Wreckage confirms fears of North Shore sinking
The North Shore fruit packet sank in Lake Michigan during Friday's storm with six aboard including captain Erwin J. Anderson and his bride of two weeks. Crew members named were Joseph Tekus, Royal Richter, Arthur Peters, and John Johnson. Wreckage identified by William J. Lawrie confirms the loss, with grape cargo and bodies possibly drifting toward the eastern shore.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
North Shore
William J. Lawrie
Lawrie Transit Company
St, Joseph
Mich
Erwin J. Anderson
Washington Island
Wis
St. Joseph
Coast Guard
W. J. Laurie
George Mielke
Benton Harbor
Joseph Tekus
Cudahy
Royal Richter
Arthur Peters
John Johnson
Two Rivers
Romero Convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter in Utah
A Lee Romero 31, a Pleasant Grove plumber, was found guilty by a district court jury in Provo Utah of voluntary manslaughter for shooting his mother in law Lena Baxter during a family quarrel. He faces 1 to 10 years in prison and also stands charged with killing Lena’s husband Walter Baxter in the same incident. Romero wounded his estranged wife who recovered.
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Associated Press
Provo
Utah
A. Lee Romero
Pleasant Grove
Lena Baxter
Romero
Walter Baxter
Tri-State Fair praised by Lubbock Mayor plans Panhandle-South Plains fair
Amarillo hosts a large Tri-State Fair with bigger exhibits and crowds. Lubbock officials report strong turnout and invite exhibitors to the Panhandle-South Plains fair opening Monday. Lubbock sends an agricultural display and a Tech College exhibit. Amarillo reserves space in Lubbock Fair for a Potter county display led by county agent P C Bennett. The South Plains Fair opens Monday and is expected to attract large crowds and set new records.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Mr. Clements
Lubbock Fair
Potter County
P. C. Bennett
Bandits Battle North China Fronts Near Chengchow
Nationalist troops against Feng Yu-hsiang forces faced stiff resistance in Northern Henan between Kaifeng and Chengchow as fighting continued. Reports say Kuominchun rebels briefly pressed Nationalists back after earlier claims of driving them from Chengchow. Elsewhere bandits looted and burned along the Peiping Hankow Railway in southern Henan.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Chengchow
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Northern Alliance
Kaifeng
Henan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Del Rio Recovering After Six Weeks Illness
Los Angeles report says Mexican film star Delores Del Rio is recovering from a six week illness that nearly brought death. Physician Dr E C Fishbaugh disclosed the improvement today.
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Parents del Rio
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Delores del Rio
E. C. Fishbaugh
Generous Rain Falls Across Texas Boosts Pasture Prospects
Widespread rain in North Central and West Texas as well as parts of South Texas improves pasture and feed crops. Reports say rain began Saturday evening, continuing through Sunday, filling lakes and sustaining the cotton belt with cooler temperatures and moisture for wheat planting and crop recovery.
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Associated Press
North
West
Texas
South
Olney
Wichita Falls
Electra
Henrietta
Waco
Corsicana
Dallas Officer Killed in Accidental Pistol Discharge
Dallas motor cycle officer Angus B. Currie, 24, was fatally shot when a child playing with a pistol accidentally fired. Currie demonstrated how the small gun worked and left it on a table beside a .44 caliber pistol. the child mistook it for the unloaded weapon and pulled the trigger. Currie died at a hospital after stating the incident was accidental. He had married nine months earlier.
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Dallas
Angus B. Currie
Currie
Cleburne
Marine Officer Found Dead With Axe Wounds in Hotel
Licent. Col. Richard B. Creecy of the Marine Corps was found dead with a revolver by his side in a downtown Washington hotel. His wife lay fatally wounded from an axe attack. police said Creecy likely killed his wife before fatally shooting himself. The couple had been living in the capital after Creecy returned from Haiti.
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Associated Press
Washington
Richard B. Creecy
Marine Corps
Creecy
Fire damages San Marcos Teachers College cafeteria
Several hundred students lost their morning meal as flames swept the lower part of the San Marcos Teachers College cafeteria in the Home Economics Building. Firefighters battled the blaze for two hours starting at 2 a.m. and damaged cafeteria supply rooms. origin undetermined.
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Associated Press
San Marcos
Texas
San Marcos Teachers College
Woman in Dallas Hotel Suffering Carbolic Acid Poisoning
Mrs. L. G. Dickinson about 22 was taken by Griggs Ambulance from the Capitol Hotel to Northwest Texas Hospital Sunday afternoon with carbolic acid poisoning. Dr. Jason H. Robberson said she admitted drinking carbolic acid and sweet oil and claimed to be from Dallas though registered as from Vernon. Condition fluctuates but she is expected to recover if her symptoms do not worsen.
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L. G. Dickinson
Griggs
Capitol Hotel
Northwest Texas Hospital
Jason H. Robberson
Murder suspect shoots through big armed posse
George Skidmore, 20, escaped after opening fire from a cabin window on a large force of state police and national guardsmen in the Bellefonte mountains. He wounded two men, William Fox and J. G. Holmes, as Dutton was captured.
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Associated Press
Bellefonte
George Skidmore
William Dutton
Skidmore
William Fox
Aft
Rattlesnake
J. G. Holmes
Veteran Houston journalist Ellen McCorquodale dies at 41
Ellen McCorquodale, 41, prominent Houston newspaper woman, died at her home in Houston. A former music art and dramatic critic for the Houston Press, she also served on the staffs of the Houston Post, the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Post-Dispatch during a long career.
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Associated Press
Houston
Ellen McCorquodale
Miss McCorquodale
The
Houston Press
Old
Houston Post
Houston Chronicle
Houston Post-Dispatch
Mail Pouches Stolen From KC Airport
Two bags of mail valued undetermined were stolen from a Chicago Kansas City National Air Transport plane at Kansas City Missouri airport around 1 45 a m. One pouch was registered. The plane was left briefly unguarded during transfers by three night airport workers. Investigators suspect boat escape via the Missouri River. Five or six witnesses were questioned.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Chicago-Kansas City National Air Transport
Matucha
Chicago
Fairfax Airport
Kans
Missouri River
National Air Tour ends with Russell first and prize haul
Livingston Detroit Sept 28 1940 18 contesting planes and 20 escorting ships completed the cross country flight from Cincinnati. Harry L Russell of Detroit won first over the line and first in points with 58575 earning 7500 dollars and the Edsel Ford reliability trophy. John Livingston of Aurora Illinois took second place winning 2000 dollars. Art Davia of Lansing Michigan finished third with 1760 dollars and Myron E Zeller of Detroit fourth with 1500 dollars. Nancy Hopkins was the tour’s only woman pilot and Eddie Schneider held a position in the event.
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Associated Press
Detroit
United States
Canada
Cincinnati
Harry L. Russell
John Livingston
Aurora
Art Davia
Lansing
Mich
Myron E. Zeller
Nancy Hopkins
Eddie Schneider
Stolen Chicago to Kansas City Mail Valued as Small Loss
Chicago official says a check of two pouches stolen today at Kansas City airport will be done Monday. L A Wegat, assistant superintendent, expects the mail to be of small value since the deliveries were for Sunday in Kansas City and unlikely to contain payrolls or valuable items.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kansas City
L. A. Wegat
Wegat
Body of Fliar Found Sunday on Erie Beach
The body of Willard Parker, Cleveland pilot, was found on Lake Erie beach near Conneaut. He disappeared with William McNulty after a plane wreck four days earlier from Cleveland airport. McNulty’s body has not been found. Parker likely drowned while trying to swim to shore after the wreck. his watch stopped at 2:18, about an hour after takeoff at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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Associated Presa Conneaut
Willard Parker
Cleveland
Lake Erie Beach
Conneaut
Willliam McNulty
Columbus Galt
McNulty
Parker
Forty-Five Reds Arrested in Germany Parade Clash
The Associated Press reports that on September 28 in Berlin police broke up a large communist parade in front of the Kaiser’s former palace. Forty-five communists were arrested and a novel weapon, flagsticks with iron points, was confiscated amid the clashes.
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Associated Press
Berli
Two Michigan Central trainmen killed in wreck near Detroit
Detroit, Sept 28. A Michigan Central freight engine and four cars left the track after striking an open switch on the outskirts of Detroit today. The brakeman William Fellman and wireman Frank McLaughlin were killed instantly while the engineers escaped injury by jumping. Both victims were riding in the cab and crushed between the engine and tender.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan Central
Detroit Aire
William Fellman
Frank McLaughlin
Port Washington donor dies after aeronautics fund support
Dies suddenly at home in Port Washington New York a financier and donor who contributed 2 600 000 dollars to advancing aeronautics died of heart disease on Sunday. His philanthropy backed aviation research and public programs.
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Fund For Advancement of Aeronautics
Port Washington
New York
Three Held at Roswell for Bank Robbery
Joe Coker alias Joe Blackwell J St Watson alias James L Levelland and George Scarborough were jailed in Chaves county for safe keeping after arrest at Hobbs on charges of attempted robbery of the First National Bank of Elida and robberies of three stores. They are also accused of stealing a car in Roswell. Officers believe they form part of a Hobbs based ring planning further bank raids in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. They were moved from Portales Roosevelt county jail to Roswell for trial. Five others are jailed here, three from Roosevelt county. Rhea Fletcher from Lea county is charged with the murder of William Frese at Hobbs.
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Roswell
N. M
Joe Coker
Joe Blackwell
J. St. Watson
James L. Levelland
George Scarborough
Chaves County
Hobbs
First National Bank of
Elida
First National Bank
Coker
Blackwell
Watson
Lea County
New Mexico
West Texas
Roosevelt County
Portales
Rhea Fletcher
William Frese
Large US funds rushed to Havana to avert bank run
A US headed transfer of 35 to 50 million dollars by airplane and fast boat arrived toward Havana to curb a threatened bank run after two Cuban banks failed. Part went to Miami by train from the Atlanta Fed. The Cuban gunboat Cuba carried 20 million back toward Havana.
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United States
Havana
Miami
Fla
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Calle Aguiar
Wall Street
Cuba
Key West
Associated Press
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Pan-American Airways
Miami Fla
Aviation fund of 2500000 euros touches Europe and Illinois
Fragmentary report notes a large aviation fund labeled donor 0 and an event in Europe and Illinois for a brief period. Details are unreadable, but the sum and locations imply a rapid financial push tied to aviation activities.
Daniel Guggenheim Dies at 74 of Heart Disease
Daniel Guggenheim, founder of the Daniel G. Guggenheim Fund of Aeronautics, dies at his home at age 74 after a brief illness. Surrounded by family including Mrs. Guggenheim and sons Harry F and Col. M Robert Guggenheim, he had recently reduced his business roles and devoted himself to philanthropy and aviation. The Daniel Florence Guggenheim Foundation, formed in 1924, advances charitable activities and mankind’s welfare, with a notable aviation school funded in 1925.
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Associated Press
Port Washington
Guggenheim
Daniel Ggenheim
Aeronautics
Europe
Harry F
Ambasenador
Cuba
Robert W. Stra
Lient
M. Robert Guggenhe
United States Army
Washington
East Mediately
Ggenheim
H Fr
Harry F. Guggenheim
Daniela Florence Guggenheim
School of
Fair weather across Amarillo and vicinity with light temps
FOR AMARILLO and Vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature. New Mexico fair Monday and Tuesday with little variation. Arizona fair Monday and Tuesday with minimal temperature change. Oklahoma likely local showers Monday and Tuesday, eastern parts unsettled. East Texas mostly cloudy with ice showers Monday and Tuesday, warmer in the northwest. Light to fresh east and southeast winds along the coast. West Texas partly cloudy with showers in the southeast and warmer, north portions Monday and Tuesday.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Arizona
Tueday
Oklahoma
East Potion
East Texas
Portio
West Texas
Gangsters Threaten Cop With Death in Chicago War
Chicago police officer Jack Kratzmeyer reports a death threat tied to the citys ongoing gang war. The Herald and Examiner cites a $10,000 underworld slush fund used to oppose the crackdown, and Kratzmeyer says he declined a bribe while pursuing suspects linked to the Moran and Capone networks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Kratzmeyer
Michael Delaney
Near North Side
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Germany
Daniel Guggenheim
Cau
American
Alaska
Mexico
America
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Africa
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Kratzmeyer
Joe Bush
Purple Gang
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Louis Chapman
John Fogarty
Capone
Teddy Newberry
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