Weather Notes and Local Letters From Amarillo
The column reports fair and warmer weather with a southerly wind in the forecast. It notes Norris Ewing of Wichita Falls visiting with the Wichita Falls Record-News staff, discusses orchards, a minister in Scotland building a church bellless steam church, and involves various local anecdotes. The writer critiques Tri-State Fair support, rail jobs, infantile paralysis rumors, fish and game notes, and the ongoing debate over fair management.
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Norris Ewing
Wichita Falls
Mr. Ewing
Tri-State Fair tribute praises leadership and service
A speaker extols Wilbur Hawk and three stalwarts Ted Taylor Mason King and Bill Baker for their work on the Tri-State Fair calling them foundation of management. He cites exhaustion among organizers Bill Beechler Ross Rogers and many others and argues the fair belongs to the people of Amarillo and the Plains with no external aid.
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Ted Taylor
Mason King
Bill Baker
Tri-State
United States
Bill Beechler
Amarillo
Mr. Beechler
Bill Gilstrap
Carl Hinton
C. W. Furr
Dutch Kaufhold
Bill Benton
Dick Robter Roberts
E. Kancher
Fred Post
Howard Boxwell
George Hammock
Bob Crudgington
Ross Rogers
M. Gouldy
Carrie Nation
Howard Ferguson
R. E B. Pruitt
Earl Curry
Frank Ford
Dee Howard
Ernest Duke
Charles
Dick Ware
P. J. Wooldridge
G. J. Nunn
L. O. Thompson
Asturian Defenders Lose Strategic City
Franco Francoist forces claim seizure of Mount Ventantella on the Leon Oviedo border after combined infantry and aerial assaults. Government trenches on a high plateau are taken and Gijon becomes more exposed as France’s columns converge, with bombing inflicting heavy losses on Asturian defenders.
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Henday
Francisco Franco
Ventantella
Leon
Oviedo
Biscayan
Europa Mountains
France
Gijon
Benjamin Neely Funeral Services Set for Today
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Neely, 68, president of the Plains Lubricating Company, were set for 4 o clock this afternoon at Griggs Funeral Chapel. He had lived in Amarillo since 1925 and died at his home 1507 Ong Street Saturday. Survivors include his widow and two sons.
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Benjamin F. Neely
Griggs
Mr. Neely
The
Plains Lubricating Company
Amarillo
Ong Street
Duchess of Windsor Tours Paris Shops for Winter Wardrobe
The Duchess of Windsor begins a Paris shopping tour to assemble a winter wardrobe, visiting several high end stores as autumn cools. The outing highlights her fashion influence and schedule in the city.
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Paris
Duchess of Windsor
Help Wanted Notes From Tack Column
A reader seeks light housework or child care in exchange for a small unfurnished apartment. Married, husband a smelter worker, with a young son, references available. Also a colored woman seeks four evenings weekly work and a home with three children, ages one five nine, for possible future wages. contact 809 North Madison Street or call 2-2430.
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Georgia Street
Tack
Harrison Street
North
Madison Street
Housekeeper Seeks Work Near Dumas Texas Ranch Duties
Classified notice from Mrs. Luck Sims in Dumas Texas seeking a housekeeping job near Dumas with room and small pay for herself and her 13 year old daughter. Also a middle aged man S L Jackson offers indoor work with room and small wages and references, 505 1-2 Madison Street.
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Tack
Dumas
Texas
S. L. Jackson
Madison Street
Man seeks farm or ranch work with sales and driving skills
Married man with one child seeks farm or ranch employment. Open to any job. Has sales experience and is a capable truck driver. Can provide references. Address P R Jones 1506 East Fifteenth Avenue General Delivery.
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P. R. Jones
East Fifteenth Avenue
Job Seeker Seeks Farm or Dairy Work in Local Area
A married man with one child seeks employment, preferably on a farm or in dairy work, but open to any position. He is a newspaper pressman by trade and lists J. Lundegreen Grocery on Fifteenth Avenue as a reference.
Amarilloans Invited to Havana Fiesta
Mayor Ross Rogers received a letter from Manuel Hierro head of Havana's municipal tourist department. Havana Mayor Dr Antonio Bennif Mendita created the department to vinculate closer U S Cuba ties and invited Amarilloans to a February fiesta.
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Amarillo
Cuba
Ross Rogers
Manuel Hierro
Havana
Senor Hierro
Antonio Bennif Mendieta
United States
Only One Accident During Fair Week
Amarillo reported only one traffic accident during the fair week. Police captain Sid Harper said the city with 100000 residents had no serious crashes, and the sole incident on main routes to the exposition grounds caused no serious injuries.
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Amarillo
Sid Harper
Captain Harper
Exposition Grounds
Scout Winners of Fair Announced at Tri State Fair
The Boy Scout troop winners were announced by scout executive C. A. Clark. Troop 13 claimed first with 840 of 1000 points. Troop 4 edged Troop 12 by one point for second with 826 to 825. Troop 10, led by Scoutmaster W. R. Summers, finished fourth with 800 points.
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C. A. Clark
Charles W. Whittington, Jr
W. R. Stinson
W. R. Summers
W. A. Blankenship
Vernon Gunn Receives Five Year Pin at TWA
Vernon Gunn district traffic agent for TWA lines has received a pin honoring five years of service with the airline. Gunn has been stationed in Ama- (text truncated)
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Vernon Gunn
TWA
TWA Lines
Airlines
Gunn
Ama
Convict Shot During San Quentin Yard Fight
Cecil Duncan a 28 year old African American convict was shot by a guard in the San Quentin prison yard after he and another inmate fought and ignored warnings to stop. The incident follows recent prison disturbances including a Folsom outbreak and the Alcatraz attack and fatalities.
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San Quentin
Calif
California
Cecil Duncan
Folsom State Prison
James Johnston
Alcatraz Federal Prison
C. A. Larkin
Folsom
Nine Trials Scheduled in District Court This Week
Nine cases were set for trial this week in district court including T. D. Moore and Burt Macklin for drunken driving B M Johnson and Howard Bumpass for burglary John L Gentry for theft O G Scarborough and wife for forgery and Edward Taylor for theft John Flenord charged with killing Victor Flenke of New York at a circus September 19 has a trial date set for next Monday A venue of 200 was called for the case The grand jury will reconvene Wednesday.
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T. D. Moore
Burt Macklin
B. M. Johnson
Howard Bumpass
John L. Gentry
O. G. Scarborough
Zelma
Edward Taylor
John Flenord
Corpus Christi
Victor Flenke
New York
Flenke
Flenord
Two Destroyers Damaged In Storm Off Nova Scotia
The destroyers Manley and Claxton reported they were heavily battered in a severe storm off Nova Scotia on September 25 and were heading to Boston Navy Yard for repairs. They had sailed from Norfolk on September 22 to relieve Hatfield and Kane, which had been on duty in European waters near Spain since the fall of 1936.
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Washington
Manley
Claxton
Navy Department
Nova Scotia
Boston Navy Yard
Norfolk
Hatfield and Kane
European
Spain
Transport veteran noted for air service career
One eighth of English and Welsh agricultural workers are women and girls released since October 28 1936. He previously served TWA in Pittsburgh Toledo Chicago and Milwaukee. A veteran of transport air service he joined Safeway lines in 1929 and has flown as a passenger about 350 hours.
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England and
Wales
Rlse
TWA
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Chicago
Milwaukee
Transport Air Service
Safeway Lines
Soviet Denounces Japanese Threat Over Nanking Embassy
Japanese foreign minister Koki Hirota in Tokyo received by Russian Ambassador Mikhail Slavutsky. Moscow brands Tokyo claim that Chinese planes would bomb the Soviet embassy a provocation aimed at drawing Russia into the conflict. The Soviet note rejects evacuation as unlawful and unprecedented.
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Koki Hirota
Tokyo
Mikhail Mikhailovitch Slavutsky
Nanking
Russia
Japan
Tense Russia Japan frontier buildup sparks war fears
Reports from Tokyo state Russia and Japan massing large troop formations along Siberia and Manchukuo frontier. Hochi dispatches Vladivostok and Tsuruga port and army hubs inflamed by anti Japanese posters and speeches. Japan and Soviet aligned forces concentrate on opposite sides of the border amid recurring clashes.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Siberia
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Hochi
Tsuruga
Siberian
Vladivostok
Hachi
Manchoukuo
Secret Russian Chinese Pact Rumor Roils Asia Press
Tokyo papers publish extensive speculation on a secret military alliance between Russia and China. Reports claim large numbers of warplanes deployed along borders while officials decline to discuss the pact, blaming Soviet influence for Chinese resistance and delayed Shanghai and North China fronts.
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Russia
Tokyo
China
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Double funeral services planned for Coffeys in Plainview
Two hours before Gipson's funeral at Plainview another service was set for Mr. and Mrs. Coffey at 4 p.m. A third burial for Young Kohl occurred in Nazareth, and Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Clift were sent to Fletcher and Oklahoma City for burial. Traffic death forecast cited by Public Safety projects 684 more victims in Texas before the year end.
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Coffey
Plainview
Gipson
Young Kohl
Nazareth
Adams
Fletcher
Okla
Clift
Oklahoma City
Mr. Ramsey
Tucumcari Hospital
Jasper Gipson
Nebletu Hospital
Canyon
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Quiet Widow Seeks Trade For Chickens Or Pigs
A lonely widow offers handmade quilts in exchange for farm animals. Interested parties may call to see her at 302 Birmingham Street or write Route 2 Box 627.
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Tack
Tam
Birmingham Street
Rev Frederick Foster to Attend Kansas Bishop Consecration
Rev. Frederick A. Foster rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church leaves tonight for Topeka to attend the consecration ceremony of Rev. Goodrich R. Fenner as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Kansas. The service occurs Wednesday. Fenner is a brother of Mrs. Tully Garner of Amarillo.
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Frederick A. Foster
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Topeka
Goodrich R. Fenner
Diocese of
Kansas
Fenner
Tully Garner
Amarillo
Cremation Planned for Boston Merchant Milene in Paris
The body of Edward A. Milene a Boston merchant who died after a weeklong illness of pneumonia will be cremated in Paris and his ashes returned to the United States. Milene passed away early Sunday in Paris.
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Paris
Edward A. Milene
Boston
United States
Milene
Couple Wanted Dear Tack Continuation Notice
A classified page fragment invites a couple to contact the department for a matching request. The note indicates further details continue on page nine and references an inquiry about a man and wife seeking opportunity.
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Tack
Adlerika Promises Double Action Relief for Gas and Constipation
A health ad touts Adlerika as the only product delivering double action relief by cleansing the bowels and reducing gas. It claims rapid overnight effect by washing out offending wastes and easing stomach pressure for renewed energy and mood.
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Adlerika
Adierika Acta
Deseo
Adwike
Minister Grenville Emmet Dies in Vienna at 50
The body of Grenville T. Emmet United States minister to Austria lay in a Vienna hotel room his death attributed to double pneumonia two weeks after assuming the legation post. He was 50 years old.
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Vienna
Grenville T. Emmet
United States
Austria
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