Robert Taylor Lives Up To Fan Frenzy In Hollywood
Spangler Arlington Brugh, now Robert Taylor, remains astonished by his fame as Hollywood’s top idol. The Nebraska native earns 2500 weekly while adoring crowds and 8000 daily fan letters overwhelm his routine life. Louis B Mayer calls him a smashing star, as Taylor contemplates the rapid rise from quiet beginnings to adulation.
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Paul Harrison
NEA
Hollywood
Spangler
Arlington Brugh
Robert Taylor
Rudolph Valentino
Dallas Exposition
Brugh
Nebraska
Taylor
Louis B. Mayer
Ruth Brugh
Spangler Brugh
Roosevelt allocates 2.5 million for relief worker absorption
President Roosevelt in a radio address reviews rural and urban relief problems and plans 2.5 million dollars to place relief workers in private industry. He also pledges to conserve soil water and life after a 5,000 mile West survey.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Report on Great Plains drouth committee draft
The Washington Post reports the Great Plains drouth area committee’s report to President Roosevelt was largely sketched and completed before the August 15 departure for field tours. Morris L. Cooke stated the document was fluid to the last minute and copies were printed in Washington to accompany the committee.
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Washington
Washington Post
Great Plains Drouth Area
Roosevelt
Drouth
the Post
Morris L. Cooke
Cooke
Roosevelt urges private employment push with added funding
President Roosevelt pledges immediate work relief and a longer aid plan for farmers stricken by famine. He urges employers to use federal and state employment services for additional hires and announces 2.5 million dollars for intensified job search, supplementing 1.5 million previously allocated. He says WPA and PWA remain active until private jobs are secured.
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White House
WPA
PWA
Roosevelt
Hardware Dealers Picnic At Palo Duro Canyon Draws 800
About 800 people attended the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Dealers Association second annual picnic at Palo Duro Canyon. Hardware dealers, their employees and families from the Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico joined a noon barbecue and afternoon softball. a dance followed the event after a lodge gathering the night before.
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Palo Duro Canyon
New Sectors May Get on Drouth List
Department of Agriculture officials consider adding counties in Texas to the emergency drouth area. Texas has 32 of 34 counties on the list, with nearby Oklahoma Kansas and eastern Arkansas and New Mexico also drouth regions. Expansion would extend existing drouth lines from Parker west to the New Mexico boundary.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Parker
Tarrant
Fort Worth
Denver
Archer
Childress
Clay
Collingsworth
Cottle
Foard
Hardeman
Jack
Montague
Wichita
Wilbarger
Wise
Scurry
Knox
Baylor
Carson
Dallam
Gray
Hall
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Potter
Roberts
Sherman
Wheeler
Man Found Dead in Park At Edge of Oliver Eakle Park
Officials identified the deceased as J. A. Russell, found early morning by a passerby at the edge of Oliver Eakle park on Polk Street. Death attributed to natural causes from a heart attack. Police and funeral home handled the body. residence and background clues included mail addressed in care of general delivery at Amarillo and Pampa. he was about 40, 5'8", 150 pounds, gray eyes, light brown hair.
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J. A. Russell
Oliver Eakle
Polk Street
N. S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home
Canyon
Public Service Training Corporation of
Detroit
Mich
Amarillo
Pampa
Heavy Rains Hit Panhandle and Nearby Areas
Heavy rains fell in three counties south and southwest of Amarillo on Sunday with more precipitation possible. The Clovis area in New Mexico shared in the moisture as did Canyon Tulsa and Clovis, while Texico and Bovina saw lighter rainfall.
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Amarillo
Clovis
New Mexico
Happy
Canyon
Tulsa
Texico
Bovina
Talavera de Reina falls to Spanish government forces
Government militiamen claim victory at Talavera de Reina, a key junction about 70 miles from Madrid, driving back rebel forces with heavy fighting. Major Carlos Contreras says the victory removes danger to Madrid and secures the Tagus Valley communications.
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Associated Presa
Madrid
Spain
Talavera de Reina
Talavera
Estremadura
Foreign Legionnaires
Carlos Contreras
Associated Press
Toledo
Merida
Tagus Valley
Suit to force vote on charter changes dropped
A four man damus suit by Holloway Smith against the San Angelo mayor and city commissioners to compel an election call for charter changes was dismissed in 51st District Court on a voluntary non suit. Smith and attorney Clyde Vinson planned to seek support from Attorney General William McCraw in Austin. City attorney Robert G Hughes argued the suit lacked authority as to Smith a taxpayer and citizen.
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San Angelo
Holloway Smith
51St District Court
Smith
Clyde Vinson
Austin
William McCraw
Robert G. Hughes
Georgia Mob Hangs Negro in Dalton Lynching
In Dalton Georgia a mob of about 150 seized A L McCamy from the Whitefield County jail at 1 30 A M and hanged him beneath a roadside tree four hours later. Sheriff J T Bryan said McCamy had recently completed a chain gang sentence for an attempted attack on a 10 year old girl.
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Dalton
Here
Whitefield County
North Georgia
J. T. Bryan
John Pitt
A. L. McCamy
Bryan
Mills, grain warehouses closed tie up Minneapolis industry
In Minneapolis on Saturday three more flour mills and their private grain warehouses were shut down, finishing the blockade that ties together the city’s milling and terminal elevator businesses.
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Minneapolis
English Woman Flier Reveals Motor Failure Over Ocean
Mrs. Beryl Markham said the engine of her tiny monoplane failed about 20 minutes before she crash landed in a Cape Breton field during her solo east to west Atlantic flight. She recalled taking brandy to steady nerves as visibility failed and noted the plane sped up after a brief slack in power. She arrived in New York after a 28 minute auto trip from Floyd Bennett Field, expressing pride in her son Jervis becoming a future flyer.
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New York
Beryl Markham
Atlantic
Ocean
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Manhattan
Floyd Bennett Field
Frenchman Wins Greve Trophy Over Field of Six American Fliers
Lieut. Michael Detroyat of France swept the 100 mile Louis W. Greve Trophy race at the national air races in Los Angeles before 70,000 spectators. He led a six aviation field and set a Grove speed record with an average of 247.300 mph, besting the former 215.257 mph mark. First prize was 4,580 dollars, and the French government has invested heavily in speed planes for the ace pilot.
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Los Angeles
Michael Detroyat
Pride of
France
Louis W. Greve
Detroyat
Grove
Roy Minor
City Pays Tribute to Labor Today
Amarillo observes Labor Day with most businesses closed and KGNC radio programs. Banks offices and Amarillo Credit Association members shut. post office closes except 9 to 10 am with one daily delivery. Grain markets closed. Amarillo Grain Exchange inspection open afternoon. Joe Omier gives Labor Day address "Americanism or Communism" at 4 15 pm over KGNC, sponsored by the Order of Railway Conductors.
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Amarillo
KGNC
Amarillo Credit Association
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Joe Omier
Ocean Hoppers Turn From Paris Night Life Flight
Paris September six first, Maurice Chevalier invites them to see Paris at night. Harry Richman and Dick Merrill, American transatlantic fliers, arrived in France by Le Bourget from England. They plan to return tonight to prepare for a westward leg of their planned New York to England round trip.
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Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
France
Richman
Broadway
Merrill
le Bourget
England
New York
London
Youth Held in California Death
Robert Miller Barr alias Donald Bouchey, 23, jailed on murder charges for the killing of Dunsmuir Police Chief F R Daw on August 2, 1935. Detectives say Barr confessed complicity while his companion Clyde L Johnson fired the fatal shots. Johnson was lynched after Daw’s funeral.
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San Pedro
Calif
Robert Miller Barr
Donald Bouchey
Roscoe Sewell
Thomas B. Fuller
F. R. Daw
Dunsmuir
Clyde L. Johnson
Daw
Johnson
California
Dawn
France Signs Franco Polish Pact Amid War Preparations
Paris reports France signed a Franco Polish pact to strengthen alliances and arms against Germany. The agreement includes military and financial terms with Poland, backed by credits for war supplies. Polish General Edward Rydz Smigly attended the ceremony hosted by President Lebrun.
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Paris
France
Holland
Germany
Lebrun
Edward Rydz-Smigly
Warsaw
Poland
Berlin
Three Children Die in Oklahoma Highway Crash
El Reno Oklahoma reports three youths killed in a highway collision thirty miles west of the city. Two sisters Edith Louise Howard and Evelyn Howard aged 10 and 5 and their cousin Jerry Howard aged 5 died. Twelve others were injured, one critically, in the incident that occurred yesterday near Tulsa.
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EL Reno
Okla
Here
Jerry Howard
Ray Howard
Edith Louise Howard
Evelyn Howard
J. A Howard
Tulsa
Three Car Crash Near Spearman Kills Girl
A three car collision on the Berger Spearman highway 14 miles southwest of Spearman leaves 11 year old Hansford County girl dead and nine others injured. Witnesses say a third car attempted to pass the Wilbanks vehicle as the fatal crash occurred.
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Spearman
Berger-Spearman
Hansford County
Helen Jenkins
Lee Jenkins
Hold
Hazel Jenkins
W. H. McRee
Grover
Perryton
Wilbanks
Borger
Wilbanks Machine
Admiral Upham to Leave Navy Post
Secretary Swanson announced Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham will retire from active duty October 1 after 45 years of service. He celebrated his 64th birthday and has commanded flag units in the U S fleet and led the bureau of navigation and the Asiatic fleet.
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Washington
Swanson
Frank B. Upham
Navy
General Board
Upham
Bureau of Navigation
Official Days For Tri State Fair Set At Amarillo
Tri-State Fair dates September 21 to 26 were announced by Gene Howe president and O L Ted Taylor secretary manager. The opening honors Wilbur C Hawk former association president and includes Amarillo Day and Press Day with newspaper people as guests. Also scheduled are the Panhandle Old Settlers Association annual meeting on Wednesday and New Mexico delegates arriving Friday.
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Gene Howe
O. L
Ted” Taylor
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
The
New Mexico
Tri-State
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United States Employment Service
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Alcazar
Andres Martin
Montefino
Georgia
Black
Jervis
Girl
Decota Becker
Hollie Palmer
Marion Palmer
Teague
Admiral Upham
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