Builder Plots Full Crew By Night Amid Texas Labor Clash
Amid a two day stoppage over pay, the Earl Baker Construction Co began concrete work on Highway No. 5 north of Amarillo as eight truckers, plus anticipated 18 more, demanded higher wages. The firm offered 91 cents a load, down from 97, but strikers held for $1. The dispute risks delaying completion while outside drivers may fill gaps.
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Earl Baker Construction Company
W. S. Clark
Clark
L. J. Baker
Cc. F. Simith
Amarillo
Trunk slayings confession links Winnie Judd to Phoenix killings
Los Angeles, Oct 20. B N McKinnell brother of Winnie Ruth Judd, admits sister confessed to killing two women in Phoenix. He says he drove her to Sixth and Broadway, gave $5, and she disappeared. Police traced McKinnell’s license. Judd is in custody with Dr. W C Judd. Police search trains east and border points.
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Los Angeles
Phoenix
Arizona
Associated Press
B. N. McKinnell
Los Angeles University
Winnie Ruth Judd
McKinnell
Homicide Bureau
Police Department
Agnes Lero
Heddvig Samuelson
Phoenix, Ariz
Judd
Sixth
Broadway
W. C. Judd
Yuma
Paris Briand proposes trade based peace for Manchuria plan
Paris Briand unveils an olive branch inspired trade peace proposal during the League of Nations session on Manchuria. The plan aims to be flexible enough to form a negotiation basis between China and Japan as arbitration proceeds in Geneva.
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Geneva
Paristide Briand
Olive Branch
Europe
League of Nations Council
China
Japan
Briand
Chi
Borger Couple in Mystery Illness. Wife Dies
Mrs. Mary E. Alspach, 56, of Borger, died at Northwest Texas Hospital while her husband A B Alspach, Prairie Oil and Gas supervisor, lay near death from a rare illness. Autopsy ordered as doctors fear arsenic poisoning. chemical report awaited after the couple traveled from Borger two weeks ago. The two ate imported sausage and canned foods prior to illness. no children. Todplane Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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Mary E. Alspach
Borger
Northwest Texas Hospital
A. B. Alspach
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Alspach
B. F. Clutter
R. A. Duncan
Alspachs
West
Burger
Berger
Oklahoma
Prairie Oil and Ganpany
Todplane Funeral Home
Radio 10 Drives Community Chest Toward 1932 Goal
The four civic clubs raise funds, totaling 25850 so far, toward a 65000 target as American Legion teams prepare a house to house cleanup. Daily radio pleas urge Amarillo citizens to donate, noting the city’s hardship and the need to support the needy.
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Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Community Chest
Legion
Amarillo
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with possible light local showers. West Texas partly cloudy with light showers tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Today's extreme temperatures at 1 PM were 56 and 59.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
China asks France and Britain to send troops to Manchuria
Tokyo reports that China asked France and Britain to deploy troops into Manchuria but both governments refused. Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japan's League of Nations delegate, relayed the information from Aristide Briand to cabinet authorities in Tokyo.
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Tokio
U.P
China
France
Great Britain
Manchuria
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Japan
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Council
Council Seeks Peaceful Settlement as Deadlock Ends
The council remains on duty while a peaceful settlement forms. Briand and Lord Reading press Japanese and Chinese delegates Kenkichi Yoshizawa and Dr. Alfred Sze to accept a basis for conciliatory procedure, urging both sides toward resolution.
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M. Briand
Lord Reading
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Alfred Sze
American squabble settled in Tokyo
Tokyo dispatch reports that tensions over American participation in a Manchurian matter are resolved. Officials state all misunderstandings have been cleared and cooperation is restored.
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Tokyo
Hoover Fet ed Mayor Absent
President Hoover received a warm welcome from the Annapolis midshipmen while the city’s mayor was absent. Salutes echoed as Hoover arrived by ship to the Naval Academy and rode to the White House cars. About 2,000 residents gathered, but Mayor Walter Quenstedt was not present despite protests over official recognition.
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Annapolis
Hoover
Arkansas
Naval Academy
White House
Academy
Thomas C. Hart
Walter Quenstedt
Quenstedt
Mix-Up 18 Said to Misunderstanding Washington
President Hoover explained missing a greeting for Annapolis mayor Walter E. Quenstedt as a misunderstanding. White House officials said none of the President’s aides knew of plans to meet the mayor and a Secret Service man misread the arrangements near Annapolis.
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Washington
Hoover
Annapolis
Yorktown
White House
Secret Service
Walter E. Quenstedt
Naval Academy Dock
Graf Zeppelin lands in Brazil for third time this year
The Graf Zeppelin, the German dirigible, arrived in Pernam buco Brazil for the third time in 2024 on Oct 20, after a nonstop flight from Friedrichshafen Germany. Each of the three trips this year carried passengers freight and mail.
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Graf
Brazil
Pernambuco
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Toll bridge tug-of-war flares in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma officials received notice from Joe Bailey attorney for toll bridge receivers of an effort to have the Muskogee federal court block the Texas Oklahoma free bridge and reopen the parallel toll span. Governor Murray held talks with the attorney general and highway officials as Bailey’s amended petition seeks a temporary injunction.
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Oklahoma City
Denison-Durant Red River
Oklahoma
Joe Bailey
Toll Bridge Company
Muskogee
Murray
National Guard
W. ©. Lewis
Attoney General
State Highway Commission
Bailey
Lewis
John C. Pollock
Kansas City
Highway Commission
Red River Bridge Company sues Texas for damages
The Red River Bridge Company files in Travis County district court seeking 165000 dollars from the State of Texas. The suit stems from the opening of the free bridge between Denison, Texas and Durant, Oklahoma, a jointly built structure replacing the toll bridge. The company claims losses due to the bridge’s opening before it could recover permitted damages.
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Texas
Austin
Red River Bridge Company
Travis County
State of Texas
Denison
Durant
Okla
Red River
Oklahoma
State Highway Department
Eight Jurors Taken For Negro's Trial in Wichita Falls
Judge Allan D. Montgomery delayed ruling on quashing indictments and allowed jury selection to continue for Richard Johnson, a Negro, charged with the murder of A. N. Nodurft of Fort Worth. An eighth juror was added after further venireman questioning. seven jurors were chosen Monday.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
U.P
Allan D. Montgomery
Richard Johnson
A. N. Nodurft
Fort Worth
Veniremen
Naval Secretary Orders Building of New Airship
Secretary Adams approves construction of airship ZRS-5 and orders Akron acceptance. Rear Admiral Day to receive the Akron when ready at Lakehurst New Jersey. Navy officials direct delivery to Lakehurst weather permitting and commission of the Akron upon arrival. ZRS-5 will be built at Goodyear Zeppelin’s Akron plant.
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Naval Secretary
Washington
Adams
George C. Day
Akron
Lakehurst
Willian V. Pratt
Naval Operations
C. EK. Rosendahl
New York Mayor’s Agent Declines Mexican Subpoena
The financial and business agent for Mayor James J. Walker of New York said upon learning a legislative investigating committee representative was en route to Mexico City with a subpoena, Let them come. The remark signals defiance amid scrutiny of Walker’s administration.
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James J. Walker
New York
Legislative Investigating Committee
Mexico City
Sherwood says he will face subpoenas in New York
Russell T. Sherwood, personal accountant to Mayor Walker of New York, arrived in Mexico City and rejected fears of process servers. He insisted he will not run and will be available to be served, noting there is no case against him and no need for an attorney.
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Sam
League of Nations’ Magic Circle
Europe
United States
Mexico City
Russell T. Sherwood
Walker
New York
Blaze Victim Leaves Hospital After Fire Insecticide Claim
Henry Neal, 45, burned in a Sunday fire at 1112 B Hayden Street, is improving at St. Anthony's and could leave within 24 hours. Doctors warn against pneumonia as his lungs remain inflamed. Neal says he sprayed gasoline to rid insects before his wife and children left for Clovis, N M. Inspector Justice, ex-mayor of Paris, is investigating for the state fire insurance commissioner’s office, noting possible suspicion but questioning motive.
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Henry Neal
Hayden Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Neal
Clovis
N. M
Justice
Paris
Vega
State
Venezuelan Aviator Trots Toward Caracas Flight
Venezuelan flier George Pocaterra left Brownsville at 8 45 A M for Tampico to continue a goodwill flight from New York to Caracas. He traveled with mechanic L T Hoover after spending Monday in Brownsville and prior stopovers in Dallas.
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Brownsville
Tex
George Pocaterra
Tampico
Mex
New York
Caracas
Venezuela
L. T. Hoover
Dallas
Clue in Los Angeles trunk deaths hampered by witness
In Phoenix a physician named W. C. Judd was identified by a grocer boy as the man seen at the women’s apartment last Friday. Police had considered a promising lead but it was undermined when Judd came forward, confirming his identity. The case involves two women found dead in trunks in Los Angeles.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
W. C. Judd
Edison in State as Nation Mourns Bright Inventor
West Orange New Jersey October 20 Thomas Alva Edison lay in state as crowds more than ten thousand filed past to honor the inventor who advanced national defense with his work. City officials and veterans paid silent tribute. Final services set for Rosedale Cemetery at 2 30 P M tomorrow. Public lights to be extinguished at 7 P M for one minute nationwide tribute a Hoover plan.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
E. N. Stanley
Mr. Edison
Fort Myers
Florida
Mr. Stanley
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rosedale Cemetery
Hoover
Walker
New Jersey
Two Military Convicts Escape In Stolen Auto
Two military convicts who overpowered an armed Fort Sam Houston sentry fled in a stolen car. The escape occurred in San Antonio Texas as authorities named the fugitives Elmer Simpkins aged 24 and Walter Wiggins aged 23.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Fort Sam Houston
Convieta
Elmer Simpkins
Walter Wiggins
Big Gallery Sees Tack Pick Cotton
In Cobb s Cotton Patch near McLean Old Tack completed a 100 pound cotton pick by 1 45 PM with 102 pounds on the scales after a morning start at 7 30. Pampa Harvesters coach Odus Mitchell attended and advised Tack as crowds watched. Tack planned nine holes of golf before delivering the cotton to Pampa.
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Cobb’s
McLean
Old Tack
Pampa
Erasmus Rockus Eberfield
Odus Mitchell
Pampa Harvesters
Sandies
Tack
Mitchell
Light Showers Sweep Panhandle Area Forecast
Light showers fell across a larger part of the Panhandle before noon as low clouds lingered. The U S Weather Bureau warned unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with possible local showers for Amarillo and vicinity. Fort Worth and Denver reported showers from Amarillo to Texline with threats over the South Plains. Santa Fe noted light precipitation at Hereford Canyon and nearby points. Amarillo reached a high of 59 degrees at 1 PM.
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Panhandle Ney
U. S
Buereau
Amarillo
Fort Worth & Denver
Texline
South Plains
Santa Fe
Hereford
Canyon
Speed Flier Doolittle Lands in Birmingham on Flight
Major James H. Doolittle, en route Ottawa to Mexico City, landed in Birmingham at 9:29 AM after 640 miles from Washington in 2 hours 59 minutes. He had completed 1,092 miles of a 2,500 mile journey in 5 hours 24 minutes and refueled with 100 gallons before departing for Corpus Christi Texas, aiming to reach the city about 1:30 PM.
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Birmingham
Ala
James H. Doolittle
Ottawa
Mexico City
Washington
Here
Doodlittle
Doolittle
Corpus Christi
Texas
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