Drought relief talks as Wallace backs cattle buys
Secretary Wallace said the government favors continuing the Texas Panhandle cattle purchases but warned funds may be unavailable. Panhandle leaders urged extending the program to three million head, arguing many would die without aid and meat could aid relief efforts. He cautioned on post mid October funding and noted grain price volatility after drought scares.
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Chicago
Wallace
Southwestern
Texas Panhandle
Mortgage Bankers Association
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle Livestock Association
Marvin
Texas
Guard deputies in Bridgeport shooting death amid textile strike
Five sheriff's deputies were jailed for protection after bystander Ellwood Quick, 23, was shot at the James Lees and Sons textile mill in Bridgeport. The deputies faced homicide charges as unrest flared since the September 4 strike, with labor strife spreading on the Pacific Coast.
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Bridgeport
Norristown
Ellwood Quick
James Lees and Sons
Howard White
Joseph Smith
Wilbur Parker
Robert Pinkerton
Harry Hildebeitel
Lees Mill
Saturday Grid Fans Face Windy Amarillo Forecast
Weatherman H T Collman predicts a near perfect Saturday for grid fans in Amarillo with windy conditions and sand likely. He notes a cold snap will sharpen play, with a fair forecast and a low around 50 degrees overnight after a 54 degree morning.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Frenchmen Claim New Air Weapon
Paris reports inventors J Keithaus and Edmond de Christmas claim a perfected gun that fires light rays to strike aviators in the air, temporarily paralyze them, and cause planes to fall.
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Paris
U.P
J. Keithaus
Edmond de Christmas
Yaqui Indians Proclaim Silent Fiesta After Saint Statue Destruction
In Magdalena Sonora on October 4 Yaqui Indians and Mexican peons converge for the San Francisco Xavier fiesta amid anger over the destruction of their patron saint statue. The ancient cathedral is closed, priests exiled, and the statue cremated in Hermosillo while fears of retaliation rise despite official denials. The federal garrison is strengthened as tensions mount.
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Magdalena
Sonora
Mexico
San Francisco Xavier
Pascora
Christ
Judas
Hermosillo
Rodolfo Elias Calles
Hauptmann case and Lindbergh kidnap news dominate 1930s papers
Editors note explains Arthur Brisbane's Globe column reflects his views. The nation follows the Hauptmann Lindbergh kidnapping case with rising circulation. Readers also track the Bobby Edwards case and a quarrel over a well known woman's control matters.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Hauptmann
Zephyr Train Brings Speed Aboard for Amarillo Visit
Burlington unveils the Zephyr a low rail closer design with 16 wheels and stainless steel outer walls to reduce sway and noise. The fast train set a rail speed record in May from Denver to Chicago and comes to Amarillo for a Saturday appearance.
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Burlington
Amarillo
Denver
Chicago
Austrian Agent Held As Informer of Nazis
Dr. Franz Sonnleithner head of Austria secret code bureau was arrested for informing German Nazis before Austrian security measures. A descendant of poet Franz Grillparzer he was trusted by the government while alleged to have sent secret information to Nazi Munich headquarters and connected with federal public security and state police.
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Vienna
Franz Sonnleithner
Secret Code
Austria
Sonnleithner
Franz Grillparzer
Munich
Federal Office For Public Security
State Police
Insull Deal Deemed Fraud by Government in Mail Case
The government described Samuel Insull's stock sales through Corporation Securities Company as a simple conspiracy to swindle the public. Federal prosecutors accused the group of using a dumping ground for stock to raise Insull stock prices and misrepresenting assets of over eighty million dollars. The indictment cites Halsey Stuart & Co and 16 co defendants amid a scheme involving 700 000 allotment certificates sold at seventy five dollars per pair.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Corporation Securities Company
Utilities Executive Today
United States
Dwight H. Green
Insull
Insull Utility
Green
Halsey Stuart & Co
LaSalle Street Investment Banking House
Investment
Fate of tiny freighter Millpool remains mystery
The British freighter Millpool carrying grain went missing after sending a distress call on Tuesday afternoon about 700 miles off Labrador. A responding steamer said it searched a wide area with no sign of the vessel and proceeded. Seamen fear the Millpool may have foundered.
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New York
Millpool
Labrador
Inventor Plans Lusitania salvage venture and gold hunt
Stratford Conn October 4 UP Simon Lake inventor of the evew keel submarine outlined plans to salvage the Lusitania sunk in 1915 off Ireland with vast gold and jewels. A 250 ton salvage boat Lillian with a 157 foot vacuum arm will search for the Hussar cargo and trigger construction of a larger 100000 ton vessel for further expeditions.
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United Press
Stratford, Conn
Simon Lake
Lusitania
Ireland
Lake
Lillian
Lake Submarine Corporation
East River
N. Y
Four Charged in Tot s Death in Colorado Trunk Burial Case
In Montrose Colorado four members of the Garretson family were charged with murder after a week old baby was found dead in a trunk at a Maple Grove ranch. The sheriff said the infant, daughter of Frankie Garretson, was hidden to keep the father from learning of the birth. Opal Garretson later appeared with the baby in a burlap sack while a note pleaded for care.
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Montrose
Colo
R. D. Garretson
Maple Grove
A. M. McAnally
Prankie Garrett Son
Opal Garretson
Frankie
Mary Sherman
Opal
Adverts Halted as Cash Ads Expected to Sell Fast
Twenty five ads were stopped yesterday as advertisers reported results. The message urges readers to call 6262 for renting or selling items for cash, noting the urgency of placing ads now and offering ad charging.
Tigers win in 12th to even World Series
Goose Goslin delivered a twelfth inning single to center as the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3 2 at Navin Field to even the World Series one game apiece. Charley Gehringer scored the winning run for Detroit as about 42 000 fans looked on.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers
Joe Medwick
Medwick
Detroit
Navin Field
Goose Goslin
Lynwood
Cardinals
Collina
White
Delancey
Gehringer
Tiger
Creatti
Oratt Wns
Durocher
Greenberg
Hallahan
Fox
Marin
Hothrock
Rowe
Wee
Martin
Fried
Togell
Cardinal
Collins
Howells
Medwick Wes
Genlin
Cochrane
Tigers Howe
Belog
Frinch
Rune
Rogell
Oreattl
Oreatt
Owen
Feisch
Rowell
Ilowe
Greenhere
Rothrock
Gebe
Tigers White
Prisch
Creenbero
Coalie
Orsett
Cardinale Hallahan
Tiners Gealin
Frisch
Fleet
Rowell Hoiuted
Winging
Ne 'Prisch
Goslin
Collings
Tigers Vox
Firs T. Fox
Gere Ald Walker
Whive
Cochane
Walker
Hox
Uhach
Hallahen
Bil Walker
Gerald Walker
Ren
Cardinals Dossack
Tigers
Orsatt
Ureete
Vox
Green
Goalin
Carer Medwick
Gebringer
Colling
Dossack
Tigers Cochrane
Durocher Collins
Letters Bare Love Held By Boy For Girl
In Wilkes Barre a murder trial reveals love letters Edwards wrote to Margaret Crain East Aurora N Y as he sits with his father during testimony about the death of his earlier sweetheart Freda McKeehnie at Harvey's Lake. The letters begin with terms like My goddess Sweetest angel Mama and reveal a tainted romance amid courtroom proceedings.
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Wilkes Barre
Robert Allen Edwards
Edwards
Freda McKeehnie
Margaret Crain
East Aurora
Freda
Harvey's Lake
Goddess
Sweetest Angel
Mama
Luverne County
Lindbergh kidnap evidence linked to Hauptmann trunk
United States Forest Service reported the trunk of Bruno Richard Hauptmann yielded road maps from the Sourland Mountain district near Hopewell New Jersey tying him to the Lindbergh kidnap scene. A German American dictionary found at Hauptmann’s home supported ransom note theories as investigators placed him at or near the crime area.
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New York
United States Forest Service
National Lumber and Millwork Company
Bronx
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Sourland Mountain
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Samuel Foley
Bronx County
Hauptmann
Foley
Hopewell
N. J
New Jersey
European Nobility Rushes to Defense in Vanderbilt Case
European royalty and noble figures rush to assist Gloria Vanderbilt’s mother in the custody and estate dispute. UK and German aristocrats travel or pledge support as New York hearings unfold with high public interest and overseas backing for Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt.
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Vanderbilt
United Press
Gloria Vanderbilt
Europe
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
France
Purness
England
America
Berlin
Gottfried Zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Supreme Court
John FP. Carew
New York
Harry Peyne Whitney
Little Gloria
Laura Kilpatrick Morgan
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NEA
Cardigal
Derminace
Fed de Vas
LOUIS
Dehringer
If Greenberg
Tb. Collings
Cioalin
Orsattt
P. Rowe
Klein
Geisel
Reardon
Owens
Rothreck
Errera
Col4line
I. Gehringer
Isning Cardinale Hallahan
Court
Lindy Estate
Mallahan
Howell
Creattt
Ieere White
Collins Gehringer
Eirike
Welker
Ewinging
Lenter
Keystone
Howe
Coljack
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