Tail Wind Helps Texan Soar Toward World Record Flight
Texan aviator Jimmie Mattern lifted the Century of Progress from Floyd Bennett Field at 4:20 A M E S T and, with a tail wind, reached Newfoundland by 11:30 A M E S T. He bypassed Harbor Grace and headed for the Atlantic, aiming for Paris next, as weather along the Irish coast hampered progress.
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New York
Jimmie Mattern
Newfoundland
Century of Progress
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Mattern
Musgrove Harbor
N. F
Wadham Islands
Harbor Grace
Atlantic
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Paris
Moscow
Tempelhof
Berlin
Ireland
Clare
Seaboard
San Angelo
Bennett Griffin
Griffin
Carl Cromwell
Tex
Floyd Bennett Airport
Approval of Congress on Gold Action Quits Standard
Congress approves gold action as cries of repudiation echo after Senate votes to quit the standard. The report notes mounting political tension and calls for decisive leadership amid the economic debate.
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Congress
Senate
Standard
Senate approves payment of all contracts in legal tender
Washington reports the Senate voted 48 to 20 to remove gold as the payment standard for all contracts public and private, now allowing settlement in legal tender. The measure, already passed by the House, awaits signatures before going to the White House, with opposition framed as repudiation of government obligations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Garner
Rainey
White House
Congress
Reed
Borah
Idaho
Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Barkley
Kentucky
Amiarillo Man Dies Suddenly
Frank L. Jones a 45 year old mechanic died suddenly at 10 30 Saturday night while working at a radio repair shop and oil reclaiming plant he owned with a partner at 612 East Tenth Avenue Medical aid was summoned from Lincoln Drug Store and an ambulance was called but he died before reaching hospital The widow Agnes Jones and two children survive funeral announced by N S Griggs & Sons at relatives convenience
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Frank L. Jones
East Thirteenth Avenue
Jones
White
East Tenth Avenue
Lincoln Drug
Hos
Agnes Jones
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Clyde O Eastus Named U S District Attorney for Texas
President Roosevelt sent Clyde O Eastus of Fort Worth to the Senate for confirmation as United States district attorney for the northern district of Texas. Eastus, 48, lifelong Democrat, partner in Dodge & Eastus, has not held office before and aided the Democratic campaign in the district.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Clyde O Eastus
Fort Worth
C. W. Johnston, Jr
United States
Northern District of
Texas
Clyde O. Eastus
Dodge & Eastus
Norman A. Dodge
Eastus
Richest Little City surveys blast ruins in Signal Hill
Signal Hill California reports the rich coast area suffered a catastrophic explosion and fire at a Richfield Oil refinery. Seven people killed, fifty hospitalized, and property damage in the hundreds of thousands. Rescue teams searched through the night for missing workers amid rising smoke.
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Signal Hill
Cal
Long Beach
Richfield Oil Company Properties
One Price World Fair Trip From Amarillo
Wilbur C Hawk sponsors an all expense eight day trip for Panhandle residents to the world’s fair. Priced at 75 dollars from Amarillo, the package includes La Salle hotel stays, meals, sight seeing, exposition admission, baseball, theaters, and boat travel aboard the Theodore Roosevelt. Contact Mason King or Lois Black at The News Globe. reservations require a 10 dollar deposit with final payment by June 20.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Panhandle
Amarillo
Century of Progress
la Salle
Chicago
Harvey
Theodore Roosevelt
Lake Michigan
Mason King
Lois Black
News
Globe
Two Pals and Brother Of 'Pretty Boy' Held
Reports from Oklahoma and Arkansas say the Lansinf gang of 11 fugitives is scattered and breaking through cordons. Bradley Floyd and two companions were arrested at a home near Seminole, while Pretty Boy Floyd and Ivan Reichita remained at large. other relatives were questioned in connection with a stolen car. A dance hall sighting of Floyd near WeWoka ended with arrests of two women and a boy identified as Floyd's son. Net profits of Humble Oil & Refining Co rose by over 12 million in 1932.
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Pretty Boy
Floyd
Jay
Okla
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lansing
Kan
Lewis Bechtel
Dripping Springs
Seminole
Sallisaw
Kansas
Seminole, Okla
Bradley Floyd
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd
Blackie’ Smalley
Troy Kessee
Here
Ivan Reichita
Frank Aldridge
Bill Nicholson
Charles Floyd
Smalley
Eva Simpson
Wewoka
Earlsboro
George Birdwell
Boley
Charles
Jackie Floyd
Marie Smalley
Dempsey Floyd
Humble
Houston
U.P
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy Sunday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas generally fair Sunday. New Mexico generally fair with little temperature change. Hourly readings show 11 AM, 1 PM, 2 PM with highs around 84 and 85. Noted records: yesterday high 160, low 68. highest yesterday 1942 at 160, lowest yesterday 1932 at 68.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Heat Wave Grips Amarillo with Century Mark in Shade
Amarillo reached 100 degrees Saturday afternoon after a 71 degree morning and 99 Friday with no record heats. The Weather Bureau notes normal June highs, with forecasts of continued heat into Monday and possible rain. Texico saw a light shower Saturday midnight and lightning accompanied the moving rain clouds toward Black and Hereford.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
Oklahoma City
Dallas
H. T. Collman
Texico
Black
Hereford
William Muldoon dies famed boxing official at 88
William Muldoon state boxing commissioner and health reformer died in Purchase New York in his 89th year. A Civil War drummer boy and former wrestling champion he trained boxers including John L Sullivan and later built the Health Farm idea amassing wealth while enforcing strict rules of no tobacco no alcohol and ample rest and exercise.
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Purchase
N. Y
William Muldoon
Muldoon
New York
The
Orient
John L. Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan
Morgan Firm Reveals Fourth Profit Share Among Partners
United Press reports J Pierpont Morgan holds a 25 percent share of Morgan & Co profits. The 1916 partnership gave him half the capital and a quarter of earnings, a figure previously guarded. Senate committee release uncensored allocations showed other partners owning under 20 percent, some as low as 1 percent.
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United Press
Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Morgan & Co
Wall Street
Copartnership
Senate Committee
Eight Are Killed On U S Charges Two Still Sought
Walter McGee 28 and Clarence Click 27 confessed the kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy as a federal grand jury indicted eight suspects. George McGee and Clarence Stevens remain fugitives. Indictments cite transporting McElroy from Missouri to Kansas and two extortion letters mailed nationwide. McGee began a full confession at police headquarters.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Walter McGee
Oregon
Clarence Click
Mary McElroy
McGee
George McGee
Olick
Clarence Stevens
Windell Johnson
Havel Johnson
L. R. Gilbert
Lenora Gilbert
Stevens
Miss McElroy
Kansas
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
McElroy
Thomas J. Higwing
Higgins
George
H. F. McElroy
Amarillo
Tex
Thomas J. Higgins
We’ve met before McElroy confesses in kidnap case
McElroy and Clarence Stevens allegedly entered the city manager’s home a week ago and abducted Miss McElroy after a ransom demand. McGee admitted being the actual kidnappers alongside Stevens and claimed they sought an easy payoff. Miss McElroy fainted at the house during a later visit.
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Clarence Stevens
Miss McElroy
McGee
McElroy
Police
McGere
Kansas Road
Higgins
Stevens
Kidnapping Plot Involving City Manager's Daughter Unfolds
Higgins testified that McGee and his brother George plus Clarence Click guarded the daughter for 29 hours in a Shawnee area house. Johnson and others arrested in Amarillo claim no direct role, while McGee admits recruiting them in Oklahoma to help move the $30,000 ransom paid by McElroy. The first count carries life imprisonment, the second up to 20 years. trial status tied to Missouri death-penalty statute. Abe Starr of Leavenworth questioned as material witness.
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Higgins
McGee
George
Clarence Click
Shawnee
Kas
Johnson
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma
McElroy
Abe Starr
Leavenworth
Police deny rumor of planned death by action and reveal abduction plot details
Authorities clarified there was no suicide attempt by Click but he appeared at the show up under heavy guard. McGee and Higgins discussed an aborted plan to abduct Henry F. McElroy Jr. and later his sister, with eight suspects facing federal and state charges as a night search continued near Shawnee, Kansas.
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Click
Kansas
McGee
Higgins
Henry F. McElroy, Jr
Young McElroy
Shawnee
Kan
EF. C. Reppert
George McGee
Swell Time Turns to Grief in Kidnap Case
Walter H. McGee, confessed ringleader of the Mary McElroy kidnapping, was arrested in Ama rillo Texas with Windell Johnson and his wife Hazel and L R Gilbert and Lenore Gilbert after paying a ransom of 30 960 to release Miss McElroy. Police recovered more than 9 000 in cash on McGee as the group planned a so called swell time. The trio traveled from Oklahoma to Canadian Texas before detaining at a hotel and distributing money to associates. The story continues on Page 10 Col 4.
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Otl
Long Beach
Richfield Company
Kanbas City
Oklahoma
Walter H. McGee
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
McGee
Miss McElroy
Oklahoma City
Windell Johnson
Hazel
L. R. Gilbert
Lenore
Gilberts
Johnsons
Amaariilo
Tex
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Amiarillo
Pital
U.S
Tokyo
Pather
Fistic World
Czar
New York State
J. P. Morgan
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Canadian
Gilbert and Johnson
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