Iowa farmers threaten rail shipments in price strike
Striking farmers in Iowa widen their campaign detaining freight trains bound for Sioux City to press for higher prices. About 1,000 farmers at Dunlap pledge to extend actions to Omaha and Council Bluffs while Idaho wheat growers vote to withhold sales for 60 days to secure profits.
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Sioux City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Moville
Jefferson, S. C
Dunlap
Des Moines
Clinton P. Lavery
Logan
Farmers' Holiday Association For
Iowa
Neb
Iowa Movement
Idaho
Lewiston
Pacific Northwest
Endurance Flights and Airscape Forecast Dominate Globe Page
A 1932 Globe digest surveys records and plans in aviation and weather. Mrs Thaden and Mrs Marsalis chase endurance marks on Long Island. Piccard reaches 34 000 feet while Congress ponders stratosphere travel implications. Prof Piccard notes future Paris to New York hops. Page 7 teaser mentions Count Uchida’s Asia Monroe Doctrine draft. Mollison’s transatlantic flight ends as he plans return hop to England. Texas governor race tightens with Sterling and Ferguson in final week.
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Piccard
Paris
New York
Kidnap of Piggly Wiggly Manager Net $4 000
S F Moore manager of Piggly Wiggly stores in Waco was abducted early today by a bandit who forced him to drive to Lake Waco. He joined a confederate in another car and fled with between 4000 and 5000 dollars. The confederate was believed to have followed Moore from the South Eighth Street store.
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Waco
U.P
S. F. Moore
Lake Waco
Moore
South Eighth Street
Weather Update for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Amarillo area records high near 80 and low around 68. Forecast covers West Texas with similar conditions and temperatures in the 60s to 80s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Women Fliers Set Record Pace In Endurance Flight
Valley Stream New York August 22 Mrs Fraces Marsalis and Mrs Louise Thaden extended an endurance flight for women surpassing the 123 hour mark set by Bobby Trout and Edna May Cooper. They began August 14 at 1 PM EST and yesterday marked a full week aloft. They hooped to land soon as they planned to attend the National Air Races in Cleveland.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Fraces Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Bobby Trout
Edna May Cooper
Cleveland
Portland Pilot Dies In Crash Not With Maine Air Transport
Lt. George McLellan, killed in a Saturday crash in Portland, was employed by the Portland Flying Service with a female passenger aboard. Earlier reports misidentified his employer as Maine Air Transport Company.
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Portland
George McLellan
Portland Flying Service
Maine Air Transport Company
Robbery at Post Office Drug Company Nets $116
Robert L. Winkler president of the Post Office Drug Company reports a masked bandit robbed his store of $116 after entering during receipt checks. The thief, wearing a white neck handkerchief, escaped east on Seventh Avenue. Police noted two burglaries Monday morning at a Phillips Petroleum service station on Polk Street and the S. F. Newbold home on Hayden Street.
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Robert L. Winkler
Post Office Drug Company
Taylor Street
Winkler
Seventh Avenue
Phillips Petroleum Company
Polk Street
S. F. Newbold
Hayden Street
Water Plug Explosion Floods Streets On City Block
A car crash near Eighteenth Avenue and Washington Street snapped a fire hydrant. A six inch water jet sprayed six feet for 45 minutes, flooding streets while Boy Scouts directed traffic and water department workers rushed repairs.
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Eighteenth Avenue
Washington Street
Water Department
University of Texas seeks inquiry on gas royalty share
The University of Texas board of regents asked the state attorney general to investigate whether the university is receiving its full gas royalty from Reagan County oil fields. R L Batts outlined five action points including gas to oil ratio limits and royalties on gas used in production. Gas measured through May 31, 1932 totaled 90.38 billion cubic feet, with oil production likely adding about eight billion more.
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Austin
Board of Regents
University of Texas
State Attorney Generals Department
R. L. Batts
Attorney General
Texas Railroad Commission
Institute
Batts
University Reagan County
Picket Slain in Mine Site Gunfight at Zeigler Illinois
In Zeigler Illinois on August 22 a picket was killed and several others wounded during a clash at Bell and Zoller Mine No 1. Sheriff Browning Robinson said the fight was a temporary outburst and the area remains tense. Deputies guarded the mine as about 50 sworn officers joined police at the scene.
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Zeigler
Ill
U.P
Bell and Zoller
Browning Robinson
Robinson
Dominic Lauranti
Funeral today for noted Texas organist and pianist
Funeral services will be held late today for Mrs. Martha Prigmore 66 composer of the song Texas well known organist and pianist. She died at her home in Fort Worth yesterday. Mrs Prigmore was born in Gonzales and at age six participated in a Fort Worth musical program celebrating the arrival of the first railroad train.
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Fort Worth
Martha Prigmore
Texas
K F C Report Details 55 Million Loan Totals in July
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation loaned or allotted 55 million dollars to over 400 borrowers during the last ten days of July. The released report shows 437 loans totaling 45,057,556.10 with 1,653,500 in increases, distributed by banks, agricultural credits, building societies, and other sectors.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
South Trimble
House
Trimble
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture For Agricultural Relief
Hyde
Mollison Awaits Weather To Fly Home To Amy Johnson
Harry J A Mollison the British distance flier waits for a clear weather report in New York before starting a return flight across the Atlantic to his bride Amy Johnson. Johnson, England's renowned woman ace and three weeks married, waved goodbye at Craydon airport last week.
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New York
James A. Mollison
Europe
Manhattan
England
Mollison
Amy Johnson
J. A. Mollison
Atlantic
Ace
Crydon
Flying Fleets Begin Second Lap of Race
Two fleets about a hundred planes enter the Cord Cup trans continental air derby second lap from Los Angeles and Washington to Cleveland. Pacific group lands Yuma first lap while Atlantic group ends Winston Salem with one entry retired. Al Lary refuels near Yuma to finish 52nd.
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Cleveland
Atlantic
Pacific
Los Angeles
Yuma
Ariz
Washington, D. C
Winston Salem
N. C
Cecil Coffrin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fredericksburg
Art Carnahan
Bloomington
Yolando Spirito
Pasadena
Calif
Grand Jury Charged In Potter County Eight Week Term
The Potter County grand jury for the eight week August term of the 47th District Criminal Court was chosen and charged Monday morning before Judge Henry Bishop. Foreman William Frost led a list of jurors as the court opened with routine instructions and cautions on witness expenses. The calendar shows few defendants on the docket but many cases to be investigated, with indictments likely this term. District Attorney Edward Thomerson and Assistant DA Grady Hazlewood ready for work. court had just returned from Canyon Randall County.
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Potter County Grand Jury
47Th District Criminal Court
Henry
Bishop
Edw. W. Thomerson
Grady Hazlewood
Canyon
Randall County
Desert Heat Hurdles Pilots in Transcontinental Air Derby
Fifty six speed pilots cope with extreme heat in the Los Angeles to Cleveland sweepstakes handicap air derby. After a perilous Las Angeles to Yuma leg and a pass through San Gorgonio, the fleet planned a Tucson to El Paso night stop en route to the final destination.
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Yuma
Ariz
Los Angeles
Cleveland
San Gorgonio Pass
Tucson
el Paso
Texas
Kulak Woman Sentenced to Death for Theft from Collectives
In Samara region a kulak woman named Gribanova was condemned to death for grain theft from a collective farm near Osinovka. She is the first woman to receive the death penalty under the new decree classifying farm thefts as capital offenses.
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Samara
U. 8
Gribanova
Osinovka
Two Fliers Injured in Dimmitt Plane Crash
TULIA August 22 Ivan Bagwell the pilot and T E England the passenger are hospitalized with injuries after a plane crashed at the Bagwell farm six miles west of Dimmitt at dusk Sunday Bagwell suffered crushed ankles and England has internal injuries
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Tulia
Ivan Bagwell
T. E. England
Bagwell Farm
Dimmitt
Bagwell
England
Border clashes reported as Japanese thrust into Jehol
Chinese dispatches from Peiping say Japanese forces in Manchuria opened a strong attack into Jehol, pushing Chinese forces back along a broad eastern border while bombing planes spread terror and residents fled to open country seeking safety.
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Shanghai
Peiping
North China
Manchuria
Jehol
China
Japanese move on Jehol as Manchukuo expands
Tokyo reports say Jehol province will join the new state of Manchukuo as official quarters forecast strong action ahead. Dispatches from Chinchow say a Japanese detachment near Pelpinon routed several hundred Red Chinese regulars in a sharp battle, termed a minor local affair but signaling broader military plans.
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Tokyo
Jehol
Manchukuo
Chinchow
Manchuria
Pelpinon
Foreign Office
Chinese Officials Forecast Invasion of Jehol by Japan
Chinese officials in Nanking predict an inevitable Japanese invasion of Jehol Province despite Tokyo’s denials. They state Japan aims to seize Jehol and annex it to Manchukuo, while official Japanese actions on the Jehol border remain undisclosed.
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Nanking
China
Jehol
Japan
Manchukuo
Noted Educator of Southwest Is Dead
ABILENE August 22 Dr Oscar Henry Cooper 79 longtime educator former superintendent of public instruction and former president of Baylor University and Simmons University died at his home here shortly after 10 o clock this morning A native of Carthage Texas born November 22 1852 he earned an A B at Yale in 1872 studied at the University of Berlin He taught at Yale 1861 1884 served as Texas state superintendent of education 1886 1890 then led Galveston schools 1890 1896 was president of Baylor 1899 1902 and of Simmons 1902 1909 Later he was professor of philosophy and education at Simmons for several years.
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Abilene
Oscar Henry Cooper
Southwest
Baylor University
Simmons University
Carthage
Texas
Cooper
Yale
University of Berlin
Germany
Galveston
Baylor
Simmons
Democratic primary sprint builds for Texas August 27 vote
United Press reports the Democratic second primary nears voting day with rivals rushing to campaigns. Gov. Ross Sterling works nine engagements Saturday then surveys hurricane ravaged coastal areas. Miriam A Ferguson speaks at Groesbeck courthouse lawn as the race intensifies.
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United Press
Texas Democracy
Ross Sterling
Texas
Houston
Mia
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
Groesbeck
Sterling orders Rangers to clean up East Texas oil field
Governor Sterling announced 35 rangers would work with local law enforcement to curb criminals in the East Texas oil field area. Some rangers were en route but were recalled as the governor feared a misreading tied to ballot security in the upcoming run-off primary. He posted a $500 reward for primary officials convicted of illegal voting and $100 for ineligible voters who vote.
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Sterling
Austin
Rio Grande
East Texas
Oklahoma
Chicago
Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Dallas
Athens
Greenville
Houston
Police Warn as Wanderers Overrun Amarillo Trains
Amarillo faces a surge of drifters brought in by rail lines after a Fort Worth & Denver order restricting free rides. Police Chief W. R. McDowell urges residents to lock homes guard yards and report suspicious persons as city officials protest the rail directive and relocate transients.
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Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
Fort Worth
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