CLOUDBURST FLOODS DENVER AREA CAUSING DEATHS AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
A powerful cloudburst swept Denver and adjacent towns causing at least two deaths two missing and extensive property loss estimated in the hundreds of thousands. The Platte River overflow drenched Littleton Englewood Welby and Bear Creek Canyon with four feet of water flooding Main Street in Littleton and basements floodings in Denver stockyards district. Bridges washed out and rail traffic disrupted marooned cars hindered by floodwaters.
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Denver
Elizabeth James
Benny James
Littleton
Colo
Platte River
Englewood
Welby
Bear Creek Canyon
Ain Street
Stockyards
Bumper Crops Spare Soviets
The Associated Press reports from Rostov on Don that Ukraine and North Caucasus harvests appear plentiful enough to end starvation fears. Observers note abundant food at stations with vegetables fruits milk poultry and eggs sold cheaply. Peasants express relief after a harsh winter while government controls and favorable crops ease prior shortages.
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Stanley P. Richardson
Rostov-On-Don
Ukraine
North Caucasus
Associated Press
Moscow
Foreign Office
Cambridge Slaying Probe Seeks Middle-aged Man
A middle-aged man is sought for questioning in the case of 19-year-old Marjorie McCarthy known as Pegey. She was strangled and dumped in a bushes area near Harvard Divinity School last Friday. McCarthy lived in Somerville, about a mile from the scene.
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Cambridge
Mass
Marrorvet “Pegey” McCarthy
Harvard Divinity School
Somerville
Fashion and auto show light up Amarillo Living Music Day
Amarillo hosts a Tuneful Fete tonight with the Fall Style Show and Fall Automobile Review. From 7:30 to 9:30 pm leading merchants display latest dress fashions and home furnishings while eight auto dealers showcase new car models. Music from three orchestras and a band fills downtown as crowds view window displays and car exhibits. The event supports National Living Music Day and features a dance at The Nat with Khiva Shrine Patrol philanthropy.
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Amarillo
Citizens View Palisades Park Tour Opens Public Access
Citizens toured Palisades State Park 12 miles south of Amarillo as Rex Byrum of the National Park Service and Maj. J. L. Dunn invited the public. Motorists inspected the 320 acre site, used a new roadway, and picnics dotted the canyon while officials announced an upcoming dam across Palo Duro Creek and a southern roadway.
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Palisades State Park
Amarillo
Panhandle
Rex Byrum
National Park Service
J. L. Dunn
C. C. C. Company
National Playground
Palisades Park
Palo Duro Creek
Maine to Fore in Ballot This Week
Maine, which adopted prohibition 82 years ago, heads four states voting this week on repeal of the 18th Amendment. Maine votes Monday while Maryland Minnesota and Colorado follow Tuesday. Postmaster General Farley, who spoke at Portland, Maine Saturday night, said all four states would favor repeal, bringing to 29 those voting against prohibition.
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Associated Press
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Colorado
James A. Farley
Portland
Bargains Offered in Want Ads for Homes Land and Goods
Five room brick home with two car garage offered at 25 dollars per month. Cafes and sandwich stands available for sale or rent with 3.2 beer licenses. Black Hull seed wheat priced at 90 cents delivered. Deaf Smith County 160 acres listed at 4.25 dollars per acre. Turn to want ads for particulars and more bargains.
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Deaf Smith County
Macon to Search for Balloonists Think Poles Win
The search for Ward T. Van Orman and Frank Trotter, missing in the James Gordon Bennett Balloon Races, continues by land water and air. The Macon dirigible is grounded by high winds but expected to fly tomorrow as Polish contestants reach Rivière au Pierre after a long hike, reportedly the farthest distance covered.
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Chicago
Ward T. van Orman
Frank Trotter
Macon
United States
Riviere A Pierre
Quebec
Civilization
Youth Killed Under Wheels Near Perryton
Special to The News Perryton Texas Leon Myers 22 of Perryton was killed in Hansford County when his truck hit a gravel mound and crushed him after being thrown from the vehicle. He is survived by his mother Mrs W H Myers and sister Mrs Lawrence George, both of Perryton. funeral plans not yet finalized.
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Newa Perryton
Hansford
Leon Myers
Perryton
Young Myers
Amarillo
Myers
W. H. Myers
Lawrence George
Death sought for Bates and Kelly in Ursche kidnapping case
Oklahoma City on September 10. The state will seek the death penalty for Albert Bates and George Kelly known as Machine Gun Kelly, accused as the actual kidnappers of oil magnate Charles Ursche during a robbery with firearms. The demand follows the federal kidnapping trial.
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Oklahoma City
Albert Bates
George
Sleeping sickness claims seven more near St. Louis
In a broad St. Louis area the illness killed seven people today raising the death toll to 115. The outbreak spread across a wide region as health officials urged caution and continued monitoring.
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ST. Louis
Frontiersman Passes Wichita Falls
Tom Pickett 74 pioneer peace officer and frontier day ranchman died at his Guthrie home in King County after a long career in the west.
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Wichita Falls
Tom Pickett
Guthrie
King County
Wagner Urges Harmony on Coal Code Amid Labor Feud
In the midst of the coal industry code controversy Senator Wagner of New York appeals for cooperation between employers and workers to back the recovery program. Johnson hopes for an agreed code as Appalachian operators file objections and discuss terms with the United Mine Workers, while a $7.5 million Panhandle road program aims to put 10,000 relief workers to work in Texas.
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Washington
NRA
Wagner
New York
National Labor Board
Roosevelt
Arbitration Board
Hughs. Johnson
Johnson
United Mine Workers
Potter
Randall
Drouth
Panhandle
Amarillo
Randall County
Grouth
W. J. van London
Texas Highway Department
Clint C. Small
James Co. Gulerie
Wilbur C. Hawk
T. ¥. Johnson
Mr. van London
T. H. MacDonald
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Harry L. Hopkins
Col
Light Showers Hit Panhandle and South Plains Area
Rainy periods moved through the Panhandle last night with light showers and overcast skies in the southeastern Panhandle and parts of the South Plains. Small moisture fell on the Fort Worth and Denver railroad from Clarendon to near Amarillo and near Canyon to Plainview. Pampa reported one eighth inch of moisture. Tulia saw slippery roads. Partly cloudy with thundershowers and cooler temperatures forecast for the Panhandle today.
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Panhandle
Southeastern Panhandle
South Plains
Fort Worth and
Denver
Clarendon
Amarillo
Canyon
Plainview
Tulia
Pampa
Associated Press
Angola prison break leaves multiple dead and wounded
Thirteen long term convicts escaped Angola prison farm using pistol and rifle fire. Three inmates were killed and four wounded as guards returned fire. The escapees seized a visitor's car, threw their wounded inside, and fled after blasting through the main gate while the chase continued.
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New Orleans
Angola
Badman Ketchum Dies With Shoes On Not Boots
The exhumation at Clayton New Mexico reveals the outlaw Black Jack Ketchum buried with shoes. The casket opened before hundreds as bones, including a missing arm, emerged amid a crowd. Rep. Jack Potter laid a bouquet and placard recalling the train robber's downed fate dating to 1901.
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Badman Ketchum
Clayton
N. M
Black Jack” Ketchum
New Mexico
Cowboy
Snan
Jack Potter
Potter
Black Jack
VVN
Carlsbad
Clayton’s New Cemetery
H. H. Errett
Amarillo College to Open Fifth Season This Morning
Amarillo College prepares for its fifth year with freshmen and sophomores registering today and tomorrow and classes starting Wednesday. President B E Masters notes brighter enrollment prospects and many Amarillo High School graduates planning to enroll locally. Transfers from other colleges are expected and many students will stay with relatives to attend.
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Amarillo College
B. E. Masters
Masters
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Cotton Belt
Panhandie
Flood Drains Gallup Homes as River Overflows
Several families fled their west Gallup homes when El Rio Puerco poured three feet of floodwater through the town last night. Railroad workers in a boat checked the area. no deaths or missing persons were reported as water began to recede while the river remained above its banks.
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Gallup
N. M
el Rio Puerco
Panhandle Fair Special Trip To Century of Progress
The News- Globe announces a planned fourth tour to the Chicago Century of Progress expo. Wilbur depart Amarillo October 8 if the special is arranged, sponsored by C. Hawk with deluxe train transport and full features. Requests are being received by Mason King, tour manager.
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Mason King
News- Globe
Cuba Names Ramon Grau San Martin President After Junta Takeover
Ramon Grau San Martin was sworn in as Cuba's president by a five man commission. He addressed a cheering crowd of about 3000 at the palace as the junta announced a non political cabinet with four posts filled and three vacant.
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Havana
Cuba
Ramon Grau San Martin
Supreme Court
Antonio Guiteras
Interior
Juan Manuel Barquin
Treasury
Eduardo Chibas
Carlos Finlay
Julio Aguado
Sergio Catbo
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Guillermo Portela
Jose Crizzarri
Porfirio Franco
Portela
Einstein flees to Britain from Nazis
Prof. Albert Einstein escapes Nazi threats and moves from London to a secluded east coast spot in England. He plans to lecture in America in October while continuing a new mathematical theory under discussion with host Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson.
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London
Albert Einstein
England
America
Oliver Locker-Lampson
Islanders Get Aid After Storm Toll Reported
Kingston Jamaica Sept 10 The Turks and Caicos Islands survey of the August 30 storm shows 15 killed and 75 houses destroyed. Many peasants face dire need after losing food supplies. Relief requested and food dispatched to the island.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Turks and Caicos Islands
Believe Farmer Murdered Cooper Farm Founder
The charred body of Walter B. Anderson, 51, a prosperous farmer, was found in a burned hay barn on his Cooper County farm four miles south of Cooper. Charred ropes bound to a post and kerosene-soaked hay beneath the body led authorities to believe he was murdered.
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Cooper
Texas
Walter B. Anderson
Lawyer's Widow Dead in Huntville
Mrs. W. L. Dean widow of the late Judge W. L. Dean, author of the Texas prohibitory liquor law, died today in Huntville Texas from heart disease and complications.
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Huntsville
Tex
W. L. Dean
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Amarillo Gas
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Quantico
Palisades
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Kelly
Labor Board
Miss Virginia
Evangeline Glidewell
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Old Dominion
Atlantic City
N. J
College
Cespedes
Over Republic
U. S
Edmund A. Chester
The
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Einstein
Britain
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