France Faces Fascist Menace is Rebels Triumph in Spain
London dispatch reports that England fears a French coup if Francoists win in Spain as King Edward VIII and Prime Minister Baldwin cancel August holidays. It notes Leon Blum's reform push, historic Left gains, and the entrenched power of the “Two Hundred Families” facing pressure from right wing factions and a hostile press.
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London
England
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Stanley Baldwin
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Maxine Elliott
Cannes
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Aix- Mes-Bains
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Popular Front
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Senate
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America
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United States
Europe in Turmoil Around Spain Crisis Across Continents
London cancels vacations amid Francoist Spain tensions as Paris fears leftward shifts. In Cannes the king eyed a chateau owned by American Maxine Elliott. Across Europe, Italian and German support for rebels heightens Blum’s Spain woes while Madrid fortifies against fascist threats.
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Adolf Hitler
Opium Seizure On Black Tern Aimed at Narcotics Ring
Federal officers seize 13 pounds of raw opium worth 30 250 dollars, with potential retail value 150 000, aboard the Black Tern from Antwerp. No arrests. Investigation tied to a narcotics ring. captain warned of fines if he had concealed the cargo. Heat wave hits Amarillo as Texas faces record highs and crop fears. four deaths reported.
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Collin County
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Hughes Lends at Brooklyn Flying Laboratory lands in test flight
Howard Hughes landed his flying laboratory at Floyd Bennet Field at 8 20 A M standard time completing a Dayton Ohio to Brooklyn flight in under three and a half hours. Weather over the Alleghenies slowed his eastbound test of the big transport ship entered in the Bendix races.
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Howard Hughes
Floyd Bennet Field
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Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Tonight Through Wednesday
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with slightly cooler temperatures on Wednesday. West Texas and Panhandle similar fair outlook with not much change. New Mexico generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature variation. Extremes in Amarillo today reached 73 and 97 degrees.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Red Carmens and a World in Flux
Arthur Brisbane of The Globe notes that mixed European news defies a single front page. Barcelona fascists plotted to topple Spain's government, with some fleeing Barcelona through sewers to reach the outskirts.
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Europe
Bill Curley
Barcelona
Spain
Wife seeks divorce from radio sportscaster Ted Husing
Mrs. Francez Sizer Husing known as Celia Ryland filed for divorce in Reno district court citing cruelty. Edward B. Husing, prominent radio sports announcer, is reportedly in Berlin to broadcast the Olympic Games.
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Francez Sizer Husing
Celia Ryland
Edward B
Ted) Husing
Berlin
Probe Report of Perjury in Child Battle
Mary Astor and Dr. Franklyn Thorpe confront a custody battle as a district attorney staffer observes the trial and investigates a perjury claim. Florida depositions and alleged diary contents loom, with Thorpe’s counsel urging restraint while Astor faces cross examination and names flirt with scandal.
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U.P
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
A. P
Michael Narlan
Thorpe
Hollywood
Marilyn Thorpe
Narhan
Baron Fitts
Florida
Miss Astor
Dr. Thorpe
Astor- Thorpe
Yuma
Capitol Hotel hearing delayed to afternoon
A federal court hearing on the restraining order sought against Capitol Hotel Company Inc. Ed R. Mayer and Mrs Mayer and other officials was postponed from 10 this morning to after noon. The action follows bondholders bid for foreclosure and the appointment of a receiver earlier in the month.
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Capitol Hotel Company Inc
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Landmark Fulton Fish Market collapses into East River
The 66 year old Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan’s lower east side collapsed into the East River. Inside, 73 year old night watchman George Clark was injured critically by falling debris while others escaped. Alfred E. Smith once worked there as a boy for $12 a week.
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Fulton Fish Market
Manhattan
Lower East Side
East River
Alfred E. Smith
George Clark
Fierce Battles Raging in Spain
United Press reports from multiple fronts in Spain as loyalist forces halt rebel advances near Madrid and gains are claimed along the northern coast. Heavy shelling and fighting spread from San Sebastian to Irun while government navies bombard Franco’s troops and Moroccan contingents strive to land across the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Madrid
Guadarrama
San Sebastian
Bay of Biscay
Irun
Ocean
Emilio Mola
Adamuz
Cordoba
Francisco Franco
Franco
Straits of Gibraltar
White baby kidnapping search spurs Alabama posse action
Posse units scoured Anniston Alabama as of August 11 in pursuit of a Black suspect in an alleged attempt to kidnap a white infant. A sniper fire during a search of the suspect’s home wounded three white posse members, two seriously, in the violence-heavy effort.
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Anniston
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Alabama
Coast Guard Hunts Boats Missing in Great Lakes
Two large power cruisers with at least 22 persons aboard were hunted in Lakes Superior and Michigan by coast guard vessels and volunteer craft. The missing boats are the 35 foot Faith out of Portage Michigan with 20 aboard and the 42 foot Betty Jean from Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin possibly carrying Harry Kettelson Maude Kettelson and others.
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Wis
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Faith
Portage
Mich
Betty Jean
Sturgeon Bay
Harry
Brother of slain woman kills accused husband in Dallas
Worth Brown, brother of a woman murdered last April, shot and killed Harry P. Howe as he was being escorted from jail to the courthouse for trial. Brown surrendered to Sheriff Prank Couch and admitted the shooting. three bullets hit Howe in the back. Hubert Cole for County Clerk-Adv.
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Harry P. Howe
Worth Brown
Brown
Prank Couch
Howe
Woman Athlete Marries Girlfriend After Sex Change
Plymouth England August 11 Mark Weston 30 formerly Edith Weston a top English woman athlete who underwent sex change operations two months ago married Alberta Bray his longtime girlfriend at the Plymouth registrar's office. Weston once held women's shot put and javelin titles and after two operations at Charing Cross Hospital was certified male and advised to live as such.
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Plymouth
Eng
Mark Weston
Edith Weston
Alberta Bray
Weston
England
Miss Bray
Charing Cross Hospital
Insane Patients Flee Burning State Hospital
Mount Pleasant Iowa August 11 More than 1000 panic stricken patients escaped as a spectacular fire destroyed the Insane Hospital crowds of 5000 assisted in hurried evacuation. Attendants led deranged patients through the flaming building while townspeople formed a cordon. Several employees trapped upstairs were rescued by ladders. Damage estimated near 500000.
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Mount Pleasant
State Hospital
Amarillo Youth Fatally Shot in Theater Locker Room
Herbert May an 18 year old Amarillo High School student and theater employee died from a single heart wound after a 32 caliber automatic fired seven rounds in the theater locker room. Two other employees Willie Thompson and Billy Boyd heard the shots and found May dying. officers recovered the gun and shells. May, son of Mr and Mrs George F. E. May, was last seen in the locker room shortly before the incident.
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Amarillo
Ployes
Willie Thompson
Billy Boyd
Thompson
Herbert May
George FE. May
Drouth Group to Talk With Erosion Body
Washington Aug 11 A conference between President Roosevelts Great Plains drouth committee and the wind erosion committee representing five western states will be held at Amarillo Aug 17 Morris L Cook chairman of the federal group announced today Cook said the committee except Secretary Wallace will leave here Saturday by train to Texas whence they will journey northward through the drouth area The committee was appointed by the President to plan long term drouth relief measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Amarillo Meeting Opens National Drouth Erosion Tour
County agricultural agents and Amarillo officials met at the Capitol Hotel to discuss soil erosion and drouth remedies. The gathering aims to compile data for the President's Drouth Committee, with Secretary Wallace and several federal officials joining the nine state tour, and Colonel Moore to meet the group in Amarillo.
Eskimos Near Death in Frozen Waste at Barrow
Barrow Alaska Aug 11 Dr Henry W Greist medical missionary said 600 Eskimos on the Arctic rim faced actur starvation one native died of hunger Natives are said to be eating shoes boots tundra skin covers from boats and remains of dead animals Joe Arney died after bringing his emaciated wife and children to the coast after a long interior trek other Eskimos shared their bread with them but Arney was past saving
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Barrow
Alaska
Henry W. Greist
Press
Arctic Rim
Greist
Joe Arney
Gold Shirts Leader Expelled From Mexico City
The chief of the Mexican Gold Shirts Fascist group was expelled today and placed aboard a plane bound for the United States.
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Mexican “Gold Shirts
Mexico
United States
Ribbentrop Named Ambassador to London
Berlin August 11 Joachim von Ribbentrop Nazi emissary to the capitals of the world today was appointed ambassador to London He is one of the most trusted aides of Hitler
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Berlin
U.P
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Puehrer
Adolph Hitler
Mrs Frances Peavey Dies in Denver Before 100th Birthday
Mrs Frances Peavey died in Denver yesterday at age 99, seventeen days shy of her planned 100th birthday. She told a newspaper she might keep her age secret in December to avoid revealing her age ahead of potential remarriage.
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Denver
Frances Peavey
Phares Defends Sticking Neck Out Over Gambling Laws
In Houston Aug 11 L G Phares Austin said he stuck out his neck enforcing gambling laws before the City Marshals and Chiefs of Police Union of Texas. As head of the State Highway Patrol and Drivers License Bureau he favors county control of licenses and urged careful legislative action on license power transfers.
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State Highway Patrol and Drivers’ License Bureau
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State Department
Raymond Hulsey
Dallas Insurance
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