Noted Kansas outlaw Bailey captured on Texas farm
U S authorities report Harvey Bailey, linked to the Kansas City depot killings and Urschel kidnapping, arrested at a Texas farm with ransom money on his person. Five others were detained during a dawn raid seven miles south of Paradise, Texas. Fingerprints linking Urschel to the Decatur farmhouse were found. Bailey awaited transport to Dallas as part of a wider manhunt.
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Washington
Cummings
Harvey Bailey
Texas
Kansas City
Charles F. Ursehel
Oklahoma City
Bailey
Frank Nash
Paradise
Urschel
R. G. Shannon
Ora Shannon
Arman
Oleta
Earl Brown
Oleta Shannon
Roosevelt Roars At NRA Aid With Broad Worker Coverage
Washington August 14 Officials declared the Blue Eagle pins hovering over about a quarter of the nations 40 million workers as Roosevelt and aides map a broader recovery program. Johnson meets the president for the first time since the chief returned to Washington. A druggists group proposed a 56 hour work week in a code of fair competition, limiting store operations to 52 hours weekly unless previously under 52, with exemptions for small pharmacies and certain staff.
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Washngton
NRA
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery
Washington
National Association of Retail Druggists
The
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt Eyes Personal Talk on Recovery Efforts
President Roosevelt plans a personal discussion with his top aide after Johnson’s absence in St. Louis where the administrator’s idea of Blue Eagle codes is pushed. NRA officials give wide ranges on unemployment relief progress as codes pour in and major industrial plans gain approval. See Eagle Wings Page 2.
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Johnson
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Airplane propeller kills circus patron in Vernon
Eug en Knox, 58, died after being struck by an airplane propeller at an air circus in Vernon Texas. Pilot Ray Shiftlett of Mangum Oklahoma. Justice of the Peace S N Taylor ruled the inquest verdict that the accident was unavoidable.
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Vernon Tex
Eugene Knox
Ray Shiftlett
Mangum
Oklo
S. N. Taylor
Red Army Crushed as Nationalist Drive Breaks in China
Southeast China Aug 14 General Tsai Ting kai s nineteenth route army crushed a Red army in Western Fukien and recaptured Tang yen The Communists whom Tsai repulsed between Changchow and Lungyen on Saturday scattered toward the Kiangi border Their drive toward Amoy was broken refugees packed Amoy fleeing the interior The city remained quiet under military rule US gunboat Patton stayed in harbor to protect Americans.
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Awoy
China
Tsai Ting-kai
Fukien
Tangyen
Tsai
Changchow
Lungyen
Kiangi
Amoy
United States
Patton
Amarillo Weather Tonight and Tuesday Outlook
For Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. West Texas remains partly cloudy to cloudy with similar timing. New Mexico forecast is generally fair to Tuesday with possible showers and thunderstorms in the northwest. Temperatures vary, with extreme highs around 88 and lows near 68. NRA Member Oil ad appears at 1900 W 3rd.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cuba's new president pictured amid Havana sights
A general Havana view from Morro Castle shows the Capitol dome above the city. Gentral Square near El Prado is noted for its association with Machado's feared secret police. A portrait of Cuba's newly elected president appears below the scene.
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Havana
Cuba
Morro Castle
Capitol
el Prado
Gentral Square
Machado
Associated Press
City NRA survey details Amarillo final week before Labor Day
Amarillo will learn NRA survey results in the final week before Labor Day. Monday arrangements set up a city wide questionnaire to be answered. Cards will be printed locally with questions about family size employment and NRA work results.
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NRA
Amarillo
Chester Bordwell
Central Campaign Committee
Horace Russell
Mr. Bordwell
Judge Orders Dann Return for Smuggling Trial
CASTAWAY TO TRIAL CORPUS. CHRISTI Aug 14. T M Kennerly federal judge orders John A Dann shipwrecked sailor returned to Miami for trial on alien smuggling charges. Dann drifted for days in the Gulf of Mexico in a sailboat with a companion who died by suicide before landing.
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Corpus
Christi
T. M. Kennerly
John A. Dann
Miami
Fla
Dann
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Wyatt guests return to Taiban after visit
Mrs. Etta Lyon and her daughter Bernice have returned to Taiban New Mexico after visiting Mrs. Lyon's daughter Mrs. R M Wyatt at 1503 Lincoln Street.
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Wyatt
Etta Lyon
Bernice
Taiban
N. M
Local option vote on old precincts debated by Potter County
A motion at the Potter County Commission meeting proposes special elections for sections of Precincts 1 2 and 3 tied to the old precinct boundaries as of 1911 to satisfy legal rulings. Only voters within each redefined area will vote on the August 26 election with new ballots indicating the old precinct reference. See Page 2.
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Potter County
Precinte
Supreme Court
Amarillo
New Chieftain Orders Peace By Armed Rule
In Havana two US warships arrived to shield property as looting and arson prompt Cuban authorities to order soldiers to fire on violators. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes forms a cabinet, Machado loyalists flee, and the Herrera family escapes aboard Quirigua amid fortress-like Hotels Nations.
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Havana
United States
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gerardo Machado
Alberto Herrera
Machado
Senora Herrera
United Fruit
Quirigua
Jamaica
Herrera
Nations
Julio Sanguily
Camp Columbia
Country Estates
General Machado
Bahamas
Taylor
Claxton
U. 8
Cuba
Who's Bailey Neighbors Ask Who's Bailey
Paradise Texas Aug 14 Residents of a quiet Wise County farming community say they know little of Harvey Bailey the man linked to a Kansas penitentiary breakout and later captured by justice agents in Dallas. Neighbors noted rapid visits to a prominent land owner's home four miles west of town and the use of two large cars driven by a woman who kept returning for supplies and refueling at a Paradise station. Sheriff Tom Faith said Bailey was overpowered in bed and later located.
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Urschel
Dallas
Decatur
Tex
Harvey
Kansas
Federal Department of Justice
Charles A. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Bailey
Paradise
Wise County
Texas
Harvey Bailey
Lansing
Decoration
Department of Justice
Fort Worth
Howe
Tom Faith
Mellon s Millions Fairytale Hero in Arthur Brisbanes Piece
Arthur Brisbane reviews Mellon's Millions a book portraying Andrew W Mellon and the Mellon family as fairy tale heroes who amass billions, control major corporations, and influence industry. The piece contrasts bankers wealth with public duty, noting the book’s satirical tone and Brisbanes editorial stance.
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Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
United States
Goldie Locks
Mellon Bank
Pittsburgh
America
Final Reservation Payments Due for Globe News Tour
The Globe News tour to the world fair requires final payments by Tuesday. After Tuesday the total $67.50 from Amarillo is due with each reservation. The Santa Fe special leaves next Sunday with six Chicago days and all expenses paid except meals. checks payable to Wilburn Hawk, sponsor.
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Globe News
Amarillo
Mason King
Wilburn
Hawk
Chicago
Windy City
Hunters Lived Lied At Clovis Ages Ago
North American big game hunters flourished 15,000 years ago, says Edgar B. Howard. A slender carved spear head found near Clovis, New Mexico, alongside bones of extinct elephants and camels and camp fire ashes suggests a rainier Southwest or a still-drying landscape enabling big game hunts. Prelim findings from a joint University of Pennsylvania Museum and Academy of Natural Sciences expedition are reported.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadephia
North America
Edgar B. Howard
Philadelphia
New Mexico
Clovis
N. M
Howard
Charles M. B. Cadwalader
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Horace H. F. Jayne
University of Pennsylvania Museum
The Hidden Door Chapter One Prologue to a Murder Tale
In a quiet back street near Washington Square New York Colin Hewitt, a writer, shares a two room workshop with his friend John Turner known as Reddy. Reddy recounts their past and critique, noting Colin’s knack for crime fiction while hinting at darker deeds behind the door to come.
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Washington Square
New York
Colin Hewitt
France
Colin
John
Reddy
Plan to pay farmers over $200 million in crop benefits
Washington officials announced a plan to disburse more than 200 million dollars in full crop benefits to wheat and cotton farmers. The payment covers tailing production and includes sums due the government as seed feed and other loan types, with no withholding.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Missouri
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Eagle Pinions
Council
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Kenyon
Cleo Clay
Neely-Greenhill Agency
Manuel de Cespedes
Potter
DE Cespedes
Arthur Brisbane
Tnt
King Feature Syndicate
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Mellons
Rockefellers
Henry Ford
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Tyler
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John Snider
Ennis
Lee Fincher
Byrd
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Fincher
Peeltown
Frank L. Packard
Turner
Joey
Roddy Turner
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