Policeman Shoots Wife Then Kills Self in Los Angeles
Lee Vernon Simmons, a 29 year old police officer, shot his wife Mrs Quinlin Simmons and her friend Mrs Juliette Meiers after finding them with another woman in his home. He then killed himself as fellow officers moved to arrest him. The wife was gravely injured and the friend expected to recover. Simmons had a previous divorce and a child in Dallas. His father Lee Simmons was Sherman Chamber of Commerce manager and Texas prison board member.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Lee Vernon Simmons
Quinlin Simmons
Juliette Meiers
Simmons
Movable pictures praised as greatest educational force
Mussolini commends film as a premier educational tool alongside movable type and photography at Frascati. The piece notes high betting odds on Hoover, references Japanese royals, ancient death superstitions, cannibalism tribes, and Arnold Rothstein’s death amid a gambler’s code.
Orphans' Club Plans Birthday Party for October Children
Six children at the Presbyterian Children's Home whose birthdays fall in October will be honored at an upcoming Orphans' Club party. The event aims to celebrate each child with gifts and refreshments.
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Presbyterian Children’s Home
Aerial Photo Across Continent In Thirty Minutes
Army air corps researchers at Wright Field demonstrate a rapid process to photograph a coastal objective and transmit a telephoto print to Washington within minutes. Dr Burka and Lieut Goddard test a fast positive film with on plane development and new fluids requiring no dark room. Fort Leavenworth was captured. a print reached New York 20 minutes later.
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Dayton
Army
Pacific Coast
Washington
Army Air Corps Laboratories
Wright Field
Air Service
Samuel Burka
Wright Field Laboratories
George W. Goddard
Burka
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
New York
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Amarillo To Close Stores For Armistice Parade
Mayor Lee Bivins urged a citywide 10 am closing as Amarillo prepares for the Dough Boy Monument dedication at 11 30 am and a public program. Schools dismiss at noon and a 7 30 pm union service will be held at the Municipal auditorium.
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Lee Bivins
Amarillo
Union
What City of London Girls Read in Prize Choices
The City of London Girls' school prize winners favored a mix of science and literature. Prizes included Piaggio's Differential Equations, Modern Ideas on Chess, Captain Scott's Last Expedition, Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book, Kipling The Jungle Book, Shakespeare Works, the Oxford Book of English Verse, Great Short Stories of the World, Chaucer, and A A Milne When We Were Very Young.
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United Press
London
City of London
Piaggio
Captain Scott
Pioneer jurist remembered in local services
The article notes the death of a pioneer jurist with four daughters H A Brown Canyon John P Mathis Amatillo L L Williams Abilene and W L Diltz Merkel. He is survived by two brothers Dr Will Eakman Ironton Ohio and U Eakmen Pedro Ohio. He belonged to Presbyterian churches in Canyon and here. A birthday club visit and special services are planned, inviting the public. Gross earnings of the Canadian Pacific railway for August rose over the prior year by more than 2 million dollars.
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H. A. Brown
Canyon
John P. Mathis
Amatillo
L. L. Williams
Abilene
W. L. Diltz
Merkel
Will Eakman
Ironton
Ohio
U. Eakmen
Pedro
Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
Amarillo
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mount Etna Outbreak Forcing Mass Displacement And Destruction
Twelve thousand people are homeless after another Etna eruption. Two deaths reported as lava destroyed farms in Agrarian valley and crops including lemon and apple trees wilt. Towns Nunziata Carrabra and Giarre face destruction as the molten stream moves at about 15 yards per hour. American capital funds hydroelectric plants in Germany and Italy.
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United Press
Maseali
Nunziata
Carrabra
Giarre
Town Without Law Was Home of Colonists
Harkers Island North Carolina is described as a lawless utopia with 1,200 residents. The article notes no fights lawsuits or auto accidents and outlines self sufficiency on 5000 acres with fishermen, a single Black servant, and parcels of land for each inhabitant.
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United Press
Harkers Island
N. C
Walter Raleigh
Core Sound
North Carolina
Aerocade Visits Amarillo as Fort Worth Tourists Attend
The Aerocade in Amarillo drew more than 100 locals and 50 Fort Worth tour members for a banquet at the Amarillo hotel with speeches by Morgan Toastmaster S A L Morgan W H Brymer and Mrs Faye Gordon. Officials discussed Amarillo Municipal airport while pilots and passengers from Fairchild Dunnegan Monocoupe Ryan Brougham Stearman and other firms spoke and toured eleven visiting planes.
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Amarillo
Morgan
S. A. L. Morgan
Amarillo Hotel
Texas Air Transport Company
George B. Freddell
Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Company
Hubb Diggs
Fort Worth
C. B. Braun
National Air Transport Corporation
Vernon Johns
Howard Peak
Virginia Stieven
Aerocade
Fairchild Airplane Corporation
E. G. Rhenstrom
Fairchild Plane
Francis Dunnegan
Dunnegan Tool and Supply Company
Lee Caldwell
Mack White and Company
Howard W. Peak, Sr
The
Star Telegram
D. W. Carleton
Fort Worth Association of Commerce
San Angelo
Emory Burns
Mary Sue Montgomery
Princess of
Fay Fisher
Wichita Falls
Andy Burke
Curtis-Robbins
L. M. Mitchell
Charles Johnson
Universal Mills
Mid.and Oil Co
H. S. Jones
Travel
C. D. Lockwood
Jack Rattiken
Home Abstract Co
Charles H. Andrus
Texmore Oil Co
Texas Air Transport Co., Inc
Jerry Marshell
Wurzbach Narrowly Tops McCloskey In Texas District Race
In Texas fourteenth district, Republican Harry M. Wurzbach appears to have won a tight contest against Democrat Augustus McCloskey after a back and forth count. Hoover leads Smith state totals with Hoover 342,956 and Smith 827,671 while one county remains unheard. Hidalgo county saw quiet campaigning as martial law appeals were withdrawn and investigators prepared to file election contests after totals announce.
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Smith
Hoover
Wurzbach
Harry M. Wurzbach
Texas
Augustus McCloskey
San Antonio
Hidalgo County
Rio Grande
Moody
McAllen
Texas Votes Republican as Advertising Campaign Stuns
In Dallas on November 9, the AP reports a massive GOP anti Smith Democratic efforts and a passive Democratic strategy helped tilt Texas’ 20 electoral votes to the Republicans. Six million pieces of literature and broad newspaper advertising defined the push. Governor Dan Moody supported the ticket and spoke once, in Dallas, responding to Senator Borah near the campaign’s end.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas
anti-Smith Heaaquarters
Campaign of Education
Hoover
Fred L. Haskett
Dan Moody
Borah
Judge Hawkins Responds to Defeat in Texas Primary
Judge William E. Hawkins a former Texas Supreme Court member and former gubernatorial candidate released a statement faulting Moody for shifting blame to Raskob. He argued the national Democratic ticket repudiation reflects voter intelligence and stresses the lesson for the preservation of free government.
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Associated Press
Breckenridge
Tex
William E. Hawkins
Texas Supreme Court
Moody
Raskob
Texas
Seek Missing Borger Youth in Amarillo
Bill Ubrey a 14 year old Borger school boy is missing after leaving school at noon yesterday. Parents G W Ubrey seek him in Amarillo where he may be looking for farm or ranch work. He is 5 ft 2 in 150 pounds with dark brown curly hair blue eyes and wearing a blue shirt khaki trousers and lumberjack when last seen. He is a good student and a first class Boy Scout.
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Bill Ubrey
Borger
G. W. Ubrey
Bill
Titulescu’s bid to form Romania cabinet fails
The Associated Press reports in Bucharest that Nicholas Titulescu, former foreign minister, failed to form a national union government to replace Vintila Bratianu and returned his mandate to the regency.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Rumania
Nicholas Titulescu
Vintilla Bratianu
National Union
Jobbers to Organize at Amarillo Meet Tonight
A permanent organization of Amarillo jobbers and manufacturers will be formed at a meeting at the Amarillo Hotel at 6:30 this evening. Fifty members have already joined the new group.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
The digest covers livestock trading in Kansas City Chicago and East St Louis Nov 9 with hog and cattle price ranges for various weights and classes. It notes top hogs at 9.30 in Kansas City and 9.50 in Chicago, cattle multiple weight brackets, vealers stockers and feeders, and modest moves in sheep demand.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
East ST. Louis
Fort Worth
Meyers Addresses A B C Club Members At Amarillo
A E Meyers auditor of the Santa Fe railway spoke at the A B C club weekly luncheon at the Amarillo hotel. J L Quicksall and Roy Britton also spoke. A W Mack sang several Scotch songs accompanied by Miss Thomsie Dean. The text notes Great Britain woodland area as 2 958 672 acres.
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A. F. Meyers
Santa Fe Railway System
A. B. C. Club
Amarillo Hotel
J. L. Quicksall
Roy Britton
A. W. Mack
Thomsie Dean
Poincare Seeks New Cabinet After Consultations
Paris Nov 9 M Poincare after consulting with friends agreed in principle to form a new cabinet He sent a long letter to President Doumergue outlining his conditions Doumergue must consult group leaders to judge acceptability of the conditions.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. Poincare
Poincare
President Doumergue
M. Doumergue
Dream of Home Ownership Inspires Labor and Joy
Verses extol the universal dream of owning a home with four walls, a garden, and comfort. The poem emphasizes daily labor and shared happiness as core to fulfilling this aspiration worldwide.
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Higher on Liverpool Cables
The New Orleans cotton market opened 11 to 16 points higher amid favorable Liverpool cables. Prices moved up but soon slipped on profit taking, with December at around 18.9, January 18.06, and March 14.02, then steadying near noon as traders balanced gains and liquidation before the holiday.
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New York
Associated Press
Liverpool
New Orleans
Associated Prec
New York Cotton Textile Association
Longs
General Motors
Montgomery-Ward
Vanadium Steel
American Can
American Sugar Refining
Timken Roller Bearing
du Pont
Wall Street
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Rothstein
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Curtiss Aerplane
Gener Electric
Jewel Tea
Archer Daniels
Milland
Pillsbury Flour
Erie
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Delaware
Hudson
Canadian Pacific
James E. Bennett
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Smelting & Rl
St American Steel & Foundry
Ise
American Tele
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Independent Oil & Gas
STI Inspiration Copper
International Harvester
International Nickel Eveveee
International Paper
Sseceeerere
International Tele
Telg
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Louisiana Oil & Refi
Mack Trucks
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Cees & Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
Packard Motor
Shell Union Oil
Ya Simms Petroleum
Sinclair Cons
Skelly Oil
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
U. S. Rubber
United States Steel
Victor Talking Machine
White Eagle O. & R
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
James E. Bennett & Co
Mar
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