Navy maneuvers near Hawaii reveal deadly destroyer collision
In Pearl Harbor a massive naval concentration of 42 warships prepares for a secret westward dash amid simulated Hawaii attack fears. A destroyer collision and a naval airplane crash kill two sailors and injure four, while a marine expeditionary force arrives for extended maneuvers near the Pacific theater.
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Walter B. Clausen
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Richard Chadwick
Blissfield
Mich
Lea
Joseph M. Reeves
San Diego
Charles H. Lyman
San Franciseco
West Texas Chamber Convention Opens at Plainview
Amarillo plans special train for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention with round trip tickets at 1.50 and on sale at the chamber. Governor Allred plans to attend as three residents were injured in a nearby automobile crash.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Plainview
West Texas
Mr. Beechler
U.P
Allred
Austin
W. B. Hamilton
S. T. Harrison
Bill Redfern
Ed Pierce
Lucille Habert
West
Panhandle receives rain as drought region benefits
A spring blizzard hits Colorado mountains while eastern Panhandle drouth areas soak with showers. Perryton records two and a half inches, Dalhart and Texline light rain, hail at Shamrock and Wellington, roads slippery but passable. Waynoka shows the heaviest fall on the Santa Fe line into Oklahoma.
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Denver
Colorado Mountain
Drouth
Perryton
Dalhart
Texline
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Memphis
Pampa
Shamrock
Wellington
Childress
Hartley, Channing
Tascosa
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Waynoka
Allred signs laws to curb hot oil and tax enforcement
Governor Allred signed two Texas laws to curb hot oil production and movement. One raises oil field enforcement taxes to fund the railroad commission attorney general and labor department, adding a three sixteenths of a cent per barrel tax. The second act targets hot oil by trucks and allows confiscation of up to about 3,000,000 barrels of hot oil already in East Texas.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Texas
Railroad Commission
Attorney General
Labor Department
East
Tyler
Laten Stanberry
Oil and Gas Division
the Commission
Churches Have Embraced The Go To Church Chain Letter
In Kansas City on May 13 the go to church chain letter movement grows, with ministers and congregations citing a surge in outreach. Reverend W H Allison of Argentine Baptist Church notes a 75 percent rise after sending a chain letter, while others claim the practice spreads across Christian churches and prompts donations and attendance.
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Kansas City
Sam
Apostle Paul
W. H. Allison
Kan
Handcuffed Boys in Crime Education Experiment
In New York 30 university settlement youths were handcuffed by police, loaded into wagons, and locked in cells as part of a crime-does-not-pay education effort. Arthur Brisbane notes the piece in his Globe column with editorial caveats.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
New York
University Settlement
Texans on Way to Washington on Farm Policy March
More than 600 Texas farmers travel to Washington to join fellow Southern growers in a march on the capital. C H Day of Plainview sponsors the event, with 301 on a special train and 210 on another. They left Fort Worth and Longview and aim to reach D C by tomorrow. A ten‑man Cottle County delegation arrived by car at dawn.
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Washington
Texas
C. H. Day
Plainview
Fort Worth
Longview
Cottle County
Day
Department of Labor
Vague Page Headlines From A Newspaper Page
A reduced scan shows listing style headlines for a newspaper page with items such as a 50 cent kidnap note and probes continuing. Other lines reference an unpopular actress an accidental burn animal attack and crop outlook notes.
Congress Faces Bill to Cover Expenses and Waste
The House appropriations committee reported a 20.36 million dollar bill for congressional salaries travel and upkeep, up 2.59 million from estimates. It cited losses of restaurant silverware stamped House of Representatives, mislaid government typewriters, unreturned Library books, and franking abuses. A provision requires new Capitol Police recruits to meet physical standards.
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Washington
U.P
Congresses
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Congressional Library
House of Representative
Congressional
William S. Orthman
Capitol
Barbara Hutton Divorce Opposed Despite Telegram Drive
Washington May 13 Twenty five thousand telegrams and about 3 000 letters to the White House urged President Roosevelt to sign the Patman bonus bill. Officials said Roosevelt remained firm against the 220000000 inflation measure. The barrage followed Father Coughlin pressure, with senators also receiving large telegram campaigns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Charles E. Coughlin
Congress
Free Love upheld at College and Panhandle highway funds
In Washington the Panhandle is slated to receive about 4 million dollars for road work from an 80 million allocation in the federal relief program. In Chicago Charles R. Walgreens charges public subversion in University of Chicago teachings and cites free love as practiced by some professors. Princess Barbara Hutton won a Reno divorce from Prince Alexis Mdivani in a brief trial. Her potential future marriage to Count Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow is discussed as a possibility.
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Washington
Hinton
Amarillo
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Texas
Texas Highway Commission
Chicago
U.P
Charles R. Walgreen
Walgreen
Illinois
University of Chicago
New Deal
Brain Trust
Lucille Norton
Reno
Washoe County
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Alexis Mdivani
Kurt Haugwitz-Reventiow
Noleman
Supreme Court Recesses on Farm Mortgage Moratorium Cases
The Supreme Court recessed today until next Monday without ruling on the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium and the National Industrial Recovery Act test cases. The court will meet each Monday until June 3, when the term ends, and the two New Deal cases are expected to be decided on one of those days.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Votes to Rehear Hollins Case in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court, upholding Scottsboro principles, set aside the death sentence of Jess Hollins, an Oklahoma Negro convicted of assaulting a white woman. The ruling sends the case back for new proceedings, potentially a new trial if the prosecution does not drop.
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Washington
Scottsboro
Supreme Court
Jess Hollins
Oklahoma
Hughes
Okmulgee
Hope for Recovery of Phebe Warner in Claude
Mrs. Phebe K. Warner 69 of Claude showed improvement after near death from double pneumonia. Doctors held hope for recovery as she rallied through the night. Her son Greeley Warner and daughter Kerrick were at her bedside, with another daughter Victoria en route from Los Angeles.
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Phebe K. Warner
Claude
Warner
Panhandle
Greeley Warner
Kerrick
Quanah
Victoria
Los Angeles
Plainview Man Killed When Car Overturns Near Hale Center
B. G. Redfearn, 24, of Plainview was instantly killed when the car he rode in overturned on a curve a mile south of Hale Center. Two companions were injured. Redfearn worked for the Hale County State Bank and was a son of J. M. Redfearn, appraiser for the Federal Land Bank.
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Plainview
B. G. Redfearn
Hale Center
Redfearn
Hale County State Bank
J. M. Redfearn
Federal Land Bank
Electrification Push Aims To Light Rural Homes Nationwide
The Roosevelt administration plans to spend at least 100 million dollars of a 4 billion work relief program to extend power lines to one million farm homes. Morris S. Cooke is tasked with supervising the rural electrification effort, including setting up plants and stringing wires across prairies and mountains.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Morris S. Cooke
Philadelphia
McCreary Is Named Bank Commissioner
Governor Allred appoints Irvin McCreary vice president of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Gatesville as banking commissioner succeeding E C Brand in Austin on May 13.
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Austin
Allred
Irvin McCreary
The
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Gatesville
E. C. Brand
Move To Isolate Criminal
Washington May 13 The government’s college trained crime fighters aim to strip lone wolves from big time criminals Hoover says this activity targets bank bandit gangs and jewel thieves demanding they rely on fences lawyers and accomplices to survive The approach seeks to break a criminal network and cut off support channels
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Washington
Lone Wolves
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Washington at Cleveland Postponed By Wet Grounds
Baseball notice reports Washington at Cleveland and Philadelphia at Chicago postponed due to wet grounds. No game times or makeups announced.
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American Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
Amarillo Vicinity Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a chance of light rain and cooler temperatures. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the north and extreme east, cooler north tonight and southeast Tuesday. New Mexico forecast unsettled tonight and Tuesday with probable showers in the north portion and cooler east tonight.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
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Saratoga
G. A. Miller
I. G. Peyton
Admiral Reeves
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Midway Island
Chester
W.J.C.C
Este Amarillo
Pri
Lee W.T. C. C
Dust Bowl
Solons Desert Capitol
Senate
House
Weatherstrip & Caulking
John Maynard Lbr. Co
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Patman
Robins
Ing
Solons
House Accounts Committee
RF. PD
Barbara Hutton
Count von Haugwitz
Phebe Warner
HA Loans
Long-Bel Lbr. Co
McCreary Ils
Griggs
Ejial
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