Garner Wins California Delegates in Three Cornered Democratic Fight
Raymond Clapper reports Roosevelt faced a setback as John N Garner won California's 44 delegates in a three cornered race with Roosevelt second and Smith third. The result tightens anti-Roosevelt prospects at the Chicago convention and shifts the Democratic delegate balance, with Roosevelt holding 341 and Garner 90 pledged or certain delegates plus Smith's 54.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Massachusetts
John N. Garner
California
Smith
Chicago
Garner
House
Texas
West
White
Ohio
Lewis
Illinois
Fort Sene
Reed
Missouri
Byrd
Virginia
Murray
Oklahoma
Ritchie
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Scarface Capone Heads to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
The notorious gang leader known as Scarface Al Capone is pictured entering a Chicago depot to board a train bound for the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. He is to serve an eleven year term for income tax violations.
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Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
Atlanta
Joliet extortion plot tied to Lindbergh case name
Joliet police chief says a scheme aiming to extort Max Miller mirrors the Lindbergh baby case. Investigators, including Detroit’s Secret Six, trace two men who seized Gustav Miller from his fiancée’s home last week. A Detroit News notice and a threatening telegram followed, signed with the triangle Delta.
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Gustav Miller
Miller
Detroit
Max Miller
Detroit News
Gustav
Panhandle Press Association Holds Silver Jubilee Conclave
The Panhandle Press Association begins its Silver Anniversary Jubilee at the Her ring Hotel with delegate registration at 3 pm and a banquet planned for 7 30 pm at Amarillo Hotel. Khiva Shrine hosts a dance at the Masonic Temple honoring Frank R Jamison.
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Panhandle Press Association
Herring Hotel
Amarillo Hotel
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Masonic Temple
Khiva Shrine
Frank R. Jamison
Capital fete plans moving forward for Washington event
Bascom N. Timmons leads preparations for the Washington barbecue fundraiser as donations accumulate. The Amarillo Panhandle event will supply beef and sauces for John Snider's barbecue, with items like coffee, buns, beans, mustard, and rails by rail from Amarillo.
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Washington
Harold English
Bascom N. Timmons
The
News and Globe
Washington Press Club
Amarillo-Panhandle
Timmons
John Snider
Amarillo
Southwest
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms in the southeast, cooler tonight in the north and east. New Mexico remains fair with little temperature change, frost possible in extreme north. Temperatures reach 57 to 76 degrees today.
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Amarillo
Texas
Mexico
Scarface Capone Begins 11 Year Sentence at Atlanta Penitentiary
Capone arrives as Convict No. 40886 during intake with 3100 inmates. He endures early wake at 4 45 AM and lights out at 9 PM. Daily meals cost about 22 cents per prisoner while work ranges from laundry to tailor shop and potential clerical or library roles after probation.
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Atlanta
Scarface
al” Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Chicago
Capone
Capone Transferred to Federal Prison
The article notes Al Capone, handcuffed with 17 convicts, leaving Chicago jail for a federal prison to serve a ten year term under heavy escort. It discusses Prohibition’s role in bootlegging and Capone’s eventual fall, with reflections on the era and its leaders.
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al Capone
Chicago
Capone
Golf Tournament Signals Signups at Hillcrest
Members planning to play in the annual golf tournament at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club should sign up this afternoon when registering. Average scores must be provided to aid flight arrangements. Seven prizes led by the Gene Howe trophy will be awarded. The event opens at 3 p.m. Non golf members will visit the U S Helium plant tomorrow afternoon.
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Hillcrest Golf and Country Club
Gene Howe
U. S
Panhandle Press Convention Banquet and Program Details
The second Potentate and a founder of the Panhandle press group outline the event after a banquet. The first business session is at 9 30 Friday in Room 201 Herring Hotel. Entertainment includes golf trips tours theater parties and banquets. Judge W R Ely highway commission head gives Road Building in the Panhandle. Sam P Harden Texas Press Association secretary also speaks. Miss Mary Helen Hardin will sing. Toastmaster T A Landers presides. Welcome by Col Ernest O Thompson Amarillo mayor. Van W Stewart and T A Landers deliver addresses.
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Panhandle Press Group
Herring Hotel
W. R. Ely
State Highway Commission
Panhandle
Sam P. Harden
The
Texas Press Association
Mary Helen Hardin
Childress
T. A. Landers
Panhandle Press Association
H. A. Shaw
First Christian Church
E. Cecil Seaman
North Texas Protestant Episcopal Church
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
van W. Stewart
Ochiltree County Herald
McLean News
Sam P. Harben
Harben-Spotts Co., Inc
Dallas
W. L. Day
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Mary Helen
Revenue Committee Back Budgeting Fails Push for New Taxes
In Washington on May 5 the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Smoot said the revised revenue bill was $100 million short of balancing the budget. He urged returning the panel to seek new taxes, noting higher income tax increases as a potential fix after treasury input. Under Secretary Ballantine signaled more revenue may be needed, while acknowledging the bill raised about a billion dollars. Also noted were pending actions on soldiers bonuses and aircraft legislation, with Muscles Shoals naval construction taking spotlight.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Hoover
Mississippi
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Ballantine
The
Senate Committee
House
Senate Commerce Committee
McNary
Oil theft inquiry tightens Texas rail body probes
Texas railroad commission hearings reviewed charges of extensive oil thefts in the Fast Texas fields. Chairman C V Terrell pledged actions as facts warranted after questioning over 40 commission workers. A court of inquiry was set, with two commission staffers among the arrestees.
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Tyler
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
C. V. Terrell
Commission
Terrell
Lon Smith
Postpone Insull Auction in New York May 5
The auction of common stocks of three public utility companies in New York was postponed after a federal court in Chicago issued an injunction. The minimum stated value exceeded 10 million dollars.
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New York
Chicago
It Takes Two Cities To Do It Lion Missed By Queen
A dramatic tale from Amarillo and Oklahoma City centers on Boss the lion and his mate Queen. Officials and Humane Society intervene to arrange Boss's return after four years away, hoping to reunite the pair at the zoo. The saga highlights civic involvement and domestic drama in a circus of feline romance.
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John L. Hampton
Boss
Amarillo
Old Queen
Oklahoma City
Fairgrounds Zoo
Queen
Arrests in Bogus Du Pont Stock Ring
New York May 5 Arrests in a plot to sell two million dollars in fake E I Du Pont stock were announced today Two men were turned over to police by Assistant District Attorney Charles Garrison in a three month probe The counterfeit stock had not been issued and was seized along with two printing presses inks plates and other printing gear at a loft on West Forty third Street
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New York
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
Charles Garrison
West Forty-third Street
Train Kills Four Members of Family in St Louis Crash
A Rock Island freight train struck a family car in St Louis killing four Leiweke family members aged 50, 7, 9, and 8. Father Joseph Leiweke Sr. was critically injured and survived.
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Train
ST. Louis
Rock Island
E. Leo Leiweke
Dolores Leiweke
Joseph Leiweke, Jr
Loretta Leiweke
Joseph Leiweke, Sr
Armistice Signed with Shanghai Hostilities Ended
Japanese authorities order troop withdrawal from Shanghai positions as armistice ends hostilities dating to January. The pact, reached after weeks of negotiations, was signed by Japan in a hospital, with the Chinese envoy at home and neutral powers at the British embassy.
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Shanghai
China
International Settlement
Japan
Austin Boy Wins First in Declamation Contest
Tom Davis of Austin won first place in the interscholastic league declamation contest here today. Van Grover of St. Gerard's School, San Antonio, took second place and Lillian Schroeder of Brownwood was awarded third place.
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Austin
Tom Davis
van Grover
St. Gerard’s School
San Antonio
Lillian Schroeder
Brownwood
Bengal Tornado Kills 30 and Destroys Villages
Thirty people are dead and many more missing after a tornado struck several villages in East Bengal near Calcutta on May 5. Rescue and relief efforts continue as authorities assess the damage and fatalities.
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Bengal
Calcutta
Texas Students Gather for 22nd Interscholastic League Meet
Austin hosts 4-High students from across Texas as more than 1,500 advance to the state Interscholastic League events. First rounds in boys tennis singles and doubles take place this afternoon, with debates and one act play finals scheduled for tonight.
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Austin
Texas
Rum Runner Wounded as Coast Guard Fire Flares
Coast guard gunfire perforated the rum boat Scipio of Bridgeport in more than 600 places today. A mysterious rum runner known as Charlie was probably fatally wounded when a machine gun bullet pierced his skull. The Scipio carried 400 cases of liquor and a four man crew and surrendered off Fisher's Island.
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New London
Conn
U.P
Coast Guard
Bridgeport
Charlie
Fisher's Island
Thousands of Monkeys Invade Delhi in City Plague
Thousands of monkeys swarm Delhi causing disruption across the city. A special monkey officer and aides capture many primates and eject them from the city, but the monkeys return immediately.
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Delhi
India
U.P
Time Clocks in Capitol Urged by Ex-Representative Stone
Ulysses Stevens Stone, once denounced as the most unpopular man in Washington for exposing graft, urges time clocks in Capitol offices to reveal which congressmen officials employ and their relatives. Stone, a former Oklahoma representative, introduced the first nepotism bill, but it never received a hearing. He campaigns for the GOP Senate nomination against incumbent Elmer Thomas.
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George B. Roscoe
United Press
Oklahoma City
W.P
Ulysses Stevens Btone
Washington
Capitol
Stone
Fifth
Oklahoma
Congress
Civil Service
Senate
Elmer Thomas
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