Chicago HOST TO GOP MEET
Chicago expects to host the 1936 Republican convention with Chicago favored for central location hotel access and Stadium facilities. A decision will be made at a December or January meeting by RNC leaders who control funds. Other cities Cleveland San Francisco Atlantic City Minneapolis and Kansas City are also bidding. George F. Getz, RNC treasurer, leads fundraising efforts with progress not disclosed.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Minneapolis
Kansas City
George F. Getz
Getz
Many Pastors at Conference of Methodists Wichita Falls
Four hundred ministers and about one hundred laymen joined Bishop Frank A. Smith to open the second session of the North Texas Methodist conference in Wichita Falls on Oct 24. Reports from eight district presiding elders were heard, with leaders Whiteside Dallas Bergin Paris Crutchfield Greenville Simpson Greenville Riker McKinney Bounds Sulphur Springs Doak Sherman listed.
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Wichita Falls
Frank A. Smith
Bishop Smith
Warren T. Whiteside
H. C. Bergin
Dallas
Finis A. Crutchfield
Denton
Claude M. Simpson
Paris
Ira C. Riker
Kreenville
Minor Bounds
McKinney
D. B. Doak
Sulphur Springs
George C. French
Sherman
Weather Grounds National Guard Planes Amid Weather
Seven National Guard aircraft were grounded at English Field en route to Santa Fe for the National Guard Association annual convention. Delays were caused by westward weather, with arrivals from Michigan and other states, and Illinois units also passing Amarillo. Father’s Day falls on the third Sunday in June.
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National Guard
English Field
Santa Fe
N. M
National Guard Association of the United
Mississippi
Amarillo
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised Kidney Relief
Advert says a 35 cent stimulant diuretic will flush waste and poisons from kidneys and stop nightly awakenings. It urges asking any druggist for GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules from Haarlem in Holland and claims relief from backache puffiness leg cramps moist palms burning or scanty urination.
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Haarlem
Holland
Public hearing on zoning change for Amarillo properties
The City Commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall Council Chamber at 7 30 P M on November 5 1935 to consider rezoning Lots 7 to 15 Block 2 Ridgemere Addition 2400 to 2416 North East 8th Ave from Residential to Retail for a grocery store at 2405 South Fillmore Street LeVerne Calhoun city secretary October 9 1935 October 17 1935
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North
8Th Avenue
City Commission
Council Chamber
Ridgemere
Amarillo
City of
Fillmore Street
Laéverne Calhoun
Contrast of U S Infantry Weapons With French Gear in 1914 18
An illustrated comparison from 1918 shows the U S Army infantry armed with eleven deadly implements including the tank as part of an infantry division along with a one pounder cannon rifle bayonet pistol automatic rifle hand grenade rifle grenade machine gun trench mortar and smoke bomb. French soldiers on the western front 1914 1918 are depicted with a machine gunner grenade thrower light infantryman and hand grenade thrower.
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U. S
Italo-Ethiopian peace talks hinge on Lavals message
Paris negotiations intensify as Mussolini presses for a reply to his peace terms. Laval conveys Italy's proposals while Britain and France weigh acceptance within the League of Nations against Ethiopian disarmament and a protectorate. Britain and France doubt approval, seeking compromise for a peaceful outcome.
Where Now Is Transient Sam Weinwitz Wanders
Sam Weinwitz a 65 year old wanderer is in the sheriff s office perplexed about his next destination He mentions San Antonio Dalhart Chicago New York Connecticut as possible stops and describes a failed 15 cent snack purchase creating a moment of uncertainty about his path.
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Sam Weinwitz
San Antonio
Dalhart
Chicago
New York
Connecticut
Library gets WPA project to fix books
Amarillo district announces a WPA project for Potter County library with seven workers. Tasks include record keeping binding and mending books under head librarian Ruth Deizell. Funding allotted is 2700 dollars with county as sponsor. Workers transferred from another project to begin. operation expected to start Monday. A sewing room at relief headquarters employs 300 women.
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Amarillos
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Potter County
Ruth Deizell
M. W. Kimbrough
Two Farmers Killed When Train Hits Auto Near Wills Point
Two farmers Lewis Ramsey and Lou Smith, both near Wills Point, were killed when an eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train struck their automobile at a grade crossing one and a half miles east of Wills Point. The car was destroyed, bodies brought to Wills Point, and the incident occurred as the vehicle crossed from Cedar Grove road to the main highway. In Corsicana, L L Logan, 17, of Houston, died from injuries after a Tuesday auto crash southeast of Corsicana. Henry John Fox, 22, of Houston, also died. Logan’s death marked Navarro County’s eighth auto fatality this year.
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Wills Point
Texas and Pacific
Lewis Ramsey
Lou Smith
Cedar Grove
Houston
Corsicana
L. L. Logan
Henry John Fox
Logan
Navarro County
Bardwell High School Building Destroyed by Fire
Bardwell Texas reports a blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the Bardwell High School building early today with losses pegged at about 30000 dollars. In Hollywood California Julia Pay silent screen star and Anthony Merrill author and scenario writer plan to marry tonight at the Little Church of the Flowers.
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Bardwell
Tex
Bardwell High School
Hollywood
Calif
Julia Pay
Anthony Merrill
New Warning of Gales in Cuba Issued
Weather bureau issues advisory noting a tropical disturbance between Jamaica and Grand Cayman with slight to moderate intensity. It lies westward, accompanied by strong winds and squalls, urging caution for smaller vessels in the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Jamaica
Grand Cayman
Caribbean Sea
France Seeks Swift Enforcement of Ethiopian War Sanctions
Premier Laval told the chamber that France will join sanctions against Italy without delay and would deploy battleships to assist Britain if Romes action in the Mediter ranean is attacked while enforcing a boycott. Il Duces troop withdrawal gesture eases tension but does not resolve the Ethiopian conflict, said observers.
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Geneva
Italy
Paris
London
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
France
Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt weighs Italo-Ethiopian crisis amid dinner talks
Washington reports the president, rested from vacation, opened immediate talks on the Italo-Ethiopian situation and the U S reply to a League of Nations sanctions initiative. Secretary Hull and Mrs. Roosevelt joined at the luncheon table for a briefing, with no timing announced.
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Washington
America
Hull
League of Nations
Italy
Italian Protest Against Peace Negotiations With Ethiopia
Italian officials opposed negotiating peace with Ethiopia under League of Nations pressure and British arms. The stance, seen by informed quarters as a bid to delay sanctions, came as direct talks among Italy Britain and France sought a peaceful end to the Italo Ethiopian War amid European tension.
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Ee Omercore Associated Press
Rome
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Britain
France
Fragmentary Ethiopian Upset Records Nasibu Date
A clipped 1958 note from Harar Ethiopia mentions Nasibu and a ded jazmatch event, with unclear specifics but indicates a local occurrence linked to Ascoriated Presa. The fragment hints at a dated match or ceremony in Ort. 24, Nasibu cited among participants.
Adlerika Claimed to Relieve Gas and Nighttime Discomfort
An advertisement for Adlerika promotes a single dose remedy for gas pressing on the heart and chronic constipation. It cites Dr H L Shoub and Mrs Jas Filler endorsing its intestinal cleansing benefits and urges purchases from Fox Drug Co and City Drug Stores.
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H. L. Shoub
New York
Jas
Fox Drug Co
City Drug Stores
Ethiopian Front Under Bitter Rains Delays Italian Advance
The Associated Press reports heavy rains in southern Ethiopia impede Italian maneuvers in Bomali land. General Nasibu, Haile Selassie commander and Harar governor, tours Ogaden while mud traps motor trucks and observers. no major battles confirmed despite reports.
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Sive
Bomaliland
Associated Press
Webbe Shibell
Dedjazmatch Nasibu
Haile Selaasse
Harar
Ethiopia
Italy
Ogaden
Jijiga
Italian and Belgian forces move toward Jijiga frontier
Widespread use of GAN by the Itale fans. Several Belgian officers in the service of the Fihloplan government arranged to proceed tomorrow to Jijiga, 50 miles east of here to ward British Somaliland, under the cover on which one branch of the Italian southern army has been attempting to advance deeper into Ethiopia on the line of march to Harar.
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Fihloplan
Jijiga
Here
British Somaliland
Ethiopia
Harar
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Grace Moore
Love ME Forever
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Roseland
Lloyd Snyder
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Gold Coast Orchestra
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