Texas Repeal Wins In 8 Amendment Vote Across Texas
Final unofficial Texas referendum results show repeal of the 18th Amendment leading by about 111,502 votes with beer legislation ahead by 124,600. Total tabulated 435,658 with 239 of 254 counties reported. Local option votes largely retained prohibition. beer could become legal September 15 in compliant counties. Governor Ferguson hailed the victory as sanity returning to Texas.
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Dallas
Texas Disection Bureau
Texas
Election Bureau
Andrews
Borden
Glasscock
Hansford
Hartley
Jones
King
Miriam A. Ferguson
Austin
Prohibition
United Forces For Prohibition
God
Roosevelt to greet Montagu Norman at Hyde Park visit
President Roosevelt arranged a visit this week by Sir Montagu Norman governor of the Bank of England at the request of George Harrison head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Norman has been on a mystery trip in the United States for over two weeks and a date for the call was not fixed.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
George Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Montagu
Stephen T. Early
Norman
Papers Delayed By Cloudbursts On North Plains
Sunday Amarillo News-Glaze editions failed to reach North Plains communities as special cars were stalled in mud and branches washed out bridges. Quorum areas including Tucumcari Dalhart Stratford Texhoma Guymon Dumas and Spearman will receive Monday papers by train delivery while other editions proceed.
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Amarillo
North Plains
Rucumcari
Dalhart
Stratford
Texhoma
Guyman
Dumas
Spearman
Tree Surgery Brings Beauty to Palisades
Forester W. Krause and 42 civilian workers cleared tangled Palisades shrubs and hillside trees in Texas Panhandle State Park turning the area into an ideal artists view. He notes trees share illnesses with humans and advocates copperas treatment to fix iron-poor soil, chisel out rotten spots, and care to restore green color.
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Palisades State Park
W. Krause
United States Forester
Mr. Krause
Panhandle
Texas
Johnson Sets Eagle Flying As NRA Drive Opens
Washington Aug 27 Hugh S Johnson opened a nationwide NRA campaign to bring the nation under the Blue Eagle. He said 70 to 80 percent of employers are already under the eagle and warned against boycotts or violence while promising fair open hearings for violations. He hailed a milestone of testing a union principle in business.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
House
Blue Eagle
Forty Seventh District Court Opens Here Today
The Forty seventh District Court opens in Amarillo with the grand jury at 9 am before Judge Henry Bishop. Court has sat in Randall County at Canyon for the past three weeks as several cases are set for presentation to the grand jury by officers.
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Forty-seventh District Court
Amarilo
Henry
Bishop
Randall County
Canyon
Huckins Hotel President Dies at 63 in New Hampshire
Joseph Huckins Jr., president of the Huckins Hotel Company, died last night at his summer home Homestead in Effingham Falls New Hampshire from heart disease. He was 63.
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Oklahoma City
Joseph Huckins, Jr
Huckins Hotel Company
Effingham Falls
New Hampshire
Falconi Sets Inverted Flight World Time Record
Lieut Tito Falconi landed at Joliet after a St Louis to Chicago attempt and claimed a new world time record of three hours six minutes and 39 seconds for inverted flight. He started from St Louis at 11 51 30 A M and arrived in Joliet after a downtown demonstration with observers aboard.
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Joliet
Tito Falconi
ST. Louis
St. Louis-Chicago
Faleconi
Tulsa
Okla
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Chicago
American Aeronautical Association
Falconi
North Plains counties split on beer votes amid Panhandle results
Twelve Panhandle counties voted wet on beer repeal while northern areas favored repeal and liquor, with a west east split around Amarillo. Local options show mixed outcomes across Dallam Sherman Ochiltree Lipscomb Hemphill Roberts Hutchinson Moore Hartley Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler and others.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
South Plains
Oldham
Potter
Dallam
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Moore
Hartley
Carson
Gray
Wheeler
Sherman
Hansford
Roberts
Collingsworth
Donley
Armstrong
Deaf Smith
Palmer
Castro
Swisher
Briscoe
Hall
Childress
Bailey
Lamb
Hale
Floyd
Randall
Potter County Voters Approve All Light Ballot Measures
Potter County voters favored the relief bond, local option and state 3.2 beer by large margins. Final tallies: relief bond 3 666 for, 485 against. local option 2 782 for, 1 467 against. repeal 2 783 for, 1 438 against. homestead exemption 3 668 for, 477 against. home rule charter 3 596 for, 423 against. state 3.2 beer 2 888 for, 1 309 against. About 4 200 of 7 000 eligible voters participated.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Twenty-ninth Street
Randall County
Guard stops break at prison farm but pays with his life
Guard J R McCall 44 was slain in a dormitory gun battle at Central State Prison Farm Sugarland Texas after halting a 15 convict break Beaumont King 26 Wilbarger County convict fired first and was wounded by McCall. McCall died at Sugarland hospital. King treated in prison hospital with slim chance of recovery.
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Central State Prison Farm
Sugarland
Tex
J. R. McCall
Beaumont King
Wilbarger County
McCall
King
Tex. Farmer Dies in Chicago During Century of Progress
Thomas E. Crawford, 62, a farmer from Wichita Falls, Texas, died suddenly of a heart attack in Chicago while attending the Century of Progress with his wife Anna and son Loren, 15. The body will be returned to Texas for burial.
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Chicago
Thomas FE. Crawford
Wichita Fells
Tex
Anna
Loren
Texas
Moley resigns as Roosevelt adviser to edit national weekly
Raymon Moley, longtime aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt, resigns as Assistant Secretary of State effective September 7. He will edit a new national weekly published by Vincent Astor. The move follows strains with Secretary Hull and comes after Moley handled a special study on kidnapping.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Raymon Moley
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
State Department
Moley
Hull
Astor
Knife attack leaves three men injured at Ross Hotel
Three Wichita Falls men were injured in a knife fight at the Ross Hotel. One victim, Take Statements, suffered a throat wound severing the jugular. James McCaulley was slashed in two throat wounds and stabbed in the abdomen. Dr. EF H Boaz was struck on the head and observed at St. Anthony’s hospital alongside the others. Officers collected statements as investigators pursued charges. A 12 inch butcher knife and a torn hat marked the scene.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Ross Hotel
Wichita Falls
Ef, H. Boaz
Memphis
South Plains
May
James McCaulley
Boaz
Bill Adams
W. R. McDowell
H. L. Holbrook
Amarillo
Dr. Boaz
Holbrook
McCaulley
Tropical Storms Detected Near Bermuda and Gulf Coast
The Weather Bureau issued advisory 10 A. M. noting a tropical disturbance of slight intensity about 400 miles west-northwest of Bermuda moving northwest at about 10 mph. A disturbed condition is developing over the southwest Gulf of Mexico near Campeche and Tabasco, also moving northwestward.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Bermuda
Gulf of Mexico
Campeche
Tabasco
Rain disrupts Panhandle transport and floods requires repairs
Heavy weekend rain deluged the Panhandle causing rail and highway disruption. Amarillo received about 1.10 inches with totals over 6 inches in a week, while bridges and paving on routes near Canadian River and Rock Creek were damaged. Crews work to clear mud and restore sections, with no train delays reported.
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Amarillo
San Jon
N. M
Shamrock
Rock Island
Texline
Memphis
Denver
Pampa
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Santa Fe Railroad
Here
Dumas
Canadian
Sanford
Borger
Stinnet
Canadian River
Rock Creek
North Plains
Morse
NRA Consumers Signed Up In Amarillo House Visit
NRA volunteers will contact consumers Monday in a house to house canvass after completing the employer survey in Amarillo. Final results of the employer campaign likely announced Monday afternoon. Many employer responses were returned for more detail. NRA council to meet at Amarillo Credit Association offices for final instructions before morning outreach.
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NRA
Amarillo
NRA Council
Amarillo Credit Association
Western Building
Taylor Street
Landlords Urged to Rent Now as Rents Rise
The notice warns that rents are increasing and urges landlords to advertise vacancies immediately. It stresses families with children need housing before school starts and mentions many renters are searching now after earlier double-ups and new employment.
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