Textile Walkout Begins Amid Violence Fears Across Regions
The sprawling textile strike enters its first day with no bloodshed but widespread layoff reports. Estimates vary from 60 000 to 100 000 Southern workers idle while up to 75 000 are at work as unions push for action across the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Francis J. Gorman
Gorman
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Code Authority
South
New England
Benjamin Kaminsky
Patterson, N. J
Silk Manufacturers’ Association
United Textile Workers
New Jersey
Kaminsky
Patterson
Rental Week Marks Open School Season In Amarillo
Advertisement urges landlords to list vacancies now during Amarillo Rental Week. Appeals to those near schools to advertise and directs readers to dial The Result Number 6262 for placement and results.
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Amarillo
Hoover decries New Deal, warns of liberty loss in Post
Former President Herbert Hoover argues in the Saturday Evening Post that Roosevelt era policies threaten human liberty. He condemns economic regulation as state domination and asserts liberty stems from a creator and cannot be infringed by government, citing historic sacrifices for freedom.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Herbert
Hoover
Saturday Evening Post
White House
Mr. Hoover
Weekly Magazine
Congress
Plymouth Rock
Lexington
Valley Forge
Yorktown
New Orleans
Appomattox
San Juan Hill
Argonne
Doug Davis Crashes to His Death While Leading National Air Race
Doug Davis of Atlanta died in the National Air Races near Cleveland while leading the Thompson Trophy event. His aircraft went out of control near the finish. he was found west of the course with parachute on his back and did not survive. Colonel Roscoe Turner won the race, and Davis had earlier set an unofficial land plane speed record.
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Colquit Davis
State Prison Hospital
D. I. Davis
Davis Brothers
Harold A. McCarrick
Buchanan Street
Colquit
McCarrick
Amarillo
M-System
Tenth Avenue
Jefferson Street
Sixteenth Avenue
van Buren Street
Don Kiersey
Ardmore
Wirt
Oklo
Keirsey
D. I
Wichita
Kans
Hereford
Emmett Hale
Davis Boy
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Doug Davis
Atlanta
Davis
Roscoe Turner
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Youths threaten jail delivery in La Porte disturbance
About 300 youths gathered near the La Porte city jail muttering threats to free nine friends arrested at Sylvan Beach park on disturbing the peace charges. Three paid $12 fines, one was sent to Houston juvenile court, five were jailed then released.
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Houston
la Porte City
Sylvan Beach Park
A. Muldoon
la Porte
Mrs Floyd defends Charles Floyd amid Kansas City visit
The wife of outlaw Charles Pretty Boy Floyd says she trusts him with other women. She dismisses fears of him being caught like Dillinger and talks about their nine year old son Charles Dempsey Floyd. She denies his involvement in the Union Station massacre.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
John Dillinger
Els
Charles Dempsey Floyd
Southwest
Kansas City Union Station
Ten deputies named for Mills murder trial at Norman
Ten special deputy sheriffs were chosen to handle the expected throng at the murder trial of Neal Myers a University of Oklahoma student accused of killing Marian Mills a 19 yearold beauty queen. The trial begins tomorrow in the Cleveland County district court seating 309.
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Norman
Okla
Neal Myers
University of Oklahom
Marian Mills
Corpus
Cleveland County District
Cooling Rains Bring Hope Across North Texas
Drenching multi county rain cooled temperatures in the sixties and revived parched ground for farmers and livestock. The system began in the Panhandle then moved southeast as a norther swept in across Houston and Fort Worth where cattle dispersed after a fence breach.
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Associated Press
North Texas
Panhandle
Texas
South Texas
Houston
Fort Worth
Little Eva Coe Loses Court Battle Over Confession
In Cooperstown New York on September 3 1930 the case against Little Eva Coe for the murder of handyman Harry Wright saw a key gain for prosecutors as the judge ruled her alleged confession admissible evidence despite defense claims it was coerced. The confession will be read to the jury.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Eva” Coe
Harry Wright
Ilev H. Heath
Storm Routs Cuban Strike Combatants in Havana
Militants fire on the Cuban Telephone Company building as a tropical storm hits Havana at 1 40 pm. Guards had sent for machine guns but the storm halted the clash. About 256 workers had threatened to seize the central by force if not re employed. Women operators panic as shots ring out. President Mendieta holds urgent cabinet session.
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Havana
Cuban Telephone Company
Telephone Central
Mendieta
Granados
Brooks
Estes
Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
PERA
Johnson
Texas
Lavorea
Kidnapped preacher freed on bond in extortion case
The Rev. R. H. Askew a 28 year old four square gospel evangelist was freed on a 5000 bond after confessing to a kidnaping hoax last month Officers said he left Goldsboro voluntarily and wrote notes to his wife and Aimee Semple McPherson demanding 25000 ransom for his return The note also threatened to blow up Angelus Temple Federal agents charged him with attempted extortion
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Goldsboro
N. C
R. H. Askew
Askew
Aimee Semple McPherson
Four-Square Gospel
Robber Shot Near Death In Dallas Drug Store Heist
In Dallas on September 3 the robber who robbed a drug store cash register was shot in the abdomen by B. C. Graham a druggist who was wounded in the arm during the confrontation. The robber lay near death in a local hospital as Graham recovered.
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Dallas
Sept
B. C. Graham
Graham
Mexican bull fighter injured in Nuevo Laredo ring
Fer man Rivera of Mexico City suffered serious injuries after a bull dragged him during a fight in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, before a companion pulled him free.
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Laredo
Sex
Ferman Rivera
Mexico City
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Rivera
Ten Giant Army Bombing Planes Visit Amarillo
Ten Martin bombers, under sealed orders, landed near daylight in Amarillo for fuel and food before heading toward the east coast. The planes, from Riverside California via Washington DC, are the Army Air Corps’ premier fleet under Lieut. Col. H. H. Arnold, with three crew each, and recently conducted an Alaska survey.
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Amarillo
Uncle Sam
Riverside
Calif
New Jersey
U. S. Army Air Force
Washington, D. C
H. H. Arnold
Mander
Alaska
Territor
U. S. Army
Midland
Army Air Corps
Director To Explain Loan Provisions Of Federal Housing Act
R A Stuart of Port Worth will outline the Operation of the National Housing Act at a regional mass meeting in Amarillo today at 4 PM. The gathering at the Amarillo Hotel aims to initiate program machinery for the Panhandle area with Amarillo and Panhandle citizens in attendance.
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Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo
Panhandle
R. A. Stuart
Port Worth
Former Senator R A Stuart to Speak at Amarillo Lions
Former Senator R A Stuart of Fort Worth regional director of the National Housing Act will speak at the Amarillo Lions Club noon meeting. He will outline the workings of the federal act and the housing program for the district. The talk is broadcast on Station WDAG. Lions President Bill Gibson invites members of other clubs and Amarillo business men to attend the luncheon. The speech starts at 12 45 and lasts 30 minutes.
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R. A. Stuart
Fort Worth
National Housing Act
West Texas meeting to feature rector as principal speaker
The rector for West Texas will be the principal speaker at this afternoon's gathering. Ample Amarillo and Pen handle citizens are invited with Mayor Ross Rogers of Amarillo serving as chairman. Mr. Stuart arrived in Amarillo yesterday as plans unfold for the Put Men To Work program under The National Housing Act. A Panhandle directing group will be chosen at the meeting. Continued on Page 9 Col 6.
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West Texas
Amarillo
Penhandle
Ross Rogers
Stuart
Panhandle
Icebox death probe in California two girls
Authorities weigh murder or accident as Mary and Mary Ann Paiva aged 6 and 7 are found jammed inside an icebox. Sheriff and county physician consider both foul play and accidental entrapment after children reportedly played in the unit and a latch may have sealed shut. An unfriendly elderly neighbor is being checked as a possible lead.
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Henry Paiva
Mary
Mary Ann
Alfred
Paivas
Two Fliers Killed In Louisiana Crash
Cadet Neal Caldwell and Private Baker, both from Brooks Field San Antonio, died when an army twin motor plane crashed at the CCC camp Danville four miles west of Hodge Louisiana at 402 PM during a driving rainstorm The plane burned and Private P K Martin was seriously burned Details were not immediately available The crash occurred just above the tree tops with no time to jump
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Shreveport
Neal Caldwell
Baker
P. K. Martin
Brooks Field
San Antonio
CCC
Danville
Hodge
Barksdale Field
Huey freed on bond in Borger shooting and misappropriation case
Arthur Huey Hutchinson County tax collector was released on 10 000 bond for murder in the Borger post office slaying of A P Borger and 4 000 bond for misappropriating county funds. Huey waived preliminary hearing and bound over to the grand jury meeting Sept 24. Borger’s death and L J Roberts statement dated Feb 27 1932 trigger the misappropriation charge. Funeral services set for 2 PM Tuesday at the family home with burial in Amarillo. L J Duncan wounded and in critical condition with peritonitis.
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Borger
Arthur Huey
Hutchinson
A. P. Borger
Huey
L. J. Roberts
Roper outlines Roosevelt aims on Labor Day
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper told a Birmingham Labor Day audience that the Roosevelt program seeks to secure and maintain a balance in profits for all participants. He said farmers and laborers have not shared equitably in rewards from economic processes, speaking during a talk on “The Balanced Life” at Central Park Methodist Church after a Labor Day parade.
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Birmingham
Ala
Daniel C. Roper
Central Park Methodist Church
Convicts in Armored Train Allegedly En Route to Alcatraz
BELIEVE KIDNAPPERS START 10 ALCATRAZ. An armored train carrying federal convicts, including Harvey Bailey George Machine Gun Kelly and Albert Bates, passed through Belen New Mexico at 1 AM MST on a secret schedule en route to Alcatraz, aiming for San Francisco late tonight or Tuesday.
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Belen
N. M
Leavenworth
Alcatraz
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Clovis
Harvey Bailey
George
Kelly
McDonald resigns from Railroad Commission post
J. M. Mc Donald, after seven years as a deputy supervisor with the Texas Railroad Commission, announced his resignation effective September 15 to enter private business.
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Pampa
J. M. McDonald
Texas Railroad Commission
Advance Two Proposals On Aid To Needy
Two separate proposals for aid to the needy move forward as lawmakers seek changes. The measures aim to expand relief programs and fund services for vulnerable populations pending legislative action.
Texas relief commission faces calls for restructure amid bickering
Estes and Brooks told lawmakers political bickering and factionalism crippled the Texas relief commission hindering operations. They urged replacing part time with full or multi member bodies and giving Johnson broader control while noting most funds come from federal sources and that county overhead is high.
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Carl Estes
Tyler
W. A. Brooks, Jr
Dallas
House
Senate
Estes
Wt. J. Long
Wichita Falls
Kites
Adam Johnson
Brooks
Johnson
Legisature
Miriam A. Ferguson
Aubrey Williams
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Williams
Texas
Texas Relief Commission
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Aelia
DIAL
M'Alester
Carter County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Mrs. Floyd
Eva
FICE
Preacher
California
Louisiana
Roper
McDonald
Audlin
theLexas Rener Commission
Lexas
George B. Simpson
State Auditoe
Relief Commission
Simpson
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