Roosevelt outline to replace NRA with self government
An authoritative source says the Roosevelt administration plans to replace the NRA with a tightly regulated self governed industry system. Hugh S Johnson initiated the steps, revisions are being added for final approval, with no official confirmation. The plan would keep codes as a permanent feature under federal supervision to curb monopolies and guard against price rises while protecting small business.
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Associated Press
New York
Roosevelt
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Saturday forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions in Amarillo and surrounding Panhandle areas. West Teas region expects partly cloudy skies with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the southern portion. New Mexico generally fair Saturday. Temperature outlook includes warmer conditions across the region with variable readings through the day.
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Amarillo
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Be Sure That Hubby Likes To Wipe Dishes
A New York man, John Uhrwinder, hurled a china platter from a 10th floor window after his wife asked him to wipe dishes. Police recovered the broken pieces. the widow quipped about the lost platter. The item ends with a drought ad for a North Side duplex at 1100 Fillmore.
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John Uhrwinder
New York
Mrs. Uhrwinder
Globe-News
U S Sailors Turn Fun Night Into Violent Riot in Nice
A shore leave by hundreds of U S sailors from the Arkansas and Wyoming in Villefranche turned into a large brawl with 2 seriously hurt, 25 cut, and 10 arrested. James Klein of the Arkansas was shot in the neck by police. Navy and local police fought to contain the chaos as riot squads and a rear admiral intervened.
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Nice
France
James Klein
U. S
Arkansas
Wyoming
Villefranche
Kline
Leon Curpy
Surete Police
Admiral Saves
Hayne Ellis
Harvest Near Close as Wheat Farmers Hold Much of Crop
The 1934 Panhandle Plains wheat harvest nears completion with about 40 to 50 percent stored on farms. Some 13,000,000 bushels moved to market in June, aided by three railroads that loaded 8,667 cars averaging 1,500 bushels each. Dry hot weather speeds work, finishing at least three weeks early. movement remains heavy as season ends. Amarillo Grain Exchange inspected 270 cars Thursday and 133 Friday. prices hold steady in the near term.
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Associated Press
Panhandle Plains
Ine
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Hollywood narcotic ring busted as agents swoop
Federal narcotics agents announced the break up of a Hollywood smuggling ring that protected wealthy patrons via an unusual numbering system. Four men were arrested Pete Benson 42 driver in a car linked to the Lillian Gordon strangling case, Raymond Fung 31 a Chinese actor, John Kully 38 resident of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, and Max Weber 40 the alleged brains of the operation with more arrests anticipated in New York and Hollywood.
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Hollywood
New York
Pete Benson
Lillian Gordon
Raymond Fung
John Kully
Max Weber
West Texas water due at Gulf today
Water from Lake Brownwood in West Texas to relieve dry rice fields in Matagorda and Wharton counties is set to arrive tomorrow night at Gulf Coast Water Company's pumping stations along the Colorado River. The first release occurred on June 27, beginning a column of more than two billion gallons headed 400 miles to the Gulf.
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Bay City
Texas
Lake Brownwood
Matagorda
Wharton Counties
Colorado River
Gulf Coast Water Company
Woman Pears Guilty To Harboring Outlaw
Patricia Cherrington, 30, pleaded guilty in U S district court to harboring John Dillinger and his slain aide Tommy Carroll. She was sentenced to two years in the federal women's reformatory at Alderson West Virginia.
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Madison
Wis
Patricia Cherrington
United States District Court
John Dillinger
Outlaw
Tommy Carroll
Federal Women’s Reformatory
Alderson
W. Va
Riots Kill Dozen as Amsterdam Strife Spreads
Reports say nine or ten people were killed in Amsterdam as riots spread across the city. The Jordaan district and 16 other sections faced new disturbances, with a 48 hour confinement already imposed.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Jordamm
Roosevelt first year poll approves? New York figures released
Final city figures from the Literary Digest poll show responses on Roosevelt's first year. In New York, the tally reads Yes 637 and No 173, reflecting early public opinion data with Austin, Texas noted in the data set.
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New York
Literary Digest
Roosevelt
Austin
Tex
Connally 16 Speak in City
United States Senator Connally will campaign for re election in the Panhandle next week speaking Wednesday night at the Amarillo municipal auditorium. John McKnight will chair the meeting with James O Gulerie introducing the senator. The program starts at 8 o clock with the address broadcast.
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United States
Tom Connally
Panhandle
Amarillo
Connally
John McKnight
Senator Connally
James O. Gulerie
Dallas
Jin Lubbock
Ditch Cave-In Fatal to Three Workmen
In Wyneoseboro Pennsylvania a water main burst at a relief project causing ground collapse. Three men are known dead and several others reported missing after the ditch cave-in late today.
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Wyneseboro
Union Leaders Talk Woes In Conference With Threat Of General Strike
In San Francisco a joint committee of 50 union leaders representing 45,000 members discussed a possible general walkout to protest the shooting of waterfront pickets and Guard deployments. Portland unions approved a plan to meet by Monday to coordinate with 27,000 coast longshoremen and marine workers. The labor board, after days of fruitless efforts, moved to act under new authority.
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San Francisco
National Guard
Portland
Ore
John O'Connell
San Francisco Central Labor Council
Lawyers Urged to Clean House or Risk Outsiders Action
Fort Worth July 6 The American Bar Association president told the Texas Bar Association convention that the legal profession must purge undeserving lawyers to restore public confidence. He warned improvement must come from lawyers themselves, not external blame, as more than 1,000 attorneys gathered for the three day event. The criminal law system’s flaws were blamed on various factors, but the speaker urged lawyers to lead reform.
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Fort Worth
Texas Bar Association
Earle W. Evana
Wichita
Kas
American Bar Association
Four Men Drown as Tug Overturns on St Clair River
Port Huron Mich July 6 Four crewmen died when the tub Monarch towing the steamer Bielman overturned in the St Clair River. Drowned were Capt Richard McDougall commander of the tug Manuel Larin second engineer Dwan Precious fireman and a fireman identified as Bernard Four crew members were rescued as the Monarch wrestled to push the Bielman upstream toward Sheboygan with hawsers tangled and the bow veering east.
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Port Huron
Mich
Bielman
St. Clair River
Richard McDougall
Manuel Larin
Dwan Precious
Bernarrd
Bierman
Sheboygan
Mne
Stroud Rodeo Sunday in Palo Duro State Park Panhandle
Leonard Stroud presents a Sunday rodeo at Palo Duro State Park rim with bronco riding bulldogging calf roping and tricks by Leonard and Mayme Stroud. A calf riding contest for youths 18 and under offers a $10 prize. Admission 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for youths. Parents must provide written permission for entrants.
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Texas
Leonard Stroud
Palo Duro State Park
Stroud
Tri-State Fair Association
State Park Board
Panhandle
West Texas
Leonard
Mayme Stroud
Showers Bring First Drouth Relief Across Texas
Thundershowers brought drought relief in scattered North and West Texas areas. Brownwood saw rain late in the day, first moisture in forty days, with continued precipitation into night. Nocona reported 1.25 inches in an hour with wind and hail damaging plate glass. Abilene and the South Plains saw showers up to 1.25 inches Thursday night.
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Drouth
Allred plank highlighted by Small in Texas campaign
Gubernatorial candidate C C Small accused Attorney General James V. Allred of ignoring elaborate saloons in cities across the state while stressing his own record of legal actions. Allred, a dry advocate, campaigned in Dublin Granbury and Millsboro citing victory in oil land and royalty suits and stricter insurance-law enforcement. Edgar Witt’s supporters planned six caravans from Leonard and Honey Grove to promote his bid, aiming to reach Waco area towns within a half day’s drive, with additional caravans planned for July 14 and 21.
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Associated Press
Austin
James V. Allred
Cc. C. Bmall
Stephenville
Small
Allied
San Antonio
Witt
Edgar Witt
Leonard and
Honey Grove
Waco
Police baffled after $100000 home theft in San Antonio
July 6 report says burglars took over $100000 from Mrs Mattie Bolling while family away. Loot details include $60000 cash and diamonds, $30000 in Liberty Bonds, $7000 in FLHC bonds, and $10600 Boerne bonds. Sheriff Hausser nearby. both sheriff and city police probing the case.
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San Antonio
Mattie Boling
Albert Hausser
Sheriff's Department
Bolling
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation
City of Boerne
Five Bandits Steal Jewelry Worth 200000 at Magnolla Store
Five young bandits armed with a machine gun and five pistols storm an Ultra exclusive jewelry store in Magnola Mass. They held up three employees and two customers, seizing gems and jewelry valued at about 200000. No shots were fired as they emptied cases and safes then escaped in two cars.
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Magnolia
Mass
U.P
North Shore
Charges Pending in Fatal Stabbing at Tucumcari
In Tucumcari New Mexico a 24 year old wife Mate lle Mae Shipley is held after the fatal stabbing of her 22 year old husband late yesterday. A coroner s jury blamed Mrs Shipley for the death which followed a quarrel at a Fourth of July dance. District attorney J C Compton awaited to file charges. Shipley was son of L J Shipley a Tucumcari city council member and pioneer resident.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Matelle Mae Shipley
J. C. Compton
Shipley
JL. M. Shipley
Death attempt on Hitler shocks Berlin as uprising fears rise
Nazi forces, prompted by reports of a July purge, remain on alert after an attempted assassination on Adolf Hitler in Munich. Breslau police chief Edmund Heines, an American citizen, allegedly tried to shoot Hitler, but was killed. Franz von Papen’s staff are released from police custody as authorities clamp down on industry amid acute economic crisis and potential wartime regulations.
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Iresa
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Breslau
Edmund Heines
Mynat Boehm
Munich
Heines
Franz von Papen
Fritz Gunther von Techiresky
Friedrich Kar von Savigny
Margaret von Statzingen
von Papen
Kurt Schmitt
Overflow Crowds Rule Wherever Meeker Plays
Dancers of Amarillo and the Panhandle will glide to Bobby Meeker and his band at The Nat on Monday night July 9. The 15 artist musicians from Chicago include the MacLean Sisters and Frank McGuire. A Music Corporation of America attraction, booked by Wilbur C. Hawk, the band plays 9:30 to 12:30. Admission is 13 per person. Meeker is a radio personality favored by stars like Ted Healy and Barbara Stanwyck. turnaway crowds accompany his performances.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Bobby Meeker
Meeker
Chicago
MacLean Sisters
Maids of Melody
Frank McGuire
Music Corporation of America
Wilbur C. Hawk
Ted Healy
Prank Fay
Barbara Stanwyck
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Hugh Johnson
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Dial
U.S
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Clint Small
Allred
South Plains
Lubbock
Charles EF. Simons
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