U S Engineers Begin Survey of Sanford Damsites in Canadian River
A reconnaissance survey of the South Canadian River for the Sanford project begins in the Panhandle. Engineers from Tulsa, led by FE Mallon and G FE Shepherd, inspect three potential damsites near Amarillo, Plum Creek, and Sanford to update the 1929 survey and assess flood control benefits for the Panhandle region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Canadian
Congress
Panhandle
Sanford Dam
Marvin Jones
Canadian River Flood Control Association
J. Mallon
G. FE
Shepherd
L. D. Doty
U. S
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Conchas Dam
Mallon
Columbia River Basin
Grand Coulee
Sanford
John McCarty
Panhandle Water Authority
Clyde Page
Fritz Thompson
Homer Pruett
Borger
Amarillo
Canadian River
U. 8 87
Plum Creek
Sanord
Rock Island Bridge
New Mexico
Speedy Trial Sheds Light On Florida Girl Murder Case
Florida authorities seek a speedy trial for Charles Jefferson charged with the murder of Ruth Frances Dunn a 17 year old high school student. The Palm Beach County grand jury will hear witnesses recount the kidnapping attack and murder Jefferson confessed he enticed Dunn and Jean Bolton 19 to leave home for movie jobs and says he stabbed Dunn and held Bolton captive. Beth Collar 24 jailed in Miami may testify as a witness. Fingerprint sets prepared to be mailed to five states to link Jefferson to other crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fila
Florida
Charles Jefferson
Ruth Frances Dunn
Palm Beach County
Grand Jury
Jefferson
W. FE. Roebuck
Miss Dunn
Jean Bolton
Miss Bolton
Beth Collar
Miami
Miss Collar
Denver
H. W. Lawrence
More Louisiana Indictments In New Orleans
Assistant attorney general John Rogge announced further indictments to be presented to the federal grand jury in New Orleans on Monday. The panel has been probing alleged jury tampering in the 1935 income tax trial of political leader Abraham L. Shushan, who was also questioned by postal inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
John Rogge
Federal Grand Jury
Abraham L. Shushan
Shushan
Navy Lifts Stricken Submarine Squalus From Ocean Depths
The U S S Squalus was raised from 240 feet underwater in a history making operation at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Salvage crews lifted the submarine in a chain cradle using ten pontoons then towed toward shore facing a delay from an uncharted pinnacle and rising tides. Admiral Cyrus W Cole supervised the operation with plans to finish lifting and move the craft to the Isle of Shoals shelter as weather allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Cyrus W. Cole
Navy Yard
Ocean Loor
Isle of Shoals
No Word From Ocean Fliers in Transatlantic Attempt
Dublin reports no contact from American aviators Alex Loeb and Dick Decker as fuel runs out this afternoon. The monoplane aimed to fly from St. Peter's Nova Scotia to Ireland nonstop in about 22 hours, with weather favorable but no sighting by coast guard stations at Baldonnell noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
St. Peter's
Nova Scotia
Ireland
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Irish
Coast Guard
Baldonnell
Douglas
Corrigan
Atlantic
Fisherman Drowned As Tropical Storm Hits Apalachicola
Apalachicola faced 60 mph winds and heavy rain as a tropical storm moved along the gulf coast. Orin Croft, a Cecdiar Keys fisherman, drowned when his rowboat overturned while he tried to reach his fishing boat. Waterfronts and boats suffered damage and streets flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apalachicola, Fla
Apalachicola
Gulf
Here
Orin Croft
Cecdiar Keys
Connally predicts tax boost by 1941
Senator Connally of Texas warned that political maneuvering in the next Congress could irritate taxpayers. He said a general tax measure is unlikely in 1940, but by 1941 more taxes must be secured and expenditures cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
Texas
Oil Shutdowns Backed by Texas and Plains States
A majority of Texas State Railroad Commission members call for a 30 to 36 day shutdown of oil fields to curb price cuts and allow storage checks and market stabilization. Supported by Oklahoma leaders and regional regulators, the move aims to force price restoration and prompt a possible special legislative session.
Jealous ex-husband wounds socialite then kills self
Thompson Urges Special Session as ex-husband of Broadway showgirl Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolin invades a North Shore Long Island house during a quiet party. He wounds Carolin, shoots state trooper John Bush in the arm, then mortally wounds himself. Officers averted further harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Trooper
Smithtown Branch
WN. Y
North Shore
Long Island
Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolin
William Marcus Greve
New York
Lawrence Sprague
Man Higgins
Sprague
Mrs. Carolin
Trains Crash Near Denver Killing Conductor and Injuring Fifty Four
A Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive train collided with the Navajo passenger train near Alameda Avenue, killing Conductor A S Mock, 62, and injuring 54, including Roy S Scott, 56, with 53 others needing hospital care. The wreck occurred on a 38 degree crossover just south of the overpass, as both trains were behind schedule. Witnesses described a fierce crash and a black shadow signaling the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake City
Santa Fe Railroad
A. S. Mock
Mock
Pueblo
Colo
Roy S. Scott
Alameda Avenue
Denver and Rio Grande
F. F. Marlatt
John A. Carroll
Marlatt
Eleanor Roland
Omaha, Neb
Allene Eberle
Myron Eberle
Topeka
Kan
Ethel Prather
Hoosier
Phyllis Shaw
Moscow
Mae Skelton
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Weather notes show partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo Texas and New Mexico with little temperature change. Hourly observations list highs and lows around 68 to 69 degrees, with unclear timestamps and garbled labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Turkey Dressed Up for Fair Community Week
Turkey in Aug 14 19 hosts first annual Community Fair Dairy Show and Sale with cattle judging and educational features led by E R Eudaly A M extension dairy specialist. Burnet Phillips sponsors dairy show and contests with W B Hooser coordinating from Turkey High School. Red white and blue decorations plus a rodeo carnival and other attractions cap the event in nearby Hall Briscoe and Motley counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Hall
Briscoe
Motley
W. B. Hooser
Burnet Phillips
Turkey High School
E. R. Eudaly
A. & M. Extension
Army Plane Crashes at Langley Field. Two Fliers Bail Out
A Langley Field attack plane crashed and burned injuring none of the two aboard who bailed out with parachutes. The crash followed a deadly twin matted bombing plane takeoff at Langley yesterday afternoon, nine men killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley Field
Fort Eustis
C. T. Murrell
Air Reserve Corps
Amelio Lenzeni
Happy 33rd Birthday Celebration At Happy Texas
About 5000 guests attend Happy celebration marking Swisher County progress. Mayor Williams S. Miller opens events at 10 am as Swisher County Judge James T. Hale delivers the principal address. A parade features a cowboy bull fight by local children, followed by a Tulsa and Canyon high school band concert and a 3500 meal served by the Happy Men’s Business Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swisher County
Texas Panhandle
Williams S. Miller
Douglas Forhas
Happy High School
James T.hale
Tulsa
Canyon
Happy Men's Business Club
Harry Wood
Jack Sewell
Clyde
Axis Conference Prolonged Over Complex Europe Talks
Bechtesgaden Germany August reports say German Italian discussions on the Rome Berlin axis and Danzig will continue a third day due to complexity. Hitler Von Ribbentrop and Ciano weighed the Poland Danzig question as German press highlighted the dispute and forged ties to England and France amid warnings of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bechtesgaden
Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Salzburg
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Berghof
Castle Fischl
Rome-Berlin
Danzig
Free City of
Poland
Free City
Pomorze
Albert Forster
Puschl Castle
Forster
Fuerth
England
France
Reich
U S May Take Hand in Oil Negotiations
The United States government may soon directly engage in talks over Mexico's expropriation of foreign oil properties, though official confirmation was not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
United States
Oil tax urged to fund social security in Texas
Ernest Thompson of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission urged Gov. O Daniel to call a special session to impose a five cent per barrel oil tax for social security funding and proposed a 30 day shutdown of Texas oil fields amid sharp price cuts by purchasers. He warned Texas would lose 100 million dollars yearly to eastern oil companies unless the governor acts. He also announced a statewide radio talk and pressed for a permanent depletion fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Brenst O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
O’daniel
Sadler
Jerry Sadler
Thompson
Gulf and Texas
Sinclair
Oklahoma City
U.P
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Southern Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association
Phillips
Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Cities Service Co
Kanotex
Roy Johnson
Ardmore
Corporation Commission
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Topeka
Ernest ©. Thompson
W. Lee O'Daniel
Tartly
Lon A. Smith
Ernest C. Thompson
Interstate Compact Commission
Texas State
Ernest
Texas Railroad Commission
Fort Worth
Compact
Palacios
National Guard
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Aia
Logical
Cwirge
Donald Martin, Jr
San Francisco
Candy
Little Donald
Squalus
Hunsley’s
House of Color
Port St. Joe
Panama City
St. Andrews Bay
Choctawhatchee Bay
Fla
Valparlaiso
Carrabelle
Fort Walton
St. Marks
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Jupiter
Tarpon Springs
Gulf Coast
South Florida Peninsula
Arkansas
Illinois
California
East Texas
United States Supreme Court
San Antonio
Humble Oil Company
Edward M. M. Carolin
Charles la Forge
Milton Cox
Bruce Autry
Good Will
Clay Thornton
Ed Hardin
Mason King
Bill Reechler
Axis
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