Government urges loyalists as Fascists press on Madrid
Government orders retreat to defend Madrid saying the battle is won by resistance. Reported desertions claimed 200 Fascists switched sides as a counter attack neared Burgas near Toledo. Insurgents reportedly advanced seven miles toward Madrid with operations at Illescas Aranjuez and Bargas as aerial bombardment targeted Olias Del Rey.
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Associated Press
Madrid
el Socialista
Burgas
Toledo
Toledo-Madrid
Burgos
Illescas
Aranjuez
Bargas
War Ministry
Olias del Rey
Plainview Man R. R. Jacobs Dies In Auto Crash
Plainview resident R. R. Jacobs, 50, was killed when his car overturned on a curve ten miles east of Crowell Texas. His wife, daughter Guenelle eight, son Joe eighteen, and brother in law Bert Stover, all of Plainview, escaped with minor injuries. They were en route to Decatur Alabama for funeral services for Stover and Jacobs sister. Jacobs will be buried in Plainview.
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Crowell
Tex
R. R. Jacobs
Plainview
Here
Guenelle
Joe
Bert Stover
Decatur
Ala
Stover
Jacobs
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Forecast shows Wednesday fair and warmer for Amarillo and nearby areas. West of 100th meridian also expects fair skies with warming temperatures. New Mexico reports fair and warmer conditions on Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Pension Probe Slated To Start Wednesday
Survivors of the 72 day siege at Toledo Alcazar recount horrors as Fascist rescuers advance toward Madrid. They describe bullets shrapnel hard days water rations and poison gas while engineers inside the fortress aided evacuation and defense.
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Associated Press
Talavera DE LA Reina
Spain
Toledo
Alcazar
Madrid
Seville
Julio Gomez
Gomez
Britain imposes martial law in Palestine amid Arab uprising
Great Britain declares martial law in Palestine to quell a six month Arab revolt against Jewish immigration and land policy. Since April the upheaval has claimed over 200 lives as Arabs reject the mandate terms. General Sir Arthur Wauchope will proclaim the measure with Lieut. Gen. J. G. Dill gaining dictatorial powers as disorder continues.
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London
Great Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
Arthur Wauchope
J. G. Dill
Marshal Allenby
el Mufti
Eleven Black Legion members convicted in Detroit lynching plot
Eleven members of the Black Legion were found guilty in Detroit of plotting a lynching that exposed the secret terrorist group and its aim of a moral political dictatorship. Seven defendants received first degree murder verdicts for the Poole road side execution, carrying life sentences. four were convicted of second degree murder.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Trio Men and Girl Die in Naperville Plane Crash
Three men and a 16 year old girl were burned to death when a plane crashed and burned three miles east of Naperville. Pilot Oscar Hanold of Chicago and passengers Wilma Schleusler Howard Adams and Ralph Biddy perished. A camera lay among the wreckage as the Burlington Zephyr train near the line was due to pass.
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Naperville
Til
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Oscar Hanold
Wilma Schleusler
Howard Adams
Ralph Biddy
Burlington
First Wintry Touch Near to Close
The Panhandle ends a week of wintry weather as warmer days are predicted. Weatherman H. T. Collman says the north wind will subside and temperatures will rise above 40 degrees after recent lows of 36 to 37. Amarillo saw only a trace of frost with little crop damage. Frost was forecast for the northern Panhandle last night.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Amarillo
Hinton Named To Lobby For Amarillo Airport Project
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce voted to send Carl Hinton to Washington to advocate for the proposed city airport. Hinton, chair of the airport committee, along with Mayor Ross Rogers and TWA representatives, said detailed funding information is needed before the city commits financial support. Officials lamented uncertainty over available funds and sponsors’ share, delaying a decision.
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Carl Hinton
Washington
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
Ross Rogers
TWA
Rogers
Guy Saunders
Portales Trip Open To All Citizens Of Panhandle Area
Citizens from Panhandle cities are invited to join the Amarillo to Portales special train visiting Hereford Friona Bovina Texico Farwell and Clovis en route to Portales New Mexico for the Roosevelt County Fair. Plan calls for 200 riders with tickets sold by multiple groups and 2.75 round trip including bands and canes. The Amarillo College Band and Tri State Fair Association supplied tickets and officials expect a hearty Panhandle welcome.
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Panhandle
West Panhandle
Amarillo
Portales
N. M
Hereford
Friona
Bovina
Texico-Farwell
Clovis
Roosevelt County Fair
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and
American Business Club Committee
Santa Fe Railway
Amarillo College
Tri-State Fair Association
Dee Howard
New Mexico
Tri-State
East Texans Held on Federal Charge
Forrest V. Sorrell, U S Secret Service agent in charge of Dallas district, said 18 East Texans were arrested on suspicions of falsifying to obtain government loans forging government checks and counterfeiting. Nine Black residents were taken at the Jerusalem community near Palestine and slated for arraignment in Tyler with charges of fraud related to government loans. Three Palestine residents face forging a $500 bonus check.
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Dallas
Forrest V. Sorrell
U. S
Secret Service
East
Texas
Jerusalem
Palestine
Alice Noble
Tyler
Amarillo Sets City Tax Rate At $1.12 Per $100
Amarillo voters approved a property tax rate of 1.12 dollars per 100 of valuation. The levy is 7 cents above the 1935 rate and 14 cents below the proposed budget after a public hearing. The commission revised the budget to expect delinquent tax payments via a new collection campaign.
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Amarillo
Rogers
Buchanan Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Madison Street
Washington Street
H. R. Smith
Hughes Street
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Topeka Wins 1937 Highway Association Convention
Topeka Kansas was awarded the 1937 convention of the United States Highway 75 Association at the concluding session in Sherman. President John H. Miller of Pulsa and other officers were re elected.
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Sherman
Topeka
Kans
United States Highway 75 Association
John H. Miller
Pulsa
Lewellyns Treated After Truck Overturn Near Waco
Mr and Mrs A K Lewellyn of San Angelo were in a Waco hospital for treatment of injuries from a truck overturn near Waco yesterday. She suffered a broken right elbow and he a broken right wrist.
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Waco
A. K. Lewellyn
San Angelo
Woman Doctor Is Freed in Slaying Fort Worth
Dr Grace Humphreys Hood Turner was acquitted by the Tarrant County grand jury after claiming she shot her husband Ross Turner in her Medical Arts Building office on August 21 in self defense as he advanced with a surgical knife.
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Fort Worth
Grace Humphreys Hood ‘Turner
Ross Turner
Tarrant County Grand Jury
Turner
Medical Arts
Russia America Air Line Planned Across The World
Moscow officials at a Soviet conference announced plans for a commercial Russia United States airline. Two proposed routes would span the top of the world from Moscow to Seattle and could shorten the journey to four to five days.
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Moscow
Seattle
Russia
United States
Western Mexico Floods Leave Seven Dead
Floods in Sinaloa and Durango after the Pacific Coast storm on Sunday claim at least seven lives as Western Mexico reels from the disaster.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Sinaloa
Durango
Rent Ad Prompt to Reach Prospective Tenants
A housing ad urges landlords to place a want ad in tomorrow's News and Globe to attract renters. It highlights a renter waiting and promises immediate phone inquiries.
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News and Globe
House to Probe Old Age Help Before Tax Vote
The Texas House ordered a thorough investigation into the old age assistance situation before approving new taxes for pensions. The inquiry, likely to start tomorrow, aims to gather facts on revenue needs rather than probe pension administration.
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Austin
House of Representatives
A. T. McKinney
Huntsville
Pension Administration
House
Senate
Clarence Farmer
Fort Worth
Revenue and Taxation Committee
J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
R. L. Reader
B. F. Quinn
Beaumont
Joe Caldwell
Asherton
Allred
Martin
D. K. Martin
John Wood
Jeff D. Stinson
Dallas
Texas cattleman freed in killing
James Henderson, Alpine Texas cattleman, was acquitted of murdering Thomas Leroy Patton after testifying he found Patton in a bedroom with his wife. The jury returned a 3:06 PM verdict after a two hour lunch recess, with Henderson showing no emotion and his wife exchanging smiles.
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Los Angeles
James Henderson
Alpine
Tex
Thomas Leroy Patton
Henderson
T. Henderson
Beaumont man shoots self in hotel room death
Beaumont report states Will H. Fears, 48, a hotel worker, called his sister-in-law to his room and shot himself, dying as she stood outside the door. Police did not list a motive. The incident occurred in Beaumont, with UPI reporting.
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Beaumont
UPI
Will H. Fears
Georgia Lee Henderson Killed in Deport Auto Crash
Paris report states 16 year old Georgia Lee Henderson died instantly last night near Deport when struck by an automobile. The incident occurred quickly and authorities are notifying family and investigating the crash.
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Paris
Georgia Lee Henderson
Deport
Lehman Renominated by Democrats for Third Term
At Syracuse the Democratic State Convention renominated Governor Herbert H. Lehman by acclamation with a platform urging a secure humane social order. Lehman pledged to serve the full two years and thanked delegates and voters. The convention scene amid cheers marked the start of the campaign.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Blanco man given life in axe death
Ernest Herwig, 40, was sentenced by a Blanco County jury to 99 years in Huntsville for the axe murder of his stepson Mack Roebuck on June 25, 1936. He faced a separate indictment accusing him of killing his wife Annie Roebuck Herwig, 28, at the same time.
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Johnson City
Texas
Blanco County
Ernest Herwig
Huntsville
Mack Roebuck
Herwig
Annie Roebuck Herwig
Five Army Fliers Killed in Bomb Bound for Florence Crash
A large bomber crashed into a tree near Civita Castellana while en route to Florence, killing five army fliers. The dispatch reported the fatal accident occurred today.
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Rome
Florence
Civita Castellana
Roosevelt Attacks GOP Leaders in Syracuse Campaign
President Roosevelt opened his New Deal campaign at a New York Democratic convention in Syracuse. He assailed present and past Republican leadership as under Communist influence and urged a program of social justice while lambasting tax promises. A yelling crowd greeted him as Governor Lehman praised his record and prosperity restoration.
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Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
William F. Bleakley
Yonkers
Bleakley
George R. Fearon
Syracuse
Queens
George A. Harvey
Frank EF. Gannett
Rochester
O. Byron Brewster
Joe R. Hanley
Symalcuse
Pepl
Roosevelt
Tri-State Fair Plans Prompt Bill Payment
Tri-State Fair urges all creditors to present statements at once as the organization closes its books for the year. Secretary-manager Ted Taylor says the fair has funds to pay all bills and wants to settle promptly, with bills mailed or presented at 228 Paramount Building.
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Tri-State
Oly
Ted” Taylor
Taylor
Paramount Building
Globe-News Plans World Series Play-By-Play Today
The Globe-News will run a live World Series play by play from its Sixth and Fillmore desk at 12 30 this morning weather permitting. The service offers play by play balls strikes and fouls for the first game and may be the last time the paper provides the board.
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Globe-News
Sixth
Fillmore
Yankees
Giants
New York
Amarillo
The
Globe
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Rebecca Poole
Harvey Davis
Erwin D. Lee
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar Baldwin
Urban Lipps
Poole
Dayton Dean
Lowell Rushing
Russia - America Air Line
DIAL
Herbert Lehman
Democrats
Ron
Blanco
G.O.P
Tri-State Fair
Babs Ruth
Walter
Johnson
Pittsburgh
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