Kidnaping Case Tightens as Two Suspects Held
Federal agents close in on the George Weyerhaeuser case after Harmon Waley and his wife confessed to involvement in the Tacoma heir's $200000 abduction. One fugitive, William Mahan, is being traced in Butte after fleeing with $15155 in ransom money.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
West
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Harmon M. Waley
Tacoma
Wash
William Mahan
Butte, Mont
Mahan
J. E. Mooney
Japanese Demand Acceptance in North China Amid Crisis
Peiping reports Tokyo accepts all Japanese demands for North China. In Tientsin and Yangstan clashes over telegraph pole burnings prompted a Japanese troop dispatch. China’s Nationalist government issues a propaganda ban as two destroyers move toward Tientsin and Chinese troops evacuate North China signaling surrender to Japanese authorities.
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Peiping
Ho Ying-Chin
Peiping Military Council
North
China
Tientsin
Yangstan
Port Arthur
Tokyo
Jiro Minami
Old 34 locomotive wrecks two buildings in Brooklyn chase
In Brooklyn on Pioneer Street the 75 ton locomotive Old 34 was driven by James Gallo and Anthony Pardine after a lunchroom stop. Engineer Louis McClure pursued, a three way fight ensued as the engine rammed a brick building and a frame structure, nearly reaching the water. Gallo and Pardine were jailed on malicious mischief charges.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Louis McClure
Pioneer Street
James Gallo
Anthony Pardine
Pardine
Gallo
McClure
Atlantic Basin
Drama at Laska trial as jury selection heats up
Oklahoma City June 10 heated testimony marks the jury pool for the Urschel kidnapping case. Ben B. Laska and U S District Attorney W C Lewis spar over defense rights as Judge Edgar S Vaught cautions about the single issue of whether Laska took a portion of the ransom. Laska pleads for a fair trial amid the courtroom tension.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
U. S
W. C. Lewis
Laska
Charles F. Urschel
Lewis
Edgar S. Vaught
Lasha
Judge Vaught
Heat Wave Sees Amarillo Hit 93 Degrees
Heat wave arrives in Amarillo with a 93 degree reading marking the season's second high after May 11's 93.2 degrees. Humidity makes the heat feel sharper as noon hits 87. Forecasters expect warmer, clear weather through the week with no heat records in sight.
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H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Finland to pay war debt installment on time
Helsinki Finland reports it will pay the due war debt installment of about a quarter million dollars on June 15 from funds earmarked at National City Bank New York. A separate item from Teague Texas notes B F Cummings about 50 a railroad yard night master killed by a switch engine.
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Helsingfors
Finland
United States
National City Bank of New York
Teague
Tex
B. F. Cummings
Governor Allred Heads to Temple for Fraternal Convention
Governor Allred departed to attend a fraternal convention in Temple as reported from Austin on June 10. The brief item notes his travel and includes stray text fragments without additional context.
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Allred
Temple Austin
Temple
A New Name Wanted Mussolini Will Settle Preaches at 50 Below No Shooting
Arthur Brisbane offers commentary on politics and naming the Republican party. The Globe features his syndicated column with editor notes.
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Mussolini
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo and nearby areas expect fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies in southwest New Mexico and showers possible in the southeast. Temperatures vary little, reaching into the mid 60s to low 70s later today. In other news Henry Ford received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Colgate University during the 116th commencement.
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Amarillo
Viciniw
West Texas
New Mexico
Hamilton
N. Y
Henry Ford
Detroit
Colgate University
Bone Heads Are Reality Disease Stuns Doctors Exhibit
A new condition named bone headedness was announced at a medical exhibit in Atlantic City. The skull thickens on the inside in patches, mainly affecting women, and X rays reveal the change. Physician Sherwood Moore of Washington University led the discovery this past year.
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Atlantic
City
N. J
American Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
Sherwood Moore
M. D
Edward Mallinckrodt
Lowden urges defection to defend Constitution at GOP rally
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden called for unity across political faiths to defend constitutional principles against New Deal challenges. He warned against a constitutional party and argued for the two party system as the best framework for popular government. Edward A Hayes chaired the resolution committee as delegates draft a farm belt indictment of New Deal policies.
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Springfield
Ill
Frank O. Lowden
Republican Party
Lowden
Edward A. Hayes
Decatur, Ill
American Legion
Illinois
NRA
Richetti Goes On Trial For Massacre Case
Adam Richetti, ally of the late Pretty Boy Floyd, stands trial in Kansas City for the murder of four officers at Union Station plaza on June 17, 1933. The prosecutor seeks the death penalty as spectators are barred until jury selection. Floyd and Miller are dead. Floyd shot by agents in Ohio and Miller found slain near Detroit.
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Kansas City
Adam Richetti
Floyd
Union Station Plaza
W. W. Graves, Jr
Frank Nash
Verne C. Miller
Ohio
Miller
Detroit
End Seen For War In Chaco
By nightfall the long war in the Gran Chaco between Bolivia and Paraguay may end as mediators from six American republics including the United States await formal peace. About 35,000 Paraguayans and 45,000 Bolivians still fight on the Bolivian border as representatives accept a ratification plan that calls for an immediate 12 day truce and a ceasefire to allow armies to stand down.
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Buenos Aires
Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
United States
Chaco
Actress a lawyer on Washington off the Record
Amarillo woman looks at Europe and NRA road rough feature in brief notes. Brainwash repair and redecorating ad appears with contact Ph 2 3265 from Amarillo Lumber & Supply Co.
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Washington
Amarillo
Europe
NRA
Amarillo Lbr. & Supply Co
Shift Delays Public Utility Bill in Senate Fight
Washington June 10 Administration leaders decided to shelve the public utility bill in the Senate and push action on a resolution continuing a skeletonized NRA. Republicans signaled stiff opposition and a flood of amendments delaying a vote until absent members return. Senate Chairman Pat Harrison planned to bring NRA up after the week end recess amid two disputes over House passed resolution referral and a proposed repeal of a Recovery Act anti trust repeal section.
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Washington
Senate
NRA
Pat Harrison
Senate Committee
Harrison
House
Clipper Ship Set For Ocean Hop at 3
Pan American Airways four motored clipper will begin its second east west transpacific flight to Honolulu and then Midway Island at 3 PM today from Alameda Airport California as United Press reports.
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Alameda Airport
Alameda
Cal
Pan American Airways
Honolulu
Midway Island
United Press
Allred Endorses Resolutions From Young Democrats in Texas
Governor James V. Allred praised two Young Democrats resolutions from their statewide Amarillo convention. One backed states' rights in government and drew a rebuke from Elliott Roosevelt. The other opposed constitutional changes altering Texas government. The group also commended Allred's administration. Griggs Ambulance, Dial 4311.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Amarillo
Allred
Elliott Roosevelt
Texas
Young Roosevelt
Conferees in Moscow Fear Peace Threat
A Russo Czech communique from Moscow reports renewed worry for general peace. Edouard Benes, Joseph Stalin, and Maxim Litvinov note that resistance to collective security has grown, stressing that peace must be indivisible and based on mutual understanding.
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Moscow
Europe
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Armaments Circle Threat to Peace Warned By Hull
Secretary Hull warned at Pennsylvania Military College graduation that a vicious circle of greater armaments threatens peace and economic stability. He urged U S aid to prevent war while keeping American traditions, noting war preparations in certain countries paralyze productive effort at home.
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Chester
Hull
United States
Pennsylvania Military College
Amarillo Rail Week Opens With Locomotive Ceremonies
Railroad men in Amarillo celebrate Railroad Week with whistle blowing on three lines Santa Fe Fort Worth and Denver and Rock Island Locomotives were on display at the Fort Worth and Denver station as officials mayor Ross D Rogers and rail executives attended The Santa Fe Burlington and Rock Island shops open for tours will continue with programs through tomorrow and address civic groups on the radio and at Kiwanis Club meetings
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Amarilla
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Fort Worth & Denver
Rock Island
Ross D. Rogers
W. F. Goodloe
The
Herman Clutter
J. W. Mode
Burlington Lines
W. B. Futral
Nell Dean Rogers
Marion Wade
Amarillo College
Mercaret Clutter
Mary Elizabeth Thompson
North East
Third Avenue
Burlington
South East Third Avenue
Ben Stone
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Mode
Government raises PWA loan rate to four percent
The Roosevelt administration reestablishes 4 percent interest on the Public Works Administration fund of 900 million dollars to attract private capital for the 4 billion employment drive. The move follows a 3 percent rate cut and aims to enable communities to supplement federal grants with private funds while easing federal cost shares.
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Washington
U.P
PWA
Roosevelt
Harold
Ickes
Silver Money Circulation Hits New All-Time High
Washington reports May end figures show silver money in circulation at a record 992,020,399 dollars, up 12,858,756 for the month. Total public money reaches 5,539,468,043 dollars, 43.58 per capita, as government purchases push silver and gold acquisitions to a new peak of 14,811,740,337 in monetary stocks.
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Washington
Treasury
Missouri Man Collects $1000 Twin Insurance
Clayton Missouri man Jack C Coffee collected $1000 from Lloyds of London after his twin daughters Cynthia and Carel were born and survived 24 hours. Coffee had purchased the policy in January to cover twins, a preventive measure for his growing family. The twins were reported alive and healthy, and Coffee prepared for payout Friday night with the policy requiring 24 hours survival.
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Clayton
U.P
Jack C. Coffee
Lloyds of London
Cynthia
Carel
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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