Deluges Cut Off Towns North of City With Damaged Bridges
Heavy rain over two nights halted traffic across the Panhandle isolating Stinnett and washing out multiple bridges. Temporary crossings planned for early Monday afternoon. Rail lines Amarillo to Liberal blocked at midday with service resuming later. Morse and Pringle area floodways disrupted access from Morse to Stinnett and detours advised.
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Panhandle
Stinnett
State Highway Department
Fritch
Sanford
Rock Island
Amarillo
Liberal, Kansas
Morse
Palo Duro Creek
Pringle
Plemons-Canadian River
Amarillo NRA canvass asks workers about wages and employment
In Amarillo volunteers conducted a city wide NRA house to house canvass asking families if members receive minimum wages how many are employed and how many over 16 need work. They urged signing a cooperation pledge and reporting violations at the 514 Taylor Street headquarters.
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Amarillo
NRA
General Council
Amarillo Credit Association
Taylor Street
Chester Bordwell
Mason King
Fred Gallo
Council
Roy Cullum
Ad dell Held In Masterson Mail Threats Case
Hardy Caddell a former ranch hand was charged in federal court with mailing threats to demand 6000 under penalty of death to rancher R B Masterson Jr Amarillo. He pleaded not guilty and was released on 2000 bond as a large law enforcement operation surrounded the stakeout near Goodnight until Caddell was found sleeping by the railroad.
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Hardy Caddell
RE. B. Masterson
Masterson
M. B. Johnson
Amarillo
Caddell
U. S
Goodnight
R. B. Masterson, Jr
Mr. Masterson
Clarendon
Liberty
Marvin Jones
Washington
Department of Justice
Randall
Bob Barnett
Corpus Man Named Texas State Auditor
George B. Simpson of Corpus Christi was appointed by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson to be Texas state auditor. He succeeds Moore Lynn, who resigns effective September 1 and may join the Tennessee Valley Authority. Simpson, a native of Fisher County, has over 15 years of auditing experience and was with a San Antonio auditing firm.
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Austin
George B. Simpson
Corpus Christi
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Moore Lynn
Lynn
Moody
Tennessee Valley Authority
Simpson
Fisher County
San Antonio
Lynn Declines TVA Auditing Post Offer
Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority said Moore Lynn, Texas state auditor, was offered the post of auditor for the Authority but had not yet accepted the job as of today.
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Lynn
Washington
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Moore Lynn
Texas
Rental Opportunity Alerts Landlords And Tenants Alike
Public notices urged timely action as rents rise. Advertisements in the paper offered inexpensive rent listings to connect landlords with potential renters during the fall and winter seasons.
Potter County Beer Permits Amid Local Option Vote
Amarillo and Potter County await Austin action after a Saturday vote on beer issues. County results 2 to 1 for local option, 7 to 1 for relief bonds, and strong support for home rule charter and homestead tax exemption. Issuance of licenses begins September 15 with hearings and posting required.
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Potter County
Amarillo
Austin
J. M. Simpson
Polk Street
Randall
Randall County
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Randall’s
Fragmented Feature Snippet Reflects 1998 Syndicate Columns
The text presents a collage of 1998 material including Arthur Brisbane style commentary, notes on a New York NBA parade, and historical comments from Louvois Turenne and Richelieu era figures. It ends with a mention of Sing Sing and two Puerto Ricans, hinting at a crime reference within a historic newspaper fragment.
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New York
Louvois
Turenne
Richelieu
Bernhard of
Saxeneimar
NRA
City AWAITS Page 2 U S Turning Hogs Into Fertilizer
Fort Worth August 28 The federal drive to cut the nation hog population by five million hogs began at the local market at noon. Regular hog market closed at noon and shifted to government buying. Hogs bought are not for food but to be slaughtered for fertilizer and by products.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Stanton Trial Set In Moseley Murder
Plainview records show Ed Stanton the murder trial for J C Moseley Swisher County sheriff set for September 11 in Sixty Fourth District Court. Attorneys indicated they would file for a change of venue.
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Plainview
Ed (Perchmouth) Stanton
J. C. Moseley
Swisher County
Sixty- Fourth District Court
Stanton
Banco Commercial de Cuba Closes. Payments Suspended
Havana officials report Banco Commercial de Cuba closed its doors on August 28 and suspended all payments as troops guarded the building.
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Havana Bank
Havana
Cuba
Banco Commercial de Cuba
Roosevelt appoints Gonzales minister to Panama
President Roosevelt names Antonio C. Gonzales of New York City as minister to Panama in a surprise late summer appointment. Gonzales will represent the United States in Panama and proceed to assume the duties of the diplomatic post.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Antonio C. Gonzales
New York City
Panama
Beer Is Barred for Most Texas Counties
Texas moved toward a paradox in a nationwide wet state run as 254 counties faced local options after a statewide repeal vote. The statewide 21st Amendment passage allowed local bans. 243 counties voted on local options and many remained dry or partially dry, with 63 keeping existing laws.
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Texas
Dallas
U.P
John Barleycorn
United Press
Texas Panhandle
United States
Morris Sheppard
Moley to Take Editorial Pen
Raymond Moley a Roosevelt adviser will edit a new national weekly published by Vincent Astor. Moley resigns effective September 7 after talks with Astor. Hull denies sparking the move and both deny any face saving motive.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Columbia University
State Department
Hull
Moley
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Astor
Daladier Promises to Guarantee Austrian Independence
Premier Edouard Daladier tours Rhine fortifications near the German frontier warning that France will protect its liberty while urging adherence to the League of Nations and The Hague Court of Arbitration. He says smaller states have equal rights and notes socialists fear war if Fascism spreads to Austria.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
League of Nations
Hague Court
Bers
Chamber of Deputies
Angouleme
Austria
Rhine
Luxembourg
Panhandle counties vote 3.2 beer in local option polls
Eleven Panhandle counties approve 3.2 beer with the exception of Donley Hall Collingsworth and Childress. Oldham votes wet but no local option. Potter Gray Ochiltree Hemphill Dallam Hartley Moore Lipscomb Wheeler Carson Hutchinson among those voting yes. Wheeler and Armstrong show close results on partial returns. rest vote dry.
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Panhandle
Donley, Hall, Collingsworth
Childress
Oldham
Potter
Gray
Ochiltree
Hemphill
Dallam
Hartley
Moore
Lipscomb
Wheeler
Carson
Hutchinson
Armstrong
Panhandle Territory
Roosevelt Considers Oil Board With Ickes In Hyde Park
President Roosevelt and Interior Secretary Ickes discussed forming a superhistory board for the oil industry and the president may serve as oil administrator. Ickes flew from Washington with potential appointee names as the board is authorized under the new code. Roosevelt also planned to attend talks with Montagu Norman and George Harrison on banking and public works.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Interior
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Washington
Oil Board
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
George Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
School Board Sets Budget Meeting For Next Year
The public school board will meet Monday night at 17 30 in Supt McIntosh's office at the high school to set the final budget for the coming year. The tentative budget totals 459000 with a tax rate of 90 cents. Taxpayers at the public hearing urged reductions to 460000 with a one cent saving on the levy.
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Supt. McIntosh
Detain Doctor in Knife Fight at Ross Hotel
Dr F H Boaz was arrested on assault with intent to murder after a Saturday knife brawl at the Ross Hotel. Wounded were M L May James McCaulley and Boaz. May throat slashed and McCaulley stabbed. all in critical condition and under guard.
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F. H. Boaz
Ross Hotel
M. L. May
James McCaulley
May
McCaulley
H. L. Holbrook
Holbrook
Memphis
Dr. Boaz
Boax
Panhandle
Kerrville
Wichita Falls
Boaz
Potter County
Landlord Dies in Fire While Saving Roomer in Houston
In Houston early today two men died in a blaze at a rooming house. H. C. Randall, 45, the landlord, died after returning to save roomer J. P. Hennessy, 7, from the second floor. Firemen found both bodies near a kitchen window. Randall had led his wife and several nurses to safety.
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Houston
H. C. Randall
J. P. Hennessy
Hennessy
Randall
Two Hijackings Hit Amarillo Sunday Morning
Three men robbed at Julian Boulevard and Florida Street as two victims, Dave Lane and Jack Lankford, reported losses of $1 and $3.03 respectively. Leonard Britt in Canyon said a hijacker took the distributor from his car in Bivins addition, with losses between $6 and $7.
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Amarillo
Dave Lane
Jackson Street
Jack Lankford
Julian Boulevard
Florida Street
Lane
Lankford
Leonard Britt
Canyon
Bivins Addition
Britt
Unsettled Weather Forecast for Amarillo Area
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity indicates unsettled conditions tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy skies. West Texas remains partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, New Mexico shows local afternoon or night thunder showers with Tuesday generally fair and little temperature change. Temperatures range from 61 to 74 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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Dumas
W. +. Amacker
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Four Corners
Army OF Volunteers
Hugh
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Corpus Man
Ferguson
Arthur S. Baker
Marjorie Hughes
Montebello
Calif
King Feature Syndicate
Ine
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Alexander
U.S
Moseley
Nving
Hotel Row
Bill Adams
St. Anthony's Hospital
Athens
Samuel Insull
Roomer
Nsure
Neely-Greenhill Agency
John Maynardh
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