Underpass Excavation 75 Percent Complete
With only one third of working days elapsed, the Buchanan Street underpass shows 75 percent excavation and 85 percent structural concrete completion. Contractor Oren Speer of Alvord manages 225 days to finish, as footings under Rock Island and one quarter under Fort Worth & Denver tracks have mostly been poured.
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Buchanan Street
Oren Speer
Alvord
Rock Island
Fort Worth & Denver Railroad
Fort Worth & Denver
South Plains Benefit Most in Rain Area
A survey of weekend rains shows the South Plains and East Panhandle with the best soil moisture since last spring while the North Plains remain dry. Amarillo received 0.24 inch as rains spread south toward Lubbock with heavier totals across the region. Continuous moisture is forecast for the Panhandle and remainder of the week as storms move northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
East Panhandle
North Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Lubbock
Childress
Clovis
H. T. Collman
West Texas
Canyon
Happy
Tulsa
Kress
Plainview
Hale Center
Abernathy
Dimmitt and Hart
Muleshoe
Slaton
Seagraves
Southland
Hobbs
N. M
Sterley
Lockney
Petersburg
Quitaque
Turkey
Silverton
Sudan
Amherst
Littlefield
Anton
Shallowater
Levelland
Lehman
Bledsoe
Ropesville
Meadow and
Brownfield
Crosbyton
Tri State Fair opens with Mayor Rogers keynote
Thousands pack the exposition grounds for the Tri State Fair opening as Gene Howe lauds the event alongside remarks from Mayor Rogers. Frank Farley of Kansas City praises the fair’s pedigree and livestock show, while tributes honor Wilbur Hawk. Weather favorable.
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Gene Howe
Dallas
Fort Worth
Howe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Ross Rogers
Frank Farley
Kansas City
Mason King
Tri-State
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Kansas
Farley
Roosevelt Fast Tracks Drouth Plans and Insurance
President Roosevelt ordered accelerated work on an ever normal granary crop insurance system and a long term breath and land use program for the Great Plains. He named two committees including Secretary Wallace to devise an all risk crop insurance plan and Morris L. Cooke to lead a panel reporting by January 1 on efficient plains resource use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Hyde Park
N. Y
Wallace
Morris L. Cooke
A. G. Black
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
H. R. Holley
Wayne C. Taylor
FLIERS BACK STRONG WINDS INTO NEW YORK
Observers report the Lady Peace flying at 5000 feet over Cape North Cape Breton as Harry Richman and Dick Merrill complete the final leg of their transatlantic round trip toward New York.
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Sydney
N. S
Cape North
Cape Breton Island
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
New York
Jap Marines Ordered To Land In Hankow
The Navy department announced Japanese marines would land at Hankow in China to protect Japanese lives and property amid anti Japanese sentiment. Two destroyers headed to Hankow as tensions rise after a Chinese killed a Japanese man, straining Nanking’s efforts to ease hostilities.
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China
Tokyo
Navy Department
Hankow
Hupeh
Yangtze River
Nanking
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers. West Texas region shows partly cloudy conditions with local showers. New Mexico expects unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday with showers mainly in the east and north central areas and little temperature change. Amarillo records 62 to 72 degrees by 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Landon Urges Full Attention to Crop Insurance
Gov Alf Landon says crop insurance merits fullest consideration. He released a two paragraph statement as an excerpt from a Des Moines farm speech. He notes Roosevelt's committee plan for permanent protection against drought and discusses Kansas Republican leaders' work in farm legislation.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Des Moines
News New
Roosevelt
Landon
Kansas
Arthur Brisbane Column On England In A Thousand Years
The Globe features Arthur Brisbane’s column debating England a millennium hence. The piece imagines a world without wars debts or politics and envisions a perfected humanity with limited governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Inge
England
Amarillo Car in Ditch. Five Missing Occupants Sought
Amarillo Texas resident M H Galbreath told deputies his car with five people in it plunged into a ditch two miles west of Amarillo. Officers found an open door and signs of a rollover but no occupants. Galbreath was detained for questioning after reporting the incident.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Here
M. H. Galbreath
Amarulo
Tex
Galbreath
Sulphur Tax War Drives Firms Toward Texas
Gov. James V. Allred notes sulfur interests may move from Louisiana to Texas as sulfur taxes shift. Louisiana tax quoted at 2.00 dollars per ton, Texas at 0.75 per ton with 0.55 to schools and 0.20 to general revenue.
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Austin
Louisiana
Texas
James V. Allred
Rebels Push Toward Madrid in Five Mile Daily Advance
Madrid faces grave danger as rebels press toward the capital. Five miles daily drive from Santa Olalla. government abandons field HQ. Loyalists defend AlcaZar amid heavy fighting. Reports highlight rebel momentum and perceived internal turmoil in Madrid and Barcelona.
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Madrid
Michael McEwen
United Press
Gibraltar
Santa Olalla
No Man's Land
Toledo Alcazar
Guadarrama
Oviedo
Huesca
Bilbao
Seville
Santa Clalla
Alcazar
Spain
Barcelona
Woman Claiming 113 Dies in Florence Arizona
Mrs. Mariana Durane, long time Florence resident born in Magdalena Mexico, died today at age claimed 113. She moved to Florence about 60 years ago and was noted in local notices alongside references to FHA Loans Long-Bell Lumber Co.
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Florence, Ariz
Mariana Durane
Florence
Magdalena
Mex
Hearst Attacks Roosevelt Reply by Browder Noted
New York reports Hearst accuses President Roosevelt of taking support from enemies of the American system of government. Hearst cites Karl Marx Socialists Frankfurt radicals Communists Anarchists Tugwell Bolsheviks and Richberg revolutionists as part of his charge. Browder article referenced on page 2.
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New York
U.P
William Randolph Hearst
Roosevelt
White House
Tugwell
Richberg
Hearst
Earl Browder
City Seeks Refund bonds. bids by firms nationwide
Amarillo issued more than 500000 refunding bonds with an average 17 year maturity to refund at a lower interest. bids from Chicago New Orleans Dallas and other cities arrived this morning. City commission to review bids at 10 tomorrow. expected savings around 100000. Optional bonds totaling 447000 carry about five percent and include 124000 in 1931 funding bonds held by Amarillo National Bank for redemption.
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Amarillo
Chicago
New Orleans
Dallas
United States
City Commission
Ross Rogers
Amarillo National Bank
Mary Pickford Rumored to Wed Buddy Rogers Soon
Hollywood report says actress Mary Pickford denied engagement yet friends expect her to marry Charles Buddy Rogers, the orchestra leader, within about three weeks. The disclosure followed her public admission that she is not engaged at present.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mary Pickford
Charles “Buddy” Rogers
Floods Sweep Texas Bottomlands From Colorado River
Torrential rains swell the Colorado River flooding thousands of acres from Columbus to Wharton and inundating highways. The San Saba Lometa bridge area reports a new record crest, with 62 feet at San Saba and widespread property damage estimated above five million dollars. About 1,500 people are displaced as Concho and San Saba floods threaten Marble Falls and Austin area, prompting a request for emergency supplies.
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Columbus
Columbus-Wharton
Austin
Lowlards
Houston- San Antote
Houston
Town
Major League of
South Texas
Wharton
Colorado
San Saba
Tex
San Saba-Lometa Bridge
Bluffton
Liano
Fredericksburg
Buchanan Dam
Red Bluff
West Texas
Wichita Falls
Plainview
Wichita River
New Territory
Colorado River
Concho
Marble Falls
James V. Allred
8Th Corps
U. S. Army
San Antonio
War Department
Washington
Allred
Alfred
San Angelo
Legion Opens Annual Meet in Cleveland
National Commander Ray Murphy urged universal peace at the opening of the American Legion's eighteenth national convention in Cleveland. He warned America cannot disarm amid current conditions as thousands of World War veterans filled Public Hall. Delegates from Hawaii Philippines Puerto Rico and Canada attended as hotels reported full occupancy and officials forecast a peak attendance of 200000.
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Cleveland
Ray Murphy
American Legion
America
Assembly
Hawaii
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Canada
Jones Still Unable to Speak at Bankers Meeting
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, telegrammed the Associated Press that while his health has greatly improved he remains unable to address the American Bankers Association in San Francisco on September 21.
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San Francisco
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Associated Press
American Bankers Association
Thrills and Fun At Tri State Fair Opens in Amarillo
The Tri State Fair opened this morning in Amarillo with continuous thrills and racing as the major attraction drawing turf fans from the Southwest. Post time is 2 pm daily, grandstand admission 50 cents, box seats 25 cents. general grounds entry is free. The United Shows of America from Detroit will operate daily through late night, offering varied midway entertainment at carnival prices.
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Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Southwest
Exposition Grounds
United Shows of America
Detroit
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McCormick Co
Eastern Panhandle
Collman
Rogers
Wilbur Hawk
Glenn A. Truax
KGNC
Mayor Rogers
Bill Walker
Shamrock
Dee Howard
Portales N. M
John Mersey
State Racing Commission
John McKnight
Ted Taylor
H. B. Edwards
John Maynard Lbr
U.S. Pat
Arthur Brisbane
John Bull
Globe
Brisbane
J. J. Parenti
FHA Loans
Long-Bell, Lbr. Co
FDR
Browder
Legion
Murphy
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