Scientists observing a tailless comet in southern skies
Astronomers at Yerkes Observatory confirm a new tailless comet sighted in the southeastern skies. Prof. Otto Struve notes it is a genuine comet likely unseen before, with initial observations by Cyril Jackson of Johannesburg and photographs by Phil Keenan. Further data will determine its solar orbit and visibility duration.
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Williams Bay
Wis
Otto Struve
Yerkes Observatory
Dr Struve
Cyril Jackson
Johannesburg
South Africa
Phil Keenan
Army fliers survive flaming plane in dramatic sky thriller
Three airmen en route to Brooks Field Texas escaped death when their plane burst into flames at 3 000 feet near Banning California. Cadet F H McDuff stayed at the controls as Capt R I Dugan leaped to safety, saving the mission and the pilot. The plane started a brush fire across hundreds of acres before it was controlled. The other section notes the first 1935 wheat car arriving in Kansas City testing 61.3 pounds to the bushel with 15.4 moisture.
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R. Giles
F. H. McDuff
R. I. Dugan
McDuff
Giles
Dugan
Capt. Dugan
Barton Lake
K. C
Kansas City
Campaign Push to Deport Aliens to Allege Jobful Unemployment
Representative Dies of Texas reports 155 organizations back a nationwide plan to deport about 6 million aliens to ease unemployment. The movement, called The Americans, aims to mobilize ten million citizens in support of the Dies deportation bill and claims 150 congressmen already back the measure.
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United States
Dies
Texas
England
France
Germany
Italy
Wife of Byrd Aide Is Killed in Fall
Mrs. Lucille T. English 29 year old wife of a Byrd expedition leader was mortally injured in a five story plunge in her Washington apartment. Police questioned Harold W. Starr 26 a Washington lawyer who was in the apartment at the time. Mrs English had recently greeted her husband Lieut Robert English back from Antarctica after a two year absence and either jumped or fell from a kitchen window late yesterday.
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Washington
Lucille T. English
Harold W. Starr
Veterans and Leftists clash in Paris street brawl
In Maubeuge France on June 22 more than 600 Leftists and Cross of Fire veterans fought in the streets overturning cars and smashing windows as Communists and Socialists tried to disrupt a veterans meeting. Police reserves restored order. a Communist was arrested after assaulting an officer.
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Maubeuge
France
Cross of Fire” Veterans’ Organization
Hubert Cole To Head County Treasurer Body
Panhandle and West Texas division of the Texas County Treasurers Association formed yesterday afternoon to push a state wide body. Hubert G. Cole of Potter County was chosen president with officers Mrs C J Tirey Tulia and Mrs Maud Merrick Floydada as vice presidents and Mrs Daisy Scarborough Quanah as secretary. The group aims to educate fraternal and political aims and to sponsor beneficial legislation. Next meeting set for Amarillo September 20 and 21 with committees named for legislative and entertainment duties.
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Panhandle
West Texas
Texas
Flovdada
M. McGre
Plainview
Daisy Scarborough
Quanah
I. E. Jackson
Scarborough
Merrick
Cole
Roy C. Fuller
Abilene
Tom E. Wynn
Dumas
Esther Stewart
Paducah
Sue Kerr
Claude
Mamie Wands. Channing
Amarillo
Grandma Sams Would Have Observed 104th Birthday Monday
Nancy Julia Ann Sams known as Grandma Sams would have turned 104 on Monday had she lived another five days. Born June 24, 1832 in Bluntsville Tennessee she died last Wednesday at her daughter’s home near Hereford Texas. She endured Civil War hardships while her husband served and later moved to Texas in 1870 with three children. She remained mentally sharp read the Bible daily and kept up with world affairs reading newspapers until illness began in January.
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the Panhandle
Nancy Julia Ann Sams
Grandma” Sams
Bluntsville
Tenn
Nancy Julia Ann
J. 8. Smith
Hereford
Berry
James Sams
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Sams
Hillsboro
Federal Aid Keeps Huey Opposition Shuttered in New Orleans
The federal government provided funds and support to keep New Orleans municipal operations running amid Huey Long opposition. FERA advanced money to pay two months of wages as garbage workers and other city employees, preventing a breakdown of essential services. Mayor Wamsley sought funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation but was denied.
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United Press
New Orleans
U.P
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Senator Long
Frank H. Peterman
FERA
Washington
T. Semmes Wamsley
Long
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
World War Vet Pays Bill Owed Since 1928
Springfield, MG June 22. A Chicago World War I veteran paid back a 1928 debt after appealing for funds to buy gasoline and oil. The American Legion Post, led by 6.8 Taylor, received a letter of thanks and a money order for $2.83.
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Springfield
Chicago
American Legion Post
Taylor
Judge Refuses Plea in Lindbergh Law Kidnaping Case
In Tacoma Washington on June 22 Judge Cushman again rejects Mrs Margaret Waleys plea of guilty to the Lindbergh Law kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser. She is assigned a trial attorney John F Dore former Seattle mayor and a trial date is set for next Monday The court hears she wishes to speak but must do so through her counsel OBrien who argues trial may best serve her interests Acquittal seen as probable after an hour long review of the indictment.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
E. E. Cushman
John F. Dore
Seattle
Cushman
Harmon M. Waley
Owen P. Hughes
United States
Hughes
Stephen J. O’brien
Dore
O’brien
Lynching of R. D. McGee Near Wiggins Mississippi
A 25 year old black man identified as R D McGee was lynched by a white mob estimated 200 to 400 strong two miles east of Wiggins Mississippi after an alleged attack on an 11 year old white girl. The body was riddled with bullets and left hanging. no arrests reported.
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Wiggins
Miss
R. D. McGee
Wigins
Stone County
J. A. Simpson
McGee
Mississippi
Oklahoma farmers see green pastures from ash fallout impact
Oklahoma City June 22 two months after the dust storms of April farmers report unexpected pasture recovery. Frank M. Filson a fertilizer specialist notes nitrogen phosphates lime and potash in volcanic ash that settled over Oklahoma contribute to the current lush state of the state's pastures.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Frank M. Filson
Danes Escape Death as Dana Sinks After Collision
Twenty two Danish scientists aboard the Dana, a 2061 ton deep sea exploration ship, narrowly escaped drowning when the vessel collided with a German trawler in the North Sea and sank minutes later. One scientist was slightly injured.
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Copenhagen
Dana
North Sea
Roosevelt Brings Tan Back to Work After Thames Trip
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park with sunburn from a Thames River trip at New London. He will attend church and dine with family before leaving for New York City and then Washington.
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Tan
Hyde Park
N. Y
Thames River
New London
Cony
New York City
Washington
Solon backs quick passage of new taxes
Senator Robinson, a Democratic leader, urged enacting President Roosevelts tax proposals now to avoid a cloud of uncertainty. He said delaying action could stretch the session and keep the issue hanging over the country until next winter, while stressing the matter should be treated separately from the tax resolution.
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Congress
Robinson
Roosevelt
Farlier
Rooosevelt
Peace Effort Underway Between Irish and British Leaders
Dublin reports indicate Irish Free State President Eamon De Valera plans a reconciliation push with Britain. James H. Thomas of the Dominions Office highlighted that differences span economic and political lines, and any rapprochement would be welcomed by the British government.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Irish Free State
Free State
Ed Howe Returns Home to Atchison
Ed W. Howe known as the Sage of Potato Hill returned to Atchison Kansas after an eye operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. He had recently visited Chicago before arriving home.
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Atchison, Kan
Ed W. Howe
Potato Hill
Atchison
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Chicago
Clipper Plane Returns Home From Hawaii Flight
Pan American clipper seaplane lands in San Francisco Bay after 4 000 mile journey from Pearl Harbor powered by instruments for the final leg. Arrival at 12 10 PM PST with Captain Edwin C. Musick and five crew members guiding the craft to the harbor. In the same dispatch Alvin M. Owsley arrives at Cobh to take minister post to the Irish Free State succeeding W W McDowell who died April 9 1934.
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Calif
San Francisco Bay
Hawaii
Midway Island
Bay
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Cobh
Irish Free State
Alvin M. Owsley
Romania
W. W. McDowell
Weather Outlook for the Southern Plains and West Gulf States
Partly cloudy to cloudy across West Texas New Mexico and Amarillo region with possible showers midweek. Mild warmth expected throughout the week with variable temperatures and a forecast for Sunday conditions across the listed areas.
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West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo
Smiff
Southern Plains
West Gulf States
Unrest Grows in Democratic Ranks Over Tax and Welfare Bills
Washington reports rising discontent among Democrats over the share the wealth taxes and the Wagner labor disputes bill. A private poll shows substantial opposition to abolishing certain utilities holding companies, while House Ways and Means members doubt the Guffey coal bill's constitutionality.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
New Deal
MacDonald to Visit U.S. on “Important Mission”
London dispatch reports former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will depart for the United States on an important mission. He is to discuss with President Roosevelt war debts navies and currency stabilization. MacDonald has recently been replaced as prime minister by Stanley Baldwin who becomes lord president of the council.
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London
The
Sunday Dispatch
Ramsay MacDonald
England
United States
MacDonald
America
Roosevelt
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Fire sweeps city destroys hundreds of houses in Peshawar
A major blaze in Peshawar, India, last night destroyed more than a thousand houses. Troops were deployed to encircle the affected areas as investigators seek the fire’s cause. No casualties were reported.
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Peshawar
India
Remedies For Bite Of Black Widow Spider In Amarillo
A localHealth note discusses black widow bites with no market anti venom. Doctors may use calcium injections to ease pain while antitoxins exist in theory. Reports cite experiments on macerated spiders and serum availability at Los Angeles General Hospital. Continuous heavy rains are linked to increased spiders in Amarillo.
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Geia On Health Magazine
Los Afireles General Hospital
Hesearch
Naval Medics
Jack Wyatt
Wyatt
Amarillo
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