Desperate Siege Tales From Alcazar In Spain War
Lieutenant Katina recalls the siege of the Alcazar at Talavera de la Reina with adrift food from horses and mules used for soup and candles. Prince Carlos of Bourbon and Orleans was reported killed near Mona as rebels hold Seville defences. fighters endured scarce water and bread made from grain sacks.
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Seville
U.P
Prince Carlos
Bourbon
Orleans
Mona
Ejibar
Eibar
Spain
Basque Country
Toma Katina
Alcazar
Katina
Civil Guard
Toledo
Desperate Loyalist Counterattack at Toledo Garrison
Spanish Loyalists press a counterattack near Toledo after heavy losses, while Alcazar defenders endure siege at the fortress. Reports describe underground living, radio morale, and ongoing resistance as Nationalist reliefs breach walls and a naval action off Tangier sinks the destroyer Gravina with hundreds wounded or dead among the besieged.
Heroic siege endurance at Alcazar amid constant shelling
A garrison of men, worg, and children held a ten week defense under continuous fire pledging not to surrender. They survived on horse meat by candlelight in rock cellars and later mule meat after horse supplies ran out, answering emergency alarms while Loyalists attacked. They listened to miners drilling tunnels intended to blow the Alcazar to bits, even dancing to radio music during the siege.
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Alcazar
Accuracy of oil figures challenged in Texas order
Texas Railroad Commission questioned U S Bureau of Mines oil production estimates as the Oct production limit was set at 73 048 barrels daily above market demand of 1 106 900 barrels The Texas action keeps Sept 26 levels except 5 000 barrels added for Van Field to cover crude Pure Oil is purchasing in Oklahoma and Michigan East Texas kept at 2 32 percent factor.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Federal Bureau
All State Compact Commission
Oklahoma City
Pure Oil Company
Oklahoma
Michigan
East Texas
No Slackening in Campaign Says Landon
Governor Alf M. Landon vowed there will be no slackening in his campaign. He outlined plans for a fourth major drive with speeches in Chicago October 9 and Detroit October 14 after a Cleveland stop October 12. He said the people are in a fighting mood and that he will begin another trip next week.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
New York-Pennsylvania
Maine
Train derailment kills two on Louisiana line
In Moore's Station, eight miles south of Winfield, La., the Hustler passenger train derailed at midnight while speeding toward New Orleans. A. A. Vaught of Roanoke Va., 39, an engineer, and J. T. Dempsey of Texarkana, a special officer, were killed as transportation workers were on strike.
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Shreveport
A. A. Vaught
Roanoke
J. T. Dempsey
Texarkana
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad Company
Moore's Station
Winfield
New Orleans
Globe column on ship in the sea aboard Normandie
Arthur Brisbane discusses modern maritime travel aboard the Normandie. The piece notes three wonders beyond human understanding and ponders what the ancients would say about a ship so vast it could hang from a dining salon ceiling.
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Normandie
Jones lashes GOP chairman over farm prices
Rep. Marvin Jones of Amarillo Texas criticizes Republican National Committee Chairman John Hamilton for proposing lower farm and retail food prices. Jones argues current levels are near parity with 1929 and warns cheap food would not win urban votes. He calls for clear data on prices and production to back any claims.
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Chicago
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Texas
House Committee On Agriculture
Roosevelt Agricultural Committee
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee On
Hamilton
Rep. Jones
French Franc Adjustment Approved by Deputies
Paris report says the chamber of deputies approved a plan to adjust the franc with the British pound and the US dollar after a 25 hour session. The devaluation reduces gold content by a quarter to a third and export and import of gold are forbidden by decree. Cooperation with the United States and Great Britain is cited as forming monetary equilibrium.
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Paris
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Great Britain
Leon Blum Ina
Await Reply to Compare Baby Prints in Lindbergh Case
New Jersey officials awaited a reply to their offer to compare the fingerprints of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr with those of a living child in Dallas. Dr Erasmus Mead Hudson said he developed prints from books and toys after the kidnapping and that verification could be done in 90 minutes amid rumors the baby may be alive.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Erasmus Mead Hudson
Lindbergh
Hoffman
Dallas Times-Herald
Fire damages bridge on Louisiana and Arkansas Rail Road
Four or five men set fire to a small wooden bridge north of Laplace between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. They frightened a truck driver and used kerosene from the truck’s night flares to ignite the 15 to 20 foot structure.
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New Orleans
Louisiana and Arkansas
Laplace
Baton Rouge
Forest fires ease as relief aids aid Oregon victims
In Marshfield and eight nearby towns, wind and fog slowed a 400000 acre blaze that killed at least nine, destroyed two towns, and left 1500 homeless in tents. State officials warned danger could rise with shifting winds while relief agencies and WPA PWA aid the stricken areas and evacuees.
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Marshfield
Ore
Bandon
Meriwether
Lincoln County
Charles H. Martin
WPA
PWA
Roosevelt
North Bend
Coquille
Port Orford
Gold Beach
Langlois
Myrtle Point
Bridge
Hitler Hires German Army Expansion Ordered
Berlin reports a government edict ordering a sharp boost in the German military as conscription begins to reach 80,000 men under a new two year service rule. Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler approves a 300,000 youth labor corps expansion for the government service.
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Berlin
President Roosevelt to speak tonight at Syracuse rally
President Roosevelt opened his reelection bid with a campaign speech before the Democratic state convention in Syracuse. The address will be broadcast nationwide on radio networks. This sneak preview indicates a strong push as he faces opposition in the run up to the election.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Syracuse
Floods Swamp Central Texas Farmland Across Brazos and Little Rivers
Damage mounted as flood waters from the Brazos and Little rivers inundated thousands of farm acres in Central Texas. No deaths reported as residents evacuated and moved livestock and belongings to higher ground. In Waco the Brazos crest neared historic levels while Cameron on the Little River saw rising floodwater threatening low-lying areas.
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Hearne
Tex
Texas
Brazos
Little Rivers
Waco
McLennan County
Marlin
Cameron
Little River
Houston Highway
Pinion nut gatherers vanish in New Mexico mountains
Two search parties renewed at daybreak for three pinion nut gatherers lost during a snow storm in the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque. Authorities say 12 year old Jose Chavez may not be separated from the main group. a landslide in Juan Tabo Canyon is feared. Elsewhere near Santa Fe, searchers doubt Facundo Romero and his 13 year old son Pedro will be found alive as winter conditions persist.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Jose Chavez
Sandia Mountains
Here
C. ©. Mason
Juan Tabo Forest Service
Juan Tabo Canyon
Facundo Romero
Pedro
Santa Fe
Boy Angelic Rescue From Fire Saves Two Women
In a smoke filled duplex at 2609 Arthur Street a neighbor Clyde LaGrone risked his life to pull two year old Naomi Fay Carlton from the blaze. Flames from an oil stove explosion gutted both apartments and spread rapidly. LaGrone then helped awaken Mrs. Nora Daugherty and her daughter Ruth who fled across the street. Wilda Foff also escaped after rushing into the Carlton apartment. Fire officials said winds up to 30 miles per hour fanned the flames as firefighters arrived to find the scene a roaring furnace.
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Fred Post
Arthur Street
Naomi Fay Carlton
Clyde LaGrone
East Twenty-seventh Avenue
John Eoff
Nora Daugherty
Ruth
Buford Carlton
Stinnett
Emma Lou
Naomi Fay
LaGrone
Eoff
Carlton
Dewey Morris
Amarillo Special Train to Portales Tickets Selling Fast
Reservations aboard Amarillo’s special train to Portales New Mexico are selling quickly for the trip Friday morning at 8 and returning at 10 that night. Local businesses including Herring Hotel Amarillo Hardware Cun ningham Floral Amarillo Gas and The Globe News are sending delegations to attend the Roosevelt County Fair and Tri-State exposition.
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Amarillo
Portales
N. M
Santa Fe
Tri-State Exposition
Herring
Herring Hotel
Amarillo Hardware Company
Cunningham Floral Company
Amarillo Gas Company
The
Globe News
Nine Convicted in Black Legion Kidnapping and Murder
Detroit reporters state a circuit court jury convicted nine men in the Black Legion kidnapping and killing of Charles A. Poole. Seven received first degree murder verdicts, two were found guilty of second degree murder, while Hershell Gill was acquitted. Names include Harvey Davis John Bannerman Ervin Lee Edgar Baldwin Lowell Rushing Urban Lipps Paul Edwards Virgil Morrow Thomas Craig.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Herschell Gill
Harvey Davis
John Bannerman
Ervin D. Lee
Edgar Baldwin
Lowell Rushing
Urban Lipps
Paul R. Edwards
Virgil Morrow
Thomas R. Craig
Facts Sought to Guide Texas Tax Levy by House
The Texas House voted 80 to 48 to form a committee of the whole to investigate the old andpecious administration and determine revenue needs for pension maintenance. Rep. A T McKinney of Huntsville led the move to guide levying taxes for pensions, while Rep. Clarence Farmer of Fort Worth labeled the pension administration's actions worthy of impeachment. A separate resolution by Rep Joe Caldwell of Asherton proposed a committee investigation into rumored teaching of communism in state colleges, with Speaker Coke Stevenson weighing a ruling on its scope.
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Austin
Texas House
A. T. McKinney
Huntsville
Clarence Farmer
Fort Worth
Pension Administration
House
Joe Caldwell
Asherton
Coke Stevenson
Caldwell
Cold spell nearly over says Collman
Weatherman H. T. Collman predicted the cold spell is nearly over with tonight's temps above 40 degrees and a lighter north wind anticipated tomorrow. Amarillo reported only a trace of frost and little crop damage, while frost is forecast north of West Texas again tonight but minimal impact expected. Row crops continue on the Plains and further cold waves are not expected for two to three weeks.
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H. T. Collman
Mr. Collman
Amarillo
West Texas
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity Today
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico calls for fair weather tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Frost potential in northern parts tonight. highs and lows range around 37 to 53 degrees in Amarillo through today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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