Kidnapped Ranchwoman Fights Pneumonia as Officers Search
Mrs Norma Warnock Meeks a middle aged Rio Doso housewife fought pneumonia at her ranch home while police hunted three young men after abducting her to demand 15000 dollars. She escaped after being held blindfolded in a oak grove amid poison oak. She identified a bush with torn dress fragments as a marker of the hideout. Three men name Avery from Texas were questioned after locals near Wheatland arrested for drunken driving.
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Marysville
Cal
Norma Warnock Meeks
Sutter County
William R. Meeks
Wheatland
Ray
Lloyd
Ralph Avery
Texas
Stars’ Labor Day Check: Ginger Rogers Hardest Working?
Hollywood surveillance shows Ginger Rogers logged nearly 200 days of work in 1938 with multiple films, rehearsals, and retakes. Carole Lombard and William Powell had lighter years, with Lombard shooting 40 of 54 days and Powell totaling one film credit and fewer days.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Ginger
Fred Astaire
Carole Lombard
Carole
William Powell
Baroness
The
Bill
Errol
Flynn
Bob
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald
Flooded Mexico trip strands Americans as floods halt rail
Reports from Mexico indicate 350 American tourists are stranded between Matamoras and Mexico City after floods cut the rail link. US Vice Consul H W Carlson says some travelers can return to Mexico City or buy food, while others near Monte Moroles and Victoria are also cut off but not in danger.
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J. C. Cumley
Palo Duro
Mexico
Hines Clark
Crowell
Tex
Matamoras
Mexico City
U. S
United States
H. W
Amarillo Jews Plan Chair in Jewish History at UT
The B nai Brith Lodge meets at 8 PM to organize support from Amarillo’s Jewish community for a university chair in Jewish history and philosophy at the University of Texas. Dr H J Ettlinger leads as temporary chairman and seeks funds. Amarillo Jewry pledges cooperation. Harvard and Columbia already sponsor similar chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
B'nai Birith Lodge
University of Texas
H. J. Ettlinger
Amarillo Jewery
Harvard
Columbia
Caught Stealing He Shoots Woman in Kansas
Ernest Fenstemaker 25 admitted shooting and killing Mrs. Charles Bachelor 62 in Lawrence Kansas after she surprised him while he robbed $9 from her husband’s pants. He hid the body under a bed and fled, later arrested at a neighbor’s home.
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Lawrence
Kan
Ernest Fenstemaker
Charles Bachelor
Fenstemaker
CCO
Bachelors
Bachelor
Kansas City Churchgoer Dies During Sermon Ask Action
Louis F. Wamsher, 65, rose in the Gospel Assembly Church to ask Pastor Reynolds Dawkins about end times doctrine. He then slumped and died of a heart attack as others prayed and a physician attended.
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Kansas City
Kan
U.P
Louis F. Wamsher
Gospel Assembly Church
Reynolds Dawkins
Wamsher
Crowd turns from hotel blaze to dog fight scene
In Taylor Texas a hotel fire drew flames and emergency action as crowd watched. while firefighters battled the blaze hundreds of spectators diverted to a dog fight, underscoring the strong local interest in such events.
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Taylor
Tex
Quest for Clean Shirt Lands Man in Hospital
Rowland Clements, 36, was shot in the thigh by a laundry proprietor at St. Luke's and Children's Hospital after sprinting for a clean shirt. The incident occurred as Clements attempted to retrieve his shirt from a nearby laundry, who mistook him for a burglar.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Rowland Clements
St. Luke’s and Children's Hospital
Clements
Itch Relief Ad from Star Products Co.
An old advertisement proclaims BLUE STAR CONT INT a patent itch remedy for eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies and other skin irritations. It promises money back if unsatisfied and cites 35c or 1 dollar prices from Star Products Co. Houston Desk 4.
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Star Products Co
Desk 4
Houston
Tex
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Bette
Warner
Kay Francis
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Valles
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Mexican Automobile Association
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