 47, and light scattered thunder is possible tomorrow per Weatherman H T Collman.
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Dalhart
Texline
Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Santa Fe Amarillo
Etter
Formosa Suffers Aftershocks Hit Damaged Village
A new earthquake struck central Formosa at 10 50 AM injuring five people and wrecking the grammar school and market in Sarosushow, Taikow County. Four hundred structures damaged with fifteen houses demolished, area remote from telegraph. extent not yet known.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Sarosushow
Taikow
Daichu
Californian Leads Open Golf Fight
Jim Thompson of Long Beach California shot 73 in the second round to reach 146 and grab the midday lead at the National Open in Oakmont Pa. Alvin Krueger Beloit Wis started two behind and trails by two. Gene Sarazen remains a strong contender with 149 after a 38 in the second round. Olin Dutra, defending champion, totaled 53 through two rounds after a 76 today.
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Oakmont
U.R
Jimmy Thompson
Long Beach
Cal
America
Thompson
Alvin Krueger
Beloit
Wis
Krueger
Gene Sarazen
Brilliant Sunshine
Olin Dutra
Sarazen
Roosevelt Nominates Nelson T Johnson to China Post
President Roosevelt named Nelson T Johnson of Oklahoma as minister to China, elevating him to a new post. The note appears in a June Washington dispatch alongside an Amarillo Lumber ad for repair and redecorating services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nelson T. Johnson
Oklahoma
China
Roosevelt Son Elliott Delights Amarillo at Young Democrats Event
Elliott Roosevelt, 25, son of the President, appeared with wife and the Buck couple in Amarillo for the state Young Democrats convention. He answered questions with a shy smile, explained his belief in loyal support for his father, and described the group’s aim to involve young business people in Texas politics.
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Roosevelt
Young Democrats of
Texas
Natonal
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Jess Larson
Chickawa
Okla
J. R. Wrinkle
Clovis
N. M
John L. McCarty
Dalhart
University Club
NRA
Elliott
Amarillo
Dad
Raymond FE. Buck
Fort Worth
Young Democrats
Roosevelts
Roosevelt Party
Herring Hotel
Oil increase at Alma No. 1 near Kirkland
Oil activity rises at the Alma Oil Company's No. 1 wildcat near Kirkland as crews swab to 5000 feet and report several oil kicks during the swab. Operators plan further swabbing today while the well draws attention from nearby observers. In Paris, Medford Hancock of Clarksville is killed by officers serving a custody request. another suspect is arrested after the shooting. Hancock dies at a hospital.
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Childress
Alma Oil Company
Wildcat
Kirkland
Paris
Medford Hancock
Clarksville
Red River County
Hancock
Texas Progress Traced at Pampa Centennial
Governor James V Allred toured Pampa for a pre centennial and oil show parade. He spoke from an improvised oil derrick, urged Texans to build on forefathers foundations, and outlined a future Texas with greater invention and better government. Old timers shared memories at a barbecue and events included fiddlers contest rodeo and a pre centennial ball crowning Miss De Ann Heiskell.
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Vestel Lott Pampa
James V. Allred
Pampa
Texas
Allred
Clarendon
Col H. Otte
Studer
Gilmore Nunn
Amarillo
Young Democratic Clubs of
Texas Panhandle
de Ann Heiskell
Pamoa
Japan Ready to Seize Topfiles and Demand China Regime Change
Chinese officials report Gen Yu Hsueh Chungs 51st army has evacuated Tientsin as Peiping becomes the new seat of Hopeh province government. Japanese attache Gen Isogai says Tokyo aims to cooperate to maintain peace and will pursue administration in North China.
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Tientsin
China
Yu-Hsueh-Chung
Peiping
Hopeh Province
Rensuke Isogai
Rengo
Japan
Far East
Isogai
Kidnapping Victim's Attorney Detained in Havana
Havana reports attorney Pedro Herrera Sotolongo, counsel for kidnapped Antonio San Miguel, 78, being detained by police with charges undisclosed. Earlier he failed to contact abductors and sought a later communication. San Miguel’s friends urged authorities to pause actions, while police reportedly blocked a ransom delivery of 286000 dollars.
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Havana
Pedro Herrera Sotolongo
Antonio San Miguel
The Jewel Racket Leander Swam He Flies Big Strike
Arthur Brisbane discusses organized jewel thefts and the jewel returning racket amid America’s crime wave. He contrasts old crude theft methods with modern schemes and notes prominent fences like Mother Mandelbaum as successors in a tangled system.
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Japan
America
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surroundings
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in southeast West Texas. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Saturday with local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight in east and north central portions. Temperatures reach up to the mid 40s to near 50.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Subpoenaed Files Seized From Retail Chain Office in Washington
The complete files of the Food Drug and Grocery Chain Stores of America were seized from its National Press Building offices under a House Committee subpoena. The 160-group chain is tied to lobbying investigations of the American Retail Federation. John A. Logan aided the delivery with Patman directing the action.
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Washington
Food, Drug and Grocery Chain Stores of America, Inc
National Press Building
Ecial House Committee
American Retail Federation, Inc
House
John A. Logan
Patman
Texas
Seek Blonde In Kidnaping Gang Search
A platinum blonde is at the center of the hunt for the gang that kidnapped George Weyerhaeuser. Federal agents and police seek a 25 year old woman and her male companion linked to fraud schemes suspected in the case. They are believed to be fleeing toward Utah and Wyoming in a 1929 Cadillac. A Cadillac was seen near the crime scene.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Utah
Wyoming
Weyerhaeuser
White woman hanged headline shocks readers
Page references show a dramatic story about a white woman hanged. Other brief items mention strike maker Lewis, business improvements, census relief, a death preference, labor pacts, floods dwindling, and Strato flight coverage.
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Lewis
Governors to speak at public meeting in Municipal Auditorium
Gov Clyde Tingley of New Mexico and Gov James Allred of Texas address a public meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Municipal Auditorium. Tingley speaks at 8:15 followed by Allred with radio broadcast on KGNC. Attendees invited regardless of party.
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Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
James V. Allred
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Governor Tingley
Allred
KGNC
John L. McCarty
Texas Young Demos
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Elliott Roosevelt
Scott
Retiers
Mascot Bear
Macdorild
Dalkart
FHA
Long Bell Lbr. Co
Kwitcherkikkin
Shirts
Amarillo Lbr. & Supply Co
By Gene Elo
Young Demo Executive Committee
Phil Overton
Democratic Party
Democracy
McCormick
Tingley
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Texas Progress Traced
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Globe
Brisbane
Editoria
New York
Mother Mandelbaum
Griggs Ambulance
Dial
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