Navy Seaplane Armada Vanishes From Honolulu Sailor Eyes
Honolulu awaits word on 45 seaplanes that launched from Pearl Harbor bound for Midway Island in fleet war games. Observers fear the group may have landed near French Frigate Shoals 600 miles northwest, while secrecy cloaks their exact whereabouts.
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Richard C. Wilson
United Press
Honolulu
T. H
U.P
North Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
United States
Midway
Dutch Harbor
San Diego- Midway
America
French Frigate Shoals
Sandy Atoll
Pacific
Frigate Shoals
Raae
Eaecees Amc
Bears Harbor
Keewa
Roosevelt expected to veto Patman inflation bill
Thousands of telegrams poured into the White House urging President Roosevelt to sign the Patman bonus bill but officials expect a swift veto once delivered. Supporters led calls from Veterans groups and Father Coughlin backers, while Huey Long mocked the president’s stance. The Senate will be the key battleground if a veto occurs. Col Alvin M. Owsley was confirmed as minister to the Irish Free State, transferring from Roumania.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
James van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Coughlin
Charles FE
Patman
Capitol
Senate
St. Louis
American Legion
Knight of the Normahal
House
U.P
Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
Irish Free State
Owsley
Dublin
Roumania
Pardons Plan Cleared by Senate in Texas Legislature
Senate approved a constitutional amendment to limit the governor's pardoning power by a 21 to 4 vote. The plan would allow clemencies only on recommendation of a pardons and paroles board with a 30 day death-row reprieve, and appointments by the governor and top judges. Other bills moved, including a measure to curb dynamiting of streams for fish.
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Austin
Allred
Texas
Senate
House
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Brooklyn man held after five family deaths mystery
In Brooklyn on May 10, 49 year old farmer and bookkeeper Mass Quaizzseo we In Deag Ma Or Kiger was detained after police linked five deaths in his household since March 29 to possible poisoning. Autopsy and toxicology tests were ordered as investigators traced the cocoa can found with the same suspected poison.
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Deag Ma
Kiger
Brooklyn
Erick Gross
Frerm
Ical
Grzs
Gross
Brooklyn Det
Tiwes
Whro
Arthur Edge
Ciis
Kia
Peerime Gross
Frederick, Jr
Barbara
Katherixs
Alexander O. Ca
Ettter
Mr. Beechler
Baseball doubleheaders as rain-postponed games spread
National league schedule shows Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at New York St Louis at Philadelphia and Chicago at Boston postponed by rain or cold threatening weather with doubleheaders planned for tomorrow and the day after.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in central Texas area. New Mexico sees fair weather in the south and unsettled skies in the north. warmer in the southeast and cooler in the northwest. Temperatures range from 55 to 73 today through early afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Traffic Lights To Remain Centered In Ami City Streets
Ama rillo city will keep signal lights in the center of downtown intersections to save 10 000 to 12 000 dollars. Four corner lights would cost more than planned. Steel posts replace wooden ones as Southwestern Public Service completes repairs within days. Two blocks remain in water system expansion between Fillmore and Pierce to Fifth and Seventh Avenues.
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Amarillo
H. H. Smith
Southwestern Public Service Company
Fillmore
Pierce Streets
Fifth
Seventh Avenues
Mr. Smith
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Train Ticket Sale
Reservations for the public special West Texas Chamber of Commerce train to Plainview next week are selling fast. Tickets cost 23.50 for a round trip and are available through Bill Beechler. Irma HDeenm is named chair of the committee. The train departs early.
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Texas Chamber of Commerce
Plainview
Bill Beechler
Irma
Postmasters Hear Chief's Speech at Texas convention
Delegates at the annual Postmasters Association of Texas conv, hear national and regional officials discuss USPS plans. W Purdum, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, among principal speakers. officers to be elected for 1936. meeting set to resume tomorrow. Centennial meetings in Austin expect first 1942 session May.
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Galveston
Texas
Mimis
U. S
Ss. W. Purdum
Eametonm
Harry B. Mitchel
Faimeton
Corm— Mission
D. J. Tayloxz
Beermade
Wiermitonm
Bailthier
Tyler
Associatai
Byrd Arrives for Greeting After Antarctic Trek
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd returns from Antarctica to Washington aboard the Bear of Oakland. Officials in formal dress greet the endurance team as President Roosevelt prepared to welcome Byrd and his crew with a 13 gun salute amid naval ceremonies at the navy yard.
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Washington
Antarctica
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Lindbergh
Bear of Oakland
Potomac
Quantico
Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Swanson
George E. Peery
Virginia
Funeral Services for Senator Cutting Today
Funeral services for Sen Bronson M Cutting will be held at St James Protestant Episcopal Church this afternoon with ten Senate colleagues and four mourners. A delegation of prominent New Mexicans will attend. Cutting was killed in the crash of a TWA passenger plane near Macon Maryland.
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New York
U.P
Bronson M. Cutting
St. James’ Protestant Episcopal Church
Senate
Cutting
TWA
Macon
Dead or Alive Mystery Baffles Paper Pages
A terse multi-item listing appears to outline obituaries and features across pages 8 to 16. Entries mention a hot tamale king obituary, the deaths of Hamilton and Palmer, Pacific adventure, a West Point flier, Soviet design topics, Hamlin, rural electrification, Italy's whiskery general, plus a camporee and business pauses.
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Hamilton and Palmer
Pacific
West Point of the Air
Italy
Nine months seen as life of Blue Eagle
Democratic senators agreed to a nine month extension of NRA as five weeks remain before current act ends. They said a full NRA overhaul before July 1 to 15 was impractical. Richberg outlined behind the scenes work on a new NRA after Congress acts and a Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Recovery Board
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Amarillo Chamber Set To Elect 16 Directors
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will name 16 directors from a 25 member nominating list. Voting is at Fifth Avenue and Polk Street with 10 directors to be elected for two year terms. present board serves one more year. Election judges are John Gilvin J M Russell D C Regal Morris Higley and C H Mason.
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Fifth Avenue
Polk Street
John Gilvin
J. M. Russell
D. C. Regal
Morris Higley
C. H. Mason
Earl D. Barnt
W. H. Brymer
Toney Chisum
J. Roy Cullum
J. B. Driskell
Robert H. Epperson
W. A. Fisk
J. H. Florey
J. Horace
Child killer sentenced to die in chair in Houston
Elijah Stuart, 31, a former Oklahoma farmer, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on June 12 for the murder of his four year old twin daughter Dortha. He requested clemency from Gov. Allred and the Pardons Board and asked to see relatives including his other twin Deth. Stuart admitted the crime describing holding the child underwater in Cypress Creek.
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Houston
U.P
Elijah Stuart
Oklahoma
Dortha
Stuart
Langston G. King
James V. Allred
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Deth
Cypress Creek
Prove You Weren't Married Mae Told Prove You Weren't Married
Frank Wallace a New York vaudeville dancer says he married Mae West in 1911 and will sue to have a New York court void any divorce to prove she is not his wife The Daily Mirror reported The actress said Wallace must prove the claim and planned to discuss with her attorney but would ignore the threat.
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New York
U.P
Frank Wallace
Mae West
Mae
Daily Mirror
Wallace
New York State
Milwaukee
Trace
Marc West
Milwaukee Mae
Hollywood
Miss West
James Timony
Pulitzer Winner Johnson Prefers Painting to Writing
Associated Press notes Josephine Winslow Johnson, 25, Pulitzer Prize author of Now In November, favors painting and other activities over writing. She lives with family in a St. Louis suburb, studied four years at Washington University, and aims to illustrate a children’s book.
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Associated Press
Josephine Winslow Johnson
St. Louis
Her Am
Bition
Miss Johnson
Missouri
Boone County
Washington University
Josephine Johnson
Panhandle Receives Additional Federal Soil Erosion Funds
A second $225,000 allotment for Texas Panhandle emergency soil erosion prevention was approved by Harry Hopkins after talks with Rep. Marvin Jones and Amarillo Chamber officials. The funds, plus the earlier $250,000, fund wind erosion control at 10 cents per acre, aiming to finish the drouth area program soon.
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The
Globe
Washington, D. C
Texas Panhandle
Harry Hopkins
Marvin Jones
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Panhandle
Drouth
Lawrence Westbrook
FERA
Jones and Tinton
How To Pronounce Names In News
How to pronounce names in news from The Associated Press lists guidance for several figures. Charles Fe Coghlin in Detroit is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable. Alexander Tzanoff, ex Bulgarian premier, Chan-koff. Frederick Steiner, senator from Oregon, Sty-wur. Manuel Quezon, Philippine Senate president, Man-ooh-el Kay-zone. Benigno Ramos, insurgent, Heh-neeg-noh Ram-os, second syllable of first name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charles FE
Coughlin
Detroit
Coglin
Alexander Tzanoff
Hauptmann Files To Show Appeals Cause
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's counsel filed 193 reasons with the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals to overturn his murder conviction in the Lindbergh case. The defense argued the attorney general prejudiced the trial by characterizing Hauptmann as an "animal" and public enemy No 1 and by branding defense fund contributors as "idiots, cranks and un-Americans."
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
David T. Wilentz
Hauptmann
Hundreds Working On Dikes In Red River Flood
Flood waters return to receding streams in San Antonio and levees along the Red River fill with relief workers. A man drowns as 6.11 inches of rain floods Fulton Hempstead County and nearby lowlands. Red River rises eight inches every 12 hours, water spreading ten miles south of Fulton toward Red Lake. See FLOODS Page 2%.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Red River
Arkansas
F. W. Weaver
Fulton
Hempstead County
Red Lake
Texas CCC Camps Expansion Moves Ahead
Robert Fechner announced that Civilian Conservation Corps work in Texas will nearly double under the expansion. Camps will rise from 53 to 96 and Texas enrollees from about 10 600 to approximately 20 000 as the program grows under President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Texas
Roosevelt
Ardor in High Society Love Letters Revealed in Court
May 10 London fashion era society gasps as court reads letters allegedly sent by Lord Revelstoke to Angela Joyce Miss England 1930 The hearing drew a packed crowd with a special jury including three women Lady Revelstoke attended with her husband The Revelstoke is linked to the Baring Brothers banking house while Angela Joyce heads to Hollywood for film work
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London
Lord Revelstoke
Angela Joyce
Angela
Revelstoke
Baring Brothers
Joyce
Hollywood
Straw Hat Day Proclaimed in Amarillo by Mayor
Mayor Ross Rogers unofficially proclaims Saturday May 11 1935 Straw Hat Day as spring sunshine returns to Amarillo. Stores will display all sizes and shapes of straw hats with moderate prices for the occasion.
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Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Alashkan Colonists Begin Final Trek to Matanuska Valley
Seward Alaska May 10 67 families from Minnesota prepare to ride Alaska Railroad to the Matanuska Valley 10 miles inland for new homes. A tent town near Palmer houses workers while 50 CCC men lay the groundwork for cabins wells and cleared land under a $3000 grant per family. A Wisconsin contingent sails May 18 from Seattle to join the Northbound colonists.
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Seward
Alaska
Matanuska
Minnesota
Alaska Railroad
Matanuska Valley
Palmer
CCC
St. Mihiel
Sa Francisco
Seattle
Wisconsin
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DEMOS
Richberg
West
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Brisbane
Simmonds
Griggs Ambulance
Dial
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Simmonda Mkt
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