Rebels bomb Madrid for first time as war widens
Rebel aerial attack on Madrid wounded an unestimated number of people and caused slight damage to government buildings. The Soviet envoy arrived as civilians fled for underground shelters. Casualties were unconfirmed and the capital endured a tense, chaotic night amid shattered windows and fear of further strikes.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Denmark
Belgium
Turkey
Spain
Paris
Romanones
Madria
Associated Press Bureau
War Ministry
Goebbels welcomed by Italian leaders in Venice
Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels arrived by air in Venice and was greeted by Dino Alfieri the Italian minister for press and propaganda. Observers say the visit could seed a united Nazi Fascist front against Communist propaganda, while no confirmation of Mussolini visiting Hitler in September was reported.
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Venice
Italy
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Dino Alfieri
Berlin
Mussolini
Cole to Seek Recount After Three Uncounted Ballots
Hubert Cole, trailing Ted Blackburn by one vote for county clerk in the recent primary, will demand a recount. The county Democratic executive committee confirmed three additional ballots found in West Amarillo Box No. 23 Sam Houston school, though the tally sheets matched the officials’ totals. The panel said it had no authority to open the box and adjust the counts.
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Amarillo
Hubert Cole
Ted Blackburn
Cole
Democratic Executive Committee
Sam Houston
Democratic Committee
C. C. Gibson
Landlord Lets Skunk Family Stay in Attic Boarders
Midland reports landlord Harvey Conger declined to disturb new attic tenants a family of skunks. The lighthearted note ends with a Kansas City Bar Association convention selection for 1937 and next year's date to be set at a mid winter session.
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Midland
U.P
Harvey Conger
Kansas City
Boston
American Bar Association
Annual Fall Style Show Promises New Styles Downtown
Amarillo merchants unveil new storefronts and facades at seven o clock tomorrow with Carlton Scales orchestra, live models planned for show windows, and bold fall displays. Read Today's News Globe ads then visit downtown to see winter wear.
Church Editor Sees Modern Martyrs Outnumber Ancient Ones
Milwaukee August 29 editor Clifford P Morehouse of the Living Church says modern Christian martyrs outnumber those of ancient times. He cites dangers to worshippers worldwide and notes Russia may have as many martyrs as Rome from Nero to Constantine.
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Clifford P. Morehouse
Living Church
Russia
Constantine
Ex Senator Rallies From Pneumonia, Condition Improves
Magnus Johnson’s physician Dr. K A Danielson reported a very restful night and considerable improvement. Johnson remains semi conscious and is fed by intravenous glucose instead of mouth feeding as treatment continues in Litchfield Minnesota on August 29.
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Litchfield
Minn
K. A. Danielson
Magnus Johnson
United States
Johnson
Tot's cries rouse sleepers in blaze
A fire in a two story apartment house in Beaumont at dawn trapped residents. Screams by 99 year old Margaret McFowley woke her parents and others who lowered themselves to safety with improvised bed sheet ropes. No injuries were reported.
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Beaumont
Margaret McFowley
Margaret
Walter McFowley
Dern Funeral Train Departs Washington
The capital paid parting honors to George Henry Dern former Secretary of War with a military guard and dignitaries present at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. The Reverend Russell J. Clinchy led memorial services urging gratitude for Dern’s life as a Christian gentleman.
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Washington
George Henry Dern
U.S. Army
Dern
Roosevelt
Army
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Russell J
Miners Hunger Strike Deepens in Mala Dombrowka
In Mala Dombrowka Poland 200 miners enter sixth day of underground hunger strike demanding overdue wages. They chant a daily hymn of sorrow as a food truck nears the pit head and workers refuse all nourishment until payment is sent down. Pope Pius XI shows a slightly improved mood but rests at Castel Gandolfo villa after a brief decline in health.
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Mala Dombrowka
Polish Silesia
Pope Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pope Pius XI
Soviet purges prompt Norway note amid Moscow crackdowns
Aug 29 report says Soviet government moves against counter revolutionaries as it seeks to expel Leon Trotzky from Norway. Executions include E Dreitzler, officials such as Tabakoff and Pickel linked to anti Communist plots. Detained educators and writers face charges while envoy Ozersky denial follows recall rumors.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Norway
Tabakoff
Megnezit
Chelyabinsk
E. Dreitzler
Amogebelli
State Dramatic Theater
Pickel
Kamerny
Writers Union
Pedagogical Institute
Leningrad
Department of Education
Teachers College
Alexander Ozersky
London
Ozersky
Gregory Sokolnikoff
General V. Putnn
Russia
Trotzky
U. S
Oslo
Youth Smiles Defiance of Rare Disease
Seven year old Phillip Levitt smiles at his Chicago bedside as doctors monitor his rare streptococcus veridans infection described as a blood poisoning with death and drugs as possible outcomes. Dr. Sahlins campaigns for a blood inoculation from a recovered patient if one can be found, noting recovery is most infrequent.
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Chicago
U.P
Phillip Levitt
Paul A. Sahlins
Phillip
Sahlins
Norris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical
Lubbock Man Dies in Auto Crash Near Van Horn
R. C. Smith, Lubbock ice cream maker and civic figure, was killed when his car struck a culvert near Van Horn, Texas. Dr. T. L. Morgan, also from Lubbock, was injured but not seriously. Smith's funeral is likely in Waco, his former home.
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Lubbock
U.P
R. C. Smith
van Horn
Tex
T. L. Morgan
Smith
Waco
Roosevelt visits frontier drouth talks in South Dakota
President Roosevelt stops in Pierre for a Midwest drouth survey talking with Governors Berry and Miller on relief and long term federal state cooperation. Attendees include Senators Bulow O Mahoney Carey and WPA head Hopkins. Plan discussed to enroll 500 to 400 youths from drought families in CCC camps in Wyoming.
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Pierre
Roosevelt
Midwest
Berry
South Dakota
Miller
Wyoming
Rapid City
Black Hills
Bulow
O'Mahoney
Carey
Wallace
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
CCC
Robert Fechner
Drough
Eleven Men Escape From Penal Colony
Eleven exhausted fugitives from Cayenne penal colony in French Guiana landed at the Corentyne River mouth in British Guiana. Police gave them shelter food and clothing, and they will be allowed 48 hours to depart the colony.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cayenne
Corentyne River
Jewelry thief seized. diamonds recovered in Dallas
Dallas police arrested a suspect after store employee C. E. Pittman chased him and alerted Patrolmen C. W. Barrett and A. H. Wise. The quarry was found with 45 diamond stickpins valued at 2500 dollars.
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Dallas
C. E. Pittman
Pittman
C. W. Barrett
A. H. Wise
Women Pilots Run Second Lap of Ruth Chatterton Derby
Thirty two top national pilots including ten women arrive at Bowman Field Louisville for the second lap from Cleveland to Los Angeles. Miss Chatterton donates the trophy and travels with the group after a fuel shortage forced a landing near Owensboro.
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Louisville
Bowman Field
Ruth Chatterton
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Junior Board of Trade
Miss Chatterton
Cincinnati
Louis
Plane Lands in Sea Off Basra After Dawn Crash
The Imperial Airways flying boat Horsa carrying eight passengers and four crew was forced down at sea five hours after leaving Basra. An all day search failed to locate the crippled craft and its occupants, with authorities reporting the incident tonight.
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Basra
Iraq
Imperial Airways
Horsa
Doll-Sized 34-Ounce Baby Survives Premature Birth
In Salt Lake City doctors reveal a doll-sized 34-ounce infant is kept alive in a hospital incubator. The premature girl, born to 19-year old Mrs. Orbit Pehrson, two and a half months early, is reported to have a fair chance by hospital staff.
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Salt Lake City
Orbit Pehrson
Louisiana Sets Huey Long Birthday Holiday for Monday
Baton Rouge Louisiana will observe a legal holiday Monday in honor of the late Senator Huey P Long Governor Richard W Leche proclaimed Longs birthday August 30 a holiday but the date falls on Sunday so the celebration is moved to Monday and observed statewide.
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Baton Rouge
U.P
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Richard W. Lewhe
Long
Ambush near Mount Tabor Kills Two British Soldiers
In an Arab ambush near Mount Tabor yesterday two British soldiers were killed and three others wounded, officials announced today. The clash underscores tensions in the region amid ongoing violence.
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Jerusalem
Zv Wr
Mount Tabor
Rain Brings Relief to Panhandle and Plains Crops
Slow drizzling rains across the North and South Plains ease the summer drought. Areas from Amarillo to Tucumcari report half to 1.22 inches, boosting row crops and signaling an early fall. Cooler air and scattered showers spread into eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle with varying totals.
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North Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Canadian
Miami
Pampa
Clinton
Okla
Shamrock
Claude
Clarendon
Canadian River
Channing
Hartley
Dumas
Fritch
Berger
Stinnett
Tascosa
New Mexico
Cabinet reshuffle in Romania cuts Titulescu from government
Premier George Tatarescu announced a new Romanian cabinet without Foreign Minister Nicholas Titulescu after a long talk with King Carol. Titulescu, ill in France, was rumored on the Iron Guards list and replaced by Victor Antonescue. The premier vowed no compromise with the guards and to curb terrorism while excluding ministers friendly to them.
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Bucharest
Romania
George Tatarescu
Nicholas Titulescu
Titulescu
Carol
Victor Antonescue
France
Iron Guards
Antonescue
Russia
Tatarescu
Interior
Iron Inculetz
Valer Popp
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures across Amarillo and the Panhandle. West Texas and Rio Grande Valley expect partly cloudy conditions with local showers. New Mexico remains unsettled Sunday with varying temperatures and a mix of sun and clouds. Highs around the mid 60s to upper 80s, with a trace to a fraction of an inch of rain reported in the 24 hours ending yesterday morning.
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Inch
Boise City
North Panhandle
Dallam
Hansford
Sherman
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Panhandle
Oklahoma
South Plains
Lubbock
Plainview
Caayon
Lockney
Plains
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Snake Bites Man Reptile Dies in Burlington Station
A man was bitten by a snake at a Burlington filling station but the snake died ten minutes later. A passerby showed a four-foot reptile while the proprietor handled the creature and teased it before it struck the man.
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Burlington
N. C
Formosa Governor Named by Emperor in Tokyo
The emperor sanctioned the appointment of Admiral Seizo Kobayashi retired as governor general of Formosa succeeding Kenzo Nagawa who resigned.
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Formosa
Tokyo
Seizo Kobayashi
Kenzo Nakagawa
Braille Sheet Music Published for Crosby Theme Song
Hollywood announces a first in Braille printing as Bing Crosby and composer Arthur Johnston prepare Pennies From Heaven in raised letters and notes. The Braille Institute of America will print the sheet music to aid blind musicians, following a studio conference with soprano Mary Cook Cowerd.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bing
Braille Institute of America
Crosby, Johnston
Mary Cook Cowerd
Miss Cowerd
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