Export trade subsidy faces tariff critique at port conference
Robert L. OBrien of Boston, head of the U S Tariff Commission, denounced a proposed export trade subsidy as fallacious and harmful to national interests. He warned that subsidizing cotton exports would invite underselling in manufactured goods. J Russell Wait of Houston backed a permanent port authorities body to cut harbor costs and streamline pilotage and stevedoring charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AAA
Robert L. Obrien
Boston
United States Tariff Commission
United States
J. Russell Wait
Houston
Texas
American Association of Port Authorities
Wait
Farley Sees Prosperity Ahead for Nation
Postmaster General Farley told Niagara University graduates that despite a temporary setback to national planning President Roosevelt would lead the country to prosperity. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree and warned against demagogues while urging education as protection.
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Niagara Fall
N. Y
Farley
Roosevelt
Niagara University
Youths Drink More Says Social Worker
Montreal June 11. Roy F. Woodbury Buffalo juvenile protective department director told the sixty second annual conference of social work that since repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment American youths drink more beer and liquor than ever before. He blamed promises by liquor interests that the old saloon would not return for the rise.
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Montreal
Quebec
America
Roy F. Woodbury
Juvenile Protective Department of Buffalo
Social Work
Woodbury
Dear Tack Help Wanted and Lost Dog Notice
A page features a help wanted plea from Mrs. Martin seeking a full time housekeeper who can cook and take complete charge, with contact after 4:40. Another ad from a reader seeks farm work and tractor driving plus mechanic skills in Nort Van Buren Street. A lost Rat Terrier with reward is listed in Pleasant Valley. Florence Smith and Mildred Wilder seek house work or apartment management work.
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Tack
Tack Tam
Pleasant Valley
Florence Smith
West Eighth Street
Plainview
Texas
Radio Schedule Listings Across KGNC Programs
A detailed time block schedule lists KGNC programming from 6:00 PM to after midnight including talk, dance music, baseball broadcasts, and various orchestras. Notable segments feature Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, Merle Mack’s Orchestra, and The Pandoleers with additional news, weather, and market reports interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Musical Tailors
Ford
Fred Waring
Harold Johnstones
Merle Mack
Oklahoma jury to sentence kidnapping case for first time
Durant report says Arthur Gooch, described as a bad man, faces death in a federal court for kidnapping two Paris Texas policemen during a drive into Pushmataha County. Judge R L Williams set the sentence for Saturday after Gooch rejected a guilty plea for a life term.
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Oklahoma
Williams
Dieterich Amendments Stir Debate Over Utility Bill
The Senate clashed over Dieterich amendments deemed unessential to utilities. Wheeler contended a vote against the amendments aids power lobbyists, while Dieterich argued the bill aims to nationalize the public utility industry.
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Dieterich
Wheeler
Senate
Texas Prison Overcrowding Forces Possible No Admittance Plan
Prison Manager Lee Simmons to Gov. Allred reports 5804 inmates in Texas peniten tiaries and warns the facility cannot handle more. He says they may have to stop receiving prisoners as warm weather approaches and the majority are third class incapa cites, making management unfair to inmates.
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Austin
Texas Penitentiaries
Lee Simmons
James V. Allred
Simmons
Boa Constrictor Found in Bananas Shipment
PALESTINE June 11 H A Moore delivering a stalk of South American bananas for a wholesale grocer felt something cold and slimy squirm against his hand He dropped the stalk An inspection found a four foot boa constrictor coiled under a banana cluster Moore captured the snake which had been on ice in the company store room for several days.
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Palestine
Moore
Thugs Force Youth To Swallow Poison on Temple Road
Clarence Baca, 21, of Seaton, said two masked men robbed him on the Temple Rosebud highway and poured acid down his throat. He was in critical condition in a Temple hospital after the assault and theft of cash drawn from a bank several days earlier.
Hull warns against armament buildup in global unity clash
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told Chester audience that unchecked armaments will destroy economies and nations must avoid a militarized culture. He urged a move away from creating a separate elite military class and warned of social division from arms race policies.
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Chester
Cordell Hull
Pennsylvania
Millars Collexebert Muir
Pather Charged in Death of Boy Groveton
Amos Boring of Trinity faces murder charges in the slaying of his son Lee Boring a 20 year old, with authorities citing a sister’s account that the father used a rifle. The incident occurred yesterday and the suspect was jailed yesterday afternoon at Trinity.
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Boy Groveton
Amos Boring
Trinity
Lee Boring
Richard South
Toes
Slider Boring
Endurance Flight 163rd Hour Over Meridian
Meridian, Miss. June 11. The Key brothers Fred and Al continue their endurance mission aboard Ole Miss. At 7 30 A M they reached the 163rd consecult hour since takeoff June 4. The plane had covered 13440 miles as rumors of a forced landing spread and then faded as the engines kept singing through a cold night at high altitude.
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Meridian
Miss
Key Brothers
Fred
Ole Miss
Keys
New Evidence Hinted To Clear Hauptmann In Lindbergh Case
Hollywood attorney Vincent Marco says new evidence will be submitted before June 20 when New Jersey Supreme Court reviews the case. He notes the defense aims to present it in complete form as additional evidence. The defense previously suggested the kidnapping was an inside job.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bruce Hauptmann
New Jersey Supreme Court
Vincent
Marco
New Jersey
Emma Gloeskner
Beverly Hills
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Allred Plans Fishing and Rest Trip
Gov. James V. Allred said his next official step is to get away and rest with a fishing trip. He dismissed rumors of a July special legislative session and declined to comment on repeal of state prohibition.
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Houston
Jhine
James V. Allred
Dallas
Kenneth McCall
Allred
Argus
Operator Denies Fan Cancer Affair In Court Fight
In San Antonio Schimmel denies a claim of an affair involving a fan dancer linked to a photograph found on a desk. The witness Miss Johnson, daughter of John Lawrence, is cited as part of the evidence in the case against Schimmel and his wife.
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San Antonio
May tax report approved by Potter County commissioners
Potter County commissioners approve the May tax report listing $9,272.25 in license fees and $3,908.76 in other taxes. Total collections from all sources amount to $13,181.01 with detailed allocations to the State Highway Dept, County Treasurer, and District Schools.
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Potter County
Jewell Davidson
Austin
Railroad Week Speakers and Purchase Day Observed
J W Mode of Fort Worth and Denver spoke to the Lions Club at noon on Railroad Week agenda. Dr R B Killough to address the Business and Professional Women's Club at 6 15 tonight in Amarillo Hotel Red Room. Last night’s railroad men dance at the Masonic Temple called a complete success and another is planned for Thursday at The Nat. W F Putral of Rock Island is dance chairman. Purchase Day Saturday urges all railroad employees and families to spend at least 25 cents with Amarillo merchants.
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J. W. Mode
Fort Worth & Denver
Lions’ Club
R. 8. Killough
Amarillo
Masonic Temple
Nat
W. F. Putral
Rock Island
GOP Factional Critique of Centralized Power Appeals
The document rails against centralized authority, asserting Congress is a body of time servers. It alleges secret appropriations, loss of state rights, and manipulation of food and imports. It warns of monopolies, banking control, and political pressure on citizens.
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Congress
Kidnaping Law Heads Toward Harsh State Penalties
Washington reports Attorney General Hoover backed assigning the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case to state courts for the severest penalties. J. Charles Dennis of Tacoma will be asked to seek state trial.
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Washington
Hoover
J. Charles Dennis
United States
Tacoma
Dennis
Rats Show Accelerated Growth and Maturation Under Extract
In a six day birth study, rats exposed to the extract displayed rapid physical and mental development with eyes opening in 38 hours versus 16 days normally, maturing in four months. The first generation treated is 27 months old, equating to 75 human years. Dr Rowntree offered no comment on potential human effects.
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Rowntree
Bolivians Seek Clarification on Peace Formula
Buenos Aires June 11 The Bolivian delegation at the Chaco mediation conference asked for clarification of the proposed termination formula with Paraguay. Paraguay has accepted the plan. Bolivia expects to transmit the extra information today and hopes for a signing within a week.
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Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Paraguay
Supreme Court NRA decision sparks labor bill push
The debate centers on the Schechter ruling and NRA decline as the Wagner Connery measure seeks to enforce 7-A through a permanent labor disputes board. Critics warn continued inaction could threaten industrial peace while supporters tout federal leverage to curb strikes and protect commerce.
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Ing
Supreme Court
NRA
Harrison
Donald R. Richberg
House Labor Committee
Judge Rules Single Act In Conspiracy In Urschel Case
Oklahoma City June 11 Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught ruled that a single act can establish involvement in a conspiracy if the person knew of the plot and aided its execution in the Urschel ransom case. The decision aids the government in tracing conspiracy back to defendants Laska and Mathers, with witnesses including Western Union staff outlining planned kidnapping weeks before Urschel’s abduction.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Charles PF. Urschel
Edgar S. Vaught
Vaught
Laska
Judee Vaught
James C. Mathers
F. B. Thompson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mathers
Albert Bates
Urschel
Western Union
RT. Honeycutt
Stratford
Tex
Charles Benson Found Dead in Roswell New Mexico
Charles A. Benson 26 a former Amarillo jeweler was found dead in an alley behind a Roswell hotel. Officers called it death by his own action a poison bottle beside him his wife said he planned to leave for California for a job. He survived by his parents wife and two children. Funeral arrangements pend ing.
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Roswell
N. M
Charles A. Benson
Amarillo
Benson
California
R. J. Benson
Harriet Benson
Jimmie
Charles, Jr
R. J. Benson, Jr
Frances Benson
Major erosion project backs U.S. program across five states
The emergency area spans Texas New Mexico Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma with two million dollars available immediately and the rest as needed. By July 1 most projects start under a major effort led by the Chamber of Commerce and officials Hinton Bennett and Jones with 17 CCC camps statewide. An estimated 5 250 090 acres in the Texas Panhandle require permanent wind erosion treatment and both wind and water erosion projects will be carried out including East and Central Texas work.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
The
Panhandle
Texas Panhandl
Soil Conservation Service
Bennett
Jones
Civilian Conservation Corps
Texas Panhandle
Potter County post to spend 12000 monthly at Amarillo merchants
Army officers announce a minimum of 12000 dollars each month will be paid to Amarillo merchants for CCC camp needs. The outlay, projected over two years, mirrors a large payroll and reflects chamber support. Soil erosion work will use two watersheds and ties to a 25 million dollar five state grant, with 5.25 million allocated to Texas Panhandle.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Hawk
Chamber of Commerce
CCC
Breuth
Texas Panhandle
Market Report From Kansas City and New Orleans
Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show slow, uneven activity with price gaps. New Orleans cotton opens narrowly higher as insect damage and weather influence remain in focus amid global tensions and Japanese-Chinese maneuvers.
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Kansas City
D. A
Arizona
New Orleans
Futurer
Liverpool
Fenelth Exchange
Alexandria
Leesen
Washington
Border clash near Manchoukuo sparks cross border dispute
A 1700 meter frontier incident left only bloodstains and spent rounds. Russia demands punishment for military authorities and the return of the slain sentry’s body, arms, equipment and two horses. Japan locates the scene in Manchoukuo near the border and accuses Soviet cavalrymen of firing on a patrol after a withdrawal order was ignored. The Russian was buried on Manchouquan soil and equipment and horses were seized. The Siberia Manchoukuo boundary area has seen prior disputes over border location.
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Russia
Japan
Manchoukuo
Manchouquan
Siberia
Japanese Advance Adds Hopei Province Amid China Subjugation View
Diplomatic and non-Japanese quarters depicted Japan as completing another stride by adding Hopei Province in China to its expanding sphere. Observers compare this with earlier gains in Manchuria in 1931 and Jehol in 1933, framing it as a major step in Nippon's influence in North China.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Central
China
Hopei Province
Hopei
North
Opyright
Associated Preat
Tokyo
Jehel
Nippon
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Housekkeefper
Nort van Buren Street
Dial
NAS
Mildred Wilder
West
Sixth Avenue
el Blanco Cottage Camp
KGNC
the Pandoleers
Micro News
Kay Costello
Jane Walker
Economist
Ted Fio Rito
Bing Crosby
Anson Week
Levine
Louis H. Smith Jr
Regents
Sid Braunig
Coca Cola
Low Childre
Lawyers Music
Cosmopolitan Singers
Blatz
Veriena Stringer
Studio Grand
Victor Arden
Globe-News Sports Revue
U. S Weather Bureau
H. T. Collman
Mercury
Pather
Railraans
GOP
George Weyerhaeuser
Salt Lake City
J. Edgar Hoover
William Mahan
Mahans
Harmon Waley
Waley
Shiptomen
Gooch
Chas. Benson
Cee
Kansas City Livestock
Tion
Tientsin
U.P
Dty
Kenji Doihara
London
Peiping
Exchange Telegraph
Ho Ying-Ching
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chicago
K. A. Pierce & Co
Ray
Ram
Bae Ran Dee
B. A
Pierce & Co
Alaska
Juneau
Amer
Amer Smelt & Ref
Amer Tel
Ally Ge Armour & Co
Ats Ny
Anaconda
Atchison Tow
Auburn Auto
Barnedall
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Canada
Paceu
Chrysler
Columb Gas
Cobian
Consol
Dome Mines
Eastman Kodak
Elee Pow & Lite
Firestone Oe
Foster Wheeler
Freeport
Texas Tee
Gen Klee
Geh Foods
Gen Motors Peesee
Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Goodyear
Kroger Groe le Loew's
Texas RR
Kan & Tex
Montgomery-Wartley
Nat Distillers
National Steel Ace
Trly
NY Central
North Amer Aviation
North American Co
Northern Pacific
Ohio
P— Packard
Aly
Remington Read
Reynolds Tobbacen
Bly Sa- St
Joseph Oeal
Seaboard
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Fat South Pac RR
Vayouthern Railway
Stendard
Stand
Gas & Electae RG Servel
Amy Stewart-Warner
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf Sulfur Race
Texas Pac Coal & OF
Uag
Union Carbides
Union
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Impul
U S
U S Steel Oe Ag
U S Steel
Westinghouse Flee
Woolworth
Gulf
Teres
Humble Oil
Riman
Penn Road
Indiana
Tate Swift & Co
APS
Hopel Province
Palio Duro Apartments
Kates
Mekters of
Sani-Flush
Colorado Springs
Widder
Chouston
Dallas -Ft, Worth
Wichita Falls
Southern Pacific
BRIRR
Fort Worth
Denver City
RY. Co. B. Farmer, C. T. A. First and
Pierce Sts
Amarillo, Texas
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