Stabbing Case in Race Track Highlighted in Trial
Marvin Branson, 36, race horse trainer and former jockey, faces a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of Raymond Dority at the Tri State Fair race track last May. Jurors hear comparison of self defense plea and testimony from jockey Leon Goddard about a drunken brawl.
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Marvin Branson
Raymond
Dounty
Tri-State Fair Race Track
Branson
Leon Goddard
Ed Deahl
Panhandle
Dority
Bob Underwood
Italy Moves to Prepare Forces as Ethiopia Conflict Grows
Rome reports Premier Mussolini outlined plans to mobilize the army navy and air force for an East Africa campaign while cabinet decrees fund anti gas shelters at Messina. Britain backs enforcement of the League covenant as tensions rise over Ethiopia. Ethiopian frontier mobilization and colonial defenses increase amid race tensions and international patrols.
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United Presa
Rome
Muscsolini
Italy
Britain
Africa
Geneva
Committee of Fire
Council London
Berlin
Germany
Sass Djitbouti
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League of Nations
League
Messina
Sicily
London
Samuel Hoare
Hoare
Djiboui
French Somaliland
East Africa
British Somaliland
Kenya
Uganda
Sudan
France
Ali Sabiet
Haile Selassie
Diredawa
Djibouti-Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa
Aduwa
Wound Held No Grounds For Divorce
Amarillo man Joe Gibbons asked for a divorce from Jimmie A. Gibbons after being shot in the head during a domestic quarrel on April 20. Judge W F E Gee denied the petition, calling grounds insufficient while Mrs. Gibbons faces an assault with intent to murder indictment and trial in 47th District Court.
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Amarillo
W. F E. Gee
108Th District Court
Joe Gibbons
Jimmie A. Gibbons
Gee
Train Derailment Kills 200 Chinese Soldiers
A troop train derailed near Loyang in Henan province killing 200 soldiers and injuring 200 others as they were rushed to Shensi for anti Communist operations. Authorities consider possible Communist engineered derailment. Gulf coast dock strike talks convene in Houston between International Longshoremen’s Association and shipping executives.
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Loyang
Henan
Shensi
Lunghai
Houston
U.P
Gulf Coast
International Longshoremens Asociation and
Skies loosen as Amarillo sees light rainfall totals
Moisture moved across Amarillo and the Panhandle this morning with less than a tenth of an inch by noon. The city’s September rainfall reached 1.91 inches, still 0.39 inch below normal for the month, as forecasters predicted possibly light local showers tonight and tomorrow. Other Plains towns reported scattered showers with varied amounts, including Hart at 1.0 inch and Adrian at 0.25 inch.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Plains
Hart
South Plains
Tulia
Hereford
Canyon
Adrian
Vega
Glen Rio
N. M. Channing
Tascosa
North Plains
Believe Slain Man Victim of Love Triangle
Cleveland detectives say Edward A. Andrassy 28 was likely killed in a love triangle. His headless body was found in a ravine with an unidentified man. A middle aged man had threatened to kill Andrassy for caring about the wife. Both victims slain with a butcher knife or axe. hands tied behind their backs.
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Cleveland
Bernard Wolf
Edward A. Andrassy
Wolf
Andrassy
Edward
Cornelius Cody
A. J. Pearce
Rain Delays Stratosphere Rocket Tests in New Mexico
Rain halted high altitude experiments as Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr. Robert H. Goddard planned notes. The storm prevented launches from the steel town where several rockets had already flown into the stratosphere.
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Roswell
N. M
Charles A. Lindberh
Robert H. Goddard
Noted Historian Pennypacker Dies in Philadelphia
Isaac R. Pennypacker aged 83, a noted historian and former newspaperman, and brother of a former Pennsylvania governor, died in Philadelphia on September 24.
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Philadelphia
Isaac R. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Whimsies New York speed on horse sparks fine
Morris Wechsler 21 was fined for speeding on a horse in a park. The magistrate said galloping is more dangerous than reckless car driving. The report blends other satirical items from the era about New Deal, a cat, and a barber tale.
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New York
U.P
Morris Wechsler
GOP
Westminster freshmen err on Bible test in New Wilmington report
In New Wilmington Pennsylvania Westminster College freshmen gave surprising Bible test answers claiming the Epistles were wives of the Apostles, that Revolutions is the last Bible chapter, and that Lazarus is a city in Palestine. A separate item from Hebron Connecticut notes See WHIMSEYS on page 5.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Lazarus
Palestine
Hebron
Conn
100000 Vets March At Peace Parade In St Louis
In a colorful peace time parade 100000 World War I veterans marched in St Louis for the American Legion parade. The two mile route drew cheering crowds as 125 musical groups and 100 drum and bugle corps entertained amid clear fall weather.
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American Legion
Missouri
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Forecast shows light local showers possible tonight and Wednesday. West Texas trends toward mostly cloudy skies with showers, while New Mexico remains unsettled with showers and cooler air in the extreme northwest. Temperature extremes around 61 to 66 this afternoon and 0.09 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours. Roofs by John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Chest Workers Report Progress In Drive
Amarillo Community Chest reports 12947 in pledges and donations from a day and a half of canvassing, short of the 75000 goal. Luncheons in the Amarillo Hotel Club Room update division chairs as similar gatherings continue, with a victory dinner set for Friday night to close the citywide drive.
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Amarillo
Community Chest Today
Amarillo Hotel
Cc. S. Lambie
Sinking of Hurry On claims six survivors and dead
In Judique Nova Scotia a lifeboat reached the Cape Breton village with one dead man and six survivors from the motor vessel Hurry On. The ship with 13 aboard sank after a gale near Henry Island. Captain A H Gardiner died in the lifeboat as it capsized multiple times before daylight. The cargo was corn for Montreal.
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Judique
N. S
Cape Breton
Henry Island
Here
A. H. Gardiner
Halifax
Montreal
Relief Effort Faces Miner Strike Feeding Challenge
Washington reports federal officials weigh relief for needy miners and families amid the soft coal strike. Labor official McGrady briefs Hopkins on potential aid needs as four person sub committee and 16-member panel draft settlement proposals. Wage dispute narrowed to 1.5 cents per ton. coal reserves totaling six to seven weeks remain above ground.
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Washington
Edward F. McGrady
Harry L. Hopkins
Notable Washington column and New Deal era note
A Globe editorial note introduces Arthur Brisbane and a brief cheerful item about the United States Navy, mentioning the destroyer Dale as the lone warship in the See. The piece reflects standard syndicated opinion and publication policy of 1944.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Bristane
United States
Dale
Billings and Mooney Meet in San Francisco Hearing
Billings and Mooney, both convicted in the 1914 Preparedness Day bombing, face each other in San Francisco as Mooney seeks freedom via habeas corpus. Billings’s lawyers threaten an injunction to bar the proceedings unless he attends. Mooney remains at San Quentin, Billings to be brought from Folsom.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Mooney
Billings
Life Terriers
Folsom
San Quentin
California Supreme Court
New federal alcohol administration takes control of liquor industries
The federal government reassumes full control of beer and liquor with the establishment of the Federal Alcohol Administration FAA. Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt sworn in as head, linking to Lincoln era treasury service. The FAA, part of the treasury, will oversee six liquor sectors including distilling rectifying importing wholesale brewing and vintners.
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Washington
Federal Alcohol Administration
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Franklin Chase Hoyt
Lincoln
Millions of Fish Dead Along Coast
Millions of tarpon and smaller fish washed up along a 50 miles coast from near Brownsville to Padre Island. The disaster began Saturday and is blamed on an obscure marine occurrence also linked to earlier fish deaths near Corpus Christi.
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Brownsville
Mexico
Padre Island
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi
Honest Man May Get Job at Cost of $150 000
New York City story of Albert Correri who, after returning $150,000 in negotiable farm loan mortgage bonds lost by a broker, may secure employment at a living wage. He previously earned 3 15 a week delivering sandwiches to financial district clerks, while unsure about future prospects.
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New York
U.p
Albert Correri
Albert
Pearl Street
Financial District
Columbia University
F. Childs & Co
Germany unlikely to enter dispute over Italy and Ethiopia
Berlin reports state officials in favor of Germany remaining neutral in the Italy Ethiopia tension. Observers see neutrality as continuation of strengthening Anglo German ties after the London Berlin naval accord, with the potential for conflict in Europe.
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Germany
United Press
Berlin
U.P
Italy
Ethiopia
Europe
London
E N Stanley Offered Post in East Texas
Ernest O Thompson announced that E N Stanley was offered the job of chief enforcement officer of conservation laws in East Texas. Harry Miles remains in the post if he wants it, while Tucker Royall is urged by East Texans to lead.
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Austin
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
East Texas
E. N. Stanley
Lon Smith
Harry Miles
Stanley
Tucker Royall
Palestine
Enforcement
Smith
Royall
Miles
Carl Estes
Longview
Violence breaks out again at Dallas garment strike
Violence erupted again in Dallas as four women attacked two workers entering a downtown garment plant. No one was stripped this time, but fists flew and hair pulling followed until police arrived to end the scuffle.
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Dallas
U.P
Women Garment Workers
Two Tropical Gales Menace Shipping
Shipping in the Caribbean Sea was cautioned about two tropical disturbances near the West Indies. A 9 30 advisory from the U S Weather Bureau issued from Jacksonville Florida noted potential threats to seaborne traffic.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Caribben Sea
West Indies
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lion attack on Charles Bickford threatens life in film scene
Hollywood reports actor Charles Bickford is hospitalized with neck wounds after a lion attacked him during a jungle scene for East of Java. Doctors warn of infection risk and possible jungle poisoning while vets say another leopard previously mauled him. A trainer and director were nearby when the cat leapt.
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Tinted Press
Hollywood
Charles Bickford
Java
Bickford
Bwitcherkikkle License Notice From Sturls
A local license notice appears for a person or firm identified as Bwitcherkikkle with contact details shown as Ph 8251 Sturls and a license type FHA Loawe Long Belpea Ga referencing regulatory filing in the region.
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Bwitcherkikkle
Sturls
Belpea Ga
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