Refuse To Remove Warships From Swatow Zone
Great Britain and the United States defied a Japanese ultimatum to evacuate Swatow harbor. US destroyer Pillsbury and British destroyer Thanet refused to leave, later joined by John D. Pope and H-51. The crisis spread along the China coast as Japan pressed for control and foreign powers resisted evacuations.
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Tientsin
China
U.S
Great Britain
United States
Swatow
Pillsbury
Thanet
Swatow Harbor
U. S
John D. Pope
China Coast
Shanghai
Britain
Japan
Singapore
Mary Anderson
Hai River
Yarnell
Alva J. Spriggs
Defiance
William D. Leahy
Chingwantao
Clarence EK
Gauss
Earl Long Joins Line as Louisiana Kingfish
Baton Rouge reports a sudden shift in Louisiana politics as Governor Leche resigns soon and Lieutenant Governor Earl K. Long, Huey P. Long’s brother, ascends to the governorship. The move follows health issues and a federal WPA probe, altering the 1930s state power balance and triggering jockeying among Huey loyalists.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Leche
Senator Long
New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Richard W. Leche
Huey Long
Long
Show Promises Two Sessions At Tri-State Fair Sports Exposition
At the Tri-State Fair Grounds the Southwest Sportsman Show opens next Monday with two daily sessions through the week. Visitors can view auto building exhibits, five outdoor champions shows, motion pictures, lakeside events, and a live outdoor display with fish, birds and boats.
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Mason King
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Mr. King
Allerhooil Uftl
Lake Mason
Ken Wilhelm
David Dudlah
Ted Allen
L. L. Cline
Jack Lamb
House Restores 37,000 for Army Airplane Funds
The House voted 217 to 150 to restore 37,000 in funds for 1,283 airplanes to a 292,000,000 war department supplemental appropriation. The action reversed yesterday's decision.
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Washington
War Department
Dallas Socialite Wed Col. Homer Garrison Jr in Austin
Miss Mary Well Kilgo daughter of R S Kilgo of Dallas married Col Homer Garrison Jr director of the State Public Safety Department in a First Methodist Church ceremony in Austin last night.
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Austin
Mary Well Kilgo
R. S. Kilgo
Dallas
Col
Homer Garrison, Jr
State Public Safety Department
First Methodist Church
Slip of Wrench Injures Milwaukee Janitor
Janitor Buford Wright tightens a plumber's wrench on a leaking pipe when it slips and strikes his chest. The blow knocks him through an open door and down stairs. He is treated for a brain concussion and bruises.
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Milwaukee
Buford Wright
Longest Day Weather and Rain Totals Across Amarillo District
Frogs kept Amarillo residents asleep as rain and heat records dominate the longest day of the year. Collman predicts more scattered thundershowers with partly cloudy skies tonight and warmer weather tomorrow. The day spans 14 hours 30 minutes with a high near 85 and a low around 65. Local rainfall totals from last night include Pampa 1.12 inches and Adrian 0.48 inches, among others.
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Amarillo
Police Fail In Search for Chinese Bride
New York police say they cannot locate a Chinese wife for Ken P Hess of Oklahoma City. Hess asked Police Commissioner Lewis J Valentine for a sturdy affectionate bride. Authorities report Chinese organizations in the city have no means to find a maid. Chinese women are scarce and mostly wed to Chinese men.
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New York
U.P
Ken P. Hess
Oklahoma City
Hess
Lewis J. Valentine
Colonel Thompson Praises Rate Cut Authority backed by appeals court
Col. Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission praised a court ruling upholding a Travis County district court decision that the commission may issue emergency reductions in freight rates on live stock feed to drought areas.
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Austin
U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Court of Civil Appeals
Travis County
Policeman Fights Heat for Proper Conduct in Garbage Run
In Valdes North Carolina on June 22 Policeman J P Stilwell found a garbage collector on rounds wearing only a straw hat. The worker faced charges of indecent exposure and driving while intoxicated. Insurance mentioned Neely Greenhill Agency.
Treasury ready to meet emergency if monetary bill fails
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury will handle any emergency if Congress blocks the administration monetary bill. Roosevelt may devalue the dollar and keep the $2 billion stabilization fund only if Congress renews the bill by June 30. Western senators want higher silver payments and have filibustered.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Congress
Administration
Senate
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Earthquakes on Seismograph Traced to Spider Activity
Lincoln Nebraska June 22 A Nebraska Wesleyan physicist Dr J C Jensen noted ten days of wild seismograph fluctuations. The spurts were caused not by earthquakes but by a spider moving in its web triggering the needle with each tremor called an earthquake.
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Lincoln, Neb
J. C. Jensen
Nebraska Wesleyan
Mystery Car from Clinton Is Claimed by Oklahoma Owner
Police found a car suspected of being involved with hitchhikers in Amarillo. The true owner, from Clinton, Oklahoma, explained he lent the vehicle to two women staying at Shamrock who planned to deliver it to a fictional contact named Joe Goes in Amarillo. The three hitchhikers, two women from Henryetta and a man described as from anywhere, offered no further involvement.
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Clinton
Okla
Henryetta
Twelfth Avenue
Johnson and
Grant Streets
Joe Goes
Amarillo
Henroyetta
Shamrock
Police Seek Kissing Bag Snatcher in Somerville
In Somerville on June 22 a purse theft occurred when a thief leapt from a car, greeted Mrs. Eugene O'Brien with a kiss on the cheek, then grabbed her handbag containing a small amount of money. Police conducted a search for the suspect.
Walt Mason Dies at 75 Philosopher Poet of Frontier Era
Walt Mason, famed philosopher and poet, died at his La Jolla home at 75 after a long illness. He had been bedbound since April 30 and slipped into a coma before passing away. Born May 4, 1862 in Columbus, Mason sold verses to over 200 newspapers, shaping a life rooted in frontier America.
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Atchison, Kan
Globe
United States
Canada
Walt Mason
Frontier
Columbus
Walt
New York State
New York
Ohio
Illinois
St. Louis
MASON
Early Movement of New Crop Wheat Jams Terminal
Kansas City reports a peak in new crop wheat as 704 cars carrying 1 026 400 bushels flood terminal facilities. The surge, unexpected by agents despite heavy rain, dulls prices slightly while Enid and Wichita show declines. much grain goes into storage under the farm loan program.
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Kansas City
U.P
Commission
Board of A Trade
Enid
Okla
Wichita
Kans
Two Injured In Separate City Traffic Crashes Here
George M. Bernard of 2614 Hughes Street was hurt at 7 50 am in a three way crash at Sixth Avenue and Adams Street. Three hours later four year old Scottie Scott, a Negro, was critically injured when struck by a truck at 510 West Third Avenue. Both were taken to Northwest Texas hospital. Bernard had a deep cut above the left eye and neck. the boy suffered a broken left leg and a swollen right eye.
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George M. Bernard
Hughes Street
Sixth Avenue
Adams Street
Little
Scottie Scott
West Third Avenue
Northwest Texas
Bernard
Buck” Scott
Harlem Grill
Adams
Clem Speer
Seventh Avenue
San Jacinto
George Brownell
Fairmont Street
Scott Boy
Sanford Potter
Washington Street
Roosevelt outlines $3.86 billion plan to boost business
President Roosevelt proposed Congress a multi year program of self liquidating projects and housing loans totaling 3.86 billion dollars. He said at least 70 million would be disbursed in federal loans in the year starting July 1 with six project types over two to seven years and no net cost to taxpayers from self liquidating ventures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate Unemployment Committee
Senate
House
United States Housing Authority
PHA
Senator Mead
New York
Morgenthau
Hopkins
Mead
R. F.C
Treasury
Federal Works Agency
Bureau of Public Roads
Neutrality revision bill moves to House floor next week
The House rules committee agreed to send the neutrality revision bill to the House floor for action next week. The report cites Art objects for the home and for gifts from Russell Sta Co.
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Washington
UPI
House Rules Committee
House
Russell Sta, Co
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Amarillo and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with warmer conditions. West Texas: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with local thunder showers east-central portion. Panhandle warms. New Mexico: Generally fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. highs around 77 and lows near 62.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Flood Waters Head for Gulf
Floodwaters from the Colorado and Red Rivers moved toward the Gulf of Mexico with little expected further damage unless rains return. The Red River crest passed Burkburnett without bridges harmed. Vernon saw the Peasey River fall as normal traffic returned on highways. Colorado City's Robert Lee area endured heavy damage Tuesday. Electra, Colorado City, and surrounding regions recovered with trains and buses back to normal and relief aid provided to affected residents.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Red Rivers
Gulf of Mexico
Red River
Burkburnett
Oklahoma
Vernon
Texas
Robert Lee
Colorado City
Dallas
Electra
FDR Third Term Odds Seen Slim by Gallup
Dr George Gallup told the International Circulation Managers Association that President Roosevelt would probably have trouble winning a third term if the election were held today. He added that the nation is drifting toward prohibition again and that the Democratic party may need a compromise candidate if Roosevelt does not run.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George Gallup
Institute of Public Opinion
Roosevelt
International Circulation Managers’ Association
Democratic Party
Atlantic Clipper Returns From Transatlantic Flight
The Pan American Airways flying boat Atlantic Clipper left Marignane airport at 5 05 A M for New York with 12 passengers on the return leg of a transatlantic press view flight, marking the return journey from Marseille.
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Marseilles
France
Pan American Airways
Marignane
New York
Coal Lump Brings Wyoming Resource to Capitol Steps
A 3400 pound lump of coal from a Kemmerer Wyoming mine was placed on the state capitol sidewalk in Cheyenne to remind visitors of the state’s key resource. Kemmerer Lions Club members delivered the display.
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BIG Price Coal
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kemmerer, Wyo
Wyoming Capitol
Wyoming
Kemmerer Lions Club
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Richard W. Lewhe
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana State University
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WPA
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Crutcher
Paul Hansen
GOV. Leche
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McAllen
Albert Derden
Marlin
Leonard
Derden
Thornton
King
Big
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Collman
Rain
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Claude
Clarendon
Childress
Dimmitt
Dumas
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Miami
Pampa
Colonel Thompson
Neely-Greenhill Agey
U. S. Treasury
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Gulf
Gallup
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