Secret Court Martial In Washington Barracks Sparks Curiosity
Washington May 21 The army held a court martial of a high ranking officer in secrecy with no name released and the trial conducted at Washington barracks. The proceedings drew unusual guard and wide service interest amid probes into war department lobbyists and procurement practices. One officer reportedly accepted a $2000 loan from a salesman linked to a supplier used by the army.
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Washington
Army
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Tower of London
Howse Military Affairs Committee
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Gov Allred Names Members to New Hairdressers Board
Governor Allred on May 21 announced the first members of Texas new state board of hairdressers and cosmetologists. Appointees include Mrs Faye Stewart of San Antonio for six years Mrs P A Houston of Henderson for four years and Mrs B L Neal of Wichita Falls for two years. The act reportedly became effective with approval though an attorney general opinion was sought. The measure passed the House by more than two thirds and won 20 votes in the Senate.
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Austin
Allred
State Board of Hairdressers
Faye Stewart
San Antonio
P. A. Houston
Henderson
B. L. Neal
Wichita Falls
House
Senate
Jane Addams Sinks After Operation
Jane Addams a 75 year old social worker who was operated on Saturday for abdominal adhesions was sinking rapidly her doctors reported this morning.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Elephant Kills Trainer After Rogue Beasts Attack at Circus
A circus elephant named Prince attacked trainer Reed during a performance, tossing him with its trunk and goring him multiple times. Reed died at a hospital shortly after the incident. doctors cited severe scalp wounds and near disembowelment. The rogue elephant, usually chained, had previously caused concern among handlers.
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Reed
Prince
Toni
Tractor Men and Cooks Sought in Farm Ad Notice
Farm company seeks two middle aged women and five cooks for agricultural work. Advert reads We want two muddie-aged women and five cooks on the farm. Contact directions not fully legible.
Twin Sparrows Siamese Twins Fall From Nest
In St. Paul on May 21 two twin sparrows, joined at the lower bodies like Siamese twins, struggled for life after falling from a high tree nest. One bird was injured. both appeared otherwise normal and were found on a sidewalk about a week old.
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ST. Paul
Chicago Hogs Quoted At More Than Twelve Dollars
Hog quotations at the Chicago stock yards reach over 12 dollars as May prices hit a peak not seen since 1930. Buyers paid up to 1225 per hundredweight for 200 to 260 pound hogs after adding a 225 processing tax, spurred by strong pork demand and limited supply amid the government hog reduction program.
Wheat crop estimates mix in Texas panhandle drought talk
Reports from Deaf Smith to Crosby counties show variable seed viability for 1935 with some areas near zero and others around fifty percent. Finnell outlines soil erosion safeguards including residue preservation moisture conservation cover crops and tree planting to protect against erosion and improve moisture retention amid low rainfall and ongoing drought concerns.
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Sherman
Oldham
Potter
Randall
Castro
Moore
Armstrong
Hale
Childress
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Quanah East
Carson
Callham
Finnell
Panhandle
Dalhart Weather Bureau
Soil Conservation Station
Goodwell
Okla
Army Planes Search for Lost Air Crew in Southwest
Fifty four army planes scoured four southwestern states for Second Lieut Wendel K Holliday and Private Ira B Hicks missing since Sunday after leaving Hatbox Field Muskogee Oklahoma en route from San Antonio Texas to Barksdale Field. The high wing observation craft carried two way radio but offered no contact after takeoff. Nine planes began the search yesterday.
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Wendel K. Holliday
Ira B Hicks
Hatbox Field
Arms
Muskogee
San Antonio
Tex
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Hatbox
Hal Sevier Returns Home From Chile
Hal Sevier resigns as American ambassador to Chile and returns to Corpus Christi Texas aboard the Grace Tiner Santa Lucia citing poor health. He will stay at the Waldorf Astoria until departure and handles his late brother in law Robert Driscoll estate matters.
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New York
Hal Sevier
Chile
Santa Lucia
Corpus Christi
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Richards Funeral Not Yet Arranged for J J Richards
J J Richards 68 died yesterday at his Canyon home. Survived by widow Emily J Richards five daughters and two sons including Hazel Gamble Mason Ava Corn San Antonio Edith Donaldson Doris Edna Richards Allison H T Richards Oklahoma City and J J Richards Canyon. Funeral plans pending at Criggs Thompson Chapel Canyon.
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Canyon
Emily J. Richards
Hazel Gamble
Mason
Ava Corn
San Antonio
Edith Donaldson
Doris
Edna Richards
Allison
H. T Richards
Oklahoma City
J. J. Richards
KIWANIANS TOLD OF COMMUNISM AS U.S. MENACE
Delegates at the Kiwanis international convention in San Antonio were urged that Communism is a growing threat. Dr Benjamin W. Black of Oakland, chair of the United States Committee of Public Affairs, described uprisings as planned revolutions driven from within unions by radicals in the name of labor.
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Ban Antonio
Benjamin W. Black
Oakland
Calif
United States Committee of Public Affairs
Senators Battle Over TVA Audit And Labor Disputes Bill
Washington May 21 The House Labor Committee approved the Wagner labor disputes bill creating a permanent tribunal to settle contests from elections. Secretary Taft declined comment on wage changes for PWA projects while noting the $4 billion program would pay $19 to $94 a month. Cassidy testified he helped draft TVA act sections requiring audits and denied taking private utilities money. Maverick pressed Cassidy on authority. May and McSwain clashed with McCarl over disputed audits and outside settlements.
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Texan
May
McSwain
McCarl
Arthur FE. Morgan
IVA
TVA
Cassidy
Comptroller General
Donald Ho Melean
R.N J
Maerick
Washington
House Labor Committee
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Wagner
Tekes
PWA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
McCarran
Democrat
Nevada
Flood warnings as Red River and Brazos surge across Texas fields
Flood conditions spread across multiple Texas rivers with the Red River rising near Denison and causing evacuations in lowlands. Dallas and Austin areas reported impacts on levees and bridges while the Brazos neared record highs, flooding Hearne Marlin and wider rural districts. Refugees crowded towns as relief agencies helped, and temporary bridges were planned for flood control.
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Wichita Falls
Paris
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D. 131 Artillery
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Brazos
Valley Junction
Wellborn
Bryan
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Hearne
Wilmer
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Bluebird Ranch
Fllis County
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Bravos County
Niles
Austin County
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Kubelik concert tickets and advance sales details
Concert tickets are sold at Kubelik Music Store Tolzien’s and several music schools with exchanges for reserved seats at City Drug and the auditorium box office. Advance tickets must be turned in by tomorrow night. higher prices apply thereafter. Information available from Edgar Parsons Amarillo College of Music. Philharmonic Orchestra Association sponsors the event.
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Edgar Parsons
Amarillo College of Music
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Kubelik
Grand jury convened as indictments loom in liquor case
Federal Judge James C Wilson ordered kept in bonds pending grand jury action. Attorneys for Doctors Kitchen and Martina moved to quash two indictments. The panel was seated to consider charges related to liquor operations and related schemes with substantial unpaid amounts noted in court.
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James Co Wilson
Workers Walk Out of White Motor Plant for Wages
Union workers at the White Motor Company plant in Cleveland walked off the job as management mulled wage and hour demands. The 2,000 workers halted operations after a 1300 to 67 strike vote amid a closed shop stalemate and labor board seniority rulings cited since R. F. Black became president.
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Cleveland
White Motor Company
Automobile Labor Board
R. F. Black
School Funds and Bond Losses Criticized by Committee
The committee urged employing a full time attorney to collect moneys for the fund and reclaim unlawfully appropriated school lands. It called for an accounting of minerals removed and criticized the department for not investigating financial conditions of districts from which bonds were bought. It noted a $500,000 canal bond loss with no effort to recover funds after bank failures years ago.
Building Trades Groups Are Voided
Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the District of Columbia Supreme Court ruled that both AFL building trades departments were illegally constituted. Since January 1 each department claimed it was the legal one. Williams led the department recognized by federation president Green and sought to enjoin McDonoughs group from calling itself the AFL Building Trades Department and to surrender funds and property.
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Washington
Jesse C. Adkins
District of Columbia Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
J. W. Williams
William Green
Federation
M. J. McDonough
A. F. L. Building Trades Department
McDonough
Williams
Regular Train Schedules to Resume Tonight on Key Lines
The Rock Island line Amarillo to Oklahoma City will return to regular service tonight after a Clinton washout. The Santa Fe Amarillo to Waynoka line remains suspended until Friday or Saturday, with Woodward track work delayed by high Washita River waters. Fort Worth & Denver to Fort Worth will resume tomorrow evening, while a washout on the Pease River near Vernon disrupts service but trucks and buses provide detours.
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Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Clinton
Okla
Santa Fe
Woodward
Oklo
Washita River
Fort Worth
Denver
Vernon
States for longing regions ignite drive for new boundaries
Western Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle residents push to form Texlahoma claiming unsatisfied status. Puerto Rico Alaska and other regions seek statehood. historical precedents show borders shifted by consent of locals legislatures and Congress.
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Texlahoma
Hitler restructures ministries and broadcasts address
Der Fuehrer creates separate ministries for army and navy and prepares to address the nation. Translations are arranged for international broadcast with loudspeakers erected in cities and towns. Citizens are urged to invite neighbors with radios to listen as film showings shift to earlier times to tune in.
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der Fuehrer
Germany
Kansas City and New Orleans Market Totals May 21
Kansas City hogs and cattle show steady to higher prices amid brisk trade with top hogs at 89.40 and cattle around 12.00 for fed steers. Sheep and lambs face varying shifts, while New Orleans cotton opens lower on anticipated bonus decision with July futures down and other months mixed as traders await Congress action.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Armnonas
Otto
New Orleans
Congress
Itis
Americans Triumph as Halliwell Advances in Match Play
North Andover Massachusetts and players from Toledo Connecticut New York and California formed the American contingent not slated to play today. Halliwell the lefthanded shot maker who shocked yesterday eliminated Somerville of Canada and today beat Robert Harris the former champion 4 and 3. Captain A Webster Bullock of Monterey California posted the fourth American victory by defeating Bruce Thompson of Liverpool 3 and 2.
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Dan R. Topping
Richard M. Chapman
Greenwich
Golf Meet Downingfield Winners Defeat Noted Contenders
Former Scottish champion Captain A Webster-Bullock of Monterey Gahi and Raver Sweenes, now living in London, led a victorious lineup. They defeated foreign contenders including John Forsman of New York and Robert W Knowles Jr of Brookline Massachusetts Gus Haves.
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Monterey
Gahi
Raver
Sweenes
London
John Forsman
New York
Robert W Knowles Jr
Brookline
Gus Haves
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