Lightest wheat crop since 1893 and broader grain reductions seen
Washington July 10 The government crop forecast shows a wheat harvest of 485 622 000 bushels the smallest in 41 years with oats barley rye and corn also down except 1930. Acreage reduction programs and drought losses likely yield the lowest total field crops harvested in 25 years.
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Washington
Drouth
Crop Reporting Board
Wallace
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Murderess given third death stay in New York
Governor Lehman granted a third stay of execution to Anna Antonio 28 a mother convicted of murdering her husband delaying the electric chair until August Accomplices Vincent Saetta and Sam Faracci also received clemency The trio were to be electrocuted June 28 next Thursday Antonio's plea thanked God and the governor saying her children would be happy
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Albany
N. Y
Lehman
Anna Antonio
Vincent Saetta
Sam Faracci
Sooner Student Sought Murder Probe Involving Co ed
Norman July 10 The death of Marion Mills a 20 year old OU co ed shocks the campus An autopsy is ordered as county officials say murder looks likely Police seek Neal Meyers El Reno pharmacy student who was with Mills at Mrs Browns home during an all night stay Meyers left for the university infirmary after a telephone call to Dr Stephens continuation on page 11 column 1
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Marion Mills
Hazel Brown
BE. F. Stephens
Paul Updegraff
Neal Meyers
el Reno
Brown
Tulsa
Nazi Reichstag to explain June purge to world
Berlin July 10 with the Reichstag ordered to assemble Friday for what is billed as Hitler's explanation of the June 30 executions and ensuing days. Goebbels blasted the foreign press as liars in a worldwide broadcast, praising German reporting while denouncing French British and Russian papers. The surprise Reichstag session was kept under wraps until morning notices.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Goebbels
Will Rogers Drops Cowboy Boots For A Ride Through Panhandle
Will Rogers, famed comedian, toured the Panhandle from Amarillo to the Halsell Ranch near Muleshoe in a day of ranch memories. He visited the English Airport cafe in casual boots and duckins, spoke with a reporter, and spent time with his son Jimmy and cousin Jimmy Blake at the Halsell Beach before returning to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Will
Halsell Beach
Jimmy
Jimmy Blake
Charles Hoskinson
Rogers
Johnson NRA Era Near End Moves to Commission Control
NRA leader Hugh S Johnson foresees end of single man rule and proposes a non partisan federal commis sion to govern codes. He told reporters the government would retain a veto power and that administration should balance pioneering code setting with broader oversight. He urged forming the board once basic codes for small industries are ready.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Commission
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Board of Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Lubbock Firm Low Bid for Amarillo Water Works Project
Panhandle Construction Company of Lubbock offered the lowest bid of 177 922.95 to extend and improve Amarillo’s water works under a PWA loan. City manager H R Smith recommended award, accepted by the commission, and sent to the Fort Worth PWA for approval.
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Panhandle Construction Company
Lubbock
Amarillo
PWA
H. R. Smith
Fort Worth
Mattison-Wallack & Company
Oklahoma City
W. T Vedder
Childress
Humphreys & Lytle
Omaha
Nebr
Christy Dolph
Dallas
Sherman Machine & Iron Works
Dellone Construction Company
W. Frank Litle
Austin Bridge Company
Construction Service Company
Denver
Cals
Pan
Interests ruling Texas dominates gubernatorial race
Democratic candidate James V. Allred declares the race centers on who shall rule Texas addressing special interests and lobbying in Austin. Lieutenant Governor Edgar Witt touts Texas oil processing, job programs, and end to illegal production, while Tom Hunter promotes a state kept school system and oil pipeline reforms in Pecos.
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Allred
Texas
Austin
Witt
Edgar W. Witt
Port Arthur
Hunter
New Bath Invented by Tesla Suggested
Nikola Tesla announced in New York that he invented an electric bath. He described it as a box with a morning step and a pull string switch. Electrical forces would drive all foreign particles off the body immediately.
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New York
Nikola Tesla
Smith Defines Office Duties In Texas Attorney General Campaign
Clyde E. Smith of Woodville, candidate for Texas attorney general, told an open air audience in Wichita Falls that the AG must protect 6,000,000 citizens, curb crime, correct civil injustices, draft laws for the legislature, and enforce existing statutes. He spoke at Tenth Avenue and Polk Street and then in Town Park before continuing his campaign.
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Texas
Clyde E. Smith
Woodville
Tenth Avenue
Polk Street
Smith
Wichita Falls
Town Park
Woman Named County Judge in Panhandle Texas
Bertha Elston, widow of Judge Frank Elston, was named by Carson County Commissioners to succeed her late husband as county judge. The unanimous vote named her to take the oath Monday and provide the required bond. She will be assisted by her daughter Letha Gramer who helped her husband during his tenure.
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Panhandle
Texas
Bertha Elston
Frank Elston
Carson County
Letha Gramer
Tom Connally to speak at Amarillo rally
United States Senator Tom Connally will outline New Deal recovery program details tonight at an Amarillo regional rally. The address at Municipal Auditorium begins at 8 o clock, broadcast live, with John J McKnight presiding and Benathr Connally introduced by James O Gulerie.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
United States
Tom Connelly
Senator Connally
Municipal Auditorium
Roosevelt
Lubbock
Herring Hotel
John 8. McKnight
Benathr Connally
James O. Gulerie
Mr. McKnight
Paris Has New Racket A Novel City Ad Display
A Paris evening paper features a 100 foot high illuminated moving picture of its front page that can be seen from six blocks away and heard at a distance. The paper suggests a cheaper alternative: a live classified Want Ad section. An example ad offers an OF MODEL Buick STANDARD Sedan for 40 dollars cash, phone 6432.
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Paris
Globe News
N. Dobnaon
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico
Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies for Amarillo and vicinity with warm temperatures. West Texas mainly fair to partly cloudy with continued heat. New Mexico sees generally fair weather with possible showers and thunderstorms in the northwest portion, little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Meir Secveraes
Meisesnes
Barthou Returns to France With Broad Smile
Louis Barthou French foreign minister arrived in London after talks with British cabinet members. He said Britain and France reached a friendly understanding and were agreed on the European situation. British opinion remained doubtful about extensive aid in case of invasion of the Franco-Belgian area.
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London
Louis Barthou
England
Britain
France
Pritish Comenent
Gangland Bullets Fatal to Italian Leader in KC
Joan Lazia a Democratic political power and underworld figure in Kansas City North Side was killed by eight bullets fired from ambush as he stepped from his sedan before dawn. He died eleven hours later at St Joseph Hospital without naming his attackers.
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Kansas City
Joan Lazia
North Side
St. Joseph Hospital
Texas Capitalist Claimed by Death
Edward Andrew Peden 66 former cotton clerk rose to head Peden Iron and Steel Company died at his Houston home. Born in Texas he moved to Houston at age five, started as a clerk, saved to invest in real estate, and later founded the iron and steel business in 1890.
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Houston
Edward Andrew Peden
Iron and Steel
Peders Company
Peden
Peden Iron An Steel Company
Bank Robbery Sparks Fatal Texas Oklahoma Gun Battle
Two unidentified bandits robbed the First State Bank of Allison Texas for about $200 then fled in a car. Sheriff Walter Jones of Hemphill County Texas and deputies pursued toward Erick Oklahoma where a gun battle killed both robbers as they lay dying in a hospital en route. One man identified as W H Ortag. the other as Buster Cry. Both firearms found in the car.
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Walter Jones
Joe Oney
Hemphill County
Texas
First State Bank
Allison
Fungton
Sweetwater
Jones
Main
Funston
W. H. Oretag
California
Buster Cry
Ortag
Erick
Tri-State Horse Show Sets Two Nights of Pomp and Color
Tri-State Horse Show will run August 6 and 7 at the Pair Ground grandstand with elite attendees from Amarillo and nearby cities. Mason King announced twenty two classes from Shetland pony riding to Hunters and Jump, plus cash prizes cups and trophies.
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Tri-State
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Tri-State Pair Association
Wilbur C. Hawk
Mason King
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James V. Allred
Gainesville
Tom Connally
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Smile
Erick Morgue
Sheriff Jones
Wheeler County
Brick
Torlay
Oklo
Bud McMillan
Jesse Martin
McMillan
Canadian
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