New Mexico Moves to Start Conchas Dam Build
Gov Clyde Tingley announced federal aid financing the Conchas Dam right of way and initial setup at Boulder Dam talks with President Roosevelt. Construction begins on time, $9.9 million project to move irrigation and land development forward. Dam site funds to be returned if federal pledge verified.
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Santa Fpf
N. M
Clyde Tingley
Conchas
Tucumcari
Tingley
Roosevelt
Boulder Dam
New Mexico
Board of Appraisers For
Amarillo
Wilbur
Hawk
Las Vegas
King Carol Birthday Day Shrouded by Lupescu Return
Mme Magda Lupescu, close to King Carol, returned from France to Romania for his 42nd birthday observance but stayed in seclusion and did not join public celebrations at the summer palace. Her surprise arrival unsettled National Peasant leaders opposed to Lupescu, seen by some as a government power challenge. Queen Marie and children arrived for a family gathering as the cabinet rode in on special trains to attend. Premier Titulescu denied rumors of an engagement announcement to an unidentified princess.
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Sinaia
Rumania
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Carol
France
National Peasant Party
Lupescu
Harar
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Anthony Eden
England
League
Mussolini
Britain
Rome
Naples
Red Ink Over U S Spending Hits One Billion
The fiscal year deficit surpassed one billion dollars as expenditures reached 2.123 billion while revenues stood at 1.116 billion through October 14. The government remained in the red by about 1.007 billion, comparing unfavorably with last year.
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Washington
Treasury
Court Denies Rehearing in El Paso Death Sentence Appeal
The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Ramiro Galvan a rehearing in his appeal from a death sentence for the murder of border patrolman Ivan Scotten. Scotten was killed July 20, 1929, in a gun battle at Los Pompos Crossing on the Rio Grande during a clash with alleged smugglers.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ramiro Galvan
el Paso
Ivan
Scotten
United States
Los Pompos
Rio Grande
Miss England shuns Miss Universe visit in Brussels
London 21 year old brunette says Miss Universe contest in Brussels is silly noting others’ claims. In York a fan asks Dizzy Dean for autograph revealing party line. Oklahoma City reports Dr Lyons seeking 10000 for lost smell in a damages suit against a Seminole truck firm and a Gracemont man.
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London
England
Brussels
Paris
Oklahoma City
D. J. Lyons
L. C. Jones Truck Company
Seminole
W. B. Harrison
Gracemont
Jones
Roper Opposes Meddling In Business Policy
Washington Oct 16 Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper said he opposed federal efforts to regiment business and urged it to take back its responsibilities. He noted a patrol role may be needed but the government should not meddle or run business, amid debates on NRA replacement.
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Washington
U.2
Daniel C. Roper
Roper
NRA
George L. Berry
Allred urges legislature to get to work in second session
Governor Allred called on the Texas legislature in its second special session to press ahead on old-age pensions funded by revenue, liquor regulation, and county salaries after the first session failed to pass these measures. The session opened at noon with the governor’s message, amid unresolved major issues and a halted liquor bill.
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Austin
Allred
Senate
House
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Tonight Through Thursday
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions on Thursday. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with slight cooling in the extreme west. New Mexico reports fair skies tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in the southeast and extreme east portions. Temperatures ranged from 62 to 67 degrees today. Precipitation in the last 24 hours measured .02 inch.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Red Craig Acquitted In Amaro Death Case
Red Craig was acquitted of aggravated assault in the death of George Engman Amarillo barber after a 17th District Court verdict. The murder charge was reduced to aggravated assault. the jury reached a verdict at 9 o clock. Engman died from injuries after an incident at Flanos night club on May 8.
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George Engman
Amarillo Ccaseman
17Th District Court
Craig
E. C. Nelson
Engman
Flanos
Nelson
Clem Calhoun
Claude Williams
Grady Hazlewood
Hazlewood
George Eggman
Jones Tonight Be Feted In Amarillo Banquet
Congressman Marvin Jones is honored at a lavish appreciation banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel. Wilbur C. Hawk urges local citizens from Amarillo and the Panhandle-Plains region to attend to show national gratitude and pride. More details appear on Page 9.
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Amatillo
Panhandle-Plains
Marvin Jones
Wilbur C. Hawk
Herring Hotel
Jones
Nip Plot To Blow Up British Base
In Singapore Straits Settlement on October 16 a purported plot to attack the $50,000,000 naval base was disclosed at the trial of three Chinese charged with manufacturing explosives without a license. The men, house boys for Britons at the base, were linked to an explosion in a house near the base leading to their arrest.
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Singapore
Straits Settlement
Singapore Naval Base
Naval Base
The Holy City Falls and Ethiopian Surrender
Universal Service reports six Ethiopian chieftains surrendering to General De Bono at Adana. They renounce Haile Selassie and swear fealty to Italy. The column notes Mussolini’s expanding challenges, Rome’s roadmaking strengths, and a possible shift from conquest to absorption of gained territory. The piece also references historic ties to Aksum and Menelek I.
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Adana
de Bono
Italy
Haile Selassie
Aksum
Sheba
Menelek
Huey Huey Stinnett seeks trial delay in embezzlement case
Hutchinson County tax collector and assessor Arthur Huey asked for a continuance in his embezzlement trial for 8,383 dollars in county funds. Judge E J Pickens recessed court as defense prepared the motion after the state said ready. The charge stems from a March 30 incident in Panhandle involving a robbery claim and missing license receipts.
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Huey
Panhandle
Hutchinsone County
Hanson Post American Legion will push traffic safety drive
The Hanson Post of the American Legion, in its new administration installed last night, plans a major traffic safety campaign to curb automobile fatalities and injuries. The post will cooperate with city, county, and state authorities, while pursuing broader 1936 goals of community service, membership growth, Americanism, stricter immigration laws, national defense, and bonus payments. Committees were named to handle these programs as Floyd Sloan directed installation.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Mexico
Santa Anna
Magdalena
Hanson Post
American Legion
National Organi
Post
Floyd Sloan
Legion
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Tucumcart
U.P
Canadian River Valley
Ethiops
King Carol
Edward J. Heisman
Deny Galvan
China
Dizzy Dean
York
13Th Ward
Dizzy
Lee
Mello, Eaby
Somaliland
WAR Dispatch
Associated Press
Makale
Laval
Ras Seyoum
Alaji
Lakota
Aduwa
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Locarno
Europe
Addis Ababa
Emilio de Bono
Il Duce
Ethi
Egypt
Great
Fuad
Tewfik Nessim Pasha
Solons
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor
Howard Street
MacKernans Dancing School
Beaureguard School
Jack MacKernan
Broadway
Fleanore Powell
Red Craig
G. A
Red" Craig
Gene Howe
Mr. Hawk
18Th Congressional District
Paint and Giese, John Maynard Lbr, Co
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc. International
Holy City Falls
Floyd Gibbons
G. B. Shaw
America
Globe
Brisbane
Universal Service
Lee Today
FHA
Long-Bel Lbr, Co
Stinnett
Bee Legion
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