Wife to plead for pardon of arch slacker in New York
Mrs Grover Cleveland Bergdoll arrives in New York aboard the liner Washington to plead for her fugitive husband Arch Slackers pardon. She says he would return only to face civil trial, bringing four blond children and planning to live near his mothers home in Philadelphia.
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Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
America
Washington
United States
Philadelphia
Alfred
Emma
Minna
Irwin
Heilbrun
Germany
Senate panel backs bonus bill扩
A bi-partisan Senate finance committee voted 13 to 4 to report the Harrison commission bill favorably, rejecting all amendments to extend the NRA until April 1 and to alter price fixing and production controls. The measure keeps the recovery law in force with intrastate controls largely removed, and sets up a Senate consideration soon.
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Missouri
Vinson
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Michigan
Black
Alabama
Barkley
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George
Walsh
Bailey
Lonergan
Gerry
Guffey
Gas Wastage Law Draws Praise From Pipeline Chiefs
Independent operators and pipeline officials praised a gas wastage bill signed by Governor Allred. The measure stops waste in the nation’s largest gas reservoir, limits sweet gas use to light and fuel, bars residue gas venting, and lets the railroad commission regulate production to meet demand. J G Dickinson of Texoma Natural Gas Co. and Panhandle Conservation Assoc. supported the changes though views vary on other provisions.
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Associated Press
Allred
Railroad Commission
J. G. Dickinson
Texoma Natural Gas Company
The
Panhandle Conservation Association
Dickinson
Rain Ends Dust Storm Drought in Baca County Area
Rain brings brief relief to the dust battered Southwest as farmers hail the moisture in Baca County and surrounding regions. The downpour, first since January, spurred optimism but experts warn it is not a cure, with winds threatening to resume and the soil soaking up moisture quickly.
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Colo
Drouth
Baca County
Syracuse
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New Mexico
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Oklo
Guymon Dust Celebration Marks Panhandle Annexation
Guymon Oklahoma hosts a dust filled celebration marking the Panhandle’s annexation to Oklahoma forty five years ago as a dust storm sweeps western areas. In Austin Texas Governor Allred receives 250000 dollars for soil erosion relief to be distributed by the Texas Relief Commission across the Panhandle while dust intensifies elsewhere and dust pneumonia deaths rise to nine.
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Oklahoma
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United States
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Altus
Charles
AmarilloRainmaker Thorn ton to wait for favorable weather
Tex Thorn ton, who tried to blast moisture from dust filled skies via explosives, returned to Amarillo to await better weather. He plans to resume efforts near Dalhart when a new low pressure forms, following a light sprinkle after yesterday's attempt.
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Tex Thornton
Amarillo
Dalhart
Thornton
Twenty thousand GM workers await peace conference outcome
Twenty thousand workers in General Motors plants idle after strikes awaited today the government AF of L conference. Edward F. McGrady admitted the situation was serious and would meet Francis J. Dillon to receive proposals for peace with GM management.
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General Motors
American Federation of Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Francis J. Dillon
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Armored Payroll Car Robbed by Four Bandits
Four bandits with machine guns held up an armored payroll car in Boston and escaped with $20,000. The bank machine was occupied by Earl Rogers and Samuel Oldfield of Weymouth en route to Weymouth Trust Company from a Boston bank.
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Chicago
U.P
Dorchester
Earl Rogers
South Weymouth
Samuel Oldfield
Weymouth
Weymouth Trust Company
Boston Bank
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Friday in Amarillo area. West Texas mostly fair with cooler southeast tonight and Friday partly cloudy. New Mexico mostly fair south unsettled north with frost and freezing in northwest tonight and Friday. Temps today range 48 to 57 degrees.
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Amarillo
H. T. Coleman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dalhart
West Texas
New Mexico
Potter County Feud Near Boiling Point at Courthouse
The feud between Potter County constables and deputies flared after Constable Reed and Deputy Wachten dorf clashed outside the courthouse. Wachtendorf says he struck Reed. Reed denies retaliation and cites past tensions over appointing ex-constable Howard Elliott as a deputy. No charges filed by noon. the matter is under advisement and may go to the grand jury when it reconvenes Monday.
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Potter County
G. B. Reed
H. H. Wachtendorf
Wachtendorf
Reed
Howard Elliott
Wachtendorff
Tom Seay
Owen White's Texas road claim clashes with Kenedy County
The article reports Owen White of Collier's Weekly contending a Mexico City to San Antonio highway faces a blockade by Kenedy County. He portrays the county as wholly owned and governed by John G. Kenedy, fenced by barbed wire, with a stance of cattle versus people and no bonds debt or unemployment issues in the county.
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Texas
Mexico City
San Antonio
Owen White
Collier's Weekly
John G. Kenedy
United States
Kenedy County
White
Love's Old Sweet Song starts a heart balm series
A new feature titled Love's Old Sweet Song opens a heart balm series. The column promises soothing verse and gentle reminiscence to readers seeking comforting pastimes.
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Heart Balm
Amarillo
Canada wants information on U. S. base near border
West Point for crime taxes 120 per cent. Arthur Brisbane notes Canada seeks details from the State Department about a planned camouflage U S military airbase near the Canadian border. He argues no forts separate the nations and envisions peaceful unity someday.
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Canada
Sebring
Fla
U. S
State Department
Chamber Denounces Most Phases of 1935 New Deal
The U S Chamber of Commerce denounces virtually all aspects of the 1935 New Deal program at its twenty third annual meeting in Washington. It urges expiration of the NRA law with a temporary substitute, self regulation for business, and opposes the utilities bill banning holding companies and public utility regulation by the federal government.
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Washington
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United States
White House
Roosevelt
Chamber
Congress
Spaniards Held as Suspects in Morro Castle Plot
Six Spaniards from Catalonia were detained in Havana on May 2 as possible accomplices in a plan to burn the Morro Castle liner. Police found a document urging action to precipitate a disaster similar to the Morro Castle. The Magallanes steamship, 9,689 tons, of Barcelona's Transatlantic Co. is due soon.
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U.P
Morro Castle
New Jersey
Catalonia
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Transatlantic Company
Barcelona
Quest for Treasure Adventurers Detained in Formosa Jail
A former US naval lieutenant William Shinn Gates aged 28 from Lancaster PA and two companions H G Wrede a German and Gene Roubin a Russian are held in a Formosan jail in Taito on espionage suspicions. Gates a 1929 US Naval Academy graduate and former lieutenant sailed from Shanghai on April 2 aboard the Flying Dutchman a 30 foot ketch.
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Formosa
South Seas
United States Naval
Formosan
Taito
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Lancaster
H. G. Wrede
Gene Roubin
Gates
Parti
Details of Operation Enid Oklahoma Murder Case
Enid Oklahoma May 2 state and county investigators studied letters found in the Garber office of Dr Guy E Brewer as they seek to learn more about his life. Brewer charged with murder by illegal operation in the death of Mrs Victor Jones. Records show letters from patients across Oklahoma and medical instruments were moved to Enid for examination. Brewer, 55, had no attorney as arraignment was considered and lawyers conferred with him.
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Okla
U.P
Garber
Guy E. Brewer
Roy Holbird
Huston
E. W. Marland
Holbird
Brewer
Victor Jones
Lubbock Straw Hat Day Aims To Beat Dust Storm
In Lubbock on Friday merchants promote official straw hat day with free chin straps and track shoes. The event follows one of the year's severest dust storms and prompts jokes about shaming Mother Nature while hoping for a pleasant spring day.
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Lubbock
Kadie
Texas Legislature Battles Dry Proposals and Emergency Measures
May 2 report from Austin notes prohibitionists criticize the twin constitutional submissions on Aug 24 1935 and Nov 3 1936. Gov Allred seeks four measures including relief for emergencies pensions a gas pipeline bill and road bond payments. pari mutual betting repeal sidetracked as House resumes adjournment push.
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House
Senate
Ued
Texas Panhandle
Detroit
St. Lois
Sen
Coke R. Stevenson
Stevenson
Panhandle Editors to Star in Gridiron-Theme Dinner Play
Visiting editors of the Panhandle Press Association perform a nine skit gridiron satire at Crystal Ballroom tomorrow night at 8. Wes Izzard leads a secret-rehearsed cast as reporters reveal inside dope and public figures appear in a charity banquet with steak dinner and souvenir program. Admission is $1.50.
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Crystal Ballroom
the Panhandle
Roscoe Turner Show Canceled
The Roscoe Turner lecture in Amarillo is canceled after the famous flyer, then in Dallas, cannot make the trip. Wilbur C. Hawk, president of the Tri State Fair Association, announced the cancellation this afternoon.
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Roscoe Turner
Dallas
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
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