Deficiency bill faces two House vote items in dispute
Washington conferees near final on a 2.37 billion deficiency bill for next year's relief fund with two House blocks. The Florida ship canal and 300 million for a new public works fund remain to be voted again. Senators seek quick resolution on a corporate tax plan but deadlock persists with the House.
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HOUSE
Washington
Ional
Adams
Colorado
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Roosevelt
VETS BEGIN CASHING OF BABY BONDS
Amarillo World War veterans rush to certify and cash 50 bonds at four stations led by the Legion Home and West Texas Shoe Shop. Banks report a rush as checks totaling over 3500 dollars were cashed last night and today vowing a larger surge tomorrow with about 6 million dollars to be distributed in the area.
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Amarillo
Legion Home
West Texas Shoe Shop
San Jacinto
North Amarillo
Chiang Kai-Shek prepares to tighten rule in Canton
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek pushes south to crush the Canton government and its anti-Japanese war movement. Observers see him at a crossroads, weighing invasion of adjacent Kwangsi to defeat Chen Chi-Tang allies and enforce what Nanking calls the national will. Chiang aims to subdue Kwangtung and Kwangsi, maintaining control after a decade at the helm.
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George W. Hawkins
Canton
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Autonomous Canton
Japan
Chiang
Chen Chi-Tang
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
EA Tsung-Jen
Chen
Trade trip planned by Community Chest officials
Bill Beechler and colleagues in the Community Chest office organized a three day trade trip for June 24 to 26. An eight car train will depart Amarillo, tour the south plains and Pecos Valley, with a stop for Carlsbad Caverns. Cost about 45 dollars including meals and Pullman. Mayor Ross Rogers has signed for the tour. reservations urged through the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Bill Beechler
Community Chest Office
Trade Extension Division
Amarillo
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Ross Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
Beechler
Bob Epperson
Mason King
Carl Hinton
Trade Extension and Goodwill Committee
Wilson Ballew
Carrie Nation
Clay Thornton
Bill Riddle
Binford Arney
Jack Allen
Southwest Drug Corporation
Storm Gains Vigor Heads Toward Bermuda
Summer’s first tropical storm in this region regained strength today and moved northeastward toward Bermuda after the Weather Bureau had said it had nearly dissipated near the Northern Bahamas. It was heading in the general direction of Bermuda with rapid movement noted.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Bahama Islands
Havpern Airliner Crashes Killing Eight Passengers
An Havpern airliner en route from Oslo to Bergen crashed into a mountainside on the northern bank of Sogne fjord in dense fog. Three passengers and four crew members died, eight people in total.
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Oslo
Norway
U?p
Havpern
Bergen
Sognefjord
Fischer outlines tax plan to fund pensions in Tyler address
Gubernatorial candidate F W Fischer of Tyler stresses taxing natural resources to fund old age pensions. He proposes 15 cents per oil barrel, two cents per thousand cubic feet of gas, 2.50 per ton sulfur, and 10 cents per pound carbon black, with over 100 million dollars expected. He cites benefits for teachers salaries road expansion and gasoline tax reduction.
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F. W. Fischer
Tyler
Municipal Auditorium
Fischer
L. M. Fischer
Amarillo
H. L
Jack) Adkins
C. B. Reeder
Melody Girls
Mystery Car Looms Over Roswell Sink Hole Rescue
New Mexico state police press renewed efforts to lift a mystery automobile from a sink hole near Roswell. Divers and rugged hoists work to recover the 125 foot waterlogged car believed to hold bodies of Mr. and Mrs. George Lorius and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heberer who disappeared in May 1935.
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Roswell
N. M
New Mexico
Here
George Lorius
East St. Louis
Albert Heberer
DuQuoin
Tribute for H F Mitchell Pioneer ranchman dies at 77
Cattlemen and friends from the Panhandle gather at 4 PM to pay tribute to H F Mitchell 77 a pioneer ranchman who died after three weeks illness He was for 30 years manager of the Almossitos division of Matador Land and Cattle Co Funeral services will be at Central Presbyterian Church with Dr R Thomson officiating Interment Llano Cemetery Pallbearers E L Roberts M J Reilly Charles Ware C B Alford John Snider A C Hardin Old friends and stockmen will be honorary pallbearers
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Panhandle
H. F. Mitchell
Mitchell
Almossitos
Matador Land and Cattle Company
Nebraska
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
E. L. Roberts
M. J. Reilly
Charles Ware
C. B. Alford
John Snider
A. C. Hardin
N. 8
Griggs & Sons
Llano Cemetery
Forest Street
Olson Clinches Farmer Labor Senate Nomination in Minnesota
Gov Floyd B Olson won the Farmer Labor party nomination for the US Senate in Minnesota. Returns show Olson with 42 976 votes in 744 precincts and rival Carl Taylor with 2 784 votes as his large margin widened.
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ST. Paul
Floyd B. Olson
Farmer Labor Party
United States Senate
Olson
Carl Taylor
Japan Will Oblige Jewish French Premier in War Tone
Arthur Brisbane notes South China seeks conflict with Japan and forecasts war as troops from a Japanese naval squadron land at Amoy with planes. Canton hosts parades and mass meetings as tensions rise.
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Japan
England
Mr. Hughes
South China
Amoy
Fukien Province
Canton
Places Drawn By Candidates For Primaries
About 40 candidates at Democratic headquarters drew for primary ballot places. Fees equal about 4 percent of one year’s salary, with a $50 to $200 range, to raise a $3,500 fund. Payment due by midnight June 20. M. J. Huddleston withdrew from the constable race against J. Walker Hunter.
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Democratic
Twenty Four Drowned as Budapest Ferry Capsizes
A Danube Bay tragedy claims twenty four lives when a ferry capsized while returning from a picnic. About sixty street and car company employees were aboard the boat at the time of the accident.
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Budapest
Danube River
Ozone Blanket Blamed for Heat Reflected to Earth
A new heat source in the stratosphere is blamed on a thick ozone blanket above North America. Brian O'Brien of the University of Rochester presented evidence at a meeting in Rochester, noting the ozone layer lies 15 to 20 miles up and may trap heat, altering weather patterns.
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Earth
Howard W. Blakeslee
Rochester
N. Y
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Brian O'Brien
University of Rochester
National Geographic Society
U. S. Army Air Corps
American Meteorological Society
Science Association
North America
Decline in Texas dry natural gas output reported
The Railroad Commission engineering department says Texas April dry gas production fell about 14.7 percent from March amid lower pipeline demand and less gas stripped and blown into air. Panhandle output dropped from 1.428 billion to 1.182 billion cubic feet, while gas used at gasoline plants and casing head gas use rose slightly.
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Austin
Engineering Department of the Railroad Commission
Texas
Panhandle
Tax receipts rise 18 percent in early June report
Secretary Morgenthau announced that income tax collections for the first 15 days of June were about 18 percent higher than the same period last year. Second installments on 1935 income were about 276.95 million dollars versus 233.97 million last year, with total receipts through June 13 at 1.183 billion dollars and projected monthly totals near 375 million. The President's budget set year end receipts at 1.434 billion. In Oklahoma City Gov. Marland said he will not intervene with the upcoming execution of Arthur Gooch under the Lindbergh law, scheduled at McAlester prison next Friday.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Oklahoma City
FE. W. Marland
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Gooch
McAlester
Amarillo Fair Weather Through Wednesday
Weather forecast shows fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will stay mild with a slight cooling trend and a high around 66 and a low near 46 today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Landon Knox Meet to Plan Republican Campaign Strategy
Gov Alf Landon and Col Frank Knox, running mates for the Republican ticket, met at the Kansas Capitol to discuss campaign strategy and to promote unity. Knox indicated a brief stop before returning to Chicago, and Landon called the partnership strong as they prepared for the national race.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Kansas
Knox
Chicago
Landon
Stout urges banks to charge for services to stay independent
Claude L. Stout of Fort Collins tells Plains bankers that declining profits and federal rules pressure independent banks to seek new revenue. He warns a nationalized system could emerge if local banks do not charge depositors for the costs of services and notes the Poudre Valley National Bank as one possible model.
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Claude L. Stout
Fort Collins
Colo
Panhandle
Stout
Poudre Valley National Bank
Roy Smith Praises Texas Centennial Exhibits
Roy H. Smith secretary of the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce says the Texas Centennial is 50 percent better than the Century of Progress. He spoke in Amarillo on the way home after a week in Dallas where he and Dee Howard of Portales oversaw New Mexico’s exhibit. The display is described as more beautiful with more exhibits than Chicago.
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Roy H. Smith
Tucumcari
British Team Withdraws From Everest Summit Bid
The expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge abandoned its attempt to reach Everest summit and returned to base camp after weeks trapped near the top by storms and monsoonal winds.
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Darjeeling
India
Mount
Everest
Hugh Ruttledge
Blum Moves Against Croix de Feu Amid Civil War Fears
In Paris the Socialist government cracks down on armed leagues and extreme leftists. Prime Minister Blum’s cabinet acts to dissolve armed groups like the Croix de Feu and prosecutes leftists seen as trying to turn labor disputes into revolution.
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Paris
France
Preemier Leon Blum
la Populaire
FDR Nominates Curry Walker for Pampa Postmaster
President Roosevelt sent the Senate the nomination of Curry H. Walker as postmaster at Pampa Texas. The announcement was made in Washington on June 18.
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FDR
Curry Walker
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Curery H. Walker
Pampa
Texas
Irving Berlin receives soldier bonus and welcomes eighth child
New York reports songwriter Irving Berlin gained a soldier bonus today and welcomed his wife and him a new eight child. The baby named The Berlins fourth daughter was born at Doctors' Hospital. A note mentions bonus bonds and related services, with a local paint and varnish ad and lumber firms referenced.
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Berlin
Doctors’ Hostital
Aged Bard Is Just Beginning Where Shaw Quits
Edwin Markham, 64, jokes about George Bernard Shaw quitting while he himself begins plans for a summer congress of American poets in a New York hotel. He criticizes schools for not teaching enough poetry and shows optimism about young poets.
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Bard
Shaw
New York
Edwin Markham
George Bernard Shaw
Markham
Eng Ashman
Congress of American Poets
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