Night Talks of Hoover Roosevelt and Local Dance
The piece recalls near miss on a Texas risk to President Hoover and praises Roosevelt while noting public esteem. It invites readers to a Fat Stock Show benefit dance at Lindyland on lower Polk Street with the Melody Maids performing tonight and mentions a lively local scene and stories from The Saturday Evening Post. It ends with a whimsical mention of tomatoes in Watermelon Valley Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Maids
Lindyland
Polk Street
Frank Wilson
Mcean
Mr. Wilson
Watermelon Valley
Texas
Doll's House sale opens reservations for local play
Reservations for the Little Theater production of A Doll's House went on sale at City Drug Store on Polk Street. The Friday performance will be at McKinley School Auditorium with Mr Batchelder and Annabel Allen in leading roles. Admission is 50 cents.
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Little Theater
Henrik Ibsen
City Drug Store
Polk Street
McKinley School
Batchelder
Texas State Teachers’ College
Canyon
Annabel Allen
Mr. Batcheleder
Miss Allen
RestS GUN Cont on Page 1 Casualty and Local Notes
A narrative recounts the Roosevelt assassination aftermath with Tony Cermak and Mrs. Gill amid street blood and chaos. It also notes an early morning fire at Bennett Cafe, damaged fixtures, and a lighthearted column about local winter life and a lost purse between Hartley and Dalhart with a Rock Island pass and Mrs. J. P. Matthews as owner contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Cermak
Guiseppe Zangara
Bennett Cafe
West Sixth Avenue
Here
Dalhart
Hartley
J. P. Matthews
Rock Island
They Write To Tack About Stanfield Request
A letter notes a press report that Representative Stanfield asked Governor Ferguson to retain Tack as a state game member. The item references Tack letters found on Page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Stanfield
Ferguson
Calotabs Offer Quick Relief for Colds and Coughs
Medical writers endorse Calotabs for relieving nasal and throat congestion from colds to prevent complications. One or two tablets at bedtime with milk or water cansel congestion by next morning, with no salts, nausea, or appetite loss. A family package costs thirty five cents, trial size ten cents.
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U. S
Roosevelt survives Miami assassination amid panic and heroism
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt in Miami as Carlo Zangara fired at him from a platform near Mayor Cermak. Mrs Cross and Tom Armour restrained the gunman while Cermak was injured. Roosevelt escaped unharmed and pressed hospital aid for the mayor.
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Mrs. Cross
Zangara
Mayor Cermak
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
Miami
Cermak
Chance
Tom Armour
Prohibition Supporters Rally Young Moral Front
Prohibition advocates urge intelligent youth to join a reserve force in defending the Eighteenth Amendment. They cite improved conditions and insist on continuing the moral battle, calling for scientific education, social work, and public restraint against alcohol. President Eliot’s quote frames resolve with the motto No Surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Jane Addams
Evangeline Booth
Ocanglas
America
Charles W. Eliot
Extortionist Kills Self After Standoff in Banker's Home
In Kansas City a 34 year old extortionist K W Lattin shot himself as police closed in at the home of B Crosby Kemper after threatening Mrs Ann Wilde the nurse maid and Kemper's 9 year old daughter Sally Ann He demanded 15000 dollars and terrorized the household but the nurse maid and others escaped with police help.
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Kansas City
Peb
Ozarks
B Crosby Kemper
K. W. Lattin
County Dads Plan Special Session
Potter County commissioners will reconvene Friday morning in a called session to finish issues from the prior three days. Southwestern Bell Telephone representatives will meet with county officials to discuss lowering the monthly telephone bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
President-elect shot as Cermak meeting unfolds
The account describes a chaotic moment when a firearm fired during a presidentially notable meeting. Wood recalls holding a lapel microphone and passing a cable for a radio announcer as the shooting began. The first shot rang near him as the President-elect reached to greet Mayor Cermak, who receive a jovial remark. A cameraman had just given the signal to start filming when the shots occurred.
Assassin continued: Zangara’s arrest and gun purchase
The Miami scene following the assassination attempt on President Hoover features assassin Giuseppe Zangara being examined by Secret Service and police. He bought the pistol in a local pawn shop for $8 and claimed he wanted to kill Roosevelt. Andrea Valenti, sharing his address, is held on suspicion. Zangara spoke of wanting to kill all presidents and officials and showed a $850 postal savings balance.
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Secret Service
Miami
Zangara
Hoover
Roosevelt
Andrea Valenti
McKinley
Italy
Dallas Woman Plans Tomorrow Trip After Roosevelt Bullet Wound
Mrs. T. H. Jenkins prepared to leave Dallas for Miami to reach her daughter Mrs. Joseph H. Gill in serious condition after a bullet wound to a party of President-Elect Roosevelt. Sister Mrs. Ronald Vincent would join the trip by 6 P. M. They are due in Florida at 4 P. M. Saturday. Mrs. Gill, who attended Trinity University at Waxahachie, had returned for visits since moving to Florida in 1925.
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Gon Memorial Hospital
Cermak
Joseph H. Gill
Florida Power and Light Company
Margaret Cruise
Newark
N. J
William Sinnott
New York
Russell Caldwell
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
Dallas
T. H. Jenkins
Miami
Ronald Vincent
Gill
Florida City
Boy Says He Slew Youthful Snitch Leader Confesses
New York report details 15 year old Harry Murch admitting he lured 12 year old William Bender to an abandoned Queens house. He tied the boy with cord gagged him and killed him with a pocketknife in a case tied to a schoolboy secret society.
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New York
Harry Murch
William Bender
Queens
Detroit Money Returns as Banks Reopen Plan Aid
Detroit workers begin to feel cash flow again as banks reopen after an eight day holiday. President Hoover will ask Congress to pass emergency Michigan relief legislation to ease the banking crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
William A. Comstock
Hoover
Congress
Michigan
Markets KANBAS CITY and New Orleans Cotton News
Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show varied bids with 3,500 head hog run and 2,000 cattle listed as steady to lower. New Orleans cotton opens quiet then rallies on short covering with March at 5.92, May 6.05, July 6.18, while New York stocks fall to lowest levels since August on large selling after a presidential threat.
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Kanbas City
Kansba
New Orleans
New York
Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
Rails
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Norfolk and Western
Texas Gulf
al- Med Chemical
American Telephone
Case
Eastman
National Biscuit
Safeway
Penney
Public Service of N. J
United Gas Improvement
Columbia Gas
American Water Works
Weeting
World reaction to Roosevelt attack across Europe
French officials express indignation over the attempted assassination and extend sympathy to Mayor Cermak. In Mexico City President Rodriquez orders dispatch of a message to Roosevelt. Belgium’s Hymans asks Washington to convey Belgian congratulations on his escape. Hungary’s Minister Cousin relays relief upon news of the failure.
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France
Paris
Roosevelt
Mayor Cermak
Europe
Paul Doumer
Rodriguez
Mexico City
Belgium
Brussels
Paul Hymans Cablin
Paul May
Washington
Attempt on Roosevelt headline dominates Vienna papers
Reports of the attempt on the life of President Elect Roosevelt monopolized the front pages of Vienna newspapers. Other international developments crucial to Austria were also reported.
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Vienna
Roosevelt
Austria
Old Doctor Escapes Serious Gall Bladder Operation
An elderly German physician Dr. H. E. Hildebrand treated his gall stone pain without surgery and later shared the method. He claimed success with others and offered a free test of the preparation from Hildebrand Laboratories in Chicago, inviting readers to write.
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H. E. Hildebrand
Hildebrand
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Ottinger’s
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Central Bldg
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