Amarillo Weather Turns Colder After Light Shower
Winter arrives early in the Panhandle with a 24 degree fall from Tuesday’s 80 to Wednesday’s 56 at 9 30 am. A trace to 0.02 inches of rain occurred between 5 and 6 am with mist and a north wind. Snow blanketed the Rockies as far as six states, while roads around Bovina and Friona faced slow travel. Precipitation varied across the territory with showers to an inch and a half in Wildorado. roads reopened slowly on No 60 to Clovis. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued chill into Thursday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Rockies
Colorado
Utah
Wildorado
Clovis
Bovina
Friona
Fort Worth & Denver Railroad
Sterley
Childress
Clarendon
Santa Fe
Carrouzzett
Perryton
Glazier
Higgins
Woodward
Waynoka
Okla
City
Clinton
Cheyenne
Pampa
New England
Solons Break Over Traces Set Test Vote
The Texas Legislature's third special session moved beyond topic borders. The Senate asked the governor to submit salary reductions while the House set a 2:30 PM special order to probe the Highway Department finances and contracts.
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Gordon K. Shearer Austin
U.P
State Highway Department
Texas
Ross S. Sterling
Senate
House
Gordon Burns
McCulloch County
Highway Department
Bailey Hardy
Breckenridge
Hardy
Brazos River
Highway Commission
C.be. Farmer
Hoes
W. R. Poage
Waco
Tom Deberry
Bogota
Sterling
Deberry
Jack Keller
Eclipsing Sun Draws 51 Expeditions Across New England
Fifty-one astronomical expeditions lined a 300 mile by 60 wide path from Montreal to Cape Cod to witness a total solar eclipse. Millions of spectators arrived by train and car as moon shadow moved toward a 2 30 p m peak. Police issued safety orders to halt traffic during totality in many areas.
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Montreal
Cape Cod
New England
Island Pond
Ferguson Extends Lead in Texas Gubernatorial Nomination Count
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson leads Gov Ross Sterling by about two thousand votes in a late Texas Election Bureau tally. With 249 of 254 counties counted Ferguson 476,031 Sterling 473,742, as revisions boosted her lead and reduced Sterling’s total. Six counties yet to report were Leon Kimble Live Oak Reagan Trinity Zavala.
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Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. S. Sterling
Texas Election Bureau
Ferguson
Miriam A
Leon
Kimble
Live Oak
Reagan
Trinity
Zavala
Children urged to register for school classification this week
Supt. W. A. McIntosh asks all parents to ensure their children are classified in both the high and ward schools this week. Principals will be at most schools daily. Humphreys Highlands Forest Hills and the two minority schools will be present Friday only. If not classified this week, children will be counted absent Monday and must classify then.
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W. A. McIntosh
Humphreys Highlands
Forest Hills
Mollison Sails Back After Illness Delays Return
Captain James A. Mollison will sail home to England by steamer rather than attempt an Atlantic flight. Speaking from Sydney by telephone, he said he had not felt well in recent days and did not feel fit to endure the flight, calling the waiting strain "simply awful."
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London
U.R
James A. Mollison
England
Atlantic
Evening Standard
Sydney
Mollison
Moon Eclipse and World Bridge News Lead Today’s Column
Arthur Brisbane discusses American foreign policy and urges restraint toward Japan and Russia. He compares eclipse observations to growing scientific knowledge and notes bond sales for a San Francisco Golden Gate bridge. He cites a Dutch study linking lactic acid to girl births and bicarbonate to boys. See TODAY Page 2.
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Jacob Sanders
Rotterdam
Holland
International Congress of Genetics
W C T U Attacks Roosevelt Prohibition Repeal Plan
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union denounces Governor Roosevelt's repeal stance as surrender to the liquor lobby. It rails against a "smaller Roosevelt" seeking to restore alcohol trade for political gain, recalling the 18th Amendment and wartime liquor pressures.
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Washington
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany seeks military equality with France and allies
Berlin reports Germany informed Paris of its wish to fortify French and Polish frontiers and to scrap Versailles limits on armed forces. The Reich also seeks authority from President von Hindenburg to dissolve the Reichstag, with a meeting planned with the presiding board to resist dissolution.
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Paris
U.P
Germany
France
Francois-Poncet
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Benin
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Neudeck
Texas allows higher Syeper well oil output in East Texas
The Texas Railroad Commission set the Syeper well daily allowable in the East Texas oil field at 50 barrels, up from 43 under an order that expires tonight. Hurricane warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau for Biloxi to Panama City with tropical disturbances expected to bring northeast gales and possible hurricane force winds along the coast.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Washington
Weather Bureau
Biloxi
Miss
Panama City
Fla
Morgan City
South Coast Line
Pensacola
Bay St. Louis
Farm pickets fired on in Cherokee strike clash
Fifteen farmers wounded as marchers picket highways near Cherokee Iowa in a violent escalation of the price protest. A car marked Ben Archer and a local home near the scene confirm the injuries while officials remain reticent about details.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Ben Archer
Frank Phipps
United Press
William Wise
Bank Quint Shoot Way Out of Town
Five men robbed the Security State Bank in Blue Ridge Texas taking about 3000 dollars. They fired shots injuring Mrs. J. O. Nelson. The gang captured Miss Elfred Richardson and A. B. Eubanks as shields and released them miles from town unharmed.
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Bank
Blue Ridge
Collin County
Tex
U.P
Security State Bank
J. O. Nelson
Elfred Richardson
Eubanks
Shields
Nelson
Amarillo Forecast Partial Clouds Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy conditions expected for Amarillo and surrounding West Texas tonight and Thursday. Showers possible in the eastern portion tonight with high readings around 65 and low near 56 today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Five Die When Train Strikes Car Near La Grange
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train struck an automobile three miles west of La Grange Kentucky killing five people. The victims were Walter Douglas 62 his wife Lula Douglas 49 and their children Prentice Douglas 39 Mabel Douglas 19 and Matilda Douglas 15.
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LA Grange
Louisville and Nashville
Here
Walter Douglas
Lula Douglas
Prentice Douglas
Walter
Mabel Douglas
Matilda Douglas
Prentice
Course Races At National Air Races In Cleveland
Closed course races and record attempts highlight the National Air Races program. Nine pilots enter the Phillips trophy Woolaroo race for 2500 dollars, including Jimmy Wedell Ben O Howard Roy Liggitt Ray Mes and L L Bowen among others, Bowen flying a small low wing monoplane.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Wedell
St. Louis
Ben O. Howard
Chicago
Roy Liggett
Wichita
Kans
Ray Mes
Alameda
Cal
L. L. Bowen
Omaha
Neb
Hutchinsons Reach Labrador in Plane
The Hutchinsons flying family en route from New York to Europe landed in Labrador today after completing the third leg of their flight. The party of eight, including four crew outsiders, flew from Port Menier Anticosti Island to Hopendale 500 miles in a bit over four hours.
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Ellis Bay
Anticosti Island
Que
New York
Europe
Greenland
Labrador
Port Menier
Hopendale
Reunion honors memory of Seth Ward College closure
Former faculty members and students of Seth Ward College gathered in Plainview for a banquet reunion. Dr. W. M. Pearce of Vernon led the program as 130 alumni from Northwest Texas attended. Mrs. H. C. Pearson of Lorenzo was elected secretary of the new permanent organization.
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Plainview
Seth Ward College
Northwest Texas
W. M. Pearce
Vernon
H. C. Pearson
Lorenzo
Waters Versus Hurley On Bonus March Issue In Oklahoma
Walter W. Waters, commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, arrives in Oklahoma City to charge Secretary of War Hurley with misdeeds over evicting Washington bonus marchers. At Muskogee, a state American Legion session approved a resolution praising Waters for leadership and law enforcement. Waters forecasts possible further remarks in Oklahoma and notes Legion groups in about 30 states back bonus payment.
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Oklahoma City
Patrick J. Hurley
Bonus
Washington
Walter W. Waters
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Hurley
Waters
Muskogee
American Legion
Oklahoma
Legion
New York
Independent Gas and Royalty Owners Association Formed
A morning meeting at the Herring Hotel organized the Independent Gas and Royalty Owners Association with W. E. Herring as president and J. R. Barnhill as secretary. The group aims to urge the railroad commission to secure a gas market and relief from the pipeline company, with L. M. Fisher named counsel and about 200,000 acres represented by landowners joining the campaign.
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Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Independent Gas & Royalty Owners Association
W. E. Herring
J. R. Barnhill
Railroad Commission
L. M. Fisher
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for August
Treasury receipts for August 29 totaled 5 357 492.14 with expenditures 9 007 108.98 and a balance of 347 316 043.43. Customs duties for August 29 days amounted to 22 764 300.22.
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Treasury
Washington
McAdoo and Tubbs Nominees in State Primaries
In San Francisco almost complete returns from yesterday's statewide primary assure William Gibbs Mc Adoo for the Democratic Senate nomination and Tallant Tubbs for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Samuel M. Shortridge. In Washington Charles F. Abbott, president of the American Institute of Steel Construction, told President Hoover the steel industry has turned the corner and will boost production by 100 percent by year end.
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San Francisco
William Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Tallant Tubbs
United States Senate
Samuel M. Shortridge
Wabhlington
Charles F. Abbott
American Institute of Steel Construction
Hoover
Ie Steel Industry
Amarillo police report 81 car thefts over two days
Eleven cars taken in a spree with several recovered. A Chevrolet coupe found burned near Panhandle had missing plates and unknown ownership. John McDonald’s unlocked car disappeared from in front of the Amarillo building and reappeared in an alley. Mrs. Thompson’s 1928 Ford coupe was stolen from a church lot. D W Baird’s locked Hudson sports coupe with $1500 gear was stolen from the Capitol Hotel curbside. Police say most thefts were by joy riders who dumped vehicles nearby.
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Amarillo
John Hetner
Gouldy Farm
Bud Bickel
Panhandle
John McDonald
van Buren Street
Polk Street
Third Avenue
Thompson
Fillmore Street
D. W. Baird
Los Angeles
Highway 66 Association
Capitol Hotel
Baird
Market Selloff Dashes Stocks and Cotton Prices
The New York market faced a broad selling flare with stocks and cotton falling sharply after a morning upturn. Shares slid $1 to $3 from the previous day, cotton dropped up to $1.50 per bale, and wheat eased about a cent per bushel. Copper gained modestly while several industrials like Allied Chemical, U S Steel, Union Pacific, Santa Fe, North American and American Smelting posted notable declines.
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New York
Chicago
Allied Chemical
Steel
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
North American
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Arthur Brisbane
San Francisco’s Bridge
Ndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
The
King Feature Iy
Japan
Russia
Asia
New Hampshire
Golden Gate
Seattle
Pacific
W.c.t.asnails Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Wilson
Charles B. McDonald
McDonald
Woodall
Leola Durham
Lawrence Powell
Webbers Falls
Arkansas River Bridge
Sallisaw
Arkansas
Plainview College Folk Meet
M’adoo
Tubbs
Patricia Wentworth
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