Finis Written to Century's Most Damaging Heat Wave
MEAT GRAIN AND VEGETABLE PRICES LEAP CHICAGO Aug 14. Finis was written behind the century's most damaging heat wave as forecasters predicted relief in the middle west. Rains fell across 15 states and showers were forecast in Missouri Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and the Dakotas. Temperatures fell to 74 in Kansas City Wichita and Oklahoma City. Hog prices at Chicago rose to 5.65 per hundredweight, the high since October 1931, signaling higher meat prices ahead. Farmers viewed these prices as a cost of production under AA policies.
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Chicago
Finis
Middle West
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Kansas City
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Dodge City
Othe
Weather Bureau
Rail routes Dallas to Houston expanded on round trips
Rock Island announces new Dallas to Houston round trip options with Burlington Rock Island schedules enabling same afternoon arrival in Houston and night return via Katy or Missouri Pacific. Fare details include a special chair car and coach rate of 24.75 between Amarillo and Chicago valid 14 days plus sale-day options, plus extended livestock relief rates and a mix of local notices and personal requests.
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Dallas
Houston
Rock Island
Herman Clutter
Rock Island City
Amarillo
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Lester Harris
Fort Worth
Divorce Petition in 108th District Court Potter County
Virginia Nash sues for divorce from David Nash in Potter County Texas. The petition filed July 23 1934 requests service by publication in Potter County newspapers four weeks prior to August 20 1934. The couple married June 23 1925 in Wichita County and lived together until September 10 1927 when the defendant left, prompting a divorce action. plaintiff seeks dissolution of the marriage.
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108Th District Court
Potter County
Texas
Virginia Nash
David Nash
State of Texas
Potter
Amarillo
108Th Judicial District Court
W. E. Gee
Wichita
Price Memorial College Opens September 4 in Amarillo
Bishop Robert E. Lucey announced at Sacred Heart Cathedral that Price Memorial College will open for the school term on Tuesday September 4 and St Marys Academy will resume classes on Wednesday September 5 in Amarillo.
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Price Memorial College
St. Mary's Academy
Amarillo
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Robert E. Lucey
Ladies to throw flat irons in Boost Brooklyn event
Baltimore report notes a suburban Brooklyn Boost Brooklyn celebration featuring ladies hurling flat irons to test strength. A wide lane protects judges and spectators as contestants train, posing risk to nearby windows and back fences.
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Baltimore
Brooklyn
Slaughter program boosts prices at Chicago stockyards
Authorities said last fall's slaughter program pushed up prices as animals destroyed then become market-ready. Drouth and feed shortages forced premature weights while corn at 80 cents a bushel strained farmers. Government and nature reduced live stock, with scarcity likely raising prices if consumer buying power holds. Potato crop is smallest in years and fruit scarce amid heat and pests. grocers report high canned goods demand.
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Chicago
Drouth
Nature
Last Rites Held For John W Webb 75 Amarillo
Last rites for John William Webb age 75 were conducted at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel by Rev J A Dickey of South Side Church of Christ Fort Worth. Burial followed in Llano Cemetery. Webb, a 45 year Texas resident, spent much of his time in Parker County in mercantile ginning and insurance. He retired two years ago and moved to Amarillo after 35 years in the insurance business and he had been a member and preacher of the Christian Church.
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John William Webb
Boxwell Brothers
J. A. Dickey
South Side Church of Christ
Fort Worth
Llano
Webb
Texas
Parker County
Amarillo
The
Christian Church
Irish Tillers Have Big Riot in Cork
In Cork, August 14, 5,000 farmers clashed with soldiers in a fierce riot over land tax sales. One farmer, Jeremiah Lynch, died from wounds. over 100 injured. Eight doctors tended the wounded at a private dressing station. Mrs. Eamonn O Neill was praised for aiding others during the melee.
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Cork
Irish Free State
Jeremiah Lynch
Eamonn O'Neill
Dail
Pups and Pigs Highlight Local Dilemma at Sale
John M. Lewis, a Pawnee County farmer, weighs hogs versus dogs profits after selling three pups for $2.70 and buying five young pigs. The note mentions Saba island's first settlers marooned by Henry Morgan in 1665 and a claim about women’s senses being stronger than men.
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Great Bend
Kas
John M. Lewis
Pawnee County
Saba
Dutch East Indies
Henry Morgan
Paramount Pictures Film Plans and Cast Highlights
Warner Brothers completed two major pictures last week and outlined 12 upcoming specials to film this month. Projects include By Your Leave with Skeets Gallagher and Anne of Green Gables with Anne Shirley and Tom Brown.
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Warner Brothers
RKO
B. B. Kahane
Skeets Gallagher
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley
Tom Brown
Katharine Hepburn
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Manhattan
Francis Lederer
Wheeler and Woolsey
Virginia Bruce
Betty Turness
Frankie Thomas
Karen Morley
U S Moves to Stop Machine Gun Circulation
The government plans to halt free circulation of machine guns with new rules. After September next, owners must register by September 24 and obtain an order, provide fingerprints, and pay a $200 sales tax. Regulations target machine guns, sawed off shotguns, and silencers, with stamps due and serial marks protected.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Salt tablets hummed through St Louis heat wave
August 14 report notes many workers at large St Louis plants eat concentrated salt tablets to beat the heat as health officials urge salt intake. Heat deaths reach 415 so far this year while a 6,000-year-old King Entemena inscription surfaces with a Chicago collector. Pacific steamships claim they can crack icebergs by loud whistle blasts.
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ST. Louis
Health Department
Pacific Coast
Notable Physicians Treat Dionne Quintuplet in Ontario
Balti more specialists Dr. Howard Kelly and his son Dr. Edmund Kelly treated Marie of the Dionne quintuplets with radium for a thigh blood tumor at the Dionne home in Callander Ontario. The report notes rail and railway staff movements around related funerals and absences in Santa Fe and Clovis divisions, with several employees taking leaves or traveling.
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Baltimore
Howard Kelly
Edmund Kelly
Marie
Callander
Ont
Man Seeks Broad Work Range With References
A male job seeker with a family states he will take any job and has farm, hotel, library, office, cafe, and housework experience. He lists 2603 Garfield Street and 910 Tyler Street, CALVIN dial 9503, and notes high school graduation with some college work. He can provide local and out of town references.
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Garfield Street
Calvin
Dial
Tyler Street
Young man seeks work and references in Amarillo
A nineteen year old man, five foot eleven, weighs sixteen pounds, asks for any work and offers references and car driving. He provides contact number 20030 and invites interested parties to respond. He signs M. E. L. and mentions a couple seeking a place on a farm near Canyon Highway and Washington Street crossing in Amarillo. He notes he can drive any make of car.
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Clayton
New Mexico
Washington Streets
Amarillo
E. PF. Bennett
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