From Millionaire to Poet in the Wilderness
Everett W. Hill once headed a major ice storage firm and presided over Rotary International. Now 53 he lives in a rock cottage outside Oklahoma City writing for a meager living and surviving on fish berries and garden produce. He says he is broke but content, having learned self sufficiency and simple living from experiences with Blackfeet Indians and gypsies. He plans to explore the Northwest by car to meet new people and seek new territory.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Everett W. Hill
Rotary International
Hill
Canada
Northwest
Negotiations Fail Over Four Powers Naval Blockade Demand
London reports that Britain France Italy and Germany failed to reach an accord on a four power naval demonstration off Valencia. Germany claims its Leipzig was torpedoed by a Loyalist submarine while Britain refuses to back intervention and warns of leaving the non intervention committee.
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London
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Valencia
Leipzig
Great Britain
Spain
Eden
House of Commons
International Committee On Non-Intervention
Clinico Hospital
U S Leases Masonic Home For Offices In Amarillo
The federal government signs a one year lease on the Masonic Building in Amarillo to house RA Region 12 offices. A 29 000 square foot three story space will consolidate seven current sites including the Rule Building and 315 Taylor Street. Temporary use of the Herring Furniture top floor is planned.
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Masonic
Amarillo
Masonic Building Association
Masonic Building
Fifth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Rule
Taylor Street
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
J. Warren Angle
Masonic Orders
Herring Furniture Company
Seventh and
Lodge
Seek To Keep Peace Until Armistice
National Guard troops 4800 strong moved into the Mahoning Valley to enforce military law and block re-opening of Republic and Youngstown Sheet & Tube plants until the Federal Steel Mediation Board resolves the seven state labor dispute. Governor Martin L. Davey called out the militia after midnight. detachments spread across flooded roads to prevent clashes between re-doubled picket lines and returning workers as gates were to reopen.
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Youngstown
U.P
National Guard
Mahoning Valley
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Martin L. Davey
Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Davey
Ohio
Foreign Insurance Used to Dodge Taxes, Senate Panel Told
Testimony before a congressional inquiry described six New Yorkers who bought Bahamas offshore policies via Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. to reduce income taxes between 1932 and 1936. Richard E. Dwight and others borrowed on the policies and claimed interest deductions. Dwight cut his 1932 taxes by 534,448.48.
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Washington
Senate House
Mason B. Leming
Treasury
Congressional
Leming
Richard E. Dwight
Winfield Ayers
Henry W. Lowe
Lawrence Marx
Jacob W. Schwab
George Thoms
Standard Life Insurance Company, Ltd
Bahamas
Dwight
New York
Hughes, Schurman and Dwight
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
United States
Cure for crashes linked to invisible airwave static
Denver June 22 The American Association for the Advancement of Science heard that electricity streaming behind flying airliners created static that cut radio signals and preceded fatal crashes last winter. Engineers from United Air Lines described experiments with a flying laboratory showing a wire behind the plane could stop the static, a major aviation peril.
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Denver
American Association For the Advancement of Science
H. M. Hucke
United Air Lines Communication Laboratory
Texas Legislature Extra Session Cost Reaches 200000
In Austin on June 22, the cost of the Texas Legislature repeal special session rose to 200000 after the initial 100000 appropriated for session expenses was exhausted. The Senate approved a bill to appropriate another 100000. Short term loans offered by John Maynard Lumber Co. for repairs and modernization.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Barlow Calls Amarillo Chamber Directors Meeting Tomorrow
Walter Barlow president calls Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors to meet tomorrow at noon in parlor A of the Amarillo Hotel.
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Amarillo
Lockjaw Joke From 1937 Esquire Bits
A humorous tale about Uncle Dewey avoiding the doctor for his wife Nettle's lockjaw, insisting he waits until morning. The anecdote highlights a stubborn, practical mindset and ends with a light punchline about inviting the doctor to drop in.
Mary Pickford Attends Buddy Rogers Film Wedding
Hollywood June 22 Mary Pickford visited Buddy Rogers studio and watched his film wedding with Betty Grable. She said the scene was uncomfortable though she has filmed marriages herself. As a lark she appeared as an extra and received an eight dollar two bit check.
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Hollywood
U.P
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Betty Grable
Miss Pickford
Rogers
Lindberghs Name Coronation Day Baby Land Morrow Lindbergh
The newborn son of Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh was named Land Morrow Lindbergh. Land is a Lindbergh family name from Evangeline Lindbergh and Morrow from Mrs Lindberghs family. The baby, born May 12, was registered in Marylebone and Seven Oaks.
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London
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Marylebone Town Hall
Land Morrow Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Evangeline Lindbergh
Marylebone
Sevenoaks
Automobile Victim Dies of Injuries in City Crash
Andres Palacio aged 68 died from injuries suffered when struck by a car at Thirteenth and Arthur Streets in the Mexican section. Andrew Chavez of 1300 Arthur Street is held in county jail on assault with a motor vehicle charges related to the incident.
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Andres Palacio
Garfield Street
Thirteenth
Arthur Street
Andrew Chavez
Palacio
Four Explosion Victims Die in Ohio Mine Blast
Six miners were injured in an explosion at the Keystone coal mine near Jackson, Ohio. Four died early today at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, while the two survivors remained in critical condition with doctors giving them little chance of recovery.
Summer heat tips from doctors keep cool and hydrated
The piece advises slow pace and light dress in hot weather. It promotes drinking lots of water with a pinch of salt, explains salt loss affects body chemistry, and cites Dr. B. M. Primer recommending salted water as a better thirst quencher.
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B. M. Primer
Health Unit
Barrymores Reconcile After Public Kiss at Train Station
John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie announce reconciliation after an ardent exchange at a railroad station. Barrie plans to drop her divorce decree while Barrymore proclaims happiness. Barrie returns from a tour. she previously divorced and had a brief stage and film run.
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Los Angeles
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Givorne
John
Barrymore
Miss Barrie
Elaine Jacobs
San Francisco
Amarillo Weather Forecast Turns Warm With Fair Skies
The forecast calls for fair and continued warm conditions in Amarillo and west Texas tonight through Wednesday. New Mexico is generally fair with little temperature change. Extreme readings reported in Amarillo show a high near 91 and a low around 70?
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Carbon Black Ruling Given by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission ordered four Panhandle firms to stop processing natural gas for carbon black after an explosion cut off a residue gas supply. Residue gas is now available, and a hearing is set in Austin on July 1 to consider conservation rules for the El Tanque oil field in Starr County.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Panhandle
el Tanque
Starr County
Fisherman reels 14 inch sucker in floodlit Nottingham Terrace
Buffalo on June 22 reports heavy rains flooding city streets and a chauffeur William F. O'Day catching a 14 inch sucker in Nottingham Terrace. Mentions Long-Bell Lbr Co. and FHA LOANS as context.
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Buffalo
N. Y
William F. O'Day
Nottingham Terrace
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr, Co
Polar Flights Seen as Normal Soon By Soviet Fliers
Pilot Valerio Chekaloff and his team said transpolar flights 5300 miles Moscow to Vancouver and beyond would become regular in one to three years with return trips aided by tailwinds. They land after a 63 hour Arctic crossing, then plan Moscow to New York via polar routes. Public reception grew in Vancouver Portland and Oakland as officials greeted the fliers.
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San Francisco
Russia
Moscow
Vancouver
Wash
Valerio Chekaloff
Chekaloff
New York
Georgi Baibakoff
Alexander Beliakoff
Arctic
Siberia
Alexander Troyanovsky
United States
Washington
Portland
Oakland
Jane Withers Fans Plan Hollywood Visit
In a major fan migration, 160 members of the Chicago Jane Withers Club will arrive by train tonight. Jane Withers will host a luncheon and beach party at the Grand Hotel in Santa Monica, where officers will present a silver statuette naming her Hollywood’s most talented young star. They depart Chicago Thursday.
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United Press
Hollywood
U.P
Chicago
Jane Withers
Grand Hotel
Santa Monica
Miss Withers
Constitutional Amendments Ballot Forms Prepared for August 23
Ballot forms for the state constitutional amendments election on August 23 were being prepared. The order on the ballot was set by lot, listing six amendments including Banking, Aid To Needy Children, Return to Fee System, Tax Discounts, Harris County long term road plan, and Aid for Needy Blind.
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Austin
U.P
Harris County
Colin Clive Near Death After Pulmonary Illness
Hollywood reports Colin Clive a British stage and screen actor is gravely ill in a local hospital after contracting a pulmonary illness 11 days ago. Medical officials say recovery chances are slim.
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Hollywood
Colin Clive
Louis outweighs Braddock by Quarter Pound
Braddock weighed in at 197 pounds while Louis tipped the scales at 197 14 pounds as both fighters were officially weighed for the 15 round heavyweight title bout at Comiskey Park tonight.
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Louis
Braddock
Chicago
James J. Braddock
Joe Louis
Comiskey Park
Hereford Boy Secures Film Role
Buddy Cox, a six year old cowboy from Hereford, earned a spot in a Hollywood film after wandering into Columbia Studio. He ropes rides sings and dances and announced to his parents that he would sign a contract to star in a picture with Bob Allen.
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Hollywood
U.P
Buddy Cox
Hereford
Columbia Studio
Victor Cox
Bob Allen
Spectator Accuses Witness in Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial
In Newark a courtroom scene interrupted the Hauptmann trial as taxi driver Philip Moses, a defense witness for the Parkers, identified Paul H. Wendel and shouted that he was the man. Former Gov. George S. Silzer concluded Ellis Parker Jr. and his father’s conspiracy defense amid the Lindbergh case context.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Ellis Parkers
Paul H. Wendel
Philip Moses
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
George S. Silzer
Ellis H. Parker, Jr
Wendell
Trenton
Hauptmann
Flemington
Farley says Republic Steel mail blocks aimed to drag in government
Postmaster General James A. Farley told a District of Columbia federal court that Republic Steel mailings to strike-bound workers were a subterfuge to involve the government in the steel strike. He defended not delivering the mail as constitutional. Police reported mass picket actions by CIO supporters, with hundreds of weapons seized and over 115 arrests.
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Washington
U.P
James A. Farley
District of Columbia
Republic Steel Corp
Farley
Republic Steel
Post Office Department
Allred says he cannot recall Rangers on duty at Fort Worth
James V. Allred told Fort Worth Mayor W J Hammond he had no authority to remove Texas Rangers from duty at the Lone Star Gas plant during a strike. He cited Public Safety Department reports noting rangers were sent to Fort Worth.
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Allred
Austin
James V. Allred
W. J. Hammond
Fort. Worth
Texas Rangers
Lone Star Gas Company
Public Safety Department
Fort Worth
Prissy the Pup Searches for Master Who Is Dead
Prissy the Boston bulldog pup roams townsfolk places seeking her master DeWitt Scott, a 22 year old Fort Worth and Denver brakeman killed in Pampa. The dog visits Nick's Auto Parlor Presbyterian Church and Globe News office while awaiting a reunion that will not happen. His mother Mamie Roberts and wife describe his love of animals and his constant thoughts of his dog. Prissy lies beside his empty bed at 310 East Sixth Avenue as her mother Topsy consoles her.
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Foster Peterson
Prissy
Nick
Presbyterian Church
Boston
Globe News
Prasy
DeWitt Scott
Fort Worth
Denver
Pampa
Mamie Roberts
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