Potters County relief crews mobilize panhandle road work
Two hundred fifty men mobilized for CWA relief in Potter County with 110 on Amarillo area projects and 250 more to be added daily. Projects include North East Eighth Avenue and Amarillo Creek surfacing near the city, plus Dalhart highway re-topping. CWA oversight under Texas Panhandle Highway Division. 3 eight hour days weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Sam
Panhandle
Amarillo
Howard Ferguson
Relief Office
North East
Eighth Avenue
Amarillo Creek
Dalhart Highway
CWA
Ferguson
Texas Highway Department
W. J. van London
Hick Cops Catch Dillinger Ace and Kill Leader
Hick town police report another Dillinger gang victory with an ace gunner dead in a morgue and reports the gang leader dead after a gunfight. A deathbed remark fuels uncertainty about Dillinger's fate as questions surround whether he is alive or buried. Federal agents probe amid tense interrogation of a woman linked to Tommy Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Hick Town
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Dewey
Pretty Jean Crompton
Carroll
Baer Carnera Bout Approved Despite Poor News
Max Baer and Primo Carnera were reported in unsatisfactory condition for their 15 round heavyweight title fight at Madison Square Garden. The New York State Athletic Commission, after exhaustive exams by Dr. Walker, Dr. Beyer, and Dr. Nardillo, ordered the bout to proceed as scheduled. The physicians’ ruling required no commission vote under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Baer
Primo Carnera
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York State Athletic Commission
John J. Phelan
Commission
William Walker
Morris Beyer
Vincent Nardillo
Women Strikers Pepper Red Armed Picket Lines
Oklahoma City June 8 women picketing packing plants armed with red pepper spray work bound cars as they slowed at lines. Pepper reportedly blew back on pickets amid fights and alleged stoning and home invasion while union leaders and executives meet with federal mediator Frank H. Bowen in the stockyards strike area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Armour and Wilson Packing Plants
Frank H. Bowen
Eight killed as hurricane devastates San Salvador
A hurricane battered San Salvador causing eight deaths and 500 homeless. Martial law followed the collapse of communications, power, and railways. Homes, including Hopango and Foyopango districts, were washed away. roads to La Libertad blocked. Winds peaked at 50 miles per hour with torrential rains. Rail slides and bridge losses further disrupted transport. Restoration could take three weeks for rail, power, and communications. The Pan American Airways report noted extensive damage and ongoing outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Salvador
Pan-American Airways
Pan- American Airways
Salvador
Hopango
Foyopango
la Libertad
Favorable Ratio Is Held by New Deal
New York June 8 The Literary Digest poll reports Roosevelt’s New Deal maintains a 3 to 2 favorable ratio but shows shifting popularity. In the fourth report, administration support stands 370,491 to 255,429. only Maine and Vermont dissent among 25 states, which accounted for about three fourths of the 1932 popular vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Literary Digest
Roosevelt
Maine
Vermont
Hoover
Naked Nudist Member Triggers Senate Invasion
A man dressed only in sandals loin cloth and a white cape entered the Senate gallery in Washington. Police and Sergeant-At-Arms Chesley Jurney ejected him after he clutched a stall and several books titled Nature Life Under the Sun. He declined to identify his address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPA
Dresed
Mahatma Ganam
Senate
Capitol
Chesley Jurney
Jurney
W. H. Goodell
Texas Relief Meet Called Over Membership Dispute
Texas relief commissioners were summoned to meet in Austin on Monday to address the ongoing disputed membership between Toke Holliday of El Paso and Julius Dorenfield of Amarillo. The session could see action tied to July relief fund allotments as the court case continues. Holliday said he cannot attend due to law business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Relief Commissioners
Toke Holliday
el Paso
Julius Dorenfield
Amarillo
Supreme Court
Dozenfield
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Elbert Hooper
Dorenfield
Holliday
R. L. Holliday
Relief Commission
Ready Made NRA code aims to simplify by consolidating many
The 1934 Associated Press report notes a forthcoming ready made code to cover hundreds of small industries. It targets shorter hours, living wage, labor rights, and bans on dishonesty and unfair trade. Small firms may opt in, with 85 percent assent for stricter rules. Aims to replace 450 codes with under 300 and cut admin load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
Dorothy Dell Killed In Auto Crash In California
Pasadena California June 8 Dorothy Dell a rising film star died in an automobile crash after a party near Altadena with her companion Dr Carl Wagner. Wagner died six hours later from a basel skull fracture and leg injuries. Dell who had just joined Paramount after stage and Ziegfeld Follies work was 20 and born in Hattiesburg Mississippi. she was Miss Universe 1930 and descendant of Jefferson Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Dorothy Dell
Carl Wagner
Dorothy Delli
Leonard Slever
Miss Goff
Wagner
Altadena
Miss Dell
New York
Ziegfield
Hollywood
Paramount
Hattiesburg
Miss
New Orleans
Galveston
Tex
American Legion Post
Deil
Jefferson Davis
Strike or peace loom in steel meeting of 1934
An important steel meeting seeks to avert a dangerous strike as General Johnson of the NRA and Donald Richberg fly to New York. Industry heads insist on control of operations while union leaders resist. The Globe reports on tensions surrounding the dispute and potential outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Donald Richberg
Cruickshank Leads U S Open After Two Rounds
At Merion Cricket Club Philadelphia on June 8 Bobby Cruickshank, a diminutive Scot from Richmond Virginia, duplicated his first round score with another sensational display to post 142 after 36 holes, widening his lead in the U S Open championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merion Cricket Club
Philadelphia
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Feed Demands on Uptrend as Race Date Nears
Amarillo feed and hay trade shows a clear uptrend as Tri-State Fair racing plant welcomes many thoroughbreds for the spring meet starting next Friday. With horses set for top form, local providers report rising demand for high quality feed and grooming, reflecting the sport’s emphasis on care and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair
Rain Relieves Drouth Belts In Washington June 8
A flood of reports to relief administrator Hopkins says rains lift morale in drouth belts and may cut government costs for forage crops. About 200 million dollars is allocated for such crops in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Rain arrives too late to save many crops, but it strengthens resistance to cattle buying. Hopkins names five officers to run rural rehabilitation under Westbrook for various regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drouth Belt
Harry J. Hopkins
Hopkins
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Farm Administration
Llalion
Lawrence Westbrook
TP Lee
Memphis
Tenn
South Central States
A D Cobb
Newark
Del
A. G Smith
Avants
Southeastern States
Ke, Graf
Ames
West Central States
Harry Carroll
Wheat production forecast lowers to 400 million bushels
Washington June reports forecast winter wheat at 400 million bushels for the year. A drought impact has reduced prospects from last year's 351 million bushels and clouded the outlook as drought ravages persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy tonight with Saturday turning fair for Amarillo and vicinity. New Mexico forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Saturday, cooler in the eastern portion tonight. Temperature highs today range from 70 to 87 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
New Mexico
West Texas Youths Deep Water Divers
West Texas youths in San Angelo pioneer deep water diving on Lake Nasworthy. Milton Ragsdale Jamie Hardgrave and Edwin Kittrell located a 5000 pound concrete anchor for a raft setup and were paid two dollars. They built their own helmets air nose and signaling gear and can stay under five to fifteen minutes. They expect a bright future as they recover keys rods reels watches and other items from the lake bottom. They are Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Angelo
Texas
Nas
Worthy
San Angelo
Milton Ragsdale
Jamie Hardgrave
Edwin Kittrell
Batley
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Karl DeCourcy
Paris
de Courcy
Ralph Kenniston
Estelle Scott
Drouth
AAA
Bureau of Animal Industry
H. L. Darby
Bureau
Grover B. Hill
Oklahoma
Howard A. Ferguson
Bureal
Mr. Ferguson
Gaines Whitsitt
Mr Whitsitt
Darby
Dallam
W. A. Curtis
Kerrville
Hugh B. Thaxton
Cherokee
O. W. Orson
Midland
Hartley
J. L. Shabram
Palestine
L. J. Lauraine
Gonzales
W. A. Wilson
McKinney
Oldham County
M. A. Molohon
Emil Krenek
LaGrange
Deaf Smith
P. M. James
Lubbock
S. E. Grove
Fort Worth
John M. Fitte
Marlin
J. H. Cooper
Conroe
Warren B. Rogers
Moore County
E. E. Maas
Crockett
A. J. Lewis
Haskell
Sherman County
R. C. Patterson
Waco
Charles Koberg
Coleman
B. L. Jacobs
F. D. Porter
R. V. Pilgrim
Huntsville
Earl Decourcy
Outlaw
Federal
O. H. Dewey
John
Congress
Robinson
White House
Londera
House
Pantary
Max
Primo
NEW Deal
Panty
Northwest Panhandle
Geney
Ben Carlton Mead
Arthur Brisbane
America
Hie Columpia
Globe
Hrishane
Editora Note
Young Features Syndicate, Inc
General Johnson
Cruickshank
West Texas
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