Eight Die As Chicago and Southern Airliner Crashes
Eight aboard a Chicago and Southern airliner were killed when the plane crashed near Lambert-St. Louis airport. The wreckage spread over a plowed field. searchers located the victims hours after the crash. An eye witness said the plane banked sharply and appeared to head back toward the airport before vanishing from view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Jameson
ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis
Ralph L. Sharp
Fairfield
New Orleans
Chicago
Sharp
Ben Havercamp
Brisbane Column and Ethiopian War Comment
Arthur Brisbane writes in The Globe on topics of the day with editor noted disclaimers. The piece contrasts Ethiopians crouching in jungles with Italians modernly advancing by trucks tanks and planes in wartime context. FHA LOANS and Hubert Cole appear in unrelated advertisement snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Amarillo Weather Forecast Fair in West Texas and New Mexico
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday. West Texas expected generally fair with little change in temperature, while New Mexico remains unsettled with possible thunderstorms in the northern portion. Temperature extremes noted were 69 degrees minimum and 84 degrees maximum so far today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Labor Front Splits as CIO Challenges AFL Unity
Edward Lewis reports a bitter division in labor as the Congress of Industrial Organizations breaks from the AFL, vowing to recruit 4 million new members while AFL leaders threaten suspension of CIO unions within 30 days. The split tests 50 years of solidarity and stalls at November convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Towns wins Olympic 110 meter hurdles at Berlin
Forrest Towns of Augusta Georgia captured the Olympic 110 meter hurdles title at the Berlin stadium. Frederick Pollard of California advanced to the hurdles final behind Towns while Staley and Thornton failed to make the next round. The day also saw Archie Williams Jimmy Lavalle and Harold Smallwood progress in the 400 meter event with Lavalle posting 47.4 seconds in his heat and Smallwood pacing the field before easing up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympic Stadium
Berlin
Forrest
Spec
Augusta
Frederick (Pritz) Pollard
Brown University
Staley
John St. Leger Thornton
Great Britain
America
Purposely Lavalle
Smallwood
Williams
Forly
Cowboys debate county seat site in 1887 Texas Panhandle
An August 6 1887 election morning discussion among cowboys in Potter County Texas centered on locating the county seat on section 188 block 2 AB M survey during a push for three candidate townsites Odessa Oneida and Plains City named in Oldham County court records Oneida appears on section 1838 block 2 but old timers recall no name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Texas Panhandle
Ab&m
Oldham County
Odessa
Oneida
Plains City
Loyalists Inch Toward Madrid Amid Moroccan Reinforcements
Loyalist forces report gains near Madrid as Franco lands 4,000 Moroccan troops by air and sea. Rebels claim sinking a government gunboat while the government deploys up to 300 aircraft in a non intervention plan amid European backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Popular Front
Associated Press
Spain
Aragon
Barcelona
Zaragoza
Straits of Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Spanish Morocco
Germany
Russia
Italy
Quai d'Orsay
Guadarrama
Mine Disaster Traps 57 Men in English Mine
A mine in Barnsley England collapsed and trapped 57 workers after a series of explosions. Doctors reported most or all are dead as bodies were recovered, with 15 found in one area and officials noting the fire appeared extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnsley
England
Borger Youth Faces Charge In Ft Worth Traffic Death
Aron Cook 17 of Borger was charged with failure to render aid after his truck struck 11 year old Mary Lou Atkins and fatally injuring her on North Street. Edward Eckert 15, also of Borger, was in the truck and released after giving a statement. Both youths said they did not see the girl in time to stop as they had come to Borger for watermelons and were en route to Montague County when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Aron Cook
Borger
Mary Lou Atkins
Cook
Edward Eckert
Montague County
North Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mars
Guadarrama Mountains
Rez
W. S. Bartlett
B. Wright
Hinsdale
D. R. McDavitt
George Grashaber
A. R. Holt
Boston
Vernon C. Omlie
Memphis
Carl Zier
Russell Mossman
George Behlmann
Ethiopia
FHA Loans
Long-Bel Lbr. Co
Hubert Cole
Amarillo Ve Globe
Texas
United Press
Lewis, Green
Edward W, Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
William Green
A. F. of L
LABOR
Champion
Third and Polk Streets
California
Archie Williams
Jimmy Lavalle
Harold Smallwood
Mrs
Herbert M. Timmons
FT. Worth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!