Investigator to East Texas in Army Plane
Oil Administrator Harold Ickes dispatches Louis Glavis to East Texas to lead a force of Interior Department agents in pursuing criminal prosecutions for oil code violations. Glavis will meet Dallas-area operatives, armed with evidence, as the court decision is cited to restore enforcement teeth.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Louis R. Glavis
Division of Investigation
Interior Department
Texas
Glavis
Dallas
East
East Texas
Second Trial Of Two Men Up To Jury In Houston Woodring Case
The Houston Woodring and Ben McCoy hijacking pair faced a 47th district court jury for a second trial after being convicted of a W N Carraway Grocery hold up on West Tenth Avenue April 21. District Attorney Grady Hazlewood urged not less than 15 years for each man. The men are tied to the Guy Barnes Case from the same night involving a $12 theft. The second trial began after the first jurors were instructed yesterday.
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Houston Woodring
Ben McCoy
47Th District Court
Grady Hazlewood
W.N. Carraway
West Tenth Avenue
Guy Barnes
Lead mining code establishes 40 hour week in industry
Washington May 25 A 40 hour work week was set in the lead mining industry by a code approved by Hugh S Johnson. The schedule restricts work to five days of eight hours each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hughs. Johnson
Labor riots flare as guardsmen clash in multiple cities
United Press reports three dead and hundreds injured in escalating labor unrest across Toledo Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans and San Francisco. National guard actions quell riots as dock workers longshoremen and gunfire mark the strikes. Governor Olson hails a substantial agreement with truck drivers.
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United Preas
Toledo
National
Milwaukee
Netz Grove & Mitten Co
Minneapolis
National Guardsmen
Floyd B. Olson
New Orleans
Celotex Company
San Francisco
Hawaii
Bank Bandits Shot Down in South Holland Bank Raid
In Chicago area, a South Holland Trust and Savings Bank holdup ended with one bandit killed and two wounded. A third ran, collapsed, and was carried to a waiting car as guards and vigilantes returned fire. The raid follows the East Chicago, Indiana police killings. the two towns lie under 20 miles apart.
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Chicago
South Holland Trust & Savings Bank
Jacob de Young
de Young
South Holland Bank
East Chicago
Ind
Compromise in Navy Talks Faced by Major Powers
United States Britain and Japan discuss naval limits ahead of the 1935 conference. Japan seeks larger navy but would accept light cruiser parity. Britain wants independence from an Anglo American bloc while Washington signals readiness to negotiate.
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Japan
United States
Britain
London
U. S
Washington
Great Britain
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region today
Unsettled and slightly warmer tonight and Saturday. West Texas mainly partly cloudy with warmer Panhandle tonight and Saturday. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes 56 to 67 degrees. Good Oil 20 to 25 cents per gallon. 1900 W. 3rd.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
New Deal Confidence Dips in Digest Poll Across States
New weekly Digest poll shows three Republican strongholds voting for Hoover despite earlier gains for Roosevelt as overall Roosevelt support falls from 66.19 to 61.64 percent. Among 195 454 votes, New York State provides nearly half with 91 740 votes, affecting the national tilt. Maine votes against Roosevelt, while six new states including Connecticut and Massachusetts tilt toward the New Deal.
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New York
Literary Digest
Roosevelt
Hoover
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mr. Hoover
Pennsylvania
New York State
Hopkins Plan Aims To Oust Distress And Aid Aged Widows
Kansas City May 26 A four point plan for care of the aged widowed unemployed and ill was outlined before the National Welfare Association by Harry L Hopkins federal relief administrator The plan calls for security safeguards at all times a fixed widow pension from tax funds and the relocation of thousands to small farms with good schools and income from land use
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Kansas City
U.P
National Welfare Association
Harry L. Hopkins
National
Hopkins
Big lines face tighter bids on air mail routes
Independent operators challenge major airlines as 61 bids are opened for 13 air mail routes totaling 8 229 miles. American Airlines bids as low as 8 cents per airplane mile on one route with others like Detroit to Milwaukee and Chicago to Fort Worth showing a spread from 1 to 43 12 cents. TWA Bowen United Braniff among bidders.
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Washington
Farley
American Airlines, Inc
FE. C. Cord
Detroit
Milwaukee
Pontiac
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Missionary's Doom Feared in Shanghai Kidnapping
May 25 dispatch reports Rev. Howard Smith, an American missionary, believed doomed to long captivity under bandit General Ho Lung. Negotiator for a $35,000 ransom arrived from Chungking, but officials say no ransom will be paid. The American consulate and Christian Missionary Alliance plan to address a note to the national government at Nanking and to the Szechwan authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Howard Smith
Ho Lung
Chungking
Christian Missionary Alliance
Nanking
Szechwan
Court Grants Mason Retrial In Jewel Case
Heman Mason was granted a new trial by Judge Henry Bishop after his conviction for receiving and concealing stolen property. The retrial motion argued the evidence did not support key indictment facts. Mason was released from Potter County jail after the ruling. the state contends the rings tied to a burglary at an Amarillo jewelry firm.
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Heman Mason
Henry
Bishop
Grady L. Fox
Mason
Potter County
Amarillo
Lawson Little Reaches British Amateur Final in Scotland
Lawson Little of San Francisco defeated Leslie Garnett of Great Britain at the 19th hole to advance to the final of the British amateur championships in Prestwick Scotland on May 25 posing a strong chance to win the title.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Lawson Little
San Francisco
Leslie Garnett
Great Britain
Bonnie and Clyde Buried in Private Dallas Services
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker lie in bullet damaged state as families plan private funerals near Dallas. Barrow to be buried at West Dallas Cemetery beside Buck Barrow. Parker to be buried at Fishtrap Cemetery after wake at home of her mother Emma Parker. Officials estimate 50 000 viewed the bodies. mobs vandalized homes overnight. Bonnie wore blue silk negligee. Clyde in a dark suit with a stiff collar.
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Dallas
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Southwest
West Dallas
Marvin
Buck) Barrow
Bonnie
Emma Parker
Clyde
Shreveport
Parker
Mia
Lillie Smith
Hubert
Henry Macroe
Khiva Shrine Parade Schedule Announced for Amarillo Day
Officers of the Khiva Temple Order of Mystic Shrine announced the parade order for the first annual open air ceremonial to be held west of Amarillo. The parade starts at the Masonic Temple at Fifth and Fillmore at 9 45, moves north on Fillmore to Third, west to Polk, then up Polk to Tenth.
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Khiva Temple
Mystic Shrine
Amarillo
Masonic Temple
Fifth
Pillmore
Fillmore
Polk Street
Polk
Henry Ford Debacle on Gettysburg Platform
Henry Ford, traveling from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, asked a vendor for a pamphlet about the battle of Gettysburg. He could not pay and asked his secretary to cover the cost, saying he had no money. the secretary settled the 25 cent bill.
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Gettysburg
Henry Ford
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Ford
Battle of
Uncle Sam and Dillinger on Front Page in Globe
Arthur Brisbane discusses U S role as global police and Britain’s stance on China while Dillinger reappears in Flint Michigan with gunplay and a bold escape entourage. The Globe notes editors caution toward Brisbane’s views as not reflecting editorial policy.
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Uncle Sam
Chestnut Puller
Dillinger
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Mr Brisbane
Mr. Dillinger
Moll
Flint
Michigan
French Policy Opposes Immediate Disarmament and Rearmament
French foreign minister Louis Barthou declared a policy of no immediate disarmament of France and no immediate rearmament of Germany. He sought to quell war talk in the Chamber of Deputies while vowing a strong stance on German border clashes and preparing to back up demands at Geneva with top military leaders, including Petain, Denain, and Pietri.
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Paris
Louis Barthou
France
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Petain
Denain
Pietri
M. Barthou
Geneva
Barthou
Storm Keeps Byrd in Tiny Shack at Little America
A May blizzard at Little America, Antarctica, with temperatures over 72 below zero and winds near 50 mph, confines Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd to his one-room shack 123 miles south of base. After repairing a torn antenna, Byrd operatively radios base that all is well.
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Little America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Rains Hit Panhandle Hard with Historic Week Totals
Rain battered the Panhandle for a fifth day as Wildorado bore the brunt with five inches. Dalhart Texline Channing and Tascosa reported substantial rainfall while Amarillo measured 0.5 inch bringing weekly total to 1.63 inches. Highways slick but traffic gradually resumed as waters receded.
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Panhandle
Dreath
Wildorado
Dalhart
Texline
Channing
Tascosa
Drouth
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Georgia Man named Moderator of United States Presbyterian Church
Judge Samuel H. Sibley of Marietta Georgia was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, succeeding Dr Ernest Thompson of Charleston West Virginia. A University of Georgia graduate and noted attorney, Sibley was appointed judge of the U S Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1919 by President Wilson and later to the circuit court of appeals at New Orleans by President Hoover. He becomes the sixth ruling elder to hold the post in 73 years.
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Montreal
N. C
Samuel H. Sibley
Marietta
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Ernest Thompson
Charleston
W. Va
University of Georgia
United States Court For
Northern District of Georgia
Wilson
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Hoover
R. A Dunn
Charlotte
Annual Convention Of Singers Opens Here Tomorrow
Amarillo prepares to welcome singers from across the Panhandle for the annual Potter County Panhandle Plains Singing Convention at Amarillo High School Auditorium. The event runs tomorrow night through Sunday with solos duets trios quartets ensembles and choruses, featuring many leading Panhandle singers. Public attendance is invited.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Potter County
Amarillo High School
Rush to Panama Hospital For Explorer in Critical Shape
The destroyer Hale carries William A. Robinson from Gala pagos Islands toward the Canal Zone after emergency appendicitis surgery. Navy surgeons report his condition favorable despite the crisis and plan transfer to the Buchanan then to Gorgas Hospital. His wife, a former Red Cross nurse, remains at his side as the ship speeds toward Ancon.
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Balboa
C. Z
Hale
Canal Zone
Galapagos Islands
William A. Robinson
Navy
Pacific
Robinson
Gorgas
Ancon
Buchanan
Red Cross
Bolivians Rout Paraguayan Forces in Gran Chaco Retreat
Bolivia reports three Paraguayan divisions in disorderly retreat through Gran Chaco jungles after a Bolivian counter-attack. Dispatches claim 6,000 Paraguayans slain and twice that wounded with the eighth division surrounded. La Paz rejoices as the president calls national jubilee while Paraguay denies halting the attack.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Canada
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Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank Hamer
Ted Hinton
Bob Alcorn
Dallas County
Houston
Agree
United Press
W. 3Rd
Barkow
Foots
John Simon
China
British Empire
Storm
Georgia
Nacy
Panama Hospital
Paraguay
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