Drouth relief on agenda as Tugwell and others plan visit
Central States citizens await Amarillo meetings where a regional committee will map drought relief. Dr Rexford Tugwell heads a party of eight officials including Morris Cooke Frederick Fowler and Col Richard Moore to inspect drought conditions and data in sessions led by Dean H Umberger.
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George May
Drouth
Central States
Amarillo
Roosevelt
Dreath Commission
Rexford G. Tugwell
Agriculture
Resettlement Administration
Tugwell
Brain Trust
Morris L. Cooke
Rural Electrification Administration
Frederick M. Fowler
National Resources Committee
Col. F. C. Harrington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Richard C. Moore
U. S. Army Engineers
Dean H. Umberger
Manhattan
Kan
Spanish government orders socialization of industry in revolt
Madrid reports new socialization steps as government troops clash with Fascist rebels. Oil and tobacco industries are confiscated and run by workers under state control. A decree bans securities trading and real estate transfers to prevent rebels from funding arms. Rebels driven back in continued daylong fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Manuel Azanza
Alfonso
Iran
San Sebastian
Tomorrow Is Shopper's Big Bargain Day in Amarillo
Amarillo merchants announce Monday as the great Dollar Day with city wide sales on clearances and new fall stock. Display ads highlight striking values and urge shoppers to come early to grab the best bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Sunday News - Globe
Two Negro Convicts Shot by Posse in Texas Chase
Aug 15 report states two black men fleeing from Sugarland Central Prison Farm were killed by a posse led by Ranger Captain Hardy Purvis near Cornell Switch in Angelina County after they fired on Constable Karl Pryor from a car in Cherokee County. The men were unidentified initially and were cornered two miles south of Wells.
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Lufkin
Sugarland
Here
Karl Pryor
Cherokee County
Hardy Purvis
Cornell Switch
Wells
Angelina County
Purvis
Relatives Claim Copper Mine Dead Near Elko Nevada
Relatives claim the six men who died in a gas filled shaft at Mountain City Copper Company mine in northern Nevada. A coroner jury seeks to fix responsibility as rescue crews recovered the last two bodies from the 600 foot level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Nev
Mountain City
Nevada
Social Justice Union elects radio priest
The National Union for Social Justice named Rev. Charles E. Coughlin of Detroit its first president and endorsed Rep. William Lemke and Thomas C. O’Brien for president and vice president. Coughlin holds complete control under a new constitution and appointed key committees. One delegate voted no as Lemke and O’Brien were endorsed amid a noisy demonstration.
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Cleveland
National Union For Social Justice
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
William Lemke
North Dakota
Thomas C. O’brien
New Union Party
Lemke
O'Brien
Coughlin
Thundering freight train kills 22 at Quebec crossing
In Louisville Quebec a freight train struck a large truck carrying 43 passengers at an open grade crossing killing 22 and injuring 12. Many victims were flung into the ditch or under the wheels as improvised morgues took the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Que
Thieves Roll Up Sidewalks Here
A St Paul woman Nellis Norris reports sidewalk thefts around her home. Thieves first took half the sidewalk one night and returned the next night to cart away the rest. The incident is described in a letter to Police Chief Clinton Hackett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
Nellis Norris
Clinton Hackett
Postmaster given six year term in Hamm kidnapping case
Edmund C. Bartholmey former Bensenville postmaster who pleaded guilty to conspiring in the $100000 Hamm kidnapping was sentenced by Federal Judge M M Joyce to six years in a federal prison. Byron Bolton, also guilty in Hamm and Bremer abductions, awaits sentencing as the sole remaining Barker-Karpis mob member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Edmund C. Bartholmey
Bensenville
Ill
William Hamm
St. Paul Brewer
M. M. Joyce
Byron Bolton
Hamm
Edward G. Bremer
Train Kills Chick Herder Near Beaumont
Jim Jackson aged 60 was struck and killed by a train as he tried to frighten chickens from tracks near his home in Loeb. Witnesses said he did not hear or see the approaching train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Herder Beaumont
Jim Jackson
Loeb
Four Die From Gas Fumes At Odessa Oil Well
Four men were killed when gas fumes overcome workers at an oil well near Odessa. Victims are Bertis Magness Jack Hall Granville Torbert and D B Stripling. Magness was a former Rice Institute football player. bodies were sent to Breckenridge Abilene and Hamilton Texas.
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Odessa
U.P
Bertis Magness
Jack Hall
Granville Torbert
D. B. Stripling
Wellhead
Stripling
Breckenridge
Magness
Rice Institute
Hall
Torbert
Abilene
Hamilton
Tex
Mrs Vanderbilt Awarded 100000 Legacy in New York
Immediate payment of a $100000 legacy to Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt was ordered by Surrogate James A Foley of the Bronx in a New York court. The ruling settled a dispute with sister in law Mrs Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney over custody of the child Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, age 13.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
James A. Foley
The
Bronx
Motorcycle crash kills rider in Texas gravel
A motorcycle skidded in loose gravel near Cleveland Texas and crushed rider Leslie Gaddis age 19 of New Caney. Gaddis fell under the machine and died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Tex
Leslie Gaddis
New Caney
Gaddis
Heat wave tightens grip on Southwest as deaths rise
Heat wave pushes Southwest and Middle Plains toward record highs with 40 plus fatalities this week across Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. Wichita Fort Worth and nearby areas report temperatures above 100 while water bans spread as crews work amid scorching winds.
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Associated Press
Middle Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Tes
Texas
Kansas City
Emporia
Kas
Lawrence
Topeka
Lovewell
Concordia
Chicago
Tockford
Ill
Towa
Fort Worth
Charles Dewey McMurray
W. C. Nix
Three Miners Die After Slope Collapse at Lake Shore Mine
In Kirkland Lake Ontario three miners perished when a rock fall trapped them in a stope nearly half a mile underground at the Lake Shore workings. Five colleagues escaped as the exit was blocked before shift change.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Lake Shore
Russian pilots start new leg of Moscow flight
Teller Alaska August 15 Soviet fliers Sigismund Levanewsky and Victor Levchenko took off for Fast Cape Siberia on another leg of their 10 000 mile journey from Los Angeles to Moscow.
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Teller
Alaska
Sigismund Levanevsky
Victor Levchenko
Fast Cape
Siberia
Los Angeles
Moscow
Jokes Still Funny After 20 Years Says Temple Collector
J. A. Mc Elvey, who has gathered jokes for two decades in Temple, says he has not found a new one but notes they remain as funny as ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
J. A. McElvey
Lionel Barrymore Urges Young Actors to Remain Unmarried
Hollywood report notes Lionel Barrymore, a happily married actor, counsels young actors to avoid marriage for five years to focus on stardom. He claims marriage distracts from a rising film career, arguing it is a bigger job to balance both than to pursue fame. Robert Taylor is cited as influenced by Barrymore's stance.
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Hollywood
Calif
Lionel Barrymore
Barrymore
Robert Taylor
Lies or Shouts in Hewitt Case Spark Courtroom Controversy
In San Francisco on August 15, Russell P. Tyler, attorney for heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt, denounced prosecutors as making damnable lies that Hewitt was an innocent tool in an extortion plot. The remarks occurred on the first day of the trial of Drs. Tilton E. Tillman and Samuel Boyd, who face conspiracy to commit mayhem charges in a $500,000 civil suit linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel Boyd
Tyler
Miss Hewitt
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
General forecast shows fair conditions for Sunday and Monday in West Texas and New Mexico. Amarillo area: temperatures generally rise through the day with a mix of sun and increasing clouds. chances of thunder showers limited to the northwest portion of the state.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Yesorday
Cain Resigns Police Post in Amarillo
Clark Cain a 13 year Amarillo police detective captain submitted his resignation to Chief W R McDowell. Cain a former city police chief held the post 13 years and would not speak on the move as city officials were away. Action on the resignation likely at the next city commission session.
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Clark Cain
Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
Cain
Chief McDowell
H. R. Smith
Ross D. Rogers
Typhoon strikes Philippines. ships driven aground
A severe typhoon hit the northern Philippines as two ships were driven aground and sent SOS calls. A typhoon signal was hoisted at Aparri for the first time in weather bureau history, while crews warned fishing boats and the Cayagan valley flood area.
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Manila
Philippine
Weather Bureau
Aparri
Luzon
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Fathomer
Tewated
Cayayan River
Cayagan Valley
Allred Goes Off for Texas Vacation From Desk
Gov. James V. Allred voted an absentee ballot and cleared his desk today as he prepared for a week long vacation in Texas. The exact destination was not announced.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Sweetwater Slayer Confesses and Leads to Body in Lake
Clarence Duncan a 26 year old farmer from Trent in Taylor County confessed to murder and guided officers to the weighted body of G H Jones a middle aged filling station operator in Lake Sweetwater Jones disappeared Tuesday night and his car with lights burning was found between here and Trent Officers found a struggle scene and Jones false teeth near the car Duncan was charged with murder. Also charged are his 19 year old bride and her brother Winiford Allen of Stamford. Duncan said Jones had tried to induce his wife to leave her husband and offered him $100 to leave the country. He said he and Jones fought after meeting where the car was found.
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Sweetwater
Clarence Duncan
Trent
Taylor County
G. H. Jones
Lake Sweetwater
Jones
Here
Duncan
Winiford Allen
Stamford
Marland Orders Extradition To Return Chilton To Granite
Governor Marland directs extradition of Carlton Chilton, 22 year fugitive from the Granite Reformatory, after Ohio authorities found him living as a respected citizen in Cleveland. Lawyers anticipate a legal fight over the Oklahoma extradition demand.
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Lawton
Okla
B. W. Marland
Carlton Chilton
Cleveland
Granite Reformatory
Chilton
Oklahoma Institution
Fred Cunningham
Fred Hunt
Charles Daley
State Crime Bureau
Marland
Cunningham
Oklahoma
Ohio
Hunt
Reformatory
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Drouth “Physicians
France
Sylvester V. McMahon
Center
Martin L. Sweeney
Social Justice Union
Vanderbilt
Lionel
Ann
FORCE
Philippines
Allred
Lake
Marl
Daley
Jean Valjean
Federal Reformatory
Granite
W.P
Henry J. Zeteer
Zetzer
James EB. Conners, Jr
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