Reichs ships searched by Loyalists in Spanish Civil War
Loyalist forces clash on three fronts around Madrid as rebel bands push toward the capital from the west southwest and north. Moorish irregulars join the fighting in the San Vicente Pass after a Loyalist column defeats a rebel force 95 miles southwest of Madrid.
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Paris
Berlin
Rome
France
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Madrid
Badajoz
Navalmoral
Irun
Bay of Biscay
U.P
Morocco
Puerto de San Vicente
San Vicente Pass
Guadelupe
Prisoners boast of planned terrorism in Russia trial
Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev, former Bolshevist leaders on trial with 14 others for plotting Stalin's death, admitted on the witness stand they planned to spread bloody terrorism. They faced execution or worse, with Kamenev addressing the prosecutor and Zinoviev addressing the crowd as they asserted their intent and admitted lies in earlier testimony.
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NO Man
B. Devel
United Press
Moscow
U.P
Gregory Zinoviev
Leo Kamenev
Josef Stalin
Russia
Kamenev
Andrew Vishinsky
Zinoviev
I. N. Smirnov
Bolshevist Party
Drouth Sessions Keep Roosevelt Busy at White House
President Roosevelt arranged further drouth conferences as Hopkins predicted Congress will be asked to bolster relief funds for WPA jobs and Resettlement loans. Wallace to attend a morning White House meeting as drouth talks with the National Grange proceed.
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D. Harold Oliver
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Drouth
New Deal
Congress
West
Wallace
Washington
White House
National Grange
Louis J. Taber
Grange
Harry L. Hopkins
Dreuth
Hopkins
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
W. Frank Persons
U. S. Employment Service
Walter Burr
Persons
New Parties Predicted by Ham Lewis at Illinois Rally
Senator James Hamilton Lewis warned at a governor's day Democratic rally that conservative liberal and radical groups will replace current parties. He outlined three new alignments and cited Landon's 1933 stance on transferring congressional powers to the executive as part of the discussion.
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Springfield
Ill
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
America
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Lewis
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair tonight and partly cloudy Friday afternoon in Amarillo. West Texas generally fair with possible thunder showers in the extreme west this afternoon or tonight. Slightly warmer in the Panhandle tonight. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Friday with local showers and thunderstorms west portion. Temperature extremes in Amarillo 69 to 89.
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Amarilla
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Amarillo
France Looks at Texas Finds Big New Things
Pierre Lamure writes in Le Jour of Texans as provincial Yankees and notes Houston’s bold chamber of commerce feats including a greased pole climb to 1,000 feet high. The column, reprinted in The Globe, captures a playful view of Texas history and its notable cities.
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France
Texas
Pierre Lamure
le Jour
Paris
Provinciaux Yankees
Chamber of Commerce
Olson in serious condition at Mayo Clinic
Governor Floyd B. Olson, the nation’s only Farmer-Labor chief executive, is in very serious condition at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester where he has been treated for a chronic stomach ailment. Dr. William J. Mayo issued the first official statement confirming the seriousness. Hubert Cole for County Clerk. Adv.
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Rochester
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Farmer-Labor
William J. Mayo
Olson
Stone Boy Rescued From Burning Home
Benny Hendricks a nine year old boy with myositis ossifica progressiva was saved from a fire by his fourteen year old sister Sophie who carried him to safety from the second floor as firefighters arrived. The Laksville dwelling burned after the woodshed blaze. Benny shows partial recovery and attends school despite limited movement.
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Benny
Exchange of Views Needed at Legion Convention
Ray Murphy national commander of the American Legion urged free exchange of views at the state convention in Longview Washington. He defended open discussion while pledging to combat subversive ideologies including Communism Fascism and other alien beliefs. He warned against overzealous actions that could lead to un Americanism.
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Longview
Wash
Ray Murphy
American Legion
State Legion
J. Ray Murphy
Veteran Judge Sam R. Scott Dies in Waco
Judge Sam R. Scott, veteran of the 19th District Court, died after a brief illness in Waco. The notice includes political ads urging Herman Wright for State Representative and Hubert Cole for County Clerk. Also reports Hauptmann taxes paid and a policeman recovering from a gunshot wound.
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Waco
Sam R. Scott
19Th District Court
Eddie Cantor Named Defendant in Bobby Breen Suit
Hollywood August 20. Eddie Cantor is named as a defendant in a suit filed by Joseph Hyman seeking 10000 dollars and 10 percent of Bobby Breen earnings since May 1934. Hyman claims he signed with Breen's parents to manage the child actor and alleges Cantor conspired with Sally Borsuk to reassign the boy's exploitation.
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Hollywood
U.P
Eddie Cantor
Bobby Breen
Cantor
Joseph Hyman
Hyman
Harry Borsuk
Bobby
Sally Borsuk
Luxury taxes may be sliced for next year
Treasury and congressional experts weigh repeal of nuisance taxes with high collection costs. They anticipate extending most taxes for another year while targeting about 50 million dollars in relief from levies on sporting goods, furs, theater, club dues and jewelry. The study notes theater and cabaret taxes yielded over 17 million last year but faced heavy collection issues. The American Automobile Association pushes repeal of motor taxes, which it says accounted for about 72 percent of federal excise revenue.
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Edward W. Lewis Washington
U.P
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
American Automobile Association
Newsman and author stops here briefly
Edward Anderson of the Rocky Mountain News pauses in Amarillo en route to Abilene where his wife is ill. He wrote Hungry Man, a $1000 prize novel by Doubleday Doran, one of Literary Guild’s 12 selections in 1935. O'Brien praised Anderson with two stars in 1935 and three in 1936. He is now doing a sports series.
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Edward Anderson
Rocky Mountain News
Amarillo
Abilene
Anderson
Doubleday Doran Company
Literary Guild of America
England
Australia
France
Edward J. O'Brien
The
Budding Buddies Recover From Appendicitis
Borger Texas reports Robert Cory and Frank Moore both underwent appendicitis operations in the same hospital. The two boys, in the same school grade, are sons of local residents George W. Cory and John W. Moore, living in the same block.
Hose Used To Beat Him Says Martin Moore
Martin Moore testified he was beaten with a rubber hose before confessing the Helen Clevenger killing. He said a “fat man” wielded the hose and used fists to force the story, and that officers had found his fingerprints on a lampshade in the girl’s room. The courtroom scene included J. F. Clevenger, father of Helen Clevenger, fainting when Moore took the stand.
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Asheville
N. C
Martin Moore
Don Phillips
Helen Clevenger
J. F. Clevenger
Great Kills
Staten Island
N. Y
Len Clevenger
Moore
Porters Admits Slaying In Houston Over Cleaning Bill
Reese Ryan, 30, a Black hotel porter, confessed to fatally stabbing T. A. Jett, 40, during an argument over unpaid cleaning and pressing charges. Jett died after being wounded on the right side at a Houston hospital.
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Houston
U.P
Reese Ryan
T. A. Jett
Jett
Painful path dug to rescue of buried men
Miners at the Esty Coal Mine labored through muck and timbers to reach four entombed workers 110 feet below the surface in Moberly Missouri. Hope rested on signs the men sealed themselves against gases, with a mule possibly aiding air supply, as investigators feared deadly damp could trap survivors.
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Bert Masterson
United Press
Arnold Griffith
Demmer Sexton
Edward Stenner, Jr
A. W. McCann
George T. Cameron
McCann
Jews Fear New Drive On German Property
Berlin reports that Jews anticipate a fresh push to seize Jewish owned real estate at the Nazi party convention in Nuremberg. They fear renewed economic laws stripping citizenship and urge funding liquid assets before potential measures.
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United Press
Berlin
Nuremberg
Julius Streicher
Adolf
Streicher
Stuermer
Rea
Amarillo Day at Frontier Celebration in Fort Worth
Amarillo Day will be observed at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial next Thursday. Mayor Roses J. Rogers and Carl Hinton lead arrangements for a welcoming Amarillo delegation with a 15 minute radio program and Miss Amarillo presentation at Casa Manana.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Casa Manana
Paul Whitman
West Texas Chamber of Commercce
Frontier Celebration
Lawrence Hagg
WTCO
Mr. Hinton
WBAP
Ross D. Rogers
Billy Rose
Pioneer Palace
West Texas
Sally Rand
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