Spectators Weep as Tear Gas Shuts New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange closed early after tear gas bombs released fumes from vents, causing irritation but no serious injuries. Police investigated as trading moved to the curb, with officials stating unknown persons placed cylinders at an intake.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Stock Exchange
Financial District
Broad
Wall Streets
The
Curb Exchange
Allen L. Lindley
Speakers Set for Campaign NRA Drive in Amarillo
Amarillo gears up for an NRA reemployment drive with most businesses enlisted. Volunteers will meet Friday night at the courthouse under Lumpkin’s supervision as George Broome heads the speakers bureau. Madison Rayburn will direct theater NRA talks. other division leaders for radio and clubs to be named. Women mobilize with over 50 gathering at Central Presbyterian Fellowship Hall.
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NRA
Sesson
Ar Iritio
Syeinnins
Jim Lumpkin
Broome
Madison Rayburn
Trades Council
Fellowship Hall
Central Presbyte
Tropical storm nears Texas coast as inland move planned
A tropical disturbance of moderate intensity lay about 50 to 75 miles east of Brownsville, moving slowly westward. Weather officials warned coastal areas near Point Isabel of rising barometer drops and possible inland landfall along the barren coast north of Brownsville. The Padre Island coast guard reported tides running over the island with no inland occupants observed.
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Brownsville
Tex
Here
A. J. Schnurbush
Weather Bureau
Texas
Point Isabel
Coast Guard
Padre Island
Washington
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled tonight with a partly cloudy Saturday. West Texas from the 100th meridian likely thundershowers tonight and Saturday, New Mexico sees afternoon or tonight showers. Saturday generally fair with little temperature change. today’s highs 66 and 77. NRA Member Oil 10¢ at 1900 W 3rd.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Death of Chester S. Lord and world events noted
Arthur Brisbane comments on homeliness of career editor Chester S. Lord who led New York Morning Sun. Rome’s headman executes Reds in Altona with beheading. mentions the Mellon family wealth. see Today page 3.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Back Injury Halts Helen at Cup Play
New York August 4 Helen Wills Moody captain of the United States Wightman Cup team pulls out of today’s cup matches with Great Britain due to a back injury and Sarah Palfrey will play singles in her place Moody acts as non playing captain and hopes to return tomorrow after further medical evaluation. Washington August 4 Treasury reports August 2 receipts 69 923 364 28 expenditures 77 797 948 19 balance 812 699 636 36 duties for month 1 945 392 66 year to date receipts 177 449 421 99 expenditures 306 863 584 04 including 89 973 004 63 emergency expenditures resulting in a 129 414 162 98 excess of expenditures
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New York
Helen Wills Moody
Great Britain
Sarah Palfrey
Washington
Treasury
Amarillo Sees Rain After Overnight Shower
Stratford remains dry as panhandle rains spread to nearby towns. Amarillo reported 0.41 inches overnight with heavy, slippery highways. San Jon measured two inches, Dalhart had light showers, and officials warned of possible more moisture.
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H. T. Collman
San Jon
Dalhart
Panhandle Auto Club
Clayton
Ware
Texline
Plainview
Happy
U. S
Shamrock
Amarillo Man Stuck in Mud Hole on Seventeenth Avenue
A Globe subscriber reports a man trapped in mud on Seventeenth Avenue. A reporter arrives to verify the incident as a crowd gathers and witnesses a muddy scene with children watching the unusual event. The driver fled before identification could be learned.
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Seventeenth Avenue
Globe
Amarillo Gas Company Seeks Authority for Higher Operating Costs
R E Wertz president of the West Texas Gas Company told the Texas Railroad Commission that the firm only seeks authority to increase operating costs not permission to raise rates. He cited NRA requirements and stated the commission regulates the company's costs. The company plans to join Roosevelt's NRA program and wired the commission seeking approval to higher operating costs.
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Texas Railroad Commission
R. E. Wertz
Railroad Commission
NRA
Mr. Wertz
Roosevelt
Rail Commission
Smith
Wertz
Amarillo
West Texas Gas Company
Dalhart Gas
Moley Sets Campaign to Strengthen Federal Crime Drive
Raymond Moley assistant secretary of state and Roosevelt brain trust member returned from a conference with the President and prepared to launch efforts to bolster the federal government's fight against crime.
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Washington
U.P
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Brain Trust
Stratosphere Flight To Start At 10 Tonight
Lieutenant Commander T G W Settle plans a 10 o'clock start for a stratosphere ascent 19 miles above the earth aboard a balloon gondola. A 100 man ground crew awaits as the balloon lifts with seven foot gondola to study cosmic rays for 20 to 30 hours.
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Chicago
T. G. W. Settle
Amarillo
Settle
May Peterson Falls in Roof Garden Injury Delays Tour
May Peterson, concert singer and wife of Col. Ernest O. Thompson, fractured her left leg when a ladder rung broke in Amarillo Hotel roof garden. She fell several feet and was found 15 minutes later. Doctors expect six weeks at home and the East tour to start two weeks later.
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May Peterson
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Oil Industry Proposes Price Ratio in Trade Code
A compromise plan from oil leaders suggests fixing a ratio between crude and refined prices. NRA experts study the idea as Hugh S. Johnson weighs its inclusion in the final petroleum trade code. Recovery officials say a week to ten days remain to draft and review before presenting to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
Wider Ranges for Business
New York reports a continued uptrend in trade and business with gains across multiple sectors. The Dun and Bradstreet Review notes consumer buying lags wholesale and industrial output, but no crisis is seen as spending shifts are gradual. Retail inventories remain below normal while inroads into holdings create room before fall shipments. Some retailers are profitable again after over two years, aided by blanket code effects.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Review
Ordi
McCullough Named Assistant National Bank Examiner
Sharpe McCullough of the American State Bank will move to Dallas Friday night to serve as assistant national bank examiner for the Eleventh Federal Reserve District. He previously worked at Amarillo Hardware Company and lives with his mother, Mrs. C. M. McCullough.
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American State Bank
Dallas
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Amarillo Hardware Company
Bank
Two New Foxes at Zoo for Children
Two silver foxes join the County Zoo as new exhibits for children with space for interactive viewing. A six month old bear cub named Honey Boy often escapes during cleanings to swim in the nearby duck pond, where ducks circle the water to watch the cub’s diving stunts.
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Honey Boy
County
Cuban Strike Deepens As Gov’t Faces Unrest
President Gerardo Machado rushed back from a fishing trip to confront a widening strike in Havana. Business slowed, streets emptied as workers from groceries to textiles joined a protest that grew into a broader political challenge with provinces taking on a revolutionary tone.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Gandhi Is Sentenced To One Year In Jail In Poona
Ma hatma M. K. Gandhi was sentenced to a year in prison after he refused a government offer to release him if he stayed in Poona and stopped civil disobedience. Gandhi, jailed earlier and fasting in sympathy with Hindu untouchables, has long been in and out of confinement over his home rule campaigns.
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Poona
India
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Luxurious Globe News Tour Heads to World Fair
Just two weeks from Sunday the third Globe News world fair tour will depart Amarillo aboard a Santa Fe luxury train. It will return to Amarillo the following Sunday August 27 with Southwest representatives aboard. Reservations are taken by Mason King and Lois Black at The Globe News. Price is 67.50 from Amarillo, meals in Chicago excluded. checks made payable to Wilbur C. Hawk, sponsor.
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Globe News
Amarillo
Southwest
Mason King
Lois Black
The
Chicago
Wilbur C. Hawk
Dr. F A Johnston Funeral Planned In Amarillo
Dr. F A Johnston, 83, a pioneer Amarillo physician and surgeon, died Thursday at Northwest Texas Hospital after a long illness. His body lies in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel until Saturday afternoon, then a 4 o clock funeral at Polk Street Methodist Church with Rev J T McClure and Rev R Thomson officiating. casket not opened. Active pallbearers named.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Griggs
Polk Street Methodist Church
J. T. McClure
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
John 8 McKnight
L. B. Newby
Charles
Recovery chief limits two week window on wage code
The recovery administrator Hugh Johnson announced a two week leeway for businesses to adjust to new wage and hour standards under the blanket agreement. He warned that recalcitrant groups would not derail the program and emphasized no police force would be used to enforce compliance.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Presid
Nitroglycerine scare ends with makeshift disposal
Two U S Service agents visited Lieut John Treacy and others with three jars of nitroglycerine. the liquid was deemed highly dangerous and deteriorating. Dr Clarence H Muhlberger in the county morgue helped dispose of the substance by mixing it with alcohol and lye, poured over the group, ending the scare.
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John Treacy
Detective Bureau
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Treacy
Clarence H. Muhlberger
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