Die and Snow Stop Panhandle Banquet For Greatest Day
Ninety-one cross country runners finish the bunion derby lap in Amarillo as snow and wind hamper crowds at Texan park. Patrick LaMarr wins sprint finish ahead of Art Souminen and Andrew Payne amid the longest race from Los Angeles to New York, highlighting endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
Texan Park
Los Angeles
New York
Patrick LaMarr
Art Souminen
Detroit
Andrew Payne
Claremore
Oklahoma
la Marr
One drops out of transcontinental footrace field
David Davies of Sandwich Ontario quit the event with a stomach ailment during the 37 mile leg from Vega as the snow swept road took a toll on competitors. Mike Kelly Goshen Indiana Bill Bush Boston Andrew Gemmell Oakland Samuel Richmond New York and Anton Toste Berkeley California temporarily dropped out but were picked up by patrol cars and said they would recover mileage and continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Davies
Sandwich
Ontario
Vega
Mike Kelly
Goshen
Ind
Bill Bush
Boston
Andrew Gemmell
Oakland
Samuel Richmond
New York
Anton Toste
Berekeley
Cal
Marathon Race Feats and Favorite Payne
Ya Marr led yesterday while Souminen holds total elapsed time in the grueling marathon scene. Andrew Payne, Ranger Texas, is the favored challenger and appears free from common physical ills, gaining strength as the race advances. Arthur Duffy, famed referee and 935 seconds 100 yard record holder, comments on Payne and the event's pace and prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ya Marr
Souminen
Andrew Payne
Texas
Ranger
Arthur Duffy
Duffy
C. C. Pyle
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast predicts Friday fair and warmer for Amarillo and vicinity, with fair weather in West Texas and mostly fair in New Mexico. A low pressure center moving eastward over the Texas Panhandle brings rains across central Texas, Oklahoma, and western Kansas, with snow in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Temperatures range from the upper 30s to mid 40s, with yesterday's highs near 41 and a trace of precipitation.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Atlantic
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Yes- Ta
U. S
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Tucuncari
Fort, Worth
Army Aviator Eyes Amarillo Airport Site Options
Lieut. C. W. Cousland of Fort Sill arrived by Douglas plane to assess Amarillo airport sites. He toured the city with W. W. Childers, stayed at Capitol hotel, and praised Panhandle landing possibilities. His written recommendations will join other expert inputs in site selection.
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C. W. Cousland
Army Airpost
Fort Sill
Oklo
Amarillo
Lieut. Cousland
Army
Board of City Development
W. W. Childers
Capitol Hotel
Bivinsfield
Texas Panhandle
North Pole
Panhandle
Lieut
Cousland
Army Air Service
Schalitt Wife Seeks Custody Of Police Dogs In Divorce
Chicago April 5 Mrs Helen Schalitt seeks custody of three German police dogs in a divorce petition filed after a separation of three weeks. She accuses estranged husband Arthur Schalitt druggist of hiding the animals, causing her great pain and anguish.
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United Press
Chicago
Schalitt
Helen Schalitt
Arthur Schalitt
Massachusetts Death Mystery May Be Solved
Massachusetts officials say they may have solved the murder of Marguerite Stewart, a Beverly School for the Deaf teacher. Frederick H. Knowlton, a 34 year old Framingham electrical supply dealer, was arrested after midnight and charged with murder. He admitted seeing Miss Stewart on Thursday nights and that she visited Framingham last Thursday. Police note he washed his car with chloride of lime after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Marguerite Stewart
Beverly
Frederick H. Knowlton
Framingham
Knowlton
Robert T. Bushnell
Middlesex County
Stewart
Concord
College committees press fund drive for Amarillo college
Amarillo committees push fundraising for a Class A senior college to be established in the city. Col Harve Haines backs $200,000 for an administration building while the Methodist conference pledges up to $500,000 in endowment. Mayor Lee Bivins and associates donate 700 acres for the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo College
Amarillo
Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
Methodist Conference
Lee Bivins
House to take up flood control bill today
In Washington on April 5 the House will move toward considering the Jones Reid Mississippi flood control bill as Chairman Reid of the Flood Control committee seeks calendar placement before the House Rules committee.
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HOUSE
Washington
Reid
Flood Control Committee
House Rules Committee
Panhandle Dairy Show Draws Delegations and Dairying Praise
Delegations from Amarillo Tulsa Floydada and Plainview compete for musical honors as the Texas Panhandle Dairy show enters its third day with record attendance. Exhibitors from numerous cities join the banquet at the Ware hotel and discuss plans for a larger show next year while W L Stangel of Texas Tech extols the rapid growth and potential of dairy farming in the Panhandle Plains.
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Plainview
Panhandle-Plains
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Henry Ansley
Amarillo
Tulsa
Floydada
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Association
Ware Hotel
Panhandle High Schools
Mistletoe Creameries
Howard Ferguson
Bob
Amarillo Delagation Parade Honors Plainview Visit
The Amarillo delegation arrived in Plainview led by a high school band directed by Oscar Wise. The motorcade toured the business district before a 2 30 concert on the public square, headed by Col Harve H Haines, Bob Emmett, Wilbur C Hawk and other officials from the Amarillo Board of City Development and the Tri State Fair association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Delegations Gather for New Show as Winners to Be Named
Nicely paced Portales and Roosevelt county delegation led by Sam Seay and J W Wills arrived early with 139 people. Tulsa crowd of 200 plus, led by the high school band, praised Bob Anglin for weeks of work. Amarillo and Panhandle towns including Floydada Clarendon Spearman Lockney Ferdinand fields sent bands and contingents. The contest winners will be announced tomorrow with cash prizes from News Globe.
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Bob Anglin
Tulia Chamber of Commerce
Show Association
Tulia
Amarillo
Golden Sandstorm
Clarendon
Spearman
Lockney
Floydada
Panhandle
City Jail Hosts Unusually Busy Night For Guests
The city hall jail reported a busy night with fourteen registrations by 10 o clock. Officials noted heavy business after that hour, with many entrants appearing road weary from long travel. Some registered from California and fewer mentioned any link to Cold Cash Pyle.
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Pyle
California
Farmer Needs Program Says Rural Expert
J D Coghlan field supervisor for the Texas farm bureau told the Texas Wheat Growers association directors that the farmer most needs a definite farm program. The meeting featured talks by wives of directors on farm roles and marketing, plus a high school trio’s songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Coghlan
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas Wheat Growers Association
Phehe K, Warner
Claude
Wheat Growers Association
Grace Webster
Amarillo
C. W. E. Bergner
Texhoma
Okla
L. R. Campbell
Texas‘farm Bureau Federation
Texas Farm Bureau Convention
Amarillo Pioneer Mary Thurman Dies At 59 In Home
Mrs. Mary A. Thurman of Amarillo died at 8:40 last night at 107 Virginia Avenue after a long residence in the Panhandle. Survived by five sons Arch P F Charles W C Thurman of Amarillo O L Thurman of Dalhart and two daughters Mrs R A Rummer Hillside Colo and Mrs R A Black El Paso. Funeral at N S Griggs & Sons pending relatives arrival likely Saturday at Canyon. Daughter in law Mrs P F Thurman died at Northwest Texas hospital last night.
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Mary A. Thurman
Virginia Avenue
Panhandle
Amarillo
Arch
P. F
Charles
O. L. Thurman
Dalhart
R. A. Rummer
Hillside
Col
R. A. Black
el Paso
Thurman
The
Baptist Church
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Canyon
P. F. Thurman
Northwest Texas Hospital
Funeral for Depew Held Saturday in New York
Chauncey M. Depew dies at 93 after illness. Funeral planned for Saturday in New York with interment at Peekskill. A longtime railroad chairman and political figure, he was lauded as a keen wit and diplomat who influenced business and Republican ranks.
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Associated Press
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
America
Peekskill
N. Y
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Depew
Kansan
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Terminal
Depew
Florida
New York Central
Walker
Nickolas Murray Butler
Columbia University
William T. Manning
Episcopal Diocese of
Texas Cotton Chief Denounces Marsh as Gossip Trafficker
Arthur R. Marsh, ex-president of the New York Cotton Exchange, was denounced as a trafficker in gossip by W. L. Clayton of Anderson, Clayton and Company during the Senate cotton investigation in Washington.
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United Press
Washington
Arthur R. Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
W. L. Clayton
Anderson, Clayton and Company
Texas
Senate Cotton Investigation
Good Wheat Crop Nears Harvest Despite Shawnee Flood
April storms brought mixed precipitation across the Panhandle and reports from Amarillo and surrounding towns foretell favorable wheat conditions for harvest. Weather officials noted calmer trends ahead and Easter forecasts favorable, while Shawnee suffered fatalities and heavy damage from a cloudburst as relief efforts began.
Vernon Man Dies Trying to Save Brother-In-Law
A search party of over 100 men sought the body of C. L. Hill of Lockett Wilbarger county after he drowned while attempting to swim to the aid of his brother in law Worley Eason at Lake Pauline near Quanah. Hill leaves a widow and nine children.
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Vernon Man
Vernon
Texas
C. L. Mill
Lockett
Wilbarger County
Hill
Lake Pauline
Quanah
Worley Eason
Four San Angelo Buildings Burned
Four business buildings at Merton thirty five miles southwest of San Angelo were destroyed and several others damaged by a fire today. The blaze was controlled this afternoon after a fire truck arrived from San Angelo with additional hose.
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San Angelo
Texas
Merton
Here
Red Cross Aid Asked For Shawnee Disaster Relief
Shawnee Oklahoma mayor Neal Wimmer appealed to the Red Cross to lead relief efforts. Red Cross officials from Fort Sill and St Louis were dispatched to Shawnee to organize aid. The mayor reappointed the previous local committee as in the 4 year ago tornado response. Six known dead, 500 plus homeless, many injured and in distress reported by local chair Mrs Edward Cofer.
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Red Cross Aid
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Neal Wimmer
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Red Cross
A. D. Mudd
Fort Sill
Mra. C
Edward Cofer
Tornadoes Strike March 1924 Kansas Relief Appeal
A violent March 1924 tornado outbreak prompted an emergency appeal for sixty thousand dollars for relief work. Shawnee suffered about one million dollars in property damage while three lives were lost across Kansas and Arkansas as winds reached eighty miles per hour. Anna Green, aged 75, perished buried by wreckage, and 17 year old Dave Corfman of Chelsea was crushed by a falling tree limb near Topeka.
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Shawnee
Kansas
Arkansas
Anna Green
Topeka
Dave Corfman
Chelsea
Kan
Lin
Abe Lincoln Ticket Sales Open Saturday at Fair Offices
Tickets for the John Drinkwater drama Abe Lincoln will go on sale tomorrow at Tri-State Fair association offices, 3084 Polk Street. The six scene Civil War portrayal has drawn crowds in West Texas, Abilene, and other tour stops. the cast includes performers who appeared in Washington and New York. Advance sales are expected briskly from the start.
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John Drinkwater
Tri-State Fair Association
Polk Street
West Texas
Abil
Washington
New York
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Lieut. C. W. Cousland
Massachusetts
Bulletin
Lincoln
Stinnett
North Plaina Et
Kansas City
Joseph Campbell
Fred
Jease Cruz
John Lewin
United Prews
Abe Lincoln
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