Caribbean hurricane claims two vessels near Central America
The tropical storm struck the Abundance wrecking the schooner off eastern Jamaica while six crew members were saved. The freighter Premius reported being hit 150 miles east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua, and the Ariguani searched for the missing ship without success. The disturbance, moving toward western Cuba, had earlier hit Barranquilla and Sana Marta, disrupting rail traffic and banana plantations, with forecasts warning of increased danger.
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Associated Press
Caribbean
Cuba
Abundance
Jamaica
Premius
Cape Gracias A Dios
Nicaragua
Virgin Islands
South America
Barranquilla
Colombia
Sana Marta
Bonduras
Washington
Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Swan Island
Honduras
Endan
Roosevelt 10 Scene Of His Opening Plea
Franklin D Roosevelt travels a long campaign motor tour from Hyde Park to Beacon Kingston Poughkeepsie and New York City while defending his hat superstition. He visits 27 states and speaks at Columbus Hall and rallies with Al Smith.
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Roosevelt
Walter T. Brown
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hudson River Valley
Beacon
Senate
Dutchess
Hudson
Newcurgh
Kingston
Rhinebeck
Old Hat
Columbus Hall
Poughkeepsie
New York
National Headquarters
Biltmore
Krum
New York City
McDuffie
Mr. Roosevelt
Marvin McIntyre
Albany
Chicago
Governor Smith
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Frank
Supreme Court Grants New Trials in Scottsboro Case
The United States Supreme Court ordered new trials for seven African American youths sentenced to death in the Scottsboro assault cases. The decision followed demonstrations outside the Capitol, which left four police officers injured and twelve demonstrators arrested.
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Washington
Scottsboro
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Capitol Plaza
Demo Victory Forecast As Drive Closes
Raymond Clapper reports a tight presidential race as Hoover and Roosevelt close campaigns. A record turnout, possibly 40 million, is expected. Polls hint at Roosevelt victory and Democratic control of Congress, though Republicans dispute. Last calls include Hoover trains and Roosevelt visits along the Hudson.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Wilson War Administration
Sanders
New York
Ilinois
Ohio
Hudson River Valley
Coolidge
Allence
Norman Thomas
Ae Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Youthful Day Work Planned At W C T U Conference
The morning session at Polk Street Methodist Church featured a round table on engaging youth in temperance work. Discussion covered recruiting young women nationwide to oppose liquor traffic and practical ways to promote the cause. The Texas W C T U plans 100 outdoor billboards as part of state publicity efforts led by Ula Twichell of Hereford.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Polk Street Methodist Church
Ula Twichell
Hereford
Texas
Ama
Weather forecaster predicts no freeze for Amarillo
Amarillo remains above freezing after a warm Sunday as H. T. Collman of the weather bureau says the area will not see a hard frost. He notes the coldest air will stay in the Colorado mountains and rain is unlikely tonight.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Weather Bureau
Colorado Mountains
Grand Jury Session Opens in Potter County Court
W E Durham serves as foreman as forty seventh district criminal court begins a ten week term with Judge Charles Clements on the bench and Judge Henry Bishop exchanging benches. The grand jury was charged and set to work at 1 30 pm amid a terse legal briefing.
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District Criminal Court
Potter County
Charles Clements
Plainview
Henry
Bishop
Dimmitt
Clements
Amarillo
T. B. Durham
Durham
B. Dohoney
G. C. Odom
George Menke
Glen Coffee
H. W. Blackburn
P. F. Yocham
Dan Pavillard
E. F. Rittenberry
J. C. Winn
J. W. Cotten
J. D. Barnlett
Edw. W. Thomerson
Armstrong County
Claude
Curtis Hughes Curtis Freed From Lindbergh Case Sentence
Curtis Hughes Curtis freed after Judge Adam O. Robbins suspended the one year sentence for obstructing justice in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. The decision was announced in Flemington New Jersey on November 7.
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Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Adam O. Robbins
Deputy district clerk in critical condition after stroke
Miss Betty Wright, Potter County deputy district clerk, is in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after what is believed to be a stroke while at her typewriter at 10 AM Monday. District Clerk Ben Smith summoned a physician and she was rushed by ambulance. initial reports said she fainted as she lost consciousness and did not regain it.
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Betty Wright
Potter County
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ben Smith
Reds Celebrate 15 Years of Soviet Union Glory in Moscow
In Moscow on November 7 the Red Army and labor groups marked the 15th anniversary of the USSR with a day long ceremony. One million paraded through Red Square, with Stalin Kalinin Molotov Voroshilov and party leaders observing from Lenin’s mausoleum as troops and Baltic sailors staged the military showcase.
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Stanley P. Richardson
Moscow
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Caspian
Baltic
Pacific
Red Square
Lenin
Kremlin
Stalin
Kalinin
Molotov
Vorohilov
Communist Party
Red Army
Statue and sorrow in a crowded city tenement
Arthur Brisbane discusses social issues amid a tragic incident in a New Jersey two room apartment where a young mother, Genevieve Fisher, and her unborn child died by gas after a dispute with her husband. The column urges kindness toward women in childbirth and notes a plan for a colossal bronze Christ statue to be funded by small contributions from all Americans.
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Genevieve Fisher
Father Preston
St. Cecelia’s
Kearney N. J
Christ
United States
Amarillo Charity Drive Reorganizes to Hit $62,000 Goal
Amarillo charity workers meet at the Amarillo Hotel to reorganize for this week’s push to raise the Community Chest budget of 75000 dollars. By Monday noon 44500 had been raised with pledges outstanding and organizers aim to reach 62000 by Saturday night.
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Amarillo
Community Chest
Makeig
Employe Group
C. T. Crowe
Democrats Hold Final Amarillo Rally at the Auditorium
Democrats of Amarillo and surrounding territory end their campaign with a radio program at 8 p.m. featuring L. M. Fischer, and a public rally at the Auditorium where Major E A Simpson will speak. Gene Howe will introduce, with a 8:30 p.m. broadcast of Howe and Simpson. Melody Maids provide music after 7:45 p.m.
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Democrats
Amarillo
Thev
Constable
E. A. Simpson
Gene Howe
News- Globe
Democratic County Executive Committee
C. C. Gibson
L. M. Fischer
Fischer
Panhandle
James V. Allred
Ferguson
Mr. Howe
Major Simpson
Melody Maids
Hitler Loses Ground in German Election Shakeup
Berlin Nov 7 German voters rejected Adolf Hitler and his Fascists in a decisive general election while the Nazis slipped from 230 Reichstag seats to about 195 and the popular vote from 37.7 to 33 percent. The Communist 100 seats and Nationalists 51 rose, but Franz Von Papen kept the chancellery with Von Hindenburg backing, leaving a likelihood of a Reichstag-tolerated government.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Junker
Franz von Papen
von Hindenburg
Republican leader Hawks support for Bullington on KGRS radio
Wilbur C. Hawk, Texas Republican leader, will speak on KGRS Amarillo from 9 40 to 10 o clock Monday night in support of governor candidate Orville Bullington. Hawk recently delivered a series of West Texas addresses for Bullington.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Texas
KGRS
Amarillo
Orville Bullington
Mr. Hawk
West Texas
Bullington
Election Party Brings Voters to Amarillo Auditorium
The Amarillo News-Globe hosts a large election party at the Municipal Auditorium after 1 pm with hundreds of Amarilloans. Three leased wires will relay national and state results by 50,000 newspaper men, flashing Ferguson-Bullington and Roosevelt-Hoover contests and major races from all 48 states.
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Amarillo News-Globe
News-Globe
Texas moves to tax oil products and declare sales as utilities
At a special oil session in Austin on November 7, legislators introduced bills to declare gasoline and lubricating oil sales a public utility and to cap retail gasoline at two and a quarter cents per 20 cents of crude oil value. A separate measure would impose a graduated crude petroleum production tax starting at one cent and rising to one dollar per barrel after 1,000 barrels daily.
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Austin
Texas
J. R. Donnell
Hillsboro
Texas Railroad Commission
Milton West
Brownsville
Free Haircuts for Needy Kiddies in Amarillo Thrift Room
The Amarillo Council of Parents and Teachers adds free haircuts for children designated by Thrift Room managers. Sixteen local barbers will participate, each child receiving a ticket naming the shop to attend. The program aims to eliminate feelings of inferiority from lacking neatness.
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Amarillo
Election Information for 20 County Precincts
Polls open 8 AM to 7 PM on Tuesday across 20 county precincts. Voters need poll tax receipts or exemption certificates. To vote the big ballot, scratch every party column and candidate not wanted. If writing in an independent, scratch the nominee and write the new name in the same space. The nine amendments may be voted yes or no. Go to your own precinct polling place.
Amarillo Area Weather Tonight and Tuesday Outlook
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with possible light rain and a partly cloudy Tuesday. West Texas showers in Panhandle this afternoon and tonight, with colder north west and east south portions. New Mexico sees fair skies tonight and Tuesday, with cooler north and much cooler south. Temperatures range 42 to 53 through 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Officials To Be At Polls Here Tuesday
About 200 election officials including supervisors presiding judges and clerks will staff Potter County polling places starting at 6 o'clock to handle a large voter turnout and tally results. Roughly 150 are regular officials appointed last February, with 48 extra officials added by petition to assist in 16 of 20 precincts. Box staffing ranges from four to eleven officials per precinct to ensure orderly balloting.
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Potter County
Amarlioan is Shot in Foot During Duck Hunt
Robert Bell, 23, of Amarillo, was accidentally shot in the left foot while duck hunting four miles west of Friona. He underwent surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital to clean wounded tissue, with doctors stating no bone injury and no amputation needed. Bell was with friends when the gun discharged as he moved to reengage the safety, and he was rushed from Hereford to Amarillo for treatment.
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Friona
Robert Bell
Sixteenth Avenue
Bell
Northwest Texas Hospital
John C. Hudson
Maxor Drug Company
Weat Sixteenth Avenue
Hereford
Amarillo
Gubernatorial Ballot Predictions Conflict in Texas
The Texas gubernatorial race ends with conflicting claims of victory for Miriam Ferguson and Orville Bullington. Rallies wrap up in Tyler and Wichita Falls as Democrats, Republicans, and groups like the White Ribboners announce voting preferences. Notable figures include James E Ferguson predicting a 500000 vote lead for his wife, while others split on support and strategy.
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D. Hales
Dallas
U.P
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Orville Bullington
Fergusons
Miriam
James E
Shield and
Buckler
Tyler
Bullington
Wichita Falls
Prohibition
Thomas B. Love
Roosevelt
Garner
Dan Moody
Ferguson
James B. Ferguson
Hoover Accuses Foes Of Building Up Hate
President Hoover rallying in Mormon Utah claims Democrats are “building up hate” to affect polls. He urges silver use and beet sugar relief, vows to pursue peace, and rejects military or economic force to avert war. He notes one final campaign stop at Elko Nevada before the next address.
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Hoover
John F. Chester
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Utah
Democratic Party
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John
Pampa
Mitchell
Curtis Freed
Reds
Gotham
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Globe
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Old Tack
Germany
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Election Party
Elko, Nev
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