Wheat Cutting Plan Details At Plainview
West Texas wheat cutting plans move ahead with county agents to relay reduction details to farmers. Seed loans and government feed loans are discussed, with allocations based on five year averages and three year averages for individual farmers.
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Plainview
West Texas
Texas
Midwest
Owen W. Sheriff
Farm Administration Office
Dallas
Bennett
U.P
Carl H. Robinson
W. H. Darrow
Labor Day Revue Heads To Amarillo For Two Showings
Labor Day in Amarillo promises a gala with Wilbur C. Hawk presenting a lively musical revue titled Heads Up at the Municipal Auditorium. The program features Ligon Smith and his band with radio and stage stars, including Jimmy Jefferies, Fred Lowery, Lois Nixon, Arthur Barton, Norm Norman, Helen Wheeler, Mynette Fritts and more in two performances.
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Labor Day
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Municipal Auditorium
Ligon Smith
Jimmy Jefferies
Coco Nut Grove
California
FAA
Dallas
Fred Lowery
Jimmy
Lois Nixon
The
Blues
Arthur Barton
Norm Norman
Helen Wheeler
Mynette Fritts
Amarillo Charter Amendments Progress to Vote
The council outlines proposed changes to the city charter including equal population voting for commissioners from four precincts and at large mayor in the next April 1935 election. Petition signatures were verified, adoption scheduled after July checks, with the charter originally adopted in 1913 and amended six times since.
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James O. Cade
Amarillo
Man Shot in Hotel Gun Fight In Austin
Jesse Grooms of Austin is hospitalized in serious condition after a hotel gun battle with city police sheriff's deputies and Texas rangers. Grooms was shot in the forehead as deputies attempted to serve an embezzlement warrant and he allegedly fired at officers during the confrontation.
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Austin
Jesse Grooms
Sheriff's Deputies
Texas Rangers
Grooms
J. E. McCoy
Sam Rogers
Justice Court
McCoy
Rogers
Gandhi Ends Fast As He Is Released From Custody
Gandhi ends an eight day fast after being unconditionally released by the government. The frail leader began the fast to protest government denial of privileges for his campaign on behalf of the untouchable class.
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Gandhi
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Commode Dilemma Invades Dear Tack Letters
A reader seeks financial relief and housing with no rent but a missing commode. The plea asks for advice on securing a solution and hints at broader budget pressures.
Questioning Continues in Masterson Extortion Case
Hardy Caddell, a suspect in the R. B. Masterson Jr. extortion case, was in his third day of federal questioning. He says he was hitchhiking from Clarendon to Amarillo, slept near Goodnight with shelter from box cars as threatening weather loomed. Investigators press for details about his proximity to the payoff spot, while Masterson was ordered to deliver $6,000 under penalty of death.
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Hardy Caddell
R. B. Masterson, Jr
RFC
Caddell
Clarendon
Amarillo
Goodnight
Texan Art Exhibit Highlights State Themes and Figures
A San Antonio display features Texas and Southwest paintings from the Texas Fine Arts Association, San Antonio Art League, Edgar B. Davis collection, and White Museum. Noted items include branding irons, a Texas progress mural from Bowie to today, and portraits of Gen. Sam Houston and Mrs. William Henry Tobin, with blue bonnet depictions absent.
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A. J. Madsen
San Antonio
Texas
Southwest
Texas Fine Arts Association
San Antonio Art League
Edgar B. Davis
White Museum
Austin
J. R. Maxfield
Waco
Bowie
Gen
Sam Houston
William Henry Tobin
Shaw Loan Bonds In Demand As Government Backed Security
James A. Shaw, state manager of the Home Owner's Loan Corporation, toured Texas branches and explained 4 percent tax free bonds issued for distressed homeowners. Bonds are government guaranteed for interest, exempt from most taxes, and backed by capital from the government. Loans not to exceed 80 percent appraisals.
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James A. Shaw
J. C. Anderson, Jr
Amarillo
Texas
Shaw
Teves Banking
Loan Corporation
Travis Shaw
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Congress
Outbreak Death Toll Tops 19 in Three Years in St Louis Area
The health service notes 182 cases in the period with 145 in St Louis County and 37 in the city. It cites the Spokane outbreak as once the worst, but local figures exceed that. A third expert is cited by the U S Public Health Service as recognizing the world's largest single-place outbreak.
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Federal Public Health Service
Spokane
St. Louis County
City of
St. Louis
United States Public Health ‘Service
Rainfall totals reach half to inch in Panhandle towns
Rainfall spread to Amarillo Wildorado Texhoma Allanreed Conway Groom Dalhart Nara Visa with amounts from one fourth to one inch. Agricultural agent P C Bennett notes the rain will aid fodder and feed crops and bring thousands of dollars benefit to wheat growers this fall.
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Amarillo
Wildorado
Texhoma
Allanreed
Conway
Groom
Middlewater
Shamrock
Dalhart
Nara Visa
N. M
P. C. Bennett
Potter County
Co-ed Elopes With Missing Bank Aide
A Rice Institute student wrote her parents that she eloped with a First National Bank official amid an $11,500 vault theft. Texas Rangers searched Houston for the man as officers checked the bank. A brother recovered $3,250 and returned it to the bank, while the banker faced no charges yet.
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Giddings
Tex
U.P
Rice Institute
First National Bank
Houston
Lee County
Texas Rangers
Texas urged to back repeal of Prohibition and wet party pledge
Postmaster General James A. Farley appealed to Texans to uphold the Democratic platform and support President Roosevelt's program to repeal the 18th Amendment. In a radio address transmitted from New York and broadcast by Texas stations, Farley praised Roosevelt and Garner and urged Texans to vote for repeal and legalized beer next Saturday.
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United Press
Texas
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Garner
Farley
New York
Texas Liberal Legion
Congress
Lindberghs Take Flight for Europe from Iceland
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh departed from Eskifjord Iceland at 7 40 A M EDT heading east toward Europe Their first stop is the Parces Islands north of the Shetlands with plans beyond that point not yet fixed The flight marks a new leg in the famous aviator couple's travels
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Eskifjord
Iceland
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Parces Islands
Stetlands
Roosevelt visits scouts camp in New York area
President Roosevelt departs by motor for a 10 mile River Boy Scout camp located 80 miles from the city. He plans to return by nightfall. The piece notes a 20,000 strong Salvation Army band in Great Britain.
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Scouts E Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Salvation Army
Jband
Great Britain
Election Aides Asked to Assemble Thursday in Potter County
Judges and supervisors slated to officiate Saturday's Potter County election are requested to meet at the county court room at 5 PM Thursday to receive instructions. With three ballots in most precincts and two separate elections at once, officials will need coaching as many are new to the job.
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Potter County
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Stance on Relief Bonds
Stamford Aug 23 The West Texas Chamber of Commerce will not endorse or oppose the $20,000,000 state relief bond issue. A vote among 186 directors showed 55 opposed, 46 in favor, 85 did not vote. President Cline refused to take a public position, citing close results and undecided directors. The group urged support for a county home rule amendment as a step toward better local government.
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Westex
Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Walter D. Cline
WTCC
Cline
Hurricane Lashes Virginia Coast
A violent storm described as hurricane strength sweeps inland from the Virginia Capes on a northwest course toward Washington. Navy and weather officials report the storm reaching force 10 off the Virginia coast with lines of communication disrupted in Virginia and parts of Maryland.
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Virginia
Washington
Naval and Weather Bureau
Bureau
Virginia Capes
National Capital
R. H. Weightman
Weather Bureau
Tropics
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
Bureau of Aeronautics
Maryland
St Louis Sees Lowest Light Rate in U S History
Union Electric Light & Power Co announces a voluntary rate cut totaling 1.6 million dollars. City and county average reductions reach 17.5 percent with as much as 35 percent for some users, benefiting 289000 customers of 309000. First 32 kilowatt hours cost five cents, 168 hours at 2.5 cents, and above 200 at 1.5 cents plus 5 percent for prompt payment.
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ST. Louis
U.P
United States
Vicinity
Union Electric Light & Power Company
Louis F. Hogan
Mrs. J. G. McFarland Dies at 64 in Amarillo
Callie McFarland aged 64, wife of J. G. McFarland of 408 Virginia Street, died at 11:30 Wednesday at a local hospital. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2:30 PM at West Amarillo Christian Church with Rev. Ferrell Fox officiating. Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home in charge.
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Callie McFarland
J. G. McFarland
Virginia Street
West Amarillo Christian Church
Ferrell Fox
Blackburn - Shaw Funeral Home
NRA questions and cotton market reports mix with warnings
The dispatches cover NRA inquiries on staffing and payroll, a census ginning total for 1940 cotton, and market moves in New Orleans and New York. Officials warn against chiselers, urge consumer cooperation, and outline the new punishment bureau handling violations while Amarillo campaigns for compliance.
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Washington
U.P
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Kidnap plot and Carter Shannon family fears linked to Bailey group
A man dressed in men's clothes and a woman were seen at a ranch drinking water and sleeping in a hay barn after being identified from photos as Kelly and a woman matching Mrs Kelly. Officers warned Bailey’s circle threatens Shannon’s kin if they are freed, while Washington reports show Treasury receipts and expenditures for August and the fiscal year. Also noted is Henry Blair’s early patents as the first African American granted a patent for a corn harvester.
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Young
Shannon
Kelly
Bailey
Department of Justice
Henry Blair
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