Amarillo Kiwanis Host Big Halloween Party For 1000 Children
Kiwanians and civic clubs organized six city wide parties for nearly 7,000 children and parents on Halloween night. Mayor Ross Rogers, Superintendent W A McIntosh, and other officials joined children from Buchanan Sanborn Ellwood Park and San Jacinto schools. Buses by North Plains Stage Lines and Longhorn Coaches moved crowds while Boy and Girl Scouts assisted with peak crowds. Local clubs Rotary A B G Lions and BPW aided, amid praise from the national Kiwanis magazine.
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Amarillo
Kiwanis Club
Margaret Ann Dudley
Buchanan School
Louise Diffee
Sanborn School
Barbara Jean Baker
Ellwood Park
Kiwanians
Howard Ferguson
Kiwanian
Mason King
Buck Cathey
Amarillo College
Ross Rogers
Supt
W. A. McIntosh
Earl Brame
Kiwanis
Roy Snodgrass
Amarillo High School
North Plains
Longhorn
Rotary
Lions and
Business
National Kiwanis Magazine
Murdered Fort Worth clerk found in Trinity River
Sam S. Ogilvie, 59, chief clerk in the district clerk’s office, was found dead with his throat cut in the Clear Fork of the Trinity River. His overcoat and a bloodstained hat rested on the bank while $7 and newspaper clippings lay in his pockets. No weapon was recovered. a nearby parked coupe tied to Ogilvie prompted the investigation. Survivors include two daughters and a sister in Tennessee, plus a brother.
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Fort Worth
Sam S. Ogilvie
Trinity River
Ogilvie
J. D. Armstrong
Forest Park
E. E. Ballard
St. Louis
H. M. Thomas
Detroit
H. 8. Douglas
Tom Ogilvie
Nashville,Tenn
Thompson urges special session on oil proration laws
Col Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission urged an immediate special legislative session to strengthen East Texas oil field proration statutes. He called for amendments to empower the commission to address economic waste, aligning Texas with Oklahoma law upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tomorrow the commission will hear protests from Crane Upton producers and consider Winkler County pool allowances.
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Fort Worth
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Texas
Oklahoma
United States Supreme Court
Winkler County
Dallas retail stores show business upturns
Dallas department stores posted a 61.4 percent month to month sales rise in September and a 13 percent increase from a year earlier. City employment also climbed with payrolls 11.7 percent higher than August and 64 percent above September 1931, according to the University of Texas Business Research Bureau.
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Dallas
University of Texas Business Research Bureau
Tack-Kopecky Correspondence On Charity Wrestling Fallout
The published exchange between Old Tack and wrestler Joe Kopecky revolved around a promised printout of their letters. Kopecky complains Tack won the match per referee but accuses Tack of greed and cowardice over a charity bout for the Children's Home, citing personal losses and a lack of sporting spirit as reasons Kopecky won’t wrestle for free.
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Old Tack
Joe Kopecky
Tack
Kopecky
Otis Clingman
Dutch Mantell
Cal
Clingman
Children's Orphan Home
Mississippi
Mobile
Alabama
Galveston
Amarillo
Mr. Kopecky
Help Wanted Inquiry Seeks Job Assistance
Reader seeks guidance to obtain employment and asks for help identifying opportunities and strategies. The message emphasizes urgency and a need for practical steps to secure work.
Southern Tornadic Winds Take a Toll
Wind and rainstorms lashed the southwest killing one and injuring more than 30 as tornadoes struck three Dixie points. A negro girl died at Cowarts near Dothan Alabama and 20 were hurt there, including eight whites, with a dozen more injured at Cairo Georgia and Long Beach Mississippi. Trees were uprooted and buildings damaged as communication lines failed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dixie
Cowarts
Dothan
Alg
Cairo
Longbeach
Gulfport
Miss
Bartlesville seeks suspect held for Bartlesville warrant
Police Chief W R McDowell said a felony warrant for 25 year old R W Carroll was expected soon from Bartlesville Police Chief L W Turner. Carroll was arrested for robbery with firearms after an early Sunday hold up of Jones Cafe at 605 North Fillmore Street and is wanted in Bartlesville for knob-knocking.
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W. R. McDowell
R. W. Carroll
L. W. Turner
Bartlesville
Oklo
Carroll
Jones Cafe
North Fillmore Street
McDowell
Senate fights gain interest as side races
In the 1936 election season political leaders focus on numerous senate battles across states including California Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio Oklahoma Utah Washington and Wisconsin. Contests feature prominent figures such as Talant Tubbs William G McAdoo and Bob Shuler in California Henry Field Louis Murphy and Brookhart in Iowa James E Watson Frederick Van Nuys in Indiana Reed Smoot Elbert Thomas in Utah and George H Moses in Utah among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Deven
California
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Ohio
Oklahoma
Utah
Wisconsin
Talant Tubbs
William G. McAdoo
Smith W. Brookhart
Louis R. Murphy
Brookhart
Fields
Murphy
James E. Watson
Frederick van Nuys
Indianapolis
United States
van Nuys
Watson
Congress
Reed Smoot
Elbert D. Thomas
University of Utah
Senate
Latter Day Saints Church
George H. Moses
Fred H. Brown
Robert J. Bulkley
Gilbert Bettman
Bulkley
Bettman
Edith McClure Patterson
Dayton
Plorence E. Allen
State Supreme Court
Patterson
Byron B. Harlan
Judge Allen
Chester C. Bolton
John Thomas
J. P. Pope
Boise
George McGill
Ben S. Paulen
B. Champ Clark
Bennett Champ Clark
Henry W. Kiel
St. Louis
Harry B. Hawes
W. Warren Barbour
Percy H. Stewart
Dwight W. Morrow
Elmer Thomas
Wirt Franklin
Independent Oil Producers Association
Wesley L. Jones
Senate Appropriations Committee
Homer T. Bone
John B. Chapple
Ashland
John Blaine
F. Ryan Duffy
Fiorello H. Laguardia
James J. Lanzetta
New York
Oscar B. Lovette
B. Carrol Reece
Lovette
Albert Tipton
Tennessee
Seymour H. Person
Claude E. Cady
Grant M. Hudson
Michigan
Chinese flier killed in Boise plane crash
Boise Idaho November 1 Wing Lee a 26 year old Chinese aviator and herb doctor was killed when a wing tore loose causing a 1500 foot plunge as he began to qualify for a commercial license.
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Boise
Idaho
Wing Lee
Treasury receipts and expenditures for October reported
Treasury receipts for October 29 were 3,464,884.44 dollars with expenditures of 8,201,301.81 dollars and a balance of 761,841,916.51 dollars. Customs duties for 29 days of October amounted to 23,512,681.49 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Police Busy All Halloween Night in Amarillo
Police kept busy from 7 15 p m to 12 15 a m with calls across Amarillo but damage was minor. Not more than two or three windows were broken while many were soap sprayed. A residence at Fourteenth Avenue and Fillmore Street and a North Buchanan Street home had broken windows. The day shift worked until 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.
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Hallowe'en
Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
Fourteenth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Buchanan Street
Bullington and Ferguson Campaigns Close in Dallas Rally
A Ferguson and Orville Bullington campaign summary notes Bullington will deliver his sole Dallas address tomorrow night with M. M. Crane presiding. On Friday, Mrs. Ferguson and her husband will close the campaign with a rally at Fair Park where both will speak.
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Ferguson
Orville Bullington
Bullington
Dallas
M. M. Crane
Gov. Ross
Sterling
Bullington Attacks Ferguson Gas Tax Diversion Plan
In Mexia Texas on November 1 Orville Bullington Republican nominee denounced Miriam Ferguson's plan to divert one third of the four cent gasoline tax to the general revenue fund. He warned the idea would halt new highway construction and vowed to veto any such bill, arguing it would drain highway funds and fail to maintain existing roads.
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Bullington
R. W. Barry Mexia
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
General Revenue
Orville Bullington
People’s
Texas
Austin
People of Texas
General Revenue Fund
Roosevelt Warns Against Fear as Political Tool
The speaker notes Roosevelt recognized both as candidates in a contest and denounces fear tactics used by the administration. He cites misquoting arguments at Indianapolis and claims leaders threaten global ruin unless reelected. He contrasts Mellon’s warnings and warns that officials risk sacrificing the country to save themselves.
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Indianapolis
Treasure hunt in Kentucky cavern yields arm relics and gold
In Greenup Kentucky a cave 18 miles southwest of town yielded a petrified human arm Indian relics and 12 nuggets of gold after three men L G Stapf Dr C P Norton and Edward Wellman crawled through a tiny entrance with two boys John and Troy Holbrook leading them to a chamber 15 feet high 12 feet wide and 14 feet long. The group planned to secure mineral rights on surrounding land pending further examination.
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Greenup
L. G. Stapf
C. P. Norton
Edward Wellman
John
Troy Holbrook
Sterling Laporte Farm Sells At Auction For 500 Dollars
Houston November 1 Gov Ross Sterling's farm behind his Bayshore residence near Laporte sold for 500 dollars to satisfy a judgment. Three women won the judgment in Judge Roy Campbell's court in a lease suit. A downtown Houston lot was leased from them with Sterling as guarantor. The suit proceeded and the judgment was recovered, a which the governor was held life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
O.R
Ross
Sterling
Bayshore
Laporte
Roy Campbell
Oklahoma Gubernatorial Fight Shapes Campaign Headlines
The piece surveys Oklahoma politics with focus on impeachment pasts of Henry Johnston and Jack Walton, Mrs. Ferguson’s endorsement by the state Democratic committee, and the national party’s fundraising. It notes Gov. Murray’s influence, Will Rogers’ nomination for congressman at large, and the contested congressional races led by Garber, Marland, and Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Democratic National Party Organization
Democratic Executive Committee
Oklahoma
Henry 8. Johnston
Jack Walton
Walton
J. H. Johnson
Johnston
State
Senate
Jo Ferguson
W. H. Murray
Murray
Will Rogers
R. A. Howard
Ardmore
Rogers
Milton C. Garber
Ernest W. Marland
Ponca City
Charles Curtis
Garber
Wirt Franklin
Elmer Thomas
Medicine Park
Franklin
Faster Planes Continue In New Scheduling
The central Ama rillo route becomes the fastest coast to coast air schedule with 6:55 A M departures reaching New York at 10:57 P M. Overnight stops at Kansas City and Tulsa are eliminated while westbound times remain 2:03 P M and 2:09 A M for the mail plane. The Tulsa route via St. Louis would land in Oklahoma City at 9:13 A M and Tulsa at 10:10 A M with a 1 P M St. Louis arrival, and the plan notes need for ers planes for passengers.
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York
Kansas City
Tulsa
Amarillo
New York
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Ers
Tire & Rubber Seee
Graham Paige Motors
Grand Union
Eee
Gt Northern Argresesger U Crunow Sas
Houston
Beeen Hudson Tors
Hupp Motors
Sheen
Ti Central
Int
Cement Ae
Harvester
Nickel
Tel & Tel
Johns Manville
Kelvinator Corp
AX 'S
Ennecott Copper
Kresge
Kreuger & Toll Kroger Grocery
OS WE Inc
Missouri
Peouteee
Beontgomery-Ward
Teteeee
F. Clark
Paramount-Publix
Penney
J. C
Pennsylvania
Peoples Gas
Lt. & Coke
Juneau Gold Csesestasercseee
In Petroleum Corp
Aen
Phillips
Aliled Chemical
Allis Cheteers
Public Serv. Corp
Owet Caneacsaee
Wee
Rahe
Am Ice
Renee Tees Radio
Keith-Orph Tereebeeee
Am International
Remington Rand Am
Saseues Repair Steel
Henne Ween Ewee
Reynolda Toh
Enee
Royal Dutch
Safeway Tores
Am Steel Fdrya
St Joseph Lead
Ale Am
Am Tel & Tel
St. Louis-San Fran
Am Tobacco
Seaboard Oil
Sears Roebuck
Oil of Cal
Cal Packing Tee Ererery
N. J
Canada
Sy Stewart-Warner
Can Pacific
Stone-Webster
Ats
Studebaker Corp Bu
Caterpillar
Weearees
Texas
Cerro de Pasco
Texas Gulf Surfur
Tex, Pac
Coal & Oil
Ches Corp Sea Beees
Seeaeeaee
Texas Pac. Land , Chi Mil & St Paul
Chi & Northwest
Transamerica
Cri&pry
Union Carbide
Chrysler Mtrs
Union Oil
Il Ny
Coca Cola
Union Pacific
Cola Fuel & Iron
United Aircraft
Cola Gas & Electric
United Carbon
I Cole
United Corp. Thees
United Fruit Tae
Somwith & Southern
United Gas Imput
Congoleum Nairn Oy
Coty Inc
Curtiss Wright
Warner Bros
Western Union
del & Lackwanna
Westinghouse
Wyllis-Overland
Woolworth
Sie
Drug Inc
An Wee
Dupont de Nemours
Ave
Eastman Kodak Wee
Elec Autolite
Elec Power & Light
Ee Marshall Jd
Freeport Texas Wee
Fox Film Suereee
Gen Foods
Gen Mills
Gen Motors Ee Fe
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Tire & Rubber
R F C Advances for Gotham Slums Eradication Model
Washington November 1 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approved seven loans totaling 9 845 500 for self liquidating projects including a New York City slum eradication program the first project funded as a model for urban housing upgrades The Bronx Hillside Housing Corp received 3 957 000 to construct 1 581 apartments on Empire State Building site for working families The RCC also funded a 1 476 000 project in Eagle Pass Texas to repair and complete power and irrigation canals The agency agreed to purchase 3 957 000 of first closed mortgage bonds for ten year maturity to finance the Bronx apartments
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Washington
New York
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hillside Housing Corp
Empire State Building
Bronx
Eagle Pass
Texas
Birth Control Law Enforced in Vera Cruz State
Vera Cruz Mexico November 1 birth control becomes legally obligatory as the new civil code takes effect. Dr Salvador Mendoza says enforcement aims to mitigate poverty reduce child malnutrition and prevent transmission of weaknesses through sterilization of the unfit with details to be set by a forthcoming bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Salvador Mendoza
British voting held across 350 boroughs in four nations
Municipal elections for 4,000 seats in England, Scotland, and Wales were underway in London and other cities as voters cast ballots across boroughs. The vote marks a major local government polling day with widespread participation anticipated.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
The Generous Golfer by Edgar A. Guest
A playful poem about a generous man who readily shares his wealth, time, and goods but humorously refuses a simple twelve inch putt. The piece notes his kindness toward churches missions clinics schools and public facilities while poking fun at a golf quirk.
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Edgar A. Guest
All Saint's Day closes New Orleans markets
Markets in New Orleans were closed today as All Saint's Day, a legal Louisiana holiday. Kansas City livestock reports show hogs at 3.05 top for 180-250 pounds, with generally slower trading and prices from 2.75 to 3.05 for other weights, plus packing sow ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Nevada Banks Open As Divorce Moratorium Looms
Faro halls and gambling venues hold cash as banks in Reno Las Vegas and nearby areas consider aiding debt strapped divorce clients during a two week moratorium. Richard Kirman of Reno National Bank says no advantage will be taken. Wingfield vows available resources to keep bank stability.
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Reno
Richard Kirman
Reno National Bank
United Press
Las Vegas
Wingfield
Arkansas
Nevada
Hoover Defends Democratic Campaign Agenda and American System
President Hoover criticizes calls for sweeping reforms arguing a new deal would undermine the American system. He cites 30 years of improvements in living standards and intellectual life as evidence of the system’s success and urges restoring normal operations rather than abandon it. Supporters respond with cries of no as he questions discarding the framework.
Black man jailed 99 years for attack on white woman
Cleveland Davis, 20, Black man, was found guilty by a district court jury in Houston for a criminal incident upon a 23 year old white woman who works in a factory. He received a 99 year sentence. The victim’s identity was withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Cleveland Davis
Supreme Court sets December 5 for MacMillan case submission
Maurice Cheek, assistant attorney general, announced in Austin that the U S Supreme Court fixed December 5 as the submission date for the MacMillan Case involving state proration of oil production, an appeal from Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Maurice Cheek
United States Supreme Court
MacMillan
Lindy suspect freed asNJ authorities clear trio
Three men questioned in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping were released after New Jersey authorities said they knew nothing of the case. Suspicion had centered on Joseph Rigno, 48, Sante Ragno, 26, of Franklin, New Jersey, and Michael Raduano, 38, of New York, after newspaper clippings were found in their possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
L. L
U.P
New Jersey
Joseph Rigno
Sante Ragno
Franklin, N. J
Michael Raduano
New York
Buffalo man kills wife and daughter then takes own life
Michael Hausbeck aged 60 failed to reconcile with his family and shot his wife Elizabeth Hausbeck 57 and daughter Margaret Cowan 30 in their Buffalo home before dying by suicide. Police reported the incident occurred on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Michael Hausbeck
Elizabeth M. Hausbeck
Margaret Cowan
Accident at hospital as infant dosed by sibling in game
In Chicago on November 1 Bruce Sheridan aged 18 months was near death after his 4 year old brother Sidney Jr gave him sleeping medicine. The child did not understand the bottle's contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bruce Sheridan
Sidney, Jr
Live Stock Market: Calves, Lambs and Feeds Decline Mixed
The report lists varying prices for calves 600 to 1600 pounds with ranges from 2.76 to 6.50, stockers and weights around 4.00 to 6.50, and high cattle values up to 5.80 for steers. Lambs show good and choice quality with 20 pounds down offering strong returns, while ewes and feeds show mixed levels and general activity in the market.
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Little Erline Short
Col. Thompson
Sincerely, Joe Kopecky
Roosevelt
Andrew Mellon
Sterling Laporte Farm
R. F.C
Gotham
Just Folks
Faro Halls
F. Clark & Corey
Alum. Co. of America
Nat. Gas-A
Associated Gas Service
Picard Motor Co
Gulf
Humble
Niagara Hudson Standard
Standard
GOS
Clow
Clow Gas Team Heating Co
A W. 10Th
Ibis 2
Vyetanunise
Aeron
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