Floods in Texas and Midwest Claim Dozens of Lives
Destructive floods across Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, and other states kill at least 55 people and leave hundreds missing or homeless. Five Texas children drown near D hanis after a 10 inch cloud burst. Mexican and local victims drive emergency relief as rivers rise and towns are isolated.
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Associated Press
Republican River
Nebraska
Red Cross
Ajbraska
Parks
Neb
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Oxford
McCook
Texas
D'Hanis
Medina County
Rio Grande
Laredo
Colorado- Wyoming
Kansas
Missouri
Max
Goodland
Burlington
Benkelman
Colorado
Kiowa
Elbert Strasburg
Bennett
Denver
South Dakota
Pursuit of Tan Sedan in Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping
In northeastern Oregon deputy sheriffs chase a tan sedan at high speed as part of the search for nine year old George Weyerhaeuser abductors. The convoy, carrying five or six men, fled toward Holdman with a $200000 ransom. Federal agents impose silence on details while the boy is freed in Tacoma after eight days.
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Pendleton
Ore
George Weyerhaeuser
Oregon
Umatilla
Cold Springs
Holdman
Tacoma
Associated Press
Wash
Alvin Karpia
Pacific Northwest
Harry
Bill
Alvin
Karpis
George
Alvin Karpis
J. P. Weyerhauser
Governor Nice Seeks Parley on NRA Codes
Maryland Governor Harry W. Nice proposes a conference of all state governors to discuss the NRA code repeal and possible remedies. He telegraphed the idea to 47 governors but has not consulted New York Governor Herbert J. Lehman and favors a meeting at a central location to thresh out the issue.
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Baltimore
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Maryland
Harry W. Nice
Herbert J. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Nice
Weather forecast for Amarillo region Sunday
Partly cloudy Sunday across Amarillo and West Texas with a chance of showers in the southeast portion. New Mexico expected to be generally fair. Temperature data from yesterday referenced with hourly notes and a 1984-64 window.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Amarillo Headline: 20 County Public Works District HQ
United Mines Workers orders 450000 soft coal miners to strike June 17 unless notified. Secretary Perkins seeks interstate compact to restore NRA-influenced industrial standards through a labor parley in Washington with northeastern states.
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Washington
United Mines Workers of America Today
Perkins
Supreme Court
NRA
Miss Perkins
Lubbock to Head 15-County W P A District in Texas
The Works Progress Administration designates Lubbock as the headquarters for a 15 county district with Amarillo hosting a 20 county district. District No 16 in Texas includes Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Hartley Moore Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler Deaf Smith Randall Armstrong Donley Collingsworth. Hopkins directs, with district chiefs reporting to state administrators and then to Hopkins.
Vanguard of Democrats Eagerly Arrive for Texas Convention
Delegates from Tyler Dallas Seguin Abilene Pampa Dalhart Quanah Wichita Falls Paducah Lubbock and Houston have requested reservations for the Young Democrat Clubs of Texas state convention June 7 8 Most groups will arrive Tuesday Amarillo is expected to host a convention city surge with an official count near 5000 By Thursday West Texas Young Democrats district meeting at the Herring Hotel will feature Judge J D Hamlin and Myron Blalock Speakers begin state committee work and registration for the main event Clifford delegation heads forecast hundreds of delegates by nightfall opening Friday includes Amarillo High School band invocation by Dr R Thomsen Mayor Ross D Rogers welcome from Raymond Buck and talks by John L McCarty and Elliott Roosevelt, continuing on Tag 2, Col. 4.
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Tyler
Dallas
Seguin
Abilene
Pampa
Dalhart
Quanah
Wichita Falls
Paducah
Lubbock
Houston
Young Democrat Clubs of
Texas
Amarillo
West Texas
Young Democrats
Herring Hotel
J. D. Hamlin
Myron Blalock
R. Thomsen
Central Presbyterian Church
Ross D. Rogers
Raymond Buck
Fort Worth
John L. McCarty
Elliott Roosevelt
Wiley Post Plans Stratosphere Hop to Span Continent
Wiley Post announces a fourth attempt to cross the continent by stratosphere flight in the Winnie Mac. He spends the day inspecting the overhauled motor and plans a test flight tomorrow, noting a recent altitude of 20,900 feet on a flight from Battlesville to Union Air terminal in Burbank.
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Angeles
Wiley Post
Wrather
Winnie Mac
Post
Battlesville
Okla
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
H A Gardner Hurt In Wreck On Oklahoma Trip
Harry A Gardner manager of Walter Irwin Inc was injured in a highway accident while driving with his daughter and granddaughter from Amarillo toward Oklahoma City. Their car was side swiped on a bridge near Sayre Oklahoma by a large truck. Gardner sustained facial cuts a deep knee gash and body bruises. He was taken to Tisdale Hospital Elk City Oklahoma and was expected to leave Monday.
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Harry A. Gardner
Walter Irwin, Inc
Fast Tenth Avenue
Tisdal Hospital
Elk City
Okla
Harry, Jr
Montgomery-Ward
Gardner
Hoyt McClendon
Plainview
Gloria
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Sayre
McClencon
Daugh
Sheriff Cato Cleared In Post Narcotics Slaying Case
A federal court jury acquitted Sheriff W F Cato and three Garza County men of murder in the February 7 narcotics agent killing at Post. Dr L W Kitchen and Dr W A Hartman were freed with Hartman on court instructions. Kitchen had pleaded guilty to narcotics violations. Cato still faces conspiracy and civil suit charges.
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Lubbock
W. F. Cato
Garza County
Spencer Stafford
L. W. Kitchen
Tom Morgan
W. A Hartman
Hartman
Cato
Post
Dallas
Kitchen
Lena Roberts
Dr. Hartman
Ed Frazier
Papers Signed Transfer Preacher Escapes Texas to Orange County
Governor O K Allen signed requisition papers from Texas Governor James V Allred to remove Rev Edgar Eskridge to Orange County Texas where the minister faces a charge of slaying Chief F J O'Reilly. Work administrator reports Hopkins appoints Brig Gen Wasd Key as state works progress administrator for Oklahoma.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
James V. Allred
Texas
Edgar Eskridge
Orange County
F. J. O'Reilly
Orange
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Coughlin Declines Soldier Field Rally Use in Chicago
June 1 Father Charles F. Coughlin refused the use of Soldier Field Stadium for a June 19 rally. He renewed his request in a telegram to Robert J. Dunham, chairman of the Chicago Park Board.
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Chicago
Soldier Field Stadium
Charles F. Coughlin
Robert J. Dunham
Chicago Park Board
Barney Keen Wins Amarillo Stake Before 6000 Tri-State Turf Fans
Barney Keen, an eight year old gelding ridden by Goddard, won the Amarillo Stake before an audience exceeding 6,000 at the Tri-State racing meet. The horse defeated Shawean on a fast track as Phalamo and Chu Chu also ran strong, with Soothing and Showcase contending. Time was 1 444-5 for the mile and 70 yards, just five seconds off the American record. The closing program featured 10 popular races and record betting receipts, noted by Tri-State Fair president Wilbur C. Hawk.
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Barney Keen
Amarillo
Tri- State
CFB
Deahl
Tom McTaggert
Alma
Panhandle
Shawean
Seething
Phalamo
Chu
Phalarmo
Showcase
Soothing
Goddard
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair
Kidnapped Boy Recalls Abduction Details in Tacoma
George Weyerhaeuser, seven days held for a 200000 ransom, described the moment a tan sedan pulled him from the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club path. He recalled a man, Alvin, forcing him into the car, covering him with a blanket, and signing the envelope and ransom notes under threat. He named two cars, a tan sedan and a gray Buick, as part of the escape.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
George
Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club
Alvin
Stadium Way
Officer Adjudged Guilty of Murder in Rio Grande City
Fulalio Elizondo Starr County deputy sheriff was convicted of murdering Davis Gomez in a Memorial Day shooting in Rio Grande City. The jury sentenced him to 25 years in the penitentiary after a trial that surprised courtroom staff. the state did not seek the death penalty.
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Corpus Christi
Fulalio Elizondo
Starr County
Davis Gomez
Rio Grande City
Bridge dislodged in Kirkland well near Childress
A bridge in tubing at 5 270 feet of the Alma Oil Company No 1 low test was dislodged today under 1800 pounds pressure, releasing about 25 barrels of oil. It was believed a floating bridge blocked the hole and swabbing would be used to loosen the obstruction. Trading in the field picked up after the flow.
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