Lindberghs Land in Springfield After Kansas City Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh landed at Springfield Municipal Airport at 12 44 PM after a 69 minute flight from Kansas City. They planned a multi city inspection of T W A airlines routes, visiting Springfield Joplin Tulsa Oklahoma City Elk City Wichita and Amarillo, then overnight in Amarillo. Weather delays and uncertain plans affected the schedule with overcast skies and thickening ceilings.
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Springfield
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kansas City
Tex
Amarillo
English Field
Kergh
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Shattuck
Magnolia and Shell Cut Crude Prices Across East Texas
Magnolia Petroleum picks 25 cents per barrel for East Texas crude, a 50 percent cut from prior posting, while Shell reduces Fast Texas crude to 16 cents per barrel. Magnolia’s rate is 15 cents above many peers who trimmed to a dime. Shell cites forced price reductions due to proration orders and a need to protect overall industry welfare.
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Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
East Texas
Houston
U.A
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Texas
R. G. A. van der Woude
van der Woude
Mooney Trial Delayed by Demonstrators in San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 26 Judge Louis H Ward postponed Tom Mooneys trial to May 22 to avoid disruption from hundreds of sympathizers outside the Hall of Justice. Mooney, linked to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, has spent 16 years in prison and faces a long dormant indictment. Prosecution and defense prepared as Mrs Mary Mooney and Mrs Rena Mooney arrived at court.
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San Francisco
Tom Meonty
Louis H. Ward
Hall OF Justice
Portsmouth Square
Mooney
Mary Mooney
Rena Mooney
John O'Gara
Supreme Court
Ban Quentin
O'Gara
California
Wilson
Matthew Brady
Ward
Market
Steuart
Warren K. Billings
Folsom
Texas Senate Clears Path for Beer Vote in Afternoon Session
Texas Senate adjourned at noon to place two House beer measures on the agenda for this afternoon. A resolution for August 26 election on 3.2 beer legalization would be taken up first, followed by a regulatory measure for the proposed amendment. Debate touched on governor tenure and a banking bill as a protest erupted over who governs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas Senate
Senate
House
W. K. Hopkins
Gonzales
Jor Moore
Greenville
Clint Bmall
Amarile
Texas
State Highway Commission
Pat Dwyer
San Antonio
Dwyer
Ferguson
George Winnigham
Winnigham
United Press
Glee Club
Texas Christian University
Adina de Zavala
Lorenz# De Zavala
Republic of Texas
Harry Graves
Georgetown
Ly Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
MacDonald
White House
P T A Workers Honored At District Conference
Five loyal Panhandle P T A workers received life memberships at the eighth district conference. Honorees include Mrs. M. D. Maxwell Stratford Mrs. Claude Lord Pampa Miss Ona Manahan Stinnett Mrs. Vernon McIntyre San Jacinto Amarillo and Mrs. Ben Henson Amarillo. The conference also discussed safeguarding public schools from cuts in teaching staff and budgets, with Supt T F Huggins of Stratford urging community protection through education.
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Panhandle
M. D. Maxwell
Stratford
Claude Lord
Pampa
Ona Manahan
Stinnett
Fritch P. T. A
Vernon McIntyre
San Jacinto
J. M. Woodson
Temple
Home Education
Fist fight probe hears from Thompson M Cracken and Parrish
In Austin on April 26, Thompson M Cracken and former state senator Pink Parrish testified in the lobby fight investigation involving Rep Gordon Burns and oil man Charles F Roeser. Parrish said he witnessed the clash but did not see Burns kicked by anyone. Witnesses described a scuffle with multiple participants as Burns lay injured.
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Austin
Pink Parrish
Lubbock
Gordon Burns
Huntsville
Charles F. Roeser
Fort Worth
Parrish
Burns
Roeser
Fortis
James V. Allred
James P. Hart
Travis County
Texas Senate
House
Natural Resources Commission
Railroad Commission
Hurts
Alfred James V. Allred
Texas
Jack Love
Senate
Thompson
Ernest O. Thompson
Gold Found From Hampshire Treasure Hunt Reveals Kitchener Voyage
The salvage ship Europa disclosed the recovery of 15000 pounds of gold from the British warship Hampshire. The find marks the first authentic evidence that Kitchener carried substantial treasure on his mission to Russia in World War I. The venture sprang from a man seeking to clear a relative accused of aiding the Germans, with the names of participants not released.
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W. J. Earl
New York
H. M. G. Hampshire
Earl Kitchener
North Sea
Kitchener
Russia
Europa
Joseph Conrad
Hampshire
The Little Man in America and the Gold Basis
Arthur Brisbane discusses the impact of abandoning the gold basis on the common worker. He notes wage stagnation amid prices rising, and the burden on the “little man” during war, panics, and depressions. He observes market swings as Wall Street days pass with mixed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Call to Fight Booze Traffic at Amarillo Methodist Conference
Speakers at the Amarillo district spring conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South urged a stronger drive against liquor traffic arguing the press cages the truth about prohibition. Rev. J W Hendricks faulted media for not reporting liquor law violations and church efforts. J M Cook called press bias a financed deception and Dr J W Hunt of Mc Murry College was slated to speak at the closing session. Claude H Thurman sought license to preach with two other applicants to be considered. Delegates elected to represent this
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America
Amarillo
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
J. W. Hendricks
White Deer
J. M. Cook
Allied Forces For Prohibition
J. W. Hunt
McMurry College
Abilene
Claude H. Thurman
Canyon
Sonny Boy the cub bear to tour town this spring
Sonny Boy, a cub bear at Potter County Zoo, will be led down Polk Street by keeper Cy Timmons as he visits town. The cub, three months old, romps daily in his cage and naps in the den each afternoon. The zoo also reports Tabbie the bob cat has a mate and four yellow headed blackbirds were added to the aviary, brought by Bill Gunn from a Palo Duro collector.
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Sonny Boy
Potter County
Cy Timmons
Polk Street
Zoo
Tabbie
Palo Duro Canyon
Panhandle
Timmons
Bill Gunn
Pampa
Storey Said Ready to Quit Santa Fe Railroad
Reports in Kansas City and Chicago papers claim W B Storey president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe will resign. Samuel T Bledsoe would succeed him. Board meeting in New York May 2 will decide. Stockholders’ meeting set for Topeka tomorrow.
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Kansas City
W. B. Storey
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Chicago
The
Kansas City Star
New York
Topeka
Storey
the Tribune
Bledsoe
Santa Fe
Readhimers Denied Habeas Corpus Writ
J R and W A Readhimer father and son held without bail in Floyd County jail after the killing of Stokes Campbell 18. They were denied a writ of habeas corpus by the court of criminal appeals. Witnesses said W A Readhimer restrained the youth while J R Readhimer fired.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Campbell
W. A. Readhimer
J. R. Readhimer
Texas Senate Confirms 12 Appointments Including Texas Tech Regent
The Texas Senate today confirmed 12 gubernatorial appointees led by Miriam A. Ferguson. Included is Joe T. Sneed Jr of Amarillo named to the Texas Tech Board of Regents.
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Austin
API
Texas Senate Today
Miriam A. Ferguson
Board of Regents
Texas Tech
Joe T. Sneed, Jr
Amarillo
Oil price prediction sparks proration hearings in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City on April 26 the prediction that crude oil will sell for 10 cents a barrel tomorrow morning drew attention as hearings on proration regulations under the new conservation law began.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Oklahoma
Oil field owners plan response to price cut protests
Land owners in East Texas oil field and independent operators met to decide on a possible shutdown of wells in retaliation for major companies lowering posted crude price by 40 cents per barrel. The move follows a dime-a-barrel price general spread across the field as leaders weigh action.
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Kilgore
East Texas Oil Field
Local Showers End Drought in Panhandle Region
Rain and hail cooled Amarillo Tuesday ending a long drought. The forecast called for showers Wednesday night and Thursday. Amarillo received slightly over a quarter inch with limited damage to gardens. Nearby towns saw heavier rainfall including Canadian over an inch and Miami about three quarters.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Miami
Pampa
White Deer
North Plains
Dumas
Perryton
Oklahoma Panhandle
Liberal
Kan
Dalhart
Spearman
Childress
South Plains
Dallas Storm Kills Three as Flood Ruins City
Weather lashed Dallas with hail and a 50 mile per hour wind causing torrential rain. Police and volunteers recovered three women and searched for more dead while about 1000 residents were left homeless. Damage preliminary set at one million dollars. Names of the killed: Clara Cambridge Sibyl Compton and Alice Berry. All were Dallas residents.
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Dallas
W.P
Clara Cambridge
Sibyl Compton
Alice Berry
Destructive Dallas Flood Kills and Damages Large
Police report multiple missing persons in Trinity River lowlands as flood and hail devastate Dallas. Downtown damage includes shattered windows and wrecked signs while roofs collapse in residential areas. Bodies recovered include a Negro woman and Mrs Cambridge with Miss Compton, Irma Hicks saved after clinging to debris and recounting the car wash away.
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Trinity River
Cambridge
Compton
Dallas
Two-Year-Old Helen Vasco Loses Eye After Operation
New York report states Helen Vasco, aged two, is in satisfactory condition after surgery that removed her left eye caused by eye trouble. The case has drawn nationwide interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Vasco
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast shows Amarillo and Panhandle partly cloudy with probable showers tonight and Thursday. West Texas west of 100th meridian expects partly cloudy to rain, while New Mexico remains generally fair with little temperature change. Daytime highs reach 48 to 59 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Vargas Critically Hurt in Auto Crash Presidency Impact
Rio de Janeiro April 26 President Getulio Vargas was critically injured in a car accident last night his wife was seriously hurt government says ministers rushed to the presidential palace with the news.
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Rio DE Janetro
U.P
Getulio Vargas
Crawford in Person To Headline Amarillo Nat Dance
Jack Crawford the Clown Prince of Jazz will lead his famous orchestra at The Nat in Amarillo for a May Day dance. Wilbur C Hawk schedules the benefit for Potter County Library book fund with admission at 1 dollar per couple plus tax and 50 cents for extra ladies.
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Jack Crawford
Amarillo
Crawford
Better Homes Exhibits Open Tonight in Amarillo
The public is invited to the Better Homes Exposition at 911 Polk Street in Amarillo opening Wednesday at 7 p.m. Exhibits feature about one hundred local home building and furnishing firms with a two hour nightly program including Dave Derden's Junior Band and Bonnie Lassie orchestra.
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Amarillo
Better Homes Exposition
Polk Street
Barnard’s, Inc
Dave Derden
Bonnie Lassies
George Bf. Broome
N. O. Carder
Bill Day
Norris Ewing
Wade Brymer
Homer Wheeler
E. H. Petty
Jim Wiliams
Frank Litle
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Patsy” Holdridge
Claude Akers
Sanford
Sharon C. Inman
Magnolia
SHELL
P.T. A
North Sea Ship Hunt
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Wall Street
Methodists
Bear Cub
Samuel Bledsoe
Readhimers
Drouth
Dallas Storm
Brazil
Big Nat
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