Complicated Crime and Advertising Echoes From Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane surveys crime tales from a missing bag of bones in Orange County New York to a Long Island Sound murder, a Montreal style kidnapping and a royal pay cut amid a Scottish insult spree. He highlights advertising as vital, noting Hearn’s century shop and Cleveland’s Higbee store as examples of business revival through mass promotion.
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Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Orange County
N. Y
Harry Western
KKX
Hanna
Cleveland
German Plane Seen Over Keene on Overdue Lisbon Flight
A large gray plane with pontoons was sighted over Keene New Hampshire at noon heading for New York. The unidentified high flying aircraft likely crossed from the Atlantic, with markings not visible amid clouds. Meanwhile the S S Conte Grande reported no sign of Wilhelm Rody’s plane from Lisbon and the Wil Rody crew remained several hours overdue feared to be forced down off the U S coast.
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Keene
N. H
New York
Atlantic
Rody
S. S. Conte Grande
Midocean
Associated Press
Wilhelm Rody
Portugal
America
Junkers
Willy Rody
Christian Johannsen
Fernando Costa Viega
Lisbon
Wsa
Press Cameramen Storm Aimee McPhersons Boudoir
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton and David Hutton faced a chaotic scene as about twenty newspapermen, photographers, and four newsreel crews flooded their Angelus Temple adjoining home. Reporters described a press room atmosphere while Hutton denied rumors and the couple shared a televised kiss amid the uproar.
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Aimee
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
David Hutton
McPherson
Angelus Temple
Hutton
Solons cheer as Hawks visits Amarillo in flight record bid
Frank M. Hawks, holder of multiple speed records, drops in at Amarillo during a Transcontinental Western Air Transport convoy to greet his mother Ida Mae Hawks en route to California. He aims to set new city-to-city records along the route.
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Frank M. Hawks
Europe
Amarillo
Ida Mae Hawks
California
Hawks
Air legends Hawks Gatty thrill Amarillo in aviation visit
Frank M Hawks renowned record holder flies in Lockheed Texaco 13 to Amarillo to meet Harold Gatty and the Winnie Mae navigator. Hawks, escorting the westbound Transcontinental Western Air convoy, lands at 1 20 pm after Wichita leg. Gatty, with Mrs Gatty, is due from Oklahoma City to join in Amarillo then head back.
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Amarillo
Frank M. Hawks
Harold Gatty
Winnie Mac. Hawks
English Field
Kansas City
Tha Mac Hawks
Wichita
Kan
Hawks
California
Panhandle
Gatty
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with light showers in extreme west Texas. New Mexico mainly fair south, unsettled north tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures ranged to 83 and 68. Berry's Rug Cleaning at 905 West 10th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Building Week Tops Twenty Thousand Dollars
Amarillo building activity for the current week exceeds twenty thousand dollars. Cotten Bruner Atwood developers of Bivins Addition said Tuesday that work has begun on a two thousand two hundred dollar eight room brick veneer dwelling at 1020 Travis Street for J T Simmons. Permits for a twenty room apartment house and another dwelling were issued Monday.
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Amarillo
Cotten, Bruner & Atwood
Bivins Addition
Travis Street
J. T. Simmons
J. A. Fowlkes
Legion May Enter Jobless Campaign
Washington September 15 A strong appeal to American Legion's 1,000,000 members to help create jobs this winter emerged from an unemployment conference. The commission heard 25 governors, labor, industry and government reps and prepared recommendations for the Detroit convention September 21 to 24. Proposals ranged from beer legalization to a 10 to 20 billion dollar bond plan, but advisers urged focus on aiding Legionnaires in their home towns.
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Washington
A.ri
American Legion
Legion
Detroit
Exhibit Space Tight as Tri-State Fair Opens in Amarillo
Exhibit space at the Tri-State Fair in Amarillo is near capacity as the six day event begins Monday at 8 am. More exhibits than ever fill the grounds with 24 Panhandle counties and a large New Mexico state display. The Panhandle of Texas Inc will showcase its largest exhibition yet. Nine FFA vocational school exhibits join in. Workmen race to finish preparations while Dodson's World's Fair shows arrive Sunday to entertain crowds. Rodeo acts planned each afternoon in front of the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
New Mexico
Panhandle of Texas, Inc
Future Farmers of America
Mrs Collings Revises Story in Disappearance Case
Patchogue New York District Attorney Alexander Blue disclosed that Mrs Benjamin Collings of Stamford Conn admitted her alibi about two men boarding the cabin cruiser, tying her husband, and abducting him was illogical though she maintains belief he is alive. He pressed for when she formed that belief and she said it was a conviction without reason.
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New York
Collings
Benjamin Collings
Long Island Sound
Patchogue
N. Y
Alexander Blue
Stamford
Couple Arrested on Counterfeit Charge in Plainview
In Dallas a man and a woman were arrested in Plainview Monday night on counterfeit charges. Secret service agents, led by chief A H Rebentish, suspect they are part of a larger counterfeit gang linked to earlier arrests of seven men in the region. Investigations follow reports of bad ten dollar bills passing in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle.
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Dallas
U.P
Plainview
A .H. Rebentish
Secret Service
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Baby Boy Drowns In Water Tank Near Home
Dayton Wayne Henderson aged 16 months, son of Mr and Mrs W M Henderson, drowned after falling into a water tank near Levelland Texas while playing with a four year old companion. The older child’s cries drew his mother and resuscitation attempts failed.
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Levelland
Tex
Dayton
Wayne Henderson
W. M. Henderson
Lubbock Woman Given Suspended Sentence in Assault Case
Mrs Hugh Walker of Lubbock pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder in the shooting of Miss Beatrice Carr outside a Brownfield hotel last January. A jury in district court sentenced her to two years suspended, with testimony centering on the relation between Miss Carr and Mrs Walker's husband.
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Brownfield
Tex
Hugh Walker
Lubbock
Beatrice Carr
Miss Carr
Sarazen Leads Espinosa In Midway For Open Match
Gene Sarazen, twice PGA champion and yesterday's medalist, led Al Espinosa of Chicago by three holes at the halfway mark of their 36 hole tournament. Sarazen held a sub par 71 for a 24 hole start while Espinosa was out in 75, with Runyan and Gusa deadlocked after 18 holes.
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Providence
Gene Sarazen
al Espinosa
Chicago
Long Island
Espinosa
Gene
Sarazen
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. Y
Arthur Gusa
Quaragannett
R. I
Henry Cuici
Stratford
Conn
Willie MacFarlane
Tuckahoe
Peter O’hara
Verona
Hurricane claims Belize consul and toll from storm
American Consul Giles Russell Taggart in Belize British Honduras died from pneumonia after exposure during the hurricane. Belize faces food and water shortages, disease, and riots as authorities count hundreds to possibly over a thousand dead. mass burials hinder exact tallies. The storm also caused heavy property damage and loss of life in the southern region.
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Tela
Honduras
United Press
Giles Russell Taggart
Belize
British Honduras
Mexico City
Sheppard Pledges To Tighten Prohibition Enforcement
Senator Sheppard of Texas announced plans to push legislation against fruit juice concentrates that can be turned into wine. He also urged a law making liquor puree equally guilty with the seller, reflecting a renewed push to strengthen anti liquor laws ahead of the new Congress.
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Washington
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Special venire called for Anson Texas murder trial
A special venire of 15 men was summoned for today to hear the case of W. H. Johnson Harlin city marshal charged with murder in the slaying of Stonewall Parker.
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Anson
Texas
W. H. Johnson
Harlin
Stonewall Parker
Debate Over Cotton Reduction Bill Fizzles in Texas House
In Austin on Sept 15, delegates tabled a proposal to appoint the state agriculture commissioner as chief enforcer of the cotton acreage law. The 33 13 percent reduction bill withstood morning attacks and gained a provision requiring department and veterinary agents to report violations.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
House of Representatives
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
McGregor Attacks Texas Legislature Over Cotton Policy
McGregor denounces the Texas legislature plan to abandon the cotton crop next year and accuses Governor Long of Wine, Women and Money influence. He cites Harriet Beecher Stowe and labels Anderson and Clayton as lobbyists spearheading the Houston firm. The dispute centers on political power and alleged improper influence.
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McGregor
Governor Long
Texas
Louisiana
Long
New Orleans
Austin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Anderson and
Texhoma Bank Robbed in Broad Daylight
Three unmasked robbers grabbed five thousand dollars from The First National Bank at Texhoma this afternoon. Fred Littell, assisting a customer, was forced to lie on the floor with another patron and two more customers. Littell was dumped on the prairie a mile from town before the bandits fled. posses are scouring the countryside. The loss is insured. no one was injured.
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First National Bank
Texhoma
Fred Littell
Littell
Oil Sales Up Prices Shaky In East Texas Field
Under martial law since August 17, East Texas oil field activity rose with buyers seeking barrels though prices remained unsettled. A 68 cent quote clashed with a 32 cent offer one operator pursued despite royalty owners delaying due to litigation. Brig. Gen. Wolters reported 1,870 wells produced 410,600 barrels, peak since the new proration order of 225 barrels per day per well.
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Kilgore
U.P
East Texas
J. J. Rich
Houston
B. Brooks
Texas Company
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
Jacob F. Wolters
Increased Oil Production After East Texas Reopens
The Oil and Gas Journal estimates a 401,883 barrel daily rise in U S production last week as East Texas resumed after nearly three weeks of martial law. National output reached 2,137,890 barrels per day for the week ending September 12, up from 1,736,007 the prior week. Mid-Continent total was 1,220,881, with East Texas contributing 397,771 barrels daily during a week of no prior output.
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East Texas
Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Mid-Continent
Con
Grand jury to wrap up term amid embezzlement cases
Assistant District Attorney Arnold Davis and Alex M Mood said the federal grand jury will finish investigations by Wednesday evening. Indictments have been voted and will go to Judge James C Wilson when the criminal docket opens next Monday. Serious items include a $33000 bank embezzlement case and an $8000 postal embezzlement case. Court also entered a $650 plus costs judgment for Mrs. M C Dillon against Southern Surety Co. No grand jury will be convened at Lubbock as the Amarillo term begins, with the Lubbock division cases under review.
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Federal Grand Jury
Arnold Davis
Alex M. Mood
James C. Wilsop
Federal
Southern Surety Company
M. C. Dillon
Wilson
Moored blimp atop Empire State Building in New York
A small commercial dirigible with two men was moored today at the Empire State Building. The airship is tied to the top of the world’s tallest building in New York City.
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N.Y
New York
Empire State Building
Denial of Milling Profits in Grain Stabilization Plan
In Chicago department report James Btone and George Milner deny profit to U.S. millers from the grain stabilization corporation. They say the plan allowed millers to buy wheat at market price with cash, and if ground and exported as flour before June 1 1931, the miller could return an equal quantity of same grade wheat before July 1 for a refund of the original price per bushel.
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Chicago
Dept. 15
U.P
Grain Stabilization Corporation
James Btone
Federal Farm Board
George 8. Milner
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
United States
Stabilization Corporation
Early Trial Flight of Akron Planned
Akron set for first trial flight of the giant Zeppelin as Goodyear Zeppelin Corp prepares to hand the airship to the Navy for final inspection. Navy work ahead to ready maiden voyage with at least 24 hours notice for the trial flight.
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Akron
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Navy
Rosendahl
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Plainview Bank Suspends Operations for Reorganization
Special to The Globe reports Plainview National Bank did not open today as a notice on the doors states the board of directors ordered the business suspended to permit reorganization plans. The action halts banking operations in Plainview as plans are formulated.
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Plainview
Plainview National Bank
Nautilus Arrives Off Senja Norway Harbor
The submarine Nautilus under Sir Hubert Wilkins reached the northern coast of Norway, arriving off Senja today and will be piloted into the harbor this afternoon.
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Norway
Harstad
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Senja
Gandhi offers to withdraw from talks to aid India peace
In London on Sept 15, Mahatma Gandhi addressed the Round Table Conference's federal structure committee. He spoke 40 minutes in calm tones and said he would withdraw if it furthers an agreement. He warned against subjection and spoke of a Britain Indian partnership aiding budget balance.
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London
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
Federal Structure Committee
Round Table
India
Gandhi
Lord Sankey
St. James’ Palace
Britain
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T .H. McGregor
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AIR Transport
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WDAG
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