Texans Silent After Initial Drouth Talks
Special to The Globe in Kansas City, May 23. Texas leaders met with Harry Hopkins to resolve delays on an $8.9 million drouth relief appropriation for West Texas. A second conference was set for the afternoon as officials, including Dorenfield, Harte, Adams, and other West Texas representatives, pressed to iron out funding issues.
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Globe Kansas City
Washington
West Texas
Harry L. Hopkins
Texas
Hopkins
Muhhlbach
Nome
Julius Dorenfield
Amarillo
Houston Harte
San Angelo
Earle P. Adams
San Antonio
Texas Relief Commission
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
D. A. Bandeen
Stamford
Clifford B. Jones
Spur
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Gibb Gilchrist
Austin
Barrow and Bonnie Parker Killed in Ambush near Gibsland
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker died in a sheriff posse ambush along a Gibsland road after a long manhunt. The pair, armed and sought for multiple killings, were shot as they accelerated toward officers. their car wrecked and bodies were found amid heavy gunfire. Governors and lawmen praised the operation.
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Shreveport
Clyde Barrow
Southwest
Bonnie Parker
Here
Gibsland
Texas Rangers
Frank Hamer
Barrow
Hamer
Texas Ranger
Bossier Parish
Bienville Parish
Henderson Jordan
Dallas
Texas
Huntaville
Raymond Hamilton
Grapevine
Miami, Ohlo
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Wind Arsenal
Army
O. K. Allen
Jordan
Allen
America
Texans Seek Kansas City Talks on Relief Funds
In Kansas City Texas Relief Commission and West Texas Chamber of Commerce members urge a meeting with Harry Hopkins to settle an $8.9 million road relief appropriation said to exist but unspent in the Panhandle. Clifford B. Jones of Spur claims the funds were approved by the PWA in Washington, and Texas officials allegedly spent the money elsewhere.
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Texas Panhandle
Kansas City
Harry L. Hopkins
Missouri
Texas Relief Commission
West Texas
Clifford B. Jones
Spur
PWA
Texas
Washington
Texas Committee
Jones
Amarillo
TWA
Mr. Jones
Japan Bombs Manchu Killing 1000 in Chinchow Region
Peiping dispatches claim a Japanese air squadron bombed a wide area around Chinchow in southeast Manchuria killing about 1,000 farmers and destroying 20 villages after farmers refused to surrender arms. Report notes many wounded and villages burning, but not confirmed by other sources.
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Shanghai
Peiping
Chinchow
Manchuria
Tin can phonograph records propose meals and tunes
An Ohio lawyer patents a tin-can phonograph record that plays while you cook or dine. Advertisers tout a modern approach with a sample rent song and a want ad promoting a cheap apartment at 1601 Buchanan with phone contact.
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Ohio
Globe-News
the Hollywood
Buchanan
Tphone
President urges tighter oil controls before adjournment
President Roosevelt pressed Congress to tighten the oil control program this session. He also announced a summer furlough for Frank C. Waliker with a fall return, and signaled a forthcoming message on war debts. Ickes rebutted accusations of bias against independents in California.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank C. Waliker
National Emergency Council
Logan
Senate Mines Committee
Rayburn
House Intrastate Commerce Committee
Ickes
California
Independent Petroleum Association
Jack Bladock
Marshall, Tex
Independent Petroleum Association of Texas
Senate
Texas
Old Indian Jackson Barnett Dates Oil Riches In Arizona
On a California train ride, Jackson Barnett a 90 year old Oklahoma Indian famed for oil wealth is seen near his Wilshire Boulevard home. He holds 1 100 000 in cash and has given 450 000 to the Oklahoma Boys School while enjoying his daily sidewalk traffic signals.
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Okmulg
Oklahoma
Moley Urges Strengthening Justice Dept Crime Measures
Professor Raymond Moley calls for a stronger Department of Justice to combat crime, urging passage of a broad set of anti crime bills. The report, long in preparation after Moley resigned as undersecretary of state, remains unfinished due to his heavy duties. Six bills have already become law under President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Raymond Moley
Department of Justice
Moley
Homer S. Cummings
Roosevelt
Low Tax Rate Gains Amarillo Wide Publicity
Amarillo’s municipal tax rate of 1.90 leads cities over 30 000 population and draws national attention with features in Wall Street Journal and other finance outlets. The rate combines 98 cents city levy and 92 cents school tax as part of a state list ranking 11 Texas cities by tax burden.
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Amarillo
The
Wall Street Journal
Gaston Morgan
Austin
el Paso
Larcale
Wichita Falls
Wirco
Dallas
Port Arthur
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Houston
World Eyeing Silver Plans Across Nations
Western senators split from the silver bloc to discuss liberalizing the silver purchase bill. International views vary from cautious doubt in Paris and Berlin to hopeful stabilizing impact in Shanghai and broad skepticism from Tokyo officials.
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Berlin
Likal Anzeiger
Mexico
D. F
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Eigo Fukai
Bank of Japan
Roosevelt
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Thomas
Oklahoma
Wheeler
Montana
McCarran
Clyde Barrow Dies in Shootout with Officers
Clyde Barrow, the so called drug store cowboy who boasted he was too smart for the law, was killed today by a posse led by former Ranger Captain Frank Hamer after a pursuit and exchange of gunfire.
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Clyde Barrow
Frank Hamer
Rains Drench Eastern Panhandle with Cloudburst Downpour
Last night heavy rains swept the Panhandle with Memphis Pampa LeFors and Shamrock hit hardest. Fort Worth & Denver line saw track washouts and a northbound train halted, while Memphis highway traffic was slowed by high water. Officials expected more moisture, with Amarillo forecast possibly to receive more rain.
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Memphis
Pampa
LeFors
Shamrock
Hall County
Fort Worth
Denver
Wichita Falls
Jericho
Panhandle Automobile Club
Claude
Death Race to Save Ill Honeymooner in Pacific
A U S destroyer and two seaplanes raced toward Tagus Cove Galapagos with physicians and supplies to treat William Albert Robinson, stricken with acute appendicitis aboard the Swaap. Florence Crane Robinson alerted Balboa, prompting rapid mobilization from Washington and Rear Admiral Crosley.
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Balboa
C. Z
United States
William Albert Robinson
Robinson
Chicago
Florence Crane Robinson
Santa Cruz
Hale
Atlantic
Cambridge
Mass
Walter 5. Crosley
Canal Zone Naval District
Washington
Richard T. Crane
Svaap
Roosevelt Will Back NRA Blue Eagle For Another Year
President Roosevelt will defend the Blue Eagle of the National Recovery Administration for a second year of its emergency program. He plans a nationwide survey this summer and wants debate on NRA’s future after June 1935 while signaling openness to changes if needed. Strong opposition from Nye and Borah calls for review and possible anti trust actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Darrow
Inquirers
National Recovery Administration
Capitol Hill
Nye
North Dakota
Darrow Review Board
Borah
Idaho
Review Board
Japs Protest After Shots Hit Consulate General
Japan will protest vigorously after shots were fired at the Japanese consulate general in Khabarovsk Russia. Several shots from a nearby building hit a window and a bookcase in the consul general's office with no casualties reported.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Khabarovsk
Far Eastern
Krai
Russia
Mothers faint at death tale of Bonnie and Clyde
Dallas May 23 Mia Parrow Clyde Barrow’s mother cried out when informed her son was shot down in Louisiana. Emma Parker, Bonnie Parker’s mother, fainted on learning her child was killed. Bonnie’s sister Billie Mace in Fort Worth reflected on the deaths and awaited confirmation.
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Dallas
Henry Parrow
Clyde Barrow
Louisiana
Emma Parker
Bonnie Parker
Clyde
Parker
Bonnie
Fort Worth
Billie Mace
Barrow
Alcorn
Bob Alcorn
Little
Tucson Police Quiz Suspect In Kidnapping Case
An alleged participant in the nation s largest mail train robbery was questioned in Tucson Ariz over the kidnapping of six year old heiress June Robles. Joe Newton who refused to speak faces charges tied to the ransom and related bank robbery. He had been under surveillance after nocturnal visits from Sonora Mexico and connections to the Robles case. he previously served a federal prison term for a 1924 Rondout Illinois mail train robbery.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Joe Newton
Medford
Okla
Mexico
Newton
Sonora
Robles
Robles Ranch
Here
Basabe
Tull
Willie
Willis
Jesse
Department of Justice
Joe
Rondout
John Belton
Pima County
June
Aint
The
Sury Lance
Ruthless outlaw Barrow shot dead in Louisiana clash
Dallas reports detail the death of Bonnie and Clyde Barrow after a firefight with officers in Louisiana. Barrow, famed for rapid gunfire during robberies, had terrorized the Southwest since a 1930 automobile theft conviction in Waco. He had earlier received a general parole in 1932 from Governor Ross Sterling.
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Southwest
Dallas
Waco
Ross
Sterling
Texas
Desperado
Barrow
Raymond Hamil
Body of Naval Officer Found South of Kinsley Kansas
The body of J. Trowbridge U S Navy officer was found twelve miles south of Kinsley Kansas Sheriff Del Gossett of Edwards County notified his wife and started to Kinsley with the body to await Leo Hudgins from Marietta Oklahoma. Hudgins confessed to killing Trowbridge after a quarrel over the speed of Trowbridge's car. Hudgins was a hitchhiker.
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Kinsley
Kanas
J. Trowbridge
U. S. Navy
del Gossett
Edwards County
Marietta
Okla
Leo Hudgins
Trowbridge
Weather forecast for Amarillo and area
Partly cloudy with possible local thundershowers tonight and Thursday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico show similar trends with fair conditions and small temperature changes. Temperature extremes up to 65 degrees. Good Oil ad at 1900 W, 3rd.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
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