Nation's War Dead Memorials Center on Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery hosts the nation’s memorial events with 48,000 buried service members as a three-service parade moves down Constitution Avenue led by Brig Gen Albert Cox. Dignitaries include Admiral Leahy Gen Hines and Brig Gen Osterman as wreaths adorn the Unknown Soldier tomb.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Arn
Navy
Marine
Constitution Avenue
Albert Cox
District National Guard
William Leahy
Naval Operations
Frank T. Hines
Veterans
Maxwell Murray
Army
E. A. Osterman
Marine Corps
Arlington Cemetery
Maj
H. H. Smith
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Arlington Amphi
Death Ends Effort to Water Mule
Clifford Johnson aged 12 attempted to lead a mule to water in Cowichia Washington. The mule kicked him, causing fatal injuries.
Waldie Convicted in Drunken Driving Case
A 47th court jury found Clayton Waldie guilty of drunken driving last night. He pleaded not guilty, and the court assessed a 30 day jail sentence and a $50 fine.
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Clayton Waldie
Amarillo Honors War Dead With Memorial Day Services
Amarillo held Memorial Day observances at Llano Cemetery and Memorial Park for fallen service members. An airplane piloted by Charles Boyd will scatter flowers over the cemeteries, with services led by Rev. H Clyde Smith and Luther Roberts. Banks and the post office closed. flag duties and veterans group arrangements noted.
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Amarillo
Llano Cemetery
Memorial Park
Charles Boyd
H. Clyde Smith
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Joe Omler
Lloyd Robertson
W. D. Grantham
Paul Ellis
Milton Cox
Buddy
Luther Roberts
Church of Christ
Memorial Park Cemetery
C. A. Clark
Hanson Post
American Legion
Floyd Sloan
D. Roach
Clay Thornton
F. Rose
Guy P. Miller
Maynard Drake
Filibuster May Halt Neutrality Change
Senate isolationists threaten a filibuster to block the administration cash and carry neutrality plan. If started, Hull’s revision may wait until 1940, delaying repeal of arms embargo provisions amid a looming European war.
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Washington
Senate
Cordell Hull
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Hull
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Lovers Quarrel Ends With Teen Girl Wounded
Dallas May 30 A bullet wound to 17 year old Joan Merrill left her near death after a quarrel with her seventeen year old fiancé Guy Isaminger. She said the wound was for personal safety and the shooting followed her returning an engagement ring hours before graduation.
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Dallas
Joan Merrill
Guy Oliver Isaminger
Isaminger
Miss Merrill
Showers Forecast By Office Worker Mr Collman
Mr Collman, a diligent office worker, described today and tomorrow as with showers. Amarillo reported 10 inches of moisture yesterday along with several other points. Hereford logged 59 inches and Tucumcari 41.
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Collman
Government Wins Budapest Election Seats Hold Majority
Hungarian Nazis gain a strategic bloc of seats while the governing party appears assured of a large parliamentary majority based on mounting return results reported today.
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Budapest
Hungary
Fine Gesture To Steal To Honor Dead In Des Moines
In Des Moines on May 30 a long standing custom of stealing potted plants from public parks to transplant on cemetery graves drew criticism. Park board executive M. H. Harvey said flower thefts spike before Decoration Day, with this year the worst he recalls, and he threatened prosecution.
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Des Moines
M. H. Harvey
Park Board
Youth Dies After Touching 500 Volt Roof Wire
In Toronto on May 30 a four year old boy, Stanley Ferguson, was electrocuted after touching a 500 volt wire stretched across the roof of the Standard Brick Company plant while playing with friends who fled. He warned the others before collapsing, saying they would get hurt too.
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Toronto
Ont
Stanley Ferguson
Standard Brick Company
Stan
Stanley
Violence Flare Hits Briggs Auto Plant Amid Strike
In Detroit a union official was shot and a picket beaten as Briggs Manufacturing strike violence erupted. Joseph Ferris, V P of UAW CIO Local 212, was wounded while pursuing a car believed to carry rival union members led by Homer Martin. Federal mediator Dewey to rule on 28 grievances tomorrow as NLRB prepares a hearing on certification for sole bargaining. Emil Mazey reports 12,640 of 13,000 Briggs workers back petition.
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Joseph Ferris
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Homer Martin
William Green
Eight Mile Road
Briggs
James FP. Dewey
Deve
National Labor Relations Board
Briggs Uaw-Cio
Emil Mazey
Kights Snap Out as Knell For Flier
London May 30 The 24 year old Thomas H. Smith attempting a trans Atlantic flight in a rare long range plane reportedly ended in tragedy. Reports of a sighting near Britain kept hope alive before Croydon Airport lights were finally switched off and officials confirmed the flier was not expected to survive.
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London
Thomas H. Smith
North Atlantic
Smith
Britain
Croydon
Navy Honors Men Who Died in Squalus Dive
Guns boomed from gray ships off Portsmouth New Hampshire as flowers floated on the sea in an in memoriam tribute to 26 men entombed in the sunken submarine Squalus observed May 30 a coast guard airplane dropped flowers and naval crews saluted from 15 miles offshore
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Portsmouth
N. H
Coast Guard
Jerusalem authorities close movies cafes after shootings
Jerusalem authorities closed movies and cafes today to curb further shootings and bombings. A Jewish man was killed and another wounded in a adjacent residential district shooting last night. Two bomb explosions at the largest Arab owned theater wounded 30 people, 12 seriously.
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Jerusalem
Fractures Arm Teaching Children To Skate
Mrs Eleton Laselle attempted teaching her children to skate in Portland on May 30 when she fell and fractured her arm. The incident occurred as she demonstrated a skating move, prompting medical attention.
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Portland
Ore
Eleton Laselle
Seminole Chiefs Accept WPA Checks Without Surrender
Seminole leaders in the Everglades concluded that cashing Works Progress Administration checks by braves on a road project does not imply surrender to the federal government. The council, through Miami lawyer O B White, said no braves endorsed the checks and no rights were relinquished, preserving their stance of peace but no treaty signing.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Everglades
O. B. White
Cost of Money Now Lowest Bankers Told
M Szymczak told Panhandle bankers at the thirty fifth annual Panhandle Bankers Association convention in Amarillo that money is cheaper now than ever before with excess reserves exceeding six billion dollars. He explained the Federal Reserve System workings as delegates registered a record 394. Randall Wilbur succeeded Arthur Ware as association president, with other officers named. The mayor warned of unemployment and urged pump priming for next year while bankers debated duties beyond deposits and loans.
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M. S. Szymczak
Panhandle
Szymczak
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
Nat
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Herring Hotel
Wilbur
First National Bank of Canadian
Arthur Ware
Amarillo National Bank
John K. Crews
Hale County State Bank
Plainview
W. Dale Smiley
First National Bank of
Amarillo
Elmer
R. Thomson
Ross D. Rogers
Edd McLaughlin
Ralls
Fred Olander
Syzmezak
Crystal Ballroom
Jack Adkins
Cattle Baron Murdo Mackenzie Dies at 89
Murdo Mackenzie a prominent western cattle figure died at St. Luke's Hospital at 89 after a month of illness. He led the Matador Land and Cattle Company, helped push Hepburn rate legislation, and was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt. He leaves multiple children and siblings in the United States and Scotland.
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Denver
Murdo Mackenzie
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mackenzie
Matador Land and Cattle Company
John
Texas
Scotland
West
Theodore Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
American National Livestock Association
County Ross
United States
Prairie Land and Cattle Company
New Mexico
Colorado
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
The
Prairie Company
Montana
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Matador Company
Alexander
Trinidad
Co Ed Students Set Dawn Pie Duel Over Literary Critique
In Ruston Louisiana on May 30 a senior Anna Halstead from Shreveport challenged sophomore Varnelle Plasow of Bay Shore New York to a dawn duel with chocolate pies. The proposed duel includes five steps and a sling as per rules. Both dispute attire with raincoats or shorts under consideration.
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Ruston
Anna Halstead
Shreveport
Louisiana Tech
Varnelle Plasow
Bay Shore
N. Y
Roy Christian Charged In Attack on Wife
Amarillo man Roy Christian remained in county jail on charges of assault with intent to kill after an attack on his wife. Mrs. Christian suffered severe bruising and was hospitalized. Justice of the Peace H. W. Duke set bond at 1500 dollars.
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Roy Christian
Amarillo
Christian
Justice of the Peace
H. W. Duke
Amateurs Shot Over Sleep Disturbance During Memorial Day Parade
In Philadelphia on May 30 two amateur musicians practicing for a Memorial Day parade were shot and slightly wounded by an irate homeowner who said they disturbed his sleep. Police were notified and investigation underway.
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Philadelphia
Cone Case Still A Mystery After Seven Years
Four Ochiltree County officers questioned Elmer and Claude Tennison at Oregon Prison about the Cone murder case. District Attorney W L McConnell and County Attorney Oscar C Flowers expressed doubt and belief the Tennisons killed J M Cone and his two sons J M Jr and Vernon. Investigators noted the skeleton found near Wolf Creek may be linked to the Tennisons’ 1936 confession, with no clear path to bring them to Texas.
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Cone
Ochiltree County
Oregon Prison
J. M. Cone
Vernon
W. L. McConnell
Panhandle
Ochiltree
Oscar C. Flowers
del Talifero
J. H. Callihan
Elmer
Claude Tennison
United Press Dispatch
Salem
Ore
McConnell
Tenison
Flowers
Tenisons
Texas
Perryton
WPA
J. M. Cone, Jr
Wolf Creek
Cone Boys
Chiropractor Held On Murder Charge In Girl's Death
A San Diego chiropractor faces a murder charge after the death of 16 year old Mrs. Martha Wilma Anderson. Her body was removed to Luling Texas and buried under an assumed name. Investigators sought William H. Bouldin a sailor aboard the U S Rigel who allegedly transported the body to Texas.
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San Diego
Calif
Texas
A. Blake Mason
Martha Wilma Anderson
Luling
Tex
G. H. Parden
William H. Bouldin
U. S
Rigel
Mason
Dream Ends With Bump On the Floor
New York fireman Thomas McQuade aged 28 had a vivid dream about answering a fire alarm and woke to a fall from the pole in a Queens station house. He slid to the concrete floor with a loud thump, was shaken but not seriously hurt.
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New York
Thomas McQuade
Queens
News Tip Contest Promises Prizes This Summer Season
The Globe invites tips during the warm months with prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars for the three best tips. Readers are urged to phone the News Tip Editor to share small happenings that could become feature stories. Examples include a motorcycle accident, a dog’s death tied to a book, and a child’s fall from a window, with several tipsters named.
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Globe
Goldie Quayle
Henry Ansley
Sap
Ansley
E. S. Westerfield
Roberta Faye Gosset
Wehr Kumpe
West Tenth Avenue
Marshall Scott
Annie Lee Visage
Lipscomb Street
C. 8. Johnston
West Fourteenth Avenue
L. D. Denny
Pleasant Valley
Rosella McQueen
Monroe Street
A. F. Amerson
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Thomas A. Jenkins
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James P. McGranery
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Winfred Kemp
Marine Band
South Trimble
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Madrid
Jose Delalamo Galilia
Santander
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Mr. Collman
Amarillo How, Co
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Briggs Manufacturing Company
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