Panhandle bankers elect leaders at annual convention
F A Paul was elected president of the Panhandle Bankers Association at the 30th annual convention in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. C A Gagner of Spearman and J Ross Noland of Tulsa were among officers chosen along with DeLea Vicars of Pampa Thomas Noel of Memphis Alvin Hill of Amarillo. Speakers included C W Carson Sam R Greer and Bob Baskin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Paul
First National Bank of Panhandle
Panhandle Bankers Association
Association
Herring Hotel
C. A. Gagner Ot
Spearman
DeLea Vicars
First National Bank of
First National Bank of Tulsa
Noel
Alvin Hill
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Panhandle
C. W. Carson
First National Bank of Albuquerque
N. M
Sam R. Greer
Tyler
Texas Bankers Association
J. C. Anderson, Jr
Amarillo
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Bob Baskin
Farmers National Bank of
Seymour
Carson
United States
Texas Banking Association
Texas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area
Forecast shows thundershowers tonight with Friday partly cloudy skies. West Texas expected to be generally fair with some Panhandle thunder showers tonight. New Mexico northern areas unsettled, southern and western fair. Today's temperatures range from 67 to 82 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Vote Kills Disney Oil Bill In House Committee
The House Interstate Commerce Committee voted 12 to 5 to not consider the Disney oil production control bill this session. President Roosevelt had urged passage, but the panel adopted a resolution to form a subcommittee to study the need for all legislation, to report to the next Congress. Secretary Ickes issued a rebuttal from the Petroleum Administrative Board addressing opponents’ claims about production and imports. Names voting were not disclosed. The panel forecast no action this session.
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Washington
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Disney Administration
Roosevelt
Reyburn
Texas
Senate
Ickes
Petroleum Administrative Board
House Committee
Rayburn
Texan
Disney
Grant
Races Open Tomorrow At Tri-State Fairgrounds
Officials released official entries for seven thoroughbred races at the Tri-State Fair's Sun and rain meet. The inaugural features eight runners including Participate and Transcript. Post time is 2 30 PM with two stakes events largest yet west of Fort Worth.
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Fair Grounds
Seth’s Queen
Miss Dana
Hesitation
Transcript
Potentate
Yarrow
Brother Rank
Wilbur C. Hawk
Association
Hawk
Tri-State Fair
Sidney S. Bender
Arlington Downs
Arlington
Texas
Fort Worth
Riverside Park
Kansas City
Carnera and Baer Face Off In Madison Square Garden Show
Primo Carnera weighed 263 1 4 pounds and Max Baer 210 pounds as they prepared to defend and challenge the heavyweight title in Madison Square Garden with a projected 60,000 crowd under fair skies. Odds favored Carnera to win in 15 rounds or less, with knockout bets at 2 to 1.
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New York
Primo Carera
Max Baer
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Baer
Garden
49Th Street
Carnera
New Jersey Hills
Another Delay in Opening of Canning Plant
The Amarillo canning plant reopening is postponed for a few days while federal regulation interpretation is clarified. The AAA Dreuth Relief program continues without interruption. Grover B. Hill, buyer for Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, stated the delay is expected to be brief. The plant had scheduled to open at 6 AM Friday.
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Amarillo
AAA
Grover B. Hill
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Opportunity Days Big Event Promises Bargains in Amarillo
Amarillo merchants from 65 stores plan Opportunity Days Friday and Saturday with free race tickets to the US State Fair Grounds free movie tickets free jumbo sodas for children one way bus fare special hotel rates and free gasoline for out of town shoppers based on sales slips plus lenient traffic rules and festive window displays by the Amarillo Retail Merchants Association.
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Amarillo
Rolla Townsend
Amarillo Retail Merchants Association
FE. B. Meyer
Harrison
Charles Green
Tyler
Cockrell Lakey
Fillmore
Cal Farley
Firestone
Tenth
You Have Inflation But Don't Weep
Arthur Brisbane notes a proposed silver backed money plan worth 1500 million dollars to buy 1.4 billion ounces of silver. He argues the move, though met by conservative concern over inflation, would be supported by metal backing rather than gold bonds and reflects broader confidence in the silver standard.
Ray Hamilton Joins Colony On Death Row
Ray Hamilton, 20, awakes in Huntsville death house close to the electric chair after being sentenced to death by a Walker County jury for crimes tied to the slaying of Major Crowson during an Eastham prison escape. He had teamed with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in one of the Southwest’s most murderous outlaw bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Raymond Hamilton
State Penitentiary
Death House
Parker
Southwest
Walker County
George Montgomery
Texas
Hamilton
Major Crowson
Eastham
Prominent Oklahoma candidate shot down near Muskogee
Porter stockman and presidential candidate for the state board of agriculture died from a gunshot wound after being stopped on a road near Muskogee. He pleaded for mercy and honor not to speak until the gunmen fled. A second victim, Nunn, 99, later died from wounds after a rambling drive through eastern Oklahoma.
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Muskoger
Okla
Umpne N. Leon
Porter
State Board of Agriculture
Muskogee
Sequoyah County
Thessailants
Nunn
Akins
Charles
Pretty Boy
von Cannon
Oklahoma
Wagoner County
Cookson Hilla
Little Sallisaw Creek
Fort Worth
Rains Damage Channing Area Amid Severe Weather
Heavy rains drenched the Channing to Tascosa area causing widespread flooding. The Canadian River booster station suffered damage, winds ripped off parts of a storage building, and costs could exceed $1,000. Telephone lines were down near Amarillo and rail dispatchers faced limited information as more rain was forecast.
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Amarillo
Channing
Tascota
Port Worth
Denver
Canadian River
F. W. Greenwood
Central Panhandles
General Debt Default Made by European Debtors
June 14 report says Italy Poland Romania and Hungary notified the United States they would default their June 15 war debt installments. The move preserves a united front of European debtors against the United States, with only Finland planning to pay as usual and Estonia Latvia Yugoslavia Lithuania still to be heard from.
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Washington
Italy
Poland
Romania
Hungary
State Department
Roumania
United Front
United States
Pinland
Esthenia
Latvia
Yugoslavia
Lithuania
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Recovery Costs To Surpass Estimates
Washington on June 14 reports Congress ending its session with over 5.0 billion dollars appropriated for the recovery drive. The total exceeds the President's January revenue estimate by about 1.0 billion six hundred thousand.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Dillinger's Father Receives Stage Offers in East
Mooresville Ind June 14 John W Dillinger father of the nations most hunted outlaw has attracted two offers to appear in the East one in vaudeville for 500 dollars a week and another as star of a Coney Island concession promoter promised 100 dollars item notes stage interest from East Coast venues
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Mooresville
Ind
U.P
John W. Dillinger
East
Coney Island
Teacher Fatal Crash Near Channing On Summer Trip
Two young women teachers traveling from South Texas to Boulder were killed or injured when their car overturned ten miles east of Channing. Miss Opal Maddox of Beaumont died at the scene, Miss Jesse Belle Cummings of Corpus Christi suffered injuries. Eyewitness Earl E. Boyles of Amarillo described the high speed, loss of control, and a reverse end-over-end crash, with the vehicle pinning Maddox beneath after striking a fence.
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Globe
Channing
South Texas
Boulder
Colo
Here
Opal Maddox
Beaumont
Jesse Belle Cummings
Corpus Christi
Earl E. Boyles
Amarillo
Boyles
Cummings
Miss Cummings
Miss Maddox
No Secrets Found After Catskills Air Crash
Rear Admiral Taussig said papers and chemicals taken from William Bader’s baggage contained no naval secrets. Items seized by naval intelligence were to be returned to Semet-Sovay Co. No confidential navy documents were present, though ammonia pictate papers were found, tied to Bader’s employer as a bidder on Navy contracts.
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Washington
Joseph K. Taussig
Naval Operations
William Bader
Buffalo
Catskills
Semet-Sovay Co
Bader
Naval
Victor G. Bourke
Liberty
N. Y
Clint Small to Speak Tonight on Radio WOAI San Antonio
Sen Clint Small will speak at 9 30 tonight over Radio Station WOAI in his campaign for the governorship, announced by local Small leader H G Frosty Hamrick. Friends are urged to listen as the candidate promises vital information concerning the race.
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Clint Small
WOAI
San Antonio
H G
Horse and buggy days revived by Chicago couple
A Chicago couple, Mr and Mrs Thom as Wells, revive the boss and buggy era on a summer ranch in Lodgepole Nebraska driving a shiny carriage and matched horses. Wells plans to drive the rig back to Chicago this autumn, citing monotony of motor car travel. Treasury report shows June 12 receipts 9,035,934.61 expenditures 14,120,942.82 balance 1,936,919,300.49 with customs for the month 8,733,276.50 and fiscal year receipts 2,861,807,107.14 expenditures 6,590,318,053.77 including emergency outlays and gold assets.
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Lodgepole
Neb
Thomas Wells
Chicago
Treasury
Washington
The
Hamilton to eat Christmas dinner on death row at Huntsville Penitentiary
Haymond Hamilton faces death row at Huntsville state Penitentiary with federal appeals process on hold until winter. If a new trial motion is denied, he has 90 days to file bills of exception and trial record for the appellate court. The state court term ends in June and reopens October 1, with docketing of Hamilton’s appeal prioritized. After appellate action, a 15 day window to file a rehearing follows if death verdict is upheld. The execution date cannot be set until mandate and sentencing steps complete.
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Austin
Haymond Hamilton
Huntaville State Penitentiary
Court of Criminal Appeals
Hamilton
Atlantic City Doctor Elected Kiwanis International President
Toronto June 14 Dr William J Carrington of Atlantic City New Jersey was chosen president of Kiwanis International for 1994 95 at the end of the 18th annual convention He is a noted physician active in community and philanthropic work The United States public affairs committee proposed a study on government overlap and school funding with Parker F Prouty of Lubbock directing the Texas Oklahoma district effort.
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Toronto
William J. Carrington
Atlantic City
N. J
Kiwanis International
United States
Clement
Lemoore
Cal
Texas-Oklahoma
Parker F Prouty
Lubbock
NRA chief yet in strike deal
Washington reports confirm the White House denied Roosevelt ordered Gen Hugh B. Johnson to withdraw from steel strike talks. In Pittsburgh the Amalgamated Association adjourned at noon to 3 30 for credential checks as International President Michael F. Tighe addressed delegates and unfinished roll call continued.
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NRA
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hugh B. Johnson
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and ‘Tin Workers
Michael F. Tighe
Tighe
Three Judges of Hell Spread Bomb Terrorism
Paris reports indicate terrorists calling themselves the three judges of Hell dispatched at least four bombs by mail, three failing to explode. A bomb arrived at the government broadcasting station and another exploded in a post office injuring three clerks. A package to Tokalon, controlled by E Virgil Neal, carried a similar device. The group warned of strikes on French officials unless they change conduct. Police deem the letters likely the work of a crank.
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Paris
Hell
Tokalon
Heil
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F.A. Paul
Opportunity
Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Firisbane
America
Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Ray Hamilton
Colony
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie
Vloyd Bennett Field
Clarence McArthur
Cookson
U.S
Dillinger
Kiwanis
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