Protest Bombing of Gunboat By Nipponese Warplanes Encircle Hankow
Freezing temperatures sweep the north as winter invades the Midwest. Reports show snow and rain from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, with Texas coats in fashion and temperatures dipping into the 30s in Texas towns.
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Texas Panhandle
Texas
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Dallas
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Galveston
United States
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Midwest
Chicago
Middlewest
London
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Wage Hour Law Goes Into Effect Nationwide Today
Federal labor standards place a 25 cent minimum wage and 44 hour week on interstate workers, with overtime pay, child labor limits, and broad coverage. About 11 million workers are affected as exemptions and seasonal rules apply. San Antonio reports mass layoffs in garment and pecan shelling sectors.
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San Antonio
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Andrews
Indictment Ties Giant Liquor Ring to 5 Cities
Forty four men and one woman were indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding the government of at least 15 million dollars in taxes through an illicit liquor operation spanning five U S cities and Canada. The ring produced at least 3.5 million gallons of 190 proof alcohol between 1931 and 1937, with Newburgh New York as the activity center and shipments to Detroit Boston Buffalo Newark New York and Canada.
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United States
Canada
U. S
Raymond P. Whearty
William Bondy
Treasury
Whearty
Detroit
Boston
Buffalo
Newark
Orange
Ulster
Sullivan
Rockland
Dutchess
Newburgh
N. Y
Famous Swallows Return to Capistrano Nests on St. Juan’s Day
A San Juan Capistrano report notes swallows depart on St. Juan's Day each year and swifts move into their vacant nests. Ornithologist Webb of the San Diego Zoological Society suspects the birds migrate toward the Amazon river tributaries in South America. The tradition, dating to 1716, links the mission to a local legend of refuge granted by a padre.
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U.P
San Juan Capistrano Mission
Pacific Ocean
St. Juan's Day
Adobe Mission
St. Joseph's Day
John Alfred Webb
San Diego Zoological Society
Amazon River
South America
Great Life at 106 Birthday Remark in Ogdensburg
Mrs Henry Bushey marks her 106th birthday in Ogdensburg New York on Oct 24 saying it is a great life with birthdays numerous enough that another one holds no special significance. Build Now See John Maynard Lor Co for estimates 800 W 6th St Ph 5333.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Henry Bushey
Bushey
John Maynard Lor. Co
W. Sth
Roller Skating Brothers Stop in Amarillo Today
The Roller Skating Brothers Gordon and Norris Blodgett from Los Angeles to New York hold a seven week record for the transcontinental skate. Aged 21 and 18 they have traveled about 6200 miles since July, wearing out over 200 wheels and earning meals by skating in rinks along the route. They expect to return home by November 15.
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Gordon
Norris Blodgett
Los Angeles
New York
Amarillo
Norris
Gorden
Short Wave Radio Call to Mother Heard at Kansas City Church
The Rev. E. W. Potts of Paseo Methodist Church reported during services that a short wave radio signal from J. N. Blair in Oklahoma was captured via the church organ amplifier. Blair, a radio enthusiast, and Potts planned to operate on divided time to share the encounter with the congregation.
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Kansas City
E. W. Potts
Paseo Methodist Episcopal Church
Wage hour act takes effect for employers today
Washington report explains the Fair Labor Standards Act effective now. It requires employers to keep detailed records on workers including names addresses birth dates hours and pay, sets a 40 hour standard week and a 40 cent minimum wage over time. The Wage Hour Division led by Filmer F. Andrews administers the act.
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Washington
U.P
Filmer F. Andrews
Federal
Department of Labor
Rumrich Testifies He Was Acting as German Spy
New York report says Guenther Gustave Rumrich, key witness in the Nazi espionage case, testified that federal officials knew he was acting as a German spy to aid the United States but left that fact out of his confession. He claimed he disclosed his true aims to Assistant U.S. Attorney Burke and Leon Turreu, prompting a defense denial of deliberate secrecy.
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U.P
Guenther
Gustave Rumrich
United States
Rumrich
U.S
John W. Burke, Jr
Leon G. Turreu
Department of
Crippled Children's Council to Stage Minstrel in November
The Crippled Children's Council announces a minstrel show Bing Hi Sing Lo on November 14 and 15 directed by Oma Link Rowley. Tickets 75 cents including reserved seating go on sale after November 10 at Maxor Drug. The council, formed in 1930 with no paid workers, has funded 1300+ treatments and 100+ operations this year across the Panhandle.
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Oma Link Rowley
Municipal Auditorium
G. A. McCullough
Kiwanis Club
Lions
Rotary
ABC
Maxor Drug
Fisk
Panhandle
McCullough
St. Anthony's
Navy
Charles F. Clayton
Fort Worth
Mr. McCullough
Tri-State
Car Bandits Attack Hoelzel After Attempted Wreck
Kansas City dispatch reports Carl F. Hoelzel tried to wreck his car to fleeing from two bandits who climbed in. When the crash failed, the men beat him, robbed him of $600 and stole his car. Hoelzel says he exposed the scheme to the other driver’s alertness.
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Kansas City
Carl F. Hoelzel
Hoelzel
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair and slightly warmer tonight and Tuesday. West Texas fair and warmer north and east portions tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change and frost tonight. Temperatures range from a maximum 64 to a minimum 41.
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Plains
Lubbock
Texas
Roswell
Santa Fe
Flk City
Oklahoma City
Dodge City
Dallas
Abilene
North Plains
Collman
West
New Mexico
Pampa Fans Prepare for Here Saturday at Butler Field
Pampa fans buy 2000 adult tickets for the Harvesters Sandstorm clash at Butler Field with 500 more reserved seats added to meet demand. Amarillo fans report high preseason reservations but local sales lag at Maxor Drug Store. Harvesters hold a performance edge on offense while Sandies boast stronger defense, yet Pampa fans remain hopeful of breaking Butler Field’s home win record. Russell Stationery Co. endorses office machines.
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Butler Field
Pampa
Wayne Middleton
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk
Middleton
Harvesters
Sandie
Pampans
Texas
Sandies
Fanatic who bought power of Christ admits killing
Wilfred Pichette a religious fanatic who bought the power of Christ from a Gypsy band for 2000 confessed with his wife that he killed their 19 year old maid Marian Doyle. He said the divine power drove him to hammer her to death with a flatiron while his wife struck the girl ten to twelve times with a poker. She aided by pinning the girl to the floor.
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Houghton, Mich
U.P
Wilfred Pichette
Pichette
Frank Condon
Marian Doyle
Car plunges into Hackensack River at Little Ferry
An automobile drove through a wooden barricade and nose first into the Hackensack River at Little Ferry New Jersey. Michael V. Kennelly a 25 year old Jersey City man and seven passengers escaped through the rear window and were pulled ashore by police. They were not hurt and did not get wet.
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Hackensack River
Michael V. Kennelly
Jersey City
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