Roosevelt and Landon discuss drought needs in Des Moines
President Roosevelt and Governor Landon conferred about water and soil conservation and feed shortages at the Iowa State Capitol. They spoke for about 40 minutes, had lunch together, and left without decisions. Landon praised the President as a fine gentleman while noting no resolutions emerged.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Landon
Kansas
State House
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Illinois Officer Slain by Gunman in Stolen Squad Car
Patrolman John B. Frost 35 of Lombard was shot dead by a gunman in a commandeered Illinois police squad car. A woman accomplice fled with the suspect after the shooting, as Lombard officers detained a man who claimed to be Walter Poore of Chicago and identified the gunman as a Chicagoan.
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Chicago
John B. Frost
Lombard
Walter Poore
Straw Hats Go Into Discard Tomorrow
Amarillo shoppers are urged to replace worn straw hats with new felts as stores display latest styles. Clerks encourage passing the old straw to charity and advise buying a felt for proper Sunday attire.
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Amarillo
Roosevelt and Landon meet in Des Moines capitol visit
President Roosevelt arrives with a noon train and crowds of over 100000. Governor Landon drives 270 miles from Topeka and joins a friendly reception at the Iowa capitol with informal talks and a luncheon after the conference attendees assemble.
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CY Leland
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Iowa
Landon
Topeka
Ocean fliers land in Wales after Atlantic flight
Crooner Harry Richman and veteran pilot Dick Merrill forced to land 175 miles from Croydon after 17 hours in the air. They expect to wait for gas before deciding on a London return as radio failed and field near Llangadock, Carmarthenshire, was found.
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Llangadock
Carmarthenshire
South Wales
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Merrill
Croydon
Wales
Richman
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
D. R. Thomas
Llandilo
London
Atlantic
Scrappin Valley Death Case Trials Near Jury in Newton
The first trial in the Scrappin Valley murder case nears the jury stage in Newton as Albert Williams faces charges over Richard Ridgeway’s death. Wells and Jim Bowie are set to be tried after Williams with testimony noting moonshine trouble and an oath not to talk.
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Newton
Albert Williams
Richard Ridgeway
Vernor Wells
Jim Bowie
Williams
Hollis Kinard
Pete Wells
Vernon Wells
Wells
Ridgeway
T. S. Hughes
Scrappin’ Valley
Walter Ashmore
Woman Charged in Death of Infant Near O'Brien
The body of a one day old infant was found on the outskirts of O'Brien and a 30 year old woman was charged with murder. An autopsy by Dr. D. Filand in Knox City revealed the infant died from blows to the head. a heavy stone rested on the skull. The suspect is held in a Knox City hospital under guard, married and separated from her husband.
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Knox City
Pombo Joins Rebels In Spanish Civil War Air Force
Juan Ignacio Pombo, famed young aviator who flew from Spain to Mexico City to wed his sweetheart, arrived in Seville to volunteer for the rebel air forces amid the Spanish Civil War.
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Pombo
Seville
Spain
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Mexico City
Vote contest hearing set in county clerk race recount
Hubert Cole filed a formal notice with the county Democratic executive committee asking for a recount of Box 23 votes after a three vote discrepancy appeared in the official canvass. Secretary Roy Chase said the committee will meet on September 11 to consider the case and Cole seeks to open the West Sam Houston precinct ballot box to inspect ballots.
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Hubert Cole
Democratic Executive Committee
Roy Chase
Cole
W. E. Blackburn
West
Sam Houston
Local Road Paving Urged From Pampa to Borger
An editorial by T. E. Johnson urges Panhandle residents to push for paving Highway 41 between Pampa and Borger, noting the route’s heavy traffic yet lack of state funds for local roads. The piece calls for community action to aid the two towns.
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Panhandle
Pampa
Borger
Canyon
Amarillo
Norway Refuses Russian Trotsky Expulsion Demand
Oslo reports Norway formally rejected Russia's demand to expel exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky. A note to the Soviet minister cited friendly relations and Norway's effort to prevent actions on its soil that threaten other nations. Russia had on August 29 asked for Trotsky's expulsion, noting his internment with his wife on the condition of no counter revolutionary activity.
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Oslo
Norway
Russia
Leon Trotsky
Trotzky
Truck crash injures farmer and kills two mules
A large truck rammed Bill Ray's cotton wagon between Canton and Myrtle Springs. The driver was critically injured with a broken back and not expected to survive. Mules pulling the wagon were killed. Ray was hospitalized in Terrell.
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Canton
Bill Ray
Here
Myrtle Springs
Terrell
Ray
Ten Mine Tragedy: Four More Bodies Recovered at MacBeth Mine
In Logan West Virginia a gas explosion at the MacBeth Mine claimed ten lives. The last four bodies were found in a center area after rescuers dug through 250 feet of debris in rain. Among the dead are Jack Adkins and Gus Mounts. 110 workers escaped unharmed.
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Logan
W. Va
MacBeth
Jack Adkins
Gus Mounts
Tom Miller
Victor Corillo
Grover Saunders
William Reffett
Ed Saunders
Julius McShane
Elihua Watts
Andy Gazdik
Youth Critically Wounded By Accidental Gun Discharge
In Grand Saline an accidental discharge by a cousin seriously injures 15 year old Edward Ferrell of near Van. J. D. Ferrell tried to extract a lodged shell when the small caliber pistol fired as the boys returned from a hunting trip.
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Grand Saline
Edward Ferrell
Charley Ferrell
Van
J. D. Ferrell
Woman killed in Mabank area auto wreck
Four miles west of Mabank Mrs Wilford Athey died in an automobile wreck. She was alone in the car.
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Mabank
Wilford Athey
Rebels Attack Behobia and Irun Near Iran Front
A violent night near Behobia across the Bidassoa River from Abehobie France sees rebel six inch guns firing on Irun with fires in southern outskirts. Government defenders man barricades as Moors lead assaults aiming to breach the suburb and reach strategic Iran.
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Associated Press
Abehobie
France
Behobia
Bidassoa
Irun
Behobie
Iran
Senator Connally Downplays Japanese Threat at Tyler
Senator Tom Connally told the Tyler Rotary Club that Japan poses no danger to the United States if the U.S. keeps a strong navy. He said Japan’s ambitions lie in the Orient and praised Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy calling for peace and harmony.
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Tyler
Tom Connally
Tyler Rotary Club
United States
Japan
Orient
Connally
America
Roosevelt
Poison Fatal to Haskell Farmer
John H. Zahn, 31, a farmer living ten miles north of Haskell, died last night from poison. His wife reported he took a substance from a small bottle near the cistern. convulsions followed and he died before a Rochester physician could arrive. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at the family home with burial in Willow Cemetery, Haskell.
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Haskell
John H. Zahn
Zahn
Rochester
Willow Cemetery
Parole Conference Advances Six State Compact Plan
Officials from Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Arizona and New Mexico agreed to pursue an interstate compact for probation and parole reform. Gov James V Allred named temporary president and a December New Orleans meeting was set to organize a unified program for supervising paroled prisoners. He opposed the sunset parole system which he said ships paroled offenders between states.
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Galveston
James V. Allred
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Arizona
New Mexico
Allred
New
W. W. Halcomb
Spreckles Wins Ruth Chatterton Air Derby Grand Prize
Frank Spreckles of San Francisco won the Ruth Chatterton Cross Country Air Derby in San Diego with 1182.51 points. The top finishers include Jerry Fairbanks Los Angeles and George Armistead Beverly Hills with scores just below the winner. Points were earned for skill and accuracy in flying, not speed.
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San Diego
Calif
Frank Spreckles
San Francisco
Ruth Chatterton
Spreckles
Jerry Fairbanks
Los Angeles
George 8
Armistead
Beverly Hills
George Arents
Rye
N. Y
Steven Hawkes
Pomona
Clara Livingston
Jamestown
John RP
Gatty
Elmhurst
Max Marshall
Xenia
Ohio
Bruce Gimbel
Port Chester
Kansas Youth Dies After Fall From Freight Train
A Parsons, Kansas youth about 17 named Fay Dor man was found dead after being decapitated when he fell between moving cars of a Texas and Pacific freight train near a crossing in Abilene. Doctors said he was crippled by paralysis and witnesses noted infantile paralysis in both legs and the left arm. He was walking to a refrigerator car for ice when the accident occurred while en route to Parsons to enter school after summer in Bakersfield, California.
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Abilene
Jack Dorman
Parsons
Kas
Texas and Pacific
Fay Dorman
Kansas
Bakersfield
Calif
Tyler Man Killed in Collision With Trolley Car
Grady Metcalf, 32, of Tyler, Dallas County, died after his car collided with a trolley last night. He sustained a heart injury and died shortly after the wreck, marking the county’s 63rd traffic fatality this year.
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Dallas
U.P
Grady Metcalf
Dallas County
Metcalf
Texan Drowns in Tennessee Hollow Lake near Texarkana
Raymond Jones, 24, of New Boston, drowned while swimming at Tennessee Hollow Lake four miles east of Texarkana. His body was recovered after a four hour search.
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Texarkana
Ray
Mond Jones
Tennessee Hollow Lake
New Boston
Burns Fatal Fire Claims Mrs Martha Avery
Mrs Martha Avery aged 80 died after burns from a conflagration caused by an exploding lamp that destroyed her home at Windom near Bonham. The blaze began yesterday and the fire proved fatal today.
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Bonham
Windom
Here
Martha Avery
West Texas livestock dealer T L Benson dies at 72
T L Benson, 72, a livestock commission dealer in San Angelo and Sonora for 25 years, died today at his home after several months illness.
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West Texas
San Angelo
Texas
T. L. Benson
Sonora
Murder charge filed in fatal July stabbing at Uvalde
Officers charged Vic toriana Rosales with murder in the July 19 stabbing death of Celestino Santos in Uvalde. Santos died today.
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Uvalde
Victoriana Rosales
Celestino Santos
Santos
Heavy Panhandle Rain Drenches Plains as Storm Peaks
Rainfall across the Panhandle and adjacent areas brings heavy downpours the heaviest since May. Carrouzett Lipsecomb County reports three inches with widespread totals from half an inch to three inches in Lipscomb County and nearby regions. Some towns report showers while others see significant rainfall easing drought conditions. Continued on Page 19, Col. 8.
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Plains
Caprock
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Higgins
Spearman
Shattuck
Okla
State Line
Carrouzett
Lipsecomb County
Lipscomb County
the News
Hansford County
Mobeetia
Clinton
Clovis
Hereford
Canyon
Dumas
Stratford
Claude
Fort, Worth
Denver
Clarendon
Hedley
Memphis
Childress
Kirkland
Claile Drese
Pampa
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast and Temperatures
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for likely showers Friday with mostly cloudy skies. Unsettled conditions extend to New Mexico with scattered showers in the northwest portion and little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures reached a high around 74 and a low near 69 with afternoon readings near 74 and evening around 58.
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Amarillo
Texas
100Th Meridian
Main Streets In Fair Park Being Repaved
Fair Park main thoroughfares are being repaved for the Tri State Fair crowd September 21 26. Most of the $35 000 improvement work on buildings is finished and oil topping in front of the grandstand is to be completed if weather allows. Ed Tull, buildings and grounds superintendent, says the fair race track infield is in tip top shape after last night rain with the infield green like a lawn.
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Ed Tull
Tull
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