Plague ravages farms across nineteen states
A United Press survey reports drought and grasshopper plagues costing farmers at least 100 million dollars across 18 states with damage from Oklahoma to the Rockies. Rain offers little relief in many areas while farmers seek federal aid and resort to poison to combat the insect invasion.
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United Press
Chicago
U.P
Ohio
Missouri
Canadian
United Preas Survey
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Arkansas
Mississippi
Rockies
Dakotas
Indiana
Towa
Iowa
Demos Finish Rally Series Tuesday Night Amarillo
Young Democratic Club plans summer activities in Amarillo to be finalized at tomorrow night’s meeting at the Herring Hotel. Grady Hagiewood and Byron Singleton lead the program with talks and student entertainment from Dana Harmon dancing studio. Membership open to all interested in politics. offices require ages 21 to 40. Also notes a public meeting attendee policy and a 4 PM start. Dance at Roseland Ballroom postponed due to a death in the family. regular dances to resume later in the week with the maestro and his orchestra.
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Young Democratic Club
Amarillo
Herring Hote
Grady Hagiewood
Byron Singleton
Dana Harmon
Roseland Ballroom
Phil Phillips
J. Walker Hunter
Reward for recovered purse contents offered by Globe News
A message to readers promises a reward for the return of a stolen purse and its leather case with keys and eyewear. The note also states no questions will be asked if the items are brought to The Globe News office, while outlining possible further action.
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Globe News
Veteran Takes Wireless Cruise in Odd Wedding Tale
Old Forge New York June 29 veteran Chanies Jeannette a Civil War veteran 69 took a motor boat cruise on the Putton Chain of Lakes with flower girls and relatives but without a wife His 63 year old bride to be left for New York City on the eve of their wedding Jeannette plans to proceed with the honeymoon and wedding canceled factually noted by local press
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Old Forge
Jeannette
New York City
Fila Blanche Menning
Albany
6Yracuse
New York
Margaret
Marion Ray
Joseph F. Grady
Centeral
Adirondack Association
Putton Chain of Lakes
Fulton Navigation Company
Manning
Doctors Give Up Hope and Baby Dies
In Beaumont on June 29 11 month old Sandra Ann Jacobs daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Jacobs of Port Arthur died of leukemia after doctors deemed no possible saving treatment. Physicians had told the family last week nothing could save Sandra Ann. The child was ill and refusing food but showed a quiet smile in her mother's arms as she passed away.
Judge Hearing Arguments On Truck Weight
A temporary injunction to stop Texas Highway Patrol from enforcing the 7900 pound truck weight limit is heard in 108th Civil District Court. Judge W F Gee presides as Curtis F E Hill from Austin defends the state patrol. DeShong Motor Freight Lines vs M L Berry et al. seeks to bar weigh stations. Berry leads the Panhandle patrol.
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State Highway Patrol
DeShong Motor Freight Lines
108Th Civil District Court
W. FE. Gee
Curtis FE. Hill
Austin
M. L. Berry
Berry
Panhandle
DeShong Lines
Locke enters another plea before court
Curtis Locke, who earlier pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, pleaded guilty in county court to driving an automobile without the owner's consent. County Judge J N Riggs fined him 25 dollars and costs, totaling nearly 50 dollars, and held him in county jail for 30 days in addition to a 50 dollar driving fine.
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Curtis’ Locke
J. N. Riggs
Locke
Voters Warned of Changes in Election Laws
County officials warn voters of Texas election law changes and require movers to register changes at the Tax Collector's office to be eligible. A corrected voter list will be provided on election eve. unrecorded changes will not be legal.
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Texas
Selassie to Address League Parley in Geneva
Emperor Haile Selassie announced he would appear in person at the League of Nations assembly in Geneva to plead Ethiopia’s case. Italy countered by proposing a new Ethiopian body to oversee East Africa war matters.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Bucket Backfires Wound Cook in Knox County Incident
Knox County Tennessee report describes cook Whitlam Long shot in the arm by a large caliber bullet after bucket of coal spilled fuel into a stove. A 44 caliber slug was removed at a hospital. officers could not explain how the cartridge mixed with coal.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Whitlam Long
Knox County
Long
Cleveland Girl Reputed Smallest in World Injured in Fall
In Cleveland on June 29 17 year old Ines Del Rio billed as the smallest girl in the world fell four feet from a theater stage at Cheat Lakes Expanition while dancing with her 19 inch brother. She suffered a possible skull fracture and was listed in fair condition at Charity Hospital.
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Cleveland
Ines del Rio
Cheat Lakes
Charity Hospital
Reds Start Big Campaign In New York
The Communist party led by Earl Browder formally opened its national campaign in New York on June 29 aiming to reach 10 million voters and flood the nation with Red literature. Browder, nominated by acclamation, spoke at Madison Square Garden amid 20 000 cheering members, denouncing the major parties and calling the New Deal a retreat of reaction. Browder and James W. Ford outlined an eight point platform including a 20 hour week, WPA and PWA extensions, housing aims, and nationalization of banking. Browder to begin tours in Cleveland and Akron on July 4 with Ford to speak in Chicago the same day.
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Communist Party
Earl W. Browder
Browder
James W. Ford
Harlem
Madiamn Square Garden
Kansan
Republican Party
Landon
Kansas
Ford
America
WPA
PWA
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Akron
Chicago
Judge Dismisses Veniremen as Canyon Summer Session Looms
Judge B C Nelson Jr dismissed veniremen summoned for jury service this week. District Attorney Grady Harslewood said two guilty pleas may be entered, but no cases were set for trial. The district court will convene in Canyon for the summer session next Monday.
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B. C. Nelson, Jr
Veniremen
Grady Harslewood
Canyon
Funeral services set for Dr Mark Francis at Texas A&M
Rites arranged in College Station for Dr Mark Francis 73 dean of the veterinary medicine college at Texas A and M College. He died unexpectedly from heart disease yesterday after a long career beginning in 1888 and serving as dean since 1916. He was internationally known for cattle fever research using subcutaneous injections.
Old kiln unearthed near Yorktown in Chesapeake Bay area
Archaeologists near Yorktown Virginia uncover a lime kiln dating back years at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Inside they find oyster shells. The site lies near the area of the first permanent English settlement in the country.
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Washington
Yorktown
Chesapeake Bay
Mexican ex-president Calles in hospital for health check
Former Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles is reported ready for discharge from an unnamed Los Angeles hospital where he has undergone a general health checkup.
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Los Angeles
Upgen
Pluarco Flias Callies
Mexico
Woman Loses Left Forearm In Plane Propeller Accident
Mrs. Allen Murphy wife of stunt pilot Lieut Allen Murphy was severely injured when she walked into a whirling airplane propeller after alighting from a monoplane at Renfro Airport Hereford The accident occurred about 730 PM she lost her left hand and forearm two fingers on her right hand were crushed and her head was cut Her husband was flying another ship at the time Murphy planned a Fourth of July crash stunt in Amarillo and said the injury would not stop the show
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Hereford
Allen Murphy
Renfro
Murphy
Amarillo
Filer
Garner Heads Travel Party to Open Pan American Highway
Vice President John N. Garner leads an official party to Nuevo Laredo Mexico for the opening ceremonies of the 770 mile Pan American highway linking the U S border with Mexico City. The delegation includes Senators McAdoo Chavez Hatch and Representatives Cartwright Thomason Burnham and Dempsey with Ambassador Daniels and Edward Reed. Mrs Garner joins to visit Mexico City.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Garner
Monterrey
Josephus Daniels
Ambassador Daniels
William G. McAdoo
California
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Wilbur Cartwright
Oklahoma
R. Ewing Thomason
Texas
George Burnham
Edward L. Reed
Division of
State Department
Carl Hatch
John Dempsey
Daniels
Texan patent grants new rose variety Nellie B Hillock
The U S patent office granted Verne S Hillock of Arlington Texas another patent for a new rose bush. The Inventor named the variety Nellie B Hillock and noted the flower opens red then deepens to pink.
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Washington
United States Patent Office
Verne S. Hillock
Arlington
Texas
Nellie B. Hillock
Patent Office
Hilcock
Direct Service Between Dallas and East Texas Oil Field
Oil Belt Air Line launched direct passenger flights linking Dallas with Henderson and via Longview Kilgore. The maiden eastbound trip left Henderson at 8:00 a.m. and arrived in Dallas at 9:30 a.m. It then returned to Henderson at 10:30 a.m. with intermediate stops.
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Dallas
East Texas Air Line
East Texas
Oil Belt Air Line
Henderson
Longview
Kilgore
Washington laughs at janitor sign in hot day scene
Washington laughs at a fashionable apartment house janitor who placed a crudely lettered sign reading Dogs keep off on grass. In Austin, Gov Allred issues a Railroad Week proclamation calling Texans to observe July 13 18. He expects to reach his office this afternoon returning from Philadelphia.
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Washington
Austin
James V. Allred
Philadelphia
Quintuplets Dance To Music Of Band
The Dionne sisters in Callander Ontario enjoyed a 40 piece Salvation Army band outside their hospital. Nurses watched as the quintuplets pressed to the fence and danced to a softly played march, prompting an encore after the babies showed fascination with the music.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne Sisters
Salvation Army
Silent film star Corinne Griffith wed George P Marshall
The Rev Daniel Piper officiated a small ceremony at Armonk Methodist Church with three witnesses. George Preston Marshall, Washington DC laundry owner and former Washington Times editor, married silent screen star Corinne Griffith who had divorced Walter Morosco two years earlier. Griffith, 36, born in Texarkana, rose in silent films and insured her voice for 1 million with the coming talking pictures.
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N. Y
Daniel Piper
George Preston Marshall
Washington, D. C
Corinne Griffith
Armonk Methodist Church
Piper
Marshall
Philadelphia
Miss Griffith
Walter M. Morosco
Hollywood
The
Washington Times
Texarkana
Ark
New Orleans
Allred Returns Ready to Begin Campaign Trips
Gov. Jim Allred resumed public duties after the Democratic National Convention and prepared to start his re election campaign. He will speak in Waxahachie to formally open the campaign, then travel to Laredo for Pan American Highway ceremonies before visiting Corpus Christi Tyler Brady Stamford for events.
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U.P
Jimmy Allred
Texas
Austin
Philadelphia
Waxahachie
Laredo
Laredo-Mexico City
Corpus Christi
Tyler Priday
Brady
Stamford
Sanderford Predicts Taylor Runoff Lead in Texas Primary
State Senator Roy Sanderford predicted he would lead in the first primary as he planned a ten speech tour from Tyler to Ranger. He argued every region expects him to reach a run off with either rival and that many sections say he will top the vote in the first primary.
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Taylor
Roy Sanderford
Tyler
Texas
Ranger
Hunter Featured Poet and Inventor of Centennial Toy
Hunter, a poet and writer of papers and magazines, was recognized in an anthology of Panhandle poetry. His recent poem Pioneer Days of Cattle and King Counties was distributed in May at the Pioneer Jubilee. He also devised a Centennial toy depicting the Battle of San Jacinto, now on the market. Bearers at the funeral include Ray Cornelious, Miller Beard, Virgil Ogelsby, Buster McGaugh, Jack Graves and W. H. Works.
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Panhandie
Cattle
King Counties
Hunter
San Jacinto
Ray Cornelious
Miller Beard
Virgil Ogelsby
Buster McGaugh
Jack Graves
W. H. Works
Television tests begin in New York at Empire State Building
A 10 kilowatt, 7,000,000 radio station atop the 102 story Empire State Building begins the first regular television broadcast in America. RCA oversees the test with over 100 observers within 35 miles reporting reception as engineers work out kinks and assess future mass use.
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New York
Empire State Building
America
Radio Corporation of America
Snakes Enter Court as State Exhibits in Murder Trial
June 28 in Los Angeles two rattlesnakes identified as Lethal and Lightning were admitted as state exhibits in the murder trial of Robert S. James. Witness J. C. Houtenbrink testified he sold the snakes to Charles Hope, an admitted accomplice, and Hope said James tried to place a snake on his bound wife whose mouth and eyes were taped.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
J. C
Snake) Houtenbrink
Charles Hope
James
Hope
Canton Reports Stir Over Chinese Government Movement Arrests
Reports from Canton say northern troops revolted but were questioned here. Informed sources note many reports aiming to discredit the Nanking administration. Prisoners included Dr. Chai 3 Pao Heng of Sun Yat Sen Univ English depart ment and former Prof Hoy Ew Ting now a motion picture agency employee.
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Chai 3 Pao-Heng
Sun Yat Sen University
Hoy Ew-Ting
Motion Picture
Employe
Canton
Zioncheck Contested Quarters Stay Under Guard
The congressman remains inside suite 1609 at the House Office Building with Capitol police guarding his door as reporters stake out the scene. District of Columbia and Maryland authorities concede jurisdiction questions while Ammerman cites no immediate plan for Zioncheck’s return or treatment.
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House
Zioncheck
Capitol
Washington
Sheppart
Capital Police
Baldwin Armament Row Spurs Commons Clash
The Prime Minister faced accusations of lying to the Commons over German rearmament progress after disclosures by the Earl of Londonderry and Lord Londonderry. Critics charged he hid the true state of military buildup amidst tensions with Baldwin.
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Baldwin
the Earl of Londonderry
Lord Londonderry
Commons
H. W. Robertson & Company Accountants and Auditors
H. W. Robertson & Company advertises services as accountants auditors tax counselors offering financial consulting and tax planning for individuals and businesses. The firm emphasizes professional accounting support and audits.
Strike disrupts Nice tourism and shipyard work
Officials say about 1200 tourists in Nice lacked accommodations as strikes closed hotels along the Littoral from Mention to Cannes. A transport workers strike hit Nice, while 10000 idle shipyard workers at St Nazaire halted construction of naval ships from battleships to submarines, with limited government gains in negotiations.
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Metz
Moselle
Paris
General Confederation of Workers
Senate
Nice
Littoral
Cannes
St. Nazaire
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