Manville Hires Lawyer In Divorced Shakedown Story
New Rochelle NY September reports Tommy Manville, asbestos heir, announced he has 1.6 million dollars and a lawyer, Frank Devlin of Yonkers, to end his marriage to Marcelle Edwards. Devlin says initial steps are underway while Manville jokes about loopholes in the separation.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Tommy Manville
Blondeophile
Marcelle Edwards
Manville
Frank B. Devlin
Yonkers
Devlin
Tommy
Amarillo Man Killed as Car Overturns in Pampa Race
Clarence Shelton 23 of Amarillo died after his stock car overturned during a 25 mile race in Pampa. Marvin Patterson, also from Amarillo, was unhurt. Shelton worked at Paramount Theater and was son of Mr and Mrs B W Shelton with three brothers surviving. Funeral plans pending.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Clarence Shelton
Shelton
Marvin Patterson
Patterson
Paramount Theater
Sinclair Petroleum Corporation
B. W. Shelton
North
Grant Street
Boxwell Brothers
Bethlehem Steel Denies Labor Board Charges
Bethlehem Steel Company attacks the Labor Relations Board complaint as vague and indefinite and seeks dismissal. It argues the board’s case names no persons or specific instances and complains of short notice for the Sept. 8 hearing.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Company
Labor Relations Board Today
Steel Company
Little Itch Held in Murder Case in New York
Irving Halpern known as Little Itch, 43, was held on a vagrancy charge as police questioned him about the murder of Esther Gorman 38, found beaten stabbed and shot in a East River bank cask on August 27. Gorman widow of narcotics dealer One Eyed Max Gordon, who died in Texas in an earlier accident.
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New York
Underworld
Irving Halpern
Hell Gate
Esther Goron
Gorman
Max” Gordon
East River
Halpern
Atlanta
Gordon
Texas
Child Killed by Lightning in Fort Worth
Five year old Dorris Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs Irby Cox was struck by lightning and killed while running an errand for her mother in Fort Worth yesterday per UPI report.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Dorris Cox
Irby Cox
Floydada Child Killed by Truck
Funeral services will be held for Royce Kyle 12 son of Mr and Mrs Earl Cowand who died after slipping from a truck running board and being run over. He lived only 30 minutes after the accident Sunday.
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Floydada
Royce Kyle
Earl Cowand
Thief Steals Goods During Move in Dallas
Dallas reports a burglary as a thief entered a home during a move and stole goods valued at more than $50. The incident occurred as C. A. Tarcum moved from one house to another.
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Dallas
C. A. Tarcum
Hutchinson Fair To Open Today
Hutchinson County hosts a three day fair beginning Monday at 2 PM with a Junior Chamber rodeo at the Huber baseball park. Prominent riders including world champion bronc rider Eddie Curtis and Mary Harral of Roswell will perform alongside celebrated ropers bulldoggers and clowns. Rodeo shows run 2 PM and 8:30 PM daily with appearances by top cowboys and performers.
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Southwest
Mary Harral
Roswell
N. M
Miss Harral
Butte
Great Falls
Mont
Pendleton
Ore
Elk City
Nev
Soda Springs
Ida
Odgen
Utah
Eddie Curtis
el Reno
Okla
Eddie
Andy
Dalhart
John Lindsey
Wichita Falls
Hoover
Dan Wilcox
Tulsa
Roper
Shorty Ricker
Gene Ross
Huber Baseball Park
Roosevelt says Americans in China stay in conflict area at own risk
President Roosevelt on board the Potomac says 7,780 Americans remain in China at their own risk as evacuation plans stall. He notes most are missionaries and teachers and there is no set date for exit while neutrality policy and future trips hinge on the Far East crisis.
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Roosevelt
China
Great Salt Pond
Block Island
R. I
Congress
Curtis
Eleanor Dall
John Boettiger
Far East
Japan Extends Blockade Along Chinese Coastline
Japan enlarges its naval blockade from Shanghai to 2,150 miles of China's coast effective at noon. Hongkong Macao and Kwangchowman leasehold areas are exempted. Neutral vessels may still be stopped to seize war supplies. Bombardments reach across Kwangtung coast beyond Shanghai with ships and aircraft.
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Shanghat
Japan
China
Shanghai
Swatow
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Hongkong
Macao
Kwangchowman
Tokyo
Canton
Kwangtung Province
Dove Love Lost in Panhandle Dove Hunt Debacle
In the Panhandle romance stalls as dove hunting slashes dove numbers, thwarting courtship rituals. Legislators reject a season ban as ineffective, while suitors seek a bird substitute. trials of Philly Loo bird, stork, robin, sparrow, crow, buzzard, blue jay, and finch all fail to match the dove’s love song.
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Panhandle
Cupid
South America
Dionne
Robin
Dust Bowl
Finch
Kay Francis pressed by contract dispute with Warner brothers
Kay Francis faces a contract dispute with Warner brothers after declaring she will not work under her 3000 weekly deal while being paid 500 daily. She reports for wardrobe fittings but refuses to perform under protest, citing inferior roles and lack of lead in Tovarich.
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Hollywood
Kay Francis
Warner
Francis
Miss Francis
Tovarich
Conservation Officials Plan Coordination Meeting Here Tuesday
Conservation leaders from five states will meet in Amarillo for a conference outlining a joint plan to coordinate water and soil conservation efforts. The event, part of a larger effort sponsored by the Panhandle Water Conservation Association, will feature remarks by Congressman Marvin Jones and reports from John McCarty and Carl Hinton.
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Amaro
New Orleans
Benedict
Works Progress Administration
H. P. Drought
WPA
Alton B. Bell
Panhandle
Marvin Jones
Carl Hinton
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
John McCarty
The
Conservation Association
Santa Fe
Clyde Tingley
Association
McCarty
New Mexico
Roberts County
Miami
J. A. Mead
Earl W. Wilson
Deaf Smith County
Amarillo
REA
Hinton
Stock Market Prices Still Show Decline
A thin market in New York last week marked the third straight week of falling prices. Activity showed little support with declines across most active issues, led by steels, motors, stores and rails, with rails hitting new lows.
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New York
Labor Day Event To Be Observed In Civil War Within Unions
Washington observes Labor Day recalling a tumultuous year marked by strikes riots and martial law. The AFL and CIO fractured into rival factions while gains included nearly 3 million new members and landmark rulings on collective bargaining minimum wages for women and social security. Leaders from AFL CIO and government officials deliver speeches as labor tensions peak.
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Washington
Labor
Supreme Court
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Dallas
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pittsburgh
Leechburg
Perkins
J. Warren Madden
The
Labor Board
Roosevelt
William A. Becker
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lewis
A. F. of L
Overcraft
Two Youths Die in Glenrose Road Collision
Two youths were killed and four injured in an automobile-truck crash on the Glenrose Walnut Springs road near Glenrose tonight.
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Glenrose
Walnut Springs
Four die as car swept into Mosquero Creek tragedy
Clayton New Mexico reports four aboard an auto driven by Mrs. Harris Royal were drowned when the vehicle entered a flooded draw off Mosquero Creek after a cloudburst. John Roberts 43 died at the scene, Mrs. John Roberts 41, George Jones’ sister Lenora Jones 18 months, and Mrs. Harris Royal 27 perished. Mrs. Royal escaped clinging to a bush downstream.
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John Roberts
Crowder Ranch
John Roberta
George Jones
Wellington
Roberts
Lenora Jones
Jones
Harris Royal
Royal
Mosquero Creek
Clayton
Dollar liner President Wilson crew demands war bonus
In San Francisco the Orient bound Dollar liner President Wilson faced a delay as up to 203 crew members demanded a $250 war bonus for navigating the Sino Japanese war zone. After hours, employers announced a settlement and the ship set for late sailing toward Yokohama and Manila.
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San Fancisco
Wilson
Shanghai
Yokohama
Manila
China
China Buys Large Planeloads in August Export Licenses
The State Department reported that August licenses issued for aircraft export totaled 1,207,252 dollars to China and 206,435 dollars to Japan.
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Washington
State Department
China
Japan
West Texas and New Mexico Weather Summary
West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the southeast and warmer conditions in the Panhandle. Monday and Tuesday expect partly cloudy skies with likely showers in the north. New Mexico remains unsettled with thunder showers in the north, and otherwise little temperature change.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Panhandle rainfall totals topped three inches in few towns
Heavy showers drenched the Panhandle with Lockney reporting three inches and Floydada 2.76 inches. Amarillo picked up two inches while other towns measured varying amounts from a quarter to one and a half inches. A washout damaged Dixon Creek bridge near Borger and Weatherly Lake spillway. five days expected to reopen.
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Groom
Panhandle
Amarillo
Waynoka
Canadian
Clovis
Santa Fe Railway
Fort Worth
Denver
Lubbock
Lockney
Plainview
Hart
Turkey and
Quitaque
Childress
Texline
Dalhart
Wellington
Shamrock
Dixon Creek
Borger
Skellytown Road
Weatherly Lake
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Princeton University
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University of Illinois
Milligan College
Tennessee
Hamilton College
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Beckley Institute
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Russell Stationery Company
Yacht Indian
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