Amarillo relief canning plant resumes operation
The Amarillo relief canning plant reopened after months idle with workers starting shifts at 6 am and 80 more added by noon. Plans call for 240 workers over three shifts by Wednesday and four shifts of 100 by Friday as more labor is certified. Two hundred cattle were slaughtered and chilled for canning, with 10 carloads from Pinkney Packing Company also being prepared for processing.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Potter County
Pinkney Packing Company
John Roland
Second Term for DeGrassi as Amarillo Postmaster
W D DeGrassi expected to be confirmed as Amarillo postmaster for a second term following his 1920 1921 tenure. The selection was recommended by Congressman Marvin Jones and sent to the Senate by President Roosevelt. Mrs Floyd Cooper will retire once the appointment is approved.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Amarillo
Mr. DeGrassi
Wilson
Senate
Marvin Jones
Roosevelt
DeGrassi
American Railway Express Company
Floyd Cooper
W. C. Kenyon
C. C. Gibson
J. N. Riggs
Congressman Jones
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Riggs
Gibson
M. C. Thompson
Steel Union to Deliver Four-Point Ultimatum Tomorrow
Labor leaders in Washington announce that steel union officials will present a four-point strike settlement ultimatum to steel operators and the administration. In Kansas City two bandits robbed a theater official of $1000, missing $500 in weekend receipts.
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Washington
U.P
Kansas City
Isis
Public Debt Reaches New Peak in U S History
Washington reports the gross public debt of the United States rose to a new record of 27 billion dollars. The figure surpasses the wartime peak of about 26.6 billion reached on August 31, 1919.
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U.S
Washington
U.P
United States
Bennett's Orchestra Champions of the Air at Roseland
Ralph Bennett and His Champions of the Air perform at the Tri-State Fair Roseland Ballroom from 9 30 to 3 30. Admission is $1 50 per couple 75c for extra ladies and $1 for stags. The group claimed the title by beating the NBC radio system in a recent contest.
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Ralph Bennett
Roseland Ballroom
NBC
M Lean Poison Trial Opens in Pampa Court
The Rev Louis H Shockley an itinerant minister goes on trial in Gray County for murder in connection with arsenic poisoning in the Hudgins family at a McLean ranch The case centers on the elder Hudgins death in 1930 with other family members stricken and testifying for the state Defense counsel Clem Calhoun Amarillo and Claude Williams McLean listed as defense.
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Globe
Pampa
Louis H. Shockley
W. T. Hudgins
McLean
Hudgins
Lewis M. Goodrich
Shockley
Terry Erwin
Gray County Grand Jury
Missouri
Clem Calhoun
Amarillo
Claude Williams
Roosevelt In Talks To Break Senate Adjournment Deadlock
Democratic leaders pressed to adjourn Congress as Roosevelt was urged to allow the railroad labor bill to slide to the next session. The Senate moved the $2 billion general relief bill and a mediation board for labor disputes. The House adopted an adjournment resolution and a farm mortgage relief compromise.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
White House
House
Robinson
Arkanais
Henator Robinson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Queceas
Car Crash Victim Identified as W. D. Daws
A man fatally injured when struck by an automobile on North Polk Street between First and Second Avenues has been identified as W. D. Daws of 513 North Polk Street. The driver, Mathew Bones Hooks, Amarillo negro, remains under investigation as the victim’s body lies at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel awaiting arrangements.
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North Polk Street
First
Second Avenues
W. D. Daws
R. E. Stoker
North Williams Street
Mr. Daws
Mathew “Bones
First Bale of New Cotton Is Marketed
The first bale of 1934 35 cotton ginned under the Bankhead act was sold in Houston. Grower Teofilo Garcia from Starr County sent the 500 pound bale declared to be strict middling inch staple and bought by L R C Towles at one dollar per pound. It marked a later arrival than last year.
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Houston
Bankhead
Teofilo Garcia
la Grulla
Starr County
L. R. C. Towles
Houston Spot
Towles
Garcia
Primaries In Maine And Minnesota Vary In Focus
Voters in Maine and Minnesota cast ballots for state and national offices. In Maine the Republican gubernatorial race drew four candidates aiming to challenge incumbent Louis Jefferson Brann. Minnesota featured three parties with Democrats Republicans and Farmer-Labor contesting, amid possible cross party strategy to curb Farmer-Labor control.
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United Press
Maine
Louis Jefferson Brann
Minnesota
British captives seized by pirates near Yellow River
Six British citizens including two naval officers and twenty Chinese were kidnapped from the steamer Shuntien off the Yellow River mouth. The pirates boarded at Tientsin and took control without resistance, as the ship sailed from Tientsin to Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Tientsin
Puett starting gate makes Tri-State Fair horse races unique
The article spotlights C H McMillin of San Saba as owner of the Puett starting gate used at the Tri-State Fair race meeting. It explains the stall mechanism, electric bell start, and rear gates. McMillin, the nation’s only gate owner operator, plans to run an 11 day meeting in Georgetown then take the gate to Montana for more events.
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Tri-State Fair
Puett
C. Hi. McMillin
San Saba
McMillin
Earby
Georgetown
Montana
Gun battle witness confesses to robberies near Medicine Park
Clarence Brown of Snyder Texas testified today he survived a gun battle with lawmen near Medicine Park. O B Stalkup, 54, a former Lawton carpenter, was wounded and later died, while Stalkup's son Virgil of Amarillo was in critical condition from a shoulder wound. Sheriff Fritz McCarty said a signed confession implicates Stalkup in a series of robberies with victims bound roadside.
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Okla
Fritz McCarty
Clarence Brown
Snyder
Tex
Medicine Park
Brown
O. B. Stalkup
McCarty
Stalkup
Virgil Stalkup
Amarillo
Huntsville
Pioneer Ranch Owner of West Texas Dies
George W. Medley, a veteran Panhandle cattleman, died at his Fort Worth home aged 78. He began ranching near the Davis Mountains 57 years ago and later expanded across the Panhandle. He lived in Clarendon for many years and retired 15 years ago, selling much of his land.
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George W. Medley
Fort Worth
Mr. Medley
West Texas
Davis Mountains
Panhandle
Clarendon
18-Year-Old Slayer Escapes Lethal Gas
Walter Reppin an 18-year-old New Jersey boy who killed a victim in an attempted holdup was saved from Colorado lethal gas chamber by the State Supreme Court. The court divided reversed the El Paso County district court ruling which had sentenced him to death on a guilty plea for murdering Vincent Regan a Colorado Springs taxi cab driver.
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Colo
U.P
Walter Reppin
New Jersey
Colorado
State Supreme Court
el Paso
Reppin
Vincent Regan
Colorado Springs
Kidnapped Dentist Found Slain in Illinois Farm
Dr. Homer Myers, a prominent Illinoisan dentist reported kidnaped last night, was found shot to death on a farm he was attempting to sell to a stranger. The discovery was made today near Eldorado.
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Eldorado, Ill
Homer Myers
Panhandle Derby Day draws growing interest and plans
Derby Day interest expands beyond the Panhandle a week before the event. Tri-State Fair and Racing Association president Wilbur C. Hawk says inquiries about admission and entries show the race could become a spring gala with an announced five hundred dollar added purse. Reservations for Monday, June 25, are being taken through L. Taylor, Amarity fair manager. At the Fair Grounds thoroughbreds are racing daily at 2 30 starting this week, except Sunday.
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Panhandle
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri- State Fair and Racing Association
Mr. Hawk
L. Taylor
Amarity
Fair Grounds
The Big Fight and a Lunch Delay Across Europe
Arthur Brisbane notes Hitler and Mussolini, both rulers of nations, teased by a luncheon delay. Mussolini angrily proclaims J a failli attendre as the scene unfolds with royal and dictatorial hauteur in a tense European moment.
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Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Louis IV
Gunmen rescue Cuban suspect from Havana hospital
Five men armed with pistols entered University Hospital in Havana and freed Evelio Torres, a suspect wounded in yesterday's ABC parade massacre. They fled in a car after a gun battle with guards. a bloodstained shirt was found later, signaling possible casualty among the rescuers as fourteen died and over sixty wounded in the massacre.
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Cubs
University Hospital
Evelio Torres
ABC
Torres Ao
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees fair conditions tonight with Tuesday turning partly cloudy. New Mexico experiences fair weather tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Temperatures today range from 63 to 80 degrees at 1 o'clock.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Crudgington Funeral Held At 4 P M
Funeral services for Judge Jon Crudgington 75 were held at 4 PM in Central Presbyterian Church with Pastor Dr R Thomson officiating Pallbearers included Milton Cunningham Ted Neely Jeff Neely Grady Nobles Claude Nobles and Dan Thomson Honorary pallbearers were elders of the church and the judge's Sunday school class Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under N B Griggs & Sons Funeral Home Judge Crudgington died suddenly from heart trouble two weeks earlier at his home 1710 Ty-
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Central Presbyterian Church
R.thomson
Milton Cunningham
Ted
Jeff Neely
Grady
Claude Nobles
Dan Thomson
Judge Crudgington
Memorial
Memorial Park Cemetery
Griggs & Sons
Crudgington
Murderer Palmer Held in Texas Pen After Capture
Joe Palmer, charged with the murder of a prison guard, was brought to the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville and placed under immediate supervision by Lee Bimmons. Palmer will stay there until the court acts on his case, with officials noting he will not be housed with fellow escapee Raymond Hamilton.
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Austin
Claude Pollard
San Antonio
George Sheppard
Fort Worth
Pollard
San Antono
Huntsville
Tex
Joe Palmer
State Penitentiary
Lee Bimmons
Simmons
Palmer
Raymond Hamilton
Fastham Farm
Torso Found In Trunk At Brighton Station
A female torso without head arms or legs was found in a trunk in the Brighton railway station luggage office. The trunk was left June 6 and wrapped in brown paper with the letters Ford. Police linked the case to Miss Agnes Turverson of New York and Detroit who was reported missing since December.
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Brighton
Eng
Pélies
Ford
Bootland Yard
Agnes Turverson
New York
Detroit
Agnes C. Tufverson
Olive Tufverson
Ivan Poderjay
Vienna
Poderjay
Southampton
Bureau of Missing Persons
Foulois Denies Dismissal in Air Corps Misconduct Case
A. Maj. Gen. L. Benjamin Foulois disputed a House committee finding that urged his removal as chief of the Army Air Corps. The panel accused him of dishonesty and incompetence tied to plane purchases and the air mail mission. Foulois demanded an open court hearing and criticized secret hearings. The report goes to Secretary Dern and then President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Benjamin D. Foulois
House
Army Air Corps
Dern
Foulois
Roosevelt
Grote
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