Europe urged to the plans of Roosevelt
Europe urged to the plans of Roosevelt as Washington reports freight car lendings rise. For the week ending June 17 the American Railway Association shows Carloadings at 587931, up 23385 from the prior week and 65533 higher than last year. Industrial regulators push to sustain the upward business trend with codes for higher wages and employment submitted to Hugh S Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
American Railway Association
Public Works Administrations
Hugh &. Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Oil body formed in Dallas to regulate refiners
The Texas Independent Refiners' Association completed its organization in Dallas on June 24. The board elected officers and discussed plans for a code of practices to govern the industry under the Industrial Recovery Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Independent Refiners’ Association
Heat Kills Two in June Heat Wave Across Texas
Texas endured a record June heat wave with Dallas reporting extreme temperatures over 100, two cities reaching 110. Heat contributed to two deaths in Dallas and one prostration, while Ray N. Wright, 29, of Hugo Oklahoma, died in Paris Texas hospital from heat prostration.
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Texas
Dallas
Ray N. Wright
Hugo
Okla
Paris
Tex
Farmers Favor Reducing Gray County Cotton Acreage
Gray county farmers back government plan to abandon 25 to 48 percent of cotton acreage with potential retirement or plow up of 4000 acres. County meetings led by Ralph Thomas and the cotton control committee will outline acreage reduction plans at Meleat city hall and several rural venues.
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Gray County
Meleat City Hall
McLean High
Pampa County
Eldridge
Back
Laketon
Alanreed
Cay County
Street scene of M. K. Brown on a woman's bicycle
Laughter and chatter fill the night as M K Brown rides down Cuyler street on a woman's bicycle and waves. W E Fatheree tells his sons Clyde and Gene he got exercise with a hoe in the garden after they urged him to take a walk. he adds a quip about trying to toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Brown
Cuyler Street
W.E. Fatheree
Clyde
Gene
Wheat Hits Highest Price Of The Year On Futures
Wheat prices surged to season highs on the Pi-Grain pits with reports heat and drought have damaged crops in the west and northwest. Wheat rallied about three cents a bushel before the close as buying overwhelmed profit taking. December delivery topped 88 cents while September settled near 85.
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Board of Trade
Typhoid Fever Warning From Local Physicians
Physicians warn of potential typhoid spread despite hot dry weather. Unemployment and lower living standards compound risk this year. Some residents are ill with a probable typhoid. They urge vaccination against smallpox as the surest epidemic safeguard.
Patton Leading In Solons' Race
Early returns from the seventh district congressional race to replace the late Clay Stone Briggs show State Senator Nat Patton of Crockett and Judge James K. Pickett of Palestine leading a field of nine, with Clark W. Thompson of Galveston also prominent. From eight of ten counties, results list Patton 52, Pickett 960, Thompson 629, Greer 194, Dent 911, and other figures pending complete tallies.
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Galveston
Net Patton
Crockett
James K. Pickett
Palestine
Clark W. Thompson
Clay Stone Briggs
Galveston News
Houston Chronicle
Biges
Liberty
Jake
Clegg
Trinity
Nat Carson
Conroe
Thomas H. Dent
Galveston Negro
Julian PB. Greer
Nat Patton
Juanes D. Pickett
Theodore Stubbs
White Deer resident visits Pampa yesterday
W. Blankenship of White Deer travelled to Pampa yesterday for an undisclosed visit. The trip was noted in local society circles with no additional remarks about purpose or companions.
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W. Blankenship
White Deer
Mrs. Po. Smoot
Early Texas history sketched through centuries and flags
The Panhandle Plains section notes Texas history tracing back to unknown tribes and the Creator, then through Spanish conquest from 1519 to 1521, Hernan Cortes, and Coronado's 1540 voyage. It notes Guadalupe Mission at El Paso 1659, Santa Fe’s 1609 founding, and France Spain rivalries in East Texas as colonization slowly advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhis Panhandie-Plains
Tejas
France
Texas
Mexico
Herman Cortez
Cuba
Vera Cruz
Spain
Vasquez de Coronado
Cibola
Santa Fe
N. M
Guadalupe
Paso
Mississippi
Louisiana
East
Gray Officials Assured Roads Will Be Built
Abilene talks with Judge W R Ely on highway plans under the national recovery act. Gaps on designated roads will be closed first with federal funds aiding unemployed workers. July disbursements set for first contracts. Judge Ely and officials anticipate further projects as funds allow. LAUNDRY MAN KILLED in Mexia after a dispute at the New Way Laundry ends with a fatal shooting of W M Smith, 33, engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
W. R. Ely
State Highway Commission
C. E. Cary
George Briggs
Pampa
Canadian River
Judge Ely
Pampa-McLean
Commission
Gray County
Donley County
No. 5
Dalhart
Ely
Highway Commission
Mexia
New Way Laundry
W. M. Smith
Essee
Aged Mother Gollapse Jury Reports Kidnaping Conviction
Kenneth Buck, 28, was convicted in Barnstable Mass for kidnapping 10-year-old Peggy McMath and extorting 60 000 dollars. He received a prison sentence of 24 to 25 years. His brother Cyril, tried on the same charge, was acquitted. The mother Mrs Bertha Buck collapsed in court. Cyril’s lawyer moved for dismissal after the verdict. Kenneth named a bootlegger as the plot’s architect while denying Cyril’s knowledge of Peggy’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew 4. Clarke
Associated Press
Barnstable
Mass
Kenneth Buck
Margaret
Peggy” McMath
Cyril
Kenneth
Bertha Buck
Albert Chase
Willard Carleton
Edward F. Hanify
Bill
Hyannis
Peggy
Scout Executive A Clark Heads Week of Activities
Scout Executive A Clark travels to Wellington to attend a court of honor then returns for a council fire near Sam Houston school with Phillips troop 18 in charge. He then visits Perryton and Booker camps on Wolf Creek and attends court of honor events where Scouts earn ranks and merit badges while camp movies are shown. Donald Curt of Abilene visits locally.
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A. Clark
Wellington
I. Court of Honor
Sam Houston
John Shannon
Phillips Troop 18
Publc
Clark
New
Perryton
Wolf Creek
Booker
Kingsmill
Pampa
Work In Palisades Ts Begun By SAM KIETH
Palisades canyon camp near Palo Duro opens as twelve hundred soldiers arrive from Amarillo to fort Sil Fort Sil men settle in with tents and supply trains. The unit reorganizes daily life, establishes routines, and prepares for six months of training amid canyon walls.
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Palisades
Palo Duro Canyon
Fort SU
Amarillo
Titan &Supply
Wyoming
Colorado
Prids
Fort Sil
Palisade
Welfare Board Spends Over $15,000 in 2 Years 5 Months
Audit by W D Waters shows Jampa Welfare association received 15 144 49 during December 10 1920 to May 31 1939 with balance on hand 264 89 on May 31 1933. Cash receipts totaled 15 159 03 and disbursements covered groceries medicine milk clothing travel meals lodging hospital bills and other items. tax and administrative costs included.
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Welfare Board
JAMPA
Welfare Association
W. D. Waters
Alex Schneider
Boy Scouts
Fairbanks Jr Seriously III in Hospital Pneumonia
In New York on June 24 Doug Farbanks Jr. son of Dun Crawford and former husband of Joan Crawford is hospitalized with probable pneumonia. He was moved from his mother's apartment to Doctor's hospital after a chill followed a flight from Europe. Doctors describe his condition as satisfactory and his mother Mrs. Jack Whiting stays by his bedside. Joan Crawford, estranged wife, contacted Tollywood officials about his status.
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New York
Douglas Farbanks Jr
Neter
Dun Crawford
Doctor's Hospital
Europe
Jack Whiting
Joan Crawford
Fairbanks
Tollywood
Farmer Slavs Neighbor Then Dies In Blaze
In Detroit area today two neighboring farmers were killed in an apparent murder suicide. T. L. Gregg 65 shot Oscar Wortham as Wortham approached with a team of horses. Gregg then set his house ablaze and died in the flames. An inquest verdict of murder and death by own action was returned.
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Detroit
T. L. Gregg
Oscar Wortham
Wortham
Gregg
Jim
Grepe
Grege
Man Near Death In Triangle Stabbing
Amarillo report states Homer Hart, 22, bootmaker, was dying in hospital from knife wounds after an incident at his home. A. M. Thomas, radio entertainer, faced charges of assault with intent to kill and was jailed. Thomas accused Hart of an affair with Mrs. Thomas, and the case follows Hart’s deteriorating condition and officers’ statements.
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Amarillo
Dime
Homer Hart
Toe
A. M Thommas
Thomas
Power County
Hart
Young Robert Talley Leads County Club Poll Course
Robert Talley an 18 year old leughty player tied Buster Nufman for an 88 score as Grover Austin and Bud Hmeming watched his shots on the local course. A woman cyclist describes a shock absorber joke while noting many babies born recently. Mr and Mrs P O Sanders praise their daughter Jane in a beauty contest with a single violet glance.
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Robert Talley
le County Club
Buster Nufman
Grover Austin
Bud Hmeming
Robert Mike
P. O. Sanders
Jane
Desperados Attack Farm Woman Then Flee Toward Cliff
In Arkansas near Winslow Mrs. John Rogers faced armed gunmen who beat her and seized her car keys after a chain attack. The assailants, fleeing through Ozark brush after robberies at Fayetteville and Alma, were pursued by armed posses toward the Rogers home, while Alma marshal H D Humphrey was mortally wounded in a prior wreck.
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Frort Smith
Ark
Jane
Ain
Lama
Sto
Ozark Mountains
Winslow
John Rogers
Sue Tomobile
Rogers
van Buren
Mt. Vista
Heat and storms move across several Texas towns
Heat records and rain clouds marked a Texas Saturday with Pampa at 92 degrees as clouds cooled the afternoon. San Angelo logged 103 degrees while Abilene reached 99, reflecting a hot stretch across the state.
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Pampa
San Angelo
Abilene
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McMath
Brother
Roosevelt
HULL
U. S
London
Cordell Hull
America
Washington
Wallace
Wko
II Polar Expedition
Napoleon
Millss
Diana Hendrys
Chicago
Ottice
Oscar W. Nelson
Weathy
Patton
Solons
Gray
Gollapseg
Donald Curt of
By Sam Kieth
C. O. Cc
The
G. C
Ricravnd Moley
Secreta
Brain Trust
Herbert Hayard Swope
Tom, Gathard
Fort, Worth
Punmipa
Panhandle
Roo
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