Smaller Nations Balk at Ethiopian Exclusion From League Meet
In Geneva a coalition of smaller states protests plans to bar Ethiopia from next week's League of Nations assembly. Haile Selassie’s three delegates face refused seats, while the league vows not to recognize Italian conquest or abolish an independent Ethiopia. Italian delegates may stay away until Mussolini is assured no objections arise.
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Geneva
Ethiopia
League of Nations Assembly
League Council
League
Italy
Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolini
Turbulent hurricane rocks New York harbor area
A tropic-born hurricane struck the Greater New York area causing 44 deaths and 67 missing. The storm pounded Manhattan with 176 mile per hour winds and heavy rain while ships foundered in Delaware Bay and near Atlantic City as authorities warned of further damage.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Harbor
Long Island
Delaware Bay
Richard FE. Burke
Cape May
N. J
Coast Guard
Baltimore
North Carolina
New York City
Manhattan
Virginia
Atlantic City
Newcomer Wins Feature Race at Old Tack Handicap
A newcomer captures the feature race purse at the Old Tack Handicap meeting. The victory highlights emerging talent in a competitive card as bettors noted the outsider’s quick start and steady pace to the finish.
Records Imperiled At Tri-State Fall Meeting Big Crowd Attends
One of the largest crowds in Tri-State Racing Association history, about 2 500, witnessed a daily double paying 17 dollars on Bill Wade in the first race and Ray Booker in the second. Cornelia Powell won the Old Tack Handicap for 6200, nearly tying the five and a half furlong Tri-State mark. Okla Queen nearly equaled the five furlong record. Kellogg was honored in the fifth race, with Mrs Mason King presenting a bouquet to jockey Buddy Maskind for Okla Queen.
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Tri-State Racing Association
Bill Wade
Ray Booker
Tri-State
Cornelia Powell
C. N. Brewer
G. Napier
Bonnie K
Okla Queen
Chester B
O. M. Kellogg
Mason King
Buddy Maskind
Kellogg
Kingsville Racing
Community Chest Budget Set At SOH 71
The Community Chest allocates a $69 771 41 budget, down from 91 000 originally sought by 10 agencies. President W A Barlow vows a single annual drive to meet welfare needs and urges citizens to fund it. Campaign runs October 8 to 17 with several new agencies joining the coordinated social welfare effort.
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Community Chest
W. A. Barlow
Chest
Officers Indicted Over Beating Suspect in Texas
A grand jury charged three Dallas officers and two Palestine officers with aggravated assault for beating W. L. Christopher after his Sept. 9 arrest as a suspect in a Dallas pharmacy burglary tied to a $1,400 robbery. Detected names: D. L. Jones, M. F. Creech, L. W. Luther, W. C. Roadarmel, Hall Grounds.
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Palestine
Dallas
W. L. Christopher
D. L. Jones
M. F. Creech
L. W. Luther
W. C. Roadarmel
Hall Grounds
Christopher
Strike Order Slams 500 Big Four Railway Workers
Greenville reports a 500 worker strike of Big Four Brother hood crews on the LA and TX lines from McKinney to New Orleans and New Orleans to Hope. The action targets engineers firemen conductors brakemen and switchmen over unsettled disputes including reinstatement of pre 1933 agreements and standard pay rules. President Roosevelt named an emergency board to mediate the issues.
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Greenville
La.&t
L.&a. Railways
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas
McKinney
Texas
New Orleans
Louisiana and Arkansas
Hope
Ark
C. P. Couch
Louisiana, Arkansas and
Roosevelt
Typographical Union backs CIO split from AFL
The International Typographical Union votes to support the CIO committee in its split from the AFL. Leaders say the vote will approximate 20 to 1, backing president Charles P. Howard who serves as CIO secretary. The action signals strong union alignment as tensions with the AFL continue.
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Colorado Springs
International Typographical Union
Committee On Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Charles P. Howard
Want Ads Early for Big Tri-State Fair Edition
The Sunday News Globe urges readers to phone in Want Ads early for the Big Tri-State Fair Edition. Bargains await in rooms apartments used cars furniture radios and more with a bargain seven time rate and easy cancellation once results are obtained. Dial 6262 to place ads.
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Sunday News Globe
Two Brüte brothers jailed in California triple murder case
Sacramento dispatch reports John T. Brite and Coke Brite surrendered to District Attorney James Davis and Dr Earl F Harris after a night ride from Horse Creek to Folsom Prison. They face charges for the August 30 confrontation that killed Deputy Sheriff Martin Lange, Constable Joe Clark, and Captain Fred Seaborn.
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Sacramento
Calif
John T. Brite
Coke Brite
Folsom
James Davis
Earl FE. Harris
Horse Creek
Davis
Dr. Harris
California
Here
W. G. Chandler
Martin Lange
Joe Clark
Fred Seaborn
Blackburn Plea Denied In County Clerk Race
Potter County Democratic executive committee overruled W E Blackburns plea that the August run off was void and voted to keep the second primary results legal. Hubert Cole lodged a recount claim on one box alleging a three vote discrepancy as both candidates accused illegal votes. The open session ran nearly four hours before a secret meeting to consider recounting all boxes.
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W. E. Blackburn
Potter County
Democratic Executive Committee
Blackburn
Hubert Cole
Cole
Mrs Roosevelt Improves After Flu Attack
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, taken ill with grippe, showed a slight improvement today according to a White House bulletin.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grippe
White House
Mines used in Alcazar siege blast fall of fascists
In Toledo Spain during the siege of the Alcazar more than half of the 1,700 occupants were believed killed or maimed by two ton TNT mines set by government forces. The blasts toppled the southwest tower and breached walls while 1,500 assault troops moved in to clear debris. Women and children reportedly sheltered in untouched underground cellars as fighting continued.
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Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Campaign drives against bookmakers and gaming in Houston
Criminal District Judge Whit Boyd ordered the grand jury to target gambling as police begin raids on bookmakers. Police Chief B W Payne announced shops would be raided Monday as a broader crackdown on marble and slot machines policy games and other gaming forms proceeds from yesterday. Mayor Oscar Holcombe said his stance applied only to marble machines in a statement relayed by City Commissioner Frank Holton.
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Houston
Whit Boyd
B. W. Payne
Oscar Holcombe
Frank Holton
Rehabilitation in Flood Devastated San Angelo Section II Started
Flood battered San Angelo begins rehabilitation as Concho River recedes after record high water. City of 26 000 loses hundreds of homes and property worth about 2 million dollars. emergency fund raises 7500 for feeding and housing, while stranded residents seek shelter.
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San Angelo
Concho
Henderson Youths Killed in Wreck Near Carthage
Two Henderson youths, Bill Young 23 and Allen McMurray 19, died in a wreck on Center Highway near Carthage. A woman passenger was seriously injured when their automobile overturned four times. The crash occurred today and the victims died about thirty minutes after arrival at a local hospital.
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Carthage
U.P
Henderson
Center Highway
Here
Bill Young
Allen McMurray
Amusement Zone Opens at Tri State Fair Grounds
Crowds gathered at the Tri State Fair to preview the 1936 exposition described as bigger and better. The major amusement area, largest in fair history, opened last night and will stay open this afternoon and tonight. Cars from many states filled the grounds as exhibitors and superintendents work day and night to prepare for the formal opening.
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Tri-State Fair
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Strike Paralyses Mills in France Across Regions
Strikes spread through the Vosges cotton mills paralyzing work while Lille region textile workers evacuated the factories they had occupied. About 30,000 idle nearby Epinal area workers include over 10,000 at Saint Die where most mills were busy before disruption.
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Paris
Vosges
France
Lille
Epinal
Saint Die
American war correspondent Knickerbocker safe in Spain
H R Knickerbocker, American news service correspondent in Spain, is reported safe by his New York home office after four days without contact. He explained he was traveling from Burgos toward Toledo and lacked communication facilities, fearing possible arrest due to a three day silence.
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New York
H. R. Knickerbocker
Spain
International News Service
Knickerbocker
Gazeigas
Burgos
Toledo
Hitler grants amnesty to over half a million prisoners
Reichs fuehrer Adolf Hitler’s birthday amnesty frees more than 500000 political prisoners. An official communique notes 240340 fines and jail terms canceled while 254674 cases were dismissed, with critics and followers alike released for acts against the state and related offenses.
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Berlin
Diplomats Refuse Spanish Demand to Return Home
In Saint Jean de Luz diplomats from 13 nations rejected Spain's call to return to Madrid. In Cairo, Egypt, about 200 workers and children were feared drowned after a boat collision on the Nile near the capital.
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Spain
Saint Jean DE Luz
France
Madrid
Cairo
Egypt
River
Nile
Showers Bring Moisture to South Plains and Panhandle
Intermittent rains spread over the South Plains and Eastern Panhandle with showers near Childress and Pampa and Floydada recording 1.25 inches. Lubbock logged 2.52 inches by 6 PM, reaching a September normal and a monthly total around five inches.
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South Plains
Panhandle
Childress
Pampa
Pamela
Floydada
Floyd County
Lubbock
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair Saturday with partly cloudy skies in West Texas and possible local showers in the eastern portion. New Mexico expects unsettled conditions with possible showers in the northwest. Temperatures in Amarillo yesterday ranged from the mid 60s to mid 70s with a high near 74 and a low around 60.
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Amarillo
Viccinity
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Oldham County Fair Showcases Drouth-Defying Harvests
Oldham County farmers demonstrated drouth resilience as the sixth annual fair opened in Vega. Heavy sorghum and millet displays highlighted grains, with fine wheat sheaves and notable garden products from irrigation areas in Ford community. Booths represented Sims Adrian and Wildorado areas, plus a county-wide exhibit.
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Vance Johnson
VEGA
Oldham County
Drouth
Panhandle
Oldham County Fair
Sudan
Ford
Here
Sims
Adrian
Wildorado
Courthouse Square
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Robert Taylor
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Ted Blackburn
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Reable Childs
Terrence Bramblett
Marlie Childs
Dan Hines
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Oldham
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