Reward Offered for Webb Family Disappearance in Texas
William Webb of Plainview offers 500 reward for information on his wife Bessie Webb and children George 9 Louise and Luby 5 who vanished after leaving Plainview in a 1923 Ford. Webb pursues clues across Amarillo with sheriff as reference, noting wife’s possible insurance policies and valuable papers.
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William Webb
Plainview
Bessie Webb
George
Louise
Luby
Sheriff's Department
Singer
Webb
New York Life
Chicago Democratic Leader George Brennan Improves
United Press reports Illinois Democratic leader George E Brennan is reported improved at John B Murphy hospital Chicago. He suffers from septic poisoning from an infected tooth.
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United Press
Chicago
George E. Brennan
John B. Murphy Hospital
Brennan
Amarillo Forecast Fair Weather Across Region
Weather outlook for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Wednesday fair with generally fair conditions across West Texas and unsettled conditions in New Mexico. Pressure remains above normal in eastern districts with a moderate low over the upper Mississippi valley and scattered showers in the central Mississippi valley and southern Rocky Mountain region. Temperature readings from yesterday show daytime highs around 90 with lows near 68 and no precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Canadian Votes Set Record In Local Election
Special to The News reports Canadian residents cast 624 votes in the city and Hemphill county totals exceeded 925. Farmers’ duties reduced county turnout, while heightened county office competition and more qualified voters boosted interest. Incomplete returns list results for U S Senator Blanton Connally Mayfield Owsley McLemore Cunningham. Governor Moody Hawkins Wardlaw Wilmans. Lieutenant Governor Darwin McCall Love Miller Parnell. Attorney General Pollard Terrell Jones State Comptroller Terrell Jones. State Treasurer Hatcher Harris.
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Hemphill County
U. S
Blanton
Connally
Mayfield
Owsley
McLemore
Cunningham
Moody
Hawkins
Wardlaw
Wilmans
Darwin
McCall
Love
Miller
Parnell
Pollard
Terrell
Jones
Hatcher
Harris
Little Change in Returns of Texas Primary
The Associated Press reports that Texas primary returns show little shift in state races with margins largely intact. Runoffs are likely for Senate and Lieutenant Governor. only the 17th district produced a possible runoff between Calloway and Perkins. Governor Moody leads, Mayfield widens edge in the Senate race, and incomplete county tallies peg total Democratic votes around 700,000.
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Texas
Coolidge Says He Will Run Country Right for Hoover
President Coolidge signals his major role in Hoover's 1924 campaign is to keep public affairs steady and help voters reward the Republicans. He will take no special campaign actions and expects little new policy due to a short congressional session. He doubts Congress will reopen tariff revisions to boost agricultural protections.
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Coolidge
Hoover
Associated Press
Superior
Wis
President Coolidge
Republican Party
Commerce
United States
Congress
Oil price rise to bring $9 million yearly to Panhandle field
Earl Calloway of Dixon Creek Oil tells Lions Club the crude and gasoline price increase will yield about 9 million dollars for the Panhandle field annually based on current production. He cites 69 000 barrels daily and contracts boosting income from gasoline and carbon black, projecting a strong rebound after 18 months of hardship.
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Panhandle
Earl Calloway
Dixon Creek Oil Company
Lions Club
Calloway
Dixon Creek
Cockrell-Mellroy
Mellroy
Mr. Calloway
Man Indicted for Slaying Found Dead in Alley
Benny Zion, indicted on nine counts in the slaying of Octavius Granaay for the 20th ward committeeman, was found shot to death in an alley behind a West Side saloon. He was partly buried under refuse and allegedly killed in the saloon before being dragged to the alley.
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Chicago
Benny Zion
Special Election Frauds Grand Jury
Octavius Granaay
20Th Ward
West Side
Zion
Former railroad head dies at 74
J A Edson former president of the Kansas City Southern railroad died in Long Beach California at age 74 He led KC Southern from 1905 to January 1928 when he retired and was succeeded by Charles E Johnson He began in railroading in 1867 as a telegraph operator on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line
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the Associated Press
Kansas City
J. A. Edson
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Long Beach
Calif
Mr. Edson
Kansas City Southern
Charles E. Johnson
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Standard Oil In 1 Cent Price Hike
Standard Oil of Indiana announced a one cent per gallon price increase for gasoline and kerosene across its territory effective tomorrow morning. The move follows higher crude oil costs and reduced margins on industrial purified oil amid several recent crude price advances.
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United Press
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Polish Flier Killed After Long Warsaw Trip
Lieut Kasimir Szalas, Polish army aviator, was killed when his Fokker monoplane crashed at the Baghdad airfield after a non-stop flight from Warsaw. He perished in the accident ending the long journey.
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United Press
Bagdad
Kasimir Szalas
Tdrome
Warsaw
Americas Interest in Franco British Naval Arms Plan
Washington July 31 The Franco British compromise on naval disarmament likely to be acceptable to the United States as a Geneva conference member. A reconvened preliminary Geneva conference is seen for autumn with a global tonnage limit and category by category ship construction plan. The issue centers on submarines to broaden limits beyond capital ships and aircraft carriers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Geneva
United States
League of Nations
France
Great Britain
Capone Gunmen Slay Frankie Yale in Brooklyn Killing
Police in New York questioned the son of a former Miami mayor as investigators link Capone gunmen to the July 1 shooting of Frankie Yale in a Brooklyn street. Four Capone henchmen allegedly bought weapons in Miami and returned toward Chicago but diverted to New York before the fatal ambush.
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Miami
New York
Associated Press
Fla
Scarface
al. Capone
Chicago
Frankie Yale
Capone
Brooklyn
Dodd
Manhattan
Parker A. Henderson, Jr
Yale
Tennessee
Floods Destroy Fifty Villages on Seja River
A Moscow dispatch reports floods along the Seja river washing away fifty villages in the region. The Lokal Anzieger noted the destruction occurred as waters rose across the river valley and displaced residents.
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Seja
United Press
Berlin
Moscow
Lokal Anzieger
Oil Well Blast in Wyoming Proves Fatal
Casper July 31 One man killed and another badly burned in an explosion at a Mid West Refinishing Co well in the Salt Creek oil field. Arthur Fidell 25 died while Clarence Jones suffered serious burns while trying to save him.
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Associated Press
Casper
Wyo
Salt Creek
Arthur Fidell
Clarence Jones
Fidell
Detroit cruiser search for missing yacht Adara off Spain
The United States cruiser Detroit searched off Santander Spain for the yacht Adara overdue in the King Alfonso cup race. Adara sponsored by Detroit Yacht Club sailed from New York on July 7 and the king ordered all government boats at Asturian ports to assist. The king requested latest radio reports from Cabo Mayor station.
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Associated Press
Santander
Spain
United States
Detroit Today
Adara
Detroit Yacht Club
New York
Asturian
Cabo Mayor
Charters Granted In Texas And California
The Corpus Christi Times and other Texas firms report new charters for Guerra Gin Company Rio Grande with 20000 capital, Central Office Building Company Mercedes 50000, Corpus Christi Times Company 150000, Edinburg Amusement Company no capital. In Long Beach a bank robbery at Security Trust and Savings Bank nets about 19000.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Guerra Gin Company
Rio Grande
Capital Stock
H. P. Guerra
B. H. King
W. H. Brennen
Central Office Building Company, Inc
Mercedes
J. Brown
Max Polansky
Edith Pomerantz
The
Corpus Christi Times Company
Corpus Christi
M. B. Banks
Houston Harte
H. C. Taylor
Edinburg Amusement Company
Edinburg
Ralph Plummer
W. A. Adams
Jon Petta
Long Beach
Cal
Security Trust & Savings Bank
Dawson County Men Elected As Club Heads
West Texas leader J. J. Thornton of Slaton was elected president of the United Club workers of Texas and Leon Ransome of Dawson county was named chairman of the Four H Club Boys and Girls Conference at the 1928 farmers short course. Thornton also heads the West Texas Four H group and led last year's joint conference. As United Club Boys of Texas president he will preside over the boys congress meetings. Attendance at the short course is the largest in its history, with strong interest across departments.
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College Station
West Texas
Panhandle
J. J. Thornton
Slaton
United Club Workers of Texas
Leon Ransome
Dawson County
Thornton
United Club Boys of Texas
Boys Congress
United States Congress
Republicans to Fight for Solid South
Senator George H. Moses said the Republican party will vigorously compete for the Democratic solid south’s electoral votes. He reversed a earlier stance and cited encouraging southern letters that Hoover could win there, while noting Minnesota and Illinois were safe and Chicago posed the main challenge in Illinois. He did not comment on Wisconsin or Lafollette state.
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Associated Press
New York
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Hoover
South
New England
New Jersey
Minnesota
Illinois
Chicago
Wisconsin
Lafollete
Jimmy Walker Misses St. Paul Stop
United Press reports Jimmy Walker famed as the late mayor of New York was delayed beyond his usual schedule. A Democratic delegation met his expected arrival in St. Paul but learned he chose to extend his stay in Canada for 24 more hours and would land tonight.
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United Press
ST. Paul, Minn
Jimmy Walker
New York
Walker
Canada
Woman Candidate for Governor Threatens To Contest Election
Edith N. Wilmans, defeated gubernatorial candidate, alleged her name was omitted from ballots in six counties and said she would contest the primary. She blamed judges and party officials for suppressing votes and urged a recount to show no legal majority was cast.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Edith N. Wilmans
Executive Committee
Italian airship survivors honored across northern Italy
The Italia expedition survivors and Vincenzo Nobile were greeted with nationwide celebrations from Brenner Pass to Bologna. Crowds cheered Vigli eri and others as trains halted at Milan and Trento, while officials in Rome welcomed them with flowers and formal homage.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Mussolini
Bolzano
Nobile
Brenner Pass
Trento
Verona
Bologna
Florence
Alfredo Viglieri
Borghetto Santo Spirito
Milan
Italia
Guisseppi Biago
Foyn
Trent
Vincenzo Pomella
Ludovico Potenziani
Kellogg to sail for Paris to sign pact
Secretary Kellogg will sail from New York aboard the Ile de France on August 18 to reach Le Havre by August 24 and sign the multilateral treaty renouncing war. The signing date is not fixed but expected around August 27 or 28.
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Associated Press
Paris
Kellogg
Briand
New York
Ile de France
le Hare
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Star
Vernon Stiles
Hester Stiles
Los Angeles
Eloise MacGinnis
Montana
Texas Election Bureau
Senate
Oscar Calloway
T. P. Perkins
Col. R. Q. Lee
Perkins
Dan Moody
Earle B. Mayfield
Thomas Connally
Melemore
Day
Terrel
Davis
Garner
James
Marrs
Britton
Flynt
Robison
Jefferson Smith
Lon Smith
Lon Smith 415,772. Judge Court of Criminal Appeals
Morrow
Pierson
Court of Civil Appeals
Black
Patman
Box
King
Sanders
Andrews
Hughston
Sherley
Rayburn
Summers
Ray
McCalib
Standard Oil
America
Wyoming
Mo Tiny
Moses
ST. Paul
Viglieri
London
Jary
Poe
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