Two Bills See Action Solons Stick To Job While Nation Rests
Congress worked overtime to advance the silver bill and approve the Cuban treaty in Senate committee. Roosevelt met with Hull on war debts and discussed British payment suggestions as his plans stay mobile. House limited the silver debate to four hours while Secretary Morgenthau’s tax idea for profits since May 15, 1934 was noted.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Hull
White House
Congress
Cobb Finds Movies Hard On the Feet
Irvin 8 Cobb reports from Hollywood under Hal Roach on the movie world. He notes stand-ins, the pace of studio life, and the clash between intellect and on set labor in a humorous take from May 30.
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Cobb
Irvin
Hollywood
Hal Roach
Reopening Hope for Amarillo Meat Plant in Panhandle Relief Plan
Jay Taylor of the Panhandle Livestock Association reports a telegram from Congressman Marvin Jones stating that the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will begin purchasing beef cattle in the Panhandle as part of drouth relief under the Jones Connally program. The move could revive Amarillo’s large canning plant, a major Texas relief industry under the CWA.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Southwest
Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas
CWA
Jay Taylor
Panhandle Livestock Association
Marvin Jones
Jones
Two Crime Stories From England and Indiana Race Day
England ends a 48 hour manhunt as Leonard Hill kills himself after wounding a police officer in a rural wood. In Kansas City, 11 inmates escape Lansing prison on Memorial Day, four die, and Warden Prather survives. Indianapolis 500 runs under tight fuel limits, Wild Bill Cummings wins in record time with strategic stops and hazardous track conditions.
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England
Citivens
Leonard Hill
Hill
Arthur Jex
Quasex Woods
Michael Sadiei
Rathor
Kansas City
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kirk Prather
Wilbur Underhill
Southwest
Speedway
Indianapolis
Wild Bill Cummings
Mauri Rose
Dayton
O. Finshed
Cummings
Rowe
Lou Moore
Lou Angeles
Mayo
Frank Brisko
Milwaukee
Ohio
Shafer
Des Moines
Louw Meyer
Rose
Brisko
Wild Bill Cummins
Ralph Hepburn
Los Angeles
Positon
Lou Meyer
South Gate
Calif
Meyer
Tony Gulotta
Federal plan to buy cattle and relaunch meat relief
Officials discuss using cattle purchases under Jones Connally provisions to supply relief clients. Jules Dorenfield Jr notes processing plant equipment remains at 1301 West Sixth Avenue and could restart within 24 hours to distribute meat to those in need.
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Jones-Connally
Jules Dorenfield, Jr
Relief Commission
Dorenfield
West Sixth Avenue
California Governor Near Death After Critical Cardiac Crisis
San Jose May 30 Gov James Rolph Jr California chief executive clung to life as five doctors said he could not long survive his cardiac condition They gave him three to five days to live but his vitality pulled him through a crisis last night
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San Jose
Cal
W.P
James Rolph, Jr
California
Ralph
Snider Barbecue Aims to Fund Scout Pool in Amarillo
Amarillo residents buy Snider barbecue at Eleventh Avenue and Tyler Street to support a swimming pool for Amarillo Area Girl Scouts. John Snider, famed Southwest barbecuer, oversaw overnight grilling as proceeds fund the camp west of the city. The event is sponsored by the Amarillo Kiwanis Club with meat sold for 50 cents per pound.
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Amarillo
John Snider
Southwest
Eleventh Avenue
Tyler Street
Snider
Strikes End and Open As Labor War Goes On
Hope rose that a steel workers general strike could be avoided while threats of a textile labor walkout grew. The United Textile Workers warned of a 309000 member strike if a 25 percent production curtailment was enforced. Negotiations in Toledo automotive strikes reached impasse with leaders predicting a general strike. In Belleville Illinois two men were wounded in a 5000 worker sympathy demonstration at Knapp Monarch. San Pedro California reported two men injured as strikes spread.
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Associated Press
Toledo
United Textile Workers of America
NRA
Wagner
National Labor Board
Washington
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and ‘Tin Workers
Belleville
Knapp-Monarch Electrical Appliance Company
San Pedro
Calif
Memorial Day Observances Placed By Veterans Posts
Memorial Day is marked as a national pause for war dead with flags to half staff until noon and full staff after. John B. Golding Post 1475 and Hanson Post plan three services, honoring those who died for the country, with City Rites noted on Page 2.
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John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hanson Post
Five Girl Babies Born At One Birth Noted By Doctor
Arthur Brisbane reports a North Bay Ontario case where Mrs. Olvia Dionne gave birth to five girls in one birth. Dr A R DaFoe confirms the five babies are healthy. The unusual event drew wide attention among readers.
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Olvia Dionne
North Bay
Ontario
Flames Form Bier After Air Crash
Two men died when a light airplane they rode in caught fire and crashed in a woodland west of Springport Indiana. Pilot Kenneth Rutherford 25 Sulpher Springs and passenger Homer Wolverton 27 Hartford City were killed.
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Springport
Kenneth Rutherford
Sulpher Springs
Homer Wolverton
Hartford City
Memorial Day homage by President at Gettysburg
President Roosevelt led the nation in paying tribute to soldiers at Gettysburg National Cemetery. He spoke at the Civil War ground as parades and wreaths marked Memorial Day nationwide. Two thousand tiny Flags fluttered beside headstones in the cemetery, near the Lincoln site.
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Roosevelt
Meade
Washington
Executive Branch
Houses
Congress
National
Grand Army of the Republic
Leopold Tit
Belelium
America
Indianapolis
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln
Holliday Wins Court Ruling in Texas Relief Commission
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Robert Holliday of El Paso is the rightful member of the Relief Commission. It found Speaker Coke Stevenson overstepped his authority when replacing Holliday with Col. Julius Dozenfield and then removing Adam Johnson. The decision leaves Dozenfield in office pending rehearing with Holliday poised to restore a Johnson-favoring majority.
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Austin
Robert Holliday
el Paso
Texas Relef Commission
State Supreme Court
Coke Stevenson
Holliday
Col
Juulius Dozenfield
Amarillo
Adam Johnson
Avalin
Astate
Marie Dresden
Wisconsin
Johnson
Supreme Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Dozenfield
J. D. Moore
Halliday
Stevenson
Moore
Ocle Speer
Dorenfield
Nedeas
Relief Commission
Accidental Gunshot Fatal for Childress Boy
In Childress County the 17 year old Robert Cheatham died after a shotgun discharged while rabbit hunting on his father's pasture. He died within minutes from a stomach wound. The accident occurred eight miles south of Childress. Hanford family mourns. In Tokyo a state funeral is planned for Admiral Heihachiro Togo, the Empire of Japan’s renowned naval hero, scheduled for June in Hibiya Park near the Imperial Palace.
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Childress
Robert Cheatham
T. Cheatham
Shores Creek
Robert
Tokyo
Heiehachiro Togo
Hibiya Park
Imperial Palace
Farm Couple Dies As Poverty Looms
A Tennessee farmer Julius N. Pisher and his wife were found dead in their gas-filled car near Albany Louisiana. Notes suggested they killed themselves after banks would not loan for their farm. A loan from the Federal Land Bank in Louisville was denied and red tape blamed.
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Tennessee
Here
Julius N. Pisher
Pikeville
Tenn
Federal Land Bank
Louisville
Amarillo Plans Big Pampa Invasion for Centennial Tie
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announces a bold march on Pampa for the pre centennial fete and Pioneers’ Roundup. Aiming for at least 1 000 Amarillo boosters, the delegation will honor Gray County supporters of the Tri State Fair with a lively band and crowd.
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Pampa
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Pempa
Charles Wolflin
Gray County
Teanstat
Bald Award Upheld for Premature Baldness in X-Ray Case
The third court of civil appeals in Texas affirms a district court ruling awarding Lela Viola Millsap, a minor, $1,800 in damages for baldness caused by improper x-ray treatment. Defendant physician D. L. Hess faced the judgment in Tom Green County.
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Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Tom Green County
Lela Viola Millsap
Noah Millsap
D. L. Hess
Governor Extends Mortgage Moratorium to August
Governor Ferguson and Banking Commissioner F C Brand issued a proclamation extending the mortgage and loan company moratorium until August 1. The extension follows a real estate moratorium authorized by the legislature and requires governor approval.
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Austin
U.P
Ferguson
F. C. Brand
West Texas Weather Likely Clouds And Showers
Partly cloudy in west Texas tonight with probable showers in extreme west. Thursday outlook calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible showers in the west and north portions and cooler temperatures in the north.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Partley
North
Ortin
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