California $30 Pensions Initiative Captures Primary Spotlight
In California the $30 pensions plan wins key primary support, defeating Senator McAdoo and gaining momentum under slogans life begins at 50 and ham and eggs. The plan would issue weekly $30 warrants for residents over 50, redeemable after one year with stamps, with proponents claiming 800,000 signers. The state supreme court allows the measure to stay on the ballot.
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State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Lawrence Allen
Hollywood
Willis
Roosevelt
McAdoo
Allens
Treasury
California
California Kidnapers Held Meeks Wife In Ransom Plot
A wealthy rancher reports his wife was abducted from their Yuba City home by two men. They demanded $15,000 by midnight Saturday, threatening her life if payment was not made. The posse, including guardsmen and search teams, pursued the suspects as authorities noted Oklahoma accents and possible Dust Bowl refugees.
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Yuba City
Calif
California
Peach Bowl
National
Meeks
Sher
Brooke Hart
San Jose
Hart
San Francisco Bay
Hines racket trial hears tax case nudge from Steuer
Max Steuer, NY lawyer, testified that James J. Hines asked him in 1933 to adjust a federal income tax case against Dutch Schultz. Steuer said he refused after speaking with U.S. Attorney George Medalie. Wire tapped records also referenced payouts to Dixie Davis and others in the Schultz mob.
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New York
Max Steuer
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dutch
Schultz
Hines
Steuer
United States
Dixie Davis
Jim
Davis
Johnny Dietz
Ed Nolley
Salke
Roosevelt Plans To Aid Liberals
President Roosevelt opened the way for New Deal support to liberal Republicans to oust conservatives from Congress. He said a good liberal running on the Republican ticket would face no objection, stressing the country’s interest over party and avoiding case specifics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
Congress
Prin
Snow White Thrills 2000 at Municipal Auditorium
The Fairyland production Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs drew about 2000 fans at the Municipal Auditorium. Floy Howard 16 of Amarillo played Snow White with a Disney like look and songs that delighted the crowd. George Pearce voiced the Prince, Charles Campbell played the Woodman, Sharleen Barker earned high honors as the Witch, Stella Mae Murphy stole many scenes as one of the seven dwarfs.
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Margaret McKenzie
Snow White
Municipal Auditorium
Floy Howard
Amarillo
Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney
Snowhite
George Pearce
Charles Campbell
Stella Mae Murphy
Stella Mae
Indians Perform Traditional Dances At Tri-State Fair
Twenty five Arapahoe Indians, six tom tom beaters, displayed Owl and War dances at the Tri-State Fair grounds. Elaborate costumes and native rhythm impressed Amarillo crowds as Forest Hill Club sponsored the event. Notables included Alice Bates, 4-H president from Clinton Oklahoma, painter Carl Sweezy from Concho Oklahoma, and John Charcoal leading the group.
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Plains
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Southwest
Arapahoe
Truckin
Susie Q
Forest Hill Home
Alice Bates
Clinton
Okla
Carl Sweezy
Galloup
N. M
John Charcoal
Want Ads Urges Labor Day Weekend Classified Action
The Globe-News promotes a three day want ad run before 6 30 P M for Sunday and Monday Labor Day weekend. It highlights buyers and sellers racing to place ads for used cars homes furniture and items like typewriters guns bicycles furs radios and musical instruments to meet fall expenses. Dial 6262.
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Want AD Action
DIAL
Globe-News
Hitler Chooses Path On Sudeten Crisis At Berchtesgaden
Hitler, high on a Bavarian mountaintop, weighs Germanys course in the Sudeten dispute amid reports on Henlein and the Prague government. A border shooting incident is cited and Ribbentrop met the British envoy as mediation efforts continue.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Hitler
Karlovy Vary
Helleinists
Prague
DNB
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Neville Henderson
Texas sheriffs push law changes after three day meeting
The Texas Sheriffs Association urged lawmakers to enact strictures aiding enforcement and handling criminals. They opposed the anti lynching bill and praised Garner and Connally for defeating it. Proposals include replacing suspended sentences with supervised probation and making theft above $20 a penitentiary offense. The Amarillo convention drew about 300 officers. Bill Adams of Potter County rose to first vice president and will lead in 1939.
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Texas
Texas Sheriffs’ Association
John N. Garner
U. S
Tom Connally
Adams
Amarillo
Bill Adams
Potter County
W. R. McDowell
Galveston
Benton Davis
Grayson County
Sherman
Oklahoma Brother Slain After Bicycle Attempt
In Oklahoma a boy tries to take his sister’s bicycle. she fights back and kills him. The incident is reported amid local news items and broader war and politics commentary.
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Oklahoma
Dorings
Ksec
Amarillo
O'Daniels
Capitol
Bendix
Cleveland
Eamsene
Texas
Missouri
Moses Balin
Band Parents Launch Drive for New Uniforms at Amarillo High
Amarillo High School Band Parents Association opened a drive to buy 90 new military style uniforms for the Sandie band. H W Resnick of Fruhauf Co showcased a sample. Ed Rogers modeled the new front piece. About 3,000 dollars is needed, with part raised by subscription. the school board may act next week.
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Sandie
Amarillo
H. W. Resnick
Fruhauf Company
Wichita
Ed Rogers
Ross D. Rogers
Avery Bush
Parents Band Group
Rush
Amarillo Chosen for $800,000 Veterans Hospital
Officials announce Amarillo will host a new 150 bed Veterans Hospital with an $800,000 cost and construction to begin before next January. The site on the southwest edge of Amarillo spans several hundred acres donated by the city and plans include nurses quarters and utility buildings.
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Washington
Amarillo
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
George EB. Tams
William R. Talbott
The
Construction Service
Veterans’ Administration
Talbot
Talbott
Roosevelt
Veterans
Texas
Fort Worth-Dallas
Amarillo Hospital
Dallas
Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs
Frank T. Hines
Highway 66
Four Officials Charged Over Prison Baking Deaths
A Philadelphia coroner s jury verdict finds criminal negligence by Warden William Mills Deputy Warden Frank Craven and 14 staff members including two physicians. The group is held for grand jury action with Mills and Craven each under ten thousand dollars bail.
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Philadelphia
William B. Mills
Frank A. Craven
James McGuire
George Enoch
Hans Abrahams
Alfred W. Brough
Francis Smith
Edward Corkery
Samuel James
Thomas Cavanaugh
John Mulhern
Sylvester Weaver
William Staines
Robert Morrow
Mills and Craven
Swisher Pioneer Dies in Hospital
Tristam Alexander Gray 86, longtime Panhandle cattleman and early Crosby County organizer, died at an Amarillo hospital. Native of Virginia born September 26, 1852, he helped organize Crosby County in 1885 and served as its first tax assessor. He lived on the Plains at Tulsa and later Amarillo, residing at 105 Boyer Street.
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Tristam Alexander (Truss) Gray
Amarillo
Tulsa
Boyer Street
Mr. Gray
Panhandle Plains
Virginia
Foreign Affairs Keep FDR Near Washington
President Roosevelt said the difficult foreign situation keeps him close to the capital and will take engagements only within a few hours of Washington. Secretary Hull handles issues on three continents as Mexico rejects arbitration and Europe crisis dispatches continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Western Hemisphere
Mexico
Cardenas
Europe
County Court Backs Coliseum Project and Funding
The Potter County Commissioner's Court voted to support building a Coliseum in Potter County Park with $90,000 in warrants and a federal 45 percent grant. Tax experts say warrants can fit present limits if refinanced later, and the court anticipates strong voter support if put to an election.
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Fair Grounds
PWA
Potter County
Planes Reach Coco Solo After Pacific Flight
Fourteen United States navy planes arrived at Coco Solo fleet air base in Panama at 1 30 P M completing a San Diego to Coco Solo flight in 26 hours 40 minutes. The group departed San Diego Wednesday and paused 24 hours in the Gulf of Fonseca on the Central American coast 650 miles northwest for refueling.
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Colon
Panama
Fleet Air Base
Coco Solo
San Diego
Calif
Gulf of Fonseca
Central American
Here
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with Saturday afternoon sunshine. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with a chance of local showers in the extreme west, slightly warmer in that area. New Mexico forecasts partly cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms Saturday and little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
T&m
Revival of Old Southwest Borger Invades Amarillo
About 150 Borger boosters led by H. N. Pruitt and Herb Wilkerson arrived in Amarillo with a 40 member band. They greeted by the Amarillo good will committee at Third and Polk and performed a concert inviting residents to the Hutchinson County Fair opening next Thursday for three days. Clay Thunton announced a motorcade would leave Amarillo Friday to attend the fair.
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Amarillo
Borger
Good Will Committee
Third and
Polk
Hutchinson County Fair
H. N. Pruitt
Borger Chamber of Commerce
Herb Wilkerson
Clay Thunton
Chiirman
Tri State Exposition Promises Bigger and Better Fair
The 1938 Tri State Fair opens September 19 for a full week with W Lee O Daniels Hillbilly band on the Cavalcade of Hits stage. Notables include leading Hereford herds and entries close tonight at 12 for the literary department led by Mrs. H M Timmons.
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Tri-State
Pappy
W. Lee O’daniel
United States
W. M. Gouldy
H. M. Timmons
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Sheridan Downey
Culbert Olson
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State Highway Patrol
Raymond Cato
Rio Oso
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Sacramento
Sharleen Barker
Witch
Fuehrer
Garner
Bascom N, Timmons
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Swisher
Foreign Affairs
FDR
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