Amarillo Leaders Lead Panhandle Highway Delegation
Ed Hardn of the Amarillo Chamber heads a Panhandle delegation to a Plainview road meeting Friday with at least 20 members. They aim to endorse Panhandle candidates for the Texas Highway Commission as a solution for paved highways in the region. Carl Hinton and Wilbur Hawk emphasize highway needs as a top project for local organizations.
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Ed Hardn
Amarillo
Texas Highway Commission
Beechler
Highway Commission
Youths Admit Gulf Service Station Burglaries in Amarillo
Amarillo police report four young suspects confess to burglaries at the Gulf Service Station at Sixteenth Avenue and Joe Street. The station was robbed last Saturday and Tuesday nights with cash taken from the till. The youths, ages 11 to 14, were turned over to county juvenile authorities.
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Amarillo
Gulf Service
Sixteenth Avenue
Joe Street
Gulf Station
Glenna Vare Nears National Golf Title
Philadelphia golfer Glenna Collett Vare wins the semi final round in the National Golf Championship beating Mrs Burt Weil of Cincinnati and advances to the final. In San Antonio a bull attack ends with rescue by bystanders after Gus Kruckemeyer is pinned and gored.
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Philadelphia
Enna Collett Vare
Burt Weil
Cinnati
Ohio State
Sain
Esan Antonio
Gus Kruckemeyer
Meta
Kruckemery
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Developments Move Toward Indictments
New Jersey prosecutors prepare to indict Bruno Hauptmann as a grand jury weighs charges against possible accomplices. Investigators seek identifications from ransom-note copyists and others who handled notes, while Hauptmann’s proximity to Elizabeth Island and fishing trips are cited.
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Martha's Vineyard-Buzzard's Bay
Massachusetts
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Elizabeth Island
Buzzard's Bay
Hauptmann
Foley
Hunterdon County
N. J
Bronx
Lindbergh
Grand Jury
Haupt Mann
John E. Curtiss
What They 4 eet Tack Predicts Sandie Loss
Preview notes say the West Texas Freshmen expect to break the Sandies streak after a modest showing against El Paso. The upcoming Butler Field game is framed as a turning point with emphasis on breaking old habits and proving strength.
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Sandie
Sandies
el Paso m
Butler
West Texas
Chicago Cops Receive $5,000 of Outlaw Reward
Attorney General Cummings authorized paying $5,000 of the John Dillinger reward to Captain Timothy A. O Neil and Sergeant Martin Zarkovitch of the Chicago Police for information leading to Dillinger’s capture. Dillinger was shot leaving a Chicago theater. the $10,000 reward for capture will not be paid as he died.
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Washington
Cummings
John Dillinger
Timothy A. O’neil
Martin Zarkovitch
Chicago
Ind
Dillinger
Department of Justice
Chatterton Brent Divorce Up Today
Ruth Chatterton and George Brent headed to a Hollywood superior court trial as her divorce suit citing extreme mental cruelty was called. The couple married in New York on August 13 1932 and separated last March after a brief union.
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United Press
Hollywood
Ruth Chatterton
George Brent
Isaac Pacht
Miss Chatterton
New York
Preliminary Naval Meeting Under Way
The United States Great Britain and Japan meet for preliminary naval talks in London on October 17. Authorities say they may propose a 1935 general conference of many powers and decide if political naval issues will be on its agenda. Britain expresses an open mind on both points.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Moley Reports Private Talks With Business Leaders
Ray mond Moley, adviser to President Roosevelt, says he attended several private dinners with business men as a silent guest. He describes frank exchanges on relations of business, industry and government under the New Deal and notes a fourth meeting is planned that night.
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New York
U.P
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Moley
Labor Strikes Wider and 30 Hour Week Push Gains Steam
Across the West Coast five strikes erupt as Portland truck drivers and meat packers join a walkout. Longshoremen dispute settled in San Francisco while a new 30 hour week push gains AFL backing with Feeney and Axton urging labor unity to restore employment.
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Portland
Pacific Steamship Company Lines
California Mother Lode
National Longshoremen's Board
San Francisco
Laborite
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Frank Feeney
Elevators Constructors’ Union
Feeney
Elevator Construction
Building Trades
William Green
Cal. W
Axton
Wallace for Process Tax Wallace for Process Tax
Secretary Henry A. Wallace criticizes Roosevelt monetary policy as temporary and argues measures like gold price adjustments and long AAA crop controls are needed to restore foreign markets. He favors tariff reduction to create U S demand and warns processing tax abandonment risks renewed agricultural decline.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
United States
Banqueteers Seek Centennial Session In Panhandle
At a banquet for advisory board members from 26 counties in the Thirty first Senatorial District, Walter D. Cline urged Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson to call another legislative session to fund the Texas Centennial. Speakers planned Panhandle pre centennial events in 1935 and a second in 1936, with resolutions to urge local legislators to back centennial measures.
Frustration of Kidnapping Plot In Wheeling
DoJ agents announce the thwarted plot to abduct Betty Bloch 24 daughter of a Wheeling tobacco maker. Harry Thornton a haberdashery clerk and Thurman Bowen a semi pro football player were arrested and admitted conspiracy to kidnap for 25000 dollars in ransom.
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Wheeling
Betty Bloch
Department of Justice
Harry Thornton
Haberdashery
Thurman Bowen
J. J. Waters
Pittsburgh
Miss Bloch
Six Recruits Enlist for Fort Warren Infantry Duty
Six Panhandle youths headed to Fort Francis E. Warren Cheyenne Wyoming to join the infantry. Re cruiting Sgt R E Forsythe reported acceptance for service listing Daniel C Jones Burleson James L Thompson Pampa Arthur L Chambers Canyon Vernon C Landers Earth Vernon A Humner Amarillo and James L Hughes Durham Oklahoma with vacancies still open at Fort Warren.
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Panhandle
Army
Infantry
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
R. E. Forsythe
Daniel C. Jones
Burleson
James L. Thompson
Pampa
Arthur L. Chambers
Canyon
Vernon C. Landers
Earth
Verernon A. Humner
Amarillo
James L. Hughes
Durham
Okla
Forsythe
Fort Warren
Four Trusties Escape Bexar County Jail in Dallas
Four jail trusties escaped from Bexar County Jail in San Antonio using a table knife key to unlock the back door. The four inmates, one an elevator operator and three kitchen workers, walked to freedom early today.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Zephyr Train Exhibits Comfort Features at Fort Worth
The Zephyr offers air conditioning, sealed non shutter glass, radio in all passenger compartments, reclining seats, between seat dining tables, and an electric buffet grill. Baggage is stored under seats, overhead racks are removed. Exhibit runs at Fort Worth and Denver station from 8 to 1 on Saturday with subsequent runs to Clarendon Memphis and Childress.
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Zephyr
Fort Worth
Denver
Clarendon
Memphis
Childress
Ball Fever Runs Through Courts and Towns
Baseball fever grips all corners of life including federal court sessions where jurors and attorneys discuss legendary Dean brothers Mickey Cochrane the Tigers and the Cardinals. The piece notes the sport as the main topic in streets businesses and public buildings during the world series era.
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Dean Brothers
Mickey Cochrane
Tigers
Cardinals
Test of Stock Market Control Sees Bankers Called
The Securities and Exchange Commission debated calling four leading New York bankers to testify in a key test of the new federal Stock Market control program. The bankers bought 2,000,000 blocks of an $8 million Brooklyn Manhattan Transit bond issue under fire for keeping the issue listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Commissioner Pecora asked that the bankers be summoned during the BMT case hearing.
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Washington
W.P
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation
New York Exchange
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
BMT
Escaped Gangsters Sought in Hills Near Bluefield
Richmond reports that Robert Mais and Walter Legenza, escapees from a Virginia jail, were sighted in southern West Virginia mountains. Police set roadblocks as they pursued the trio known as the tri state gang with three new holdups added to their crimes. Meanwhile Elizabeth Mals, mother of one fugitive, learned William A. Toot had died in the jail breakout aftermath.
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Richmond
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
West Virginia
Bluefield
Elizabeth Mals
William A. Toot
Mars and Legenza
Big George” Phillips
Tri-State
Vega Boy Dies Here Funeral Is Friday
Jack Everett 13 son of Mr and Mrs C T Everett Vega died at a local hospital this morning after a brief illness. Services will be held at Vega Methodist Church Friday with time announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. He is survived by parents two brothers Cozy and James Andrew two sisters Lillian Blanche and Betty Jane all in Vega and grandmothers Mrs W H Webb Itasca and Mrs Sallie Everett Palmer.
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Jack Everett
C. T. Everett
Vega
Vega Methodist Church
Blackburn-Shaw Feneral Home
Cozy
James Andrew Everett
Lillian Blanche
Betty Jane
W. H. Webb
Itasca
Sallie Everett
Palmer
Coulter Discharge Effective Tonight From Army
The court martial sentence dismissing Capt Harold K Coulter from the army for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman becomes effective at midnight. President Roosevelt approved the sentence after Coulter appealed. The dismissal follows a court martial finding him guilty of improper relations with Mrs Alice Traylor Morgan, divorcee of William F Morgan, a San Antonio oilman.
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San Antonio
U.P
Harold K. Coulter
Fort Sam Houston
Roosevelt
Coulter
Alice Traylor Morgan
William F. Morgan
Deny Rehearings in Scottsboro Case
Alabama Supreme Court denies a re hearing on the appeal of Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris in the Scottsboro case. The two of nine defendants were convicted and sentenced to death in Morgan County Circuit Court last December. Execution date set for December 7.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Heywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Morgan Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Letters Reveal Intense Romantic Ties Across Trial
In courtroom excerpts, Edwards Sr. reacts to fiery love letters about marriage and possession. Messages refer to “Sweetest angel,” “goddess,” and growing affection, with March 9 1933 dated note affirming unity and love.
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Edwards, Sr
Mamma
Edwards
Flmira
Rumor Mrs Field in Reno Divorce Court
Chicago Herald reports Mrs. Marshall Field III seen in Reno fueling divorce rumors. Formerly Audrey James, she wed Dudley Coats in London in 1930 and honeymooned in Africa.
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Mrs. Field
Reno
Chicago
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Marshall Field, III
Dudley Coats
London
Nevada City
Marshall Field
Marshall Pield
Coats
Africa
Field Museum of
Socialist Strike Expected in Spain Amid Cabinet Step
Madrid reports a Socialist revolutionary strike was timed for the early hours today to protest the new cabinet formed by Alejandro Lerroux. Interior Minister Salazar Alonso announced he learned of the move and ordered troops held and guards dispatched to key offices.
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Madrid
U.P
Rafael Salazar Alonso
Alejandro Lerroux
Salazar Alonso
Ministry of Communication
Watson Funeral to Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Watson 54 who died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital will be at 4 oclock Friday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev J B Huckabee officiating. Burial place not announced. Survivors: two daughters Mrs W T Meyers McKinney and Mrs Frank Wooten Dallas. four sons G C Sherling M L Sherling Amarillo Thomas Sherling Dallas and Paul Sherling Wichita Kan.
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Margarie Watson
Boxwell Brothers
Huckabee
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Watson
Amarillo
North West Sixth Avenue
W.T. Meyers
McKinney
Frank Wooten
Dallas
G. C. Sherling
M. L. Sherling
Thomas Sherling
Paul Sherling
Wichita
Kan
Weirton Steel Wins Labor Settlement Admission
Weirton Steel Company attorneys used the admission of William Lone president of a Weirton lodge to show the company did negotiate with Amalgamated Association of iron steel and tin workers after a dispute at the Weirton tin plate mill. The statement was pivotal to the case against claims the company refused to negotiate.
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Wilmington
Del
U.P
Weirton Steel Company
William Lone
Weirton
W. Va
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated
American Federation of Labor
Man's Identity Known in Explosive Thefts
Intruders entered two Remington Arms powder magazines and attempted a third for a large stock of explosive. A man known to police is sought as authorities inspect missing telephones, a thermos, bottle container, and oil cloth near the reservation. Tokyo says Manchukuo open door will not close.
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Bridgeport
Conn
U.P
Remington Arms Company
Vanderbilt Kinship in Courtroom Scandal Testimony
Testimony from a nursemaid and Mrs. Vanderbilt’s personal maid alleges a continuous round of pleasure in Europe with cocktails parties and champagne in bed for the widow of Reginald Vanderbilt. The case touches on the Marchioness and Queen Victoria lineage, prompting courtroom action and anticipated defense testimony from Mrs. Vanderbilt.
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Queen Victoria
Justice Carew
Vanderbilt
Benjamin Shaw
Furness
Markets and stock quotes from New York and grain table
Stocks listed by Jho, F. Clark and Co. show varied values with Alaska Juneau Gold and Anaconda Copper among active issues. Chicago grain table lists Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Rye with mixed open, high, low, and close figures. New Orleans cotton prices rise then pull back amid bureau report anticipation. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show modest shifts in price and demand.
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Chicago
John F. Clark & Co
Mont Dee
Livestock Market Quotation and New York Curb Quotes
Quotations cover cattle and sheep markets with prices for yearlings steers heifers cows and lambs plus notes on drought lambs and clipped sheep. New York curb quotations list commodity prices and closing figures, including oil and other listings.
How to Relieve Headaches In Three Minutes
A pharmacist created B. C. a fast acting remedy for violent headaches. It also eases muscular aches colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates. Available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages at drugstores.
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B. C
Harvard bonds profit from switch deal at SEC inquiry
Harvard College earned a $300,000 profit on a switch transaction in Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company bonds during SEC hearings into the corporation’s $8 million issue. The report notes the sunless equinox period affecting U S territories for 24 hours.
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Washington
Harvard College
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Gregory Coleman
Bronx Home News
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Jassie) Condon
Henry Johnson
Johnson
Thomas W. Lamonth
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Chatterton-Brent
LABOR
Virginia
Douglas
Vega Boy
Spain
Manchukuo
Tokyo
Hiroshi Saito
Jho, F. Clark and Co
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Juneau Gold
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Lela Amer CO
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Amer Tel & Tel
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Armond & Co
Omay
Anaconda
Atchison
Auburn Auto
Barnsdall Oil
Rindix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
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Dey
OMB
Wccencees Celanese
Gen. Metore
Gillette Razor
Kelvinator
Kennecott Copper Kresge, SS
Kroger Groce & Bak
Esseee
Loew's
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Dome Mines ‘du Pont
Fastman Kollak
Pow & Lite Firestone
Preeport
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Gen Foods Great Weet
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Internat Harvester
Internat Nickel
Pennsylvania
Phillipe
Remington Rand
Reynolda Tobacco
Ft. Jonephead
Staboard OW
Sears Roebuck
Crrese
South Pac
Ceee Southern Raihway
Standard Brendes Stand Gas & Tlew
Stand of
Stewart-Warner Texas Corp Careecere
Texas Gulf Sul
Trans-Amer Union
Crrbite Union
United Corp
U 8
U S Steel
New Orleans
Liverpool
Bureau
Kansas City
U. S. Dept
Gulf Oiwees
Harvard
Green
Insull
Reem
Rinso
Good Housekeeping Institute
America
Dad
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Betty Wood
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