Frenzied vote drive nears runoff in Texas governor race
Democratic candidates James V. Allred and Jim Ferguson Hunter exchange sharp charges as they court voters in a brutal run off. Hunter accuses Allred of unfair personal attacks while Allred blasts Hunter on the ad valorem tax and big property interests. Political maneuvering centers on river development, state finance, and Roosevelt era recovery plans.
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United Press
Austin
Hunter
James V. Allred
Jimmy
Texas
Houston
Allred
Alfred
Miriam A. Ferguson
Colorado River
PWA
Hamilton Dam
Red River
Colorado
Brazos
Guadalupe
Pecos
Concho
Roosevelt
Jim Ferguson
Tom Hunter
Jim
Ferguson
Hillsboro
Armored Truck Robbery Nets Record $427000 in Brooklyn
A new mastermind carried out the largest cash theft in an American armored truck hold up, timing the $427,000 haul with Police Commissioner O'Ryan's 60th birthday. Investigators scoured waterways and piers as witnesses were questioned and boats named Popeye drew attention along Bay 35th Street and nearby harbors.
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Dale Harrison
Brooklyn
N. Y
Capone
Dillinger
O’ryan
Floyd Bennett Airport
Bay 35Th Street
Charles Zaun
Wet Panhandle Forecast Signals 10-Day Rain Spell
The Texas Panhandle eyes a wet spell after last night’s rainfall. Amarillo saw 0.34 inch with heavier showers in the south and muddy streets. Canyon and Dalhart reported lighter amounts and farmers bustle to plant millet seed amid renewed moisture.
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Texas Panhandle
Plains
HM. T. Collman
Panhandle
Amarillo
Washington Street
Pin Farm
Canyon
Gigita Fe Railroad
Canadian
Shattuck
Okla
Pampa
Clinton
Spearman
Dalhart
Banta Pe
Dumas
Boise City
Oklo
Channing
Tascosa
Claude
Clarendon
Old Time Cow Punchers Reunion Near Canyon Opening Hour
The annual Old Time Cow Punchers Reunion will be held north of Canyon with a barbecue by John Snider as the highlight. More than 100 pioneers have signed up for the feast and 200 additional registrations are expected. campers may stay tonight with wood and water arranged by organizer John Arnot.
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Canyon
John Snider
John Arnot
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Unsettled tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy skies over West Texas and fair to unsettled weather in New Mexico. Cooler in the extreme east, with temperature extremes ranging from 67 to 72 degrees by 1 o'clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Minneapolis Strikers End 36 Days of Conflict with Peace Pact
In Minneapolis a peace accord ends 36 days of trucking strikes and military rule. Drivers return to work with wages set at 50 cents and inside workers at 40 cents hourly for one year. The agreement protects union rights, creates arbitration machinery, and enforces terms via a regional labor board consent decree.
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Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
National
Union No. 574
Olson
Hans-Dunnigan
Francis Haas
E. H. Dunnigan
Patform
Regional Labor Board
Austria Vows to Fight Anschluss and Berlin Interference
Austria’s new government led by Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg pledges to fight the union with Germany and to resist Berlin meddling in Vienna as of August 22. He spoke to United Press, asserting determination to end Nazi pressure.
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Associated Press
Nice
Germany
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
United Press Today
Greek plot to kidnap ministers crushed by government
In Athens on August 22 the government said a military revolutionary plot to kidnap cabinet ministers and high army officials was foiled, according to Kathimerini newspaper.
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Athens
Greece
A.P
Kathimerini
Pastor Admits He Wrote Kidnap Note
The Rev. R. H. Askew, four square gospel evangelist, confessed to Sheriff Paul Garrison that his kidnapping tale was untrue and that he authored the ransom messages sent to his wife in Goldsboro North Carolina.
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Goldsboro
N. C
R. H. Askew
Paul Garrison
Dillinger Protection Bought in Chicago for 1000 a Week
In Kalamazoo on August 22 a Rotarian meeting heard that the late John Dillinger paid Chicago police captain C. Ray Hansen one thousand dollars weekly for protection. Hansen, former Cook County prosecutor, testified at the gathering.
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Dillinger Protection
Kalamazoo
Mich
U.P
John Dillinger
Chicago
C. Ray Hansen
Cook County
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Face Divorce After Meeting
America's sweetheart Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks met in Beverly Hills after his return from Europe amid their troubled marriage. A new business conference may unite Pickford, Fairbanks, Chaplin, and Goldwyn at United Artists, which the couple co-owns with Schenck managing.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
America
Fairbanks
Europe
Mary
Dougal
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles
United Artists Studio
Miss Pickford
Tomobile
Joseph M. Schenck
United Artists
Charles Chaplin
Samuel Goldwyn
Schenck
Oil Probation Gets Stay of Curtailments
The Texas Railroad Commission kept current oil production allowables in effect until September 1 and postponed its statewide proration hearing to that date. Officials cited lack of federal certification and incomplete tests in East and Southwest Texas fields as reasons for the delay. Swanson cited a possible September federal quota of 968,400 barrels daily, with Texas demand estimates guiding the industry plan for refineries and shipments.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
E. O. Thompson
Ickes
Texas
Thompson
E. B. Swanson
Petroleum Division
Bureau of Mines
East Texas
Swanson
Cannery to stay open as relief reps arrive
The Amarillo canning plant will not close tomorrow despite earlier announcements. Potter County relief officials said forces will be reduced but the plant remains in operation while state relief commission representatives, sent by State Relief Director Adam R Johnson, arrive today to study the relief situation upon Senator Clint C Small's request for funds to keep the plant running.
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State Relief Commission
Amarillo
Potter County
Howard A. Ferguson
Adam R Johnson
Clint C. Small
Commission
Body Found Hanging Near Houston
The body of Dan A. Hill, 25, of Highlands was found hanging from a barn rafter near Houston early today. Relatives said he had been in poor health for some time. An inquest returned a verdict of death by own action.
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Houston
Dan A. Hill
Highlands
L. G. Hill
Denison
False Teeth Prove Snappy
Frank Tilbury, a St. Joseph grocer, spent yesterday in a dentist chair after dreaming his false teeth caused pain. He woke with halves of the denture in his hands and sought a cheaper option. The Globe-News Want Ads sold a gas range for 2105 Ong.
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Frank Tilbury
St. Joseph
Globe-News
Capone Arrives at Alcatraz with 42 Notorious Prisoners
In San Francisco Bay August 22, Al Capone and 42 other inmates deemed highly dangerous were moved to Alcatraz. Authorities used strict precautions, guiding the convoy by rail to Tiburon, then by barge and tug to the prison behind the rock. Crowds were kept back as Capone entered the facility.
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San Francisco
al Capone
Alcatraz Prison
United States
Capone
The
Rock Prison
San Francisco Bay
Carquinez Bridge
Tiburon
F D R approves cut in workers hours in cotton garment industry
President Roosevelt signed an executive order amending the cotton garment code to reduce maximum weekly hours from 40 to 36 without wage cuts for about 200000 workers. The change, announced by NRA, takes effect October 1.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor Today
Green
Robert W. Breure
Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board
A. F. of L
United Textile Workers
NRA
Roosevelt
Mine mine war erupts as bombs hit train and city
In Springfield Illinois two bombs damaged a coal train and rocked a wide area. Authorities fear several itinerants may have been killed in the wreck as mine union tensions flare anew.
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Springfield
Ill
Raton Sheriff Boots Fletcher Makes Pleasure Trip
R. G. Boots Fletcher sheriff of Raton New Mexico was in Amarillo last night and returned home this morning saying it was just a pleasure trip.
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R. G
Boots” Fletcher
Raton
N. M
Amarillo
Hitler's Great Power and the New German Leader
Arthur Brisbane notes Hitler's rise to power after Hindenburg's death with about 38 million approving and 4 million opposing. He argues Hitler holds near unlimited legal power, controlling the Reich and empire structure as Germany's ruler.
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Hitler
Austria
von Hindenburg
Rainey Given Home Tribute in Carrollton
Henry T. Rainey Speaker of the House lies in state at Greene County courthouse after arriving from St. Louis. A large crowd gathers as Legionnaires carry the copper casket while President Roosevelt’s arrival and funeral services are anticipated.
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Carrollton
Til
Henry T. Rainey
Roosevelt
Mr. Rainey
St. Louis
Greene County
Rainey
Sue Williams
William Rainey
Swordfish Attack Damages Ship Off Sydney
The schooner Colp limped into port after a 290 pound swordfish attacked its hull. Captain Walter Colp said a harpoon barely struck the fish, which then rammed the vessel, driving the hull plank to the hilt. Sailors pumped the leak as the ship sought port.
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Sydney
U.P
Colp
Walter Colp
Roosevelt expands hunting rules to aid waterfowl
The Roosevelt administration tightens waterfowl protections with revised hunting regulations urged by Henry A. Wallace and backed by Jay N. Darling. Open seasons. fewer shooting days. state discretion on opening dates. permits allow baited premises with limits. no shooting after 3 PM. dawn restrictions eased. mourning doves banned.
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Washington
North America
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Jay N
Ding) Darling
Bureau of Biological Survey
Biological Survey
Wallace
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