Royalty of Horsedom Will Parade Tonight
The Preventor ium Benefit Horse Show at Sunset Stables promises a grand ring under lights with Mason King as ringmaster and Lawrence Hagg and W V Terry as assistants. Horses from Plainview Clovis Amarillo Panhandle Pampa Farwell Sudan Fort Worth and Norman will compete in 17 events while Amarillo High School Band adds musical color. Silver Squirrel the horse with the high T Q will perform a dance as part of the evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South
Sunset Stables
Mason King
Lawrence Hagg
W. V. Terry
Sudan
Tri-State
Plainview
Clovis
Amarillo
Panhandle
Pampa
Farwell
Fort Worth
Norman
Okla
First Market Week to Be Held in Amarillo
Amarillo will host its first Market Week from October 1 to October 4 as wholesalers and manufacturers set up displays for merchants in the southwest. D A Morton, president of Amarillo's Market Week, promised ample entertainment during the event featuring ladies wear, shoes, knit goods, men and children’s clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
D. A. Morton
World Jewish Refugee Crisis Stirs Global Dilemma
The intergovernmental committee on refugees surveys options for Jewish victims of Nazi and Fascist policies as they face shrinking safe havens. It estimates 550000 German Jews and up to 25000 annually to America, with allocations across the British Empire, South America, Africa, and the West Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
London
U.P
Nazi Germany
Italy
Europe
Inter-Governmetal Committee On Refugees
Germany
Benito Mussolini
United States
America
British Empire
Palestine
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Kenya
New Zealand
Rhodesia
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Uruguay
Paraguay
Chile
Africa
Madagascar
Belgian Congo
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Santo Domingo
Donkey Theme Baseball Challenge Seeks Rotary Kiwanian Feud
Plan for a humorous game pits Kiwanis led by Bill Gilstrap against Rotary head Cal Farley. The match would be at Jaycee Park near El Taos Thursday night September 15 at 8. The lighted field will host a novelty contest with donkeys and riders, sparking playful insults about Amarillo's clubs and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee Park
el Taos
Bill Gilstrap
Kiwanis Club
Cal Farley
Rotary
Rotarians
Farley
Amarillo
Club of Higher Learning
Amarillo seeks WPA aid for airport runways and admin building
A A Meredith, district WPA administrator, said Amarillo could gain immediate approval for airport runway and administration building projects if the city submits a WPA aid bid. City Commissioner Joe Jenkins argued runways could meet federal demands without bonds. WPA workers circulate petitions urging rapid action to continue projects. labor would be federally supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Washington
A A. Meredith
WPA
Joe Jenkins
Potter County
Sbarr Enn
Meredith
Aliduquerque
Tor
Export Wheat Sale Ready
Washington reports the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will pay exporters 300 a barrel subsidy on flour sold for export by tomorrow. The subsidy supports a program to export 100 million bushels of surplus wheat this marketing year with daily rate updates until 5 million barrels sold. The government buys grain at domestic prices and sells to exporters to meet foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
E.S.T
AAA
State Completes Hines Testimony in Dewey Probe
In New York on September 7, the Dewey case against 61 year old Tammany leader James J. Hines concludes after a rapid testimony sequence. Fire chief Cornelius Casey testified that Hines asked him to stop police interference with Dutch Schultz associates and hinted at protection for the gangland operation. Murray’s testimony reinforced Hines’s attempts to block a special rackets prosecutor appointment. A motion to dismiss the charges is slated for tomorrow after a long day in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Thomas F. Dewey
Tammany
James D. C. Murray
Hines
Dewey
Schultz
Cornelius Casey
Troy
N. Y
Rensselaer County
Casey
Murray
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Trains Crashes Kill Two Near Albuquerque
Two men identified as H. M. Autry and Jake Porter of Ranchos De Albuquerque were killed when the El CapitanStreamlined train struck their truck four miles north of Albuquerque. They were hauling a load of adobe bricks at the time of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Here
el Capitan
Santa Fe
H. M. Autry
Jake Porter
Ranchos de Albuquerque
Bridges Case Goes To High Court Over Deportation
The government appeals to the Supreme Court in a key deportation case involving Joseph G. Strecker of Hot Springs Arkansas. The ruling could affect the status of Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, as Strecker's case tests whether an alien Communist Party member falls under a 1918 statute authorizing deportation for groups advocating overthrow of the government. Strecker came to the U S in 1912 and joined the Communist party in 1932. He filed for naturalization in 1933 but was ordered deported before the process finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
West Coast
C. I
Leader
Robert H. Jackson
Gerard P. Reilly
Labor Department
Joseph G. Strecker
Hot Springs
Ark
Communist Party
Fifth Circus Court
Strecker
Austria
New Mexico Starts Work on Unique Exhibit at Tri State Fair
New Mexico begins work on a distinctive display for the Tri State Fair opening in a week. Dee Howard of Portales coordinates the Sunshine State exhibit featuring a hunting lodge interior with Ponderosa pine cedar walls and a White Sands sand floor. Native weaving and hunting specimens from state volunteers will accompany contributions from Tom Gallagher of Bernalillo and U S Potash Co Carlsbad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Dee Howard
Portales
Fastern
Amarillo
Howard
Tom Gallagher
New Mexico Lumber and Timber Company
Bernalillo
White Sands National Monument
U. S
Carlsbad
State Game Department
Dick Dillon
Gover
Grand Jury Probes Rumored WPA Graft in New Mexico
A federal grand jury in Albuquerque opens a statewide inquiry into possible graft and payroll padding within the New Mexico Works Progress Administration. Judge Colin P. Neblett ordered the probe based on affidavits alleging wrongdoing, warning jurors not to indict on reputation and noting no current investigation of the rumors by federal agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Works Progress Administration of
New Mexico
U. S
Colin P. Neblett
Neblett
WPA
Weather Summary Amarillo West Texas New Mexico
Amarillo area expects showers Thursday afternoon with unsettled skies across New Mexico. West Texas may see local showers in the west and north Thursday. Temperatures yesterday ranged from a high near 86 to a low around 63 with variable hourly readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Orderly and Peaceable as Possible Thomas Advocates Revolt
Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, told a U S commissioner he favors revolution only in an orderly and peaceful form. He testified as the first witness in a mandamus suit to allow him to speak in Jersey City. He was removed from Journal Square during a Socialist meeting last April 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
U.P
Norman Thomas
U.S
Thomas
Jersey City
Journal Square
McCarran Triumph in Nevada Primary
Nevada voters with most precincts counted gave U S Senator Pat McCarran a wide lead in the Democratic primary with 15 882 votes to Albert Hilliard 4 750 and John E F Worden 841 McCarran pledged to support the national administration while opposing what he sees as missteps in the past EF P Carville won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with 3 847 votes against Harley Harmon and Charles L Richards John A Felton led the Republican gubernatorial contest with 3 847 votes over Samuel C Durkee in the last counted totals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nevy
Nevada
U. S
Pat McCarran
Albert Hilliard
John EF. Worden
Senator McCarran
Tasker L. Oddie
EF. P. Carville
Harley A. Harmon
Public Service Commission
Charles L. Richards
Congress
John A. Felton
University of Nevada Mackay School Mines
Samuel C. Durkee
Floydada Girl Dies in Wreck
Floydada report details a south of Sand Hill crash that killed Betty Jo Graham six in a machine overturning in loose sand. Betty Jo was a first grade student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J Millard Graham. Catherine Robertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D B Robertson, sustained leg fractures and lacerations while Oleta Palvador had a sprain. Continued on Page ? Col ?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Sandhill
Betty Jo Graham
J. Millard Graham
Catherine Robertson
D. B. Robertson
Oleta Palvador
Hitler shifts to direct talks with Britain over Czech crisis
Nurnberg dispatch says Hitler, frustrated by Czech delays and Sudeten German protests, orders Sudeten leader Henlein to Prague for a border incident inquiry. Pending his report, Czech-Sudeten negotiations suspend as Hitler seeks to pressure Britain to accept Prague concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurnberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Maehrisch-Ostrau
Henlein
Hitler
Britain
Henstein
Abed
Grippe
Thunderbolt
Supokes Aman
Twister Hits At Dalhart And Panhandle Showers
Scattered showers persisted in the north and west Panhandle as a tiny twister felled 11 telephone poles along the Fort Worth and Denver line south of Dalhart. Service was restored within hours after poles blocked the line. Heaviest Panhandle rainfall: about half an inch between Etter and Stratford on the Boise City line. a quarter inch at Dalhart and Texico. Light showers covered areas between Dalhart and Nara Visa New Mexico and moisture ranged from a trace to a quarter inch on the Rock Island line between Dalhart and Libe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
West Panhandle
Fort, Worth & Denver
Dalhart
Tucumcari
Denver
Panhandle
Etter
Stratford
Santa Fe
Boise City
Texico
Nara Visa
N. M
Rock Island
Libe
Delegation Heads to Borger for Hutchinson County Fair
A nearly 100 member business and professional group led by Bill Beechler will caravan to Borger for the Hutchinson County Fair. The trip, dressed in cowboy costumes, departs at 9 45 Friday morning from Chamber of Commerce offices with Sam Filkins and Clay Thornton among the lead vehicles and more than 30 already signed up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Beechler
Borger
Sam Filkins
Clay Thornton
Amarillo
Hutchinson County Fair
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Thornton
Walter Blackburn
Bill Gray
Eddie Kancher
J. A. Whitley
T. &. Johnson
Ed Hardin
F. W. Gerard
Truett Butler
George Tomlinson
Paul Potter
Pat Flynn
Warren Babb
Charles Lowe
Sam Page
Lon Edwards
Herb Budke
Jack Holland
Fancher Upshaw
Milton Cox
Jailed by Error Wife Dies Alone at Home
Melvin Ledbetter, just released on parole from a Kansas prison, learns his wife has died an hour before his return home. He and partner Pete Rafferty were convicted last February of bank robbery at Blue Mound, Kansas, later tied to broader heists by McCarthy and Korte across multiple states.
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Joplin
Melvin Ledbetter
Kansas
Walter A. Haxman
Ledbetter
Pete Rafferty
Blue Mound
Kan
Ernest H. McCarthy
Harry H. Korte
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
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Mary Alice Burnett
Panhandle Plains
Pipe Temenos
State
Bridges
Sunshiners
Don
Gene McLaughlin
Beutler Brothers
Madison Square Garden
FE. A
Regal Company
M'Carran
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