Outlaw Suspects Pressed by 200-Strong Posse Near Quitaque
In Texas near Quitaque a posse of 200 men led by Sheriff Jake Honea pursued three auto theft and burglary suspects. A wounded man was shot in the leg and likely to need amputation. two others escaped. Three cars, guns, and dry goods were recovered. John Craig had planned tear gas rounds from Plainview for use if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Texas
Quitaque
Jake Honea
Briscoe County
Honea
Silverton
J. A. T. Person
Earnest Tunnell
John Craig
Plainview
Craig
Lubbock
Broad Stock Rally Lifts Steel and Reading to Year Highs
Stocks opened strong and closed at intraday highs with broad gains across sectors. Wheat rose about one cent a bushel and cotton gained up to $2.50 per bale as United States Steel climbed to about $50 a share for the first time since spring, with Case up over $5 and Reading up $6.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel Common
Case
Reading
Fall Off Windmill Fatal to Ranchman
George L. Walden, 50, foreman at the Terry Thompson ranch 35 miles north of the city, died after a 35-foot fall from a windmill. He suffered multiple injuries and died at a local hospital. Funeral set for Erick Baptist Church. Survived by widow, parents, four children, four brothers, five sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Walden
Terry Thompson Ranch
Wilden
Bealy
Erick
Okla
Blackburn Funeral Home
J. B. Walden
Ballinger
Ben
Burt
Carrie
Lois
Trio sought in Borger holdup on Sorger Panhan highway
Police hunt three unmasked bandits who held up Mrs. Ralph Reinsmidt wife of a local grocer and Mrs. Ross McGill wife of a drilling contractor on the Sorger Panhan die highway. The trio forced the women's car into a secluded draw and took 80 dollars in grocery funds from Mrs. Reinsmidt but let her keep 10 dollars and did not touch jewelry. They fled after smashing the distributor cap to disable the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Ralph Reinsmidt
Ross McGill
Sorger-Panhandie
Cotton recovers as prices rise on better cables
New Orleans September cotton values jump as buyers push prices higher on stronger Liverpool cables and bullish crop estimates. Futures peak late session with October at 8.77 and December at 8.94, then settle near 8.66 and 8.84 to 8.85. Spot cotton gains 45 points with middling at 8.60 cents.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Bullet Fatal to Pampa Man at Cafe Front
A petty quarrel between friends led to a shooting in front of John Clage's cafe. Clage, 40, proprietor, died after being fatally wounded. W. H. Mann, carpenter, surrendered and faces a murder charge. Bystander Henry Carmichael was wounded in the arm by a stray bullet.
Three Highwaymen Kill Two Women in Braggs Mountain Ambush
Three gunmen robbed a car on Braggs Mountain near Muskogee Oklahoma and opened fire. Mrs Susie Sharp of Braggs was killed and another woman died later. Two other occupants were wounded while a fleeing car sped away after the shootout following a highway robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Braggs Mountain
Susie Sharp
Braggs
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Saturday forecast shows generally fair conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with warmer temperatures in the north and east. New Mexico also expected fair weather. Hourly temperatures from yesterday show varying readings from the mid 50s to upper 80s with today’s highs noted and previous day extremes cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
ML Sevewees
Sean Max
Powder Puff Brigade Undaunted After Mishap
The Powder Puff Brigade opened its National Races show in Cleveland despite a spectacular crash that injured two pilots. Florence Klingensmith led Amelia Earhart trophy results as Marie McMillin parachuted from 20,800 feet, setting a women’s record.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Florence Klingensmith
Minneapolis
Amelia Earhart
William A. Warrick, Jr
Paul 8. Bloom
Davenport
Iowa
Marie McMillin
Billie Brown
el Monte
Calif
Geraldine Anne
Miss Klingensmith
Edith Foltz
Portland
Ore
Helen Richey
Pittsburgh
Mary Lawson
Hartford
Conn
Helen MacCloskey
Rae Trader
Jaseford
Connecticutt
Mine Goddard
Evelyn Deserversky
New York
Fraud Charge Against Democrat Official in New York
Robert Jackson secretary of the Democratic national committee and Roosevelt campaign speakers bureau was charged by the Accumulative Royalties Corporation in a supreme court suit with fraudulently withholding 353857.14 of the company funds in a New York case filed September 2.
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New York
Robert Jackson
Democratic National Committee
Accumulative Royalties Corporation
Supreme Court
Martial law declared in Harbin to curb bandit threat
London dispatch reports martial law in Harbin Manchuria amid the threat of bandit attacks on the city. The Ex change Telegraph correspondent notes the move taken to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harbin
Manchuria
Exchange Telegraph
Todaq
Miners escape through airway as mine fire rages
More than 120 night shift workers at Republic Iron and Steel mine in Uniontown Pennsylvania walked to safety via an airway two miles down the pit as fire damaged the tipple and bull wheel cutting off the main shaft. Officials said the blaze was likely caused by a short circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic
Flying Hutchinsons Take To Air Again Route From New York
The Flying Hutchinsons eight person party resumed their Arctic flight from Hopedale Labrador to Godthaab over the Davis Strait. They had been fogbound since Tuesday and were notified of departure by radio from a government icebreaker in the Hudson Strait.
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Ottawa
New York
London
Arctic
Hopedale
Labrador
Godthaab
Davis Straight
Greenland
Hudson Strait
Sulphur Mill Expansion in Harlingen Planned
Machinery purchase underway for a sulphur mill to be run by Gulf States Chemical Co. to supply insecticides and aim to export finished products to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen
Tex
Gulf States Chemical Co
Mexico
Texas Legislature Debates Tax Relief and Highway Funding
The Texas Legislature focuses on Gov. Sterling’s tax relief plan and potential special session. Committees consider remitting interest and penalties on taxes through December 31 1932 while debates on funding state highway construction shift loans to counties and districts. A three member committee reviews a composite bill with four proposals and aims for quick House action before the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 8. Sterling
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Highway Department
Senate
House
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Tom DeBerry
Bogota
Phil Sanders
Nacogdoches
Sanders
State Affairs Committee
House Refuses to Slash Its Salary in Special Session
Austin Sept 2 The Texas House refused to concur with a Senate resolution setting legislators pay at 8 per day for the special session. The House had proposed accepting the 10 constitutional maximum per diem. The measure now goes to a free conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate
House
ChaplinWins Fight To Bar Children From Films
In Los Angeles on September 2, Superior Judge H Parker Wood upheld Charles Chaplin's motion to prohibit his children Charles Spencer and Sydney Earl from appearing in motion pictures without both parents consent or court approval. The ruling blocks plans by Chaplin's former wife Lita Grey Chaplin to feature the children in a film and sets a requirement for written parental consent or court permission for any future commercial work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin
H. Parker Wood
Chaplin
Charles Spencer
Sydney Earl
Wood
Cabinet of Rubio resigns as president seeks leave
In Mexico City on September 2 the entire cabinet resigned after President Pascual Ortiz Rubio sought leave of absence to travel to the United States for medical treatment. The interior ministry was to handle the request, and it was believed he would go to Rochester, Minnesota.
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Rubio
Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Congress
United States
Ministry of Interior
Rochester
Minn
Von Gronau Lands In Nemuro Japan
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau completed another leg of his world flight landing at Nemuro at 10 52 A M local time. Nemuro is a maritime village on the Isle of Yezo with a population listed as about 5000.
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Nemuro
Japan
Wolfgang von Gronau
Kakumabetsu Bay
Isle of
Yezo
Floyds Peace Effort Denied
Oklahoma City reports no recent overtures for surrender from Charles Floyd and George Birdwell. State officials say rumors persist, while Seminole County officers obtained a machine gun for the hunt. Sheriff Aldridge sent for the weapon after unconfirmed sightings on county highways. Floyd reportedly bolted a car door bracket for aiming a gun. No recent bank robberies are attributed to the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
George Birdwell
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Seminole County
Frank Aldridge
C. M. Reber
Floyd
Stonewall
First arrest under new federal kidnaping law in Texas
In Waco on September 2, Joe E. Gonzales was arrested by Deputy Marshal W. B. Eaklin in Rosebud on a complaint that he threatened to kidnap Ramon Molena’s son. Molena of Burlington had received a letter demanding $50. Gonzales to be taken to Waco. The law carries a $5,000 fine or 20 years in prison.
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Waco
Texas
Joe E. Gonzales
Rosebud
United States
W. 8
Eaklin
Ramon Molena
Molena
Burlington
Gonzales
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Flood Furies Swamp Eagle Pass Piedras Negras
Record Rio Grande flooding devastates Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras with 62 foot peak, 12,000 to 16,000 home losses, hundreds homeless as bridges wash away and rivers overwhelm streets. Evacuation underway as officials assess casualties and salvage crews race against rising waters.
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Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Piedras Negras
Pass
Twin Cities
Bargain Want Ads Highlight Bar Gains in Cars Homes
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Sterling
POSSE
Ile
Wichita Falls
Newman OF
Coleman
West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
A. O. Newman
Tom K. Eplin
Abilene
Roy C. Archer
Archer
Ray Moore
Robert L. Hall
Jimmy Doolittle
Roscoe Turner
Ben O. Howard
Labor Day
Moore
Alameda
Hall
Springfield
Mass
Hutchinsons
Leviel
F. C. Weinert
Seguin
R. M. Wagstaff
Walter Beck
Fort Worth
Coke Stevenson
Junction
R. M. Hubbard
New Boston
Ben Brooks
Bagwell
Bowd
U.P
Rudy Vallee
Crooner
Fay Webb
Santa Monica
Cal
Vallee
Hyman Bushel
Bushel
Singer
0. Z. Webb
Charlie Chaplin
Eagle Pas
Pieda
Negras
Pecos
Devils
Nueces
Grande
Del
del Rio
Villa Acuna
Southern
Ea Pass
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