Massive hurricane devastates seven states and Canada
The Associated Press reports nearly 350 dead as the hurricane raged across seven states and into Canada. The storm caused millions in damage, with New York City narrowly spared by veering away. Forecasters noted unprecedented speed and intensity as floods and hunger emerged as new threats. The federal government mobilized rescue and relief, with Hopkins and others directing efforts. Massachusetts and Rhode Island suffered the highest fatalities, followed by New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Quebec saw one death.
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Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Vermont
Quebec
Ontario
Providence
New Mexico Takes Over Tri State Fair With Big Days
New Mexico joins the Tri State Fair as Rural School Day and New Mexico Day showcase exhibits. Friday features Cavalcade of Hits and a 2 PM start, with Beleutler Brothers and RonEO performing. Sheesley midway opens all day as crowds break attendance records in ideal weather.
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New Mexico
Sunshine
Sunshine State
Montana earth shift traps nine two yearlings
Fragment of a page lists multiple stories and page pointers including a Montana earth shift trapping two yearlings and a bank robbery headline involving Hamilton and Walters. The fragment references events across pages with no full detail.
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Osborne
Hamilton
Walters
Babson
Girl Scouts
CIO
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Europe
Randall Breeders
Salvation Army
Ohio
Tulsa
Tri-State Community Chest
Fair Fantasies at Tri-State Carnival Tongue in Cheery Chaos
A carnival report from the Panhandle describes midway soundtracking with Let Yourself Go as crowds spend freely. Notes harried concession workers and high school band boys flipping cigarets, while left handed locals get a playful salute. Continued on Page 19.
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Panhandle
Globe News Booth
Yacht gift turns to wreck after hurricane in Gravesend Bay
New York report details a man who offered William Langford a yacht with no strings attached. The supposed San Francisco inventor John S. Nairn confirmed plans for a world cruise, but a hurricane swept the yacht ashore, leaving it damaged and abandoned.
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William J. Langford
Langford
Texas Plains
John S. Nairn
San Francisco
Gravesend Bay
Sudeten unrest in Czechoslovakia sparks border clashes
Berlin reports a Sudeten flare up as Czech troops in armored cars fired on celebrating crowds in the Eger frontier district. Death toll listed at 16. General Jan Syrovy forms a new Prague cabinet amid resignations over the Sudeten surrender. Chamberlain and Hitler pursue diplomacy at Godesberg while British ministers urge calm.
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Prague
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Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Godesberg
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Chamberlain
Viscount Hallifax
Earl Winterton
Duchy of Lancaster
Horsham
France
U S Business Quickenspace Automotive Industry Rolls Along
U S business activity shows gains with bank clearings in 22 cities totaling 5 987 279 000 in the week ending Sept 21 the highest since last December. Engineering and construction awards rise with auto factories busy and new models anticipated by Oct 3 including Olds Chrysler De Soto and possibly Ford.
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United States
Europe
Dun & Bradstreet
Engineering News Record
Auto
Dinner Lecture Tonight at Amarillo Knife and Fork Club
Ama rillo Knife and Fork Club resumes with a 7 15 dinner lecture at the Country Club tonight. Dr Gerald Louis Wendt, renowned scientist, will discuss tomorrow’s world and the oil and gas future. Reservations cost 125 and are sold at Maxor Drug Store and the Amarillo Hotel lobby.
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Country Club
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk
Amarillo Hotel
Gerald Louis Wendt
Wendt
Chemical Division
U. S. Army
G. L. Wendt
American Business Club
Santa Fe
U. S
John KE. Hill
Countess Fleeing Hurricane Finds Refuge at O'Connor Home
Countess Charles de Fontnouvelle wife of the French consul general in New York fled hurricane in overalls with her 23 month old daughter Anne and a servant retinue. She took shelter at Representative John J. O'Connor's home after the storm toppled the Ottmann residence. She praised providence for sparing them and noted the baby seemed to bless their survival.
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N. Y
Providence
Charles de Fontnouvelle
New York
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O’connor
William Ottmann, Jr
Anne
Cavalcade of Hits heads draw record Tri State Fair crowd
Eye filling Cavalcade of Hits headlines Amarillo’s Tri State Fair with John Carroll Jack Randall Movita and a New Mexico commission night as Governor Allred and Governor Tingley are honored. Out of town delegations expected and thousands attend for a high cal per outdoor show with fireworks and a Governors Roosevelt image on the uprights.
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Carroll
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Movita
Clark Gable
New Mexico
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New Mexico State Patrol
Monte Rosenwald
Allred
Clyde Tingley
KGNC
Rosenwald
W E O'Daniel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hardin-Simmons University
Beutler Brothers
John Carroll
Rio Grande
Frances Castaneda
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Hollywood
Monogram Studios
Social Security to Furnish Data
Social Security Board announced that any worker can learn the 1937 wages credited to their old age pension account by mailing a special postcard to the Baltimore office. All field offices have the cards available.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Baltimore
Warm spell in fall and winter named St Martin and St Luke
A Globe-News appeal notes a late fall early winter warm period of American origin, called St Martin's Summer in November and Summer of St Luke in October. It promotes selling used furniture via Globe-News Want Ads, suggesting callers dial 6262 to place an ad.
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Globe- News
Globe-News
Storm Oddities Across Cities Reported By AP
AP reports chaotic weather scenes from Newark to Providence with flight congestion in New York to Boston. Operators note 1200 passengers moving through, while Central Park rowboats are removed amid power outages and dockside disruptions. A storm roils Long Island shores as a ketch fights waves and a 100 mph wind record is briefly set before the instrument is blown away. A locomotive vanishes on a bridge between Stonington and Mystic, leaving a schooner in its place.
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New Mexico White Sands Exhibit Shines At Tri-State Fair
Sunshine State display highlights New Mexico products from Alamagorda to Roosevelt County. Eight blue ribbons crown apples pears peaches peppers rhubarb carrots eggplant beets. Dee Howard of Portales organized the exhibit with help from B C Turner.
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Portales
Tri-State Fair
Tri-State
Alamogorda
Roosevelt County
Sunshine State
Howard
Turner
Tom Gallagher
New Mexico Lumber and Timber Company
Bernalillo
Hunting Lodge
Edwin N. Neer
Roosevelt County Game Protective Association
Dick Dillon
Cramer
VA. 8
Carlsbad
White Sands National Monument
New Mexico State College
Reba
San Juan
Kramer Mercantile Company
Chamita
Portales Valley
Upper
Rio Grande
Fire damages Louis Seewald apartment at West Sixteenth Street
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon shortly after 5 at 1013 West Sixteenth Street, damaging the Louis Seewald apartment. Origin of the blaze is not yet determined.
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Louis Seewald
Tri State fair attracts bands from several towns
School children from over the Tri State area join Stratford Wheeler Portales Clovis and Clayton for a big fair parade and Cavalcade of Hits show. Meadow Sisters entertainers join the Portales delegation as crowds flock for rural school day rides and a grand night performance.
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Wheeler
Portales
Meadow Sisters
Hollywood
Clovis
Clayton
Tucumcari
Ted Taylor
Dove hunter in Alief bags two birds then loses one
H A Welsch of Houston bagged two doves during a Sept 22 hunt near Alief. After placing the first wounded bird in his bag, the second bird was downed two hours later. When opening the bag to stow the second bird, the first bird apparently fled.
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Texas
H. A. Welsch
Houston
Economy group to meet Governor O Daniel in Fort Worth
Members of the Senate economy committee unit will meet in Fort Worth on Monday with Governor Daniel to discuss making Texas government leaner and cheaper. The subcommittee, created at the last session, reviews department operations and finances to draft an appropriation bill ahead of the January legislative session.
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Senate
Fort Worth
W. Lee O/Daniel
Senate Finance Committee
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