Woman pilot Beryl Markham aims for England to New York flight
Mrs Beryl Markham, 33, leaves Abingdon Airdome at 6 50 pm bound for New York in a turquoise Messenger with 261 gallons of fuel and no radio. Weather forecast predicts showers as she faces a long, uncertain crossing over the Atlantic with sea and skies foreboding.
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Associated Press
Abingdon Airdome
Berkshire
Eng
Beryl Markham
Atlantic Ocean
England
New York
Royal Airforce
Ireland
the Messenger
Amarillo Day Opens Panhandle Races With Record Crowd Expected
Panhandle Racing Association starts its fall meeting with a 2 PM first race on Amarillo Day. Officials anticipate a record first day crowd as over 200 horses prepare to race through September 12. Notable entrants include We Did It Dixie Twist and Time Ball plus Allison Stable entries Little Henry Fair Romance Jessie Cop Page.
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Panhandle Racing Asociation
Amarillo
Panhandle
Dixie Twist
Chicago
Allison Stable
Kansas City
Little Henry
Fair Romance
Jessie Coppage
Time Ball
Texas Racing Commission
Carson
Flames Follow Fall of Iran in Hendaye Fire Devours War Dead
In Hendaye France on September 4 1936 flames engulf the city as rebel forces retreat toward San Sebastian eight miles away. Government defenders guard the Iron bridgehead to evacuate civilians while dynamiting roads and seizing a carload of ammunition from a railway car brought from Barcelona under a Franco Spanish agreement.
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Associated Press
Hendaye
France
Iran
San Sebastian
International Bridge
Barcelona
Spain
Bendix Race Winner Louise Thaden Triumphs Across Nation
Louise Thaden won the Bendix trophy race from New York to Los Angeles with Miss Blanche Noyes as passenger finishing in 14 hours 54 minutes to set a landmark air race. Amelia Earhart and Laura Ingalls trailed as Thaden and Noyes completed a hazardous ocean to ocean flight.
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Los Angeles
Louise Thaden
New York
Amelia Earhart
Laura Ingalls
Ingalls
William Gulick
Thaden
Blanche Noyes
Ocean
Col. Ros
Crown Point
N. M
Ben O. Howard
Howard
Here
Gaylee Smith
Tanner Indian Trading Post
Max E. Feldman
Army Officer Dies of Heart Attack in Texas
Col. Clark P. Chandler, 50, executive officer at Fort Clark, died of a heart attack at the Fort Sam Houston station hospital in San Antonio. Chandler had come to the area to serve as umpire for the third army command post exercises scheduled for later this month.
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San Antonio
U.P
Clark P. Chandler
Fort Clark
Fort Sam Houston
Col. Chandler
Pampa Thanks Editorial on Road Construction
Pampa Chamber of Commerce thanks the Amarillo News for the Pampa Borger road editorial. The letter states the piece will influence officials and speed the project. It notes the newspaper will mail copies to officials and invites further cooperation.
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Pampa
Pampa-Borger Road
Requisitions Sought for Traxler and Hughes Return
Oklahoma City Sept 4. Requisitions for the return of Pete Traxler from McAlester penitentiary and Johnnie Hughes from Barrett jail to Canadian Texas were received by State Crime Bureau Supt Charles W Daley. They face a $2000 armed robbery charge. Daley would recommend honoring the requisitions by Gov E W Marland.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Canadian
Tex
Pete Traxler
Johnnie Hughes
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Traxler
McAlester Penitentiary
Hughes
Barrett
Daley
E. W. Marland
Roosevelt Sees Sounder Federal Credit Here
President Roosevelt told a cheering Springfield crowd that federal credit is on a sounder basis than ever before. From the rear platform of the Presidential special he said he had spoken by telephone with Secretary Morgenthau and noted science easing the President’s distance from Washington as he continues a 5,000 mile tour of crop lands.
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Springfield
Illinois
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Washington
Flower Show Awards Grand Prize to Mrs. J. E. Odom
The Amarillo Garden Club hosted its second annual show at the Herring Hotel directed by Mrs. J. C. Wooldridge. Mrs. J. E. Odom of 907 Jefferson Street won the grand prize a still life oil painting by Amarillo artist Mrs. H. G. Hendricks and claims permanent possession. The event featured gladiolas dahlias zinnias water lilies mixed bouquets and a white flower exhibit. The lobby fountain was transformed into a lily pond as visitors crowded the displays.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Garden Club
Herring Hotel
Plains Drouth Area Expanded
Seventeen counties in Texas and three in Arkansas were added to the emergency drought list by the agriculture department drought committee, bringing the national total to 1,111 in 23 states. Designations include Arkansas Garland Perry and Saline and Texas Baylor Carson Dallam Gray Hall Hansford Hartley Hemphill Hutchinson Lipscomb Moore Ochiltree Oldham Potter Roberts Sherman Wheeler.
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Washington
Texas
Arkansas
Agriculture Department
Drouth Committee
Garland
Perry
Saline
Baylor
Carson
Dallam
Gray
Hall
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Lipscomb
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Potter
Roberts
Sherman
Wheeler
King unable to aid search for Amott
Senator William H. King of Utah said he could not light on Wesley D. Amott's whereabouts. Amott, a missing Birmingham re settlement administration investigator, had worked in King's office as a clerk after being recommended by the senator. Amott formerly lived in Salt Lake City and served two years as a Mormon missionary in England.
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Washington
William H. King
Utah
Wesley D. Amott
Birmingham
Ala
the Resettlement Administration
King
Amott
Salt Lake City
England
Church of the Latter Day Saints
WIFE SLAYER IS SENTENCED TO HANG
Paola Kansas district judge G A Roberts sentenced Albert M Zakoura a Paola restaurant operator convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife and Harry F Cochran in the Zakoura restaurant on December first He was sentenced to hang Friday October second in the Lansing state penitentiary
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Paola
Kas
G. A. Roberts
Albert M. Zakoura
Lansing
Zakoura
Harry F. Cochran
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity details
Partly cloudy Saturday with locally scattered showers in Amarillo and surrounding areas. West Texas west of the 100th meridian expected mostly cloudy with possible showers. New Mexico will stay fair with little temperature change. Temperature readings show a mix of highs around 80s and lows in 70s with 1.65 inches of precipitation reported in the past 24 hours ending yesterday at 4 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
J. Scedes
Soviet Warns Japan Over Border Incidents
Moscow warned Japan that frontier incidents risk peace as the Soviet government ordered its Tokyo embassy to protest alleged incursions by Japanese Manchurians. Officials said border tension had risen sharply with no explanation for the sudden flare up, noting the line had eased since April.
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Tokyo
Russia
Moscow
Officers to View Burglary Suspect in Fort Worth
Fort Worth on Sept 4 officials including Chief N B Hall from Sweetwater Sheriff Dick Gregory of Colorado and Postal Inspector Joe Lisman planned to view a 23 year old burglary suspect. He is tied to a Lorain post office safe blast last night and a failed attempt at a bottling plant safe in Sweetwater. Detectives Chaffin and Davenport arrested him after the Sweetwater officers provided the vehicle license. About 75 dollars in cash stamps and money order blanks were taken at Loraine.
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Fort Worth
N. B. Hall
Sweetwater
Dick Gregory
Colorado
Joe Lisman
Loraine
Chaffin
Davenport
New Spanish cabinet formed amid civil war strife
President Azana appoints Francisco Largo Caballero premier and war minister as six of fourteen ministries go to Socialists and two to Communists. Jose Giral Pereira resigns but stays in cabinet. Prieto warns Extremadura danger as rebels hold key materials.
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Madrid
Manuel Azana
Francisco Largo Caballero
Largo Caballero
Jose Giral Pereira
Indalecio Prieto
Estremadura
Rainmaker Enforces Straw Hat Exile In Amarillo
Rain forecast boosts enforcement as straw hats are discarded on downtown streets. Yesterday’s downpours spurred a mass exodus of banished headwear while Amarillo clothiers display new felt hats in fall colors. Haberdasheries showcase styles and reasonable prices urging customers to replace straw with a fresh felt.
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Amarillo
Hard Riding Cowboys Compete at Silverton Rodeo
Hard rid ing cowpunchers from this section competed in ribbon roping and calf roping at Silverton fourth annual rodeo and horse races. Amy Gamblin of Wayside and Willard Thomas of Olton tied for first in ribbon roping with 15 seconds. Sunny Hancock of Roswell was second in 16.5 seconds and Eddie Smith of Wellington third in 17.5 seconds.
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NEWS
Silverton
Amy Gamblin
Wayside
Willard Thomas
Olton
Sunny Hancock
Roswell
Eddie Smith
Wellington
Boyd Hodges
Joe Curry
Happy
Curley Daugherty
Milton McGeehee
Shorty Carter
Clayton
N. M
Dewey Beavers
Roland Moore
Otis Riddle
John Curry
Sunray
Ewing McGeehee
Nash Blassengame
DeWitt McGeehee
Neg Reid
Bill Townes
J. H. Avent
Tulsa
Miles McGeehee
Way
Mae Peterson to Lead Singing at Texas Democratic Convention
Mae Peterson, known to opera patrons as Mae Peterson, will lead singing at the Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth. Oveta Culp Hobby will serve as convention parliamentarian. The state executive committee met to finalize plans, with the convention set for Monday at 10 A.M. at the Texas Hotel Fort Worth.
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Austin
U.P
Fort Worth
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Mae Peterson
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Texas House of Representatives
Hobby
Democratic State Executive Committee
Texas
Fort. Worth
Labor Split by Lewis Act Splits AFL Over Suspension
Washington dispatch reports a divide in the American labor movement as John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers leads ten rebel unions in accepting suspension from the AFL for insurrection and rebellion. The action targets forming industry unions under the Committee for Industrial Organization, raising questions of a new rival labor movement.
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Washington
American Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
Sadler Confesses Part in Atlanta Bank Robbery
Cass County authorities report Buddy Sadler signed a statement admitting participation in the hold up of the First National Bank at Atlanta Texas last week. The escaped Arkansas convict, recaptured at Rodessa Louisiana, was brought to Linden Cass County jail after a return from Shreveport. He said he was ready to plead guilty and would have surrendered earlier but lost heart.
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Marshall
Cass County
Buddy Sadler
First National Bank
Atlanta
Texas
Arkansas
Rodessa
Shreveport
Linden
Army fliers burned in crash near Middletown
Three army airmen were burned when a twin motor Martin bomber exploded after leaving the army airport at Middletown. The victims were Pilot C. R. Greer Corporal H. A. Kandee and Private D. H. Martin radio operator.
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Harrisburg
Army
Middletown
C. R. Greer
H. A. Kandee
D. H. Martin
Fall from moving truck kills highway worker Burt Roe
Hearne reports Burt Roe aged 21 from Rock Springs died after falling from a moving truck near Hearne. The incident occurred today as Roe worked on the highway.
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Hearne
Burt Roe
Rock Springs
Rainy Panhandle Brightens Wheat Prospects As Amarillo Floods
Rain fell for hours across the Panhandle boosting moisture for wheat and pastures. In Amarillo 2.52 inches flooded streets and stalled traffic while heavy showers extended toward Canyon. Lubbock saw about an inch with gauges varying by site.
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Amarillo
Canyon Highway
Hollywood
Canyon
Lubbock
Texas Tech College
State Experiment Station
Siamese Twin Violet Hilton romance ends in legal steps
New Orleans States reports Violet Hilton and dancer-husband Jimmie Moore are in dissolution talks with Moore consulting a lawyer on an annulment suit. Violet and her sister Daisy also seek counsel as Violet and Daisy consider their future. The couple wed weeks earlier at the Texas Centennial Exposition.
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New Orleans
Violet Hilton
Hilton
Jimmie Moore
Moore
Violet
Daisy
Jimmie
Opening Day At Tri-State Fair Promises Full Exhibits
The Tri-State Fair in Amarillo opens Monday September 21 and runs through Saturday September 26. Secretary-manager O L Ted Taylor says the exposition will be as complete as on closing day, with only a few livestock herds possibly missing. Exhibits from beyond the fair's usual territory are entering, and the gates stay open from start to finish.
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Amarillo
O. L
Ted” Taylor
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