Rockefeller Gift Backed Shakespeare Memorial Fund
A Globe column notes John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates 500000 to the International Fund for rebuilding and endowing the Shakespeare Memorial Theater, calling it repayment of a debt to Shakespeare. It contrasts Rockefeller’s global philanthropy with industry advertising and wartime fears, and ends with reflections on voting and literacy.
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John D. Rockefeller, JR
International Fund For
Shakespeare Memorial Theater
Great Britain
United States
Rockefeller
Judge to Hear Plea Reprieve Up At Midnight
Federal Judge W L Estes in Texarkana to hear a habeas corpus petition for A V Millikin. Governor Moody says no further clemency will be granted. Millikin, sentenced for the slaying of Virginia Petty, escaped the electric chair after a 24 hour stay as lawyers await action.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Navy
W. L. Estes
District of Texas
Austin
Moody
A. V. Millikin
Estes
Illikin
Virginia Petty
San Antonio
W. E. Hawkins
Millikin
Judge Hawkins
Dan Moody
Making Fords Progress Seen At Riverside Plant
Indications that quantity production of the new Ford model began at River Rouge were observed when Henry Ford and a party of friends drove three new cars to Adrian last night. Ford visited S. W. Raymond, local Ford dealer and his brother in law, who said the car would resemble the Lincoln and include speedometers and bumpers as standard equipment.
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United Press
Adrian
Mich
Ford
River Rouge
Henry Ford
S. W. Raymond
Ray
Raymond
Espinosa Holds The Haig In PGA Semi Final
Walter Hagen, defending champion, and Al Espinosa of Chicago were all square after the morning round in the PGA tournament semi final at Cedar Crest Country Club Dallas. Joe Turnesa led John Golden in the other semi final as the men moved toward deciding the finalists.
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Associated Press
Cedar Crest Country Club
Dallas
Walter Hagen
al Espinosa
Chicago
Joe Turnesa
John Golden
Paterson
N. J
Engaged to a Spook Bride sues medium for 7500
John Seybold 71 sues Nellie Moore 86 a Wichita spiritualist claiming he paid 7500 for a phantom marriage to a spirit bride named Sarah. He says he bought a ring roses and a wedding dress after seances guided by unseen advisers, but the wedding feast chair stayed empty.
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United Press
Liberal
Kan
John Seybold
Seybold
Wichita
Nellie Moore
Sarah
Dundee Fight Ends In Riot After Title Guarded
Welterweight champion Baltimore Joe Dundee faced a guard as chaos erupted at Wrigley Field when Dick Donald failed to cover the $60,000 defense guarantee for Hudkins. 26,000 fans rioted after the main bout was halted, injuring spectators as police moved to restore order and Hodkins waited nine minutes in the ring.
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Dan Campbell
United Press
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Joe Dundee
Wrigley Field
No Man's Land
Hodkins
Dick Donald
Dundee
Donald
Aca
Hudkins
Tom Kennedy
Missing Amarillo Girl Found in Fort Worth
Vonnie Price a North Amarillo girl vanished about a month ago was located in Fort Worth. She had found work, then returned home to Amarillo. A warrant for William Hudson Speers on a statutory charge followed, and he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Bob Morris.
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Vonnie Price
Amarillo
Fort Worth
William Hudson Speers
Speers
Bob Morris
A. A. Price
Death toll rises to 45 in ferry disaster
Sydney with NSW reports 35 bodies recovered from the Greycliffe after a collision with the Tahiti. Divers search the sunken hull as fears grow that the total death toll will reach 45 with many victims trapped in the cabin.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Greycliffe
Tahiti
Warrant Rescinded in SinClair Jury Tampering Case
Prosecutors sought to file an attempted jury tampering charge against Marty F. Sinclair, lessee of the Teapot Dome home, but the arrest warrant was rescinded an hour and a half later as District Attorney Gordon said it was issued in error. The warrant followed an investigation that led to a mistrial in the Teapot home conspiracy case.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marty F. Sinclair
Teapot Home
Sinclair
Gordon
Burkinshaw
Mrs Grayson Sets Sail for Denmark Flight Attempt
Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson announced she would sail tonight on the Majestic to join Mrs Aage Ancker in Copenhagen. The pair plan to pilot the Amphibian Dawn across the Atlantic, a feat Grayson hoped to achieve as the first woman to fly the route, but the Dawn flight was postponed after failing to find a new pilot to replace Wilmer Stultz who piloted the earlier attempts.
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Associated Presa
New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Majestic
Denmark
Aage Ancker
Aiken
South Carolina
Copenhagen
The
Dawn
Grayson
Atlantic
Wilmer Stultz
Royal Party Will Be Here on November 27
Amarillo will host royalty for four hours on Sunday afternoon November 27. Prince William of Sweden and a six member party will arrive at 3 30 PM from Albuquerque and depart at 7 30 PM for Oklahoma City. He is popular with crowds and known for democratic leanings. No entertainment plan has been announced.
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Amarillo
Prince William OF
Sweden
Royal Party
United States
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Mexican neighborhood dispute trials in Justice Landis court
Local officers pursue adjudication of a neighborhood row involving Mexican families. Two witness sets offer opposing facts as three Mexican women face charges of using abusive language. Evidence is taken with an interpreter. Trial to be before a jury.
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Justice Landis
Earthquakes Strike California From Santa Maria to Los Angeles
A sequence of five shocks hit southern California early today, the heaviest since 1906. Santa Maria suffered damaged plate glass and chimney damage as clocks stopped, with milder tremors felt in San Luis Obispo and Ventura. The quakes disrupted areas from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles, with no major damage reported there beyond the local clock and pipe-line effects.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Masonic Hall
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
United Stress
Los Angeles
California
Here
First National Bank
San Luis
Ventura
Retraction of Article Prompts News Paper Criticism
A Texas Panhandle letter to his mother by R C Southall of GMAC was printed in the Macon Beacon with unfavorable extracts. Col Harve Haines receives a reply from Oklahoma City GMAC noting the paper left out most contents and criticizing editing of a personal communication. William Baldwin, head of GMAC Oklahoma, outlines steps in response.
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Texas Panhandle
R. C. Southall
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Macon
Mississippi
Beacon
Col. Harve Haines
Board of City Development
Oklahoma City Corporation
Southall
William Baldwin
Oklahoma
Youth hospitalized after motor cycle fall on Canyon hill
Ed Colling 17 year old son of C E Colling Amarillo is in an Amarillo hospital with possible skull fracture after falling from his motorcycle while descending a steep hill north of Canyon. He was unconscious when found and is a high school student at West Texas State Teachers College. Blackburn ambulance is listed with contact.
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Canyon
Colling
C. E. Colling
Amarillo
Here
West Texas State Teachers College
Americans Arrested in Venice For Alleged Flag Insult
Two U S Americans Gaither chief mate of the Labette and a companion Payer were detained in Venice after not rising as Italian infantry passed with colors. They argued no offense and the consul intervened but authorities held them for explanation. Captain Petersen and Chief Engineer Giase of Labette were present.
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United Prev
London
Shipping Board
Venice
Gaither
Veteamer Labette
Payer
Petersen
Giase
Labette
71St Infantry
Guither and Payer
Rivers Rage Across New England Floods Sweep Homes
New England flood toll rises as Vermont houses vanish and Montpelier endures worst hit. Five deaths reported as Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut face record rainfall and widespread damage. Banks burst. roads cut. rail service disrupted. National Guard deployed for relief.
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Boston
New England
Vermont
Nlver
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Montpelier
Burlington
Associated Press
Chittenden
Rutland
Westfield
Mass
Barre
Pittsfield
Canadian Pacific
Orleans
Bethel
North Adams
Adams
Hoosac
National Guardsmen
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