Dallas Seeks Lindbergh Baby Lead In Kidnapping Case
The Dallas Times Herald reports rumors that the kidnapped Lindbergh baby may be alive in Dallas under care of a foreign woman. Officials including New Jersey Governor Hoffman and J Edgar Hoover are connected to the case as investigations move forward and fingerprints are discussed for identification.
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Dallas
Dallas Times-Herald
Times-Herald
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Hoffman
Charles Lindbergh Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
The
Times- Herald
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
International
Stevens Returned to Federal Prison in Alcatraz Move
Fort Worth report states O Q D Stevens, serving 27 years for mail robbery, is en route to Alcatraz after acquittal on charges of murdering Harry Rutherford in a Handley, Texas triple slaying three years ago. Prosecutors doubt further trial on the other killings will proceed despite the acquittal. He has served 18 months of the railway mail robbery sentence preceding the slayings.
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Fort Worth
U.P
D. Stevens
Alcatraz Island
Harry Rutherford
Handley
Texas
Stevens
J. B. Rutherford
Jack Sturdivant
Rental Shortage Sparks Housing Advertiser Appeal
Scores of families with children and newly married couples struggle to find homes near schools and small suites due to tight rental supply. The paper urges owners to fix up rooms or remodel houses, advertise them, and serve a public need while earning income, noting that modern renting relies on affordable classified ads. Phone 6262.
Santa Fe Net Income Up 19 Percent in August
The Santa Fe reports August operating income of $2,061,998, up 19 percent from a year earlier. System gross reached $13,808,750, up 16.5 percent. operating expenses rose to $10,468,061, up 12.7 percent. Increases stem from maintenance, extra train miles, and higher railway taxes under retirement and Social Security acts.
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Santa Fe
S. T. Bledsoe
School strike in Alabama widens protests to several schools
Walker County pickets at Parrish and Cordova schools as union advocates demand to close schools or force teacher organizing. A. S. Scott resigns as county superintendent amid accusations he dismissed three teachers for union affiliation.
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Jasper
Ala
Walker County
A. S. Scott
Scott
Parrish
Cordova
Hindenburg Battles Gale On Nova Scotia Coast
The giant dirigible Hindenburg fights a heavy gale off the Nova Scotia coast on its way to base at Lakehurst. Navigator and crew maintain course as the airship presses toward its destination despite the storm.
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Halipax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Lakehurst
Plane crash kills three near Rattlesnake Butte in blizzard
A northbound Varney Air Line passenger and mail plane crashed on a ranch 26 miles southeast of Wallenburg Colorado during a heavy snowstorm. The pilot C H Chidlaw of El Paso Texas and passengers Mr and Mrs Ben T Elkins of San Francisco were suspected among the dead. Don Davis of Varney said the crash left no chance of survival.
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Wallenburg
Colo
Rattlesnake Butte
Here
Varney Air Line
Pueblo
C. H. Chidlaw
Fl Paso
Texas
Ben T. Elkins
San Francisco
Don Davis
Varney
Trinidad
Varney Lines
Davis
Mexican official reported improved
Cosme Hinojosa governor of the Federal District of Mexico was reported improved today from a lip infection. He was stricken on a vacation in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. The infection spread, necessitating his removal to a hospital.
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Los Angeles
Cosme Hinojosa
Federal District of Mexico
Fascist forces mass for final push toward Madrid
Rebels gather near Toledo as Francoist troops tighten their grip around the Alcazar evacuees. Insurgent leaders claim Madrid’s fall is imminent, with another column blocking the Toledo Madrid highway and government militiamen fleeing toward the capital.
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Toledo
Spain
Madrid
Alcazar
Talavera de la Reina
Toledo-Madrid
Francisco Franco
Amarillo Portales goodwill train plans expand
Plans moved forward yesterday for an Amarillo Portales goodwill train with as many as 200 aboard including a 20 piece Amarillo College Band. The Santa Fe special departs Friday at 8 A M reaches Portales at 11 10 Mountain Time after stops at Hereford Friona Bovina Texico Farwell and Clovis then returns to Amarillo by 10 P M.
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Amarillo - Portales
Amarillo College
Santa Fe
Portales
Hereford
Friona
Bovina
Texico-Farwell
Clovis
Amarillo
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Tuesday brings fair and warmer conditions for Amarillo and surrounding West Texas areas west of the 100th meridian. New Mexico reports generally fair conditions with partly cloudy skies in West Texas. Yesterday's Amarillo observations show scattered readings with a 0.03 inch precipitation total for the prior 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Caplet
Sweeping Plane Fare Reductions Announced by TWA
J C Bryant district traffic manager of Transcontinental and Western Air announced new November 1 reductions on all TWA lines and connections. Amarillo to New York Chicago Kansas City Albuquerque and Los Angeles fares listed with figures. Rates filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission amid expectations of increased air travel.
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J. C. Bryant
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
TWA
Amarillo
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Albuquerque
Bryant
Los Angeles
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Dozen Wild Streams in Texas Cause Severe Flood Damage
Dozens of streams overflowed across Central and West Texas forcing mass evacuations. Four deaths are reported as thousands become homeless and damages reach into the millions. In Waco 2,500 refugees receive aid from National Guardsmen and Red Cross. Brazos River area faces renewed threat with Port Sullivan braced for overflow.
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Texas
Waco
Central
West Texas
San Angelo
National Guardsmen
Red Cross
J. C. Patterson
W. T. Torrance
Iran
Milam County
Port Sullivan
Denver Snowstorm Paralyzes City as Power Fails
Denver faces its worst snowstorm in history with seventeen inches of wet snow causing hundreds of trees to fall and power lines to break. Seven workers marooned on Pike's Peak and dozens stranded between Denver and Colorado Springs. State police aid in clearing blockades while fires from downed lines inflict heavy damage.
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Rockwood
Coleman County
Goldthwaite
Brownwood
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Plains
Rockies
Palmer Lake
Delegates fill Highway 75 Convention route
About 100 delegates from 20 cities along Highway 75 registered for the eighth annual Highway 75 Association meeting. Tulsa president John H. Miller delivered the annual report. May or John Queen of Winnipeg spoke as Raymond A. Stewart of Galveston traced highways from military to commercial progress, with Oklahoma and Kansas showing the strongest local turnout.
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Sherman
Winnipeg
Galveston
Highway 75 Association
John H. Miller
Tulsa
John Queen
Raymond A. Stewart
Oklahoma
Kansas
Insanity Issue in Cattleman's Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on September 28 the defense seeks temporary insanity in the trial of James Henderson a Texas cattleman accused of shooting beer baron Thomas L. Patton in his wife’s bedroom Henderson’s lawyers call psychiatrist Dr Edwin Huntington Williams to discuss Henderson’s mental state after he fired six bullets into Patton last July.
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Los Angeles
James Henderson
Alpine
Texas
Edwin Huntington Williams
Henderson
Thomas L. Patton
Nine killed as plane hits ship mast at Benghazi harbor
A passenger aircraft crashed after striking the mast of a ship during takeoff at the Benghazi harbor base. Nine people died in the disaster, with reports noting the crash occurred in the harbor area.
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Libya
Paris Teen Killed in Auto Accident
Miss Marie Williamson, 15, injured in a Saturday automotive crash near Paris, died today in Paris. She was buried this afternoon.
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Paris
Marie Williamson
Landon Ends First Farm States Drive Aboard Gov Landon Train
Gov Alf M Landon wrapped up his first farm states campaign aboard his train en route to Topeka Sept 28 urging sweeping publicity of relief agency payrolls to end waste incompetence and political favoritism He accused the Democratic administration of resisting efforts to publish payrolls of those who run relief agencies during stops in Illinois Iowa and Missouri after visiting former Gov Frank O Lowden
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Landon
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Frank O. Lowden
Allred cites emergency need for old age aid financing
Governor James V. Allred told a special Texas Legislature session of an absolute emergency to fund old age assistance to January 1 and then 12 million dollars yearly. He cited 80 718 approved pension applications 12 339 denied and 111 598 pending. He urged tax measures and shifting funds from the old age fund and highway surplus to cover payments beginning November 1.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Orville
Carpenter
Hunter
Cleburne
State Liquor Board Administration
Alfred E. Petsch
Fredericksburg
Will D. Pace
Tyler
Allred
Two Inmates Escape From State Penitentiary Farms
Prison officials report two convicts fled over the weekend from Texas state penitentiary farms in Huntsville. Howard McCollum, 27, of Alba, and Johnnie Williams, 34, of Goose Creek, both with prior escapes, were identified. McCollum rode a mule from Harlem farm Saturday before bloodhounds forced its abandonment. he is serving a five year term for robbery and robbery by assault from Smith and Leon counties, sentenced March 27.
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Huntsville
Howard McCollum
Alba
Johnnie Williams
Goose Creek
McCollum
Harlem State Farm
Smith and Leon Counties
American Seaman Convicted of Sedition in Berlin
Lawrence Simpson, an American seaman aboard the Manhattan, was convicted by the Peoples Court in Berlin for sedition. He received a three year prison sentence minus 14 months already served after a swift one day trial in which he admitted conspiring with three German Communist associates to establish a popular front government using anti Nazi propaganda.
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Berlin
Lawrence Simpson
Peoples Court
Simpson
Manhattan
Nazi Germany
Death claims Admiral Sims at 77 in Boston home
Admiral William S. Sims, wartime commander of the American fleet in European waters, died of a heart attack at his daughter's Boston home. He was 77, survived by his widow Anne Hitchcock and five children. Sims had fought naval reform battles and rose to the top of American naval circles after entering the Naval Academy on a second try. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Boston
Williams. Sims
Robert Hopkins
Anne Hitchcock
St. Louis
Hopkins
Robert Fiske
Elting Morison
William Sowden, Jr
Ethan Sims
Naval Academy
Pennsylvania
Academy
Annapolis
Sims
Americans Face China Arms Call
Americans in Shanghai faced a possible call to arms as several hundred men formed three companies of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps to defend the international settlement. About 600 mercenaries of the corps Russian regiment were ordered to stand by for emergency duty under martial law in parts of Shanghai.
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Chicago
Shanghai
Rescued Miners Die After Hailey Cave‑In
Two of 11 men trapped in a North Star mine cave in near Hailey died today after being rescued by about twenty colleagues. The incident occurred near Hailey as rescuers pulled 11 miners from the North Star shaft with work continuing.
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Hailey
Idaho
North Star
Forest fires churn through Southwestern Oregon as Bandon toll rises
Flames swept a 400000 acre area across the Oregon coast, with 20000 residents urged to seek safety as Bandon burned Saturday night. Nine dead and possibly fifteen perished, authorities feared more losses if winds shift, while many residents prayed and blamed slashings from timber work for the fires.
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Marshfield
Ore
Oregon
Bandon
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Here
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