Army tries to trace sleeping sickness transmission
Army medical researchers use rabbits monkeys and thousands of mosquitoes at Jefferson Barracks to test insect transmission of sleeping sickness linked to encephalitis studies. Reports of cases rise in Minnesota Georgia and Wisconsin while a resident in Oak Park NL slumbers for 19 months.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Army
James A. Simmons
Army Medical School
Washington
W. H. Cornell
Army Medical Museum
Jefferson Barracks
Simmons
Minnesota
Wis
Wisconsin
Badger
London
Black Jack Execution Recounted by Old Amarillo Man
A 12 year old recalls the hanging of the outlaw Black Jack on a scaffold. He describes the amputation of his arm and the dramatic fall with a hole beneath the seat to ensure death. The execution was overseen by Salome Gallegos and others, including Satrino Pinard. The event features the outlaw leaping to his feet after the drop and Dalhart sheriff John McCandlas later becoming known as Scandalous John.
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Amarillo
Satrino Pinard
Clay=e
Salome Gallegos
Mr. Hill
Black Jack
Hee
John McCandlas
John
Dalhart
J E Hunter Rites Set in Carlsbad New Mexico
Funeral services for J E Hunter age 36 will be held Saturday afternoon in Carlsbad New Mexico. Hunter died Thursday in San Antonio. He had lived in Amarillo for two years after moving from Oklahoma City. Survivors include his wife Verda Lee Hunter formerly Guthrie and the Guthrie family of 412 West Fourth Avenue.
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Puneral
Carlsbad
N. M
J. E. Hunter
San An
Hunter
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Verda Lee Hunter
Verda Lee Guthrie
C. J. Guthrie
West Fourth Avenue
County Court Jury Panel Postponed to September 18
County Judge J M Simpson announced Friday he did not want the county court jury panel to report until September 18 due to press of other duties. The panel had been set for September 11 and the postponement shifts the start by one week.
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J. M. Simpson
Rourt
Canyon Texas adoption of carpool plan noted
A letter asks for a ride from three miles north of Canyon to the college at Canyon. H H Dee of Canyon seeks someone driving that way who can offer a ride space. Also seeks a small farm on crop payment or long time with low interest, noting tools available. See Tack J Eters Page 8.
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de Tack
Canyon
Avrite
NRA Rally in Amarillo Targets Out-of-Town Women
A large turnout is expected for an Amarillo NRA district mass meeting to spread the consumer message and NRA success. Ernest L Tutt and the Amarillo council coordinate with district leaders including Mayors and local ministers to invite diverse organizations and plan VIP and out-of-town delegations. Public address by General Johnson and potential Roosevelt remarks are planned with outside amplification and a recheck of canvassed consumers to show unemployment and job gains since the Blue Eagle began.
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NRA
Amarillo
Mrs. O'Brien
Ernest L. Tutt
Houston
NRA District Board
Rogers
Horace Russell
Roosevelt
General Johnson
NBC
Texas
Clifford Titus
Congress
Joplin
Elwanians
Oklahoma
Blue Eagle
Amerillo
Texans urged to aid Red Cross for hurricane relief
Storm wrecked the citrus valley and sparked government buyout talks. Congressman Milton H West and W R Montgomery pressed Washington authorities as Governor Miriam A Ferguson asked Texans to donate to Red Cross funds for 3700 destitute families in South Texas. At least 100000 was needed immediately per relief director Howard Bonham. Ferguson urged unity in a proclamation during economic hardship.
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Milton H. West
W. R. Montgomery
Puerto Rico
Washington
Austin
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Red Cross
Texas
Howard Bonham
Ferguson
Horrible Hours Relatives of Emil Myers Survive
Relatives of Emil Myers escaped unharmed after a down-state hurricane. Mrs. M A Myers, Mrs. J O Jorgenson, and Mrs. Jack Cottman with their families live at Weslaco, seven miles from Mercedes. Jorgenson wrote that their mother’s buildings endured the fierce wind though debris punctured roofs and parts of the roof were blown away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Emil Myers
M. A. Myers
J. O. Jorgenson
Jack Cottman
Weslaco
Mercedes
Mr. Jorgenson
U S Officials Weigh Cuba Intervention Risks
President Roosevelt and state department officials hoped to avoid intervention in Cuba while acknowledging the duty to protect 7,000 American lives and $1,000,000,000 in property. Under the Platt Amendment America bears responsibility for maintaining law and order in Cuba.
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Roosevelt
State Department
America
Cuba
Potter County Sees Surge in 3.2 Beer Permit Applications
With 60 applications filed Friday morning county officials estimate more than 100 filings to sell 3.2 beer in Potter County. Most applicants seek wholesale or retail licenses including W. Randolph Rutherford and Mrs. Bell Levines among several names and addresses across the county.
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Potter County
W. Randolph Rutherford
East Teth
Mrs. Bell Levines
Taylor
John C. Densmore
South Pierce
B. C. Thompson
West Tenth
Gust Barkas
Polk
George Carns
Noted church leader to be heard Friday
Rev Goodrich R Fenner, native West Texan and secretary for rural work division of the national Christian Social Service department of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will preach at St Andrews Episcopal Church at 8 o clock Friday night. He will attend a luncheon in his honor Friday noon at St Andrews Church and then meet the North Plains division executive committee at Bishop Seaman's residence. The committee includes Rev L L Swan of Amarillo, Rev Newton L Smith of Amarillo, Fancher Upshaw, C J E Lowndes, J B Dooley, Rev Warwick Aiken of Plainview, Rev Walter Henckell of Dalhart, and Rev F A Foster of Amarillo.
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Goodrich R. Fenner
New York
National Christian Social Service Department
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Chuch
Fenner
North Plains
Episcopal Church
E. C. Seaman
North Texas
The
L. L. Swan
Clarendon
Newton L. Smith
Fancher Upshaw
C. J. E. Lowndes
J. B. Dooley
Amarillo
Warwick Aiken
Plainview
Walter Henckell
Dalhart
F. A. Foster
Halloween colors used on Texas 1934 auto tags
The 1934 Texas automobile license plates arrive at the county tax collector’s office with black figures on a pumpkin yellow background for passenger cars and old gold figures on a black field for commercial vehicles. They will go on sale December 1.
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Texas
Signals From Air May Be By Lost Balloonists
A woman in Kane Pennsylvania reports hearing what sounded like air signals over a desolate northwest area on Monday with the sounds repeating from the ground two days later. The signals are suspected to be from two Gordon Bennett race balloons missing since Saturday.
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Kane
Pennsylvania
Bandits Rob Texarkana Toll Bridge Attendant
Three men robbed the Garland City toll bridge near Texarkana at 2 A M, looting the cash register of 36 dollars and taking keeper Hugh Russell to halfway to Texarkana before releasing him. They also took 6 dollars in cash and a pistol from the toll house.
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Texarkana
Ark
U.P
Garland City
Here
Hugh Russell
Russell
Oklahoma Gets Relief Cash
Washington Sept. 8 An allotment of 953,968 dollars to Oklahoma for unemployment relief was made today by Harry L Hopkins relief administrator The report notes the distance from the extreme south point of Texas to the northern boundary of the United States is about 1600 miles.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Texas
United States
Spanish cabinet resigns in Madrid amid government formation talks
Premier Manuel Azana's cabinet resigned today as President Niceto Alcala Zamora announced immediate conferences to form a new government. The moves set the stage for a reshaped administration in Madrid.
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Madrid
Manuel Azana
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Classified ads push rent houses and apartments demand
Globe News classifieds department reports growing requests to discontinue for rent ads as advertisers claim vacancies are filled. A furnished home on Hrick Jal in Jalin with dial 129 illustrates results. the paper urges readers to give want ads a chance to rent their place.
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Globe News Classified Department
Bank Deposit Guaranty Plan Draws Cautious Praise
Washington reports officials at the American Bankers Association convention in Chicago downplay disaster fears and back the Glass Steagall deposit guaranty. Walter J. Cummings, new chairman, calls claims of thousands of small banks failing ridiculous and says the plan will boost Roosevelt recovery by reducing runs and enabling broader lending. The system, effective January 1, 1934, guarantees deposits up to 2500 from a pool funded by a half percent levy, with federal and reserve bank contributions, and expands to 10000 by July 1, 1934.
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Washington
American Bankers Association
Chicago
Walter J. Cummings
Federal Reserve
Sunday man’s marital turmoil ends in alleged assault
Sunday, suffering a nervous breakdown, allegedly attacked his wife Renne La Salle, breaking her finger and slapping her. His mother-in-law arrived from Hood River to help, while authorities pursued his mother. The couple’s ongoing divorce dispute traces back to previous marriages and prior filings.
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Nellie Sunday
Hood River
Ore
Sunday
Hollywood
Renne la Salle
Harriet
Los Angeles
Three False Fire Alarms In One Night
Amarillo firemen faced three false alarms in a single night with two close calls within 15 minutes. At 10:32 from Twenty eighth Avenue and Buchanan Street none found a fire though sprinkler spray drenched the premises, and at 10:48 from Washington and Wolflin Streets no blaze was located. Fire Chief Cooper warned of penalties including jail for false alarms.
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Amarillo
Twenty-eighth Avenuue
Buchanan Street
Washington and Wolflin Streets
Eighth Avenue
George B. Cooper
Bandits Rob Dallas Pair At Golf Tee
Two Dallas men, R. L. Johnson and R. B. Greenlee, were robbed of 411 dollars and several checks on the Oakhurst golf course yesterday afternoon. Armed men emerged from the woods near the No. 5 tee, ordered them to keep still, and fled toward the clubhouse. Greenlee lost 300 dollars and Johnson 111 dollars. the assailants promised to mail the checks later to Dallas.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
Oakhurst
R. L. Johnson
R. B. Greenlee
Woods
Greenlee
No. 6
Fairway
Johnson
Allen Freeman Posts Third Bond After 3.2 Beer Raids
Allen Freeman proprietor of Quality Drug at 300 West Sixth Avenue posted his third bond in recent weeks after sheriff raids seized 3.2 beer at the business. The most recent raid Wednesday evening yielded 68 bottles on ice and 199 empties.
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Allen Freeman
Quality Drug
West Sixth Avenue
Price Fixing Debate Shapes Oil Industry Policy
Oil leaders discuss fair profit price for Mid-Continent crude and whether government price fixing under the code will be used. Ickes says crossing that bridge depends on necessity. Standard Oil of New Jersey opposes price fixing while supporting data requests, and independents fear big firms can weather costs while small operators struggle to meet prices.
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Ickes
Standard
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Charles R. Roeser
Fort Worth
W. S. Farish
New Jersey Company
New York
Farish
Oil industry enforces NRA production limits nationwide
Field workers across the nation implement the NRA cap at 2,409,700 barrels per day. Roustabouts adjust well outputs from Kettleman Hills to Conroe to meet state allowables set by Secretary Ickes. Texas joins the plan with a 25 percent reduction to 975,000 barrels daily, benefiting East Texas while marginal wells are excluded.
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Dallas
J.P
NRA
Kettleman Hills
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Conroe
Ickes
Standard Oil Company
Texas
State Railroad Commission
East Texas
Suit Seeks Authority to Liquidate Old Bank Funds
The Federal Trust Company of Houston as executor of R. E. Brooks estate filed in district court for authority to liquidate assets of the old First State Bank Amarillo which closed in May 1914. Defendants include E. C. Brand state banking commissioner Sam B. Motlow as liquidating agent and Amarillo Bank & Trust. Brooks owned 140 shares and argues the statute of limitations bars deposits making funds the heirs and paid-up stockholders property awaiting Motlow’s authority to distribute.
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First State Bank
Federal Trust Company of Houston
R. E. Brooks
E. C. Brand
Sam B. Motlow
Amarillo Bank & Trust
Brooks
Travis County
First State Bank of
Amarillo
Motlow
Northwest Grows Texans Yet Taller
Seventeen-year-old Leola Wright hitchhiked from Amarillo Texas to Seattle to find her brother Kermit who had left Texas two years earlier. He was six feet tall then and grew to six feet ten and a half inches while living in Seattle. Police located him at his workplace, forcing him to stoop to enter the station. Neither sibling appears in Amarillo city directories.
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Seattle
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Leola Wright
Amarillo
Kermit
Elizabeth Harris
Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton Markets
Livestock quotations show hogs at 4.15 top on 120-215 lb and cattle with steers 550-1500 lb at 4.75 to 6.25, milk-fed cows to 3.00, and natives lambs at 7.00 to 7.25 in Kansas City and New Orleans cotton opens softer with October near 9.00 and December around 9.18 before bureau data, markets oscillate through mid-session. New York stock letters report faint market life with mixed gains, oil shares firming slightly and bond pressure, amid talk of resumed Saturday exchange sessions and potential return to five-day weeks.
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New Orleans
New York
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Seaboard
New Jersey
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Burroughs
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Calumet & Hecla Canada Dry
Canadian Pacific
Cerro de Paseo
Chesapeake &Ohio
Apcake Corp
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RI & Pacific
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Etri
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Commonwealth & Southern
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Freeport
Texas
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General Asphalt
General Baking
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General Foods Treettons
Two Die Two Hurt As Autos Collide Near Nacogdoches
In Nacogdoches County Texas last night two cars collided at a hilltop five miles north of Nacogdoches. Pete Winder aged 55 and Ernest Bass aged 26 were killed instantly. Cates Winder was injured perhaps fatally and Neil Smith suffered broken legs and bruises. Smith was driving from Henderson to Nacogdoches while the others were northbound. The injured were taken to a hospital.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Pete Winder
Ernest Bass
Cates Winder
Neil Smith
Bass
Winders
Smith
Henderson
Mapes Named Acting Secretary of Mid-Continent Oil
Clarel B. Mapes assistant secretary and technologist for the Mid-Continent Oil Association is named acting secretary to fill the unexpired term of Harry H. Smith who died in Chicago during the recent American Petroleum Institute conference.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Clarel B. Mapes
Mid-Continent Oil Association
Harry H. Smith
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute
Roosevelt in relief appeal urged public aid and curb politics
President Roosevelt on the White House lawn urged greater public effort to relieve unemployment and warned against relief tied to politics. He said federal funds must not replace other contributions and urged “humanity, not politics” in relief efforts amid Mobilization for Human Needs delegates.
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Washington
J.P
Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Samuel G Bailey Dies At Home In Amarillo
Samuel George Bailey 73 retired farmer died at his home 1515 East Eighth Avenue at 12 20 Friday. He lived in Panhandle years and in Amarillo 11. He was Church of Christ member. Funeral at Griggs Chapel 2 PM Saturday with Rev. Robert C. Jones in charge. Body to Vernon for burial via Fort Worth and Denver at 10 PM Friday. Survived by son B E Bailey Amarillo and seven daughters Mrs W B Miller Vernon Mrs C L Phillips Cheyenne Wyo Mrs M F Fishter Mrs Henry Moore Mrs Pelbe Mrs A S Hart and Mrs A H Bride Amarillo.
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Samuel George Bailey
East
Eighth Avenue
Bailey
Panhandle
Amarillo
Church of Christ
Griggs
Robert C. Jones
Fort Worth
Denver
Vernon
B. E. Bailey
W. B. Miller
C. L. Phillips
Cheyenne
Wyo
M. F. Fishter
Henry Moore
Pelbe
A. S. Hart
A. H. Bride
Littlefield Votes Again on 3.2 Beer Ballot
Sept 8 Littlefield will hold a vote on 3.2 beer sales as wets and drys clash over legality. Lamb County earlier rejected beer sales August 26 while Littlefield favored the measure by 46 votes. The county court granted the election after voter petition. The attorney general’s department said such elections would be void and nearby Sudan in Lamb County plans a similar vote next Wednesday.
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Littlefield
Lamb County
County Commissioners Court
Attorney General's Department
Sudan
Victorious Tammany Foe Falls to Death in New Jersey
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, famed militant minister who battled Tammany Hall in the 1890s, died at 91 in Ventnor after reportedly sleeping walk. His niece Grace Moore Parkhurst said he had been in excellent health. He began a pulpit crusade in 1892 that led to Tammany’s unseating in New York.
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Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Tammany
New York
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