Labor Day weather hints at kinder winter prospects
The column notes ongoing rainy weather may ease winter fears if moisture continues into early autumn. It highlights a campaign to raise funds near 500 dollars for a Children’s Home bus, with donors including Judge A. B. Martin and Howard Paul. The Roll of Honor lists many local donors and amounts, showing generous support for the project.
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Old Tack
Judge A. B. Martin
Howard Paul
Armstrong Transfer & Storage Company
Marvin Jones
John F. Clark
A. C. Walker
Armstrong Transfer & Storage Comany
P. A. Pressig
Amarillo
Lost Clothes Report At 15th And Western Avenue
A reader asks What They Write to publish a note about losing clothing Tuesday near 15th and Western Avenue. The writer seeks help from Tack to locate the missing items.
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15Th and
Western Avenue
Palo Duro Baptist Association Opens Forty-Fourth Meet
Delegates from the Panhandle arrive in Claude for the Palo Duro Baptist Association two day session. Rev J D Horton Amarillo will preach the convention sermon with W H Fuqua of Amarillo as moderator and officers all based in Amarillo. The program spans inspirational talks, reports from Buckner's Orphans Home hospitals and Sunday schools, and closing adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Panhandle
Palo Duro Baptist Association
W H. Puqua
J. R. Sisemore
J. N Hunt
Buckner's Orphans’ Home
Guy Newman
H P. Garrett
Herman Coe
J. N. Hunt
G. M. McDonald
J. E. Nunn
J. D. Horton
Pay Last Tribute To Mrs Laughter
Last services for Mrs W E Laughter aged 38 were held at Griggs Funeral Chapel at 10 this morning conducted by Dr G L Yates pastor of First Baptist Church. Pallbearers included W C Wilson B W McNeely C C Bridges H E Elliott Paul Hess and C D Roberts. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery. Mrs Laughter died Friday.
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W. E. Laughter
Griggs
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
W. C. Wilson
B. W. McNeely
C. C. Bridges
H. E. Elliott
Paul Hess
C. D. Roberts
Llano
Weather, storms, and football clash in Texas update
Autumn rain and wind swept Texas with a northern chill bringing cooler weather and thundershowers East Texas. Amarillo saw a dramatic drop from 96 to 1 degree as sand storms enshrouded the Panhandle while Clarendon faced flooding and Alfred Walker's funeral followed a fatal lightning strike. The Bears tied the Collegiate All-Stars 0 0 and Amarillo College Badgers scheduled to play St Josephs of Abilene on September 25 in Dallas.
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Panhandle
Edmonton
Canada
Montana
Chicago Bears
Amarillo College Badgers
St. Josephs
Abilene
Dallas
Texas
East Texas
Amarillo
New Mexico
Tucumcari
N. M
Clarendon
Donley County
Alfred Walker
Lake Clarendon
McKinney
Austin
Gulf Coast
Entertaining Woes and Dinner Table Tales Across Washington
Ambassadors worry about debts while wives fret over hosting duties and missing Brussels lace. A senator eats a lace dolly with mousse. Johnson’s Chinese cook in a green silk outfit charms the household. Mrs Roosevelt jokes about a failed dinner escape. Spinach becomes a punchline in a Glacier Park bear raid. Donald Richberg turns to song in college days. Representative Shannon honors pages with a gift tied to his late son and annual dinners.
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Sen
Hiram Johnson
California
Amous Johnson
Mrs Johnson
Missie
Johnson
Mystery of Twin Sisters Death Stuns Community
Police canvassed the neighborhood for clues after a murder scare. Adelaide Paiva, 18, opened an ice box door to reveal Marion's body in the main compartment and Mary in the smaller section with knees at the head. Blood on inner doors showed frantic attempts to escape as authorities initially ruled accidental death before Dr McDonald's examination.
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Adelaide Paiva
Marion
Mary
McDonald
Plans Drawn for National Garment Workers Strike
Chicago September 3. David Dublin sky national head of the International Garment Workers Union drew plans for a possible strike of 200 000 garment workers across the nation. A woman was injured as a mob rushed the gate of a local mill during the unrest.
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Chicago
U.P
David Dublinsky
International Garment Workers Union
Pirates Use Air Sightings to Pressure Prisoners
American guards and captives on a river island encountered Japanese military planes. Bandits forced hostages to hide in boat bottoms and warned against shouting. Japanese and Manchukuoan gun boats found the hideout the next morning, and the bandits fled as the blutjackets landed.
New Blood Pressure Apparatus Is Made
A new arterio manometer invented by George B. Emerson of Boston University offers faster arm adjustment and easier inflation. Pulse sounds are louder due to a metallic arm band acting as a resonator like a piano sounding board.
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Boston
U.P
George B. Emerson
Boston University
Sunday Death Toll Rises in Dallas Burglary and Fire
Dallas reports a day of disasters with Automo mobiles, bullets and fire claiming life and injuring many. Mrs. L A Fisher 48 died after her car hit a highway post at Arlington her husband and daughter Louise injured. A bandit wounded in a drug store robbery near death after being shot by J C Graham whose wrist was also grazed. Firemen injured battling a 12000 blaze that damaged a two story residence. R C Barnett 40 critical after a fall from a second story window. Elenora Cohen eight struck and run over. Two quick holdups yielded 15 dollars. Police detain two men with a .38 pistol.
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Dallas
L. A. Fisher
Arlington
Louise
J. C. Graham
Graham
H. A. Hodges
J. J. Linskie
Hodges
No. 5 Engine Company
Linskie
R. C. Barnett
Elenora Cohen
Plane christening marks start of transcontinental route in Amarillo
An airliner ceremony introduced local agent Charley Walker and TWA field man ager as Nell Dean Rogers daughter of the mayor christened the aircraft with a helium bottle. Amarillo residents enjoyed excursion flights before the plane departed for Kansas City to join the Kansas City Los Angeles leg of the route.
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Charley Walker
TWA
Nell Dean Rogers
Underground Brook Puzzles Engineers
A large underground stream 796 feet beneath the Potrero shaft of the Colorado River aqueduct project defies pumping. Two deep well turbine pumps move 2400 gallons per minute with little effect, and engineers plan a third pump of 2600 gallons per minute to drain the water from the flooded shaft.
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Los Angeles
Vega Woman Florence Wagg Dies at 77 in Vega
Mrs. Florence Virginia Wagg, 77, died Sunday night at her Vega home where she had lived 23 years. Her body will be sent to Raritan to be buried beside her mother and husband. She had no immediate relatives. Funeral arrangements are handled by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.
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Florence Virginia Wagg
Vega
Raritan
Tuni
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Rains Save Texas Bees in San Antonio Flash
Heavy rains revived thousands of bees in San Antonio Texas boosting flowering shrubs and promising a future honey survey. The rainfall helped 38 varieties of blossoms, aiding pollinators after a dry period.
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Texas
San Antonio
Soviet Strong Man Has Huge Appetite
Leningrad reports a factory giant named Alexei Glikin who eats as much as 19 men and acts as a human crane. At 37, weighing 187 pounds, he lifts heavy loads, juggles machinery and consumes 132 pounds of meat, 66 pounds of butter and lard, 264 pounds of bread, and 14 pounds of sugar monthly. His strength began early after he lifted a large log at age 15.
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Leningrad
Alexei Glikin
Samson
Glrkin
Glikin
Model Labor Laws Proposed for Cuba by Chilean Expert
NEVA U P Cuban report notes Pablete Troncoso of Chile, returning from the ILO mission, drafted a three fold plan for labor legislation in Cuba. It envisages reorganizing the labor ministry, reforming social insurance and pensions, creating a superior labor council and labor tribunals for disputes. The Cuban government awarded him the order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and foreign minister de la Torriente praised the plan as adaptable to Cuba.
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NEVA
U.P
Cuba
Pablete Troncoso
Chile
International Labor Office
Republic
Troncoso
University of Santiago
American Institute of International Law
Labor Office
Ministry of Labor
Superior Labor Council
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
de la Torriente
Hooverville Workers College Opens in Seattle
Hooverville near the South Seattle railroad tracks gains an Alma Mater the Hooverville Worker's College founded by Stephen A Eringis offers free classes to unemployed workers The curriculum covers social science economics government labor movement current industrial issues international affairs social psychology and English with four buildings including a library and classrooms Mayor Charles Smith supports the plan Donations come from the Seattle Tent and Awning Co and Camp Lewis Tent and Awning Co Eight teachers offer free initial service and Eringis expects students from nearby communities with capacity about 1800.
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Seattle
U.P
Hooverville
Seattle Tent & Awning Co
Camp Lewis Tent & Awning Co
Eringis
Housing Act explained at Tuesday meeting
The Panhandle session on the National Housing Act was cancelled except for the 4 PM meeting. The afternoon gathering moves to the Amarillo Hotel club room with invitations sent to hundreds across the Panhandle. R A Stuart of Fort Worth will explain the act. Mayor Ross D. Rogers will preside.
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Municipal Auditorium
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mr. Hinton
R. A. Stuart
Fort Worth
West Texas
Ross D. Rogers
Green presses 30 hour week and warns on company unions
Green advocates a 30 hour week to reduce unemployment and urges further NRA code revisions. He targets employers pushing "company unions" and accuses them of violating the NRA spirit. He says labor will seek new laws to curb such moves and defends the AFL as foe of communism.
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Federal Housing Administration
Green
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Radio star Columbo dies after illness at hospital
Columbo, a renowned singer who started with orchestras and later formed his own ensemble, died after a period of illness. Born in Camden New Jersey he rose from a high school student to national prominence through broadcasts and work with Gus Arnheim and later Con Conrad who helped launch his Broadway debut in 1930. Carole Lombard was among visitors at the hospital.
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Carole Lombard
Sally Blaine
Columbo
Camden
N. J
Gus Arnheim
Bing Crosby
Arnheim
Con Conrad
New York City
Singer Columbo Plans Opera Study After Hollywood Return
The artist teamed with Conrad on hits like You Call It Madness But I Call It Love and with Leo Robins on Time On My Hands and Just Another Romance. He recently returned to Holly wood, secured a long-term Universal contract, acted in Broadway Through a Key hole, and lived with his parents in a Beverly Hills home he bought for them. Funeral arrangements await the inquest.
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Conrad
Leo Robins
Hollywood
Universal
Columbo
Beverly Hills
Mooney matriarch faces grief as pardon pledge headlines
Mrs. Reno Mooney and her children react to Upton Sinclair's pledge to pardon Tom Mooney, the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bomber. The aged mother recalls her son’s innocence while planning to visit Tom in San Quentin, amid family sorrow and public campaign dynamics.
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San Francisco
Upton Sinclair
California
Tom Mooney
Mooney
John
Sinclair
Reno Mooney
Race Horse Trainer Tom Penry Dies in Oklahoma
Tom Penry aged 57 a race horse trainer from Sulphur Oklahoma died at 3 AM at Northwest Texas Hospital after several weeks illness. He had been in the Panhandle area in recent weeks. One brother survives but his name is not known. Body at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.
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Tom Penry
Sulpher
Okla
Northwest Texas Hospital
Penry
Panhandle
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Grain to Bait Wild Fowl at Utah Refuge
U S. Biological Survey officials announce grain will be scattered across the Evar River Wildlife and Game Refuge in Utah to attract more wild fowl as an inducement.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Evar River
U. S. Biological Survey
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