Air Disasters list spans major 20th century tragedies
A compilation of historic airliner and aircraft crashes outlines notable death tolls and incidents from 1926 to 1935. It catalogs locations such as Goodwin Arkansas and Socol Russia, with fatalities including Knute Rockne and numerous others, across multiple continents.
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Associated Press
Goodwin
Ark
United States
Socol
Russia
Maxim Gorky
English Channel
Hadley Field
N. Jay
Tokyo
Japan
Pocatello
Idaho
Rio de Janeiro
San Antonio
Texas
Oceanside
Calif
Knute Rockne
Bazar
Kas
Hayward
Chicago
Kharkov
Belgium
Mountain Side
Salt Lake City
Utah
Catskill
Debruce
N. Y
Karachi
India
Bronson Cutting
Macon
Medellin
Colombia
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tatsfield
England
Alexandria
Egypt
Plane crash in swamp yields scattered human remains
Clark Porteous reports in Goodwin Arkansas on a late model Douglas monoplane crash. Bodies lay in a flooded swamp near a cypress stump as searchers, aided by locals, recovered parts and awaited daylight. American Airlines manager C. E. West was among those involved.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Mervin Rosenbaugh, Jr
Forrest City
Ark
Goodwin
C. E. West
American Air Lines
Tomorrow Is Amarillo Day for Shoppers
Amarillo merchants plan a city wide sales event on Thursday January 16 1936 with winter merchandise at discounted prices and spring purchases at introductory rates. Shoppers are urged to read participating merchants advertisements in the News and Globe and start shopping at dawn for value across shoes sheets and more.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
News and Globe
Beginnings Of Tragedy Told
Fort Worth pilot Gerald W. Marshall helped inaugurate Texas air mail and guided aviation development. He died in last night's crash near Goodwin Arkansas while serving as operations manager for Southern Air Transport.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Gerald W. Marshall
American Airlines
Goodwin
Ark
University of Texas
Marshall
South Texas Air Mail Service
Southern Air Transport Division
The
Aviation Corporation
Perla Gasparini
Arkansas
Memphis
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast
Fair tonight and Thursday with slight warmth and low around 37. West Texas partly cloudy with warmer conditions in north and east tonight and Thursday. New Mexico fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Today’s high low range 38 to 61.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Southerner airliner disaster leaves no survivors
Remnants of 17 victims are recovered from Arkansas marsh where the American Airlines Southerner crashed on the Memphis to Los Angeles run. Coroner cites accidental crash as cause. 14 passengers and crew perish. Rescue crews describe a wide wreck area amid swampy terrain.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Airlines
Douglas
Municipal Airport
A. Palmer
ED L. Campbell
Associated Press
Goodwin
Ark
America
Arkansas
J. C. Crawford
Department of Commerce
Memphis Funeral Home
Jack Jones
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Crawford
Karpis Escapes Federal Trap At Aurora Garage Breakfast
Alvin Karpis America s public enemy No 1 and a companion eluded a trap laid by federal agents and highway patrol at an Aurora Missouri garage. The effort followed weeks of surveillance after they rented space to store a car and were positively identified by garage operators. The arrest attempt collapsed during the breakfast hour.
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Aurora
Nn. 15
U.P
Alvin Karpis
America
Karpis
Harry
Oliver Seburn
Senator Nye Charges Wilson Falsified Secret Pact Claims
Senator Nye accuses President Wilson of falsifying postwar remarks about not knowing of Allied secret treaties. The disclosure follows German Ambassador von Bernstorff admitting submarine warfare could draw the U S into WWI. J P Morgan is noted as investigators focus on government records and Wilsons patience with Allies in 1916.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate Munitions Committee
Wilson
America
Europe
Count von Bernstorff
United States
J.P. Morgan
Bonus Votes Ample To Over Ride FOR Veto
Senate support for the soldiers bonus bill suggests enough votes to override a presidential veto if Roosevelts veto is issued. The compromise bill faces a vote tomorrow and could end the 16 year battle with less drama than prior fights.
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H. O. Thompson
United Press
Washington
U.R
Senate
Roosevelt
America
House
Shrine Potentate Steuart Visits Amarillo Amid Banquet Tour
Leonard P. Steuart of Washington DC Ilustrious Imperial Potentate of the Shrine of North America visited Amarillo yesterday. A full day of Shrine events concluded with a banquet at the Amarillo Country Club. He left this morning for Wichita Falls.
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Leonard P. Steuart
Washington, D. C
Ilustrious
Imperial Potentate of the Shrine of North
Ex Mayor Hylan Dead and Brisbane Column on Inland Sea Trip
Former New York mayor John F. Hylan has died, with public notices flag at half mast pending. Arthur Brisbane comments on day’s topics in The Globe, criticizing transit fare hikes and praising old promises, reflecting a mix of opinion and editorial notes.
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Hylan
Roxy
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
John F. Hylan
New York
LaGuardia
William Randolph Hearst
Deranged mother kills three children in Westchester
In Westchester Pennsylvania a deranged mother, Mrs Joseph Oberle, beat her children Mary 17 Louise 9 and Joseph 7 with a club while they slept and then slashed her throat. Neighbors found them. police notified. In Macon Georgia Albert Adams Sr life insurance agent fatally shoots his two daughters Helen 7 Emma 13 and fatally wounds himself.
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Westchester
Joseph Oberle
Chester County Farm Extension Association
Mary
Louise
Joseph
Oberle
Macon
Albert Adams
Helen
Emma
Adams
Albert, Jr
Emory University
Atlanta
Hamlin murder trial opens as witnesses trek to Farwell
Nearly a hundred witnesses face fines as the George Hamlin murder trial begins in 69th District Court in Parmer. Judge Reese Tatum warns non appearance while Amarillo witnesses travel 100 miles to Farwell for a 10 o'clock morning opening after a prior deadlocked jury in Amarillo.
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Hamlin
Parnell
Reese Tatum
69Th
California
Amarillo
Farwell
Parmer
Governor undecided on Bruno Hauptmann reprieve action
Governor Harold G Hoffman has not decided on a reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann. He is pursuing a private investigation and seeking legal advice on his power to grant a reprieve. Hauptmann intends to appeal to the U S Supreme Court to stave off execution, according to his attorneys.
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Bruno
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
William Conklin
Bruno Hauptmann
Conklin
Joseph
Wasney
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
David T. Wilentz
Hauptmann
Dust bowl fight outlined by Texas agents
Nine Texas dust bowl counties study a coordinated dust storm control program. Parker Hanna proposes an assistant farm agent in each county to lead soil conservation work under Conservation Service technical oversight and Extension Service administrative supervision, with salaries shared by the two groups and the counties.
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Vestel Lott
Associated Press
Parker Hanna
Texas Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
The
Conservation Service
Extension Service
Deaf Smith
New Resettlement Region Set Across Five States
Amarillo hosts the start of a federal Resettlement Administration region covering parts of Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas and Colorado with 18 770 square feet leased in the Amarillo Building and temporary HQ at the Capitol Hotel About 150 staff will work from the area which includes 38 Texas 3 Oklahoma 15 New Mexico 25 Kansas and 14 Colorado counties The program aims to convert marginal land into soil erosion demonstrations wildlife refuges and public parks and to promote land ownership for select families.
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Garford Wilkinson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Amarillo
Regan
Upton
Crane
Beaver
Cimarron
Lincoln
Dallas
Denver
Berkley
Conservation Association
Liberal
Kans
Ropesville
Lubbock County
Andrews
Armstrong
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Clark Porteous
Gerald Marshall
By Brooks Smith
D. W. Rentzel
Glenn Freeland
Rentzel
Long Island
Mineola
D. T. Craw
E. J. Carpenter
F. A. Sell
Mitchell Field
Pal
Liberty
Steuart
Georgia
Bailey
Borden
Carson
Castro
Cochran
Dallam
Dawson
Ector
Gaines
Glasscock
Hale
Hansford
Hartley
Hockley
Howard
Hutchinson
Lamb
Lipscomb
Lubbock
Lynn
Martin
Midland
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Palmer
Potter
Randall
Sherman
Swisher
Terry
Yoakum
John Maynard Lbr. Co
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
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