Deaths and wreck at Tucumcari spark mystery
Authorities investigated a tangled case near Tucumcari New Mexico after two men died and a stolen motor car wrecked near a bridge. Fingerprints were sent to Washington while a second body showed three bullet wounds and a nearby .32 pistol. The car had been taken from Oklahoma City salesman R R Roger near Littleton Colorado after three men boarded the running board and forced him to drive to Pueblo. Police sought a third occupant and question whether the shootings occurred before or after the wreck.
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Here
New Mexico
Federal Bureau of Identification
Washington
R. R. Roger
Oklahoma City
Littleton
Colo
Rogers
Colorado
Pueblo
Jewish Congress Plans Change for 1935 Geneva Meeting
Leaders of Jewry moved forward plans for a world Jewish congress committee to arrange an international congress of Jews in August 1935 in Geneva. The date and place were approved by a commission after opposition by U.S. factions had been withdrawn. Colored bait means nothing to nast fish, since they are color blind.
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Geneva
World Jewish Congress Committee
United States
Norma Shearer on Censorship and Choice Roles
Norma Shearer declines to discuss film censorship citing studio rules and lack of knowledge. Shearer notes liking Riptide and The Divorcee for married-love themes, praises The Barretts of Wimpo le Street, and previews Marie Antoinette with humility while detailing costume challenges.
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Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Norma
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Shearer
Wimpole Street
Marie Antoinette
Riptide
Barretts
Elizabeth Bar
Jett
Katharine Cornell
Robert Browning
Elizabeth
Barrett
Waddling Reptile Skull Found in Wyoming Dinosaur Graveyard
The skull of a tarosaurus, a large semi aquatic dinosaur, was dug up in the Big Horn mountain region of Wyoming. The find by Dr Barnum Brown and reported by F Trubee Davison of the American Museum of Natural History reveals the corpus deficti of barosaurus and suggests the species perished in a rapid, catastrophic event as pools dried and carnivores attacked the weakened giants.
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New York
Valley of Death
Wyoming
F. Trubee Davison
American Museum of Natural History
Barnum Brown
Big Horn Mountain
Davison
Dr. Brown
Deaf Mute Pays $1 Fine Disturb Peace in Beaumont
In Beaumont police court a deaf shoemaker was fined one dollar and costs for disturbing the peace. He testified on his hands. the judge held up a finger and thumb to signify the total. He was charged with using loud language and cursing, with witnesses describing shrieks and bellowing.
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Beaumont
Probe Attempt To Nab Four Utah Girls
An apparent kidnapping attempt in Ogden Utah involved three men who bound and gagged four girls aged 12 and 13 from prominent Utah families during a wooded picnic. The assailants fled when horses were heard nearby, and the girls freed themselves. The victims are Jean Scrowcroft 12 and Margo Spargo 13 of Ogden and Eldeen Mulcahy 13 and Joan Lehman 13 of Salt Lake City.
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Ogden
Utah
Jean Scrowcroft
Margo Spargo
Eldeen Mulcahy
Joan Lehman
Salt Lake City
Auto Financing Up Factory Sales Leap
The Commerce Department reports seven month auto financing up 72 percent from 1933 and 1 percent above 1932. July financing rose 50 percent versus July 1933 and 16.9 percent versus July 1932. Factory auto sales through July reached 761,443 more than the 1933 period, with total factory production at 1,980,914 units.
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Washington
U.P
Commerce Department
Adkins To Speak At Hunter Rally Tonight
Amarillo resident Jack Adkins will be the principal speaker at the Tom Hunter for governor rally in Panhandle on Main Street. He will discuss Hunter's platform program and qualifications for Texas governor.
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Panhandle
Jack Adkins
Amarillo
Tom Hunter
Main Street
Adkins
Texas
Liquor Haul Seized in Amarillo Cottage Raid
County authorities seized thirty gallons of whisky yesterday afternoon in a raid on an Amarillo cottage camp. Five cases of half gallon fruit jars contained the liquor, but no one was found in possession of it.
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Amarillo
Fossil of Flesh Eating Reptile Rewrites Timeline
Davison notes the fossil discovery shifts the geological clock back millions of years. Initial estimates placed the reptile in early Cretaceous around 125 million years ago, but new data extends the period to roughly 140 million years ago in the upper Jurassic.
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Davison
Mexican Motifs Move Into Fall Home Decor
A New York overview notes Mexican designs spread through linens tapestries and dishes this fall. Chairs and table covers feature canvas and blue glass items including bowls pitchers and tumblers. Miss Villa visited Amarillo and appeared at the Texas Theater.
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New York
Miss Villa
Amarillo
Texas Theater
Early Fli er Honored With Exhibit of Inventions
Washington honors Samuel Pierpont Langley on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Langley, Smithsonian secretary and aviation pioneer, built a steam powered model that flew over half a mile from a Potomac house boat in 1896, nearly matching the Wrights’ later feat.
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Washington
Potomac
Langley’s Failed Air Machine Precedes Wright Brothers Flight
The War Department funded $50,000 to build a man carrying machine. Launched from a house boat in fall 1903, it failed to take to the air as launch gear fouled. A second launch also failed. Langley halted efforts with funds exhausted, while the Wright brothers achieved their first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.
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War Department
Langley
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Experi
Anne Adams Pattern Offer for Home Sewing
The 1892 and 1947 Make This Model at Home patterns offered in sizes 12 through 40 with yardage and step by step instructions. Illustrations accompany each pattern and orders must provide size and payment in coins or stamps. The ad promotes the Summer Issue pattern book priced at 15 cents, with book and pattern together at 25 cents, mailing to The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department in New York City.
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Anne Oddams
Paris
Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York City
Langley’s Aeronautical Legacy Showcased at Smithsonian Exhibit
A Langley tribute honors the aviation pioneer with his writings in aeronautics astronomy and physics compiled by Dr. Charles G Abbott Smithsonian secretary. Langley’s airplane rests in the Smithsonian and a Langley inventions exhibit is on display.
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Charles G. Abbott
The
Smithsonian
Langley
Peenamint Mint Laxative Chews Marketed For Constipation
An ad promotes Peenamint mint chewing gum as a pleasant laxative for hot weather. It claims refreshing stomach relief, even distribution of laxative ingredients, and a gentle, thorough action with no habit forming risks.
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