Cooperation basis of new Gil proposal
California and Texas independent oil operators have united to present to President Roosevelt a plan to reorganize the industry under four divisions production transport refining and manufacturing to curb monopoly and cutthroat competition under the Industrial Recovery Act. They urge divesting holding and pipeline companies creating monopolies and call for fair competition codes with foreign imports barred.
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Los Angeles
California
Texas
Washington Administration
Roosevelt
J. B. Elliott
Independent Petroleum Association of California
Elliott
Larely
Robbery and kidnapping chase across states
A trio of masked robbers held up the Black Rock National Bank in Arkansas taking between 2000 and 5000 dollars then released cashier L B Sharp. In Texas youths claimed to be held by Wilbur Underhill the Kansas convict in a multi state murder case noting four hours last night as part of their statements. Ipswich: two youths described captivity and escape in a sequence involving two cars and a foot chase through Woodward and Port Gideon as investigations continued.
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Black Rock
Ark
Thest National Bank
L. B Sharp
Sharp
Missouri
Ty J. E. Krone
Presint
Marshall
Tesx
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas
Lewis Nader
Port Gideon
Mass
Tom
Uths
Wooda
Widow of Star Editor Visits Here
Mrs. Mary Stout widow of Ralph Stout editor of the Kan City Star was a visitor in Ama lo Thursday night. She came from her Kansas City home to her Arizona ranch. A former newspaper worker she is an acquaintance of Old ck of The Globe who is out of town this week. Mrs Stout was rode at Topeka Kan.
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Mary Stout
Ralph Stout
Kan City
District Attorney Gets Clean Bill From Auditor
Dallas report states Dwight Llewellyn sought a clean record and gave a $250 check to county auditor for potential fees. The check was returned to Llewellyn after it was honored and cracked, with auditor John S Wall confirming no outstanding debt.
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Dallas
Dwight Llewellyn
Llewellyn
John Swall
Treasury receipts and expenditures report for June 14
Treasury statistics from Washington show June 14 receipts at 860,677.68 dollars with expenditures of 12,414.84 dollars and a balance of 258,136,103.50 dollars. Customs duties collected over 14 days of June totaled 9,491.23 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Mozart Society recital and postponement in Amarillo
The CATNOAD Friday night Mozart Society meeting is postponed. Clifton Janak baritone will perform at Amarillo College of Music auditorium at 8 15. Saturday features Suzanne Dyer recital at the same venue at 8 15 with a Home Demonstration Club market in Municipal Auditorium lobby from 8 to 10 50.
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Clifton Janak
Amarillo College of Music
Municipal Auditorium
Suzanne Dyer
Flag Day Program Shines With C A R Pledges in Amarillo
C A R units led Flag Day observance in Billwood Park Amarillo. Mrs Earl Mayne presided asMaster Earl Mayne Jr led Salute to the Flag. Gloria Bate performed a dance and Wilma Pirschell told a story. Refreshments followed with silk flags as favors. Attendees included Ballard Elkington Spann Mayne Ballard and others.
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Amarillo
John Alden Society
Earl Mayne
Billwood Park
Earl Mayne, Jr
América
Gloria Bate
Elsie Little
Wilma Pirschell
Mary Elizabeth Ballard
Ann Elkington
Care Spann
Margaret Lee Spann
Alice Mayne
Barbara Boyce
Allene Beville
Julia Ann Wood
Salina
Kan
Jane Bivins
Clara Pirschell
John Boyce, Jr
Bruce Pearson
Corpus Christi
John Ballard
Mayne
Miss Pirschell
Kittie Faye Nicklaus Hosts Home Recital
A large crowd attended the Tuesday recital at Kittie Faye Nicklaus home. She performed with Dorothy Sullivan and offered numbers in costume. The pupils of Minnie Hutchins Graham and Juanita Henderson contributed selections.
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Kittie Faye Nicklaus
Dorothy Sullivan
Minnie Hutchins Graham
Juanita Henderson
Roosevelt approves processing tax plan for wheat and cotton
Secretary Wallace plans to announce late today a program for levying processing taxes and acreage reduction for wheat. He will reveal tomorrow the cotton program, including retirement of large areas and an option pool with 2,500,000 bales of government owned cotton. No changes to the recently decided maximum processing taxes.
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Wallace
Amarillo
Roosevelt
Congress Broke Faith on Federal Motor Taxes
Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, president of the American Automobile Association, says Congress extended federal automobile taxes in a gross discrimination against highway transportation. He calls it a flagrant breach of faith and notes the taxes burden motor users while impacting the automotive industry's revival efforts.
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Washington
Thomas P. Henry
Detroit
American Automobile Association
Congress
Henry
Automotive
United States
Former Newsman Dead at Clifton by the Sea
Scuddy Richardson, 62, a former Houston Post staffer for over two decades, was found shot to death in a cottage at Clifton-by-the-Sea. A pistol and a note were found beside the body and the corpse was sent to New Orleans for burial.
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Dickinson
Texas
U.P
Scuddy Richardson
Houston
Clifton-by the-Sea
New Orleans
Richardson
Houston Post
Brownwood Road Rally Set for June 28 Meeting
The Highway 67 Association schedules its annual meeting in Brownwood, June 28, led by Hilton Burks, former Brownwood Chamber of Commerce secretary and association president. The group aims to advance the completion of Federal Highway No 67 from Dallas to Presidio.
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Brownwood Road
Brownwood
Highway 67 Association
Brownwoo's
Hilton Burks
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Presidio
Gun battle leaves two men in San Antonio area
In San Antonio on June 15 Alonzo Hernandez 22 was killed and his cousin Robert Ingle 18 was critically wounded in a gunfight in Hernandezs watermel on patch late yesterday.
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San Antonio
Alonzo Hernandez
Robert Ingle
Hernanez
Watermnelon Patch
Albert Goss Named Federal Land Bank Commissioner
Albert 8 Goss of Seattle, longtime master of the Washington state grange since 1922, was appointed federal land bank commissioner to succeed Paul Bestor who resigned effective June 30. The appointment was announced in Washington with Goss taking over duties immediately.
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Washington
Albert 8. Goss
Seattle
Washington State Grange
Federal Land Bank
Paul Bestor
Dance Monday With Earl Burtnett Band At The Nat
The Junior Welfare League, sponsored by Wilbur C Hawk, offers a dance Monday night at The Nat featuring Earl Burtnett and his noted band. Admission is 1.10 dollars per couple and 55 cents for extra ladies, with Mason King as master of ceremonies. The engagement, booked through Music Corporation of America, follows a Los Angeles Biltmore run and aims to support mid summer charity activity.
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Biltmore
Nat
Junior Welfare League
Wilbur C Hawk
Burtnett
Amatillo
Los Angeles
Mason King
Mr. Hawk
Music Corporation of America
Recovery program shifts to textiles and dairy control
Johnson aims to revive 4,000,000 jobs by fall by expanding clothing and textile production while agriculture officials seek to run the dairy sector under new farm and industrial control powers. May employment rose 4.8 percent across 89 industries, with payrolls up 11.5 percent, signaling rising wages. Railroads imposed a 12 to 14 percent cut atop a 10 percent cut from the prior year, and Navy Secretary Swanson announced a three year shipbuilding program of 32 vessels funded largely for labor via public works provisions.
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Johnson
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Perkins
Secretary of Navy
Swanson
Wheat Confab Resumed With Big Producing Nations
Representatives of the four major wheat producers resumed talks with American delegates amid Canadian calls for acreage cuts. Outcome uncertain due to Australian Senate opposition, Argentine inaction, and lack of Russian contact. Soviet quarters reportedly open to aiding price increases. some fear absence of Russia creates uncertainty in any plan. A League of Nations memorandum notes import restrictions have aided price declines.
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Russia
Economic Intelligence Section
League of Nations
Union Rail Workers Refuse Pay Cut Demands
Chicago reports spokesmen for one million workers on 201 class 1 railroads said they would ignore a 22 12 percent wage reduction proposal replacing a 20191 cent temporary deduction in effect until November 1. Leaders at the Railway Labor Executives Association gathering of 21 unions voiced skepticism about railroad seriousness in the pay cut demand.
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Chicago
America
Railway Labor Executives Association
Kansas convicts prefer Oklahoma prison says escapee duo
Billie Woods and Clifford Dopson, escaped Kansas convicts, told officers in Dallas they would plead guilty to a Chelsea Oklahoma bank robbery to avoid a year in solitary and life in Kansas coal mines. They were moved from the county jail after a day in custody and began the transfer to Kansas via Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Billie Woods
Clifford Dopson
Kansas
Chelsea
Special music planned for T Newton Hill Bible Class
The T Newton Hill Bible Class at the Texas Theater will feature a music segment led by C E Eaton on Sunday at 9 40 am. Judge W E Gee and Rev Roy C Snodgrass will teach the lesson in the downtown church meeting.
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Texas Theater
C. E. Eaton
W. E. Gee
Roy C. Snodgrass
Laws Found in Cell Of Paroled Youths
Two paroled youths Morehead and Brown had bars saved and hack saw blades found in their jail cell mattresses after release. Judge Bishop ordered an investigation. Morehead received two years at Gatesville for burglary and Brown three years for robbery.
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Lou Brown
Henry
Prize balloons to release at four downtown buildings
Coupons attached to gift balloons promise prizes including 400 theater tickets at Fair Mission of Texas and various food items. Opportunity Day shoppers may win free airplane rides or horse-race tickets with $10 purchases. Free parking, gasoline refunds, and hotel discounts accompany late hours and a Nat Friday night dance.
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Mission of Texas
Pinkney
Borden
Steffen
Panhandle
Amarillo
Key Officials Listed for Santa Fe Line
Santa Fe page lists numerous executives including R. B. Ball assistant chief engineer Chicago John Purcell head of mechanical department Chicago H. B. Lattz vice president and general manager Amarillo F. L. Myers assistant general manager Amarillo T. B. Gallagher general freight and passenger agent Amarillo J. B. Briscoe superintendent Amarillo J. F. Jarrell editor The Earth Topeka W. W. Kelly chief engineer Amarillo W. E. Goodloe division freight and passenger agent Amarillo C. R. Winters division freight and passenger agent Clinton R. W. Prentice trainmaster Amarillo.
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C. R. Winters
Clinton
R. W. Prentice
Buck Neighbor Testifies on Kidnap Plot Connection
Barnstable Mass June 16 Walter Cahoon 26 neighbor of Kenneth Buck testified Buck told him he was implicated in the kidnapping of Margaret Peggy McMath shortly after the crime Buck was on trial for the abduction Cahoon said Buck called after 7 on the night of the incident and asked him to play golf Buck described being in a devil of a mess connected with a ram ding that kidnapped the McMath child Anion Nunes of Harwich testified he saw a car with a black cloth over the dash at a Harwich dump on May 2 a man leaving the car walked into pines State had claimed Buck blacked his face with burnt corks near the dump before going to the Harwich Center grammar school to get the child
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Mass
Walter Cahoon
Kenneth Buck
Kenneth
Margaret
Peggy” McMath
Buck
Cahoon
McMath
Anion Nunes
Harwich
Harwich Center
Simpson Named Wet Leader for Thirty-First District
Maj. F. E. Simpson was chosen by 26 counties as the leading wet for the district. Amarillo attorney named by Texas Liberal Legion to help repeal and legal beer campaign. Mrs. Hal C. Peck tentatively slated as district delegate. Judge Hoover of Canadian and Judge Ainsworth of Borger, both Eighteenth Amendment proponents, now back repeal. Meeting held at the Herring Hotel. Simpson aims to build county organizations and expects a climax vote August 26 on repeal and legal beer.
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FE. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Texas Liberal Legion
Hal C. Peck
Major Simpson
Thirty-First
H. E. Hoover
Canadian
J. H. Ainsworth
Borger
Herring Hotel
Morgenthau Plans Wisconsin Bank Mortgage Refinance
Farm Credit Administration head Henry Morgenthau Jr. announced a plan to refinance about 50 million dollars in farming mortgages held by Wisconsin banks. He said the move will allow reopening of closed banks, enable early depositor payments, and release over 18 million dollars in public deposits.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Mellon Tax Evasion Probes Open Against Mellons
Attorney General Cummings said justice department agents are probing Andrew W. Mellon former secretary of the treasury and his nephew William L. Mellon of Pittsburgh for alleged income tax evasions. Suits by Olson and Knight claim failures to report Gulf Oil stock valued at 73 000 shares for 1926 to 1932. Both Mellon and Gulf Oil are central to the charges as investigators gather facts in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
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Cummings Spd
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
William L. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Justice Department
Senate Banking Committee
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Mellons
Pennsylvania
Olson
Mellon
Gulf Stock
Knight
Gulf Oil Company
Philadelphia
David Stock
Melion
Prisoner Hamilton Brings Rising State Pay Costs
State pays costs mount as Hamilton, charged with robbery, adds 184 for 13 days. Court reporters cost 102, prisoner transport 200. Hillsboro sheriff’s apprehension not charged to estimate. Jail damage and feeding costs unlisted. Hamilton claims appeals against cases. DA Hurt drops a third indictment. Police and courts debate record numbers to deter crime and clear cases.
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Hillsboro
Hamilton
Dallas
Robert L. Hurt
Texas
School Bond Applications Taken Up in Lubbock
State Board of Education holds session in Lubbock as it considers school bond purchases with only 152 000 on hand and applications totalling over 2 000 000. Nat M Washer of San Antonio chaired the meeting with most members present. The board may set state apportionment and rural aid during the two day session and awaits word from the state comptroller on funds for next year.
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State Board of Education
Nat M. Washer
San Antonio
Bowers
Houston
Washer
Kidnaped Girl Eloped Laughs at Law Threat
Fourteen year old Phyllis Nickerson eloped with 24 year old George Legler and married in Aurora Colorado. Earlier the grandmother Ida Hetaler reported the girl abducted from her bed room, but the couple dismissed threats of a kidnapping charge.
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Denver
Phyllis Nickerson
George Legler
Aurora
Cols
Ida Hetaler
Pre-School Clinic At San Jacinto School Held
Physicians nurses and dentists conducted another pre-school clinic at San Jacinto school. Many children who will attend school for the first time this fall were examined. A nurse said children six years old this fall must attend, with health conferences held in cooperation with Parent Teacher associations.
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San Jacinto School
San Jacinto
Ruby Wirt Gordon
Mattern Reported Safe After Alaskan Landing
Two years after vanishing during a Reg Robbins Seattle to Tokyo flight attempt Mattern was found alive after a crash in Ruby Alaska. News of his survival was delayed twelve hours as rescue and report backlogs were common in remote settlements while Alaskan snowmelt and river ice conditions reflected the season.
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Mattern
Reg Robbins
Tokyo
Ruby
Anxiety Grows as Jimmie Mattern Mystery Deepens
Walla Walla and San Angelo residents await word on Percy Jimmie Mattern a famed around the world flyer as two weeks pass with no contact. Wives and friends hold hope based on past rescues and Mattern’s proven endurance amid widespread concern and renewed vigil.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Jimmie Mattern
New York
Percy
City plans water and fire safety upgrades with loans
The city faces a 27 percent under eight inch water mains issue in the mercantile district and adds a one cent surcharge for non duplicate mains. An estimated 65,000 dollar reservoir and 105,000 dollar main extensions are proposed along with a firemen drill tower at Fourth Avenue and Madison Street. Under the National Recovery Act up to 50 percent of an approved loan could be grant with the rest over 40 years. If funded, 200 men would gain employment. Potter County seeks 180,000 dollars for improvements as rehabilitation and relief committees push to use a Texas allotment from a 200 million emergency aid bill within a 3.5 billion federal fund.
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Fire Insurance Commission
Fourth Avenue
Madison Street
Potter County
Texas
Evolution of Universe as Christian Science Theme
Sunday sermon at First Church of Christ, Scientist, explores whether the universe and man evolved by atomic force. Golden Text from Isaiah 48 proclaims God as First and Last, with Genesis and Science and Health excerpts underscoring creation as a spiritual unfolding within the infinite Mind.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Jacob
Israel
Mary Baker Wddy
Kansas City livestock and New Orleans cotton roundup
Market notes from Kansas City show hogs 5,990 head direct mostly 7.60 to 4.56 per 100 pounds, cattle and calves mixed with steers, heifers and cows priced, stockers and feeders listed. sheep market steady with top native lambs near 7.86. In New Orleans cotton, futures opened higher on bullish Congress news, October around 9.81 and December 9.43, later giving back some gains amid selling and stock reactions, mid-session steady with small advances.
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Kansas City
New Orleans
Congress
Congress praises emergency unity before adjournment
President Roosevelt lauds Congress for cooperation as a special session proves the government can rise to an emergency. He plans a two week coast cruise aboard Amberjack II after visiting Groton School to see Franklin Jr. then resumes anti depression work. Reuters stock notes show dollar jitters easing briefly with rallies and declines in mixed markets.
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