Year of Mixed News Amid Economic Shifts in 1936
The 1936 year summary notes federal aid waning in importance as business boomed, with headlines ranging from Texas rail and cattle events to local incidents in Amarillo. Highlights include politicians, city projects, a slaving trial, school lunch programs, and notable legal cases, all marked by regional developments and community milestones.
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Mit
Teem Ister Afl
Social Security Administration
Temperature drop to 14 likely in area
The Chronology page reports a gusty cold snap with temperatures dipping to about 14 degrees in the region. Weather officials caution additional frosty mornings and frost may affect early crops and outdoor plans.
Cold snap hits Panhandle as Indian Summer ends
Snow and frigid air sweep the Panhandle with temperatures 14 to 20 degrees expected tonight. Rain in southeast West Texas and a hard freeze forecast for North Texas tomorrow, with live stock warnings issued and colder conditions spreading from Wichita Falls to Vernon.
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Texas
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Panhandle
North Plains
Central Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
United States Weather Bureau
West Texas
East Texas
North Texas
World heads toward peace says Secretary Moore in 1937 forecast
Washington January 1 Acting Secretary of State R Wal ton Moore voiced a deliberate opinion that a large scale war in 1937 is unlikely and that the world is slowly moving toward peace despite a renewed naval race among great powers and renewed war threats.
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R. Hobart C. Montff
Washington
Jan
R. Walton Moore
America
Moore
United States
Lonrinn
Capan
Britain
U.S A
Strikes Grip Auto Industry as 1927 Opens
Labor actions freeze General Motors plants and throttle Chevrolet and Buick output. UAW aims for union recognition and plans a rally in Flint while factory sit-downs halt about 27,000 GM workers and threaten broader industrial conflict nationwide.
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Vas General Movors Corporation
G. M
United Automobile Workers
Amerie
Chevrolet
Buick
Knudsen
Martin
UAWA
General Motors
Flint Mich
Kansas City
Atlanta
Cleveland
Anderson
Martins
General Moors
Sih Dawn
337 Miles an Hour Not Speedy Enough for Sportsman
Burbank, Jan 11 The chipped-wing Bullet Howard Hughes set a world speed record for land planes a year ago and aims to go faster. The midget racer, with four 750 horsepower motors and power-operated retractable landing gear, is undergoing tests expected to lead to U S pursuit plane status. The last year’s speed mark was 35 288 miles per hour.
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Burbank
Calif
Howard Hughes
Apo
United States
Mellon Family Welcomes Grandchild in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on January 1, Catherine Cornver Mellon, wife of Andrew Mellon Jr., celebrated the birth of their grandchild. The news notes the Mellon family’s continued fortune and connections to public service, with Andrew Warr Mellon Jr. serving as a secretary in government.
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Pittsburgh
Americas
Catherine Cornver Mellon
Davughter
M Pool Mellon
New Year 1937 Brisk Start. Amarillo Court Sees New Officers
Globe reporter notes brisk weather and many stores closed as Amarillo enters 1937. Courthouse activity includes installation of new officers while many job seekers line up nearby. City jail holds eight inmates for excess drinking as residents report a mild holiday mood and early bedtimes.
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Globe
Ely
Amarillo
Levy Services to Be Monday At Mineral Wells
Funeral services for Pet Levy, pioneer Amatillo merchant who died in Mineral Wells from a heart attack, will be held Monday. The body arrived in Amarillo and will lie in state at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Survivors include son Bert of Amarillo, grandson David of Amarillo, sister Mrs Schubacher of Bessemer, brother Bernard of Nani France, and four nieces in Youngstown Newark and New York City.
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Amarillo
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Levy
Mineral Wells
Bert
David
Amarilla
Schubacher
Bessemer
Bernard
Nani France
Charles
Riggle
Youngstown
Ollie
Stern
Newark
N. J
H. Farkes
Newark, NJ
Ali Cohn
New York City
Vimalert Company Linked to Airplane Motor Sales to Loyalists
A Baltimore Sun dispatch reports the Vimalert Company of Jersey City bought airplane motors from the Army Air Corps at 100 dollars each and later sold them to a coast guard unit for 4500 dollars each. Robert Cuse and others tied to the company hold licenses to export 2750 worth of airplanes and engines to Loyalist forces in Spain. The report notes the engines were largely recovered from damaged aircraft but origins remain unclear.
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Baltimore Sun
Washington
Vimalert Compa
Jersey City
Army Air Corps
Vimalert Campans
Robert Cuse
Ace
E Department
Spain
Sun
Ol Fissaro
Birea
Girl Escapes Gang Plot In Explosive Case
Helen Seiler 25 of Sioux City survives a deadly plan involving gang members Edward Tobin and D V Baker. Police say Tobin, a felon released months ago, and Baker plotted robbery and murder with a cache of explosives. Seiler crawled from a dynamite shack after the blast and was found by a motorist.
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Siother
Edward Tobin
D. V. Baker
Tobin
State Penitentiary
Gir
Helen Seiler
Sioux City
Loms N Cull
Harold Baker
Miss Seiler
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Withi
Tt Teft
Slim’ Reeves
Twane Nesbit
Baker
California
Eden 10 Push Spanish Plan Continuity of Nonintervention
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden prepared to send the plan for supervising nonintervention in the Spanish civil war to Franco and Caballero. Communications would go out before the insurgent leaders and the government’s premier Eden. They will be asked to accept or reject the plan within 14 days after it is telegraphed.
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London
Anthony Fden
Francisco Franco
Francisco Larzo Caballero
Fears Grow Over Charles Mattson Kidnapping Search
In Tacoma on January 11 officers report renewed fears in the five day old search for 10 year old Charles Mattson. Officials doubt the kidnapper will return the boy even with a $28 000 ransom and suspect the kidnapper is an amateur rather than a seasoned criminal. The case has drawn pessimism from an official long involved in the search and from family and community members.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Charles
Shane
Oid Willian
Muriel Mattson
Virginia
Pope Spends Cheerful Day Amid Recovery Hopes
The 79 year old Pope Pius XII shows renewed spirits after a good night’s sleep and a cheerful New Year’s Day. Vatican officials report improved strength and continued monitoring of respiratory and cardiac ailments as treatment proceeds.
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Vatican Gelly
Jan
Pope Pis
Holy Father
Crusade Against Drug Addiction Starts in Nanking
Nanking authorities begin a nationwide anti drug drive with a policy of temporary leniency for addicts before arrests and executions. The campaign allows three days grace while nationwide action continues with local prosecutions and harsh penalties for users and traffickers.
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Nanking
China
Wife Goes to Jail in Shooting Of Husband
Fragmentary historic clipping reports a woman jailed over the shooting of her husband in Santa Monica. Police Chief Charles The Saint and Harry A Love are named in the garbled text amid scattered references to other names and events.
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Calif
Halen
sHapirien
Charies
Marata
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