Elliott, son of president, seeks divorce in Nevada
The Roosevelts announce Elliott Roosevelt will help his wife Elizabeth Dormer pursue a divorce in Nevada on grounds of incompatibility. They were married in 1932 and have a child, William Donner Roosevelt, with custody arrangements reportedly settled. The couple had separated last year.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Elliott
Elizabeth Dormer
William H. Donner
Philadelphia
William Donner Roosevelt
West
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Roosevelt
Tucson
Ariz
Ten Year Peace Plan Goes to Parliaments Across Europe
Rome reports Great Britain France Italy and Germany move to ratify a ten year peace plan. Signed by Mussolini, the pact pledges League of Nations cooperation, disarmament, and economic reconstruction, signaling renewed European unity and support for the Geneva conference.
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Great Britain
France
Ialy
Germany
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Italy
Tr Duce
Palazzo Venezia
Mussolini
Itaily
United States
Europe
House soldiers bloc wins more relief in veterans pay talks
Washington June and spokesmen for the House soldiers bloc claim new concessions from the White House on the veterans economy program. A compromise aims to preserve the principle of reductions while avoiding deep cuts, with final draft due within two days. The Independent Offices appropriation bill will follow after agreement. The White House discussions left congressional aides jubilant as they push to restore payments and limit cuts for service connected disabilities plus presumptive cases.
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Hagen Tied With White At 18 Holes In National Open
Walter Hagen and Neil White share the lead after the first 18 holes of the National Open. Each shot 73 one over par as about one third of the 147 starters remained in contention. Gus Moreland led Dallas at 76. Additional scores follow from the round.
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Walter Hagen
Neil White
Los Angeles
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Dallas
Moreland
Mortie Dutra
Royal Oak
Mich
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jChicago
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Long Beach
Jack Gordon
Buffalo
N. Y
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Chicago
Dewey Longworth
Oakland
Cal
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Mamaroneck
N.Y
Neil E. White
James Johnstone
Toronto
Mel Shorey
Washington
D. C
C. W. Gamber
St. Claire
Bill Schwartz
St. Louis
Frank Gelhot
Cincinnati
Horton Smith
Oak Park
Francis Scheider
Hull bars all talk on debt at world conference
Secretary Cordell Hull barred discussion of war debts at the world economic conference arrival in Plymouth leading the U S delegation He said the debt question and disarmament would not be discussed at all He favored reducing trade and financial obstacles and the cabinet planned a last minute U S offer for debt settlement due June 15.
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England
Cordell Hull
Mr. Hull
Davis
Norman H. Davis
Geneva
Washington
United States
London
U.P
Mars Uninhabited Not Enough Oxygen
Astronomers at Mount Wilson report Mars has very little free oxygen. Observations with the 100 inch telescope show oxygen levels far below those on Earth, dimming hopes of life. The study, conducted by Walter Adams and Theodore Dunham Jr., remains a scientific inquiry into Martian oxygen.
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Pasadena
Calif
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Carnegienstitution
Mount Wilson Jr
Walter S. Adams
Observatory
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Adams
Earth
Dunham
Mattern’s world flight delayed by Siberian storm
American aviator Jimmie Mattern was forced to land near Prokopievsk Siberia after gas fumes from a leaking line sickened him mid flight. He planned to depart again for Krasnoyarsk once temporary repairs are made, awaiting improved conditions to continue his around the world trek.
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Siberia
U.P
James J. Mattern
Moscow
Amarillo
Stanley P. Richardson
Associated Press
Jimmie Mattern
Prokopievek
Belovo
Prokopievsk
Omsk
Krasnoyark
Bledsoe Says Railroads Are Not Owed Money
Samuel T. Bledsoe president of the Santa Fe says railroads are in better shape than many businesses and the Santa Fe owes no one, not even the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He predicts inflation will take time to restore normal conditions and expects a railroad coordinator to reveal waste. He spoke during a Southwest inspection tour and will visit Amarillo Friday at 1 PM.
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Amarillo
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday across Amarillo and West Texas west of 100th meridian and New Mexico. Temperatures range from 59 to 85 degrees with warmer trends in the northwest tonight toward the central and east portions Friday.
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West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo Tour to World's Fair Takes Six Chicago Days
Six of the eight days of the Amarillo to the World's Fair tour will be spent in Chicago with one full day and night one afternoon and five evenings free for travelers. Wilbur Hawk, sponsor, says most reservations are already taken and packing limits apply. The June 23 to July 2 trip costs 75 from Amarillo. Reservations require at least 10 now and balance by June 20 through Mason King or Miss Lois Black at The Globe News.
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Chicago
Wilbur Hawk
Mason King
Lois Black
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Globe News
Explorer Safe Peiping Telegram Confirms Find
Dr Nils Ambolt of a Chinese Swedish expedition who vanished in 1927 in northern Tibet is reported safe in Khotan Turkmenistan southwest of Tarikstan according to a telegram to Dr Sven Hedin.
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Khotan
Turkestan
Sven Hedin
Globe News Want Ads Promote Quick Rental Occupancy
The rental columns urge quick action to advertise vacancies via the Globe News Want Ads, turning a vacant house apartment or room into an occupied unit as 32 000 readers see the notice.
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Globe News
Call for 3 Day or Weekly Rates
A notice directs calling 6262 to inquire about three day or weekly rate options.
Half of Randall Prisoners Escape at Can yon Jail
Half the Randall County prisoners escaped from the Can yon jail about midnight Wednesday. One man broke out while the other failed to pass the bars. Sam Franklin of Lubbock was the escapee and Jesse Ligen, charged with him for burglary of the Alice Landergin school in Amarillo, remained under guard. It is believed outside help aided the escape. Ligen lives near Lubbock.
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Amarillo
Sam Franklin
Lubbock
Jisse Ligen
Alice Landergin
Ligen
Burton Rites Set Friday for Canyon Athletic Director
Funeral services for 8. D. Burton, athletic director at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Canyon Methodist Church. Died suddenly at 45 after heart attack while planning a fishing trip. Survived by wife, a son Sam Jr, a daughter Martha Dell, and sister Olive Burton. Burton came to Canyon in 1921 and built notable basketball teams, with track and football also steady. Burial in Dreamland cemetery. Rev. C. E. Jameson to conduct.
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Shamrock
Sam, Jr
Martha Dell
Olive Burton
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Dreamland Cemetery
C. E. Jameson
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Missouri Valley
Potter County beer trials yield guilty verdicts
In Potter County court John Herndon was found guilty of possession of home brew and given one year in the penitentiary after a day of deliberation. Prosecution hinges on Dean Jaw limits. other defendants faced varying outcomes, with A M Morris and O D West each sentenced to two years for burglary, suspended on conviction. Jury deliberations continued on cases including F C Mosely and Bill Morehead the juvenile.
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47Th District Court
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Dean
F. C. Mosely
Grady Hazlewood
Bob Underwood
A. M. Morris
O. D. West
Bill Morehead
D. V. Ross
Japan Seeks Curb on Air Bombing Abolition Condition
At the Geneva disarmament conference Japan refused to accept total abolition of air bombing until major powers scrap aircraft carriers. The statement came as a dramatic shock to delegates and marked a bold challenge to progress toward universal disarmament.
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Geneva
Switzerland
France Rejects U.S. British Disarmament Proposals
Premier Edouard Daladier declared France would not sacrifice more heavy guns or suppress tanks in exchange for Germany's concessions, as Paris flatly rejected the joint three power proposals in a bid to salvage the disarmament conference.
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U.P
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
Edouard Daladier
Dust storm hits Panhandle for third day
Sooner Panhandle region of Oklahoma and Boise City reported a severe dust storm for the third straight day. Rain has been scarce for weeks, leaves pastures and fields brown and crops and gardens nearly non existent in the area.
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Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma
State Board of Education to Meet in Lubbock
Nate Washer president of the State Board of Education called a meeting at Lubbock on June 16 and 17. The meeting date was announced from Austin.
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Nate Washer
State Board of Education
Lubbock
Banquet Plans Sputter as Time Gap Keeps Guests Away
Amarillo Rotary Club prepared a welcoming banquet for 25 Denver trade-trippers led by Mayor Ross Rogers and Bill Beechler, but a one hour time difference between Denver and Amarillo caused the delegation to miss the noon meeting on the North Plains as the motorcade paused.
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Amarillo
Rotary Club
North Plains
Senate votes for deeper probe into Morgan inquiry
The Senate unanimously approved expanding its investigation into private banks and bankers. J P Morgan faced questions as O P Van Sweringen described tax avoidance schemes and rail operations, while the panel moved to probe stock transactions reducing Morgan partners income taxes.
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Senate
O. P. van Sweringen
J. P. Morgan and Company
van Sweringen
Morgan Bank
J. P. Morgan
Bandit Lair Empty in Mukden As Search Continues
Japanese and Manchukuo troops raid an alleged kidnapper lair in Mukden Manchuria seeking the release of American missionary Dr Neils Niel sen. The lair is found empty and authorities renew efforts to locate the missing man.
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Manchuria
Neils Nielsen
Mideaway
Former Watonga banker arrested in Kansas on embezzlement charges
Blaine County officers said T. Hoberecht, former president of the First Bank and Trust Company of Watonga, Oklahoma, was arrested in Wichita Kansas today. Two information charging embezzlement were filed yesterday.
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Okla
FE. T. Hoberecht
First Bank and Trust Company of
Watongs
Wichita
Kan
Blaine County
Hoberecht
Japans to Buy Cotton from Osaka After India Duty Rise
Osaka Japan June prospect of stronger Japanese purchases of American raw cotton follows the Japan cotton spinners federation action to stop buying raw cotton from British India. The decision by the emergency committee is in retaliation for India's 50 percent duty hike on non British cotton cloths announced June 6.
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Osaka
Japan
Japan Cotton Spinners Federation
India
Boxers Weigh In Ahead of Baer Schmeling Fight Party
Max Baer weighed 203 pounds in New York for the 15 round bout with Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium tonight. Schmeling appeared at the commission headquarters. The Globe News party at Sixth and Fillmore will relay each exchange to Panhandle fans, with a balcony announcement from Globe building, no radio broadcast, prelims 18 minutes before the main event.
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Panhandle
Globe News
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Fillmore
Globe
BIG Battle
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New York State Athletic Commission
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Woman in White Steals Baby to Fool Husband
Cincinnati residents reveal Virginia Rogers 31 posing as mother of six week old Pansy Sneed. Detectives uncover the theft from a riverfront flat after a week long mystery. The baby remained healthy though with birth infection. Rogers held on a technical charge after sanity tests.
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June
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