Two Girls Fatally Crushed In Narrow Shaft Rescue
Marilyn Murphy aged 9 and Lorraine Chinchad aged 10 died after sliding into a 22 by 10 inch shaft in a New York tenement shaft. Police, firemen, and an ambulance surgeon battled to free them as rescuers broke through brick and used sledgehammers. Lorraine died hours later. Marilyn could not be saved despite heroic efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Marilyn Murphy
Lorgine Chinchad
New York
Marilyn
Lorraine
Fast River
Willliam Gossman
Gossman
Phillip Zoller
Drownings in Rangoon Flood Report Elevates Death Toll
Six hours after the flood in Rangoon the death toll rose with more than 59 people reported dead. The disaster left between 000 and 4,990 homeless as widespread flooding damaged the Furma region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Furma
Seven Liquor Cases Filed In Potter County Court
Seven cases alleging violations of state liquor laws were filed in Potter County Court by County Attorney Howard Anderson and assistant Tom Seay on a Wednesday. Complaints from liquor control board inspectors, including Dennis Canon, district supervisor, were signed for several counts. Accused include F. W. Johnson Homer Garner Charles Marshall James Mathews Dan Bishop McKinley Rose and Dan A. Smith with charges ranging from open saloon operations to possession for sale and illegal transport without permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Howard Anderson
Tom Seay
Liquor Control Board
Dennis Canon
The
Control Board
F. W. Johnson
Homer Garner
Johnson
Lewis Hotel
Garner
DeLuxe Hotel
Fillmore Street
Charles Marshall
Lewis Bar
James Mathews
Quality Bar
West Sixth Avenue
Dan Bishop
Texas Liquor Control Board
McKinley Rose
Dan A. Smith
Clarendon
Amarillo Trees Thrive As City Promotes Arbor Day Planting
Arbor Day efforts six years ago planted 10 000 trees in Thompson Park and area roadways. About 4 000 trees remain after losses from poor soil and care. Chinese elm tops sales as nurserymen report rising demand and the city offers reduced irrigation rates to encourage upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Thompson Park
Chester Fritz
Buchanan Street
City Water Department
Kidnap Accuser Describes Escape and Flight to California
A girl testifies that after hitchhiking with Wilson from Tonopah to California and then to Texas she fled following a quarrel in Olney. She says he drank heavily and she left him, unaware her parents were seeking her or of any kidnapping charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Tonopah
California
Texas
Olney
There'll Be a Big Time on Tucumcari Special
Amarillo launches a Chamber of Commerce and Tri-State Fair Good Will Special train to Tucumcari Friday morning. Clay Thornton heads arrangements with Sons of The West and KGNC entertainers aboard. Over 200 tickets sold, fare cut to 1.50, with more cars planned and women reserved seating.
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Amarillo
Tucumcari
Clay Thornton
Goon
Sons of the West
KGNC
Woodmen's Circle Drum Corps
Thornton
Gone Will Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Boxwell
Jim Florey
George Hammock
Ray Minner
Bon Crudgington
Bruce Autry
Mark Taylor
Dutch Mantell
Billi Reechler
Mantell
Roy Smith
Tri-State
Funeral services for infant Arlette Renegar held
Funeral services for Arlette Renegar infant daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Renegar were held at Griggs Chapel at 10 this morning with Rev John Hope Central Baptist Church officiating. The infant died Monday at 4 PM at the family home 192 Alabama Street burial at Liana Cemetery
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Arlette Renegar
A. C. Renegar
Griggs Chapel
John Hope
Central Baptist Church
Alabama Street
Liana Cemetery
Crosby’s Son Gary Undergoes Tonsil Operation
Bing Crosby's four year old son Gary underwent a tonsil operation at Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Crosby rejected suggestions the surgery aimed to prepare him for a singing career, stating a crooner career is not planned for his child.
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Bing Crosby
San Diego
Calif
U.P
Gary
Mercy Hospital
Grosby
Japanese Air Raids on Chinese Forces Continue Across Multiple Fronts
Chinese forces confront Japanese bombers targeting Paoting and Tientsin areas, Shantung, and Nankou Pass as Soviet and Chinese stations report clashes. Japanese claims of aerial superiority are disputed by Chinese infantry gains and a reported downing of a Japanese plane near Liusho with captured crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ti Wan
Paoting
Tientsin
Shantung Province
Tsingtao
Nankou
Peiping
Kalgan
Chahar
Shigeru Kawagoe
North China
Nanking
Gentral
Russia
Pravda
Liusho
Jaanghsiang
Markets Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton
Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show price ranges with top hogs at 12.95 and cattle up to 15.25 for good to choice steers, light supply of lighter weights. New Orleans cotton opens steady with futures bids higher after a period of decline, October at 10.42 and December 19.62 amid volume buying and hedging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
New Orleans
Texas
Liverpool
Cables
County Agents Attend Camp in Cimarron Canyon New Mexico
Potter County delegates join five Texas counties for a three day encampment in Cimarron Canyon New Mexico led by Ruby M Adams and featuring home demonstration agents from Potter Wheeler and Moore counties. The Potter group departs Amarillo at 6 20 am and plans return by Saturday noon.
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Potter County
Cimarron Canyon
New Mexico
Ruby M. Adams
Raton
N. M
Pampa
Texas
Wheeler
Potter
Moore
Randall
Gray
J. D. Benton
C. C. Benton
Brady
Lee Wilson
E. W. Brown
Henry Jones
Sunnyside
L. C. Scott
Soncy
Ray Baland
J. W. McKee
Thrifty
Mary Sitton
Dalton Burleson
Wheeler County
Clear Creek
Amarillo
Police recover stolen government checks from Ralph Gray
Police recovered three government checks stolen Saturday from Ralph Gray of the Andrews area. Two checks were for 9 dollars each and one for 59.60 dollars, torn and found in an ash tray at a West Third Avenue home. J. C. Easley was arrested on a theft over 50 charge and held for county authorities. Gray also lost 22 dollars in cash and lamented the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gray
The
Andrews Fide
West Third Avenue
J. C. Easley
Easley
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Gray
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs. Louella Gregory
Funeral services for Mrs. Louella Mae Billie Gregory who died at her home 3507 Harrison Street will be held at 10 tomorrow morning at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Dr J Howard Williams of First Baptist Church to conduct. Interment in Llano Cemetery beside friend the late Miss Elsie Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella Mae
Billie’ Gregory
Harrison Street
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
J. Howard Williams
First Baptist Church
Gregory
Amarillo
R. R. Nation
Roy Hunter
Jim Snyder
Charles Davis
A. J. Reeves
Charles Scott
Llano Cemetery
Elsie Long
Philadelphia Faces Food Shortage Threat From Strike
Philadelphia with 2,000,000 people faces a potential food shortage as 5,000 AFL truck drivers and helpers strike. The note lists other items including dividend news from Socony-Vacuum and corporate stocks such as United Air Lines United Corp United Drugs United Gas and Woolworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
American Federation of Labor
United Air Lines
United Corp
United Drugs
United Gas Lint
U S&s Steel
Warner Bros
Western Union Woolworth
Winter Wheat Crop Estimate Reduced
Five private crop experts estimated the 1937 domestic corn crop at 2 771 000 000 bushels and the combined spring and winter wheat crop at 841 000 000 bushels. The corn estimate rose 162 000 000 from July 1 while the total wheat figure fell 130 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Missouri Man 67 Held After Marrying Girl 11
William H. Grimes 47 is jailed in Poplar Bluff Missouri for falsifying the girl May Frances Andersst age to obtain a marriage license. The 11 year old girl is in juvenile custody after a woods marriage performed by Rev Carl Holliday who stopped cutting railroad ties to marry them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
U.P
William H. Grimes
May Frances Andersst
Grimes
Mary Frances
Neeleyville
Carl Holliday
Holliday
J. J. Alexander
Arkansas Line
Barkley Sees Senate Pass Wagner Housing Bill Today
Majority Leader Barkley predicts Senate approval of the Wagner low cost housing bill by mid afternoon. Debate was shortened to allow Wagner New York time to study amendments from Walsh Massachusetts and Byrd Virginia aimed at tightening eligibility, controlling costs, and tying slum clearance to new construction.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Wagner
New York
Walsh
Massachusetts
Byrd
Virginia
It's So Hot in the Ozarks That Squirrels Are Nutty
In Joplin Missouri on August 3 U P reports that extreme heat drives wildlife to damage homes as squirrels and woodpeckers eat shingles and loose boards. Towns issue distress calls seeking relief and nature lovers offer no clear cause beyond the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ozarks
Joplin
U.P
Ozark
Allred Bids Mexico City Visit After Ovation in Monterrey
Gov James V Allred toured Mexico and left Monterrey for Mexico City amid a townspeople ovation on the rear platform of his train. The visit highlights U S ties during his trip through Mexico.
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Allred
Monterrey
Mexico
U.P
James V. Allred
Mexico City
Braniff Official and Wichita Falls Reroute Debate
Judge Britain opposed rerouting the flight line via Wichita Falls until a lighted lane is built. Miss Joseph Braniff Airways chief stewardess aboard the Oklahoma City delegation plane drew praise at Amarillo Country Club as speakers complimented her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Wichita Falls
Joseph
Braniff Airways
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Country Club
Kappa Alpha Alumni Set Meeting At Silver Grill
Kappa Alpha Alumni Association will meet tonight at 7 in the Silver Grill banquet room upstairs to plan the annual party. George Shannon, president, urges all chapter members and Kappa Alphas at universities to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Alpha Alumni Association
Silver Grill
George Shannon
Kappa Alphas
Kapp Pha
Memorial services held in Atchison for Amelia Earhart
In Earhart’s hometown Atchison Kansas a memorial service was held honoring the missing aviator. Theo dore H Otis her uncle sat near the platform as hundreds with known Earhart from childhood attended while the community band played America and The Village Chapels and Rev E E Tillotson offered the opening prayer expressing guarded hope of her survival despite slim chances.
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Atchison, Kan
Amelia
Earhart
Pacific Ocean
Theodore H. Otis
Ss Earhart
America
E. E. Tillotson
First Methodist Church
Houston Police Hold 2 in J C Stiff Killing Case
Houston police detained two men in connection with the killing of 57 year old case operator J C Stiff. W L Smith age 44 faces murder charges after a tense chase in a east Houston thicket. A separate man was held incommunicado by the new hoodlum squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
W.P
W.L. Smith
J. C. Stiff
Smith
Stiff
Fred Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Former Texas Rangers Gather For 18th Annual Reunion
Texas Rangers of the 70s gathered in Santa Anna for an 18th annual three day reunion recounting tales of bold men and cattle rustlers from Texas history. Santa Anna was named the permanent home for the former Rangers two years ago.
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Santa Anna
Texas
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Ranger
Texas Centennial Grounds
Dallas
San Francisco Heiress to Divorce Spreckels Jr
Fort Bliss resident Mrs. R. A. Gardner said daughter Mrs. Geraldine Spreckels of the wealthy Spreckels sugar family will obtain a divorce from Adolph Spreckels Jr. in the near future. The report comes from El Paso dated August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
U.P
R. A. Gardner
Ft. Bliss
Geraldine Spreckels
Sugar
San Francisco
Adolph Spreckels, Jr
G Men Identify Dead Man Here
Fingerprints found on a man dead Friday night in a local hotel match those on federal records for Charles W. Stetson alias Charles W. Carter also known as Nick and Tangle Eye Carter. Stetson’s body rests at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home with interment likely tomorrow. coroner Justice of Peace C W Carder reports natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Charles W. Stetson
Charles W. Carter
Edgar Hoover
Stetson
Nick
Carter
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Justice of Peace
C. W. Carder
Oklahoma City
Contributions Made To Clothing Exhibit
Two Potter County 4-H Club girls Mildred Scott and Viola Bichsel sent clothing samples to Mrs Dora R Barnes in College Station for a state wide kit exhibit. Mildred won a free trip to the short course for clothing work and is sending a smock apron slip and guest towel while Viola sends a smock and cook apron. Exhibits will likely premier at the state wide short course at College Station this month per Mary Sitton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Dora R. Barnes
College Station
Mildred Scott
Soncy
Viola Bichsel
Highland Park
Barnes
Mildred
Viola
Mary Sitton
Sneak Thief Steals Three Purses From Porch Visit
Mrs. E. B. Finch on East Thirteenth Avenue found three purses stolen from a bedroom during a porch visit. A window screen was torn to gain entry, and the purses contained about $15. The incident occurred last night while guests planned to depart on their vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Finch
East Thirteenth Avenue
Final Day to File Cases for August Term Court
The 108th District Court closes filings on Thursday before August term. Judge W Gee will convene the court on Monday August 16. Filings must be completed 11 days prior to opening.
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108Th District Court
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Shaft
Zoller
New York University
Homer Millard Tucker
Los Angeles
Willard Tedford
Tulsa
Vigo Park
Millpold
Amarillo Park
Amarillo Building
EB. A. Pierce & Co Amarillo
Prey
E. A. Pierce & Co
Arkansas
Gulf On
Ats
Humble
BA le
Sunray On
United Gas Corp
Hecla Mines
A. Pierce & Co
Deere & Co
Elec Obeere
Saly Gen Fonds
Gen Motors
Gillette Razor
Ehetee
Goodrich Wee
Goordyear
Houston Oi
Houdaile Hershey “Ry
Huson Motors Fly
Ihternat
Wee Johns Manville
Kenneentt Copper Bers
Lorillard
Libby McNeil
Texas RR
Kas & Texas Pfd
Murray Corp
Montgomery Ward
Republic Steer Ao
Reynolds Tobacco
St Joseph
Sears Borhuek
Socony-Vaewym Venee
South Par RR
Texas Corp AI
Texas Gull
Texas Poe Coal & Ola
Tide Water Asan
Trans Amerifs
Phemorn Starrett
U United Atrerart
Lee
Ae Oe Ey
Louella Mae Gregory
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Missouri
Airlines
United States
Atchison, Kansas
Amelia Earhart
Wade Holman
Fakle
Kentucky
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