Barrymore Costello Divorce Ends Seven-Year Marriage
In Los Angeles Superior Court Dolores Costello seeks divorce from John Barrymore after he allegedly deserted her on August 24, 1934. The couple share two children and a property settlement requires Barrymore to pay $850 monthly support with $300 for insurance policies totaling $200 000 named for the children.
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Los Angeles
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Miss Costello
Superior Court
Florida
Don Juan
Barrymore
Trotsky Reported Ill in Oslo Hospital for Weeks
Reports from Copenhagen Oct 9 say exiled Bolshevist leader Leon Trotsky has been seriously ill in an Oslo hospital for three weeks with tuberculosis.
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Copenhagen
Leon Trotsky
Oslo
Seventh in line for throne born at 2:15 AM in London
A son, seventh in succession to the British throne, was born to the Duchess of Kent at 2:15 AM in London. Officials say the birth was telephoned to Sandringham where King George VI and Queen Mary are staying. The father and Princess Marina of Greece waited overnight at Belgrave Square with Prince and Princess Nicholas of Greece. The mother and child are reported to be well.
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London
Duchess of
Kent
Sandringham
Norfolk
George
Queen Mary
Prince
Princess Nicholas
Greece
Belgrave Square
Marina
Italian Planes Drop Chemicals Across Ethiopian Front
Reports from Geneva to Addis Ababa describe Italy using chemical bombs from aircraft in the Ogaden Gorrahei sector as Ethiopian defenders fight from mud forts and guerrilla bands harass Italian columns. The League of Nations moves toward quick condemnation and penalties for Italy.
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Jijiga
Harrar
Dedjazmatch Nassibu
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Gorrahei
Nassibu
Haile Selassie
Dedjazmatch
Habte Mikhael
Gorrahel
Geneva
U.P
League of Nations
Assembly
Italy
League
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopian Leader Returns to Front in War Against Italy
Tecla Ha wariat, Ethiopian envoy and minister to France, announces he will return home to command in the front. In Ethiopia, Gen. Marivangni and Gen. Santini push toward Aduwa Adigrat, with air reconnaissance and shelling as Ethiopian forces defend Debra Sion and Amba Haugher. Reports note Italians salting wells, advancing toward Harar, while military censorship tightens in Addis Ababa and Rome.
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Edagahamus
Adigrat
Addis Ababa
Rhode Island
Delaware
Geneva
Italy
Ilague of Nations
Ethiopia
London
Paris
France
England
United Press
U.P
Aksum
Aduwa
Tecla Hawariat
Pietro Marivangni
Ruggiero Santini
Debra Sion
Edaga Hamas
Hausien
Makale
Alessandro Pirizio-Biroli
Amba Haugher
REYN
DS Packard
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Mt Mussa Ali
Mt. Mussa Ali
Aussa
Somaliland
Harar
Ogaden
Ualual
Radio Speech Tonight by Marvin Jones
Congressman Marvin Jones will speak tonight to Panhandle Plains listeners via KGNC in a half hour broadcast starting at 7. Amarillo’s station will present Jones, chair of the House agriculture committee, to explain laws from the last Congress session, focusing on agricultural issues for farmers.
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Marvin Jones
Panhandle Plains
KGNC
Amarillo
Jones
House Committee On Agriculture
Italy protests ejecting of envoy in Addis Ababa
Geneva October 9 Italy protested to the League of Nations against Ethiopia's plan to eject the Italian minister Luigi Vinci Gigliucci and his staff from Addis Ababa. Joseph A C Avenol, secretary.
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John Evans Romf
Italy
Ethiopia
Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci
Foreign Office
Addis Ababa
Geneva
Haile Selassie
Rome
Negradas Jesus
Joseph E. Sharkey
League of Nations
Joseph A. C. Avenol
AFL Bans Delegate Over Communist Ties at Atlantic City
At the Atlantic City convention the American Federation of Labor expelled E. M. Curry a 1932 Communist ticket candidate and refused to seat him as a delegate from the International Brotherhood of Foundry Employees. The move reflects a purge of alleged Communist elements, protested by the Molders' Union.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Congress
E. M. Curry
International Brotherhood of Foundry Employes
Curry
Peace time government spending hits new high
The U S government logged 2.009 billion dollars in the first 99 days of the fiscal year, nearly double its income of 1.074 billion. From July 1 to October 7, 1948, outlays for running the government and relief totaled 2,009,461,366 versus 1,676,305,479 a year earlier.
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Washington
Treasury
Hauptmann appeal on Lindbergh case denied by Court of Errors
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals denied Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s appeal of his murder conviction. The ruling upholds the six week Flemington trial, rules the ladder evidence admissible, and rejects claims of constitutional rights violations or improper jury instructions. The court notes the body was found in Mercer County and leaves Hauptmann with possible further avenues to seek relief.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Charles W. Parker
Flemington
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hunterdon County
Mercer County
Court of Pardons
Hoffman
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Parker
Morristown
Enly
New Jersey
C. Lioyd Fisher
Edward J. Reilly
Brooklyn
Anna
Dock Strike Seen Friday in Galveston and Texas Ports
Galveston dispatch notes IL A district president J Dwyer states the International Longshoremen's Association will uphold minimum contract demands and foresees a strike at 8 A M Friday across Texas ports including Lake Lee. The report mentions broader labor actions and potential appeals in Hauptmann related legal cases.
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Texas
Amarillo Publishes New 1935 City Directory
Hudspeth Directory Co. announces Amarillo’s 1935 Buyers’ Guide volume with 515 pages, up from 512 in 1934. The edition lists citizens, firms, street and government directories, churches, schools, societies, a complete classified business directory, calendars for 1935 and 1936, and notes an estimated population of 47,000. Leonard Zybach is listed last in the index.
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Amallos
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Hudspeth Directory Co.,, Inc
Hudspeth
Leonard Zybach
Skeleton: Ex Amarilloan Weld Identified in Grave Mystery
G Victor White 32 of Amarillo is identified as the man buried in a shallow grave found by Boy Scouts five miles northwest of Amarillo. Identification by his widow confirms the disappearance case linked to Grady Slaton, a hijacking suspect, with authorities reporting possible new developments. White had lived in Amarillo and once ran the Post Office Cafe on East Seventh Avenue. his wife says Slaton accompanied him in February 1932 when they planned to go to Denver.
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Amarillo
G. Victor White
Vivian White
Fleventh Avenue
Grady Slaton
White
Fort Worth
McDowell
Vic” White
Vic
Mrs White
Shamrock
East Seventh Avenue
North Polk Street
City Police War on Traffic Law Violators
Amarillo police join a nationwide effort to curb traffic law violations. Reckless driving speeding double parking and running lights are rising concerns. Seven drivers faced police court today with fines. ten yesterday. One man jailed for reckless driving others on bond for speeding.
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Amarillo
Senate group favors House liquor control bill in Texas
A Senate state affairs panel backed the House liquor regulatory bill, clearing it for possible floor action this week. The bill tightens liquor sales to sealed packages by licensed dealers and follows a prior Senate move to prohibit sale by the drink. $10,000 voted to probe hot oil in Texas House action to sustain the five member committee, led by Augustine Celaya and others, to continue the investigation. Fate of a chain store tax bill in a special session looms as the Senate weighs a graduated tax proposal.
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Austin
Texas
Senate State Affairs Committee
Senate
U.P
House of Representatives
Augustine Celaya
Brownsville
Harry Graves
Georgetown
W. E. Jones
Jourdanton
Hugh Steward
Pairfield
Sidney Latham
Longview
Weather outlook for Amarillo and extends to New Mexico
Partly cloudy with possible light rain and cooler conditions tonight into Thursday. Low tonight around 38 degrees. West Texas and New Mexico regions expect occasional rain, cooler Thursday, with unsettled conditions in the north and northeast portions. Temperatures ranged from 54 to 66 degrees up to 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Robinson Rules All He Surveys
A bantam rooster named Robinson, gifted to Jailer Gib Landis, dominates at the Potter County jail. He quivers at his mirror image, flaring neck feathers as kittens and a mother look on. the bird, found on an Amarillo street, is described as cocky and fearless in confinement.
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Gib Landis
Potter County
Robinson
Landis
Five Quintuplets Born On Bonham Farm In 1884
Bonham Texas reports a frontier birth of quintuplets to Mrs Billie Couch in February 1884. The Graham Leader notes the five boys Cleveland Hendricks Bayard Manning and Chenoweth lived five hours. Louis Brown recalls the family and two doctors attended but the babies died.
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Bonham
Tex
Couch
Couch Kiddies
Billie Couch
Red River
Graham
Ravenna
Thompson
Cleveland
Hendricks
Bayard
Manning
Chenoweth
Graham Leader
Louis Brown
Mrs. Couch
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