Haunted House Sells For Ten Thousand Says Ghost Seeker
New York July 30 Joseph Dunninger offers ten thousand dollars for a haunted house inhabited by real honest to goodness spooks. He pursues ghost lore as a near profession recounting tales from Los Angeles where a couple fled a home after midnight raps. A rat trapped behind trunks explained the noises, yet he remains undeterred in seeking genuine hauntings.
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NER Service
New York
Joseph Dunninger
Dunninger
Los Angeles
Spanish mountaineers report heavy Loyalist losses near Zaragoza
Perpignan dispatch cites Spanish mountaineers claiming more than 2,000 royal troops were killed when ambushed by rebel forces in hills near Zaragoza. They recount Leftist columns at Bagneres de Luchon being surrounded and cut down by Fascist machine guns in a pass about 40 kilometers from Zaragoza.
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Perpignan
France
Zaragoza
Spain
Bagneres de Luchon
IDEAL HUSBAND IDEALIZED BY ANITA LOUISE
Anita Louise, 19, lists the perfect husband traits. She would marry a man with William Powell’s suaveness Leslie Howard’s sensitiveness Donald Wood’s looks Gene Raymond’s humor Pat O’Brien’s human qualities Paul Muni’s intelligence Gary Cooper’s ruggedness Nelson Eddy’s voice She would like to meet such a man. A chorus of other actresses adds who wouldn’t.
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United Press
Hollywood
Anita Louise
Willliam Powell
Leslie Howard
Donald Wood
Gene Raymond
Pat O'Brien
Paul Muni
Gary Cooper
Nelson Eddy
Louise
Tropical storm threatened Northwest Florida coast
Weather bureau warns a tropical storm moving across the Gulf of Mexico could strike between Apalachicola and Pensacola with hurricane force winds. Centre reported 80 miles south of Apalachicola at 8 A. M. and Jacksonville broadcasts advise coastal communities to shelter as warnings extend from Cedar City to Pensacola.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Weather
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Apalachicola
Grady Norton
Texas Officials Seek PWA Allotments After Omission
Texas public works administrator H P Drought states the federal failure to include Texas in PWA allocations may mark the end of relief projects. He notes skilled labor demand rising privately, WPA Texas jobs down to about 74 000 with few skilled workers. Austin officials meet next Wednesday to seek PWA allotments after Texas projects were omitted due to lack of unemployed skilled labor.
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Austin
H. P. Drought
Texas
PWA
WPA
Tam
Wife seeks divorce after being asked to stuff skunks
Mrs. Margaret L. Jones told District Judge Robert Nesmith she complied with marriage demands until her husband William L. Jones assigned her the task of stuffing skunks. She described it as the final straw and obtained a divorce in Wichita Kansas.
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Wichita, Kas
Margaret L. Jones
Robert Nesmith
William L. Jones
Vision of Dead Girl Seen in Mirror Sparks Philadelphia Rally
In Philadelphia a 19 year old Peggy Murphy reports a vision of her deceased friend Marie Rourke appearing in a bedroom mirror. Hundreds gathered as the image, visible at certain angles with a mist, allegedly resembles Marie and bears the name Maria. Marie’s mother and sorority sisters describe the scene while a church clergyman voices skepticism.
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Philadelphia
Peggy Murphy
Marie Rourke
Peggy
Marie
West Catholic High School
Maria
Elizabeth Rourke
James J. Connolly
St. Barnabas' Roman Catholic Church
Britton Given 30 Year Term
Farwell jury finds J. C. Britton an Escapee guilty of taking part in the Friona State Bank robbery on June 29 and sentences him to 30 years in prison. Britton was charged with Herbert Stanley who received life imprisonment last week.
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Farwell
Palmer County
J. C. Britton
Prison Farm
Friona State Bank
Britton
Herbert
Hub) Stanley
Britton and Stanley Convicted in Fort Worth Bank Robbery
Jury in the Britton case heard evidence over two days with sentencing and punishment following. Britton and Stanley pleaded guilty to the daylight Friona bank robbery, each implicated in a running gunfight that ended after an eight day chase culminating in an automobile crash in Fort Worth. The bank loss was about $3000, with C. E. McLean stating pistols were drawn at entry. Judge Reese Tatum was absent. J. D. Thomas defended Britton. District Attorney James W. Witherspoon prosecuted both cases. King Edward and Hyde Park incident referenced in Brisbane column amid broader commentary.
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Britton
Stanley
Retrieve Farm
Gregg County
J.D. Thomas
R. F E. Stalcup
Stalcup
Reese Tatum
Fort Worth
Friona
C. E. McLean
James W. Witherspoon
Interim Oklahoma Governor To Step In For Marland
Lieutenant Governor James P. Berry will act as chief executive of Oklahoma tomorrow while Governor E. W. Marland is in Texas. Marland and a group of administration officials depart tonight for the oil states compact quarterly meeting and Oklahoma Day at the Texas Centennial celebration.
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Oklahoma City
James FE
Berry
Stillwater
E. W. Marland
Marland
Texas
Oklahoma
Nurse tells Thorpe story in divorce case
Nurse Nellie Richardson testified in Los Angeles that Dr Franklyn Thorpe’s four post marriage loves story counters the actress Mary Astor’s claim of confessing to a lover named George. The battlefield over custody of Marilyn continues after Thorpe filed an affidavit attaching diary entries.
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Los Angeles
Franklyn Thorpe
Mary Astor
George
Hollywood
Nellie Richardson
Thorpes
Marilyn
Richardson
Astor
Thorpe
Japs to Build Four Capital Ships in 1937
Tokyo July 30 Japan's 1937 naval program aims to replace four capital ships. Navy officials would not comment on reports Britain plans two new battleships next year or Admiral Stanley's view the United States may follow. Plan covers five years with about 2.0 billion dollars. London reports of super dreadnoughts were dismissed by local naval writers.
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Tokyo
Japan
William H. Stanley
United States
London
Catalan Government Seizes GM Cars in Barcelona Riots
Marseille reports that the Catalan government confiscated all General Motors automobiles in Barcelona. Manager William Jenkins said much company equipment and property were destroyed amid battles at the outbreak of the city’s revolution.
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Marseille
General Motors
Barcelona
William Jenkins
Spain offers two options for Madrid evacuees from war
The Spanish government refused a special train for Americans and other foreigners trapped in Madrid. It told diplomats that evacuees may stay in Madrid and face possible capture in ongoing warfare or try to reach the Mediterranean in hopes of safety, per U P report.
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Washington
U.P
Madrid
Diplomatic Corps
Guards to Palacios Camp for 17 day training
About 250 Amarillo National Guardsmen will depart for Palacios Texas tomorrow for a 17 day training camp with the 36th Division. They will join 9000 other guardsmen and take part in instruction and militaries maneuvers including gas school and a sham battle. Battery B 131 Field Artillery leaves tonight by truck with guns and a rolling kitchen. Five more Amarillo units train at 9 am tomorrow from Santa Fe depot under Captain Arthur Ball as train commander and Lieut B Mobley as quartermaster. They return July 16 via Fort Worth and Denver. Guards assemble at the Armory 206 Taylor at 6:30 am tomorrow for orders and transport to Amarillo restaurants.
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Palacios
Texas
Amarillo National Guardsmen
Amarillo
131 Field Artillery
Santa Fe
Panhandle Wild Life Group Forms Tonight
A Panhandle division of the Texas Wild Life Association is to be formed at an eight o'clock meeting in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel. Conservationists and sportsmen are invited to attend as the Panhandle group joins regional and national efforts to protect game and wildlife under a broad federal backed program. See WILD LIFE Page 13.
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Texas Wild Life Association
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Panhandle Association
Texas
National Protective Associations
Texas Wild Life Body
Wild Life Associations
Pampa Blast Takes Second Fatalities
A. Reed dies in the oil well cellar dynamite blast near Kellerville marking the second fatality. C. A. Clark was killed when the explosive detonated as he handled it. Ollie McPherson may not live and Fay Savage, 17, was injured.
Famed Auto Maker Henry Ford Observes 73rd Birthday
Henry Ford, aged 73, received a growing stack of congratulatory messages at his cottage in the Huron Mountain Club reservation. He observed the day quietly, with the cottage, a log structure with a copper roof, costing about $100,000, offering near total seclusion.
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Big Bay
Midh
Henry Ford
Huron Mountain Club
Ford
Jack Lambs Exhibition to Be in Ellwood Park
Bass fishing star Jack Lamb will give a free public exhibition at Ellwood Park Friday at 6 30 pm featuring fly rod flipping casting demonstrations and lectures. Lamb, Gulf Refining goodwill agent for 20 years, promotes conservation and will discuss restocking needs while noting his practice of releasing bass. He prefers public venues for closer audience interaction and aims to educate on responsible fishing.
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Jack Lamb
Ellwood Park
Fllwood Park
Lamb
City Lake
Gulf Refining Company
Spy suspect denies sale to Jap agent
John S. Farnsworth, a former Navy lieutenant commander disbarred by a prior court martial, today pleaded not guilty in a District of Columbia court to two federal charges. An indictment alleges he delivered naval information and security material to a Japanese agent in August 1934 and that he attempted such delivery, with trial set before a federal court jury in October.
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Washington
Johns
Farnsworth
District of Columbia
Oscar Luhring
Service of Information and Security
Texas Siblings at Universal Studio Shine in Hollywood
Seven Texas born performers join Universal on the Hollywood lot including Faye Cotton who won a Fort Worth beauty contest and signed by Universal executive Ri LeMaire. Also under contract are Nan Grey Judith Barrett Mary Alice Rice Russell Wade and Janice Jarratt from Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio.
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Hollywood
Calif
Texas
Universal
Faye Cotton
Fort Worth
John Murray Anderson
Ri LeMaire
Miss Cotton
Nan Grey
Houston
Judith Barrett
Dallas
Mary Alice Rice
Russell Wade
Janice Jarratt
San Antonio
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. West Texas shows partial cloudiness with showers in the extreme west. New Mexico remains unsettled with likely showers and thunderstorms in eastern and northern central areas. Temperatures vary, with Amarillo reaching 68 to 5 degrees today.
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Amarillo
Vicineity
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarilla
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