Woman Hangs by Wrist From Fence as Son Chained Inside House
In GAN ANTONIO on September 28, Mrs. Bonificia Garcia hung by her wrist in a picket fence for 12 hours while her son Martiano Garcia, chained to a bed inside the house, reportedly watched. Doctors debated amputation as the woman's condition remained critical and police investigated. The son, held for a sanity hearing, had long been chained to curb wandering.
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Gan Antonio
U.P
Bonificia Garcia
Martiano Garcia
Martiano
Mussolini declares Europe to be Fascist after German rally
In Berlin Mussolini told a cheering crowd that thousands of Italian volunteers died defending European civilization in Spain and that Europe will be Fascist tomorrow. He and Hitler urged peace in Europe with Soviet Russia excluded, praising renewed German strength as a guard of peace.
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Berlin
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Spain
Europe
Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Fuehrer
No Fingerprints Found on Gun in Waters Shooting
Boone County prosecuting attorney Edwin Orr said no fingerprints were found on the .38 caliber revolver used in the shooting of Albert R. Waters Jr., a University of Missouri sophomore. Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Marvin Casteel noted the absence of prints, suggesting the weapon was wiped after Waters's death.
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Columbia
Edwin ©. Orr
Boone County
Ol. B. Marvin Casteel
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Albert R. Waters, Jr
University of Missouri
Waters
Orr
Spreckles Divorce Seeks Cruelty Allegations in Sugar Heir Family
Los Angeles reports Adolph B. Spreckles Jr. and Geraldine Spreckles filed for divorce after a year of separations and reconciliations. Geraldine accuses extreme cruelty and a violent shove at a house party. They married in London in 1936, with Geraldine as granddaughter of Jn Spreckles and trust funds established in 1935.
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Adolph
Geraldine
Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Adolph B. Spreckles, Jr
San Francisco
Geraldine Spreckles
Spreckles
London
Lois Clarke de Ruyter
Lewis Lathan Clarke
New York
Gloria Debovoise
R. A. Gardner
el Paso
Tex
Adolph Spreckles
John D. Spreckles
San Diego
Jn Spreckles
Clovis Bi-State Fair Opens With $1500 Premiums
Clovis hosts the Bi-State Fair opening tomorrow for four days with $1500 in premiums. Exhibits focus on agriculture and livestock. Attractions include a carnival with rodeo and wild west show, horse show, football game, farm program, street parade, rural school day, and a welcome for 300 Amarillo boosters arriving by special train.
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Clovis
Amarillo
Franco Masses Troops on Aragon Front
Franco concentrates 250000 troops under Gen Jose Moscardo on the Aragon front in eastern Spain. New engagements loom as forces form near Jaca close to the French border and around Zuera and Zaragoza as Moscardo takes command of the fifth army relieving Gen Ponte y Manso de Zuniga who is reported wounded.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Spain
Jose Moscardo
Alcazar
Jaca
Zuera
Zaragoza
Moscardo
Fifth Army
Ponte Y Manso de Zuniga
Bailey to Confer With Governors on Protective Freight Rates
In Little Rock on September 28 Governor Carl E Bailey invites Governors of Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma to meet October 21 to discuss protective measures against discriminatory freight rates in the Southwest.
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Little Rock
Ark
Southwest
Carl E. Bailey
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Ex-Watchman Goes on Trial
Bill Dawson former nightwatchman at Roscoe Texas goes on trial for the murder of Arthur Parker Roscoe mayor on June 4 District Judge Albert Mauzey overruled defense motions for change of venue and continuance
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Sweetwater
Bill Dawson
Roscoe
Tex
Arthur Parker
Albert Mauzey
Three Held for Arraignment in Rae Harboring Case
Houston dispatch reports Claude N. Paulus his wife Ruth and Joseph Edward Lamas held for arraignment on charges of harboring the desperado Lawrence Rae. Rae died by self-inflicted gunshot in the Paulus apartment rather than surrender.
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Houston
Claude N. Paulus
Ruth
Joseph Edward Lamas
Lawrence Rae
Paulus
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region brief
Forecast shows Wednesday fair in Amarillo and vicinity with west Texas partly cloudy and cooler in the north. New Mexico expected generally fair and warmer in the east. Temperature notes include high yesterday around 58 and low around 36 with a 36 reading also listed.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Four circuit and twelve district judges urged to ease federal backlog
Chief Justice Hughes announced at the annual senior circuit judges conference that four new circuit judges and twelve district judges are recommended to relieve federal court congestion. The plan aligns with Roosevelt’s February proposal to speed up procedures and increase judge numbers.
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Hughes
Roosevelt
Congress
Tings
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Canal Zone
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Extradition Ordered for Max Silverman by Lehman
Governor Lehman signed an extradition warrant for the return of Max Silverman to New York. Silverman, tied to extortion of bakers and flour truckmen, faces 11 counts with co defendants Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter. He is held on 250000 bail in Los Angeles after arrest last Saturday.
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Albany
N. Y
Lehman
New York State
Max Silverman
New York City
Charles W. Newmark
Thomas E. Dewey
Newmark
Los Angeles
Silverman
Jacob Shapiro
Louis Buchalter
Blacksmith Leader Attacks Frances Perkins at AFL Meet
Roy Horn president of the Blacksmiths Union denounces Secretary Perkins as a dictator in a Denver address before the AFL metal trades department convention. He criticizes the labor secretary for endorsing a union choice and questions her leadership.
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Denver
Roy Horn
Blacksmiths’ Union
Perkins
American Federation of Labor Metal Trades Department
Horn
Regulation Adequate Says Attorneys Oppose Federal Oil Control
Two attorneys urged the American Bar Association to oppose federal regulation of the oil and gas industry. Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission and William A. Dougherty of New York cited the interstate oil compact as adequate to conserve resources and argued federal control is unnecessary and unconstitutional. They noted progress under the pact and criticized interstate pipeline regulation proposals as unnecessary.
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Kansas City
American Bar Association
Mineral Law Section
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
William A. Dougherty
New York
Thompson
NRA
Federal Congress
Kansas
Texas
Supreme Court
Dougherty
Earthquake Shocks Recorded Near Loyola University
Seisms at Loyola University of the South reported minor shocks early today. Father Abel, seismologist, placed the center about 1500 miles southwest of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
U.P
Loyola University of the South
Father Abel
Martha Raye wins divorce after alleged assault by husband
LOS ANGELES September 28 Martha Raye the famed comedienne testified her husband Hamilton Westmore slapped her mouth insulted her and failed to pay household bills. After eloping to Las Vegas last May 30 she described a violent dispute leading to an interim divorce decree from Superior Judge Carl Stutsman.
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Martha
Oh Boy
Raye
Los Angeles
Martha Raye
Comedienne
Hamilton
Buddy) Westmore
Las Vegas
Nev
Carl A. Stutsman
Stustman
Hull Signals US Stance on League Condemnation of Japan
Secretary Cordell Hull outlined the United States protest against Japanese bombing of open towns in China and noted League of Nations agreement. He said the State Department had informed by its Swiss minister of the September 27 resolution, while no reply from Japan to the September 22 note had been received.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
League of Nations
China
Hull
League
League Assembly
Japan
Department of State
Switzerland
Russia clashes with Britain over delaying Spain war action
In Geneva on September 28 Soviet Russia opposed a Franco British request to postpone League of Nations action on Spain’s 14 month civil war. Maxim Litvinov urged Madrid Valencia be supplied with two planes per insurgent plane and full access to foreign war supplies, while Delbos and Elliott pressed for delay. The sub committee failed to reach a decision as the Spanish delegate rejected the postponement.
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Geneva
Russia
France
Great Britain
League of Nations
Spain
Mussolini
Yvon Delbos
Walter Elliott
Il Duce
Shreveport Youth Found Guilty of Assault
MARSHALL Sept 28 A district court jury after two hours deliberation found Frank Hill 20 year old from Shreveport guilty of criminal assault on Grace Marchand 36 also of Shreveport and fixed punishment at 35 years in the state penitentiary Harvey P Stead defense attorney said he would file a motion for a new trial Hill took the verdict calmly.
Directors Study Data On Corn Corner
Chicago September 28 The Board of Trade directors examined a mass of data for signs of manipulation after halting September corn trading to curb a possible corner. Cargill Inc denied responsibility, saying it took a long position only to serve its consuming customers.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Directors
Cargill, Inc
Cargill Company
Cargill
Halbrook Speech Draws Wrath of Governor
Gov. James V. Allred clashes with Sen. T. J. Halbrook of Galveston over new taxes. Allred frames the issue as humanity versus dollars and vows to fight for education and the needy. Holbrook accuses the governor of a smoke screen and urges tax relief measures and economy.
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James V. Allred
T. J. Halbrook
Galveston
Holbrook
Texas Senate
Allred
House
Harry N. Graves
Georgetown
Senate
Quer
Planes Set to Land at English Airport at 9 22 Morning
About 2000 aviation enthusiasts watched 22 Army air fighters refuel at English Field yesterday. At 9 22 this morning the lead aircraft will land for refueling, followed by the rest of the 22 ship attack flight en route from El Paso to Fort Sill. The mission was delayed yesterday by high winds.
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Amarillo
English Field
Army
el Paso
Fort Sill
Roosevelt envisions small towns thriving via electric power
President Roosevelt, at Bonneville Dam in Oregon, argues small communities can grow with electricity and criticizes calls for regional planning like large TVA systems. He defends the dam project as wealth returning to the people, urges wise national spending over armaments, and predicts a balanced budget next year.
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Roosevelt
TVA
Bonneville Dam
Ore
Ronneville Dam
Arrike
Trarylumbia
United States
America
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