Post Office bids opened on 18 sites for Amarillo building
Post office officials will inspect 18 proposed locations next week after bids opened for Amarillo's new 750000 dollar post office. proposals ranged from 5000 to 178500 dollars and include the Weather Bureau tract and nearby blocks. authorities will interview owners and study conditions to decide placement.
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Post Office
Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
Seventh and Taylor
Seventh and Harrison
Fifth Avenue
Taylor and Fillmore
Third
Fourth
Fillmore
Pierce
Fifth
Taylor and
Weather Bureau
First Christian Church
Eighth Avenue
Tyler
Harrison
First
Second
Taylor
Johnson and
Grant
Fanning
Bonham
Northwest Texas Hospital
W. D. DeGrassi
Spy suspect denies charge in Washington interview
John S. Farnsworth a former naval officer denies charges of betraying navy secrets. He tells a reporter in the District of Columbia jail that he showed photographs of naval aviation equipment to a Japanese agent while seeking a $50,000 job in the Japanese air force. He says the photos were public relations material except for personal pictures later turned over as evidence of his service.
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Washington
John S. Farnsworth
District of Columbia
Naval Public Relations Office
Tokyo
South China Army Evacuates Sinchow
Southwest China's second army halted at Sinchow as Nanking troops were reported to advance. A bridge was blown and communications cut, prompting a hasty retreat with reports that Nanking forces may occupy Sinchow tomorrow.
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Hong Kong
China
Kwangtung
Sinchow
Nanking
Siuchow
Murderess Gets Death in Cook County Electric Chair
A Chicago jury, after 42 minutes, convicts Mildred Mary Bolton of murdering her husband and sentences her to death in the Cook County electric chair, the first woman to receive the penalty there. The judge urged clemency, while officials noted the stark outcome of the case.
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Chicago
Mildred Mary Bolton
Cook County
Douglass Trails Small With Open Air Texas Senate Bid
Curtis Douglass of Panhandle campaigned in Amarillo with an outdoor speech charging Senator Clint Small with serving corporate interests. He outlined a platform including tax fairness, pension payments, fiscal restraint, natural resource conservation, and banning legislators from opposing public welfare. He admitted a past drinking mistake that affected an election and opposed sales taxes while pledging to push pension funding bills. R A Wilson introduced the speaker at a Sixth Avenue and Louisiana Street rally.
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Curtis Douglass
Panhandle
Texas Senate
Amarillo
Clint Small
Douglass
Small
Dan Moody
Borger
R. A. Wilson
Sixth Avenue
Louisiana Street
Edward I survive pistol threat on Constitution Hill
July 16 Edward of England rode through crowded Constitution Hill after a malcontent named George Andrew McMahon seized a pistol and swung it at him. A middle aged woman in grey knocked the weapon from McMahon's hand as it clattered away. The king remained unharmed and the incident drew onlookers and chaos.
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London
Edward of
England
Constitution Hill
King Edward VIII Protests With Revolver Incident
London dispatch reports King Edward VIII responding to a revolver demonstration with a curt remark calling the demonstrator a damn fool. The monarch, whisked to Bow Street, claimed he did not intend to hurt anyone and acted in protest after clashing with Sir John Simon, home secretary, who was unreachable.
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London
U.P
Edward VIII
Gruesome Unidentified Child Found Along Leon River
On July 16 officers investigated a headless, handless six month old boy’s body found by a fisherman on the Leon River bank east of Belton. The naked skeleton was exposed by rains. no missing child report matched the victim. sheriff John R. Bigham believed the head and hands bore distinguishing marks.
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Belton
Leon
Here
John R. Bigham
Bigham
Two Airmen Killed in Murfreesboro Plane Crash
Two men were reported killed when a U S Navy plane marked F-2 crashed near Murfreesboro Tennessee today. Early reports said the craft struck by lightning felled into a potato patch after the strike.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Here
Secret Agents Face Reprimand on Probe of G-men Activities
Washington officials disclosed Secret Service agents from Chicago and St Paul were summoned to answer questions about investigating G men in the Midwest. Attorney General Cummings cited ill advised activity. Treasury officials said agents acted without consent and no interdepartmental probe is authorized.
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G-Men
Washington
Secret Service
Chicago
St. Paul
Midwest
Cummings
Treasury Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Joseph Murphy
W. H. McReynolds
Morgenthau
Treasury
Treasury Agency
McReynolds
Cooling Showers Sweep Central Panhandle Region
Cooling showers covered a broad east west area in the central Panhandle on Thursday afternoon. The system stretched from Amarillo and Canyon to Claude and Miami, with scattered rain reaching Potter, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Gray, Roberts, and parts of Hutchinson and Moore counties. Rain amounts ranged from a tenth of an inch downtown Amarillo to over half an inch near the Booster Station and Canadian River.
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Mercury
Panhandle
Amarillo
Canyon
Claude
Miami
Potter, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Gray, Roberts
Hutchinson
Moore Counties
English Airport
Albuquerque
Jericho
Conway
Royal
Yarnell
Washburn
Here
Canadian River
South Texas Floods Suppressed After Heavy Rain
Threats of renewed South Texas floods faded as torrential rains moved through the region. Creeks and rivers rose damaging crops but the Llano River fell toward normal levels restoring traffic on the previously impassable low water bridge. Rain stretched from east of San Antonio to Houston and Austin with areas near Hays and Guadalupe counties reported precipitation.
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South Texas
Llano River
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Hays, Guada
Pair electrocuted for egg nog murder at Sing Sing
OSSINING N Y July 16 Mrs Frances Creighton and Everett Appelgate were executed for the egg nog murder of Appelgate s wife Ada Creighton was wheeled to the chair in a wheelchair and pronounced dead after two minutes The other condemned man walked unaided and declared his innocence The warden noted Creighton was the first condemned woman to be wheeled to the chair and spoke of family goodbyes The case drew onlookers including a 13 year old daughter Agnes and relatives The executions marked the sixth woman electrocuted at Sing Sing since 1891
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Ossining
N. Y
Frances Creighton
Everett
Appelgate
Ada
Martin W. Littleton
Nassau County
Lewis FE. Lawes
Hamrick's Condition Remains Unchanged
H. G. Frosty Hamrick Potter County auditor remained in critical condition after a relapse following an appendicitis operation at Northwest Texas Hospital Thursday. Hospital attendants said he rested poorly most of the day yesterday.
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H. G
Police deny mutilation tale in Washington case
Washington police chief Bernard W. Thompson called the report that red haired Jean Bell was mutilated and left to die in a gas filled apartment groundless after New York men Joe Silvers and Leo Maimone were freed. Thompson said the girl will be held in Baltimore on theft charges.
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Washington
Bernard W. Thompson
Jean Bell
New York
Thompson
Joe Silvers
Leo Maimone
United States
Baltimore
Quarter May Cost Burglar His Life
In Kinston North Carolina a burglar who broke into Hardy Hill home at night and stole 25 cents faces possible death if convicted. Robbery of a sleeping home is a capital offense in North Carolina.
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Kinston
N. C
Hardy Hill
North Carolina
Band Leader Dies in Beverly Plane Crash
Orville Knapp, 28, a widely known orchestra leader, was killed when the plane he piloted crashed at Beverly airport. Identification was made at the Shobe Airlines hangar by John Shobe, head of the company.
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Beverly
Mass
Orville Knapp
John Shobe
Shobe Airlines
Knapp
Little relief for sunbaked area in sight
Withering blasts persist for a fourteenth day over the sunbaked region as residents await even a brief respite from heat. Officials warn temperatures may climb further while weather forecasters track unsettled conditions.
No Dearth of Food As Drought Grimly Bites Midwest
The corn belt endures two weeks of extreme heat with no relief in sight as crop damage mounts. Prices rise at the Chicago Board of Trade while the Agriculture Department reassures no immediate food scarcity. Drouth relief expands to 452 counties with Tugwell pledging rapid aid to farmers.
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Chicago
Middle West
Agriculture Department
Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Chicago Board of Trade
Canada
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago Weather Office
Pierre
N. D
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Bismarck
Kearney
Neb
N. C
Rexford G. Tugwell
Amarillo Area Weather Summary for Friday
Amarillo and west Texas expect a fair to partly cloudy day with local showers in the southeast and unsettled conditions in New Mexico with a chance of showers and thunderstorms north and east portions. Temperature trends show highs near 87 to 98 and lows around the mid 70s to upper 80s with about 0.10 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours ending yesterday afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Iowa Senator Louis Murphy Dies In Wisconsin Crash
United States Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa died when his car overturned in a ditch after a blown tire near Bloomer Wisconsin. The 61 year old Democrat was returning from a north woods vacation on his 19th wedding anniversary. Mrs Murphy and companions F W Woodward and his wife of Dubuque were hospitalized with shock. Murphy's death marked the sixth among current senators and follows recent losses of Rep B M Jacobsen and others. Murphy had earlier served as Iowa revenue collector before his 1932 Senate election.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
United States
Louis Murphy
Iowa
North Woods
New Deal
Bloomer
Here
Murphys
Murphy
United States Senate
Seck
Congress
Rep
B. M. Jacobsen
Rochester
Minn
Senate
Internal Revenue
Romanian Fascist Leader Nikolai Stelescu Shot Down
In Bucharest on July 16, members of the Iron Guard assassinated Nikolai Stelescu, leader of the rival Crusaders' League. Gunmen stormed the hospital ward where he lay after surgery, holding doctors and nurses at gunpoint and firing 13 shots to kill him.
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Bucharest
Roumania
U.P
Iron Guard
Nikolai Stelescu
Stelescu
Crusaders’ League
Plane's Dive Kills Three Polish Pilots
Warsaw reports that Gen. Orlicz-Drazer the air force inspector his chief of staff Col. Loth and Capt. Lagiewski died in an airplane accident when the craft dived into the sea near Orlowo due to motor failure and a broken rudder. They were en route to Gdynia to meet Draszer's American wife.
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Warsaw
Orlicz-Draazer
Loth
Lagiewski
Orlowo
Gdynia
Draszer
Swisher County Leaders Open 46th Birthday Celebration
Tulia hosts 15 000 visitors for a two day event marking Swisher County founding. Gov James V Allred leads Friday parade and speech. A two mile parade features pioneers with rodeo stars battling for 1500 in prizes. Auto races dance band concerts and speeches by Marvin Jones Ernest Thompson Clint Small fill the program.
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Tulia
Swisher County
Tulsa
James VY. Allred
Marvin Jones
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Clint C. Small
Plains
Conventio n Riotous Priest Attacks Roosevelt in Cleveland
Dr Francis Townsend announced a tour with Rev Father Coughlin Rev Gerald Smith and Rep William Lemke backing Lemke the Union Party candidate for president. The announcement followed a tumult at the Townsend Clubs convention over the old age pension issue.
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Cleveland
Francis EF. Townsend
FE. Coughlin
Gerald K. Smith
William Lemke
Lemke
New
Union Party
Townsend Clubs
Townsend
Townsend plan convention invites Roosevelt Landon and Thomas
Public Hall Cleveland reports the Townsend plan convention inviting President Roosevelt Governor Alf Landon and Socialist nominee Norman Thomas to address the meeting after Father Coughlin's attack on major party candidates. Rep. William Lemke Union Party nominee is on the program Sunday.
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Public Hall
Cleveland
Father Chas
FE. Coughlin
Townsend Pension Plan National Convention
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Norman Thomas
Socialist
William Lemke
Union Party
Unlikely Alliance Forms in 1932 Campaign Rally
At a Cleveland public auditorium a unity gesture occurred as Towne send, Coughlin, and Smith joined hands on stage. Rev Coughlin attacked Franklin Roosevelt claiming betrayal while Gomer Smith supported Roosevelt, prompting mixed cheers and groans from the audience.
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Coughlin
Franklin
Roosevelt
Cleveland Public Auditorium
Rejected SNAKE TEST in Court in LA Case
In Los Angeles on July 16, Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke rejected a defense plan by Robert James to thrust his leg into a box of live rattlesnakes. The defense hoped the stunt would support the claim that a snake would not strike in close quarters amid murder accusations regarding his seventh wife Mary.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Charles W. Fricke
Russell B. Parsons
Mary
Doctor McBride resigns from Anti-Saloon League
Dr. F Scott McBride submitted his resignation as general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America at a semi annual executive committee meeting in Cincinnati. Its acceptance was indicated.
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Cincinnati
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League of America Today
League
Rotary man congratulates Maine Lions Club member
Oklahoma City report notes Frank W. Wardell who has 21 years of perfect Rotary attendance writes to a Portland Maine Lions Club member named Frank W Wardell for a 14 year Lions attendance record.
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Oklahoma City
Frank W. Wardell
Portland
Lions Club
Maine
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