Tri-State Fair Fall Race Meeting Opens With Eight Events
The Tri-State Fair inaugurates its Fall Race Meeting in Texas with eight events today. Post time is 2:00 PM for the first race, a four furlong opening. Entries are strong, with daily double races first and second. State officials supervise the eight day meeting, with Morrisey as state steward and Austin inspectors guiding operations. Admittance to the grandstand is 50 cents.
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Texas
Pari-Mutuel
Tri-State
McCormick Co
Panhandle
Polly Shaw
Destructive flood hits San Angelo West Texas area
Floods along Copperas Creek and the North Concho River leave one child dead and 1,500 homeless. San Angelo endures the worst flood in its history with 300 homes swept away and many marooned in trees. Rescue crews struggle as water rises and supplies fail.
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San Angelo
Texas
Ralph Stephens
Mark Stephens
de Leon
Copperas Creek
Rip Kincheloe
North Concho River
Santa Fe
Du Pont Firm Berlin Tie Up Disclosed in Senate Report
Senate Munitions Committee reveals details of a February 1 1933 contract between Du Pont and a supposed international spy for selling munitions to Germany. The spy reportedly received 25000 dollars after the contract was deemed questionable. The report notes close ties between Du Pont and German chemical firms and mentions patent trading with Remington Arms paying royalties to a German trust.
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Washington
du Pont Company
Germany
Senate Munitions Committee
Wilmington
EBI
du Pont de Nemours and Company
Remington Arms Company
du Pont
Com
Roosevelt May Visit Massachusetts for Speech
President Roosevelt may broaden pre election speaking to Massachusetts and Nebraska. Governor Curley said Roosevelt intimated a Massachusetts trip for a speech before the November vote as he heads to Cambridge to address Harvard tomorrow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Curley
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect a Friday of fair skies and warmer temperatures. West Texas subregions show partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers in the southeast and warmer readings in the north. New Mexico forecasts indicate little temperature change with partly cloudy skies. Precipitation over the last 24 hours totaled 0.01 inch.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
President Roosevelt May Visit Panhandle On Westward Swing
President Roosevelt weighs a fall trip into Oklahoma New Mexico and possibly Colorado with Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle on his route en route to Raton Pueblo and Denver. Senator Elmer Thomas reports the plan while Connally and Jones had invited him earlier.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Amarillo
Panhandle
Raton
Elmer Thomas
White House
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
Denver
The
Oklahoman
Thomas
Kansas
Tom Connally
Marvin Jones
Lone Star State
Franco Leads 175000 Fascists Against Madrid and Toledo
Franco commands 175000 rebels in a three pronged assault on Madrid Toledo and surrounding fronts. Government troops rush reinforcements as artillery and air power blast advancing forces in a fierce offensive described as the fiercest since the revolution began.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Toledo
Alcazar
Franco
San Martin de Valde Iglesias
Siguenza
Guadarrama
Former race driver killed in Fort Worth area crash
James M. Aker 39, ex automobile racer and truck-line mechanic, died after his car skidded on wet pavement and overturned fifteen miles west of Fort Worth on the Fort Worth Weatherford highway. O. B. King, also of Fort Worth, was thrown clear as the car rolled into a plowed field. Aker died within minutes after reaching a hospital. his widow and two sons survive.
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Fort Worth
U.P
James M. Aker
Here
Fort Worth-Weatherford
King
Aker
Queen of Trouble Arrives in America for Son's Illness
Victoria Eugenie of Spain visits her son Alfonso Count of Covadonga in New York amid a haemophilia recovery at the Medical Center. Infanta Beatriz accompanies her from France aboard Conte Di Savoia while Grand Duchess Marie of Russia remains on the liner.
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New York
Alfonso
Conte di
Edelmira de
PWA Approves College Loan for Amarillo Building
President Roosevelt approved additional PWA funds for Amarillo College in Amarillo. J. B. Dooley said the board's delayed project can proceed now with a full school plant including an auditorium. Basement already built, immediate contracting possible for the complete Bldg.
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PWA
Amarillo College
Amarillo
Roosevelt
J. B. Dooley
Dooley
Roosevelt calls for local charity revival to fund $80 million plan
President Roosevelt opened the 1936 mobilization for human needs urging a revival of local charity and greater private giving. He blasted a minority profiting from fear while civic leaders plotted an $80,000,000 charity fund to fill community needs.
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Washington
W.A
Roosevelt
Rickenbacker Leads Rescue to Reopen Transatlantic Monoplane
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and rescuers reached Musgrave Harbor after a 17 hour voyage from Harbor Grace to assist Harry Richman and Dick Merrill in relaunching their transatlantic monoplane following a storm.
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Musgrave Harbor
Mld
Eddie Rickenbacker
Harbor Grace
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Bank clearings in 22 cities rise to 6.46 billion
New York reports that bank clearings in 22 leading cities totalled 6.456 billion dollars for the week ended September 16, the largest in 19 weeks and helped by payment of the third installment of Federal income taxes due September 15. Last year the total was 5.846 billion, 4 percent lower than the latest period. The previous week fell 19 percent from the 1935 comparison due to Labor Day.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Titulescu Condition Improves in Saint Moritz
In Saint Moritz on September 17 physicians reported former Romanian foreign minister Nicolas Titulescu's condition was more satisfactory today. Medical staff gave no further details about his health or treatment.
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Saint Moritz
Switzerland
Nicolas Titulescu
Bryan Editor A. J. Buchanan Dies After Short Illness
A. J. Buchanan, 75, former editor of the Brazos Pilot and Bryan Daily Eagle, died after a brief illness. A Louisiana native, he moved to Brazos County in 187?, serving 32 years at the two papers. He earlier was district court clerk for four years. Funeral services set for Friday.
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A. J. Buchanan
Brazos Pilot
Bryan Daily Eagle
Louisiana
Buchanan
Brazos County
Kansas City Death Suspect Arrested
Nick Fazzino, 37, held for Kansas City police on a murder charge after a prior raid on a policy game. He had been released a week earlier after fingerprints were taken. DOJ agents in Washington identified him as the Kansas City slayer of his brother in law William Pickrell in a quarrel on Oct 25, 1933.
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Houston
Nick Fazzino
Kansas City
Thornton
Fazzino
Department of Justice
Washington
William Pickrell
Massacre Warning Strikes Salinas Lettuce Riot
A. B. Doss leader of the Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union warned of a massacre today as 3,200 striking workers faced Salinas streets guarded by 1,000 deputized citizens with riot clubs. He claimed city officials and lawmen were unable to restore order amid the tense scene.
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Salinas
Calif
Doss
The
Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union
Vic Barlogio
Hurricane heads for U. S. mainland as Cape Hatteras braces
A vast Atlantic hurricane moves northwest toward the U. S. mainland, aiming for Cape Hatteras. Coast Guard Red Cross and National Guard mobilize. hundreds evacuate as Weather Bureau issues direct-mainland warning for tonight.
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Wilmington
N. C
United States
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Atlantic
Hatteras Cape
Coast Guard
Red Cross
National Guard
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sta
Beaufort
Lille Textile Strike Settled After Labor Talks
Paris September 17 The Lille textile strike the largest in a wave of industrial action ended after labor negotiations with Socialist Premier Leon Blum acting as mediator. The accord covers 35 000 workers with a six percent wage rise and lets employers appoint factory delegates for collective bargaining.
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Paris
Lille
Leon Blum
France
French Social Party
Crex de Feu
Elevator Contract Awarded for Port Arthur Post Office
The Treasury awarded a $3,500 contract to Montgomery Elevator Company of Mo line for installing a passenger elevator in the Port Arthur Texas post office.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Montgomery Elevator Company
Moline
Port Arthur
Tex
Weekend Start Want Ad Tips Boost Results
Advertisers are urged to place Want Ads at the weekend start to maximize exposure. Many readers enjoy a half day off and firms pay on Saturday, increasing chances to inspect bargains. Place ads on the bargain rate and cancel once goals are met. Ask for a Want Ad taker.
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Want
Tri-State Midway Opens Tonight Ahead of Exposition
Tri-State Midway opens tonight as a prelude to the fourteenth annual Tri-State Fair starting next Monday. Attractions from Detroit and the Michigan State Fair fill a 400 foot longer front, with decorations along the 120 acre grounds and three bands to perform. The opening is dedicated to Amarillo and to Wilbur C. Hawk, with improvements praised by association officials and a dry setup for the opening races.
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Tri-State
Detroit
Carnival Company
Tri-State Fair
Shamrock
Perryton
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Gene Howe
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