Freezing First Frost Ends Growth as Panhandle Sees Light Snow
Light snow and mist blanket the Panhandle and West Texas leading to a low near 20 to 25 degrees. Amarillo saw a 25 degree low, ending the season’s flowers and leaves after crops were harvested ahead of the freeze. Dalhart 25, Texline 22, Dumas and other North Plains points report 20 degree lows. no traffic incidents reported.
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Panhandle
West F Texas
Amarillo
Dalhart
Texline
North Plains
Dumas
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Great Britain to Air Debts in Commons Debates
London reports a debate on wartime debts will open in the House of Commons with 50 interpellations. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross's Washington mission questions loom while Britain may offer a token $10 million payment on December 15, amid fears of renewed US UK fiscal tensions.
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London
Great Britain
United States
House of Commons
Frederick Leith-Ross
Washington
MacDonald
Hull
Chamberlain
Floydada Farmer Receives 40-acre Michigan Farm Prize
Floydada Tex. farmer Les lie C. McDonald, the 22,000,000th World’s Fair visitor, won a 40-acre Michigan farm from Menominee Abstract and Land Co. The upper Peninsula site will be a summer home for Mrs McDonald who plans to visit her sister in Michigan. McDonald is father of Clement McDonald editor of the Quitaque Post.
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Chicago
Leslie C. McDonald
Floydada
Tex
McDonald
Michigan
Menominee
Mich.) Abstract and Land Company
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Texas Guinan Dies After Weeklong Illness
Texas Guinan a famed night club queen and Broadway icon died in a Vancouver hospital from an intestinal illness at age 41 per local records though New York relatives say 49. Born Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan in Waco she rose from Texas plains to Hollywood and New York fame with a provocative stage persona and famous phrases.
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Vancouver
B. C
Texas
Guinan
Miss Guinan
New York
Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan
Waco
Hollywood
Broadway
Pacific Coast
Three Men Die After Houston Refinery Blast
A refinery explosion at the American Petroleum Company on the Houston ship channel killed three men and left two more seriously burned. Victims were Harold Lee Wells 25 J E Parker 26 and D R Patton 25 all of Houston. FE R Rawls 25 Pasadena and J B Stewart 34 severely burned but expected to recover. All were workers at the plant. Wells and Parker died overnight Patton died this morning.
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Houston
American Petroleum Company
Houston Ship Channel
Harold Lee Wells
J. E. Parker
D. R. Patton
FE. R. Rawls
Pasadena
J. B. Stewart
Oil
Wells
Parker
Patton
Horses Drag Farmer to Death In West Texas Accident
R A Bowerman 60 a farmer of Hall County was fatally injured at his home near J A REVIEW Nov 5. He tied a chain to his car to be towed by horse and wagon when the car failed to start in cold water. The team bolted dragging Bowerman about 10 yards before breaking through a barbed wire fence. The car then dragged 50 yards more before the chain freed at a fence post. The team ran a mile and a half before stopping. No witnesses as his wife was inside. Bowerman died at 2 pm. Funeral at 3 pm tomorrow at First Baptist Lakeview with Rev Will R Nelson and O K Webb. burial in Union Hill Cemetery.
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J.areview
R .A. Bowerman
Hall County
Here
West Texas
Bowerman
First Baptist Church of
Lakeview
Will R. W. Nelson
O. K. Webb
Union Hill Cemetery
Comanche County Shifts Theory On Hayter Family Deaths
authorities to night reverted to a theory of double murder and death by own action to explain the mysteries surrounding the Hayter family killings in Lawton. Mrs Hayter and Sidney 17 were shot while 14 year old Nell was struck dead. Reber the state ballistics expert said a pistol near Sidney fired the fatal bullets and that the exit angle of the bullet contradicts the autopsy finding.
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Lawton
Okla
Navy
Comanche County
Robert T. Hayter
Sidney
Amarillo Community Chest aims to raise 55000 for winter relief
Ten o'clock marks the start of a city wide drive by 250 campaigners to reach Amarillo’s 55000 goal for winter relief. By Saturday noon more than 12000 had been pledged. The Chest, run by 25 directors and citizens, invites donations of any size to support eight agencies including The Welfare Association which has a 21500 budget.
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Community Chest
Amarillo
Chest
the Welfare Association
Robbers Escape After Binding Night Watch In Trinidad
Four robbers surprised night watchman Will Pulley in Trinidad early today, blindfolded him, and fled with just over $60 from two stores. The trio of men and a woman escaped in a car toward Corsicana after releasing Pulley, with a vehicle reportedly stopping at a Corsicana filling station before heading toward Waco.
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Trinidad
Tex
Will Pulley
Corsicana
Waco
Bandits Ousted From Funing After Nightlong Battle
Chinese authorities report heavy artillery and special police recaptured Funing from bandits led by General Lao Hao Tsu after an all night fight. Eight hundred bandits were killed. survivors fled to the hills as police claim the Luantung area security is restored.
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Peiping
Funing
Lao Hao Tsu
Luantung
Lindberghs Tour Holland by Auto Before Swiss Flight
The Lindberghs, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh, toured Holland today by car and planned a flight tomorrow from Paris to Switzerland, continuing their European journey with aviation plans after the automobile outing.
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Tonys
Charles A Lindbergh
Holland
Switzerland
Paris
Bolivian Camp Destroyed in Paraguayan Offensive
An official government communique from Asuncion reports Bolivian regiment number six destroyed almost completely in the Pozo Favorito sector. Paraguay claims a breakthrough along a 600 meter front and advancing one kilometer.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Pozo Favorito
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference Meets in Clarendon
The fourth annual Northwest Texas Methodist Conference opens in Clarendon on Wednesday with about 500 ministers delegates and visitors for a four day session. Dr. Hiram Abiff Boaz of Houston presides and Rev. Cal G Wright of Abilene is secretary.
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Northwest ‘Texas Methodist Conference
Hiram Abiff Boaz
Houston
Cal CG. Wright
First Church
Abilene
Texas Legislature Probes Job Sale Allegations In State Offices
A special Texas Legislature committee plans to continue its inquiry into widespread bartering for state jobs. Witnesses testified they paid money for employment beyond official channels. C W Howth of Beaumont offered to testify. Art Mond testified of a wrestling permit referral. Howth denied Mondt's statements and wrote an offer to testify.
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Austin
Texas
C. W. Howth
Beaumont
Sng
Uomaoucee
Miriam A. Ferguson
Howth
Art Mond
Mondt
Jack Flynn
R. J. Long
Hugh Johnson Leaves for Western Tour to Rally Support
Hugh Johnson starts an all out tour through the West to quell opposition to NRA and the recovery program. He travels by ground to Chicago due to weather then plans to connect with military transport for Minneapolis as part of a week long schedule.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
West
NRA
Chicago
Liberty
Minneapolis
Des
Dangers Last Rites Held Near Mount of Olives
In Jerusalem on November 4 a American dancer Joan Winters was buried in the American mission cemetery after services led by Rev Mr Shap attended by the US consul and vice consul. Police say no new developments in the murder case of Winters and Hyder Abadi and suspect Arab rioters killed the pair during a moonlit stroll.
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Jerusalem
Joan Winters
Mount of Olives
Garden
Gethsemane
Shap
United States
Hyder Abadi
Escape From Potter County Jail Sparks Church Hour Disruption
Two prisoners, Travis Paxton and Sid Howard, fled the seventh floor of Amarillo’s Potter County jail during a Sunday church service. Paxton, 23, had five years to serve. Howard, 20, faced nine years for robbery. They reportedly used a heavy pipe to pry bars and escape with possible help from other inmates.
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Potter County
Travis Paxton
Sid Howard
J. J. Golden
Amarillo
Gib Landis
Howard
Paxton
Oklahoma Farmers Plan Strike Across State
Oklahoma farmers join a planned statewide withholding of agricultural products to secure cost of production. The movement follows a mass meeting of the Oklahoma Farmers Holiday Association and the Oklahoma Farmers Union with Governor Murray's approval.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Farmers Holiday Association
Tom Cheek
Oklahoma Farmers Union
Murray
Provernor
Farley Appeals for Prohibition End in Key States
Postmaster General James A Farley urged voters in Pennsylvania North Carolina South Carolina Ohio Kentucky and Utah to repeal the 18th Amendment predicting national prohibition would end when returns are tabulated He decried the amendment as a failure and cited nearly 11.33 million repeal votes to 3.77 million against among 15.1 million cast and said Roosevelt helped break barriers to reform
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New York
James A. Farley
United States
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ohio
Kentucky
Utah
Farley
Franklin Roosevelt
Chicago
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Tuck) Johnson
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Clarendon
DR. Boaz
Northwest
Hamilton Wright
W. M. Murrell
L. N. Lipscomb
M M. Beavers
C. A Bickley
Lubbock
John EB. Eldridge
Perryton
W. L.tittle
Plainview
George S. Slover
Stamford
O. P. Clark
Sweetwater
R. A. Stewart
Vernon
C. A. Bickley
Walter ©. Woodward
Coleman
Woodward
James V. Allred
State Senate
Hugh Johnson
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