Unemployment forecast for winter from AFL leader
William Green of the American Federation of Labor warned that unemployment could reach about 7 million this winter as Walter Gifford prepares a national relief drive. August showed slight employment gains but the trend remains weak across industries including printing and building. Farm layoffs and textile gains shaped the outlook for fall and winter.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Walter S. Gifford
National
Green
Gifford
Commerce Department
Four Convicts Slay Doctor Then Kill Themselves At Marquette Prison
In Marquette Michigan four long term inmates attempting escape killed acting prison physician Dr A W Hornbogen and wounded a guard and two trusties before suicide. Warden James P Corgan ordered all convicts to cells, ending a scene of barricade and gunfire in the industrial building.
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Marquette
Mich
Marquette Branch
James P. Corgan
A. W. Hornbogen
L. L. Youngquist
Andre
Tony) Germano
Toledo
Ohio
Birmingham
Leo Duver
Detroit
Frank Hohfer
Charles Roseburg
Joe Cowling
Leo Bolger
Frank Oligschlager
Germano
Hornbogen
Duver
Roseburg
Oligschlager
Corgan
William Newcombe
Nct
Cowling
Clarance Vaughan
Vaughan
Charles Arenz
Charles Alvord
Arenz
Hohfer
Robert Fingle
New Population Center Located in Indiana Area
The new center of population of the United States is now 2.9 miles northeast of Linton, Indiana, the Bureau of the Census announced. The finding places the center in Indiana as of August 27, reported by U P wire.
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Indiana
Washington
U.P
United States
Linton
Mnd
Bureau of the Census
Austin Council Urges Texas Gas Industry Probe
The Austin city council voted to ask the Railroad Commission to investigate the natural gas industry in Texas in a resolution adopted today.
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Texas Gas
Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Partly cloudy and cooler forecast for Amarillo area
Partial cloudiness and cooler conditions are expected Friday across Amarillo and vicinity. The forecast notes cooler east portions with fair, unsettled conditions toward New Mexico and west Texas winds. Temperature guidance appears inconsistent but indicates a cooler day with variable noon readings.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Officer Held as Hostage Tells Story at Marquette Prison
A guard recounts the failed escape attempt at the Michigan branch prison in Marquette. He and another officer were held hostage during the incident as convicts tried to shoot their way out. The report continues on page 15.
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Michigan
Marquette
Associated Press
Charles Arenz
Mooch No More Home Rolled Cigarets Rolling Machine Tale
Austin aug 27 readers learn that home rolled ciga rets can be made with a rolling machine for private use legally. The treasury department ruled that using the device to make cigarets for sale or gift is illegal but advertising selling or owning machines for private use in Texas is permitted.
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Austin
United States Treasury Department
J. W. Bass
U. S
Internal Revenue
Texas
Bass
Finish Grade on Highway 5 Completion Announced
Construction of grade and drainage on 5.8 miles of Highway 5 north of Amarillo between Amarillo Creek and the Canadian River will finish today though paving must await contractor equipment. W. J. Van London announced that Earl Baker & Company of Oklahoma City leads paving, with Field Brothers & McKelvy in charge of grading.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Creek
W. J. van London
Earl Baker & Company
Oklahoma City
Field Brothers & McKelvy
Moore County
Coke & Braden of
Marshall
Gray County
Hemphill County
Roberts County
Woodward Crash Leaves Baby Dead. Man Arrested
A head on collision on highway 15 east of Woodward, Oklahoma killed a five month old girl and led to the arrest of Claude Miller of Moreland on manslaughter charges. Miller was held without bond as the infant died at Woodward General Hospital from fractures and lacerations after being thrown through a windshield.
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Woodward
Okla
R. L. Baker
Claude Miller
Moreland
Miller
Woodward General Hospital
Baker
Highway 15
Here
Tri-State Brotherhood Convenes 300 Delegates
Work sessions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen keep 300 delegates busy at the Tri-State convention. They attended events at the Nat Dance Palace after a strenuous day of business, including a performance by two women’s drill teams from Red Carnation Lodge No. 385 of Amarillo and another group.
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Tri-State
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Nat Dance Palace
Red Carnation Lodge No. 385
Amarillo
Amarillo Hosts Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Convention
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen meets in Amarillo for its annual convention. The national body controls 23 million dollars in vested funds, including 75 thousand in Amarillo school bonds and investments totaling over 2.5 million in Texas. Smaller allocations are reported in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Amarillo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Houston Lodge 583 Retains Silver Cup In Close Drill
Lodge No 583 of Houston staged elaborate drills for the silver loving cup now held by Houston. The Houston team won a tightly contested session and kept the cup for three consecutive years. Delegates from Texas New Mexico and Arizona were joined by hundreds of Amarilloans at the event. Each team had 18 members in white uniforms while Houston wore red and blue capes. Over 750 spectators applauded as the teams performed. Members of the Houston winning squad included Captain Daisy Henzie Evelyn Wilson Ray Haden Minnie Lee Octmer Elizabeth Webb Ruth Davis Julia Phelps Natalie Dunlap Callie Munlin Grace Whatley Mamie Seiphritt Guyton Scott.
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Houston
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Daisy Henzie
Evelyn Wilson
Ray Haden
Minnie Lee Octmer
Elizabeth Webb
Ruth Davis
Julia Phelps
Natalie Dunlap
Callie Munlin
Grace Whatley
Mamie Seiphritt
Guyton Scott
Lindbergh Calls on Japanese Officials During Tokyo Visit
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh met Tokyo officials after arriving in Japan. The party, led by U S Ambassador Forbes, visited ministries of communications war navy and foreign affairs then met Mayor Nagata and Premier Wakatsuki before touring the Aviation Society.
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James P. Howe
Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne
United States
Japan
Canada
Alaska
Nagata
Japanese Aviation Society
Lindbergh
Cameron Forbes
Aisuke Kabayama
Japan-America Society
Neville
Communications
War
Navy
Foreign Office
Wakatsuki
Aviation Society
Derby Flyers Stay Night in Bartlesville
Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach led the Santa Monica Cleveland handicap air derby to Bartlesville Oklahoma with a 1 35 P M landing after a 35 minute Enid leg. Weather reports altered plans as flyers waited for overnight here following a 210 mph average from Amarillo to Enid.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Cleveland
Enid
O'Donnell
Amarillo
Governor Murray Plans Addresses Across Texas and Oklahoma
Governor Murray will speak at the Denison Durant free bridge dedication on September 8 and then travel to Amarillo on September 21 to address residents in 37 Texas counties.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Denison-Durant Free Bridge
Amarillo
Texas
Bankers Agree On New Credit To Great Britain
The New York Evening Post reports bankers have agreed on terms for a new credit to Great Britain likely totaling 300 million dollars or more.
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New York
The
New York Evening Post
Great Britain
Baylor dean retains job amid board action at Baylor
Baylor University board of trustees declines to accept acting president Dean W. Allen's resignation while sustaining his call for business manager George Belew to resign. The board cites lack of harmony and non cooperation as reasons and directs a public statement by Rev. J. M. Dawson.
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Waco
Baylor University Board of Trustees
Allen
George Belew
Belew
Roosevelt Opens Way For Tammanys Probe Of Republican Cities
Governor Roosevelt sends a special message urging an extraordinary session demand for an investigation into alleged Republican corruption in upstate cities. The day features immunity bills for the Hofstadter committee and conflicting charges over political motives amid Tammany and national implications.
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Roosevelt
Tammany
Walter T. Brown
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Tammany Hall
Hofstadter Committee
New York
Senate
Assembly
Fashion Show to Be Monday in Amarillo
Dame Fashion, famed worldwide, will stage her annual Fall coming out in Amarillo next Monday night. Merchants will dress show windows in bright colors and display Autumn fashions. The 142nd Infantry band will parade the main streets playing at shops from 1 to about 9 or later. Sun’s News-Globe carries full merchant announcements.
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Dame Fashion
Amarillo
142Nd Infantry
News-Globe
Welcome Home for Globe-Circumnavigators Winnie Mae Crew
Pi Wiley Post and Harold Gatty arrived in Los Angeles aboard the Winnie Mae to a hero’s welcome. Mayor John C. Porter and Lt. Gov. F. P. Merriam led officials in greeting the aviators who completed a sub nine day circumnavigation. Gatty resides in the city. A parade and banquet followed the homecoming.
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Los Angeles
Pi— Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Globe
Winnie Mae
John C. Porter
F. P. Merriam
Gatty
DO X alights at New York
The 112 passenger DO X giant flying boat completed a 30 000 mile circuit from Switzerland to New York after nine months and two days on the journey. Despite storms fire engine trouble red tape and fuel seizures by Portuguese rebels the flight was declared a great success by aviations officials and crew. Lieut Schildhauer credited the voyage with advancing knowledge of erosion and humidity effects on planes and predicted larger flying boats for the future.
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Robert ST. John
Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
Switzerland
Lieut. C. H. Schildhauer
Philadelphia
Martial rule tightens oil limits in East Texas field
Texas Railroad Commission adviser says Governor Sterling may replace martial law with proration order to cap output at 25 000 barrels per day. Hearing continues as firms debate allocation methods from acreage to well basis while Gov Sterling shows no lift of martial law until new order is in effect.
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United States Supreme Court
Railroad Commission
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Sterling
Sinclair
Gulf
Gulf Production Company
Sinclair Oil 4 Gas Company
Ben C. Belt
The
Gulf Company
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Brotherhood OF 3 States
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Gladys O’donnell
Murray Here
Britain
Baylor
W. S.allen
Clara Adams
Towersville
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