Fire devastates Vancouver shipyards and arena
A huge fire began at the Vancouver Shipyard and spread to Fenner Hood Shipyard and adjacent structures. It leveled four small buildings and damaged the Vancouver Ice Hockey arena and auditorium. Fire Chief Archibald Miasmid estimated losses over 1 million dollars. two firemen were hurt lightly.
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Vancouver
B. C
Aig
Archibald Miasmid
Fenner and Hood
Amasl
R. Clift Sangster
Marine Exchange
Vancouver Auditorium
Presidents of Airlines to Speak at Amarillo Aviation Day
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announces Aviation Day on September 16 with TWA president Jack Frye as principal speaker and T. E. Braniff also confirmed. Carl Hinton learned Frye accepted, with Gol. Carroll Cone of the Department of Air Commerce among federal representatives. The luncheon will be in the Crystal Ballroom at the Herring Hotel.
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TWA
Braniff Airlines
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Jack Prye
Carl Hinton
Frye
T. E. Braniff
Amarillo
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Southwest
Hinton
Gol. Carroll Cone
Department of Air Commerce
$11,500 House Permit Granted in Amarillo
City of Amarillo issued a building permit to P. W. Cooper for a $11,500 seven room brick veneer residence at 2615 Hughes Street. Construction contract held by Parr Construction Company, with work to begin immediately.
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Amarillo
P. W. Cooper
Hughes Street
Parr Construction Company
Husband questioned after woman found dead in Chicago
Mrs Cla ra Knecht, 32, was found dead in her West Side apartment as detectives held her husband Frank Knecht pending inquiry. Sergeant Grady said Knecht admitted bringing her home after drinking at a tavern, striking her, and leaving her in the living room where she was found with a fractured skull.
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Chicago
Clara Knecht
West Side
Frank
William Grady
Knecht
Grady
Plunges to his death in Fort Worth
Daniel Rubio, 22, patient at Elmwood Tubercular Sanitarium, leapt from the twentieth floor of the Fort Worth National Bank Building at 9 50 A M. His body struck the roof of a two story building. Justice of the Peace Beaty ruled death by own action and a note to his brother in law Louis Salario indicated a planned suicide.
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Fort Worth
Daniel Rubio
Elmwood Tubercular Sanitarium
Fort Worth National Bank
Justice of the Peace
Apple dancer Corrine visits birth birthplace in Dallas
Corrine the Centennial nude apple dancer traveled from Dallas to Kaufman to obtain a copy of her birth certificate from Mayor B C Baker. She planned a luncheon at the mayor’s home and a presentation of the certificate at the Chamber of Commerce building after lunch.
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Dallas
Mademoiselle Corrine
Kaufman
B.C. Baker
Hindenburg Flight Returns With Sea Crossing
The Hindenburg lifted off from Lakehurst at 12 39 AM Central Standard Time and headed directly to sea for refueling before continuing to Frankfurt. Officials report a 20 minute stint over the sea and a speed record attempt.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Hindenbrug
Trathfort-on-Main
Chermnany
New York
Man who argued his own case faces 42 days in jail
Louis Gober challenged witnesses in Justice of the Peace court after pleading not guilty. The jury fined him 100 dollars plus 27.50 costs, totaling 127.50, at a rate of three dollars a day, yielding 42 and a half days in Potter County jail.
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Louis Gober
Lens
Gober
Amarillo
Potter County
Justice of Peace
Aassistant
Tom Seay
Seay
Bob Clark
Mrs Roosevelt Calmly Denies Cranky Driver Incident
Ridgefield Connecticut August 20 1934 UPI reports Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was stopped by motorist Francis J Bassett a Ridgefield High School economics teacher who shouted Get off the road then apologized upon recognizing her.
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Ridgefield
Conn
U.P
Francis J. Bassett
Ridgefield High School
Bassett
Mrs
Franklin D. Rooseveltt
Ready for Flight Katherine Cheung Heads West to Cleveland
Katherine Cheung a 25 year old Chinese flier is leaving Kansas City for Cleveland to enter the women cross country handicap race from Cleveland to San Diego scheduled Aug 2. She has held a private pilot license four years owns her own plane and plans to return to Canton to start a girls flying school within a year.
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Kansas City
Katherine
F Cheung
Cleveland
San Diego
Los Angeles
Mises Cheung
Canton
Hollywood Import: Irene Biller Arrives in New York
Irene Biller, the Hungarian star, arrives in New York as part of the latest wave of European talent heading to Hollywood. The article notes the trend of European import routes to the American screen capital.
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Hollywood
Europe
Irene Biller
New York
Race Driver Mills Unconscious After Garden Race Crash
Jack Curley Mills, a Los Angeles midget racer, remained unconscious after a Madison Square Garden Long Island Bowl crash. Officials said he suffered a fractured skull and a compound fracture of the left collarbone when his car climbed another car, spun, and rolled twice during last night’s race.
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New York
Jack (Curley) Mills
Los Angeles
St. John's Hospital
Mills
Madison Square Garden
Long Island Bow
Minister's Son to Face Trial in Pal's Death
Le Verne Marks, 19, son of a Wisconsin minister, was moved to an eastbound train in Pasco to face first degree murder charges for the killing of Robert Bernstein, 24, a hunting partner. Bernstein’s car and money were taken, and Marks fled to the coast after the July crime. he had earlier been convicted of robbery and recently began a 20 year sentence in the state penitentiary.
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Walla Walla
Wash
le Verne Marks
Wisconsin
Pasco
Otto Druckrey
Shawano
Wis
Robert Bernstein
Bernstein
Boulder Dam to unleash giant waterfall Septembers inauguration
A waterfall higher than Niagara to be turned on September 11 when President Roosevelt opens 12 valves at Boulder Dam in Nevada. Five thousand cubic feet per second will surge 180 feet into the Colorado River as huge cataracts form on each canyon wall, a spectacle to be captured by news cameras and lasting only a few hours, per John Page and Ralph Lowry.
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Las Vegas
Niagara
Roosevelt
Washington
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
John Page
Reclamation
Ralph Lowry
Bankhead Pledges Help For Southern Sharecroppers
Jasper Alabama August 20 Speaker William B Bankhead said he will renew congressional effort for federal tenant farm legislation to aid sharecroppers in buying land He noted Gov J M Putrell Arkansas proposal for a Southwide conference on tenancy issues and cited a Bankhead Jones plan to create a governmental unit offering long term financing for tenants to own land and homes
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Jasper
Ala
William B. Bankhead
National House
J. M. Putrell
Arkansas
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Marvin Jones
Texas
Clearings Decline in 22 Cities for Week Ended Aug 19
Bank clearings in 22 leading cities totaled 4.986 billion dollars for the week ended August 19, down 2.0 percent from 5.087 billion the year prior. The preceding week had shown a 5.3 percent gain over 1935.
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New York
Dun & Brad Street
Revolt Moves and Government Push in Spain
The narrative describes a government column from Madrid defeating a rebel force near Navalmoral 95 miles from Madrid and near Puerto de San Vincente. Loyalists occupy Navalmoral while the government strengthens forces, expecting a renewed rebel assault.
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Guadelupe
Madrid
Navalmoral
Puerto de San Vincente
Mussolini to Stand Firm in European Neutrality Talks
Italy delays demobilization of the 1914 class to press a strong, solo stance in European neutrality negotiations tied to the Spanish civil war. Premier Mussolini seeks to block Socialist triumphs, with aviation and naval units deferred while infantry are moved to 1915 demobilization.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Italy mobilizes 200000 troops in Avellino war game drill
Italy ordered 200000 troops into war game maneuvers at Avellino with the Naples and Bari Corps Area as participants demonstrating practical readiness. Reports from the frontier describe heavy Civil War casualty estimates and ongoing bombardment actions at San Sebastian and Irun as rebel forces clash with government units.
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Istic
Il Duce
Italy
Avellino
Naples and
Bari
Ousting Mayor Armstrong Looms in Pensacola Showdown
A move to remove Mayor H. Clay Armstrong, a Democrat, over his support for Gov. Alf Landon faced a Pensacola city council vote tonight. Armstrong said it made little difference whether he remained in office as the council has authority to elect the mayor.
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Pensacola
H. Clay Armstrong
Alf M. Landon
Armstrong
Panhandle Assembly of God Holds 10 Day Conference
A 10 day meeting opens in Amarillo with delegates from 16 Panhandle counties. Rev E R Foster leads as program director at the tent church 900 North Pierce with four daily services and meals for delegates. Night speaker Rev A C Valdez arrives from Phoenix to join Rev Guy Shields in the camp event.
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North Panhandle
Assembly of God
E. R. Foster
Amarillo
North Pierce Street
Panhandle
Shield of Faith
A. C. Valdez
Phoenix
Assembly of God Movement
New Zealand
Guy Shields
Post Office Fountain Freezes in 103 Degree Heat
Findlay post office experiences a frozen drinking fountain as the outside temperature hits 103 degrees. Postmaster W. T. Ault attributes the malfunction to the mechanism going haywire.
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Findlay, C
Findlay
W. T. Ault
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Bradstreet
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