McClellan Creek Dam Adds Link to Panhandle Water Chain
McClellan Creek Dam in Gray County will be completed late November adding irrigation flood control and recreation to the Panhandle water program. The $417,336 project covers 376 acres with a 55 foot high dam and 840 foot crest, plus a large recreation area and 2000 acres of grounds. The site employs around 254 WPA and Texas Employment Service workers daily, with facilities including a bathhouse boat house picnics cabins and a recreation hall.
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McClellan Creek
Gray County
Panhandle
Texas
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ted Smith
BAE
Carl Wilcox
WPA
New Orleans
Retail Buying Clip Continues Unabated
New York details show general retail buying holding at a faster pace last week though weather slowed fall shopping in some areas. Dun and Bradstreet reports 2 to 8 percent gains in leading centers, 4 to 7 percent below last year overall, stronger demand for fall merchandise, specialty shops outperforming department stores, and high priced apparel trends.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Stamp theft charges against Greulich couple in New York
Francis F. Greulich and his wife Anne were charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing rare stamps valued at $100,000 from Captain G. W. Nowell-Estickle. The thefts were said to span five or six years and Mrs. Greulich helped run the dealer’s business for 14 years.
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New York
G. W. Nowell-Estickle
Francis F. Greulich
Anne
Their Mongrel Dog Always Came Back
DALHART. After three attempts to give Pepper away the Devinney family keeps their mongrel at home. Pepper repeatedly returned to the Devinneys even after being taken to a friend and then 30 miles away. Mrs. Devinney says they will not try to rehome her again.
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Dalhart
Devinney
Pepper
Billy
Mrs. Devinney
O Daniel to Start Chats on Texas Voters Radio
Democratic nominee W Lee O Daniel announces a Sunday morning radio chat series over the Texas State Network beginning in Fort Worth on Sundays through Jan 17 and after inauguration from Austin. His sons Pat and Mike enroll at UT Austin as freshmen and will join his hillbilly band for broadcasts. Mrs O Daniel and their daughter Molly join opening ceremonies at Amarillo Tri State Fair.
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Fort Worth
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Beaumont
O'Daniel
KFJZ
Austin
Pat
Mike
University of Texas
Molly
Amarillo
Deer Hunters Shamed By Experts In Gilroy Killing
In Gilroy California game experts condemn the killing of two toothless deer as unsporting noting that an aged deer without teeth can be easily dispatched with a club. They state the act reflects poorly on hunters and lacks credit.
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Gilroy
Cal
26 Arrested in Moroccan Riots
Tangier Morocco Sept. 16 police arrested 26 armed occupants of six automobiles speeding from Tangier to Spanish Morocco. Sixty five persons were killed at Tetuan yesterday in rioting sparked by Spaniards opposed to the Insurgent regime. Leaders were Tangier Spaniards with government sympathies. An arms cache was found outside Tangier. Officials did not disclose the expedition's purpose but suspected high officials in Spain.
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Tangier
Spanish Morocco
Tetuan
Gagging Charged By Nazi Clubmen
In Elizabeth New Jersey the German American Bund faced a crowd of about 1 000 as opponents seized Eintracht Hall and blocked entrances. Bund leaders canceled the meeting after talks with Police Chief Frank Brennan while anti Bund protesters chant The Star Spangled Banner and denounce Hitler.
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Frank Brennan
Medics Frown On U S Plan
Chicago reports the American Medical Association House of Delegates showing strong misgivings about a proposed 850 million dollar federal state health program. Delegates agreed on studying the plan, while noting its objectives to expand medical care for the poor and support rural hospitals and research.
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Chicago
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
North Side
Chicago Medical Society
Roosevelt
Olin West
Association
Morris Fishbein
Asociation
Lightning Strikes Montana Fillin Station Man
In Helena, Clayton E. Fraser narrowly recalls a lightning question asked by a friend. Days later Fraser speaking by a car on the same line was struck by lightning, a dramatic incident tied to a lightning spell along the telephone line.
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Helena, Mont
Clayton E. Fraser
Fraser
Rebury Sentinel Thought Killed at Siege of Quebec
Yellowed bones found beneath the former Fort St. Louis site in Quebec are believed to belong to a French sentinel who died during the 1759 siege when English forces under General James Wolfe attacked the fort.
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Rebury Sentinel
Quebec
Fort St. Louis
James Wolfe
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