Fun for Bailey in Dallas Jail
The Dallas Times Herald reports that during his brief Dallas County jail stay Harvey Bailey enjoyed serenades and dancing as federal investigators probe how he obtained tools for his dramatic escape. The paper notes visitors included lawyers jailers and reporters plus a guitar-playing trustee and dancing black trusties. Sheriff Smoot Schmid said he was unaware of the concerts and is said to have been in Chicago during the escape.
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Dallas
Dallas Times Herald
Harvey Bailey
Bailey
Smoot Schmid
Schmid
Chicago
Black Jack Ketchum Remains To Be Moved Sunday
The body of outlaw Tom Black Jack Ketchum, hanged in 1902 at Clayton New Mexico, will be exhumed and moved to Clayton's new cemetery Sunday at 2 PM. Movie cameras will film the transfer from a secluded rocky knoll to the town cemetery as part of the publicized event.
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Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum
Clayton
N. M
Price Fixes Rise Across Mid-Continent Oil Fields
Stanolind Crude Oil Buying unit of Standard Oil announces a 15 cent per barrel price rise for crude oil in Mid-Continent fields. New maximums: 97 cents in Oklahoma and Kansas, 92 cents in North and North Central Texas, 90 cents in East Texas. Federal production allotments aim to stabilize output and prices as government price fixing becomes a dispute led by Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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Tulsa
Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Washington
Sept
N.p
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
River rising halts highway to international bridge
Rio Grande crested through Hidalgo area causing a road closure to the Hidalgo Reynosa border crossing. Floodwaters rose slowly overnight spilling into lowland areas inside the levee as authorities report rebuilding delays and a rising death toll of 24 from the hurricane.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande
Hidalgo
Reynosa
Rio Grande Valley Flood Situation Reaches Critical Levels
Reports from Hidalgo Roma and surrounding towns show the Rio Grande rising with danger to lower valley areas if spillways fail. Water levels near Hidalgo require five to six inches more rise to reach spillway. Laredo reports river falling while highway bridges remain cut. Hurricane death toll climbs to 24 with over 500 injured nationwide as aid routes open and hospitals set up in Brownsville.
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Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo
McAllen
Rio Grande
Roma
Rio Grande City
Monterey
Laredo
Santa Catarina
San Juan
Aldamas
Mexico
J. E. Pate
International
Zapata Mercedes
Reynosa
Matamoros
Red Cross
Brownsville
Cuba Faces Civil Strife With United Action Sought
Mexico recognizes Cuba's revolutionary government as the first foreign acknowledgment amid calls for uniting political and military leaders to avert U.S. intervention. Cuba's executive committee reorganizes military command and pledges to feed the hungry while seeking a compromise with enlisted men who ousted officers.
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Havana
Sept
Cuba
Revolutionary Executive Committee
United States
United Action
Sergio Carbo
Nowspaperman
Oil code sets 2.41 million bpd limit under Ickes plan
Secretary Ickes announced an oil production ceiling of 2,409,700 barrels daily effective at 7 am to balance supply and demand and allow producers to cover higher costs. He signaled readiness to adjust allotments if crude prices do not rise enough to sustain operations under the new restrictions.
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Ickes
Neighbor Held as Slayer in Sulphur Springs Shooting
Walter Starrette remained in Hopkins County jail awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge for shooting Ed Coker, 62, near Coker’s highway home. Neighbors and a courthouse dispute followed a Tuesday trial. The story also notes pilots Harris and Mitchell landing safely after a midair collision near San Antonio.
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Walter Starrette
Hopkins County
Ed Coker
Coker
Starrette
Million Bale Crop Forecast For 1933
The USDA reports a 1933 cotton crop of 12,414,000 bales based on Sept 1 conditions, with 10,396,000 acres removed by A A A activities, trimming last year’s 13,002,000 bale crop. Ginnings through Sept 1 totaled 1,394,220 running bales, with state tallies led by Texas and Georgia, while New Orleans market shows little change after the Sept estimate.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
New Orleans
It's All Free Fall Style Show and Auto Review
The annual Fall Style Show and Automobile Review comes to Amarillo Monday night with free admission. New car models will be on display along Polk and Taylor Streets while merchants stage elaborate window displays and fashion shops showcase living models. Living Music Day adds orchestras and a band to the event, creating a festive, free evening.
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Amarillo
Polk and Taylor Streets
Dallas Girl Dives From Jail Window in Drunkenness Case
Miss Sammie Lewis, 26, plunged from a third floor jail window in Dallas after arrest on a drunkenness charge. She climbed to an upper ventilation opening, struck the light screen and fell 30 feet to a concrete court. officers fear for her life.
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Dallas
U.P
Sammie Lewis
Bolts Trigger Fatal Fall From Oil Derrick
In Longview on September 7 C L Brooks 32 was struck by bolts knocked from a derrick platform and fell 28 feet near Camp Switch. He died from the injuries. Brooks leaves a widow and two children at London Texas. body to be sent there today.
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Longview
U.P
C. L. Brooks
Camp Switch
London
Texas
Oil production allotments set by Interior Secretary Ickes
Daily oil production quotas effective today allocate 540,000 barrels in Texas and Oklahoma, 41,000 in New Mexico, 38,900 in Rocky Mountain states, 94,200 in Appalachian states, 2,409,700 total. Net withdrawals from storage forbidden and imports limited to the last six months’ daily average of 1932.
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Arkansas
California
Kansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain States
Appalachian States
Michigan
Elaborate Rally Here For NRA Buying Is Set
Plans are underway for a Panhandle wide NRA rally in Amarillo with speakers Clifford Titus Joplin and Walter D. Cline. The event includes radio remarks by President Roosevelt and General Hugh John Territory, a 150 mile radio radius, and city officials inviting all local NRA leaders and chambers to attend. The program features a band, invocation by Bishop E C Seaman, and a reception for visiting women at the Herr Building.
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NRA
Clifford Titus
Joplin
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Hugh John
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Ernest Tutt
District Board
Texas
Chamber of Commerce and Trade Association
E. C. Seaman
Evey City
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Federated Clubs
J. M. O'Brien
Amarillo Weather Forecast Eyes Cooler Weekend
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair tonight with increasing cloudiness on Saturday and a cooler day with possible thundershowers. West Texas west of the 100th meridian may see partly cloudy skies, thundershowers, and cooler Panhandle Saturday. Temperatures reach up to 64 today and 82 at peak.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
le M
Accident Angle Fails at Trial
In San Jose on September 8, the Lamson murder trial stalled defense tactics after an attempt to prove Allene Lamson died in an accidental bath tub fall was blocked by Judge R R Syer. Prosecutor Allan P Lindsay attacked the defense as Lamson faltered under cross examination while the state argued pipe blows caused the wounds, not a single fall.
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San Jose
Cal
U.P
David A. Lamson
Allene Lamson
R. R. Syer
Allan P. Lindsay
Lamson
Syer
Charles M. Richards
Lene
Palo Alto
George A. Weber
Cat
Allene
Bandit Robs Oklahoma Bank Officials in Depew Heist
A bandit robs four bank officials and employees at State National Bank in Depew Oklahoma, escaping with about $1200. Local authorities initiate investigation as the incident prompts a security review and search for the suspect. This incident marks a notable crime event in the region for September.
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Depew
Okla
State National Bank
World’s Fair Tour Slated If Demand Reaches Sufficient
Wilbur C. Hawk sponsors a Globe News tour to the World’s Fair with a potential October 8 to 15 departure. A fourth tour may be organized if enough interest exists. sign the coupon on page 2 and mail to Mason King to join, with all costs covered by one price.
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Globe-News
Mason King
Wilbur C. Hawk
Fall May Kill Evangels Son
George Sunday 40 son of evangelist Billy Sunday lay near death in a San Francisco hospital after a fourth floor fall or leap from his apartment. His wife Mauryne Reichard a Hollywood model said she heard a crash and that Sunday struck her and his mother. She was injured as Sunday supposedly fell through a window while watering a fern. Doctors offered slim hope as he suffered multiple fractures, while authorities investigated.
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San Francisco
George Sunday
Billy Sunday
Mauryne Reichard
Sunday
Johnson Ready for Showdown If Ford Backs
Johnson said no evidence of Ford code violation yet but warned a real defiance would force a showdown. NRA leader pledged action if Ford openly rebels. Ford Motor officials said he will leave Michigan camp for Detroit Monday, but would not comment on his NRA code stance.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Henry Ford
Ford
NRA
Detroit
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Ford Motor Company
Judge awards Malin in Pirates White Sox exhibition saga
Judgment entered for Jerry Malin sports editor of the Globe News for 828.27, twenty percent of estimated attendance minus nineteen percent federal tax, for an April exhibition game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox. Judge Henry Bishop also awarded 150 for estimated concession profits that would have come from the game. both clubs face judgment after weather caused cancellation.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Jerry Malin
The
Globe News
Malin
Henry 8. Bishop
47Th District
US weighs Cuba intervention as ships and planes gather
In Washington observers say intervention risk in Cuba grows by the hour as 29 warships bombers and marines await action. A new revolt could topple the revolucionary cabinet and threaten lives and property, but a quick, decisive coup by a strong government might avert foreign intervention. Ceapedes’ return to power is tentatively viewed with no official comment.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Havana
Carlos Manuel de Ceapedes
Ceapedes
Gerardo Machado
U. S. Navy
Special Service Squadron
Freeman
Richmond
Admiral Freeman
Kidnap Plot Target Guarded Rancher Tom Burnett in Iowa Park
In Wichita Falls on September 8, Tom Burnett wealthy rancher and son of Burk Burnett was under guard at his Iowa Park home after word spread he had been marked for kidnapping Three men were overheard in an Oklahoma beer dispensary plotting the abduction Sheriff Perry Browning stayed at the Burnett residence and Texas ranger Tom Hickman guarded Burnett last night Names of alleged plotters include two Fort Worth men and a Wichita County resident No arrests reported Burnett is a prominent civic contributor in Burkburnett Ohio
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Wichita Falls
Tom Burnett
Burk Burnett
Iowa Park
Here
Perry Browning
Wichita County
Burnett
Red River
Oklahoma
Tom Hickman
Texas
Fort Worth
Burkburnett
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