Texans Flee Homes as Muddy Colorado Continues To Rise
Coast guardsmen survey the Colorado River flood from Austin reporting the river out of its banks for about 30 miles between Regency and Red Bluff. The crest is not yet felt at Austin with more than 200 to 300 people homeless and two deaths linked to the flood.
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Colorado
Austin
Coast
Regency
Red Bluff
Here
San Saba-Lometa Highway
Bluffton
Nelson
Bend
Coast Guardsmen
del Rio
Virgil Smith
Harry W. Logan
James A. Dinan
H. C. Bolen
H. D. Ferguson
Frank Haynes
United States
W. A. Smith
San Saba News
Buchanan Dam
Lampassas
Shipp
South Plains drenched as slow rain continues
Heavy rains hit the South Plains with reports of up to two inches in Clovis and Texico, and totals around one to two inches in Plainview Tu Ha Floydada Lockney Lubbock Hereford Bovina Friona Canyon Amarillo and outskirts. Drizzles lingered into the afternoon and evening.
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South Plains
Tu- Ha
Plainview
Floydada
Lockney
Lubbock
Clovis
Texico
New Mexico
Hereford
Bovina
Friona
Canyon
Amarillo
Heavy September Rain Drenches Childress County
Special to The News reports a two inch downpour in Childress on Sunday halting highway traffic for an hour. Over the past six days rainfall exceeds seven inches and September totals surpass ten inches. Feed crops are assured, wheat lands are soaked, and ranges are in unusually good condition.
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Childress
Injury Fatal to Childress Athlete
Wallace Jones Jr. 15 Childress High School freshman football player died from an infection contracted after a bruised leg in practice. The infection developed last week after the injury and he received two blood transfusions. It was the first football fatality in Childress history. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Childress
Wallace Jones, Jr
Childress High School
Childress Bobcat
Troopers Ousted For Third Degree Questioning
Major Lynn G. Adams suspended two state troopers in the Monaghan case after inquiry into a death during what officials termed third degree questioning. Prosecutors and the attorney general denounced the act as a grave injustice against justice.
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Uniontown
Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Police
Charles J. Margiotti
Adams
Frank C. Monaghan
Farmer Surrenders After Youth Slain
Dekalb Texas scene as Carroll Emerson 22 is killed early. Clay Evans 48 a Bowie County farmer surrenders to special Ranger Buell Powell and is jailed in Boston awaiting a preliminary hearing. Officers cite long standing ill will between Evans and Emerson as motive.
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Dekalb
Carroll Emerson
Clay Evans
Bowie County
Buell Powell
Evans
Boston
Former Aberdeen treasurer jailed on embezzlement charge
Mrs Marie Brown once Aberdeen city treasurer returned to the county jail awaiting arraignment on embezzlement charges. State's Attorney Frank Lieh said auditors confirmed the shortage in the accounts would be nearly 90000 dollars.
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Aberdeen
Marie Brown
Frank L. Lieh
Dynamite blast destroys Havana newspaper and church
A dynamite blast wrecked the El Pais plant and destroyed the Nuestra Senora de Monserrate church in Havana. Four killed and at least 20 injured as police raid Spanish Socialist circle offices and guard other papers amid a suspected terrorist campaign.
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Havana
Associated Press
Cuba
el Pais
Spanish Socialist Circle
Diario de la Marina
Nuestra Senora de Monserrate
National
Jose Pedraza
Alfredo Hornedo
Gold rent upheld as 139 320 grains due quarterly
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co. must pay 139 320 grains of pure gold each quarter as rent for a store, or its money equivalent at current prices. The firm had asked to substitute $6,000 in currency, citing the 1933 gold clause resolution.
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Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co
Richman Merrill Fliers Grounded by Gale at Harbor
Harry Richman and Dick Merrill were grounded by a roaring gale at Musgrave Harbor delaying their planned takeoff to New York until dawn. Eddie Rickenbacker led a rescue mission after their forced landing in a bog and may transport them home, with the fliers wishing his plane accompany them.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Harry Richmant
Dick Merrill
New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Musgrave Harbor
Rickenbacker
Hearst Responds To Roosevelt On Notorious Newspaper Owner
William Randolph Hearst issues a reply to a White House statement alleging a newspaper owner seeks to imply President Roosevelt accepts support from hostile alien groups. Hearst challenges the claim and accuses the administration's allies of distorting his position. He says the president has not named the target or stated the complaint clearly.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
White House
Roosevelt
Hearst
Edith Maxwell Granted Bond in Murder Case
Edith Maxwell, 22, former school teacher, released on $6,000 bond by Wise County Circuit Court judge H A W Skeen pending a new trial on a charge of killing her father in Big Stone Gap Virginia.
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Big Stone Gap
H. A. W. Skeen
Wise County Circuit Court
Edith Maxwell
Man Arrested in Impersonation Case
Morton Joseph Kramer, 31, was held by the FBI for removal to Los Angeles where he faced a charge of impersonating a naval officer at Long Beach. He pleaded not guilty before U.S. Commissioner Needham Turnage under a fugitive warrant. The Los Angeles case alleges he obtained $50 while posing as Lieutenant Commander Sydney Storeh.
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Washington
Morton Joseph Kramer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Cal
United States
Needham Turnage
Sydney Storeh
Red Threat and Spanish War Worry Portugal
The piece notes border war danger and Communist agitation within Portugal as Spain faces civil strife. It describes Portugal as a republic with General Carmona as military president and Antonio Salazar as finance minister who stabilized the budget and restored peace after the 1926 coup era. It mentions brief uprisings since 1926 that were quickly suppressed.
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Associated Press
Portugal
Spain
Madrid
Por
Tugal
Oscar Carmona
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Salazar
Carmona
Rebels Press Madrid Front As Franco Forces Advance
Four columns of Franco troops under General Francisco Franco push toward Madrid, reaching 60 miles from the capital. Government fighters suffer heavy losses with dozens dead in fields while Moroccan rear guards in Otero hold streets. government militiamen retreat about two miles as machine gunners sweep the line. Maqueda's highway junction becomes critical as forces close on Madrid and Toledo.
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Francisco Franco
Madrid
Otero
Talavera
Maqueda
Jose Sainz
Stuyvesant High School
New York
Franco
Toledo
Enrollment Gain Noted at Canyon West Texas State College
Canyon Sept 20 The first day enrollment for up per classmen at West Texas State College surpassed 1,000 on campus up from 1935. One hundred fifty three students are here with NYA aid, 51 new this week due to drought conditions. Most are from farm homes as 140 cards show attendees from three states and 18 Texas counties.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
U. S
NYA
Texas
Man breaks leg in haste to view highway crash
Joseph R. Williams sat on his sun porch in Los Angeles and rushed out to watch two skidding cars on the highway. The vehicles did not collide, but Williams fell and broke a leg while trying to reach the scene.
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Los Angeles
Joseph R. Williams
Williams
Dimmitt High to Organize New Band
Dimmitt will establish a new high school band under the direction of Noel Gollehon head of the music department who will serve as instructor and director. In other news Robert Valdez chairman of the New Mexico Public Utility Corporation Commission was approved by ICC for joint board No 89 overseeing the motor carrier act administration.
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Dimmitt
Noel Gollehon
Washington
Robert Valdez
New Mexico State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Five Jews Sentenced by Romanian Court for Shouting Down with Fascism
A military court in Bucharest on September 20 sentenced five Jews to 10 years in prison for shouting down with fascism during a demonstration on the city’s main street. Two of the five were women.
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Bucharest
Romania
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Roosevelt Names Two Committees To Study Crop Insurance Plan
President Roosevelt established two committees to draft legislative recommendations for an all risk crop insurance plan and for efficient use of Great Plains resources. Secretary Wallace will chair the crop insurance group and Morris L. Cooke leads the Great Plains committee. The aim is early enactment with cooperation from farm and soil conservation programs and a storage reserves system.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Great Plains
White House
Wallace
Morris L. Cooke
Wallace Long
Cooke
Government forces fire Alcazar fortress in Spain siege
Madrid government jets gasoline on the Alcazar in Toledo to smoke out Spanish Fascists inside. Reinforced artillery raids continue as Gen Joe Asensio vows to take the fortress with minimal civilian losses while fear grows for those sheltering within.
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Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Madrid
Joe Asensio
Kremlin Orders Halt to Purge in Communist Party
Moscow reports the Kremlin halted the purge sweep after 16 confessed plotters were executed in August. Officials warn that house cleaning in the provinces may have expelled some innocents and urge honest vigilance over revenge and expulsions to make a showing.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Communist Party
Stalin
Son of Literary Critic Dies in Gas Tragedy
Burton Rascoe Jr., 22, son of the author and literary critic, died in his Larchmont home from gas in his kitchen. Police said it was death by own action after an expressman smelled gas and a note reading Love Frank Massey $4 was found near the body.
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Larchmont
N. Y
Burton Rascoe, Jr
William Keresey
Frank Massey
Young Bride Ends Own Life in Fort Worth
Edith Deus an 18 year old bride of 11 weeks killed herself with a pistol in her Fort Worth apartment. She had telephoned her husband Eddie Deus a guitarist in Lloyd Snyder's band and left letters for him and her mother. Neighbors found her body and Justice of the Peace Hall ruled death by her own action.
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Fort Worth
Edith Deus
Eddie Deus
Deus
Lloyd Snyder
Wichita Falls
Z. E. McCall
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace Hall
Hughes
Mrs. Edith Brackett Deus Daughter of Amarillo Resident
Mrs. Edith Brackett Deus formerly Miss Edith Brackett, daughter of Mrs. Z. EB. McCall of 712 Harrison Street, graduated from Amarillo High School last spring. She married Mr. Deus in July before the Snyder band left for Wichita, Kansas, and recently visited her mother before traveling to Fort Worth with the orchestra. Survived only by her mother.
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Eddie Deus
Edith Brackett
Z. EB. McCall
Harrison Street
Amarillo High School
Mr. Deus
Snyder Band
Wichita
Kansas
Fort Worth
Deus
Denver
Amarillo
Snyder Orchestra
Retired Dallas Physician J H H Massie Dies in California
Dr J H H Massie of Dallas retired physician and oil operator died Friday in a Los Angeles hospital. He had lived in Dallas five years after earlier practice in Wichita Falls. Survived by widow and daughter. Burial in Vernon Texas.
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Dallas
J. Hh, Massie
Los Angeles
Calif
Massie
California
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Texas
Officials to Discuss Rio Grande Treaty with Mexico
E A Wood director of the planning board and C B Clark chairman of the Board of Water Engineers will travel to Washington to discuss a treaty with Mexico over Rio Grande waters. Attorney General William McCraw has just conferred with officials in Mexico City on the issue.
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Austin
E. A. Wood
Planning Board
C. 8. Clark
Board of Water Engineers
Washington
Mexico
Rio Grande
William McCraw
Mexico City
Guards Watch Trains As Strike Continues
Greenville report on September 20 shows the Louisiana Arkansas and Texas Railway in standstill except for one mixed train between Greenville and Shreveport. Big Four brotherhood members protested pay and working conditions, with guards patrolling shops and trains. Spokesmen pledged to fight for reinstated agreements.
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Greenville
Louisiania, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Shreveport
Transportation Department
Big Four
Louisiana City
Amarillo Welcomes Tri-State Fair Opening Day
Amarillo witnesses the Tri-State Fair opening with Mayor Ross Rogers presiding at 10 am ceremony broadcast by KGNO. Notables including Gene Howe and R B Ross speak as rains ease dust and crowds gather for preview events and bands from Shamrock, Amarillo, Perryton perform. Amarillo Day honors Wilbur Hawk, schools close at noon, Press Day features regional journalists, livestock judging begins, and exhibitors prepare for a week of attractions free to the public.
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Ross Rogers
KGNO
Gene Howe
The
Fair Association
Dee Howard
Port Tales
R. Duke
Mason King
Frank Farley
Kansas City
R. B. Ross
Goodlett
Ross
Shamrock
Tri-State Fair
Co. L
Ted” Taylor
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Hawk
Howe
Tri-State
Perryton
Panhandle
Borger
Pampa
Kane crew member wounded in bombing near Spanish coast
Kenneth Fitch a 21 year old sailor aboard the U S destroyer Kane says in a letter to his mother that a shrapnel wound struck his leg during an attack by an unidentified plane in Spanish waters last month. A piece of a bomb hit him as the Kane returned fire. No other injuries were reported at the time.
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EL Paso
Kenneth Fitch
U. S
Kane
Elizabeth Crump
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Coast Guard
Concho River
Plainview Area
Childress Area
Fi Pais
Fdr
Talavera de la Reina
Man
Dimmitt School
Alcazar Fort
Asensio
Shamrock and
Wilbur Hawk
Amarillo Schools
Bill Beechler
Chamber of Commerce
Southe West
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