Green and O Neal press second New Deal curbs on Supreme Court
Green and O Neal urged Democratic platform writers to back a second New Deal with farm and labor demands. They pressed curbing Supreme Court powers and advocated managed currency and crop controls. Their 11 point farm program includes loan facilities, soil conservation, and farm credit reforms amid the Philadelphia convention debates.
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Philadelphia
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
U. S. Supreme Court
Green
O'Neal
Supreme Court
Congress
Pope
James P. Pope
Cleveland
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Veterans of Foreign Wars
On Board Steamship Nor Mandie
Arthur Brisbane writes in The Globe about modern sea travel and the sense of distance when a great ship leaves the dock. The piece compares contemporary voyages to ancient marvels and notes a changing mood among travelers. Page 5.
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Solomon
British Orders Evacuation From Danger Zones in Canton
British missionaries were ordered to evacuate danger areas as large troop movements signaled imminent hostilities between central government forces and rebellious Kwanegtung in Canton on June 24.
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Canton
Kwanegtung
Amarillo Weather Summary and Local Rates
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the Panhandle. Amarillo highs reached 82 degrees and 66 as record lows today, while New Mexico faced unsettled conditions with little temperature change. FRA LOANS Long-Bell Lor Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
FRA
Long-Bell Lor. Co
Amarillo to Get New Federal Post Office Building
The U S federal building project for Amarillo approved by the post office department in Washington aims at about 750 000 dollars. Mayor Ross Rogers expects early construction with a site selection committee to follow approval and architects to start plans.
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Amarilla
Post Office Department
Washington
Globe
Purdom
Bascom N. Timmons
The
Philadelphia
Timmons
Amarillo
Ross Rogers
Rogers
Post Office
Mother dies from home oil explosion
Mrs Ifon Shelton, 19, died after a gasoline or kerosene explosion while cleaning at home 802 North East Eighth Avenue. Deep burns covered her body and she died early this morning after pleading with her husband and father to care for her 18 month old daughter Kay Dawn.
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Ifon Shelton
Shelton
North East
Eighth Avenue
Kay Dawn
Clar
Hoover urges Kiwanis aid to fight crooked politics and crime
J Edgar Hoover called for formation of law and order committees in every community to root out crooked politicians and corrupt police and parole boards. He urged better citizens to enter politics and warned of organized criminal gangs profiting from law evasion. The speech tied vigilance to municipal reform and public safety. The second item notes the U S Bureau of Mines estimating July crude oil needs at 93 920 000 barrels, up 6 520 000 from June.
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Washington
Law and Order
Pardon and Parole Board
Kiwanis International
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
United States
U.P
U. S. Bureau of Mines
France Seeks Unity As World Isolation Fears Grow
Paris June 24 France faces possible isolation amid internal strife. Premier Leon Blum pushes regional security pacts and league reforms to strengthen ties with Britain Germany and Italy and preserve collective peace. Interior Minister Salengro pledges firm action against clashes between leftists and nationalists.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
France
Leon Blum
League of Nations
Roger Salengro
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Club
League
Blum
Burglars Take Gem Fortune at Long Island Home
Robbers stole cash and jewels valued over 400000 from Mr and Mrs W R Coe Sr in Upper Brookville Long Island. The two silk bags held a pearl necklace valued at 300000 and wallets with 700 plus dollars. Police believe entry came via a porch roof route. Also Vatican report: Pope Pius names Marion Garriga Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi with right of succession.
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Locust Valley
N. Y
Long Island
Homer
W. R. Coe
Upper Brookville
Harold R. King
Nassau County
Coe
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Marion S. Garriga
San Antonio
Tex
Emmanuel B. Ledvina
Corpus Christi
Heart Attack Fatal To Wheat Pit Giant
Arthur W. Cutten, 66, famed as "The Little Giant of the Wheat Pits," died of a heart attack in Chicago. He built a multidecade fortune in grain trading, faced a futures commission order while in frail health, and died 20 minutes after his wife Maude Booker called a doctor at Edgewater Beach Hotel.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Maude Booker
J. Phillip Evans
Edgewater Beach
Cutten
Grain Futures Commission
Foster Opens Party Parley at Ninth Communist Convention
Chairman William Z. Foster opens the ninth national convention calling for a mighty people's front against reaction fascism and war a farmer labor party. He condemns the old order as already dead and notes civil liberties being eroded as unrest grows.
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New York
William
Foster
Communist Party
People’s Front
Farmer-Labor
Noted Flier Seeks Maine Bride To Pair For Trans Atlantic Flight
Clarence D Chamberlin the trans Atlantic flier lands at Fort Fairfield Maine to propose to Louise Ashly daughter of a state representative If she agrees he will ask her to join a West East ocean flight planned for early July aiming to shave 11 1 2 to 12 hours from the record Chamberlin has said he has proposed hundred times but she has declined each time he hopes this time she accepts as husband potential brides name Ashly Maine official father a state representative.
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Fort Fairfield
Clarence D. Chamberlin
trans-Atlantic Flier
Maine
Louise Ashly
Chamberlin
Ashly
Texas
Virginia Delegates Battle Nominating Rule Change at Convention
Angry delegates from Virginia seek northern support to block repealing the two thirds nominating rule at the Democratic convention. The rules committee begins negotiation with 48 state representatives debating a majority rule for presidential tickets. Expectation favors floor debate and Massachusetts backing to push repeal.
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D. Harold Oliver
Philadelphia
Virginia
Rules Committee
Massachusetts
Texas Democrats debate farm plank and two thirds rule
Philadelphia June 24 Texas Democrats held two committee debates to push a strong agricultural policy plank and maintain the two thirds rule for candidate selections. Rep Marvin Jones of Amarillo prepared the policy statement to be presented by Karl Crowley resolutions committee member.
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James W. Allred
Rules Committee
Philadelephia
Hill McAllister
Tennessee
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Clyde
Jones
White House
Philadelphia
Texas
Karl Crowley
Resolutions Committee
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
House Agriculture Committee
Court remands Gilliam conviction for embezzlement
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the conviction of FE B Gilliam who had been sentenced to two years in Brown County for embezzling 2300 dollars from Daniel Baker College.
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Austin
U.P
Court of Criminal Appeals
FE. B. Gilliam
Brown County
Daniel Baker College
Centennial Offers Millionth Visitor Date With Dancer
The Texas Centennial exposition promises a date with Mile Corrine for the millionth visitor if male, with a marriage release required. A married man would seek absolution for alienation of affection. a woman with the 1,006,000th ticket could date a Camp Stephen F Austin bachelor. If a child wins, parents provide candy and easter oil.
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Dallas
U.P
Mile
Corrine
Camp
Stephen F. Austin
Perkins Teaches New Deal Achievements to Democratic Women
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins addressed Democratic women at a breakfast meeting, outlining labor gains since 1933. She cited shorter hours, minimum wages, workplace safety protections, homework regulation, injunction curbs, and a 16 year age floor for youth employment across multiple states.
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National
Perkins
Democratic New Dealers Rally at Philadelphia Convention Hall
At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on June 24 the crowd faced cold weather and seersucker outfits as delegates sweltered through the opening day. Reported clashes over old guard policies and a scrapple breakfast for women marked the event amid rumors of Parley and a giant pipe organ.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Convention
Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
American Liberty League
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Alben W. Barkley
Cleveland
American Bankers Association
United States
Kansas
Connolly
Col
Edward N. Halsey
Lee Barnes
Henry McLemore
United Press Convention Hall
Philandelphia
U.P
Liberty Bell
Swanee River
Alben Plarkley
Jim Parley
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Inieel
Robert Wagner
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
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Col. Knox
Palo Alto
Ator Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
North Carolina
James A. Farley
Oly Lloyd's
England
Central Methodist Church
Detroit
Arthur Brisbane
America
Brisbane
Normandie
U. K. Federal Building
Lee Shelton
G-Men
Jno
Maynard Lbr, Co
Arthur W.cutten
Donald A. Young
By Sigrid Arne
Princes Perkins
Frances Perkins
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