Rebel Loyal Planes Begin New Attacks
Washington reports Spain will probe Sunday’s attempted bombing of the American destroyer Kane off the coast. The U.S. urges swift Spanish action as evacuees exit, while Franco’s insurgents receive no stated response. Casualty estimates in five weeks of Spain’s civil war range 75 000 to 100 000 dead. wounded around 300 000.
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Washington
Madrid
Kane
State Department
Spain
United States
Francisco Franco
Associated Press
Hendaye
France
Red Cross
Notable early aviation feats and deaths noted
Arthur Brisbane comments on day’s events while Louis Blériot, famed air pioneer and Channel crossing pioneer, is reported as dying at 64. The piece recalls a 30 mile perilous flight by Bonnot in a 22 horsepower monoplane and notes aviation prize history in London.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Nora
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Biernot
Lord Northcliffe
London Daily Mail
Black Legion inquiry names Oakland officials in probe
A three month investigation into the vigil ante Black Legion in Oakland County listed sixty four high officials as members or former members. Includes Oakland County Prosecutor David C. Pence State Representative Joseph A. Long and Royal Oak Police Chief Alfred Reynolds. The report recommends no criminal action but urges public disclosure of officials' ties to the organization.
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Pontiac
Mid
Black Legion
Oakland County
George B. Hartrick
David C. Pence
Joseph A. Long
Alfred L. Reynolds
Royal Oak
Father Coughlin
Ohio
Klan
Ku Klux Klan
New Order
Gordon C. MacDougall
Michigan Liquor Control Commission
Lawrence F. Sebastian
Pontiac State Hospital
Pence
Milo D. McLintock
Panhandle double tragedy ends with two deaths
In Panhandle near the Carson County course house, Dan Craig 44 killed his wife Mita Gibbons Craig 49 and wounded his head while a 12 year old daughter Lorine witnessed the events. Craig later died at St. Anthony's hospital after the confrontation. Four shots were fired in the early morning domestic dispute.
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Dan Craig
Panhandle
Mita Gibbons Craig
Lorine
Craig
Carson County
St. Anthony's Hospital
Craigs
Wheeler
Loriie
Planes of Both Sides Drop Bombs
Spanish rebels and loyalists unleashed full fury as air forces conducted bombing across the battlegrounds. Lisbon reports indicate heavy aerial attacks with significant damage and casualties, highlighting the intensification of the conflict in Spain.
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Adolfo DA Rosa
United Press
Lisbon
Amarillo Chamber Traffic Committee Seeks Street Safety Plan
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce traffic committee led by H. J. McKitterick will ask the city commission tonight to pursue coordinated street and highway safety regulations. Members include W. C Boyce Bob Crudgington and Mari Taylor. The move follows guidance from the United States Chamber of Commerce urging a national street and highway safety congress.
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Amarillo Chambe of Commerce
H. J. McKitterick
W. C Boyce
Bob Crudgington
Mari Taylor
City Commission
McKitterick
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Congress of Street and Highway Safety
George Dern Given State Funeral in Salt Lake City
Mourning crowds paid tribute to George Henry Dern longtime miner legislator governor and secretary of war. He lay in state at the Utah capitol with President Roosevelt present aboard a special train. Services were held at 4 p.m. after a procession past the capitol.
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Salt Lake City
George Henry Dern
Utah Capitol
Roosevelt
Capitol
Henry H. Blood
United States Army
Paul Whiteman Serves Hour as Honorary Mayor at Fort Worth Frontier
In Fort Worth during Frontier Centennial, Paul Whiteman rode in cowboy garb to office as honorary mayor for an hour, with Mayor Van Zandt Jarvis waiving the post. Weatherman H T Collman notes August as a record heat month with 7 days above 100 degrees and 27 above 90, the second-highest tally in 50 years.
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Fort Worth
Paul Whiteman
New York
Whiteman
Texas Rangers
van Zandt Jarvis
H. T. Collman
Amarillo
Directors to Meet at Capitol Hotel Tomorrow
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors will meet tomorrow at noon in the Capitol Hotel. Guy Saunders, president, urges full attendance for a discussion of important matters.
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Amarillo
City Seeks Federal Funds to Improve Municipal Airport
The chamber of commerce and city officials noon today decided to file for federal funds to upgrade the Municipal Airport at an estimated cost above 500000. They also pursue a property exchange with the English airport, aiming to own the site for a modern airfield.
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Chamber of Commerce
Drought migrants threaten plains and relief burdens
Morris L. Cooke, head of Roosevelt drouth committee, reports vast out-migration from the Great Plains as families abandon sun-baked fields for greener lands. He cites a county with one third moved and urges federal leadership to curb aimless inter-state movement and ease relief strains. Page 13 reference.
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ED Werkman
Washington
Great Plains
Drouth
Morris L. Cooke
President Roosevelt
Drouth Committee
Roosevelt
Bismarck
N. D
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and through Thursday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico are generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Ample readings show highs near 88 and lows around 68 in Amarillo today.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Promotion for Earl Scruggs Moves to Dallas Office
Earl Scruggs, longtime Amarillo manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone, is promoted to commercial methods superintendent in the Dallas general offices. W. R. Fox of Dallas will replace him in Amarillo, arriving September 15, as H. R. Budke succeeds Scruggs as president. Scruggs notes his regret at leaving and the Dallas opportunity.
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Earl Scruggs
Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
W. G. Riddle
Scruggs
W. R. Fox
Riddle
Protection Promised for Two Suspected Slayers
California authorities promised protection from lynching for two brothers named John H. Brite, 36, and Coke T. Brite, 34, as a posse hunted them in the Siskiyou Mountain wilderness north of Yreka after they allegedly killed Deputy Sheriff Martin Lange, 48, Constable Joseph Clark, 65, and former Navy officer Fred B Seaborn, 50.
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Yreka
Calif
Calfornia
Siskiyou Mountain
Here
John H. Brite
Coke T. Brite
Arizona
Martin Lange
Joseph Clark
Fred B Seaborn
Navy
Amarillo Building Permits Near Half Million Mark
August permits push city total for year to $471,390.50 including new buildings remodeling repairs signs and tank installations. City Machines Welding Works issued a permit for a shop at 1300 West Sixth Avenue, boosting August total to $69,141.
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Amarillo
1300 West Sixth Avenue
City Machines& Welding Works
Fugitive John Guillory Shot Dead in Rayne Clash
Police report that 39 year old John Guillory, a life term murder convict who escaped from Angola penitentiary in 1935, was killed by a Rayne night police chief after Guillory stabbed the officer during an arrest attempt. Details on the officer’s condition were not released.
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Baton Rouge
John Guillory
Rayne
W. W. Larcade
Acadia Parish
Guillory
Louisiana Penitentiary
Crowley
Angola
Rudy Vallee Involved In Altercation At Exposition
Toronto report says Rudy Vallee, crooner and orchestra leader, struck a man with a hard left after a bottle was thrown at him by a dancer crowd of about 1,000 at the Canadian National Exhibition. The man collapsed and was carried from the hall. Vallee expressed regret after his band finished playing.
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Toronto
Rudy Vallee
Toronto Globe
Entrants Start Second Leg of Ruth Chatterton Air Derby
The Ruth Chatterton air derby resumes as 34 entrants depart Love Field Dallas for El Paso with a layover at Big Spring. Prank Spreckies wins the Cleveland Dallas leg. Bruce Gimbel and Clara Livingston follow in second and third.
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Dallas
Ruth Chatterton
Hot Springs
Ark
Prank Spreckies
San Francisco
Bruce Gimbel
Port
Chester
N. Y
Clara Livingston
Jamestown
Philippine capitalist Wenceslao Trinidad dies suddenly
Manila report states Wenceslao Trinidad, a prominent Philippine financier valued at seven dollars, died suddenly at his home from a heart attack. The brief note records the suddenness and significance of his passing.
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Manila
P. 1
Wenceslao Trinidad
Philippines
Feed Mill Fire at Hardeman King Plant
A small fire at the Hardeman King Company feed mill started shortly after 11 am when a piece of metal allegedly sparked the blaze. City fire trucks arrived but the mill’s sprinkler system controlled the flames, with Inspector Chester Moore leading the fire crew to check conveyors for sparks. Ray Morgan supervised the mill operations while Ernest Ames and Dewey Gil worked nearby.
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Hardeman-King Company
Joe Morris
Chester Moore
Ray Morgan
Ernest Ames
Dewey Gil
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Carl Hinton
Binford Arney
Maynard Lbr, Co
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