Army CCC camp opens near Palo Duro with 200 Amarillo youths
Camp Palisades hosts Company 856 of the Civilian Conservation Corps under Major J. L. Dunn with 200 men in khaki tents. They arrived after trains carried spectators from Amarillo and nearby areas. The unit begins reclamation work including building a dam, clearing brush, planting trees, and planning a canyon road.
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Conservation Corps
Army of Occupation
Camp Palisades
J. L. Dunn
New Mexico
Colorado
Company 856
Civilian Conservation Corps
Palo Duro Canyon
Palisades
U S Opposes Immediate Currency Stabilization at World Conference
At the world economic conference in London on June 22 the United States rejected immediate currency stabilization as the dollar and European currencies plunged to new lows since abandoning the gold standard. The American delegation proposed lowering tariffs and trade barriers, but stressed price level rises as a more important contribution while not closing the door to stabilization later.
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London
United States
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Brisbane Columns Question American Monetary Policy
The Globe carries Arthur Brisbane essays on current topics. An AP dispatch from London notes France pursues dollar pegs while Britain and France ease the dollar and the U S avoids forcing Europe to follow its monetary lead.
Heat Wave Toll Grows Across States As Relief Remains Distant
AP reports ongoing high temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast with new fatalities in Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio Missouri and Kansas. Prostrations reach seven as Washington DC hits 98.3 while Lincoln Nebraska endures humidity and Kansas tops 102 in places.
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Aisis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Lincoln
Mattoon
Bloomsburg
Frederick
Detroit
Chicago
Lake Erie
Fliers Press Search For Spanish Airmen
In Mexico City and Washington officials intensify a search for Spanish transatlantic fliers Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar after a fruitless mountain hunt near here. Reports say storms may have driven them south of course toward Tabasco and Sierra Madre. efforts expand to determine fate.
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D. C
Havana
Here
Rodriguez
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Tabasco
Sierra Mountains
Banker Mitchell Acquitted On All Tax Charges
New York June 22 Charles KF Mitchell was acquitted today on all counts of income tax evasion linked to 1920 and 1930 filings. The former National City Bank chairman sobbed with emotion as the not guilty verdict was read, and his attorney praised the jury for justice.
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New York
Charles KF. Mitchell
Mitchell
National City Bank
Sale
National City Company
W. D. Thornton
Greene Cananea Copper Company
Ives
James K. Campbell
Foreman
Max D. Steur
Steuer
Henry W. Goddard
Steur
Chicago
Axter J. Byles
American Petroleum Institute
Byles
C. &. Arnott
Louis Collins
Nashville, Tenn
Georgia's Road Fight Heads to U S Court
Georgia's $2,000,000 highway fight moved to federal court as Capt. J W Barnett sought an injunction against Gov Eugene Talmadge and Judy Wilhoit who replaced him as highway commission chair. Judge Underwood held for hearings. Wilhoit authorized disbursement of over $1 million in impounded highway funds. Capitol guards remained posted and troops guarded the governor's office to block process servers.
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Georgia
State Highway Department
J. W. Barnett
State Highway Commission
Eugene Talmadge
Judy Wilhoit
Barnett
Highway Comm:sion
E. Marvin Underwood
Wilhoit
Talmadge
Capitol
Highway Commission
J. L. Spencer
122Nd Georgia Infantry
Highway Department
Indict Doak's Kin In Bribe by Alien
Ervin F. Brown nephew of former Labor Secretary William N. Doak and head of the immigration division of investigation was indicted by a Federal grand jury for soliciting and accepting a bribe from a criminal alien. He was in Tampa, Fla, where an arrest was expected.
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New York
Ervin F. Brown
Secretary of Labor
William N. Doak
Division of Investigation
Immigration Department
Federal
Brown
Tampa
Fla
Wind shift relieves courthouse area odor in Amarillo
Oxidization and wind change eased a foul smell near the Amarillo courthouse lawn. Workers spread barnyard fertilizer earlier in the week after removing gravel and soil. Fire department water had given the scent an ammonia tinge, but officials continued applying turf treatment in the lobby vicinity.
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Amarillo
R. F.C
King Hill Highway Employee Resides Near Foot of Hill
ST. JOSEPH MO June 22 King Hill a state highway employee lives on King Hill Avenue near the foot of King Hill in this city.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
King Hill
King Hill Avenue
Sino Japanese clashes flare in north China again
June 22 reports indicate renewed Sino Japanese tensions after a May 31 truce. Chinese leaders accuse Japan of moving thousands of Manchukuo troops into a neutral zone south of the Great Wall, with foreign sources confirming heavy troop incursions and rail disruptions from Tientsin to Chinwangtoa and Shanhaikwan.
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Tientsin
North China
Great Wall
Connecticut
Peiping
Wall
Chinwangtoa
Shanhaikwan
Barry Miller Rites Fill Church to Overflowing
Friends and relatives filled a Dallas church for the funeral of Barry Miller three times Texas lieutenant governor. After a requiem mass, services were held at the family home and burial followed in the Miller farm cemetery where he died after a illness that began with a broken hip in Austin last winter.
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Dallas
Barry Miller
Texas
Miller
Austin
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity fair tonight with Friday partly cloudy. West Texas east of the 100th meridian mostly fair but with possible thundershowers in extreme west tonight and Friday. New Mexico mostly fair tonight and Friday with unsettled areas and probable thundershowers in the northwest and warmer north-central Friday. Today’s high low up to 66 and 45.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Republicans Weigh Roosevelt Clash in 1936 Campaign
The first faint stirrings of a political struggle surface as Republican leaders assess how Roosevelt’s new deal may shape economics. Wadsworth and Mills hint at better leadership versus control, with debates over two year limits and the future of federal intervention in industry.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Wadsworth
James W. Wadsworth
New York
New Yorker
Ogden L. Mills
the Treasury
Idaho
Reed
Pennsylvania
Hugh Johnston
Iowa
Class Ring Identifies Body Found in Box Car
Charleroi Pennsylvania June 22 A high school class ring showed the identity of a youth found dead in a freight car at Big Spring Texas June 14 The ring bore C H S 1932 and A R initials scratched inside Indianapolis maker check showed Charleroi High School ring Two high school classes aided tracing ownership Josson's family believes he was slain and had not planned to go to Texas but to visit the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
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Charleroi
Anna Revela
Eugene Josson
West
Big Spring
Texas
A. R
Indianapolis
Josson
Chicago
Body Found North of Canyon Casts Light on Death
W B Hankins, about 42, was found dead in a field two and a half miles north of Canyon by Texas highway patrolmen around 10:30 am. No violence noted, $42 cash and two ID cards found. An inquest to be held. relatives sought.
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Globe
Canyon
W. B. Hankins
Here
Texas
Kit Carson Post
American Legion
Panhandle
Madison Street
Harlingen
R. H. Routh
Boyce Long
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
J. L. Prichard
New Trial Granted in Scottsboro Case
Athens Alabama June 22 Judge James H Horton granted Haywood Patterson a new trial in the Scottsboro case saying his second conviction was based on insufficient evidence. Patterson, a black defendant, had twice faced death sentences for assault tied to the Scottsboro matter.
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Athens
Ala
Haywood Patterson
Scottsboro
James H. Horton
Fort Worth Woman Named Principal Beneficiary in $4 Million Estate
Mrs. Margaret H. Marston of Fort Worth is named a principal beneficiary in the $4,000,000 estate of George A. Helme tobacco magnate. She receives a $25,000 bequest plus one twelfth of the estate about $330,000, with further interest in roughly $2,000,000 left to Helme’s widow Mrs. Mary T. Helme of New York. Helme died in 1931 and led the American Snuff Company and the George W. Helme Tobacco Company.
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Fort Worth
Margaret H. Marston
George A. Helme
New York
Marston
Helme
Mary T. Helme
American Snuff Company
George W. Helme Tobacco Company
Farmers jailed in Iowa riot over foreclosures
Judge Earl Peters sentenced 20 northwest Iowa farmers to one day in jail and a $50 fine for taking part in a riot during farm mortgage foreclosure at the O'Brien County courthouse on April 27.
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Primghar
Iowa
Earl Peters
Northwest
O'Brien County
Last Minute Reservations for Globe News World Fair Train
The Globe News sponsors a special world’s fair train with last minute reservations. Wilbur C. Hawk says if riders confirm by Saturday noon they are guaranteed a spot, though no choices remain as assignments are made. Mason King manages the seating with two diners ordered to ensure capacity. The train departs Sunday and includes six of eight days in Chicago. Price is $75 from Amarillo.
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Globe News
Wilbur C. Hawk
Mason King
Chcago
Amarillo
Oil Prices Rise in Panhandle District
Magnolia Petroleum shifts Panhandle crude rates effective at 7 am with Gray County grades below 45 gravity at 34 cents and higher gravities up to 46 at 46 cents. 35.0 to 36 gravity bracket up 4 to 6 cents and above 36 up 6 cents. Carson Hutchinson area below 35 gravity 20 cents with 40 and above at 41 cents. up 9 to 11 cents to 25.9 and up 11 cents above 36.
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Gray County
Carson and
Hutchinson Counties
Texas Company Raises Oil Prices in Several Fields
In Dallas on June 22 the Texas Company lifted several crude oil prices across Texas fields. Gray County 34.0 to 34.9 gravity now brings 34 cents, up from 30. Carson and Hutchinson counties see 29 cents for 94.0 to 34.9 gravity, a nine cent increase. Conroe field posts top price 69 cents for 40 gravity crude, up from 64. Darst Creek and Duval County crude rise to 40 cents from 35. Lower gravity postings in the field unchanged.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas Company
Texas
Gray County
Carson
Hutchinson
Conroe
Darst Creek
Duval County
Tidal Wave Hits Galveston Beaches Do Little Damage
A four foot tidal wave swept Galveston beaches at about 3 AM causing inundation at east and west beach air camps. The wall of water roared in from the Gulf but did little damage, with water receding about five minutes after impact amid an unusually low tide.
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Galveston
Gulf
Lindbergh May Join Iceland Air Survey
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh may fly to Greenland and Iceland to help survey a North Atlantic air route for Pan American Airways as technical advisor. Juan T. Trippe announced that an expedition will assemble meteorological data and take photographs, with Lindbergh possibly joining later.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Greenland
Iceland
Pan American Airways
Juan T. Trippe
Lindbergh
Gas shows 1500 feet at Woolsey-DeVore oil test near Amarillo
Operators of the Woolsey-DeVore oil test well southeast of Amarillo in Randall County reported a nice showing of gas at 1500 feet. Drilling in lime reached 1275 feet and passed salt. 1375 to 1525 feet produced brown gray and white time. The test, spudded recently, is within sight of Amarillo and has attracted high city interest.
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Feet
Woolsey-Devore
Amarillo
Treasury Receipts and Outlays for June Reported
Treasury figures show June 20 receipts at 15.98 million with expenditures of 14.95 million and a balance of 1.007 billion. Custom duties for the first twenty days of June totaled 15.12 million.
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Treasury
Washington
Baby Granddaughter Visits on Amberjack
President Roosevelt sailed from Little Harbor Portsmouth aboard the Amberjack II for a Maine coast cruise. His 14 month old granddaughter Sara Delano Roosevelt traveled aboard with her father James and mother, then returned to Rye Beach. The journey continues toward Campobello Island and Portland Harbor with Franklin D Jr. joining later.
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N. H
Roosevelt
Little Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Maine
Portland
Portland Harbor
Doom
Franklin D., Jr
Campbello Island
N. B
James
Rye Beach
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