Weather notes and racing chatter at Tri-State Pair in Amarillo
The letter reports a mix of weather with rain past midnight, then clearing sun and several dry days ahead though more moisture possible later in the week. It also covers Tri-State Pair events, horse racing tips that proved wrong, a missing Shetland pony at 3101 Ven Buren Street, a reward offered, and casual notes on Barney Oldfield and Toney Chisum with Chrysler ties.
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L. M. Fischer
Barney Oldfield
Toney Chisum
Chrysler
Barney
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Tri-State
Lindbergh
Oldfield
Chrysler Company
United States
Toney
San Antonio
Uruguay cuts ties with Spain over consulate sister killings
Uruguay severed diplomatic relations with Spain after a cabinet meeting cited reports of the execution of Dolores Consuelo and Maria Aguiar, the sisters of Montevideo’s consul in Madrid. Government sources said Madrid could not control militia actions.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Madrid
Spain
Dolores
Consuelo
Maria Aguiar
Indians of eastern Nevada substitute stuffed steer head in sun dance
Ely Nevada US Indian participants in their annual sun dance ceremonies substitute a stuffed steer head symbolizing an ancient deity due to cultural or ritual constraints.
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Ely
Nev
Nevada
Post Office Dedication in Anaheim Attended by Fisher Bain
Fred J. Fisher and Mrs. Dora Bain of Los Angeles attended the dedication of Anaheim's new post office. They are listed as the son and daughter of the city's first postmaster, dating to 1861.
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Anaheim
Cal
Fred J. Fisher
Dora’ Bain
Los Angeles
Governor Lehman Dismisses La Guardia Petition
Governor Lehman dismissed a petition seeking the removal of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, saying there was no reason for executive action. The case cited alleged gross incompetence and waste over 5 million dollars tied to the Queens Boulevard subway project.
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Albany
N. Y
Lehman
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
Robert Charles Moore
Forest Hills
L. 1
Queens Boulevard
Drive to enlist Negroes launches nationwide New Deal push
A mass meeting at Madison Square Garden drew 15 000 attendees and radio links to 25 Northeast city gatherings to enlist Black support for the New Deal. Leaders Donald Richberg and Bishop R. R. Wright Jr. denounced the Liberty League and likened Roosevelt to Lincoln.
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New York
Sept
U.P
Madison Square Garden
Donald Richberg
R. R. Wright, Jr
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Liberty League
Roosevelt
Lincoln
New Assembly of God Church to Open in City
Trinity Tabernacle will open at First Avenue and McMasters Street with 7 30 pm services tomorrow night. Rev Bill Keeler of McCamey will be the first evangelist conducting the services. The church was formerly Faith Tabernacle and invites the public to attend the opening of the new Assembly of God in the near city.
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Assembly of God
Trinity Tabernacle
First Avenue
McMasters Street
Bill Keeler
McCamey
Faith Tabernacle
World Facts Mockingly Collide in Anachronistic Notes
The text wobbles through random trivia from soda fountain prices to shark patrols and alphabets. It claims Australia’s beaches host lifeguard towers and a “all ashore” alarm while misquoting nautical rights. It cites London’s tiny population and odd area figures for dramatic effect.
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Australia
London
Financial District
Londo
Metropolia
Republic of Colombia
Puerto Colombia
World record claimed in glider flight by Kartashev
Moscow pilot I L Kartashev claimed a world record for sustained glider flight after detaching from a tow plane and gliding 540 kilometers landing in the Kalmik Republic. The prior mark stood at 50 kilometers. In Salt Lake City a 36 month old baby boy with reversed internal organs won a prize at a show. In Toledo police hunted a thief with a red face after Edith Billingsie reported a man fleeing with her pocketbook.
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Rostov
U. S
I L. Kartashev
Moscow
Kalmik Republic
Salt Lake City
Lamar
Jess Warnick
Toledo
Edith Billingsies
Soil erosion loss cited by official at Washington meeting
H H Bennett chief of the Federal Soil Conservation Service warned at a national upstream engineering conference that 200 million acres of American farmland are damaged or threatened by erosion. He urged building millions of small check dams near stream sources to curb erosion and prevent floods, noting 1,397,000 check dams and 178,000 permanent dams have already been built.
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Washington
A.P
H. H. Bennett
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Bennett
Jumbo to Close Saturday at Fort Worth Frontier Centennial
The Fort Worth Frontier Centennial ends with Saturday night performances for The Last Frontier and Jumbo. The Last Frontier closes after 140 showings, favored by Vice President John N. Garner. Jumbo closes before a nationwide canvas tour, to be replaced by Billy Rose's International Circus with acts from the former production.
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Fort Worth
Casa Manana
Nephew of R F C Chairman Recovers From Poison
Hewins Gamel, who identified as Jesse Jones's nephew, is recovering from self-administered poison in San Pedro California. Police surgeon Dr. C J Ryan confirmed the identification and stated the poison was self-inflicted. Gamel said his mother, Mrs. Catherine Hutson, lives in Amarillo, a name not listed in local directories and the Hutsons here deny knowledge of him.
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San Pedro
Calif
Hewins Gamel
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
C. J. Ryan
Gamel
Catherine Hutson
Amarillo
Hutsons
City Bonds Schedule Lists Varied Debts and Call Options
The document details numerous city bonds from 1904 to 1915 with principal totals ranging from $10,000 to $75,000 and interest from 4 to 5.5 percent. Optional bonds may be called at interest dates, with several sewer, fire, road, bridge, and sanitation issues highlighted and redemption arrangements noted.
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National City Bank of New York
American National Bank
Amarillo National Bank
Prisoner Hid From Angry Crowd in Littleton
A 31 year old farm hand Henry Fertig was accused of kidnapping a 13 year old girl. Sheriff E S Monaingo said the man would be kept hidden under heavy guard after a threatening crowd demanded he be turned over.
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Littleton
Colo
Monaingo
Henry Fertig
Guleke to Speak at Amarillo Druggists Luncheon
Amarillo attorney James O. Guleke will discuss the future of independents at the Amarillo Retail Druggists Association luncheon in the Amarillo Hotel tomorrow. Clyde Holtzclaw, association president, says the noon meeting is one of the regular bi monthly luncheons.
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James O. Guleke
Amarillo
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Clyde Holtzclaw
Association
Calvert Seen Likely to Win Texas House Speakership
In San Antonio on September 22 the election of Rep. Robert EB Calvert of Hillsboro to the Austin state house speakership next January 1 appeared assured after Reps W B Carlson Fred Petty and A Mc Cracken pledged their votes to the Hillsboro candidate.
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San Antonio
Robert EB. Calvert
Hillsboro
State House of Representatives
Austin
W. B. Carlson
Allred Calls Texas Ballot for General Election
Governor Allred announced a Texas general election set for November 3, featuring presidential electors, Congress, and many state and local offices. Six constitutional amendments will appear, with a special session to convene September 28 to consider limited topics including old age pensions funding.
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Austin
Allred
Texas
Congress
Orville S. Carpenter
R. B. Anderson
Ruth Owen Breaks Leg After Speech Fall at Washington
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde former U S minister to Denmark and daughter of William Jennings Bryan broke a left leg in a fall at Washington Indiana after a speech urging rejection of President Roosevelt. She was running by her car to stop it as it sped toward a lake.
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Washington
Ind
Ruth Bryan
Owen Rohde
United States
Denmark
William Jennings Bryan
Rohde
Roosevelt
Fifteenth Panhandle Old Settlers Meet Tomorrow
The Panhandle Old Settlers Association will hold its 15th annual meeting at 10 a.m. on the racetrack grandstand with W H Puqua presiding. J Estlack of Clarendon delivers the principal address as Mayor Ross Rogers gives the welcome. Oklahoma Day features Shattuck Guyman and Hooker delegations plus Canyon Tulsa and Happy bands.
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Oklahoma
Old Settlers
The
Panhandle
Old Settlers’ Association
W. H. Puqua
Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
Floyd Studer
Protests Over Ballot Markings At County Primary
The contested second primary saw Mrs. EF J Slay and others challenged for using red pencils in marking ballots. Election judge R S White reported two votes invalidated for red pencil marks. Blackburn seeks court injunctions to block the county executive committee from nominating anyone but Blackburn, opposing Montgomery led panel. Cole serves as county treasurer.
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EF. J. Slay
McKinley Box
R. S. White
Blackburn
County Executive Committee
T. M. Montgomery
108Th Civil District Court
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Cole
Peek Writes Book Scoring the New Deal
The Republican national committee accuses the New Deal of Communist taint from its inception and cites from Why Quit Our Own by George N. Peek and Samuel Crowther. Henry A. Wallace rejects claims that Roosevelt’s reelection aids the Communist party, arguing capitalism endures longer under Roosevelt than Landon.
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Washington
U.P
Republican National Committee Today
George N. Peek
Samuel Crowther
Peek
Brain Trust
Henry A. Wallace
William Janes Hearst
Roosevelt
Communist Party
Rrosevelt
Landon
Wallace
Japanese Marines Land in Hankow Amid China Slaying Probe
Two hundred Japanese marines landed at Hankow aboard destroyers in a security patrol after the slaying of Japanese consular police officer Pakhoi. Investigators from Japan and China, guarded by nine Japanese warships and a Cantonese gunboat, began inquiries into the death of Junzo Nakano, a Japanese druggist killed September 3. Rebels from the old 19th Route Army urged disruption but withdrew after protests.
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Hankow
China
Japan
Pakhoi
South China
Junzo Nakano
Flood Crest Believed Reached Marble Falls on Lower Colorado
Weather reports indicate lower Colorado flood crest passed Marble Falls at 11 A M with river stage about 31 feet. UNO officials expect Austin area not to rise above 23 feet after stage held at Marble Falls. Bluffton and Buchanan Dam stages show declines while Hamilton remains at 31 feet and falling.
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Austin
Colorado River
Concho
San Saba
Marble Falls
State Highway Department
Weather Bureau
U. S. Geological Survey
Bluffton
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Buchanan Dam
Hamilton
Rebels and Loyalists Clash Along Spanish Bay Front
Spanish fronts report both sides fighting near the Bay of Biscay. In Oviedo rebels hold out while Loyalists in Bilbao face threats of a rebel assault. Hendaye notes Bilbao Loyalists warned of blowing up ships with rebel hostages if Bilbao is bombed.
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Bay of Biscay
Oviedo
Bilbao
Hendaye
Amarillo Man Released After Admitting Fabricated Story
Amarillo salesman H. Galbreath was released after admitting his tale that five people aided him when his car plunged into a deep irrigation ditch was false. The only occupant was a woman recovering from exposure in a local hospital. Sheriff Ross Salazar did not name her, saying her husband had led a frantic search.
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Albuquerque
N. M
H. Galbreath
Amarillo
Ross Salazar
Salazar
Galbreath
Legion to Hear AFL Leader and Veterans Chief at Meeting
Legion program features Liam Green of the AFL as speaker and General Frank T. Hines, veterans administrator. Officers to be elected. national commander race centers on Harry W. Colmery of Topeka who seems poised to defeat Ray Murphy of Ida Grove. New York City favored as next year’s convention host.
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Liam Green
American Federation of Labor
Frank T. Hines
Harry W. Colmery
Topeka
Kan
Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
Colmery
New York City
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