Halloween Festivities Chalk Amarillo Tonight
Amarillo planners feature a Halloween lineup with The Nat dance Merrymakers, special costumes and cash prizes. Country Club hosts a masked dance Joe Norman orchestra. Pilgrimage at Fair theater. Paramount midnight matinee Take a Chance. Legion masquerade at Legion Hall. Texas theater offers Professional Sweetheart. Kiwanis party for local children at Ellwood Park starting 7:30.
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Amarillo
Johnny Floyd
Hollingsworth Sisters
Country Club
Joe Norman
Fair Theater
Paramount Theater
Buddy Rogers
James Dunn
Lillian Roth
Legion
Legion Hall
Hanson Post
American Legion
John Eakley
Texas Theater
Ginger Rogers
Kiwanis
Ellwood Park
Charles Washington Granted New Temporary Reprieve
Charles Washington a convicted Negro slayer who Roosevelt spared from the electric chair last week received another reprieve to November 24. The order announced in Washington extends the stay of his execution while appeals proceed.
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Washington
Charles Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelts gold buying sparks market swings and talks with Britain
The United States expands its gold purchases causing volatility in New York stocks and international markets. Britain and American officials discuss applying the plan to stead Exchange and prices. French papers push for a total gold embargo while Bank of France remains wary.
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Associated Press
New York Exchange
Chicago
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Bank of France
Kidnaped Oklahoma youth freed on Braggs Mountain
Manly Board Jr., 25, son of a wealthy investor, was seized by three men as he walked to his car in Muskogee. They dragged him into his own vehicle, sped through the city, and fled toward Cookson Hill country after exchange of gunfire with police. Spokane witness W. M. Frost described the abduction and pursuit.
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Muskogee
Okla
Manly Board, Jr
Braggs Mountain
Cookson
W. M. Frost
Spokane
Beard
Progeess
East Ride
Koestlin Tool and Die Co
Frederick A. Colman and Sons
Faigle Tool and Die Co
F. Joseph Lamb Co
Fast Side Gear and Tool Co
Midland Steel Products Co
Murray Corp. of America
Murray
Hamtramck
Detroit
Agricultural Leaders Propose Remedies at Farm Conference
At a ten state governors conference in Des Moines leaders of a dozen agricultural groups proposed remedies for farmers economic woes. They urged embargoes mortgage foreclosures moratorium currency expansion and remonetization of silver. President Charles E Hearst urged farmers to support the federal emergency relief program and stand by it. Governors Herring Berry Langer Olson Schedeman and Townsend attended with state representatives. Milo Reno led the National Farmers Holiday Association in remarks.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Hearst
Berry
South Dakota
Langer
North Dakota
Olson
Minnesota
Schedeman
Wisconsin
Herring
Thomas 8. Allen
Nebraska
Joseph H. Mercer
Kansas
Walter McLaughlin
Illinois
Townsend
Indiana
Milo Reno
Ducks and Geese Season Opens at Noon Wednesday
A misread of state game laws led to an erroneous report. The migratory water fowl season in the North Zone of Texas starts Wednesday at noon. Federal rules say sunrise, but hunters are warned to wait until 12 o clock Wednesday noon.
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Panhandle
Texas
Two Bank Officials Charged After West Bank Robbery
Embezzlement charges were filed against Howard Ellis and Joe Popp, cashier and assistant cashier of the National Bank of West, in connection with the masked robbery. The bank was closed for book checks, with a $2,500 bond posted by each official. Meanwhile four suspects in the $1,600 holdup posted bond. Q R Miller, former Foard County sheriff, was detained on a warrant amid an indictment.
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Waco
National Bank of West
Howard Ellis
Joe Popp
Ellis
Popp
Federal District Court
Q. R. Miller
Foard County
Vernon
Miller
Hobbs Baby Burned to Death in Explosion
Claude Franklin six months old died in Hobbs New Mexico as Mrs. Frank Kelly attempted to pour oil into a heater triggering a blast that destroyed the Stinson home. Mrs. Kelly survived with severe burns while night watchman Charles Stinson was badly burned in the rescue attempt.
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Oratio
Ark
U.P
Claude Franklin
Frank Kelly
Hobbs
N. M
Charles Stinson
Kellys
Pickets wounded in Gallup mine strike
Two house-to-house picketers were shot and wounded during the two months old National Miners strike. Lucio Ruiz 32 was in serious condition and Victorio Correa 30 was treated and released after shotgun wounds as they canvassed a Gallup New Mexico area to keep miners from coal mines.
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Gallup
N. M
Lucio Ruiz
Victorio Correa
Ruiz
Correa
Paved Highway Project Authorized to Palo Duro Park
Authority to surface 15 miles east of Canyon to Palo Duro Park approved. The $100,000 caliche project will employ about 300 men for 40 to 50 days, with 200 to start by week’s end if trucks are available. The work lifts local unemployment in Potter and Randall Counties and makes the park accessible year round.
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The
Panhandle
Canyon
Palo Duro Park
W. J. van London
Potter
Randall Counties
van London
T. E. Johnson
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Julius Dorenfield, Jr
Potter County Relief Committee
State Park
Randall County
Mr. van London
Jobs Created in Texas Rise Sharply in October
The University of Texas bureau reports Texas employment rose 6.83 percent for the week ending October 14, with a 17.5 percent year over year gain. Virtually all cities show increases, with Amarillo, Austin, Fort Worth, Houston and Port Arthur posting 20 percent or more.
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Austin
Bureau of Business of the
University of Texas
Texas
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Houston
Port Arthur
Texas Families May Get Chance To Live Pastorial Existence
A federal pilot program seeks Texas subsistence homesteads near major cities for 100 plus families. The plan uses 25 million dollars from the National Recovery Act to fund modest homes with several acres for gardens and poultry. Homes cost about 2500 dollars with long term low interest purchase terms and possible two year initial deferment. Local groups would administer funds and loans for farming supplies.
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Bascom NI. Timmons
Washington
Washington, D. C
Texas
Sam
Congress
Homestead Division
Interior Department
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Amarillo
Aerial Circus Tragedy Spurs Safe Return to Show
The air circus crew, four pilots killed in a Sunday collision over Van Buren Street, will resume next Sunday at Harding's Ranch with a full stunt program. C. A. Rowe and local authorities cleared the way for the remaining flyers to perform, mourning Ezra Wiggans of Hooker and the others from Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas.
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Air Circus
Harding
Art. Stude
Woodward
Okla
Troy
van Buren Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Bill Tullis
Frank Clay
Merrill
Nebr
Ezra Wiggans
Hooker
C. A. Rowe
Department of Commerce
Oklahoma City
Rowe
Kiddies to Attend Amarillo Kiwanis Halloween Party
Kiwanis groups in Amarillo prepare for an all city Halloween party with sections at Ellwood Park Sanborn San Jacinto Buchanan Fred Douglas and Dwight W Morrow School grounds. Activities include costume contests 50 and 35 yard dashes and a three legged race starting at 7 oclock with winners advancing to Ellwood Park for an 8 oclock finale.
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Kiwanians
Amarillo
Ellwood Park
Bill Brady
Brady
Roy Snodgrass
Sanborn School
Jakes Cannon
Mr. Can
Non
Fred Poole
San Jacinto
Bruce Autry
Mr. Autry
Jason Robberson
Buchanan
H. C. Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Lee Hunter
Fred Douglas
Gene Klein
Mr. Klein
Gaston Foote
Dwight W. Morrow
L. C. Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Mason King
Old Tack
Hirst serious outbreak hits labor trouble
A labor unrest flare up tied to a serious outbreak disrupts operations as workers protest. Authorities report mounting tensions across plants, with halted production and brief standstills influencing nearby communities and transportation.
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Hirst
Charge Pending in Trainman Stabbing Near Artesia
Clovis freight conductor W. W. Nichol was stabbed seven times in an attack by Fred Freeman of Roanosak Alabama as he boarded a south bound freight near Artesia New Mexico. Authorities say assault charges will be filed in Artesia soon.
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Clovis
N. M
Santa Fe
Artesia
Fred Freeman
Roanosak
Alabama
W. W. Nichol
Nichols
Freeman
Adrienne Ames to Wed Bruce Cabot in Carlsbad
Adrienne Ames announces her marriage to film actor Bruce Cabot in Carlsbad New Mexico. Ames, previously divorced from Stephen Ames of Nevada, is linked to Hollywood news. ceremony scheduled for tomorrow per studio release.
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Adrienne Ames
Carlsbad
Hollywood
U.P
Minden
Nevada
Stephen Ames
N. M
Bruce Cabot
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Representative Burns
Tennessee
Democratic House
Frederick Leith-Ross
London
Paris
Steel Industry
Ezra Wiggons
Steel
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United Mine Workers
Hugh 8. Johnson
Donald Richberg
NRA
Joseph B. Eastman
Johnson
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