Weather and humorous items foretell a harsh Southwest winter
A long column imagines a coming severe winter based on drought signs and migrating birds, noting geese seen south in August and discussing rain probabilities in September and October. It blends weather lore, jokes, and short anecdotes, ending with a Roseland dance announcement by the Pan-Hellenic Council with Bob Mueller's orchestra tonight.
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Associated Press
Canada
Roseland
Pan-Hellenic Council
Bob Mueller
Talk Increases Freight Rates In Washington
Washington dispatch reports railroads plan to seek higher freight charges on many commodities citing wage and material cost hikes. A petition will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, with farm products largely exempt. The 1931 surcharge experience may guide the new request covering coal, ore, metals, fuels, stone, forest products, chemicals, and many others.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ex-Students to Start Fund For Loans At Amarillo College
The Ex-Students Association of Amarillo College plans a cooperative book store and student loan fund. Aimed at raising money via dances and an ex-student edition of The Ranger, the college paper, the group elected Kenneth Woodward president, Loty Pascoe vice president, Herman Wright secretary, Ralph Neely treasurer, Mary McNeill parliamentarian, Charles Bates sergeant at arms, and Dorothy Beeman reporter.
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Ex-Students Association
Amarillo College
The
Ranger
Kenneth Woodward
Loty Pascoe
Herman Wright
Ralph Neely
Mary McNeill
Charles Bates
Dorothy Beeman
Man charged with slaying at Van Horn returned to U S
Arthur C. Wilson alias Robert Jones, accused of murdering Mrs Irene Debolt near Van Horn Texas, arrived on Pan-America from Trinidad. Identified by Leo Raptigan, he faces Texas authorities, says he is broke and wonders about his mother. An extradition case from Trinidad was involved.
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New York
Arthur C. Wilson
Robert Jones
Irene Debolt
Cleveland
van Horn
Tex
Pan-America
Trinidad
Wilson
Nelson
Canadian National Line
Texas
A. A. Anderson
Roy Jackson
el Paso
India
England
Raptigan
Funeral Services for J B Faulkner Today
Claude August 16 funeral services for J B Faulkner 37 fatally injured in an automobile crash near Claude after returning from a baseball game pallbearers include Dale Harrell Harold Nave Art McIntyre J W Puckett Roy Alexander and Guy Burton burial at Claude Cemetery under N B Griggs & Sons Funeral Home Faulkner a mail carrier was injured when his car struck a soft spot in the road Roy Lemming his passenger suffered a broken collar bone
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Claude
J. B. Faulkner
Here
First Christian Church
Leslie Moore
Dale Harrell
Harold Nave
Art McIntyre
J. W. Puckett
Roy Alexander
Guy Burton
Griggs & Sons
Faulkner
Pampa
Roy Lemming
Tom Hunter Rally At Borger Tonight
A rally for Tom F. Hunter will be held in Borger tonight, announced at the local Hunter campaign headquarters. Max Boyer, Perryton attorney, will speak at the Borger meeting and at a White Deer rally tomorrow night. Four rallies are planned for Saturday in Dumas, Dalhart, Wheeler, and Wellington with other speakers including B. L. Morgan and Ennis Fevers outlining schedules.
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Tom F. Hunter
Borger
Hunter
Max Boyer
Perryton
White Deer
Dumas
Dalhart
Wheeler
Wellington
B. L. Morgan
Amarillo
Ennis Fevers
Pampa
Huge Fire Destroys Plant on Staten Island
A massive early morning blaze at Mariner's Harbor Staten Island destroyed a 300 by 150 foot building within the American Buttonizing Company plant and threatened the 14 acre malt syrup plant. Fire crews from across Staten Island responded on the fifth alarm. cause and extent of damage remain undetermined.
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New York
American Buttonizing Company
Mariner's
Paraguayan Troops Take Fort in Gran Chaco War
Paraguay announces capture of Fort Picuiba in the Gran Chaco war with Bolivia. President Eusebio Ayala pledges Paraguay will demand security as a precondition to ending hostilities. The report also notes golfers swinging clubs at 80 to 100 miles per hour.
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Gran Chaco
Asuncion
Paraguay
Picuiba
Bolivia
Eusebio Ayala
Resume Purchase of Drouth Cattle Today
Government purchase of drouth distressed cattle, suspended last week due to overcrowded pens, resumes today. C Z Crain, Texas relief commission distribution supervisor, says about 20 000 head will be bought daily with 15 000 head daily for out of state shipments. Government canneries will use about 2000 surplus beeves daily. A maximum weekly quota of 450 head per county is set for shipping. A new system apportions 233 emergency drouth counties into 110 districts with 150 head daily per district.
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Austin
C. Z. Crain
Texas Relief Commission
Crain
Drouth
Kiddies Vie for Honors in Novel El Paso Rodeo
August 16 report lists 168 children aged seven to fourteen entering the Herald-Post kids rodeo in El Paso. This annual event features bronc and steer riding and fancy roping tricks over a three day period beginning today.
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EL Paso Rodeo
EL Paso
A.P
Herald-Post
Absentee Voting Heavy for Demo Primary Runoff
Seventy nine absentee ballots for the Democratic runoff primary of August 25 had been cast this morning, according to the county clerk. An additional 125 ballots have been mailed and are yet to be cast. The deadline to vote absentee is midnight next Tuesday.
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Rotter County
Kidnapping case linked to Ontario man Massey
Detroit reports a possible lead in the John Labatt kidnaping as three Toronto detectives arrive. An Ontario officer hints at a read but authorities stay quiet. A man named Massey from Detroit is mentioned, possibly Joe Massie, tied to a Milford Jones era case. Also note: forty nine North Carolina towns run their own electric systems.
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Detroit
Toronto
John 8
Labatt
London
Brewer
Ontario
Massey
Joe Massie
Milford Jones
North Carolina
Wedding at Thre Hill Guards Kidnap Threats
Woodstock, August 16. Alurene Spelman Rockefeller, grandson of John D. Rockefeller, married Miss Mary French of Greenwich, Conn. The bride's ancestral home Thre Hill was guarded against kidnappers though the couple reportedly knew nothing of the precautions. Suspicions arose from veiled threats linked to John French III, whose parents are in London.
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Woodstock
U.P
Thre Hill
Alurene Spelman Rockefeller
John D
Mary French
Greenwich
Conn
John French
Little John
London
Pangborn and Turner Plan England to Australia Flight
Clyde Pangborn and Roscoe Turner announce a race from England to Australia in October with five stops allowed. Pangborn, wartime Army pilot who flew to Tokyo in 1931, trains with Michael F. Shannon in Dallas and says the route will cover about 10,000 miles from England to Australia.
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Dallas
Texas
U.P
Clyde Pangborn
Roscoe Turner
England
Australia
Pangborn
Love Field
Here
Michael F. Shannon
Elks
United States
Tokyo
Washington
Quarrel Over Property Line Ends in Farmer Slaying
Emory Texas August 16 United Press Charlie Herrell a 57 year old farmer living two miles west of Emory was shot four times with a shotgun after a quarrel over the farm line. Rains County officers investigated the slaying with a man held in jail as a possible suspect. Gerald A Stack 50 prominent Wyoming oil figure died by his own hand in Casper hotel room.
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Emory
Tex
Rains County
Charlie Herrell
Herrell
Here
Casper, Wyo
Gerald A. Stack
Wyoming
Midcontinent
Shamrock murder suspects questioned after death near highway
Fingerprint analysis of the victim is underway by Amarillo Police fingerprint expert Virgil Beavers while U S Justice agents head to Shamrock from Dallas to aid the case. Two men, Brandt and Brand, in custody face interrogation over the slaying near Route 66 with a stained canvas and a stolen Texas plate found in their car.
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Virgil Beavers
Amarillo
U. S. Department of Justice
Shamrock
Dallas
Floyd
Canyon
U. S. Highway 66
Texas
Childress
Brandt
McKinley
Declare
Brand
Potter County
W. H. Duke
Davis
Critics claim New Deal chaos fuels economic collapse
The speaker denounces the administration’s policies as wasteful and byway experiments. He criticizes high relief spending, land production tricks, and price manipulation, warning that such moves threaten money values and depress employment despite promises of a jobs boom.
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Hawaii
Rainstorms bring heavy downpours across multiple states
Thunderous rains drenched St. Joseph Missouri with 3.2 inches marking the year's heaviest so far and flooding Chicago streets with 1.85 inches. Dubuque Iowa logged 1.26 inches while Fort Wayne Indiana saw 1.32 inches. Falls extended to Washington DC as 1.04 inches. cooler temps followed with 60s in the north and 70s in some southern cities.
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St. Joseph
Chicago
Dubuque
Iowa
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington
D. C
Colorado
Idaho
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans confrontation as deputies seize two officers
Deputies moved to seize Adjutant General Raymond Fleming and a captain after Judge Nat W. Bond ordered their arrest for violating a restraining order on troop removals. A gas gun discharged in the New Orleans registration office injuring trooper Gus Savarese, while guards stopped a photographer and a soldier blocked by a gas gun. Senate backs swift passage of an exhaustive city government investigation as administration hopes for broad support and quick action on extra-session measures.
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Raymond H. Fleming
Nat W. Bond
Gus Savarese
New Orleans
Philip Guarisco
Flag and posts amid German political signals
The article notes a revived imperial flag in the Third Reich and speaks of a political will of Von Hindenburg circulating before a referendum on Hitler's extension of presidential powers. Propaganda denies the testament, while analysts see a campaign to cast Hitler as Hindenburg’s successor.
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Third Reich
von Hindenburg
Germany
Hitler
Truck Overturns After Hitting Children Near Roadside
Witnesses state a truck driven by Black struck several children on a roadside as they stood nearby. The vehicle rolled onto its side, pinning Black’s left side. Two Hill children were uninjured. The group’s neighbors and bystanders helped, and the kids were taken to St Anthony’s Hospital by Boxwell Brothers ambulance.
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Black
City Health Unit
Hill
Powers
Mr. Powers
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston
St. Anthony's Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Strike spreads as workers walk out in multiple cities
Various labor actions disrupt services as Manila cigar workers strike for restored pay cuts and 2,000 Eagle and Phenix Textile Mills workers in Columbus fail to report for shifts. In Chicago, about 600 AFL drivers join a four month dispute with the Chicago Motor Coach Company over rehiring 24 laid workers. Governor Salmadge urged intervention to pause operations.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Columbus, Ga
Eagle and Phenix
Chicago
U.P
Chicago Motorcoach Company
American Federation of Labor Union
Chicago Motor Coach Fraternity
A. F. of L. Union
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report August 16
Hogs 2 000 head mostly 190 260 lb to shippers 25 30c above Wednesday’s average at 6.00 6.10, later bids 10 15c higher. cattle 4 000 with 6 000 drouth cattle and 1 500 government calves. Beef steers and yearlings steady to strong, cows steady to weak, calves higher. sheep 2 000 slow with native lambs 25c lower at 6.00 6.25, best Kansas fed lambs and rangers higher. New Orleans cotton opens firmer on firmer Liverpool market, October up to 18.51, December 13.65, then fluctuates. bearish July mill consumption 859,372 bales.
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Kansas
New Orleans
Liverpool
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