First Steps Taken In Soil Program
A conference in Potter County discusses establishing a federal state soil conservation co operation. Judges and commissioners outline erosion needs for 349000 acres severely affected and 398000 acres moderately eroded, urging night and day crews to level dunes plant cover crops by July 15 and request extra equipment and funding.
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Potter County
Panhandle
Dallam
Hartley
Moore
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Wilson Cowen
Dalhart
Hemphill
Lighted Houses Entered by Two Youths in Amarillo
Police and the sheriff’s force solved a recent Amarillo prowling spree as two youths carried out break ins at lighted, occupied homes. Robberies included purses, clothing, food, firearms and even eye glasses. some loot has been recovered. Archie McGaughey, 16, of 309 South Harrison Street, is identified among those involved.
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Fred Post
Amarillo
Archie McGaughey
South
Harrison Street
Roman Triumph Ignites Storms and a Teen Robbery Duo
The Globe reports on Mussolini's Ethiopia triumph and a Polk Street church burglary incident. William Mitchell 16 and Archie, both Negro youths, confessed to multiple thefts, detailing entries from a Methodist Church and a Tyler Street house in 1936, as police note the case moves to court.
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William
Archie
Fourteenth Avenue
South Polk Street
William Mitchell
Tyler Street
Cool Breeze Brings Relief in Amarillo Heat Wave
A north wind cooled Amarillo and the Plains as temperatures dropped from a Monday high of 102 degrees. Readings ranged from 68 to 83 by late morning with noon at 94. Forecasters credited a low pressure area over Oklahoma and a high in the north for the relief.
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Amarillo
Plains
U. S Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Kansas
More Money Sought for C. C. Budget
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce seeks a $30,000 budget for 1936 37 with $16,798 collected in membership fees. John Boyce as general chairman announced the campaign would end soon as Roy Cullum and Binford Arney were named in the effort.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
John Boyce
Roy Cullum
Binford Arney
Tigers Chase Dietrich in Scene from The Garden of Allah
Hollywood reports Marlene Dietrich injured when a door jam crushed her hand during a rehearsal for a scene in The Garden of Allah. She was rushed for X rays to assess the injury as tigers pursued her through a doorway.
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Hollywood
Calif
Marlene Dietrich
Tigers
Dust Bowl film condemned by Texas delegate
Eugene Worley of Shamrock urged the Democratic national convention to force withdrawal and destruction of The Plow That Broke the Plains. He called the film a libel on the Texas Panhandle and argued it misrepresents the dust bowl and local people.
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Austin
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Resettlement Administration
Worley
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Texas Panhandle
Dust Bowl
Roosevelt off on jaunt to Lone Star
President Roosevelt leaves Washington by special train for a 4,000 mile West Arkansas Texas Indiana tour speaking in Little Rock Dallas and Vincennes to mark Arkansas statehood Texas independence and a Clark memorial dedication in Indiana The party includes Senators Robinson and Caraway and other officials and Mrs Roosevelt joins in Tennessee en route to Hoggenville Hoggenville Kentucky.
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Roosevelt
Lone Star
D. Harold Oliver
Little Rock
Ark
Congress
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Washington
Tennessee
Dallas
Mexico
Vincennes
Ind
George Rogers Clark
Lincoln
Hoggenville
Byen
Senators Robinson
Caraway
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Karl A. Crowley
Post Office Department
Charles A. Jones
Brooks Hays
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
New Strikes Bring Fights in Valenciennes Factory
Socialist and Communist workers clashed inside a Valenciennes munitions plant as fresh French strikes spread. A dozen Socialists were injured after Communists rejected a plant labor agreement, with thirty escaping over a wall. The walkouts mirror a broader protest echoing a 14 day folded arms refusal by about one million employees.
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Paris
Valenciennes
France
Wall
Edgar Beaty Killed in Boiler Blast Near Skelly Town
Edgar T. Beaty a 49 year old former Dallas resident was killed when a boiler exploded at the Stanolind Ware B 10 base six miles NW of Skelly town Cause of blast undetermined. The body was sent to Paris Texas for burial He is survived by two daughters Margaret and Woris Beaty of Dallas a son Dale Beaty of Pampa three brothers B O Beaty W A Beaty and C L Beaty of Dallas and two sisters Mrs J C Rutherford Dallas and Mrs H A Beatie Paris
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Dallas
J. C. Rutherford
H. A. Beatie
Paris
Republican convention opens in Cleveland with calm session
At Convention Hall on June 9 delegates gathered under Henry P. Pletcher as committees formed a platform and behind closed doors efforts began to reconcile disputes. Senator Steiner won the temporary chair, and the session adjourned to 7 PM for the keynote address. Notable figures included John M. Hamilton and Senator Borah, with Vandenberg visiting party leaders.
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Edward J. Duffy
Cleveland
London
Charman
Henry P. Pletcher
Herbert Hoover
Frederic Steiner
Oregon
Steiner
Republicans Clash Over Platform At Cleveland Convention
Convention delegates wrestle with drafting a platform while choosing a candidate. East and West factions clash over policy amid lingering tariff and relief disputes. Texans rally behind Landon as they weigh vice presidential support and unit rule implications.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Texas
Wilder Aspects of Republican Parley Are Wildly Written
Henry McLemore critiques the Cleveland National Republican Convention with satirical scenes. Delegates arrive amid badges and a flood of jokes about gold tickets, quarter votes, and wall paper orders for the White House East Room.
Texans Support Southern Union in Two Party Plan
The Texas Republican delegation voiced strong support for a new union of Southern party members seeking to place their states in a two party classification. The report is datelined Cleveland and notes the June 9 context.
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Donald A. Young
Cleveland
Southern Republicans unite to back Southern aims in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 9 Republicans from 12 Southern states formed the Southern conference of Republicans electing R. B. Creager as president and Charles A. Jonas as secretary. They vow to support legislation beneficial to the South and resist reducing Southern representation in national party affairs. M O Dunning dissenting, Virginia delegates absent due to prior dinner engagement. Peggy Ann Landon arrives in Cleveland to a frenzied crowd, says she came to make friends and attend the convention.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Southern Conference of
M. O. Dunning
Georgia
Virginia
Republican Party
South
South's Vets Gather in Shreveport Confederate Reunion
In Shreveport Louisiana aging Confederates meet for the annual reunion in what may be their final visit. The conference of the Confederate Southern Memorial Association state president opens events including the Fort Smith Memorial Park dedication at Bossier City and a sectional business meeting. Local bands from U S Marines and Louisiana State University will perform at the official reunion opening tonight.
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Shreveport
Army of the Confederacy
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Fort Smith Memorial Park
Bossier City
U. & Marine
Louisiana State University
No Lipstick Strike Hits Boulogne Department Store
Sales girls in Boulogne France staged a strike over a ban on lipstick imposed by their department store chain. The dispute centers on appearance rules affecting workers at the chain’s outlets.
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Boulogne
France
Borah presses gold standard demand at Republican convention
At Public Hall Cleveland on June 9 1936 Senator Borah challenged Governor Landon to declare his stance on returning to the gold standard as the GOP platform battle heated. Eastern moderates resist currency change while Western critics push for a managed currency in the platform.
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Jof
Alex Morris
United Press
Public Hall
Cleveland
U.P
Alf Landon
Kansas
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Landon
New York
Bolt
John Thomas
Resolutions Committee
Walter Edge
New Jersey
London
Amarillo Area Weather Fair and Cooler Tonight Through Wednesday
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies and cooler temps tonight and Wednesday. West Texas generally fair, not as warm in the Panhandle tonight and north and west portions Wednesday. New Mexico fair tonight and Wednesday, cooler in the northeast tonight. Temperatures reach 64 at 1 PM and 83 degrees later in the day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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