Panhandle floods strand tourists and close bridges on No 117
Flooding rains across the Panhandle strand tourists in Amarillo and nearby towns as roads wash out. A half inch to several inches fell, with a Blue Creek bridge washout on Highway 117 halting bus traffic and disrupting travel across the region.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Four Corners
Pampa
Miami
Woodward
Okla
Childress
Claude
Goodnight
Clarendon
Clovis
Jack Lewis
Blue Creek
Highway No. 117
State Highway Department
Happy
Canyon
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Unsettled to partly cloudy Tuesday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mostly cloudy with showers possible in extreme west. New Mexico unsettled Tuesday with showers and thunderstorms mainly in north and east portions. Yesterday's temperature highs around 65 to 69, with overnight readings near 60s. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday totaled 1.98 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Iaca
Three Slain As Negro Mob Riots In Chicago
Three negroes were killed and three policemen injured when a riot by hundreds of black residents erupted over eviction activity at 50th and Dearborn. Police mobilized reserves, dispersed crowds, and detained numerous suspects after ringleaders, named as negro communists, stirred the unrest.
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Chicago
South Side Negro District
Washington Park
Rose Warwick
50Th
Dearborn
Fred Graham
Martin Ernst
John McFadden
Killer Caught by Footprints on Texas Beach
Muddy footprints on a Texas beach aided the murder investigation of 18 year old Dorothy Doris Symon. Sheriff Frank Hunt compared prints to Newton Yarberry, 24, charged with murder. He alleged the girl was strangled underwater, her body found in seaweed and mud. Yarberry awaits preliminary hearing.
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Aransas Pass
Dorothy Doris Symon
Frank Hunt
Newton Yarberry
Yarberry
M'ADOO RECOVERING FROM HIS OPERATION
William Gibbs McAdoo former secretary of the treasury is recovering from an emergency abdominal operation performed last night. Dr Rexall Brown said he is resting well and there is no danger of complications.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
William Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Rexall Brown
Wheeler Case Heads to Grand Jury in Slaying
Wheeler County officials opened a grand jury probe into the Saturday night shooting death of John Belflower 37 amid a two month family feud. Melvin Walker 22 in jail on related charges gave no statement as the district attorney anticipated an indictment today. Belflower had previously been bound on $10 000 bond for the March 4 shooting of Melvin Walker Sr whose rifle attack on Shamrock main street followed a dispute over Belflower's daughter. Funeral services for Belflower were held at the Shamrock Methodist Church.
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Wheeler
Wheeler County
John Belflower
W. R. Ewing
Raymond Allred
Miami
Pampa
Melvin “Bus” Walker
Allred
Belflower
E. Walker
Melvin
Walker
Shamrock Main
Melvin Walker
Shamrock Methodist Church
Vanderbilt Divorce Suit Set For Today
The Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. divorce case was set for trial tomorrow morning in Judge Baxter Curter's court at 10 10 A M behind closed doors. Attorneys for Vanderbilt and Mary Davidson Weir of Chicago refused to reveal alimony agreement details, with early reports suggesting a possible $600 monthly sum.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Benjamin F. Curter
Vanderbilt
Mary Davidson Weir
Chicago
Dividend Declared by Standard Oil of New Jersey
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey declared the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share and an extra dividend of 25 cents unchanged from prior payments. Dividends are payable Sept. 15 to stockholders of record August 17.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Tax Proposal Sparks Texas Legislative Debate
Gov. Ross S. Sterling asks the Legislature to impose a 2 cent per barrel crude oil tax paid by producers. Hearings set to begin as opposition from oil districts grows, debate over fairness and possible graduated scales intensifies with nine days left in the special session.
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Austin
Ross S. Sterling
Jury Chosen in Hutchinson Road Suit
A Hutchinson County suit against W L Pearson Construction Company of Houston seeks 500000 for a 15 mile highway from the south county line through Borger to Stinnett. The total cost about 906000 and the county claims illegal warrants and overpayments. The case, moved to Carson County, opens with pleadings read and testimony set for tomorrow.
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Carson County
State aid grants approved for Amarillo area underpass and highways
The State Highway Department approved a $60,000 grant to Amarillo for the Fillmore Street underpass beneath Rail lines, with conditions for Potter County deduction from future allotments. A $415,246 highway maintenance fund was allotted to Highway Division Four for upcoming road upkeep, plus various state aid allotments to Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler counties for multiple Highway 75 and Highway 5 projects, with counties to share costs.
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Amarillo
State Highway Department
Fillmore Street
Rock Island and
Fort Worth
Denver
Potter County
Highway Division Four
Canadian River
Moore County
Amarillo Creek
Marymere
Carson County
Wheeler County
Shamrock
Gray County
Wheeler
Dorney
Hoover Returns to Work After Weekend Rest
President Hoover arrived at the White House shortly after noon from a weekend break at his Virginia mountains camp marking a return to duties.
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Hoover
Washington
White House
Virginia Mountains
Gov. Murray’s Father in Law Serious. Pneumonia Worsens
Bethany Oklahoma reports little change in the condition of A. D. T. Murray aged 62 father of Governor Murray. He remains seriously ill with pneumonia at a local hospital.
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Bethany
Okla
A. D. T. Murray
Murray
Murray Delays Oklahoma Oil Shutdown Order Awaiting Court Fight
Gov. William Henry Murray signaled a delayed executive order to choke off wells in prorated Oklahoma as oilmen press for time. He warned a Supreme Court test may follow and said the order would cite statutes and key cases. Producers kept flowing to maximize August allowances amid price hesitations.
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Oklahoma City
William Henry Murray
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
High Court
Murray
United States Supreme Court
State Capitol
Pleads Guilty in Roswell Shooting
James I. Welch admitted guilt when arraigned on first degree murder charges in the death of Rafe Donahoo, a veteran New Mexico peace officer. A preliminary hearing was set, attorneys to be appointed, and heavy guard maintained as tensions remained high in Roswell.
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Roswell
N. M
James I. Welch
Rafe Donahoo
New Mexico
Peck
Welch
Donahoo
Lynching of Negro Prisoner Reported Near New Orleans
Jailer L. T. Fontenelle of Ponte-A-La-Hache says a masked white mob seized and lynched Oscar Livingston, 22, from the jail and shot him near Dalcour La after he was accused of assaulting a white girl. The body was found 15 miles from the town along the highway.
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New Orleans
L. T. Fontenelle
Ponte-A La-Hache
Oscar Livingston
Ponte-A-La-Hache
Dalcour
School Taxes Cut 13 Cents by Amarillo ISD
Amarillo Independent School District reduced the tax rate by 13 cents to 1.02 dollars, with 0.12 for Amarillo College and 0.90 for other city units. The prior rate was 1.15 dollars. Budgets for both city schools and the college were approved for the next fiscal year: city schools 642,361.71 dollars down 45,717.34 from last year. college budget 65,807.25 dollars.
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Amarillo
Independent School
Amarillo College
Tragic Child Dies After Rocking Chair Fall
Doris Imogene Ware age 16 months died after a lead pencil pierced her jugular when she fell in her Snyder home. She was found with the pencil protruding from her neck and died five minutes later.
Port Arthur Mayor Indicted in Poll Tax Case
Port Arthur mayor J. P. Logan facing 20 indictments by a criminal district court grand jury in Beaumont charging him with paying the poll tax for Port Arthur voters. Co defendants include R. McFaddin and others. Logan calls it petty politics and says a different story will emerge at trial.
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Port Arthur
J. P. Logan
Grand Jury of
Criminal District Court
R. L. Murray
Beaumont
Logan
Phillips pipeline from Borger to East St Louis opens
The 600 mile Phillips gasoline pipeline from Borger to East St Louis will be opened Wednesday. Delays came from St Louis County landowner battles and labor troubles at East St Louis. Officials including Frank Phillips will attend dedicatory ceremonies. The line is paralleled by a telephone line and monitored by line walkers.
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ST. Louis
Phillips
Borger
East St. Louis
Phillips Pipe Line Co
St. Louis County
Phillips Petroleum Co
Frank Phillips
Weather delays ease on Amarillo Dallas mail line
Weather conditions improve after a low pressure area caused early tardiness on the Amarillo Dallas route. Dee Graham reports planes from both directions are expected to run on time as weather clears. a Western Air Express mail plane from Cheyenne was late in Amarillo but connections were made. Dallas to Amarillo flight arrived on time with mail onward to Denver.
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American Airways, Inc
Amarillo
Dallas
Dee Graham
Municipal Field
Graham
Western Air Express
Cheyenne
Wyo
American Airways
Denver
Western Air
Dalhart
Olin Roberson Goes On Trial for Slaying Farmer Gus Lyles
In Nocona on August 3, district court began trial for Olin Roberson accused of fatally shooting Gus Lyles, a local farmer, on June 20 on a Nocona street. Prosecutors say the killing was deliberate.
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Nocoma
Olin Roberson
Gus Lyles
Nocona
Lyles
World fliers quit attempt to beat Mar
Herndon and Pangborn yield to damaged wing in Siberia as the attempt to beat a mark is abandoned.
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World Fliers
Mar
Herndon
Pangborn
Siberia
Robins Jones Fail Storms Refuel Flight to Tokyo
Two daring air attempts faltered as pilots Robbit and Jones were forced down en route from Seattle to Tokyo with an refueling ship. Lindberghs’ pontoon craft rode northward toward the Orient while Allied crews faced heavy static and flight damage in Siberia and Hudson Bay regions.
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Associated Press
Lindberghs
Orient
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Clyde Pangborn
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Reg. l. Robbit
Harold 8. Jones
Noast
Seattle
Tokyo
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Baker Lake
Churchill
Manitoba
Amy Johnson
London
Siberian
Repairs finished for Hug Herndon Jr and Clyde Pangborn plane
A dispatch from Khabarovsk says repairs were completed on the American fliers Hug Herndon Jr and Clyde Pangborns plane at 6 40 A M Tokyo time. They planned to continue the round the world flight but weather delays across the north Pacific halted takeoff with no definite departure time for Nome Alaska.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Fiers
Hug Herndon, Jr
Clyde Pangbor
North Pacific
Herndon
Pangborn
Khabarooks
Japan
Nom Alaska
Fort Worth fliers halt nonstop Tokyo flight attempt
Reg L Robbins and Harold Jones of Fort Worth failed a second attempt from Seattle to Tokyo due to fog and clouds. After 27 hours aloft they landed at Ruby on their single leg refueling flight, resting 11.5 hours before the decision to stop the mission. They landed at Weeks Field Fort Worth at 7 A M local time.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Reg
L. Robbins
Harold Jones
Fort Worth
Seattle
Tokyo
Ruby
Scott
Amarillo’s Human Interest Page Offers Local Services
The Globe News markets its Business Service Column as a resource for home refinishing plastering paper hanging and general repairs. Readers are urged to consult the classifieds for experienced workmen and a wide range of tasks around the house.
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Business Service
The
Globe News
Amarillo
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