RA Disburses Millions Under Resettlement Plan
Officials from the Amarillo regional RA office report disbursements totaling about 6. million dollars in three months to help farmers stay on their lands. Loans to 9,888 farmers amount to 5,511,000 while grants to 15,000 others total 834,000, aiding nearly 100,000 area residents. Director L. H. Hayter was unavailable for comment.
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Ralph Bray
Resettlement Administration
Amarillo
Globe
L. H. Hayter
Rain Lifts Panhandle Crop Prospects Across Regions
General rain boosted crop prospects from the western Panhandle to the Oklahoma Panhandle and South Plains. Dalhart received 0.71 inches, Amarillo 1.81 inches, and other towns reported 0.25 to 2 inches, with a five inch downpour near Palmer County. The Monday night moisture spurred maturing wheat and expected strong row crops, marking a turning point for the northwest Panhandle agriculturally.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Oklahoma Panhandle
Amarillo
North Plains
Dalhart
Hartley
Texline
Dumas
Tuscosa
Conlon
Morse and
Etter
New Mexico
Clayton
Tucumcari
San Jon
Boise City
Wildorado
Vega
Adrian
Glen Rio
Conway
Groom
Claude
Canyon
Happy
Talia
Plainview
Lubbock
Lorenzo
Sterley
Shallowater
Southland
Sudan
Wilson
Tahoka
Dimmit
Anton
Ralls
Ihalouw
Post
Sweetwater
Abilene
Friona
Bovina
Hereford
Umbarger
Dawn
Black
George May
Northwest Panhandle
Southwest
Plains
Palmer County
Farwell
Albert Law
Oklo
Desperado Traxler Bound for Oklahoma Penitentiary
Pete Traxler the Oklahoma fugitive will be flown to McAlester state penitentiary after waiving extradition. He faces trial in Oklahoma for the slaying of an officer at Pauls Valley. Sheriff Jones of Hemphill County Texas will accompany him for protection. Traxler, wounded from a recent recapture, is to be transported from Canadian to a nearby airfield by plane.
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Pete Traxler
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Traxler
Paul's Valley
Walter Jones
Hemphill County
Texas
Unusual Weapons Listed in Local Assault Case
A complaint filed in Justice Charlie Carder’s court describes a washboard and a crutch as weapons in an assault and battery case. The document, labeled deadly and lethal by some, notes the items used in the alleged attack and is now on file in court.
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California
Charlie Carder
Townsend Pension Plan Under Fire In Congress Hearings
Dr. F E Townsend denied assertions the old age pension movement sought only cash profits. James B Sullivan questioned Townsend as a crowd listened. Townsend denied remarks about accepting money from a woman and read a 1935 letter showing ambition for a nationwide publication reach.
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Washington
Townsend
F. E. Townsend
House
James 8S. Sullivan
California
Tolan
Bell
Missouri
Sullivan
Dr. Townsend
Uncle Sam to Photograph West Dust Belt in Aerial Survey
A massive air photo project will use high powered planes to cover the Staked Plains and surrounding areas. Planes will fly one mile apart for a total 130000 miles to produce an aerial X ray of every acre for soil conservation work.
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West
Plains
Panhandle
Uncle Sam
Ickes Hints at Sabotage in Power Program
In Washington on May 19 Secretary Ickes told the District of Columbia supreme court that clever sabotage may have delayed PWA power project allotments. He said he created a power division on July 1, 1935 to fast track municipal electric loans and grants and defended the constitutionality of the $200 million PWA program amid four utility challenges.
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Washington
Ickes
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
Electric Power Board of Review
Prisoner Fatally Beaten at Leavenworth Penitentiary
Clarence Hoyle a federal prisoner from Muskogee Ohio was beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the Leavenworth Kansas federal penitentiary the attack occurring yesterday authorities reported today
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Leavenworth
Kan
Clarence Hoyle
Muskogee
Ohio
Pioneer Parade Opens Panhandle Folk Festival Prelude
Old buggies and prairie wagons plus high wheeled bicycles and autos over 30 years old parade Polk Street at 1 PM as a prelude to the Panhandle folk festival. John McKnight marshal. parade route via Municipal Auditorium Herring Hotel Am arillo Hotel to Eleventh Avenue. Margaret Woodruff directs the free festival with dances from Hereford Plainview Pampa and more.
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Polk Street
Municipal Auditorium
John McKnight
Herring Hotel
Amarillo Hotel
Eleventh Avenue
Margaret K. Woodruff
Panhandle-Plains
Hereford
Plainview
Pampa
Tingley Wins in Fight With J J Dempsey
A Democratic state convention in Socorro New Mexico left six votes at the national gathering pledged to Roosevelt. Governor Clyde Tingley’s forces chose 12 delegates, excluding J J Dempsey who was not among them. Delegates at large went to the governor and senators Dennis Chavez and Carl Hatch.
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Socorro
N. M
J. J. Dempsey
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Dempsey
Rules Committee
Dennis Chaved
Carl Hatch
Tingley
Borah Landon Meet Head-On in New Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey on May 19 Governor Alf M Landon and Senator William E Borah clashed in a pivotal Republican presidential preference primary. The day also saw Democratic voters weighing Roosevelt against Col Henry Breckinridge in a pair of advisory contests for delegates to the national conventions.
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
Alf M. Landon
William E. Borah
New Jersey
Hunt Mountain Lioness Near Palo Pinto area
Ranchers organize a pursuit for a mountain lioness believed to be the mate of a male lion killed Friday by J C Howard. The animal’s scream is heard in canyons south of Palo Pinto as Howard estimates 600 lamb losses in 1935 36 from the pair. Italy census puts population at 42 438 104 plus soldiers and workers in Africa, with a 2 000 000 rise in five years.
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Palo Pinto
J. C. Howard
Here
Howard
Rome
Italy
Africa
Bacteria Boost Oil Wells Output Demonstrated At Expo
The Associated Press reports Tulsa Oklahoma May 197. A new method uses bacteria to digest rock in oil wells to revive production. A gelatin starch mix seals productive sections while hydrochloric acid digests non productive rock, expanding pores to restore flow.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Oklo
Eden Charges Lesser Naval Being Probed Powers Build
Foreign matters mix with naval policy as Eden faces questions over Italian embassy staff and a London dealer of forged documents. Britain argues lesser powers have expanded submarine building since 1930, seeking to retain destroyers beyond limits. Rhode Island Democrats name 16 delegates to the Democratic National Convention and back F D Roosevelt.
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EDEN
G. H. Anderson
London
Italy
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Ethiopia
Pedro Lopez
Great Britain
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Democrats
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amarillo and West Texas Forecast Brief
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas notes fair tonight and warmer Wednesday with partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday across New Mexico with warmer northeast areas. Temperatures in Amarillo reached 58 to 65 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Trade Treaty May Fix War Debt Dispute
Paris reports former premier Edouard Herriot says a new trade treaty could settle the war debt misunderstanding with the United States. He praises Leon Blum’s recent speech and notes Blum seeks Herriot in his cabinet, though Herriot doubts accepting.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
United States
France
Leon Blum
Blum
Herriot
Liere Nouvelle
Germany
Mexican Strike Is Stamped Out
Mexican National Railways workers halted a 48 000 man strike in Mexico City after Lazaro Cardenas government action and a personal appeal from the president. Strikers walked out at 5 pm yesterday and returned to posts by noon today as authorities declared the strike unjustified and non existent. Cardenas touted proof of effort to improve workers conditions.
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John P. McKnight
Overthcht
Associated Presse
Mexico City
Great
Mexican National Railways
Lazaro Cardenas
Governor Leche Won’t Confer With Thompson
Gov. Richard W. Leche told Ernest Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, by telephone he will be tied up with his legislative program for the next 60 days and cannot attend any conference in Texas on the Rose Dessa field of oil.
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Baton Rouge
U.P
Richard W. Leche
Ernest Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Rodessa
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