Death of Master Minstrel James McIntyre Ends Era
James McIntyre, 81, renowned minstrel, died after a coma amid longtime partnership with Thomas K Heath. Heath, 84, also ailing, was unaware of the death as the two pioneers of McIntyre and Heath shared a storied stage and friendship dating to 1874 in San Antonio.
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James McIntyre
Southampton
N. Y
McIntyre
Heath
Setauket
Thomas K. Heath
George Martin
Broadway
MclIntyre
San Antonio
Tex
Main Street
Butler
Lewis to Broadcast Union Policy on Sept. 3
John L. Lewis announced plans to broadcast a statement of union policy over a national network on September 3. The move follows weeks of reports of tension between Lewis and President Roosevelt and speculation about a public policy clash.
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John L. Lewis
Washington
Ohn
L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
$50,000,000 Alloted for New PWA Construction Program
Washington August 18 The Public Works Administration began a nationwide construction program with an initial $50 million allotment to reduce overcrowding and fire hazards in schools and to bore another tunnel under the Hudson River. President Roosevelt approved 280 projects across 41 states.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Hudson River
Roosevelt
Flavor So Vivid It Tastes From Toe to Tip
A vivid description of a sensory experience that invites readers to imagine flavors as intense as they reach from feet to fingertips. The piece emphasizes mouthwatering appeal and strong, concrete imagery.
Luckiest Renters in St Paul Face Tax Delinquency Case
In St Paul, Mrs. G. E. Foster and her son John hosted a property under investigation for tax delinquency. Valuation expert Len Seamer questioned ownership and rent collection, learning the Fosters neither own nor rent, and had resided there about four years after previous tenants failed to pay. Taxes have been delinquent since 1920.
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St, Paul
U.P
St. Paul
G. E. Foster
John
Len Seamer
Foster
Seamer
Ware
Santa Fe Railroad Workers Get 5-Cent Pay Raise
Fourteen thousand Santa Fe Railroad employees receive a five cent per hour wage increase under a pact with the Association of Maintenance of Way Organization. The raise totals about 1.5 million dollars annually and takes effect August 1.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
U.P
Association of Maintenance of Way Organization
Kentuckians Challenge Sassafras Group at Griggs Chapel
Kentuckians claim superior organization and history as they issue a challenge to Sassafras drinkers from Tennessee and Missouri. Dr J R Wrather urges Kentuckians to assemble at Griggs Chapel Friday at 8 PM to demonstrate Kentucky strength and unity in a nationwide appeal.
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Potter County
Sassafras
Tennessee
Tri- State Fair
J. R. Wrather
Blue Grass Country
Griggs Chapel
N. 8
Griggs
Kentucky
Missouri
S. Griggs
Frank Bukingham
John Boyce
Prof. Williams
Ed Green
Abraham Lincoln
the Clays
Brackenridges
Irwin Cobb
Daniel Boone
Union
Veteran Free 20 Years Sent Back to Cell
Arthur Knight who escaped from a 1917 road gang lived quietly after WWI service. He was identified in Camas Washington as the Mattson kidnapers suspect and returned to finish a 10 year sentence for stealing a sheepskin coat.
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Anamosa
Arthur Knight
State Reformatory
Mattson
Everett
Wash
Knight
Camas
Superior
Wis
France
Arras-Cambrai
Washington
Reformatory
Mob of Fans Flocks to Welcome Robert Taylor at Airport
Robert Taylor faced a riotous reception in Kansas City as 1,500 mostly female fans surged at Municipal Airport. The star protected his life and wardrobe, saying it would be worth his life to reach the plane, and waited for police clearance before leaving for his hotel.
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Kansas City
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Municipal Airport
Roosevelt's Son Accused of Champagne Throwing in Cannes
Cannes mayor Pierre Nouveau said John A. Roosevelt hurled a glass of champagne at him during the annual battle of flowers festival. The incident occurred Sunday before prominent witnesses at the Carlton Hotel. Reported anger from foreign participants followed.
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Cannes
France
Pierre Nouveau
John A. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Carlton Hotel
Perryton Plans Eighteenth Birthday Celebration
Perryton marks its eighteenth birthday with a community celebration inviting surrounding territory. Delegation trips to Amarillo included a radio broadcast at KGNC from Cal Farley station and theater guests at The Paramount hosted by J P Harrison. Ochiltree County seat now nears 3000 residents after early townsite staking by the Santa Fe.
Mirror marks 50th anniversary with enlarged edition
Stillwater Minnesota report notes The Mirror prison publication reaches its fiftieth year with an expanded edition printed in black and gold. The issue recalls the Younger brothers who joined Jesse James in the 1878 Northfield bank raid.
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Stillwater
Six Russian Soldiers Executed for Trotskyist Sympathy
The Minsk Daily Rabouchy reports six Russian soldiers were executed for Trotskyist sympathies. The note appears in a Moscow dispatch dated Aug 18. A separate Alabama law bans peanut sales from sunset to sunrise.
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Moscow
U.P
Minsk
Rabouchy
Alabama
Young Mississippian Aims At Decorator Dream
Ted McClanahan six from Columbus Mississippi tried to hold tacks in his mouth like decorators. He swallowed a tack and needed medical care. His father drove him three hundred miles to an Atlanta hospital where he recovered.
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Ted McClanahan
Columbus
Miss
Atlanta
Reunion Draws Blake Sanders Guests From Across Texas
George Clark Blake of Los Angeles and Mrs. Ruel Ivy Sanders of Kansas City travel the longest distances for a Bowie Montague County family reunion. Attendees include numerous Blakes and Timmons from Amarillo Wellington Corsicana Port Worth and Plainview.
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Bowie
Montague County
George Clark Blake
Los Angeles
Ruel Ivy Sanders
Kansas City
Rufus Pevehouse
Dan
Corsicana
Thomas Warren Ivy
Port Worth
Dave Thomas
Trustin Thomas
Wellington
Blake Timmons
Austin
Leland Blake West
Amarillo
W. C. ‘Townes
Blake
Amanda Meyers Irick
Plainview
W .B. Armstrong
Dennis Canon Transfers to Austin in Liquor Board Shuffle
Bert Ford announces September 1 transfers in state liquor enforcement as part of a reorganization. Dennis Canon moves from Amarillo to Austin, Lee Jr. leaves Lubbock for Wichita Falls and takes Garrett Hawkins’s post in Amarillo, who moves to Amarillo.
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Dennis Canon
Austin
Liquor Board
Bert Ford
Lee, Jr
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Garrett Hawkins
Amarillo
Sino-Jap tensions spark riots and rice import plans
Armored police dispersed mobs after volleys as the city faced rioting. Officials sought 1,500 tons of cheap rice from Saigon to quell unrest, offering 1,000,000 yuan for shipments. Meanwhile the U S Navy sent the Gold Star to Shanghai to aid refugees. A Chinese officer tried to bluff a Marine at Chapai bridge, and a Beaumont, Texas, Marine was grazed by a spent bullet while on duty.
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Saigon
Shanghai
United States
Chapai
Chapei
Chapel
Texas
U. S
Floyd Arnold
Beaumont
Bus Employees Get Pay Raise
Fort Worth August 18. Two hundred Bowen Motor Coaches System workers in Texas accept a new union contract increasing pay about five percent and establishing an eight hour day with seniority recognition. A voluntary fifteen percent wage increase had been granted two months earlier. The Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees was represented by H. W. Robertson and district officials E. L. Downs W. M. Rush George Ward Charles Musick Aubrey Fuller Leroy Pullen.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Bowen Motor Coaches System
Texas
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach
H. W. Robertson
Shreveport
International
E. L. Downs
Houston
W. M. Rush
Corpus Christi
George Ward
Wichita Falls
Charles Musick
Amarillo
Aubrey Fuller
Dallas
Leroy Pullen
Austin
Thorough burglars take $81 and set fire to home
Dr. Sidney Price reported burglars robbed his Fort Worth residence of 81 dollars last night and then set the property on fire causing an additional 200 dollars in losses. Police investigate the incident as a thorough burglary and arson case.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Sidney Price
Cotton Loans Favored at Nine Cent Basis Report
Informants say Secretary Wallace and other farm officials recommend loans on this year’s cotton crop at a nine cent basis. The rate would be one cent below the level urged by cotton state congressmen who secured backing for a loan and subsidy plan from President Roosevelt.
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Wallace
Administration Farm
Roosevelt
Western Reserve football team aids gym addition
Swinging sledge hammers and lifting concrete as Western Reserve University football players take part in pretraining exercises to help construct an addition to the school gymnasium.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Littell's Liquid advertisement for skin irritations
An ad promoting Littell's Liquid a sulphurate compound to relieve itching from minor skin irritations including prickly heat eczema ivy poisoning and chiggers. Sold by Fox Drug Company and other drug stores with a price of 50 cents.
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Littell
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