Iowa Farm Strikes Burn Rail Bridge and Guarded Town
Bellicose farm strikers and a bridge burning sparked a national guard appeal as a Sioux City freight train took a hit from a dying shot. Only 19 cattle reached market amid hoarding and blockades, while sheriffs forewarned of further clashes and a demand for troops. Milo Reno urged continued force as leaders warned of courthouse invasions and line violence.
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Sioux City
National Guard
Milo Reno
Tice
Ralph Rippey
le Mars
Rippey
Mickels
Northwestern
James
W. D. Hayes
Tice and Rippey
Department of Justice
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Des Moines
Herring
Adjt
Charles H. Grahl
Denison
Lawton
Woodbury County
Reno
LaGuardia Favored In NYC Mayoral Election Outlook
In New York City today John P. O’Brien and Joseph V. McKee quoted as favorites, but political dispatches indicate Fiorello H. LaGuardia, fusionist candidate, holds the edge to end Tammany domination in the mayoralty race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. O'Brien
Tammany
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery Party
New York City
Fiorello H. LaGuArdia
New York
GM Declares 25 Cents Extra Dividend in Stockholder Action
General Motors Corp. directors voted an extra 25 cent dividend on common stock, joining the regular 25 cent quarterly payout. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. cited the companys unusually strong financial condition and national recovery support, with about 11 million dollars to roughly 350000 stockholders. Dividends payable December 12 to holders of record November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors Corp
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Sloan
Prisoner Chase Near Sallisaw In Cookson Hills
Wilbur Underhill a Kansas prison fugitive and several companions are believed cut off from their autos by about 20 officers near Sallisaw Oklahoma. Bloodhounds from the state penitentiary are joining the hunt in the Cookson hills to locate the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Navy
Co. P. Ray
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas
Sallisaw
State Penitentiary
Cookson Hills
First Day of Charity Campaign Nets 865
The Community Chest drive in Amarillo raised 865.26 on opening day toward a 55000 winter budget. Advanced gifts total 13227.73 with large contributions from employee groups. advance campaign net 8900. Directors tireless volunteers expect about 16000 by winter end if trend holds. Campaign ends Friday night with Armistice Day near, rally set for Amarillo Hotel and clean up to follow. List of yesterday’s contributors appears in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
C. T. Crowe
Chest
Dog’s misfire wounds hunter in Texas auto
H C Parks was shot by a dog named Jiggs inside a car in Houston. The bird dog stirred the rifle on the seat and fired a .22 caliber bullet, seriously wounding Parks, who was hunting with Jiggs yesterday.
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Houston
U.P
H. C. Parks
Parks
Jiggs
Thug Robs Drug Store Then Kidnaps Cab Driver
A lone bandit robbed Fox Drug No 7 at 3522 Line Avenue of 70 dollars and fled. John Price a Ferguson Taxi driver reported being kidnapped and held for over an hour in his own car by two men. Price described one captor matching the bandit’s description and said tape covered his own eyes during the ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Drug No. 7
Line Avenue
John Price
Price
Ferguson
Second Avenue
Buchanan Street
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Tuesday
Forecast shows fair to partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with a chance of showers in the southeast and warmer temperatures in the southeast. New Mexico also expects generally fair and warmer conditions. Previous temperature readings are unclear due to garbled OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rae Noonen
Wis
Army Officer Gets Retrial in Wife Poisoning Case
The U S Supreme Court voided Charles A. Shepard’s murder conviction and life sentence after ruling that a nurse's dying declaration testimony about the wife saying her husband poisoned her was improperly admitted. The trial had centered on motives including a possible romance with Grace Brandon and a disputed poisoning theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Shepard
Supreme Court
Justice Cardozo
Clara Brown
Topeka
Kan
Fort Riley
Sordium M. Brewster
Shepard
Miss Brown
Arno Fights Back In Embassy Club Bout
Hollywood reports a brawl at the Embassy Club where New York cartoonist Peter Arno was knocked out after a quarrel with Philadelphia actor Drexel Biddle Steel. Sally O Neil linked to the dispute with Claire Delmar present as Steel and Arno each claimed mutual blows. Gordon Butler, Steel’s business manager, delivered the knockout punch according to both sides.
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Hollywood
al Jolson
Walter Winchell
Peter Arno
New York
Arno
Embassy Club
Drexel Biddle Steel
Philadelphia
Sally O'Neil
Steel
Claire Delmar
Gordon Butler
Wallace Seeks Fair Trial for NRA Recovery Machinery
Secretary Wallace urged a united approach to the national recovery program and called for a fair trial of the new machinery. He said payroll gains should boost buying power for butter pork eggs and beets and noted prices to farmers held steady during September and October. He stressed resisting drastic changes while upholding sound principles and adapting as needed.
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Washington
Wallace
Industry and Agriculture
Texas Guinan Funeral Set After Illness In Pacific Northwest
The famed Texas Guinan dies at 49 after colitis surgery and plans to be buried in New York. Her body will travel to Broadway for a public farewell with a 40 member company disbanding. Brother George Guinan accompanies the casket. services at St Malachi's Church.
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Vancouver
B. C
Texas Guinan
New York
Broadway
Eddie Baker
St. Malachi’s Church
Guinan
Pacific Northwest
George Guinan
Portland
Chicago
Open Sessions Sought for Texas Relief Commission
Tyler publisher Carl Estes urges that all Texas Relief Commission meetings be accessible to the public and press. He wires Lawrence Westbrook demanding an immediate press statement clarifying openness and noting federal non recognition and the governor’s role, with figures showing monthly relief spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Estes
Relief Commission
Tyler
Texas Relief Commission
Lawrence Westbrook
Commission
Williams
Amarillo Job Selling Probe Opens. Mussolini-Weighs Meeting
Texas Ranger Sid Kelso arrived in Amarillo to probe alleged state job sales with a week long stay. He will interview locals who claim promised employment for cash as a legislative sub committee monitors a statewide scandal. In Rome, reports say Mussolini and Goering discussed disarmament and Danubian recovery amid cautious expectations of a possible later meeting.
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Panhandle
Sid Kelso
Austin
Kelso
Amarillo
Weet Texas
Legislative
Rome
Mussolini
United States
I. Duce
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Danubian
Rt Wan
Germany
France
Great Britain
Austria
Lawton Authorities Seek New Lead In Hayter Family Deaths
Comanche County investigators pursue a theory of murder and death by self action in the Hayter family deaths. Fingerprints on a stove in the Hayter home where Mrs Hayter and two children Nell 14 and Sidney 17 were found are under study as officials withhold other details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Robert F. Hayter
Comanche County
Hayter
Flood Control Project Outlined to Kiwanians
Tucumcari leaders led by James L. Briscoe urge public works funding for a 12 million dollar Conchos Dam and Canadian River flood control scheme. The plan envisions an 144 mile Panhandle impact, highway and bridge components, and 7 000 jobs over two years with PWA support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Conchos
Public Works Administration
Amarillo
Tucumcari
James L. Briscoe
Kiwanis Club
Army
Mississippi System
Briscoe
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Bell Ranch
Conehos Creek
Cuban student leader wipes hands on American flag incident
Widespread unrest after a student leader J. A. Rubio Padilla wiped his hands on an American flag aboard a plane to Miami. Authorities reported the act to the state department in Washington and Col. Batista ordered firm action against discordant elements as Cuba faces internal terrorism.
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Havana
Cuba
Fye
J. A. Rubio Padilla
Miami
State Department
Washington
Robber Floyd Identified by Lake Charles Men
Ambrose Lebley and Elmer Lyles, proprietor and clerk, identified the two gunman as Charles Pretty Boy Floyd after a prior robbery at their Lake Charles store. Police were informed in Beaumont on November 6.
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Floyd
Beaumont
Lake Charles
Charles
Pretty Boy
Ambrose Lebley
Elmer Lyles
Repeal Vote Cast Across Six States Amid Prohibition Debate
Six states Pennsylvania Ohio South Carolina North Carolina Kentucky and Utah vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment with officials predicting three to join the move. The outcome could end national prohibition as of the 33 states already voting. In New York City a pivotal mayoral race also commands attention as national leaders weigh implications.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
South Carolina
North Carolina
Kentucky
Utah
New Yor City
Tammany Hall
Wlise
Genera Parley
Carolina
Sen
A. D. Thoma
Dern
War
Carolinas
James Byrnes
Governo Blackwood
Farley
E. D. Smith
Camero Orrison
FE. Yates Webb
Webb-Kenyon Ac
Edwi D. Mouzin
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Clyde R. Hoey
Robert R. Reynolds
Walter L. Murphey
Salisbury
Joshiah Bailey
New York
White House
Gold Hikes on Roosevelt Program but Markets Quiet
In Washington on November 6 the gold buying program aimed at lifting price levels fell short of stirring major markets. The Con reconstruction Corporation set gold at 32.84 dollars, up 17 cents from last Saturday and 38 cents above London, while London price fell about 13 cents. The pound rose to 4.492, a new high under the gold standard, as markets showed dull activity with minor shifts in metal shares and a weak trend in cotton, wheat, and corn ahead of holidays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
London
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Midwest
Sioux City Market
O’brien, McKee
LaGuardia
Joseph V. M.kee
General Motors
Aise Allgire
van Teed
Adn Bee Eee Andrews
Robert Gies Ae
Allen
John Cie
Thug
Fountain Street
Supreme
Maj. Shepard
Filmcom
NRA
Texas
Ranger
Geneva
General Goering
Armas
Col
Fulgencio Batista
Republic
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