Soil erosion spending plan to be decided Panhandle area
A $5.25 million Panhandle erosion program will be set by H H Bennett and H H Finnell under a national plan. The Amarillo chamber cites variable damage as the guide and notes about $1.50 per acre may be spent, with July visits promised to discuss the scope. Congressman Marvin Jones praised. erosion page see EROSION Page.
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Panhandle
H. H. Bennett
Washington
Soil Conservation Service
H. H. Finnell
Dalhart
Grouth
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Hinton
Bennett
the Panhandle
Jones
Marvin Jones
Roosevelt
NRA Extension Fails in Senate Overtime Session
The NRA extension resolution stalled in a half hour Senate overtime as debate stretched time for discussion of a public utility bill. Senator Harrison promised to reintroduce the measure after the utility business, while Senator More offered an amendment on appointment power for high salary government workers.
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Washington
Senate
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Thomas P. More
Oklahoma
Gore
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
House
Harrison
Loot Located From Tacoma Kidnap Cash Find Near Salt Lake
A cache of 90 700 dollars from the 200 000 ransom for George Weyerhaeuser was found in a canyon near Salt Lake City during the nationwide hunt for kidnap suspects. Harmon Waley and his wife Margaret confessed to involvement while William Mahan remains sought after as authorities chase the remaining sum.
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Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Immigration Pass
Here
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret
West
William Mahan
Butte
Mont
Hoover
Mahan
Waley
Washington State
Fuqua Ranch Location Set for CCC Camp
Potter County gains a new CCC camp in the Panhandle with headquarters at the Fuqua ranch 14 miles north of Amarillo. Site chosen by H H Finnell and officials. C S Makeig to extend a power line. barracks construction to start July 1 by contract. Other camps in Hall Ochiltree Lamb and Dawson counties. Mayor Rogers lauds Chamber of Commerce for securing camps. Wilbur Hawk says the camp will bring substantial business.
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Potter County
CCC
Panhandle
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Oklahoma
R. R. Haley
C. S. Makeig
Southwestern Public Service Company
Army
Hall
Ochiltree
Lamb
Dawson
Ross D. Rogers
Rustlers in Truck Fight Modern Range Theft Threat
Five western states plan a joint campaign to combat the rubber tire rustler, with Wyoming Montana Colorado Nebraska and South Dakota brand inspectors meeting in Cody to coordinate brand inspections at auctions and markets. The effort aims to share records and help ranchers trace and recover missing stock.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cody
Russell Tworp
Wyoming Stock Growers’ Association
Thorp
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Amavillo and viem to pair tonight and Wednesday. West Texas partly cloudy to cloudy with probable showers in southeast tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico generally fair with little temperature change. Temperature extremes up to 66 to 83 today. Repairing and Redecorating. Amarillo Lbr. & Supply Co.
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Amavillo
Viemto
West Texas
New Mexico
Club Hostess Shot to Death in North Side Hotel
A 29 year old cafe entertainer Celia Venable known as Mrs Jack Williams was shot six times as she cowered in bed in a North Side hotel. The killer ignored pleas for mercy and authorities issued a warrant for Anthony Madona a 26 year old gambler and wrestler. Her father Robert Smart said Madona had been pressing his daughter. Also noted a separate court hearing for Mrs H L Morrissey with an adjournment.
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Chicago
North Side
Jack Williams
Celia Venable
Butte
Mont
Anthony Madona
Robert Smart
Madona
Two Vocalists Added to Cole's Band in Amarillo
Richard Cole's orchestra returns to Amarillo for a Monday night dance engagement. Two vocalists were added before the tour, after praise for recent radio performances. The event is sponsored by the Tri-State Fair Association and the Music Corporation of America. Admission is one dollar, or 1.25 for men. night club reservations at The Nat are 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cole
Amarillo
Cole
Tri-State Fair Association
Music Corporation of America
Nat
Mussolini Is Blunt On Wealth And Wages Rights
The text notes Mussolini's blunt stance on wealth and wages amid a broader debate on economic policy. It reflects 1930s concerns about income distribution and labor in a fascist era context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Mussolini mocks Britain and empire comments shock England
Arthur Brisbane notes Mussolini bluntly tells Britain to mind its business as he asserts a new tone of conquest. The Globe editorializes on England’s reaction and the danger of his expansionist rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
England
Old Britannia
South Africa
India
Etthiopia
Greeks Start Recall Move for George II
Former King George II of Greece may reclaim the throne within a month as monarchists in London push for his recall after Athens signals Greece’s government will not swear allegiance to the republic. A constitutional monarchy modeled on Britain is cited as the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George II
Greece
London
Athens
George
Great Britain
Borger Editor Sheriff Fight Over Article
June 11 sheriff Dan Hardee of Hutchinson County paid a $10 fine for fighting after an altercation with Borger Daily Herald editor 2.0 Phillips over a Borger article. A complaint charging assault and battery was sent to Sheriff Hardee in Stinnett for signing.
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Borger
Dan Hardee
Hutchinson County
Phillips
Borger Daily Herald
Hardee
Stinnett
John Farmer
Wichita Falls
Jimmy Cloud
Cloud
J. P. Bridges
Jake Morrow
W. M. Brashears
Electra
Clipper Again Set For Pacific Flight
In Alameda California the Pan Am clipper was delayed by weather that officials described as “too favorable” for a round trip to the Midway Islands 3800 miles away. They said Pacific conditions should include at least 300 miles of murky or rainy weather to resemble typical transpacific service.
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Alameda
Calif
U.P
Pan-American Airways
Midway Islands
Pacific
Slaying of Soviet Sentry Sparks Japan Russia Feud
Tokyo reports the killing of a Soviet sentry on the Manchoukuan frontier on June 3 near Mishan. Moscow claims two Red Army cavalrymen were fired upon by Japanese troops, prompting diplomatic notes from both sides accusing the other of invading territo ry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchoukuan-Siberian
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Mishan
Red Army
Dock Workers Ready To Talk Problems
Galveston June 11 M J Dwyer head of the Gulf Coast District of the IL A said dock workers are ready to discuss wage increase and unionization demands with shippers He added the I L A would not withdraw its proposals despite steam ship companies flatly refusing a 16 percent wage rise and unionization at New Orleans and Lake Charles La
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Galveston
U.P
M. J. Dwyer
Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Lineman Killed by Live Wire at West Texas Utilities Plant
McCamey Texas June 11 G Lindley 28 a lineman was killed instantly when his body contracted a live wire atop a pole at a sub plant of the West Texas Utilities Company.
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Mccamey
Texas
Women vote for birth control at federation convention
Delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs approve a resolution backing dissemination of scientific birth control information, 493 to 17, with sponsor Mrs. S Blair Luckie saying it amends the penal code to allow doctors to share information legally.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
S. Blair Luckie Chester
Luckie
Grass Roots Session Attacks Roosevelt At Springfield Conference
Anti New Deal speakers at a Republican grass roots gathering cheered as the resolutions committee debated proposals to counter the 1936 campaign. Former Congressman Robert G Simmons condemned Roosevelt for urging liberty to “commit death” and urged submitting constitutional amendments to the people. The convention meanwhile adopted in skeleton form an 18 point Declaration of Grievances criticizing government spending borrowing and failure to balance the budget.
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Republice
Midwestern Party
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Robert G. Simmons
Lincoln
Neb
Simmons
Supreme Court
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
John D. M. Hamilton
Topeka
Kan
Marry Todd
Cabbies Back Rates Vary After Shrine Conclave Strike
Visiting Shriners could hire taxicabs at six different rates after a one day strike ended. Drivers walked out amid accusations of gouging delegates and then returned once a rate increase was agreed. Some firms kept old prices or hiked further, and a new strike threat emerged.
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Ashington
Pearl Buck Seeks Divorce on Cruelty Charge
Pearl Comfort Buck, novelist and former missionary, filed for divorce from John Lossing Buck in Reno Nevada alleging cruelty. A secret decree was to be granted later today. Buck did not contest beyond a perfunctory denial.
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Reno
Nev
U.P
Pearl Comfort Buck
John Lossing Buck
China
Brothers Tune Ship For Flight To Rome
George and Alfred Monteverde brothers prepared their Bellanca monoplane for a non stop transatlantic attempt to Rome from New York. They plan a late today or tomorrow departure with a 5000 mile fuel load and are Portuguese residents of Cincinnati.
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New York
U.P
George
Alfred Monteverde
Rome
Cincinnati
Four Days Left to Rent Vacant Amarillo Homes
Advertisers appeal to Amarillo readers to place Want Ads now as hundreds seek summer housing. The notice urges landlords with houses apartments or suburban property for rent to advertise promptly by calling 6262 to place a want ad.
Senate Hears For Note Read In Utility Bill Row
The Senate debated Dieterichs amendment to remove death sentence provisions from a bill abolishing public utility holding companies. President Roosevelt sent a memorandum saying the move was contrary to his wishes, read by Senator Wheeler to oppose striking out elimination in five to seven years.
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Washington
Dieterich
Ilinois
Senate
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Montana
Test on Rats May Result In Supermen
A gland extract from thymus of calf sweetbreads may speed growth and maturity in rats and humans. Dr. Leonard G. Rountree reported treated rats reproduced in one eighteenth of normal time and lived longer. The finding was shared at a joint American Canadian Medical Association convention in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jone Tl
U.P
United States
Canada
Leonard G. Rountree
Philadelphia Institute of Medical Research
Philadelphia General Hospital
Unclear page fragment hints at war and Ethiopia photo stories
The readable lines reference a communications war, a new photo-story series on Ethiopia called Black Empire, and a Griggs Ambulance contact Dial 4311. No coherent event or attribution available from the fragment.
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Karp
Ethiopia
Open House for Railroads Marks National Week in Fort Worth
Visitors toured the Fort Worth and Denver and Rock Island shops as part of National Railroad Week. A whistle blowing ceremony opened events with locomotives and cars on display from the Santa Fe, Rock Island, and Fort Worth & Denver lines. Guides J. White and F. L. Roach led tours at FW& D, while C. J. Ware directed Rock Island roundhouse inspections.
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Fort Worth & Denver
Rock Island Railways
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Fort Worth& Denver
Port Worth & Denver
J. White
F. L. Roach
C. J. Ware
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Finnell
NRA
Cache
Pass
John L. Wheeler
Associated Frees
Department of Justice
Lee
Fuqua Ranch
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Amarillo Lbr. & Supply Co
Alice
H. L. Morrissey
Kwitcherkikkin
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Clipper
Pacific Flight
Dee Japs
U.S
Oklahoma City
U.S. District Court
Ben B. Laska
Denver
James C. Mathers
Charles F. Urschel
Durant
Arthur Gooch
Robert L.williams
Laska
Mathers
Urschel
Nix
Kemah
Ola
Ben Laska
New Deal
Springfield, Ill
GOP
Shriners
Pearl Buck
Supermen
Griggs Ambulance
Dial
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