ABC District Parley Sees 100 Plus Register and Debate Name Change
More than 100 delegates from Oklahoma and Texas attend the ABC district meeting in Lubbock. District President J A Fortenberry opens the session as Binford Arney and Wilfrid Johnson are slated to speak. officers to be elected in the afternoon. banquet and dancing close the festivities.
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Oklahoma
Texas
J. A. Fortenberry
Lubbock
Binford Arney
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Wilfrid Johnson
Ponca City
ABC
Slimax
Paul Noland
Olver Leads Munn Early In City Golf Final
Defending champion John Olver sits one up on challenger John Munn after seven holes in the 36 hole city championship at Amarillo Country Club. Olver was two up through six before Munn’s 30 foot birdie at seven. The afternoon half resumes at 2 30.
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New Jersey Flood Toll Reaches Four Deaths
Torrential rains swept five southwestern New Jersey counties causing four known deaths and about 4 million dollars in property damage. Floodwaters blocked highways and rail lines and stranded thousands during Labor Day travel between Philadelphia and southern shore points.
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Camden
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Carlsbad Caverns Sets Attendance Record
Carlsbad Caverns saw a record August attendance with 51 711 visitors, announced by Col. Thomas Boles superintendent. The prior August high was 49 147 in 1937, marking a new benchmark for the cave complex.
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Carlsbad
Thomas Boles
Boles
Arleen Whelan and Alexander D Arcy marry in Las Vegas
Arleen Whelan a red headed film actress and Alexander D Arcy a Hollywood and New York actor were married in Las Vegas. The couple arrived from Hollywood early today for the ceremony. It was the first marriage for both with Whelan listing 26 and D Arcy 31 as ages.
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U.P
Arleen Whelan
Alexander D'Arcy
Hollywood
New York
Miss Whelan
D'Arcy
74 yearold ex superintendent Haskell Institute dies
H Peaks a 74yearold former superintendent of the Haskell Indian Institute died today at her home in Yren ce Kas following a long illness.
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Yrence
Kas
H . Peaks
Haskell Indian Institute
Labor Day Keynote Spurs Defense Effort and Debates
The Associated Press reports Labor Day tied to defense aims with President Roosevelt urging worker cooperation to build a strong national defense. AFL and CIO leaders clash over conscription while Willkie argues unions risk government control. Lewis defends democracy but warns of civil liberties attacks.
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American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Wendel L. Willkie
William Green
AFL
Denver
Federation
Congress
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CIO
Willkie
General Dollar Takes Command Of Shopping In Amarillo
General Dollar tomorrow morning will take command of the shopping sector in Amarillo. Zero hour in the offensive against the added cost of getting the children ready for school was set up a day because of labor's annual celebration. Dollar Day this month offers shoppers more opportunities than probably any other in the year with the possible exception of the December event.
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General Dollar
Amarillo
British Bombers Pound Both Axis Foes Grimly
RAF bombers struck targets from Cape Gris Nez to Boulogne in Nazi-occupied France, triggering Berlin air raid alarms and drawing fresh German counterattacks on southeast England. RAF fighters fended off daylight raids on London as waves of German planes crossed the Channel, with claims of several enemy bombers shot down and British losses noted.
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Yehudi Found At Long Last Or Is He
A thief hammering a Lindsey & Hall auto store safe found only $5 in change after prying the door. He left a taunting note criticizing the store’s lock and promising not to trouble the owner again.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Gogg
Lindsey & Hall Auto
Amarillo Symphony Rehearsals For Free Americanism Program
Intensive practice begins tonight under new conductor Robert Louis Barron at Amarillo High School band room with free admission. Tomorrow rehearsal moves to the Auditorium as the public is invited to the patriotic program at 8 15 p m during the orchestra association membership drive led by J R Pendleton.
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Robert Louis Barron
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Coast Guard Dispatches Triton to Aid Camamu near Mississippi
The Coast Guard sent the Triton from Gulfport Mississippi to assist the Brazilian steamer Camamu of 5546 tons after it lost its propeller about 80 miles southeast of the Mississippi River mouth.
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Senate probes sought into 25 death airliner crash
Sen. Pat McCarran announced a plan for a Senate investigation into the Lovettsville Virginia crash that killed 25 on a Pennsylvania Central airliner. He blamed the Civil Aeronautics Authority reorganize and urged inquiry into the new Civil Aeronautics Board and safety laxity amidst wreckage teardown by inspectors.
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Nevada
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Lovettsville
Ernest Lundeen
Minnesota
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Roosevelt
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Civil Aeronautics Board
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Cab Air Safety Board
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Champion Thief Steals Rug From Cordova Apartments Lobby
Chicago police report a quiet break in at the Cordova Apartments on the south side. A thief moved tables chairs and ash stands to steal a 12 by 12 rug without waking the 39 families in the building.
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Chicago
Cordova Apartments
South Side
Picnic Weather Forecast By Mr Collman
Mr Collman predicts pretty good picnic weather with a few showers possible late. Highs near 85 degrees and decreasing heat as high clouds clear, with a southwest wind around 10 mph. He notes the forecast does not affect the ants.
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Mr. Collman
25 Years Ago Sept 2 1915 Frontline Report
Four Russians counter attacked in Galicia while bombardment raged along the western front. Neely Greenhill and Lowndes Insurance noted in the text.
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Galicia
Eight Die as Ship Is Sunk by Mine
Berlin dispatch from Copenhagen reports eight persons killed when the Danish steamship Rise, a 107 ton passenger liner, was sunk by a British mine between Fuenen and Aeroe Islands in the inner Baltic.
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Fuenen
Aeroe Islands
Copenhagen
Baltic
Householder Complains as Radio Disturbs Sleep
In Lexington on September 2 a householder phoned police saying a neighborhood radio kept him awake. Officers found the radio in a different room. they marked the case closed with a lighthearted note.
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Lexington
Roosevelt Cheerslide Demos Swamp Old Electoral With Yells
In Westport Conn on September 2 Lillian Ward founder of Henry Street Settlement and close friend of President and Mrs Roosevelt died at 73. The piece also notes a contest among parties prompting letters and yells about the November election and credit to FDR.
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Everett Dunn
North
Jackson Street
Westport
Conn
Lillian Ward
Henry Street
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Unemployment to Fall by Half Under Defense Plan
Administration economists forecast a drop from 9 million jobless to 4.5 million by July 1 as national defense and conscription expand wartime production. They anticipate 3 million more jobs in ten months with 1 million additional cuts from mobilization by spring. Factories, uniforms, and gear will drive hiring, with some roles in retail and services. The 9 million figure is labeled a statistical guess rather than a confirmed count.
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