Death Toll Rises From Texas Tornado and Flood
A tornado and torrential rains swept North Central Texas causing four deaths and about $1 million in damage. In Oak Cliff Dallas three killed and 30 injured as nearly 100 homes were destroyed or damaged. a Fort Worth child drowned, and a small tornado hit Ackerly. Trinity River reached flood stage with crest above Dallas, and Sherman logged the year’s heaviest rainfall while cotton benefited.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oak Cliff
Dallas
Fort Worth
Janie Burton
Harry Burton
Ackerly
Dawson County
Trinity River
Sherman
Amarillo Prepares NRA Recovery Symbol Drive
Amarillo businesses rush to sign the NRA recovery pledge as Postmaster W C Kenyon says nearly every commerce class will fly the emblem. The Amarillo Trades Council reports 70 lines already represented and ready to support the unemployment wartime effort as final meetings await Tuesday start.
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Amarillo
NRA
W. C. Kenyon
Police cordon shells gang hideout in Oklahoma City raid
Oklahoma City July 31 Six fugitive Kansas convicts led by Wilbur Underhill were believed to slip through a cordon of 70 federal agents deputies and police surrounding a bungalow. Gas projectiles fired through windows drove out two bank robbery suspects in their underwear. Officers seized 12 shotguns rifles and pistols plus a trunk full of ammunition. Dewey Shipley and Morris Hersh emerged with hands raised. Underhill gang members remained at large.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas
Wilbur Underhill
R. H. Colvin
Department of Justice
Underhill
Bob Brady
Jim Clark
Union Station
Crank Nash
Kansas City
Dewey Shipley
Morris Hersh
Black Rock
Ark
Kansas State Penitentiary
John Watt
Oak Cliff Storm Injured List Reveals Tornado Casualties
Dallas July 3. Among those injured by the Oak Cliff tornado late yesterday were the following, many of whom were. The list names residents, workers, and local families affected as emergency crews assess damage and provide aid. Numerous injuries reflect a broad impact across homes and streets.
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Oak Cliff
Dallas
U.P
Rain and wind check in Panhandle territory
Survey shows Groom reports three inches of rain with no wind damage. Amarillo had no storm. minor telephone wire damage at Groom. Other towns received light to moderate showers and dust storms, with scattered precipitation across the region on Monday morning.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Groom
Amarillo
Rock Island
McLean
Wildeado
Santa Fe
St. Francis
Canyon
Fort Worth
Passion Play Tickets On Sale At City Drug Store
Tickets for the Passion Play are available at City Drug Store, 517 Polk Street, with reserved seating at 25 55 85 cents and 1.10 dollars including tax. Performance is Wednesday and Thursday at Municipal Auditorium. Reservations through Miss Lois Black at 22261. Proceeds go to the Presbyterian Children’s Home. Hosted by Wilbur C. Hawk.
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Polk Street
Municipal Auditorium
Lois Black
Amarillo College of Music
Emil F Myers
Presbyterian Children’ Home
Wilbur C. Hawk
Secret Trio Arrested After O Connell Freed
Three men whose names were kept secret were in custody in Albany for questioning the kidnaping of John J. O Connell Jr. He was freed Sunday after 23 days captivity and $40000 was paid in marked bills. The story notes other high profile kidnappings and a survey showing six states raised kidnapping penalties to death since the wave began.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Kinson
Denver
W. B. Ellsworth
Frances
Charles Boettcher
Verne Sankey
David Kahan
Brooklyn
Brisbane's Morning Market Reflections On Dollars And Markets
Arthur Brisbane writes on daily market moods in America and Europe. He notes shifting buy and sell pressures, dollar movements, and how currency policies affect global wealth. The piece references Europe leaving the gold standard and a tighter dollar supply. The Globe carries his opinions with an editor's note. The London conference has ended and New York Stock Exchange resumes today.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
New York
Stock Exchange
London
Mattern Confronts Lost Days After World Flight Crash
New York July 31 Grinning Jimmie Mattern faced questions about five lost days in the Siberian wilderness after the crash that ended his attempt to fly around the world. He kept a diary recording 14 days, with five unaccounted for, before rescue by Eskimoes. Mattern returned home 57 days after takeoff, arriving in Alaska and Nome via a Soviet escort.
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New York
Jimmie Mattern
Siberian Wilds
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Tonight Through Tuesday
Forecasts call for likely thundershowers tonight and Tuesday in Amarillo and nearby areas. West Texas west of the 100th meridian will be mostly cloudy with possible northern thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico region unsettled tonight and Tuesday with local showers and storms in the north. Temperatures today reach up to 64 this afternoon and 84 in the afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Kidnap Plot Against Star Barthelmess Deemed Hoax
Federal authorities said a claimed plot by outlaw Charles Floyd to kidnap Richard Barthelmess’s two children for $250,000 was a hoax. A Texas pilot, unnamed by agents, confessed to fabricating the scheme and was in custody after purportedly confessing involvement. The hoax center was the alleged plan to use an airplane to Mexico.
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Los Angeles
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Richard Barthelmess
Mexico
Texas
Barthelmess
Pretty Boy Floyd Spotted In Muskogee Oklahoma
In Muskogee Oklahoma Charles Pretty Boy Floyd was photographed while visiting a lunch stand. Mrs Jack James recalled Floyd, formerly from Sallisaw, entering the joint for coffee and kissing her hand after she angrily protested. Edward Foreman a former Sallisaw resident also identified Floyd and said a companion waited in a car outside with several machine guns.
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Floyd
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Charles
Pretty Boy
Jack James
Sallisaw
Mrs. James
Edward Foreman
Foreman
Actor warned of kidnap plot near Los Angeles
Last Friday the actor was told his two children would be kidnapped by Floyd who was hiding near Los Angeles. Barthelmess and his manager spoke with Joseph Dunn, head agent for the U S Department of Justice, and the three then contacted Texan authorities Saturday night.
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Floyd
Los Angeles
Barthelmess
Joseph Dunn
United States Department of Justice
Wheat Falls Under Dollar at Fort Worth market
Fort Worth July 31 No 1 cash hard wheat dropped below 1 dollar a bushel for the first time in weeks on the Fort Worth market. No sales were recorded and quotations were not official. The closing quotation stood 94 to 99 cents a bushel versus Saturdays 1.04 to 1.06.
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Fort Worth
City officials not covered by NRA code says telegram
A Monday telegram from Washington to Amarillo city manager H. R. Smith states that city, county, and state governments are not affected by the NRA code. Amarillo is a member of the Texas League of Municipalities and Mr. Smith had wired for the information received that day.
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Washington
H. R. Smith
Amarillo
Texas League of Municipalities
Smith
Local blanket code details set 57 hour week across trades
The article notes the blanket code under NRA guiding hours and wages, with a 57 hour workweek for grocery stores printers retailers and clearing houses. Auto shops cafes and beauty culturists join, while auto repairmen meet to align rules and the NRC plan heads to final courthouse session. Panhandle newspapermen discuss code effects. forms to shorten hours and raise wages are circulated.
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NRA
NRC
Albert Randall
Washington
Panhandle
Amarillo
Wrestler Gus Sonnenberg Heads to Reno for Divorce
Gus Sonnenberg, a wrestler and ex Dartmouth football star, says he will fly to Reno with six months to live to establish residence so his wife Judith Allen can file for divorce. He laments leaving the ring and notes a heart ailment, saying he may not wrestle again. The actress expresses happiness at his plan.
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Los Angeles
Gus Sonnenberg
Dartmouth
Reno
Judith Allen
Sonnenberg
Jim Browning
Retail Code Speeds as RFC Worker Dies in Crash
Two cars collide at Twelfth Avenue and Buchanan Street killing RFC worker John Fullbright, 63, who was thrown from a car and died instantly. Kenneth Moore and R N Partain, both RFC workers, drive separate vehicles. another RFC worker stood on a running board nearby. Washington officials draft a retail industry code to allow temporary operation under own code with blue eagle, while denying broad exemptions from Roosevelt wage and hour agreement.
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Twelfth Avenue
Buchanan Street
John Fullbright
Fullbright
Kenneth Moore
West
Fifteenth Avenue
R. N. Partain
van Buren Street
Partain
Moore
Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
A. D. Whiteside
Hugh 8. Johnson
Gun Checks Revenge Of Diamond Mobster
New York, July 31. James J. Dolan vowed to avenge Mrs. Alice Shiffer Diamond but was killed last night in a Brooklyn cheer garden. Dolan, mortally wounded, chased his killer and fell. police found him dead. Diamond, widow of the gangster Lego Diamond, was murdered weeks earlier after hinting at speaking out. A former bodyguard to Diamond, Dolan had faced a knife attack a year prior.
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Alice Shiffer Diamond
Lego” Diamond
Jimmy Dolan
Brooklyn
Dolan
For Rent Ad Sparks Quick Inquiries and Fast House Renter
A for rent advertisement drew many calls in two days and the house was rented on the second day. The notice promotes 3 day and weekly rates for rentals.
Labor wins in steel setups in NRA hearings
Organized labor aided by the Recovery administration won a victory for 500000 steel mill workers seeking the right to collective bargaining as the American Iron and Steel Institute withdrew a company union provision during NRA hearings. Robert P. Lamont announced the action after a brief recess, drawing applause. The steel code still set an average 40 hour week aside from the union section.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
American Iron and Steel Institute
NRA
Steele
Robert P. Lamont
Institute
Tropical Storm Heads Toward Gulf of Mexico
A tropical storm moved westward across the Florida Peninsula and is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon. The weather bureau located the storm’s center about 25 miles north of Port Myers at 9 A M EST, and the system is advancing west at roughly six miles per hour with strong winds and gale conditions in spots.
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Washington
Florida Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Port Myers
Fila
Relief Road Work Letting Is Delayed
The Texas state highway commission postponed the first letting of road work contracts under the relief program from August 7 to August 14. The delay affects all projects planned for the initial round.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Commission
Reservations for Globe News Fair Trip Go On Sale
The Globe News announces a world’s fair special trip August 20 with a $10 deposit and balance due by August 15. Wilbur Hawk sponsor Mason King tour manager and Miss Lois Jack handle bookings. The third tour costs $67.50 from Amarillo, includes most expenses except meals in Chicago. The Santa Fe train offers luxurious equipment and Palmer House lodging is arranged.
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Globe News
Wilbur
Hawk
Mason King
Lois Jack
The
Amarillo
Chicago
Santa Fe
Palmer House
Mother Rides With Posse Seeking Son
A New Mexico mother, Mrs. A. B. Layman, rode with a large posse to urge her son Jack Layman to surrender after he was accused of killing deputy sheriff William Meader. She hoped to avoid bloodshed but the search across central New Mexico’s canyons and mines failed to locate him. she later said her son would not be found alive.
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Mountainair
N. M
A. B. Layman
Wallace Crawford
Jack Layman
New Mexico
William Meader
Here
Layman
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