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Newspaper
Pampa Daily News
Location
Pampa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
1
The proposal is now before party heads with sentiment in favor of the referendum described as strong. No further details are provided in the fragment, leaving the key fact the central support before party leadership.
The Texas Democratic Executive Committee meets in Austin and approves submitting a referendum on repealing or retaining the eighteenth amendment to voters in July party primaries. Lubbock chosen as site for the September state convention. Wright Morrow asked that Albert Sidney Johnson be removed as governor candidate.
A lively scene unfolds as Pop Wratter and his orchestra perform while bankers gather. President J A Hill and Prof L M Shelfey of Canyon Teachers College discuss contributions to the historical museum. George Briggs ponders if Mc Davis Rafe Thompson and L R Miller can obtain the bar becuersment across the North Fork. A radio message from Akron to the Birmingham weather bureau reports the ship over central Alabama and expected to pass Montgomery and Selma.
Cloudy with thunder showers expected this afternoon or tonight in southern and eastern Oklahoma. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions in eastern and central regions. West Texas mainly fair in the south with partly cloudy skies and possible scattered showers in the northern area tonight into Tuesday.
Personal crisis reports rise while Governor Sterling seeks re election amid claims of being broke. Clem Calhoun campaigns on Borger’s cleanup, though locals doubt him. A Detroit ad expert argues demand will surge with renewed confidence and advertising. A highway patrolman encounters an one armed driver named Ben Loving.
Texas ranking commissioner James Shaw and the 18th president of the Texas Bankers Association are among scheduled speakers for the Panhandle Bankers association program. Shaw will deliver an address Tuesday morning. Rouff, a former Houston Exchange National Bank insider, is noted as a leading banker at the event.
Chicago June 1341 Republican platform makers work on a prohibition plank as an answer to the wet dry clash before the national convention. New York senators vote to repeal the amendment prompting a push for resubmission and federal protection for dry states.
In a Louisiana high court session the recall motion was debated as critics label the delay of the election organized anarchy. Justice and state election officials are listed among those involved, with debates centering on timing and legal procedures.
A recall election for Borger officials was delayed by a Seventh Court of Civil Appeals hearing after Borger city lawyers sought time to file responses to the states contention. The case concerns whether the June 11 recall should proceed without further delay, with county attorney Henry D. Meyers presenting affidavits and city records.
About 10 000 people witnessed Elk City Oklahoma two day air show yesterday. Gus Irwin flew his home made craft with D B Letty Puritan aboard as a low wing monoplane powered by a Viel motor. Despite rain and poor field conditions, no crashes occurred and damage was light with no injuries. Pampans hope for an annual air circus as 50 ships on display included TWA passenger plane and small monoplane.
Pampa police begin Monday night sessions in the city mall basement to learn laws and ordinances. City officials announce Arthur Teed will teach evidence requirements for prosecutions, search warrants, and future ordinance studies with judges, district attorneys, and visiting officers contributing.
Rain postpones 23rd annual convention gatherings as visitors assemble at a Methodist church site move. Melvin Rouff of Houston National Bank and Texas Bankers Association urges public confidence and tempered optimism that trade recovery may begin amid debt and economic conference hurdles.
Pampa aims to curb burglary epidemic as Chief J T Downs announces one special officer and two night duty officers joining Ri mond Harrah in patrolling homes and downtown areas. Two night watchmen patrol business district while three arrests were made last month for robberies and tire thefts. City officials pledge stronger measures to curb crime.
A campaign to cultivate citizenship among boys in Pampa runs through Monday June 20. Regiments of troops form this week led by Rogar Mcconnell an artillery unit and Frank Kelm an infantry unit. Majors Philp Pond and Frank Foster select captains and ten men each. The drill time is 7 30 Monday morning June 20.
Heavy rain halts work on the Fort Worth and Denver line from Childress to Pampr delaying the depot project in South Pampa. Wet conditions for three days this week slow progress. steel is near the echelon site but drying will take days if rain continues. About forty local men were to start this morning, with sixty already placed by the Board of City Development.
Tonight the Bankers association hosts a barbecue at the basement of the first Methodist church at 6 30 p m and a dance at the Sehnai der from 8 30 to 12 p m. The barbecue moved from the Mc Davly lines due to rain and attendance is limited to visitors and a few invited local guests. The golf tournament scheduled for this afternoon will be played at the Country lab tomorrow.
Detroit June 13 AP Detroit police released Robert Burns, a friend of Violet Sharpe, the maid who killed herself in New Jersey. He had been held for questioning in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case after being identified as an acquaintance. New Jersey authorities said they were satisfied he knew nothing of the crime.
L B Steel presided at the Dalhart session in the city auditorium while remarks urged strict budgeting for public and private business and hinted that reduced building costs may spur contraction. A memorial note honored Holman Kennedy of the Panhandle Bankers association.
Five of seven inmates who escaped from a jail in Rusk yesterday by manipulating a cell door combination lock have been recaptured, with authorities continuing to search for the remaining two fugitives.
Akron airship sighting reported in Jackson Mississippi as it passed overhead at 6:30 p.m. central standard time heading eastward. The slow movement and location tied the event to a Navy airship operation during June.
The House voted 226 to 175 to call up the 2.4 billion dollar cash bonus bill for consideration, a temporary win for about 12 000 veterans who had gathered in Washington. If approved, the measure moves to the Senate and White House, where a veto by President Hoover is expected.
A. Jay of the Industrial Commercial and Agricultural conference urges limits on government expansion as tax burdens rise. He notes the 1930s tax bill equaled a fraction of property values and warns bonded debt drives costs, citing Texas and national figures and the urge to avoid costly public projects chasing peers.
i HEARD- B and Tinley predict rain for the Panhandle Bankers association convention with D Sr Wynne adding a forecast. Mrs DeLea Vicars notes she must stay at the Schneider hotel registration desk to supervise registrars and keep bankers from leaving with someone else. A First National bank porter plans to register for a badge along with other bankers.
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