Panhandle Bankers Open 31st Convention with 600 Attendees
Delegates arrive as the Panhandle Bankers Association begins its 31st annual convention in Amarillo. The 9 am session meets in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel with speakers from Dallas banks and regional figures. All Panhandle banks close after 1 pm while festivities include golf at the Amarillo Country Club and an evening dance.
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The
Panhandle Bankers Association
Herring Hotel
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Southwest
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Amarillo
Amarillo National
First National
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Bankers
R. L. Thornton
Mercantile National Bank
F. F. Florence
Republic National Bank
Texas Bankers Association
Panhandle Association
H. H. Finnell
Panhandle Soil Conservation Program
Dalhart
C. F. Maeda
Lubbock National Bank
Vaughn
D. Vaughn
Amarillo National Bank
Weather Warmth Drops After Panhandle Rainfall
The day brought a 100 degree high as residents flocked to lakes and pools while a late duster cut visibility to 1 percent. Storms across the Panhandle delivered up to an inch of moisture from Texline to Dalhart, easing heat with scattered showers and hail.
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Mercury
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Texline
Denver
Mobeetie
Clinton
Spearman
Shattuck
Oklo
North Panhandle
Santa Fe
Dalhart
North Plains
Liberal
LeFors
Lubbock Grid Star Suffocates in Oil
27 year old former Texas Technological College football player Al Simmons suffocated in fuel oil in Lubbock while installing an oil burner. Pump failure and fuel fumes led to his death after he entered a storage area through a small opening. Firefighters recovered the body about 40 minutes later. Simmons, son of John Simmons of Santa Anna, Texas, graduated from Texas Tech College in June 1934. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Lubbock
Cford
al Simmons
Texas Technological
Simmons
Siimmons
John Simmons
Santa Anna
Texas
Texas Leechtelogicat College
Smith Indictment Quashing Is Asked
Defense lawyers filed a motion in LONGVIEW on June 17 seeking to quash the indictment in a conspiracy to bribe a witness case involving Frank A. Smith son of Lon A. Smith. The defendants include Harry Goldman and Bill Anderson, with charges of conspiracy to bribe a witness and related theft allegations. The defense argues Smith should be tried first and pending state charges against others remain unresolved.
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Longview
Frank A. Smith
Lon A. Smith
Smith
Harry Goldman
Bill Anderson
Goldman
Anderson
String Instruments Lead Cole Orchestra Tonight At Nat
Richard Cole's orchestra promotes string based dance music with a sextet of three violins a viola a cello and a bass violin. The 13 member group from Oklahoma City will perform at The Nat from 9 30 pm to 1 am with radio broadcast on KGNC at 6 15 pm. Admittance is one dollar per person two dollars a couple and 1 25 for stags.
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Richard Cole
Cole
Oklahoma City
Skirvin
MCA
Christie Wilson
Little Rock
Ark
Bennett Purnell
Parnell
Sylvia
Miss Wilson
KGNC
Melvin Winters
San Antonio
Tri-State Fair Association
Music Corporation of America
New York
B. A. Pierce & Co
Alaska
Junema
Allis Chalmers
Amer An
Amer
Amer Smelt & Ref
Amer Tel & Tel
Armour & Co
Atchison
Auburn Auto
Barnadall Oort
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden Aoe
Briggs Manufact
Aity
Canada Dry
Celanese Tee
Chrysler O
Columb Gas & Elec
Kresge
Kroger Grace &Rakoo
Loew's
Lorillard
Macna Copper al al Mid-Cent Petro
Texas RR
Kan
Texas
Montgomery-Ward
Nat Distillers
National Steel Oe
NY Central
North Amer Aviation
North American Co
Northern Pacific RR
Eels Ohio Oil
Pp— Packard
Penney Co
O Begg Js CG
Tee
Pennsylvania RR
Eels
Phillips
BN Ely
Remington Rand
Reynolds Tobacco
St Joseph
Texas Pac Coal
Trans-Americane
Shrine trip brings 39 orphans to mountain resort
Khiva Shrine hosts 39 children from the Presbyterian Home for a week at El Porvenir near Las Vegas New Mexico. They will stay in rustic cabins, ride saddle horses, and learn camping and mountain lore under supervision of Mrs. Gilstrap and Mr. Dykeman. The annual trip follows Carnival fundraising and features nightly campfire jamborees led by Shriners and local volunteers.
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Khiva Shrine
Shriners
Presbyterian Home
el Porvenir
Las Vegas
Captain Ellison
Gr. Irvin
W. T Gilstrap
Ralph Dykeman
Panhandle Plains
Mitchell Opposes Subsidies and Damages Waiver in Leviathan Case
Mitchell denounces proposed government aid to the United States Lines’ Leviathan, arguing liquidated damages totaling 2 220,000 would be waived for two years in exchange for a 500,000 payment over 12 years. He cites prior subsidies and criticizes officials and RFC ties amid the controversy. A separate note reports 4-H scholarships awarded at national ceremony.
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Mitchell
Tam
Comptroller General's Office
United States Lines Company
Leviathan
Bureau of Air Commerce
Steamboat Inspecton
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Fanes Corporation
RFC Mortgage Company
Commerce
What They Write To-TACK What They Write To-TACK
A compact notice notes Sears employment items and a page reference for Letters to TACK. It highlights an item titled What They Write To-TACK with a directing line to Page 12 for further details.
Gun Battle Involving Jasper County Officers Near Kirbyville
A posse of 20 officers including four Jasper County men engaged a fleeing suspect after a dance at a CCC camp near Kirbyville. The gun fight stemmed from a tip that the suspect was Mahan, with officers Special Deputy C. P. Hamer Night Marshal N. B. Powell Constable H. F. Malone and City Marshal Devis Skinner among those involved. In Richmond Virginia J H Pratt acquitted on intoxication charges after claiming nerves attacks.
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Jasper County
C. P. Hamer
N. B. Powell
H. F. Malone
Devis Skinner
Aip
Mahan
CCC
Kirbyville
Taxes Set on Machines in Spite of Howl
State tax applies to marble machine operators under House Bill 223 with $10 and $20 state fees and half to county and city. Officials debate local levy while collectors issue state forms. penalties include fines and seizure as a nuisance for nonpayment. Exemptions cover gas meters pay phones and vending services. Baby choking death report from Missoula also noted.
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Amarillo
George H. Sheppard
Miss Jewell Davidson
Miss Davidson
Sheppard
Austin
Radio Schedule Snippet From KGNC Listings
A dense listing outlines KGNC radio programming across Monday to Tuesday, noting times for News Commentary, Lifebuoy Program, musical segments, entertainments from Amarillo Hotel Studios, and various broadcasts including Blatz Baseball Broad, Modern Dance Rhythms, and World Revue.
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Richard Cole
Amarillo
Rancho Grande Boys
Chevrolet
Cosmopolitan Singers
Edmund Pierson
Philco Radio Dealers Hold Regional Meeting in Amarillo
Philco race dealers from the Panhandle Eastern New Mexico and parts of Oklahoma converge on Amarillo for a regional meeting at the Hering Hotel. N J. Kane ly factory representative will deliver the address with other speakers at the banquet hosted by Carl Hare. About 100 dealers expected for the evening session in the Crystal ballroom.
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Philco
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Hering
N. J. Kanely
Carl Hare
Crystal Ball
Floods threaten Gonzales power plant and dam
Floods reached 33 feet along the Rio Grande and spread across Gonzales with flood gates opened on two upstream dams. Area five miles wide flooded. no lives lost, but power plant and dam threatened until water receded. Downstream, flood levels rose at Hidalgo and Rio Grande City as the crest moved toward Zapata.
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Gonzales
U. S
Hidalgo
U.P
Rio Grande
Rio Grande City
Mercedes
Brownsville
Laredo
Zapata
Mccook
Neb
Republican
Britain Germany Navy Accord Aims for Public Naval Programs
British and German officials pursue a ratio based naval accord while Britain hopes a wider treaty could lead five powers plus Russia and Germany to publish long term naval programs. Washington reportedly aware Britain favors transparency to Japan, but insists ratios remain central. Diplomatic quarters see no viable alternative to the ratio system.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Russia
Washington
London Naval Concreatians
Sterling Nephew Killed in Crash
Lee Franklin Sterling eighteen nephew of former governor Ross Sterling died when the car he rode in struck a culvert and hurled about one hundred feet. Two companions from Tomball were critically injured Houston Harper twenty eight driver suffered a fractured skull and lacerated throat Claude Carroll twenty fractured skull and multiple injuries
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Houston
Lee Franklin Sterling
Ross Sterling
Tomball
Harris County
Houston Harper
Claude Carroll
Slain Man Not Identified Here in Local Reports
Amarillo residents speculated about the identity of a slain Californian known as “Jack Williams” tied to a $72,000 extortion plot. Los Angeles police seek to identify the victim before closing the case as local officers report limited details and only possible clues. In separate notice, Treasury records show June 14 receipts at $24,209,198.00 with expenditures of $11,976,971.02 and a gross debt near $28.79 billion.
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Jack Williams
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Glen
Treasury
Washington
The
Tiger Woman Paroled After Killing Her Husband’s Rival
Mrs. Phillips, imprisoned for more than 12 years for the murder of Mrs. Meadows, expressed gratitude to her husband’s Galveston family and discussed parole fate. She described luring the divorcee to a secluded road and striking with a hammer, then escaped jail en route to transfer before capture in Central America. She plans to visit sister Ola Weaver near San Diego and may pursue dentistry.
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Phillips
East
Galveston
Tex
Mrs. Phillips
Meadows
Central America
Ola Weaver
la Mesa
San Diego
Britain seeks China Japan policy clarity over North China officials
London reports Britain has asked Japan and China for clarification on Japan's insistence to appoint new officials in North China. The move fuels concern over compliance with the nine power pact and China's sovereignty as Britain coordinates with the United States on Far Eastern tensions.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Japan
China
United States
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Belgium
Senate
Washington
King
Democrat
Utah
Manchuria
Foreign Relations Committee
Markets Drift as Weather Sways Cotton Futures
New Orleans cotton futures opened with thin trading and prices holding near Saturday closes. July dipped briefly to 11.56 before recovering to 11.61, others little changed. market notes weak bullish interest amid Texas crop damage and overall low activity. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show varied, with hogs down and cattle broadly weaker. Houston reports a motion for a continuance in the Frost murder trial pending in district court as general news.
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New Orleans
Texas
House Rushes Tax Bills for Huge Revenue
The U S House moved to extend two year temporary taxes that would raise about 501 million dollars annually and avoid a revenue loss of roughly 150 thousand dollars per day if the Senate does not act by June 30. The measure passed under a gag rule after 40 minutes of debate. Amendments to the farm adjustment act were then set for debate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Controlled Growth To Be AAA Policy
AAA Administrator Chester C. Davis outlined the 1934 program and pledged a policy of controlled expansion tied to rising domestic and foreign demand. He argued industry must raise farm income, noting price supports rely on shortages from a drought, making further price increases impractical.
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Washington
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
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