Quash New Revolt and Eye on Havana Hotel
The new Cuban government moves to quell a revolt while monitoring the Hotel National in Havana where 500 former army officers have barricaded themselves to press for Ramon Grau San Martin’s ouster. Army forces strengthen the National Hotel guard with machine guns and field pieces as rumors of further uprisings spread.
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Associated Press
Havana
National
Ramon Grau San Martin
Pinar del Rio
Consolacion del Sur
Fernando Aran
Pulgencio Batista
Gran San Martin
National Hotel
Aran
Will H. Taylor
Fear Tampico gale killed 32 in Mexican coast
A tropical hurricane near Tampico, Mexico, reportedly killed 32 people and left 1,000 homeless as it tore communication lines and disrupted the coast from South Carolina to Norfolk. Two deaths were reported along the Atlantic coast near Cape Hatteras and Roanoke Island as gales intensified.
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Associated Press
Mexican Seaboard
Central
Atlantic
New York
Pan American Airways, Inc
Tampico
Mexico
United States
South Carolina
Norfolk
Jersey
Cape Hatteras
Sun
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
Wilmington
N. C
Carolina
Atlantic Seaboard
Coast Guard
Amarillo Area Weekend Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy conditions expected across Amarillo and West Texas with some sun in the morning. Temperatures rise into the upper 60s to mid 80s with a warm afternoon and lighter winds.
Defense argues accident theory in Lamson murder trial
E M Rea defense attorney urged jurors to find Mrs Allene Lamson deaths an accident not murder by husband David A Lamson. Rea challenged officers testimony and Dr Meyer head wound ruling, saying Lamson showed no motive or blame in body discovery May 30 at Stanford home. Trial expected to go to jury tomorrow.
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San Jose
Calif
E. M. Rea
Allene Lamson
David A. Lamson
Rea
Stanford University Publishing House
Lamson
Dave Lamson
A. W. Meyer
Stanford
Panhandle highway relief plan clears way for projects
Federal and state agencies settle dispute over Panhandle road relief work. Swain directs project selection while relief funds cover labor. highway department supervises and pays material costs. Gilchrist and Westbrook sign off as plan benefits start of Panhandle projects without delay.
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Austin
Panhandle
Drough Counties
C. E. Swain
Fort Worth
Federal Bureau of Roads
State Highway Department
Texas Relief Commission
Gibb Gilchrist
Highway Department
Col
Lawrence Westbrook
Relief Agency
Swain
Relief Commission
Bureau of Roads
W. J. van London
Mr. Swain
Clint Small
Two Night Tri-State Fair Horse Show Feature
The Tri-State Fair hosts two nights of top saddle horses from Oklahoma, New Mexico, and West Texas as Amarillo Horse Show at the fairgrounds. Plains Fine Horse Association sponsors the event with 16 competitive classes, cash prizes, loving cups, and ribbons. Officials expect about 50 top horses and a frontline ring near the grandstand, with key organizers John S. McKnight Norwood West Everett Scott Z T Hohen skilled Mason King directing preparations. The schedule lists Model class for American saddle horses and a Walk-trot Show Class among other entries.
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
West Texas
Tri- State Fair
Amarillo
John S. McKnight
The
Plains Association
Norwood West
Everett Scott
Wolflin Stables
Z. T. Hohen
Mason King
Tive
Tri-State
John Garner Enjoys His Texas Vacation
John N. Garner spends a Texas vacation fishing with friend Jake Blumfield. He hosts outdoor dinners at his beer garden where a citrus tree grows through a hole in the center of the table. His pecan grove pleases him, and he has begun wolf hunting with two trained hounds to aid local farmers.
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Uvalde
Tex
John N. Garner
Jake Blumfield
Garner
Uvalde, Texas
Walters May Quit Interior Aide Post in Protest
Theodore A. Walters of Idaho, first assistant secretary of the interior, is reported to be considering resigning to protest department governance. Senators and allies say E. K. Burley is directing affairs, with Ickes turning to Burlew, while Walters denies any resignation plan.
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Washington
Theodore A. Walters
Idaho
Interior
Roosevelt
Ickes
Walters
E. K. Burley
Wilbur
Friends of the
Idahoan
Burlew
Texas Legislature Sets Inquiry Into Unemployment Relief Costs
In Austin on September 15 the Texas Legislature laid groundwork for examining unemployment relief costs. The House adopted a resolution demanding detailed data from Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, former Gov. R. E. Sterling, and Law rence Westbrook on relief disbursements and administration. A Senate measure proposes a six member joint committee to oversee relief funds permanently, amid concerns that administrative costs may exceed allocations. The session aimed to authorize up to 20 million dollars in unemployment relief bonds.
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Austin
Texas
House
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. 8. Sterling
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Senate
Ernest Fellbaum
San Antonio
Night jailer back of bars in Bailey escape case
Tom Manion and Grover C. Bevill, both bond at $10 000, were arrested in Dallas and charged with aiding the Bailey jail escape. They waived preliminary hearing after arraignment before a federal commissioner as officers probe how the gunman obtained a pistol and hacksaw blades.
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Dallas
Tom Manion
Grover C. Bevill
Harvey Bailey
Manion
Bevill
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Urschel
Jack Beval
J. W. Wright
Marshal Wright
Man arrested as one who plotted Ford kidnapping
Los Angeles dated report says Joseph Red O Riordan of a Detroit gang was arrested for alleged involvement in a planned but not carried out Ford family kidnapping. Officers are unsure if Edsel Ford or his son was the target. O Riordan admitted identity but denied crimes.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Joseph
Red) O'Riordan
Detroit
Ford Automobile Family
Edsel Ford
Henry
Edsel
O’riordan
Fruitless Search For Angola Convicts Near Chireno
A posse hunted four Angola prison farm convicts in eastern Nacogdoches County near Chireno, Texas, after a San Augustine sheriff report. The search, conducted in sparsely settled timber country, yielded no trace of the men.
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Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches County
Angola, la
San Augustine
Chireno
Quiet Prevails In Mine Strike Area At Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on September 15 quiet prevailed as state police watched over Southwestern Pennsylvania soft coal fields where over 30,000 miners were on strike. Coal censors in Washington sought a code by President Roosevelt by a midnight deadline amid clashes that left 17 wounded and many beaten. leaders demanded UMWA recognition before returning to work.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers of America
Pinchot
Labor Secretary Sees 750000 Return to Work
Secretary of Labor Perkins estimated 750000 workers in industries tracked by the department returned to work during the month ending August 15. Payrolls showed an even larger increase in proportion.
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Washington
Perkins
Labor Department
Deny Pleas in Urchel Case Opens Monday Trial
The government pushes a strict conspiracy law as it pursues charges against Harvey Bailey Albert Bates and others in the Charles F Urchel kidnapping case. Judge Edgar Vaught overrules defense motions for change of venue severance and delay keeping opening set for 10 A M Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urachel
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
United States
Edgar Vaught
Roosevelt declines to interpret NRA bargaining clause
President Roosevelt relies on plain language of the recovery act and will not issue early interpretations of the collective bargaining provision. He says the act gives labor the right to bargain, without specifying open or closed shop, and will await concrete cases for any ruling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Windsor Lawyers Challenge Verdict In Read Suit
Lawyers for Claire Windsor filed a motion in Superior Court to overturn the jury verdict awarding $75,000 to Marian Read. The motion seeks judgment in favor of Windsor notwithstanding the verdict in Read's suit accusing Windsor of stealing the Read family's affection.
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Los Angeles
Claire Windsor
Superior Court
Marian Read
Oakland
Alfred C. Read, Jr
Miss Windsor
Jury Reaches Quick Guilty Verdict in Tulia Murder Case
Ed Perchmouth Stanton was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death for the January killing of Sheriff John Moseley in Tulia Texas. A motion for a new trial will be filed, with appeals possible. heavy guards remained as authorities feared jail escape.
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Tulia
Fred Post
Daily News
Ed “Perchmouth” Stanton
John C. Moseley
Stanton
Charles Clements
Ed ‘Perchmouth’ Stanton
Clements
E. A. Watson
Crosbyton
Watson
Swisher County
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155Th Meridian
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Lamson Jury
Sara Kelley
Sacramento
John Garner
G. C. Bevill
Ford
Louisiana
Langmuir
Frank H. Spedding
University of California
American Chemical Society
Chicago
Windsor
J. T. Hale
Tulsa
Snetem
Moseley
F. O. Goen
Happy
Glenn Hunsucker
Hunsucker
Lincoln County
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