Strike Strife Climaxes Across Several Fronts
United Press reports a widening clash between capital and labor as strikes surge on multiple fronts. A Washington conference looms to decide a possible 600,000 textile workers walkout, with United Textile Workers seeking Sept 1 action and AFL leader William Green to meet.
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United Press
Washington
United Textile Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pawtucket
R. I
Pittsburgh
Roosevelts Visit Sparks Lighthearted Western Sheriff
A western sheriff elbowed through a crowd as President Roosevelt rode by in an open car. The President joked that there was no hurry, and amused the crowd with a broad smile and calm response. Illinois hosts a homecoming for congressmen in Beardstown, matched by playful celebrity humor in the article.
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Sigrid Arne
President Roosevelt
Illinois
Congress
J. Ham Lewis
Beardstown
Death of Speaker Henry Rainey Shocks Nation
Associated Press reports political leaders mourn the death of Speaker Henry T. Rainey. President Roosevelt lauds his youthfulness and humanitarian patriotism. Vice President Garner expresses deep shock as the nation grieves the loss.
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Associated Press
Henry T. Rainey
Roosevelt
Sequoia
Potomac
Garner
Rainey
Four Shot In Downtown Store Rampage
Four persons were shot when a young man ran amuck on a Houston downtown corner. The crowd pursued him into a store, where he was overpowered. Miss Ethel Granger suffered a gunshot wound to the right lung. the suspect, identified as David Wilson, about 25, was captured after a scuffle and taken to a hospital with bruises.
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Houston
Ethel Granger
David Wilson
You're Invited to Art's Dance Tonight
A band of 12 young musicians led by Art Hicks will perform at the Nat Dance Palace in Amarillo tonight from 9 30 to 12 30 sponsored by the Tri State Fair Association and a Dallas booking agency. Admission ranges from 75 cents to 125 per couple with stag price of 1. Night club reservations are 25 cents. Art Hicks, among the youngest band directors, started at 15 as a piano player in a Cincinnati orchestra.
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Art Hicks
Biltmore Country Club
State Fair Association
Hick
Cincinnati Orchestra
Funeral set for Speaker Rainey near Carrollton Illinois
The body of Speaker Henry T. Rainey will be buried near his Illinois home after funeral services to be held late Wednesday afternoon in Carrollton TI. The death of the long serving House leader was announced with details pending on the arrangements.
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Washington
Henry T. Rainey
Carrollton
Governor Ferguson calls Texas legislature to special session
Miriam A. Ferguson issued a call for a noon August 27 special session to authorize issuing 9.5 million in relief bonds from a 20 million authorization last year. The relief focus includes water conservation questions and a public Colorado River watershed project with a 5 million dam near Burnet.
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Austin
Ciev
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Texas Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Colorado River
Colorado
Burnet
PWA
State Supreme Court
Sabath Installed as New Dean of the House
Adolph J. Sabath of Illinois becomes the new dean of the House succeeding the late Speaker Henry T Rainey. Sabath, born April 4 1866 in Czechoslovakia, has long represented Illinois fifth district for 28 years and seeks re election. He chairs a House committee on real estate bondholders protective committees and serves on rules and Democratic steering committees.
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Washington
Adolph J. Sabath
Mlinois
Czechoslovakia
Sabath
Kenry T. Rainey
House
Rules
Funeral Plans Set for Carrollton Trip
Last night in St Louis the party departed for Carrollton where a funeral will be held at the Episcopal Church and burial will follow in Carrollton cemetery. See RAINEY Page 2.
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St. Louis
Carrollton
Episcopal Church
Carrollton Cemetery
Money Bought Freedom Dear Simple Uncle Sam
Arthur Brisbane notes in a Globe column that John J Labatt a Canadian brewer is released by kidnappers after a cash transaction. The report says Labatt was bound with adhesive tape and suffered inflamed eyes. Canadian police and officials discuss the US style of ransom.
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Japan
Fleischmanns
N. Y
John 8. Labatt
Milk Price Schedule Shows Increases With One Hold
A new Amarillo milk price schedule raises most items after talks with dairymen. Potter and Randall counties producers threatened to quit or sell cows to the government. Heavy cream in pints remained unchanged while other items rose from old rates.
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Amarillo
Department of Agriculture
Potter
Randal
Rain Clouds on Way For Texas Panhandle Moisture
Weatherman H T Collman says northern high and low pressure areas are shifting, likely bringing rain to the Texas Panhandle soon though exact timing is uncertain. Dalhart and Boise City saw drizzle and light showers as a pair of pressure systems moved east and south.
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H. T. Collman
Hemisphere
Panhandle
Boise City
South Dakota
British Columbia
Atlantic Seaboard
North Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Mayor Describes Huey Long as Dictator Figure in Louisiana
New Orleans mayor T Semmes Walmsley calls Huey Long a madman planning a bloodless coup to lead a national revolution. He recounts a Washington meeting where Long spoke of seizing Congress and touring the country with a gospel of every man a king, warning of bloodshed in Louisiana in the coming election.
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New Orleans
U.P
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
Long
Long Machine
Washington
Congress
Potter County Relief Board Meets To Assess Winter Needs
The Potter County relief board convenes at 4 30 this afternoon to determine winter relief needs. Similar sessions are held in 253 counties as Governor Ferguson plans a special session August 27 to issue 9 5 million in bread bonds. Delegates from Amarillo and state lawmakers attend the Austin meeting. The gathering at relief headquarters 704 Grant Street aims to brief legislators on local needs.
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Potter County Relief Board
Miriam A. Ferguson
Gene Howe
The
Globe News
Austin
Ferguson
Clint C. Small
H. K. Stanfield
John E. Hill
Relief Committee
Amarillo
Severance Denied Insull Faces Trial With Co-defendants
Chicago report says Samuel Insull Sr. and 16 codefendants were denied severance and ordered to stand trial September 18 on charges of using the mails to fraudulently market corporation securities. New York steel operations at 13 percent capacity, a 4.4 percent drop from last week, per American Iron and Steel Institute.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Marketing Corporation Securities Company
New York
U.P
American Iron and Steel Institute
HiccoughedMiss Grace Clark Near Death In Anderson
Doctors in Anderson Indiana fight for a 25 year old woman Grace Clark who has suffered hiccoughing for 35 days. She grows weaker and physicians fear death unless the ailment is checked.
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Hiccoughs
Anderson
Ind
Grace Clark
Wilson Confessed Slayer May Be Tried in Ft Worth
Arthur C. Wilson a 30 year old Cleveland chemist confessed slayer of Mrs Irene Debolt a wealthy Cleveland widow whose nude body was found near Van Horn Texas last November He fled to Port of Spain Trinidad and prosecutors consider trying him in Fort Worth based on his statement that he killed in Fort Worth then drove across the state to Van Horn for the body transfer.
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Fort Worth
Arthur C. Wilson
New York
Texas
A. A. Anderson
van Horn
Trinidad
Irene Debolt
Cleveland
Associated Press
Sunny Skies Hurt Eyes Optometrists and Theaters
Sunny skies and intense light are blamed for increased photophobia in the Southwest. Optometrists at a Herring Hotel convention note light sensitivity is higher here due to clear days and less shade. Thieves target local venues, including the Paramount Theater safe, with prior month robberies at Nat Dine & Dance Palace and Hub Clothiers.
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W. R. McDowell
Nat Dine & Dance Palace
Hub Clothiers
Panhandle
Southwest
Texas
Herring Hotel
Ralph Barstow
Rochester
Weather outlook for Amarillo area and surrounding regions
Forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas remains generally fair tonight and Tuesday, with New Mexico mostly fair south and unsettled in the far north tonight and Tuesday. Temperature highs reach the 90s with a 10 to 92 degree range for today and tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Tragedy at End of Gay Film Party
Police investigate a possible murder at the Lake Toluca estate after songwriter Jerry Jarnegin is found dead amid a party celebrating a film break. Irene Franklin denies suicide, claiming they planned screen tests at Warner Brothers for My Break and noting upcoming nuptials of her niece Dorothy Watson to William Green.
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Hollywood
Jerry Jarnegin
Irene Franklin
Lake Toluca
Jarnegin
Frankin
Warner Brothers Studio
Adeline
Dorothy Watson
William Green
Lake Charles
Franklin
Dwindling Nazi Support Seen In German Vote
Berlin August 20 Germany reports Adolf Hitler won a 38 362 160 yes vote in Sundays one man plebiscite approving his action to name himself president too while no votes reached 4 204 654 and invalid 872 296 observers note waning enthusiasm as no votes exceed November plebiscite figures and Nazi party turnout falls.
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Hitler
von Hindenburg
McCallum To Speak For McCraw Tonight
Dallas Judge Claude McCallum will speak for William McCraw for attorney general at 8 p.m. over a special hook up linking WFAA Dallas KPRC Houston and WOAT San Antonio. The McCallum role includes jury oversight duties for Dallas five civil district courts.
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Claude McCallum
Dallas
101St Civil District Court
William McCraw
WFAA
KPRC
Houston
WOAT
San Antonio
Civilized or not a child dies after sedan shooting
In Chicago on August 20 a 2-year-old boy named Robert Pitts Jr was shot in the head while riding with his parents. The family rode a red wagon on Stony Island Avenue when four men in a Sedan opened fire. He died at South Chicago Hospital despite emergency surgery. Police reported the father a janitor had no known enemies and did not believe the shooting targeted him.
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Chicago
Robert Pitts, Jr
South Chicago
Robert Pitts
Stony Island Avenue
Nth Street
Robert
Pitts
Defangs Snake before Beginning Faith Test
Birmingham August 20 The Rev Dewey L Dotson an itinerant evangelist sought to prove faith by allowing a rattlesnake to bite him A newsreel truck from New York sought to document a similar feat The snake was shown in a bread box and later the Reverend Dotson urged its fangs be extracted by George Lumpkin who had captured the five foot reptile Lumpkin was paid ten dollars to perform the grisly task while Dotson watched critically and prepared to continue the stunt See SNAKE Page 2
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Steve T. McGinnis
Birmingham
Ala
U.P
Dewey L. Dotson
Albert Teester
North Carolina
Dotson
New York
George Lumpkin
Teester
Lumpkin
Charles Herren
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