Thousands Attend Formal Opening of New Amarillo College Building
Thousands of guests, including students, ex students, and the public, attended the formal opening of Amarillo College’s new $180000 building at Twenty second and Washington Streets. President J F Mead spoke on the project and patrons club leaders were thanked. a reception followed and a tour of the facility highlighted the event.
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Amarillo College
Twenty-second
Washington Streets
J. F. Mead
R. P. Parcells
Mesdames
K. I. Read
C. O. Defenbaugh
H. M. Hall
J. E. Spann
G. M. Chisholm
W. D. Westbay
L. E. Mason
R. O. Lovett
W. C. Henson
W. Q. Budd
T. A. Quarles
W. H. McAdoo
J. C. Paschall
R. Thomsen
Tolzien Orchestra
Paul Ellis
Joe L. Wells
Elizabeth Jameson
Dr. Parcells
E. R. Cox
Walter Barlow
C. T. Crowe
J. B. Dooley
S. A. L. Morgan
Fancher Upshaw
Flaming Plane Dives to Earth Near Grapeland Lake
An army plane from a 13 aircraft flight from Barksdale Field crashed in flames near Grapeland Club Lake about 25 miles south of Palestine. The crash site lay on the air route between Barksdale and Kelly Fields as heavy rain hampered searches.
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Palestine
Tex
Army
Barksdale Field
Grapeland Club Lake
Denis Frazier
Grapeland
Shreveport
Waco
Louisiana Field
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook and Temp Trend
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Amarillo and surrounding areas on Tuesday. West Texas should be generally fair, while New Mexico will see unsettled conditions with little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures show a low near 60 and a max around 93.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pair Forgives Woman for Taking Baby
Chicago report about Diane Lucas the three month old baby taken for 24 hours and later returned. The parents Herman and Mrs Lucas forgive the woman in an open letter praising her care and expressing empathy for her troubling condition.
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Chicago
Diane Lucas
Diane
Herman Lucas
Planter Charged in Holding Negroes
Clarksdale Mississippi August 30 Joseph Shelly Becker a 30 year old Tallahatchie County planter waived preliminary hearing on a peonage charge and posted 1500 bond to face a federal grand jury in October He pleaded innocence saying he did not hold two enslaved people for a 175 debt Investigators said Ethel Lee Davis was chained to a bed and James Wiggins detained on Deckers plantation near Charleston County.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Joseph Shelly Becker
Tallahatchie County
Ethel Lee Davis
James Wiggins
Decker
Charleston
Quints Turn Down $580,080 NY World's Fair Offer
Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe rejected on behalf of the Dionne quintuplets a $580,080 bid from the New York World's Fair to feature the babies in 1939. The offer came from fair directors, according to the family physician.
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Toronto
Ont
U.P
Alan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Kidnap Threat Targets Beery Adopted Daughter
Federal agents hunted an extortionist who threatened to kidnap 6 year old Carol Ann Beery unless 10000 dollars were paid. Beery, away making a film in Utah, trusted G men to handle the case as private guards patrolled the Beery home. The letter mentioned a Dyer case and was posted from Culver City. inspectors seized it before it reached Beery.
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Hollywood
Wallace Beery
Beery
Kanab
Utah
G-men
Carol Ann
Former Mayor of Plainview Dies
W E Risser aged 68 a twice mayor of Plainview and longtime civic leader died of a heart attack in his car in the business district while with a family friend. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 1 45 pm burial in Anango Illinois survivors include his widow and two brothers.
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Plainview
W. E. Risser
First Presbyterian Church
Risser
Betty Holbrook
Army Raises Age Limit for Combatants in Britain
The War Office confirmed a three year age increase for all army combatant units in Britain making eligible recruits men aged 18 to 28. This expands the pool of available manpower and may accelerate wartime mobilization.
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London
War Office
Florida storm weakens as it moves inland from coast
A small tropical storm dissipated rapidly in north central Florida and south Georgia. Widespread damage was limited to downed wires and a few roofless flimsy structures in St Augustine. Weather reports placed the center near Lake City with warnings lowered at 2 pm.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida
South Georgia
St. Augustine
Weather Bureau
Lake City
Coast Guard
Here
Flagler Beach
Vero Beach
Savannah
South Carolina
Georgia
North Florida
E. N. Tillett
St. Simons Island
State Firemen's Association
Bobbitt Family Injured in San Antonio Wreck
Robert Lee Bobbitt chairman of the Texas Highway Commission and his wife and son were hurt in an automobile accident on the Laredo highway near Devine. Bobbitt sustained shock and bruises while his son Robert Lee Jr. suffered a fractured left arm. Wife’s injuries undetermined.
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San Antonio
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Texas Highway Commission
Laredo
Devine
Bobbitt
Robert Lee, Jr
WPA Worker Killed Near Wellington
Wellington August 30 special Grover C Bush a 3 year old WPA worker was killed when he stumbled and fell behind a backing truck on a road project two and a half miles northwest of Wellington The highway office said the accident was unavoidable Funeral arrangements were incomplete pending relatives arrival Bush lived here eight years and is survived by his widow and four children
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Wellington
Grover C. B Ch
WPA
Here
Bush
Highway Office
Light Showers Reported Across Amarillo Area
Railroad dispatchers noted light showers from Channing to Amarillo and near Panhandle last night. English Airport observers reported a daytime sprinkle near the New Mexico line, but the showers were negligible.
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Channing
Amarillo
Panhandle
New Mexico Line
Charitable Chest Viewed as Investment in Citizens
Amarillo’s Community Chest banquet drew 250 at the Herring Hotel as H L Jack Adkins called cash and time given to the drive the most profitable citizen investment. George Shannon announced an ambitious 1938 budget and the aim to make the banquet an annual event.
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H. L
Jack” Adkins
Amarillo
Adkins
George Shannon
Community Chest
Shannon
John L. McCarty
Industrial Body To Probe Strike In Dallas
The five member Texas Industrial Commission will travel to Dallas to investigate the millinery workers strike and propose a settlement. Gov. Allred ordered the probe after a request from Dallas labor leaders. 25 state rangers have been on the front lines following tarring and feathering incidents.
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Austin
Texas Industrial Commission
Dallas
P. D. Jackson
Dallas Central Labor Council
James V. Allred
Allred
Everett L. Looney
Clarence R. Miller
George W.pisher
Fort Worth
Nat Harris
Baylor University
Waco
O. P. Norman
Kaufman
Looney
Jackson
Dallas Labor Movement
Charles Fox
Dallas Millinery Council
Max Zaritsky
United Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers
Cripple Man Missing Suspect Kidnaping In Denver
Detectives hunted for J. Paul Haughton a 62 year old cripple from a Philadelphia family who vanished from a local sanitarium on Thursday amid fears he was kidnapped. Authorities described him as a cripple and believed foul play possible as the search extended in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
J. Paul Haughton
Philadelphia
Haughton
Deaf Smith Dedicates New Highway 80 Cross-Continental Route
Hereford hosts ceremonies for the 21 mile extension of U S Highway 80 with County Judge Earl W Wilson presiding. Speakers include John P Slaton Amarillo legislators and Canyon former rep Clyde W Warwick. The event marks decades of effort to pave the route to Austin and Washington with local leaders urging civic involvement.
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Svraff
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Earl W. Wilson
John P. Slaton
W. J. van London
Jack Little
Wade Brymer
Amarillo
Clyde W. Warwick
Canyon
Slaton
Coronado
Ee Smith
Warwick
Austin
Washington
Good Will
Clay Thornton
Session May Be Set For September 27
Governor James V. Allred eyed September 27 for the Texas legislature convening date and weighed delaying the tax raising session. If two sessions run, the second would end on Thanksgiving, influencing whether lawmakers are home for the holiday. He planned a definite decision by week’s end.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Concession Charged In Liquor Case In Fort Worth
Fort Worth August 30 A complaint filed in county court at law by state liquor agent J C Prazier alleges a Frontier Fiesta concession sold wine and beer without a permit and possessed liquor illegally.
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Fort Worth
Jones Breaks Red Tape To Launch WPA Dams Plan
Marvin Jones pushes through regulatory hurdles to start the WPA lakes and dams program in the Panhandle. He coordinates with WPA officials, regional engineers, and the Amarillo Chamber to move applications, secure cooperation, and set up a five state meeting. The effort aligns with the soil and water conservation act praised by politicians and business leaders.
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Jones
H. P. Drought
WPA
Meredith
Panhandle
Drought
George White Caldwell
L. C. Benedict
New Orleans
Carl Wilcox
Mr. Caldwell
Aubrey Williams
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington
Williams
L. H. Hayter
Resettlement Administration
Carl Hinton
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
Texarkana
Tion
House
Senate
Congress
Panhandle Water Association
Amarillo
Bombing of President Hoover Shocks Shanghai Evacuation
The American liner President Hoover was bombed about 20 miles off Shanghai by Chinese planes, wounding seven crew and three passengers as U S ships consider evacuating Americans. Beijing promised full reparations while Japan and China brace for major battles north of Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Hoover
China Sea
United States
President Hoover
Waneking
Japan
Nanning
Nelson T. Johnson
Foreign Office
Washington
Nanking
China
Manila
Aix
Japs Charged in Crisis and China Conflict Escalation
China accuses Japan of aggressive invasion across northern China and the ongoing conquest plan begun in Manchuria in 1931. The Chinese note to the League advisory committee blames Japan for rejecting direct settlement and warns the world has seen only the start of hostilities while Peiping and Tientsin are already occupied.
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China
Japan
League of Nations Advisory Committee
United States
Ina
Manchuria
Peiping-Tientsin
North
Ghina
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Major G. Lambrecht
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R. E. Lucey
Catholic Welfare Bureau
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Social Center For Girls
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