Loyalists call for 10000 volunteers as Madrid mobilizes
The Madrid government seeks 10,000 volunteers to reinforce loyalist troops in Talavera region. Madrid mobi lizes all available men, while rebels push west toward Bilbao in a slow campaign. Warships cut off food supplies as Gen. Emilio Mola leads the offensive.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Madrid
Talavera
Mexico
Talavera-Toledo
Toledo
Alcazar
Time to stop this fumbling with recovery
A Republican National Committee statement by John Hamilton features Governor Alf Landon’s speech accepting the Republican nomination. The piece attacks New Deal policy as wasteful and failing to deliver recovery, urging voters to elect Landon and end Roosevelt's administration.
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John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
United States
Recovery
Roosevelt
Water supply in San Angelo threatened by flood
A menacing flood situation developed in the San Angelo region as the Conchos River branches flooded, isolating the city. Overnight rainfall totaled 7.56 inches, with 20.18 inches in recent days, swelling streams and threatening the water plant and communications.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas City
Beauregard Bridge
Concho
Glenmore Place
Middle Conchos
Middle Concho
North Concho
Gainesville
Denton
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Oklahoma City
Cor
Survivor recounts wreck of Pourquoi Pas off Iceland
Eugene Geonidec, the sole survivor, recalls 39 scientists and sailors drowning when the French polar ship Pourquoi Pas broke apart in a hurricane off Iceland. He was found on rocks unconscious and tied to wood as bodies washed ashore near the crash site. Captain Jean Baptiste Charcot among the dead, voyage to Copenhagen for a Royal Danish Geographical Society welcome.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Eugene Geonidec
Jean Baptiste Charcot
Byrd
France
Pourquoi Pas
Geonidec
Copenhagen
Royal Danish Geographical Society
Geonidee
One of the worst hurricanes to threaten Atlantic coast
A massive hurricane, with 100 mile per hour winds, moved toward the Carolinas and Virginia, prompting warnings from Cape Hatteras to Beaufort. Red Cross and Coast Guard prepared emergency measures in Raleigh Wilmington and Jacksonville as ships sought shelter and advisories warned of strong northeast winds and high tides.
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Wilmington
N. C
Carolinas
Virginia Capes
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
American Red Cross
Raleigh
Wilemington
Charles
US. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Weather Bureau
Beaufort
Southport
N.C
American Correspondents Detained by Spanish Insurgents
U S Ambassador Claude Bowers said he would use his good offices to secure release for three American newspaper correspondents held at Carceres by Spanish insurgents. John T. Whitaker of the New York Herald Tribune Floyd Gibbons author and H A Knockerbocker of International News Service were arrested on charges of lacking military permits from the Burgos Provisional Junta. The United States does not recognize the insurgent government.
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Saint Jean DU Luz
France
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Carceres
John T. Whitaker
New York Herald- Tribune
Floyd Gibbons
Claude Bowers
H. A. Knockerbocker
International News Service
Burgos
Poison suspected as Titulescu falls ill in Switzerland
Nicholas Titulescu the ousted Romanian foreign minister is reported seriously ill in Saint Moritz with suspected poisoning. King Carol telephoned from Bucharest and doctors including Dr. Burghard Breitner from Innsbruck were summoned to treat him. The illness follows a recent malaria fever at Cap Martin, France.
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Bucharest
Romania
Nicholas Titulescu
Carol
Saint Moritz
Switzerland
Burghard Breitner
Innsbruck
Austria
Titulescu
Cap Martin
France
Widow Struggles With Winter After Father Shot
A frail Amarillo widow with five children faces a cold season after their father was shot to death last Saturday. The two room cottage lacks beds and bedding with three children sleeping on the floor. The 11 year old daughter and two sons wear the same clothing for school while the six month old baby stays warm on a bed. No near relatives help the family as they seek food and warmth for winter.
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Luther M. Darnell
Amarillo
Darnell
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair tonight and Friday with slight warmth. West Texas partly cloudy with showers in the south tonight and southeast Friday, warmer in the north. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Temperatures in Amarillo reached 55 to 66 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Potter County Democratic executive to hear first contest
The Potter County Democratic executive committee meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m with Dr T M Montgomery as chairman to hear the first contest in the dispute over the county clerk’s office between Hubert Cole and W E Blackburn. The meeting follows a Civil Appeals Court decision denying an injunction.
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Potter County
Democratic Executive Committee
T. M. Montgomery
Hubert Cole
W. E. Blackburn
Montgomery
Court of Civil Appeals
Pawnee Bills Wife Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Mrs May Lillie aged 65 wife of Major Gordon W Lillie Pawnee Bill renowned frontiersman and showman died following injuries from a Sunday night automobile accident. She weakened all night as oxygen failed to revive her at Pawnee Okla. Her husband 76 was at her bedside when she passed away.
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Pawnee, Okia
May Lillie
Gordon W. Lillie
Bill
Roosevelt predicts U S income will double and urges private relief
From the White House south portico President Roosevelt tells Mobilization for Human Needs delegates that national income will soon double from the Depression low and that prosperity is returning. He calls for increased private aid and a personal obligation to aid community relief efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Plan Dirigible Service by U S Over Atlantic
Commerce Department officials disclosed plans to submit to the new maritime commission a proposal for a government funded transatlantic dirigible service. The commission will administer the ship subsidy law and is expected to be appointed soon by President Roosevelt. Technical studies support government subsidies for a privately operated airship line.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Business Advisory Council
Germany
First Lady Bedridden With Grippe at White House
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was ordered to bed by her physician due to grippe. White House officials said she had a fever but her condition was not alarming and she was scheduled to address an annual mobilization for human needs meeting on the White House south lawn.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Government Of Tomorrow Author A Royal Ambition
A profile notes a 28 year old six four Comte de Paris known as Monsieur de Prance and Your Royal Highness has written The Government Of Tomorrow. He and others believe he might claim the French throne if ever allowed. The piece hints at the peril of such ambitions.
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Comte de Paris
Monsieur de Prance
Baker to operate Capitol Hotel in Amarillo after month end
Fenton Baker of the Baker Hotel in Dallas will manage Amarillo’s Capitol Hotel starting next month. He signed with trustees Charles Fisk Jim Williams and John Hill chosen after federal court action to represent diverse interests. Baker praised Amarillo and the Capitol Hotel as a top Southwest property.
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Fenton Baker
Baker
Dallas
Amarillo
Charles Fisk
Jim Williams
John Hill
Mr. Baker
News-Globe
Capitol Hotel
Southwest
Baker Hotel Company, Inc
Wooten
Abilene
Texas floods rising again in Austin water levels
The Colorado River in Austin rose slowly after a crest near 24 feet, with 23.2 feet at 7 AM and a predicted rise to about 25 feet by night. Last year the crest reached 41 feet. Upstream reports indicate continued movement toward higher stages.
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Austin
Colorado
Fair Amusement Zone Set to Open Friday Night
Inspectors report dramatic improvements at the Tri-State Fair grounds with new rides from Detroit and Michigan State Pair. The midway will be 400 feet longer, and all departments are said to be bigger and better as opening events begin Friday night with three bands and a Monday formal dedication to Amarillo and Wilbur Hawk.
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Tri-State Fair
Detroit
Michigan State
Co. L
Ted” Taylor
Shamrock
Perryton
Amarillo
Wilbur
Hawk
Gene Howe
Preacher Beaten and Arm Severed by Train Car Attack
Baptist minister Rev. John W. McRae was beaten and stabbed by three men after being forced from his car on Highway 44 near Hicks. His left arm was severed by a passing locomotive. he remained in serious condition after surgery. McRae, pastor of several nearby churches, told District Attorney Emory Camp details of the assault.
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Cameron
U.P
John W. McRae
MccRae
Emory Camp
McRae
Hicks
Lee County
Tanglewood
Rockdale
Southern Pacific Railway
Waco
Yoakum
Camp
Comery
Rockedale
Salinas Lettuce Strike Faces Draft and Rioting
Sheriff Carl Abbott declared a state of emergency in Salinas and drafted all able-bodied male citizens 18 to 45 to counter rioting lettuce pickers defending an $11 million crop. Gunfire and clashes continued as 5,000 workers and 200 guards faced off. 25 truckloads of lettuce moved to packing for eastern markets amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Salinas
Cal
Carl Abbott
Salinas County
Abbott
Frank J. Merriam
E. J. Leach
W. J. Barlosio
California Federation of Labor
Walter Cowan
Salinas Valley Ice Company
Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union
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New Deal
Hamilton
East Panhandle
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Lee San Angelo
Amarillo Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Ady
U. S
John Maynard Lbr
FHA Loans
Long-Bell
Lor. Co
Pawnee Bill
U.S
Fdr
Atlantic
Arthur Brisbane
Government of Tomorrow
America
Globe
Brisbane
Texas
Preacher
California
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