Death of 2 Year Old Neil Motley in Amarillo
Neil Dean Motley two died at 2 30 this morning in an Amarillo hospital. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs B E Motley two brothers Norman and Paul and six sisters Mrs Aubrey Russell Carmen Jean Fern Laverne and Eula Motley all of Amarillo. Funeral 4 PM Thursday in Griggs chapel with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Father employed by Borden Company.
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Neil Dean Motley
BE. Motley
Pierce Street
Amarillo
Norman
Paul Motley
Aubrey Russell
Carmen
Jean
Fern
Laverne
Eula Motley
Griggs Chapel
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Pat van Bibber
Odell Nelson
Evan Burleson
Jimmie Swan
Memorial Park Cemetery
Motley
The
Borden Company
State to probe $250 million spending in two-year period
A Texas Senate resolution calls for a search investigation into how roughly $250 million in state funds are used every two years. It cites $50 million unaccounted for via irregular appropriations and argues for scrutiny amid calls for new taxes and revenue.
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Austin
Senate
Help Wanted Lines Show Local Residents Seeking Work
A collage of brief notices from readers in Claude Texas and nearby areas offers cafe and house keeping jobs, painting, yard work, laundry, child care, farm work, and driving. Names include A Reader, Mrs A Sinclair, J M Combs, and Mrs Kroell with contact addresses and delivery terms.
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Tack
Tam
Claude
Tex
Tack Tam
Wanted: Woman for Private Life and Home Tasks
Personal ad seeks a serious partner for shared living and domestic duties. The writer requests companionship and kitchen access, noting a ranch-style job preference at 2002 West Second Avenue, with continuation on page 2.
Facts of Material Importance Expected in Taylor Murder Case
Deputy District Attorney Eugene Williams said he would have facts of material importance related to the killing of William Desmond Taylor from two previously unnamed persons. He added the case is nearer solution and a break could come within a few days.
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Los Angeles
Eugene Williams
William Desmond Taylor
Williams
Dance Held At Crystal Ballroom For Phillips Employes
About 60 couples, employees and friends of Phillips Petroleum Company, gathered at the Crystal Ballroom of the Her ring Hotel for a welcoming party for new employees. Berthelot hosted the event with music by the Rhythm Bandettes. new hires included Tom Lumpkin R FB Boggess Bill Baker T J Craig Desmond Miss Eleanor Stanley Miss Mary Shackleford Miss Floa McGraw.
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Phillip Petroleum Company
Herring Hotel
Berthelot
Tom Lumpkin
R. FB. Boggess
Bill Baker
T. J. Craig
Desmond
Eleanor Stanley
Mary Shackleford
Floa McGraw
Rythmn Bandattes
Coronation Step Up to Throne Described
The report notes King George being raised from the coronation chair to his state throne by the archbishop bishops and senior peers in the ceremony.
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George
Memory of Queen Mary's Coronation Reflections
Queen Mother Mary, 69, watched her son George VI's coronation in London with mixed pride and sorrow. The aged monarch, robed and diademed, recalled past crowning moments while Britain and the empire echoed with cheers and history.
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Mary
Elmer W. Peterson
London
George VI
Queen Mary
Commoner Elinabeth Bowes Lyon Crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey
London May 12 a smiling commoner became queen as she and King shared public homage. Lady Elinabeth Bowes Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, will be 37 in August. Her marriage to the Duke of York linked her to the royal line amid 800 years since a Scottish queen last wore the crown at Westminster.
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London
Elinabeth Bowes- Lyon
Sarcely
Westminster Abbey
Matilda
Lameelm II
Scotland
Stephen
England
Filizabeth
Henry VII
Katherine
Rowrs-Laen
Yor
Asrot
Rtales
City Requests Wider Twenty-first Avenue in Fuqua Barfield Add
The city commission asks Twenty-first Avenue be widened to 40 feet in the Fuqua Barfield addition from Van Buren to Monroe and between Wolflin and Twenty-first Avenue. Maurice Adkins, legal counsel for petitioners, presented the ordinance. Plans call for paving and opening the district for home sites.
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Fuqua- Eable
City Commission
Twenty-first Avenue
Fuqua-Barfield
van Buren Street
Monroe Street
Wolflin Street
Maurice Adkins
Queen Mary Praises Elizabeth’s Role as Queen Consort
In a message to the people at King George VI’s accession, Queen Mary commends her daughter in law Elizabeth and hopes she receives lasting affection and trust. The royal service reached a high point with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s prayer for Elizabeth.
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Mary
Queen Mother
George VI
Canterbury
Elizabeth
Italian Press Skips King George Coronation Coverage
Italian newspapers largely ignored the coronation of King George VI. A Dublin dispatch reported police dispersing a crowd protesting the English king's coronation for Ireland. Italy recalled all war correspondents in London and banned most English papers in retaliation.
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Rome
George VI
Dublin
Ireland
Italy
London
Princess Elizabeth Grows Up At Her Parents Coronation
London May 12 Princess Elizabeth at age eleven attended the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She wore a coronet, had a first lady in waiting, and for the first time took precedence among royal girls, marking a childhood farewell as she becomes heir presumptive to a vast empire.
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Adelaide Kerr
London
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Empire
Duke of Windsor Watches Coronation of Brother in Monts
In Monts France on May 12 the Duke of Windsor, in a bathrobe with Mrs Wallis Warfield nearby, listened to the coronation of his brother Edward VIII who abdicated for love. He sent a congratulatory telegram to his brother as guests included Lt Dudley Porpwood and Herman L Rogers.
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Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Edward VIII
Beattie
Nik Brother
Warfield
Bis Equerry
Dudley Porpwood
House Republicans Propose State Relief Administration Return
The House Republican caucus proposed returning relief administration to the states through federal monetary grants. They argued the plan would ensure a larger share of relief funds go to actual relief purposes than under the current system of political control.
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Washington
House
Theft of Empty Oil Barrels Reported
Police logged a theft report from J. C. Neudigate at 1911 West Third Avenue claiming eight empty cleaned barrels marked with M were stolen. A second report from Mrs. Genevieve Sparks at 1907 Buchanan Street noted a home prowler took $2 and small items.
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J. C. Neudigate
West Third Avenue
Genevieve Sparks
Buchanan Street
Shaw refuses coronation duties in old age flight
The Communist Daily Worker quotes George Bernard Shaw condemning coronation pageantry. He compares ceremonies to illusions, notes he avoids loyal speeches, and says he would rather flee to the remotest coast than attend the coronation banquets. He calls the abbey ceremony a relic of ancient priestly kings.
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George VI
Communist Daily Worker
Shaw
Protective Wax Preserves Navy Planes From Moisture
A carnauba wax from the Brazilian palm tree forms an almost water tight film on aircraft paint. Tests by the National Bureau of Standards for the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics show a very thin wax layer over paint prevents moisture penetration into fabric or metal. The wax coats leaves and fruit to limit moisture loss.
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Washington
Navy
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Aeronautics
New Diesel Engines Promised to Speed U S Navy Ships
Washington officials say newly developed diesel engines will let supply and auxiliary ships keep pace with dreadnoughts under construction. Tests are planned by June 1, and officials note diesel power will also aid the merchant fleet in wartime.
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Washington
Navy
Amarillo Chamber Denies Endorsing Solicitation
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce officials state they have not endorsed any solicitation for a girls welfare home in South Texas. Carl Hinton, the chamber manager, says the organization has not been asked for endorsement and has never heard of the request, addressing inquiries from local businessmen.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Texas
Carl Hinton
Two Die Four Injured In West Stanton Area Crash
A highway crash two miles west of Stanton killed Mrs. Brooks Rice of Wink and her 10 year old daughter Lavoy and injured four others. The dead were Mrs. Brooks Rice and Lavoy Rice. Injured were Mrs. Cord Johnson and her son Bailey 14 F D Prater 15 both of Wink and Marshall Barrier 9 of Midland.
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Big Spring
Stanton
Brooks Rice
Wink
Lavoy
Cord Johnson
Bailey
F. D. Prater
Marshall Barrier
Midland
Cardenas Orders Out Brig Gen Rodolfo Herrero Hernandez
President Lazaro Cardenas ordered the War department to oust Brig Gen Rodolfo Herrero Hernandez from the army for legal and moral reasons. He is charged with involvement in the 1920 murder of President Venustiano Carranza.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
War Department
Rodolfo Herrero Hernandez
Herrero
Venuestiano Carranza
Commerce says pilots' errors caused Newhall crashes
The Commerce Department concluded pilots erred in two crashes near Newhall California that killed 14 people and injured eight others.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Newhall
Calif
Chainsawed blows and deadly days plague boot shop case
In a fatal stabbing at a boot shop, Ross was cut and rushed to St. Anthony’s Hospital. Chambers, charged with aggravated assault, posted $750 bail on the prior night’s flight before surrendering this morning. Surviving family details and a World War veteran background are listed, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Ross
St. Anthony's Hospital
Chambers
W. Ross
San Antonio
D. V. Ross
Fred Ross
Glen Fair
Gordon Williams
Amarillo
Jim Biggers
Joe Chambers
Pierce Street
Fred
Grant
American Smelting and Refining Company
Quanah
Gem Lake
North
Buchanan Street
Josephine
Ida Mae
Mary Francis
Dorothy Fay
Margaret
Leonard
Dink Ross
Dalhart
Frank
Emery Ross
Jacksonville
Charley Ross
Fort Baird
N. M
Barnett Ross
Birmingham
Ala
D. W. Ross
United States Navy
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Early dairy and poultry magnate expands via rail and cold storage
Swift and his brothers pioneered refrigeration and railroad use to grow the dairy and poultry business into new markets, becoming among the first to leverage these advances for regional expansion.
House Rejects Permanent CCC Recommendation of President
The House rejected President Roosevelt's recommendation for a permanent Civilian Conservation Corps. It passed a bill extending the CCC for two years and sent it to the Senate.
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House
Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Senate
CCC
Beaumont High Strikers Protest Dismissal of Bert Sheppard
Scores of Beaumont high school students walked out in protest over the dismissal of Bert Sheppard, the French language instructor, in a move that highlighted student grievances and school leadership tensions.
Longtime Amarillo Judge Hall Dies After Kidney Illness
The Rev E B Fincher and Dr C C Grimes led funeral rites for Judge Hall who died early Tuesday from a prolonged kidney ailment. Pallbearers included E L Klett A B Martin James Oakes Ben Smith and two Potter County judges. Surviving are widow Mrs Sarah Neal Hall and three daughters in Amarillo. The service followed by burial at Llano Cemetery under Bishop Seaman with floral altars adorning the chapel.
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E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
Judge Hall
Llano Cemetery
Seaman
E. L. Klett
Lubbock
A. B. Martin
Austin
Supreme Court Commission
Justice Hall
James Oakes
Court of Civil Appeals
Ben Smith
Potter County
W. Fe, Gee
E B. C. Nelson
Amarillo Bar Association
Judge
Henderson
Rusk County
Amarillo
Sarah Neal Hall
Neal Hall
Elise Deal
Marcialite Brown
George Ingham
Parole Systems Scored by Hoover
Director J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI charged that parole system administration in too many states is a national scandal. He blamed interested persons for concealing the true severity. A three way study of release procedures ordered by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings nears completion.
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Washington
U.P
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Merrill and Lambie Start Return Flight From Liverpool
The American transatlantic fliers Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie landed at Speke Airfield on the first stage of their return to the United States from Croydon Airdrome. They will refuel heavily and depart before dawn with King George VI Coronation pictures.
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Liverpool
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Speke Airfield
United States
Croydon
London
Merrill
Lambie
George VI
Allred reiterates threat of special session on horse betting
Governor James V. Allred warned in Austin that he will call a special session immediately after the legislature adjourns if the Senate does not take a final vote on repealing horse race betting. He said he has not considered altering those plans.
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Allred
Austin
James V. Allred
Senate
Senate to hold one more session on court reform
The Senate judiciary committee will hold another session after President Roosevelt returns to Washington to discuss judiciary reform before voting on the administration bill to enlarge the Supreme Court.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Debate on National Defense Spending
A speaker argues preservation of the nation overpayment for defense. He notes current U S spending on the army and navy is only 10 or 11 percent of total government costs, including preparation such as a college program.
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United States
Army
Navy
Broad Approach To Flood Legislation Is Recommended
President Roosevelt urged Congress to adopt a broad plan for flood control and drainage to create an integrated water conservation system. The recommendation reflects guidance from the upstream engineering conference held in Washington last year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
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