Mysterious mountain plane crash kills 14 near Mexico City
A three motor Ford aircraft carrying German royalty and European travelers crashed near Amecameca after flying over snow capped peaks. Victims include Prince Adolf of Schaumberg Lippe Princess Elizabeth and Baron Sigismund von Stieber, co pilot Adrian Borchers of Philadelphia.
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Mexico City
U.P
Adrian Borchers
Philadelphia
Prince Adolf of
Elizabeth
Sigismund von Stieber
Pan American Line
Hamburg America Line
Guatemala
Fraulein Victoria Thein
Zumpango
Amecameca
Popocatapetl
Ixtaccihuatl
Baptist Institution Contributor Dies
CORSICANA March 27 Mrs Kate Stiteler McKie 80 wealthy philanthropist died last night widow of W J McKie attorney and oil man Funeral services set for today at the First Baptist Church She was active in church circles and a frequent contributor to Baptist institutions including Baylor University
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Corsicana
Kate Stiteler McKie
W. J. McKie
First Baptist Church
Priolo Plans Park City Addition Sale In Amarillo
West Sixth Avenue merchant and Pay Cash Grocery owner Priolo says he will offer for sale multiple lots north of West Sixth Avenue and east of San Jacinto Heights with sale readiness by April 1. He has permission to build a real estate office in the 2300 block on West Sixth Avenue for Park City addition to Amarillo.
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Charlie Prioo
West Sixth Avenue
Pay Cash Grocery and Market
San Jacinto Heights
Priolo
Park City
Amarillo
Crash Victim Ellen Bischoff Korthaus Among Passengers
The article notes a passenger kneeling as if in prayer after a plane crash while two top Mexican pilots perished. It identifies Ellen Bischoff Korthaus, later Princess Elisabeth, and outlines noble titles of Prince Adolf of Schaumburg Lippe and his wife. It mentions Borchers trained at Kelly Field and served as a reserve lieutenant.
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Mexico
Borchers
Kelly Field
Texas
American Air Corps
Prince Adolf
Prince of
Schaumbourg-Lippe
New Kelvinator Refrigerator Promises Visible Cold and Savings
Advertisers tout the 1936 Kelvinator with a Built-In Thermometer to show safe food temperatures. It claims one third to one half the current usage, certified by a Low Cost of Operation certificate.
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Kelvinator
Open Wildlife Meet Opens in Texas with Darling Address
Texas hosts its first general conference on conserving hunting, fishing and trapping resources in Austin. Jay N. Darling, conservationist and cartoonist, emphasizes organizing wildlife resources, with Gov. Allred aiming to unite state groups. Other speakers include Carl Shoemaker, T Walton, David Madsen, and Juan Thevino.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Jay N. Darling
Darling
General Wildlife Federation
James V. Allred
Carl D. Shoemaker
U. S. Senate
Committee On Wildlife Resources
T. ©. Walton
Texas A. & M. College
David H. Madsen
National Parks Service
Juan F. Thevino
Chihuahua
Mex
Governor Allred
Glenn C. Leach
Washington, D. S
Bureau of Fisheries
Walter P. Taylor
Texas A. & M
C. M. Elwell
Texas Department of Education
O K Stamp Hints Approval for Buchanan Street Duct Plan
Officials expect final approval for the Buchanan Street underpass plan No 3 after talks with the Fort Worth Denver Rock Island railroads. The approval is anticipated from the state highway department though the federal bureau has not yet issued a definite OK.
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Buchanan Street
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
State Highway Department
Ring-like object found in infant heart at autopsy
In Chicago the Journal of the American Medical Association reports a newborn girl in London died hours after birth. Autopsy revealed a small bright object in the right ventricle described as resembling the claw setting of a toy jewel ring from a Christmas cracker.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
London
Busy days for Wyatt chemist assumes multiple duties
Jack Wyatt, chemist for the health unit, also takes on milk and dairy inspector duties and acts as laboratory technician. Ted Ratcliff, dairy and milk inspector, is recovering from an operation at Northwest Texas Hospital. Mrs Ardis Cline Martin, a laboratory technician, has been ill with flu for several days.
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Jack Wyatt
Ted Ratcliff
Northwest Texas Hospital
Ardis Cline Martin
Wyatt
Fannin Street Named After Massacre Link in Amarillo History
Today marks the centennial of the Goliad massacre at Mission La Bahia. Colonel James Walker Fannin and 390 Texans were executed after imprisonment, and Amarillo honors this history with Fannin Street. Two iron cannon buried by Fannin near Goliad were recently unearthed.
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Goliad
Amarillo
Fannin
James Walker Fannin
Mission la Bahia
State inspector tests nearly 50 meat samples in Amarillo markets
Slaton Phelps, a state food and drug inspector, finished an Amarillo inspection. About fifty samples of ground meat, sausage, and hamburger were collected for tests at the state laboratory in Austin. Inspector Phelps was in Borger to file complaints with John Trolinger confirming the inspections.
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Slaton Phelps
Amarillo
Austin
Phelps
Borger
John Trolinger
Food and Drug
Health Unit
No more men only barber shops in Amarillo
Report says the last male only barber shop in Amarillo has closed turning barbershop services into coed spaces. Prices for haircuts now range from 40 to 50 cents in union and other shops, up from 25 to 40 cents previously.
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Amarillo
Carpenter Shot in San Antonio Killing
C D Hood a 45 year old carpenter in South San Antonio was shot twice and killed today after an argument at a house he was working on. An arrest was made. California's redwood park areas reportedly contain forty one thousand acres.
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Carpenter
San Antonio
C. D. Hood
South
Hood
California
Alate Redwood Park
Sorghum Seed Plan Trials Aid Erosion Control Farmers
In a conference with Soil Conservation Service and state extension agents, farmers joining the emergency listing program will receive sorghum seed to begin permanent conservation work. Planting will use wide rows on wheat lands or abandoned fields, with harvest of heads but leaving all stalks in place to protect soil. Seed stored across the Panhandle will be cleaned and delivered before planting. The aim is rapid erosion resistance across Plains land.
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Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Panhandle
Texas Woman Falls to Her Death in New York Hotel
Mrs Delia Waters, 46, of Fort Worth Texas, died in what police labeled a death by own action plunge from the eleventh story of a New York hotel. A Fort Worth niece identified the victim. The body was found on the roof of an adjoining three story structure after the niece alerted hotel staff.
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New York
Delia Waters
Fort Worth
Texas
J. P. Waters
Senator Morris Sheppard Becomes Grandfather in Texarkana Birth
Texarkana March 27 Senator Morris Sheppard, veteran Texas political figure, is a grandfather this day as a boy was born to Mr and Mrs Richard Arnold in a local hospital Janet Sheppard is the mother.
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Texarkana
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Richard Arnold
Arnold
Janet Sheppard
Susan Sheppard Mack Connection Ties Senator’s Kin
Susan Sheppard, daughter of Senator Sheppard, is married to Connie Mack Jr., linking the senator’s family to the Mack lineage.
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Senator Sheppard
Susan
Connie Mack, Jr
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Baptist Institution
Park City Addition
Amarillo Hardware Co
Polk St
Open Wildlife Meet
O. K
Colonel Fannin
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NASA
Rickeys
Pirate
Mary
Folger’s
Folger
Folger's
Folger Coffee Company
Kansas City
San Francisco
Mr. Boston
Weento
Rio Grande Valley
Central America
Silex
Idate
Tdahe
Evitic
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