DROWN AT WHARTON WHILE IN BATHING
Three young girls drowned at Wharton Texas while swimming in the Colorado River caught in a current swept into the channel Tillie and Verna Brendt recovered Anna A Banna still missing cousin of the other two Younger boys alerted neighbors as pool area appeared shallow above and below the town Authorities searched the river for the third victim in the heat of the day
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Associated Press
Wharton
Texas
Colorado
Tillie
Verna Brendt
Anna A. Banna
Break in anthracite wage talks in Atlantic City
The wage scale negotiations broke off at 6 30 tonight with a motion to adjourn sine die after a reported disagreement over miners demands and a rejection to continue negotiations. John L Lewis and operators clashed over impersonal adjudication as the conferers accused each other of wrecking the conference.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
C. J. Golden
United Mine Workers
Joint Commission
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Inglis
Warriner
Lea
Fishing Industry Laws Discussed At Association Meet
San Antonio Aus 4 Numerous laws to nurture Texas infant commercial fishing industry discussed at Texas Fisheries Association closing session. Members adjourned optimistic over industry conditions. Officers re elected for another year. President C A De Graffenreid of Waco said public now knows we are first sponsors of a sane conservation policy.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Aus
Texas
Texas Fisheries Association
C. A. de Graffenreid
Waco
Tulsa Man Finds First Wife Alive After Fourteen Years
Tulsa Oklahoma August 4. R F Overton a furniture salesman returns home to find his first wife alive with his current wife. He had believed she was dead for fourteen years and had remarried in 1917. He files suit to annul the second marriage citing the belief.
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Tulsa
Associated Press
Okla
R. F. Overton
Overton
Sallisaw
Oklahoma
End of Trail Near for Slayers of Three in Denver
Denver police pressed pursuit after a Sunday night shooting killed Mrs. Julia Stearns and her sister Miss Marie McCormick along with Fred Funkner and wounding Carl Perry. Bloodhounds from Colorado Springs trailed leads through the night, with authorities stating capture was imminent.
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Trais
Denver
Colo
Julia Stearns
Marie McCormick
Fred Funkner
Carl Perry
Colorado Springs
Four Robbers Escape With $70 000 In Diamonds
New York August 4 four robbers held up the east side pawn shop at Patrick Clancy and escaped with diamonds valued at seventy thousand dollars after binding two clerks.
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Associated Press
New York
East Side
Patrick Clancy
Rain Lifts Panhandle Crops Across Wide Area
Rain continued across the Panhandle yesterday with Vega reporting heavy showers extending toward Amarillo. Dimmitt measured about three quarters of an inch and forecasts hinted at more by midnight. The day brought additional totals across towns from Clovis to Dalhart, underscoring a moisture boost to row crops and grasses as well as upcoming fall wheat planting plans. The western region logged varied amounts, and the overall pattern favored maturation of crops and potential bumper yields.
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Panhandle
Daily News
Vega
Amarillo
Dimmitt
South Plains
Fort Worth
Denver
Dalhart
Clarendon
Wilderado
Adrian
Glen Rio
Rock Island
Jericho
Shamrock
North Plains
Santa Fe
Western Union
Memphis
Clovis
N. M
Roswell
Plainview
Perryton
Childress
Clayton
Lamesa
Happy
Ireford
Floydada
Farwell
Pampa
Newlin
Fate of Russell Scott to Be With Jury Thursday
In Chicago Avt 4 five alienists testified Russell Scott showed mental deficiency including paranoia and delusions of persecution. Jail guards testified he was sane. Fifteen jailers and five state alienists remain to testify. verdict likely Thursday.
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Russell Scott
Associated Press
Chicago
Crown Attorneys
Canada
Edness
Scott
Lee Satterwhite backs tax extension for drouth farmers
Texas Speaker Lee Satterwhite urged a special legislative session to grant a one year extension for 1925 state tax payments in drouth affected counties. He proposed a revolving loan fund to aid farmers winterizing livestock and preparing next year's crop, funded similar to the Brown-Crummer penitentiary loan and tied to a constitutional amendment increasing Confederate soldier pensions.
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Texas
Lee Satterwhite
Thirty Ninth
Brown-Crummer
Wife and Father Plead to Save Clem Gray Life
In Austin on Aug 4 the wife of Clem Gray appeals to the pardon board after his death sentence for murder. Dr W T Ballard father of Otis Ballard slain youth met board seeking commutation to governor Ferguson. Board reviews the case and may recommend commutation by midweek.
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Clem Gray
Associated Press
Austin
State Penitentiary
Huntsville
Minnie Gray
W. T. Ballard
Mount Pleasant
Otis Ballard
Gray
Ferguson
Ballard
Klan Wizard Files Suit for 150000 Against M M Crane
Hiram W. Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan sues M. M. Crane of Dallas and the American Publishing Co. for 150000 damages over an alleged speech before the Texas Democratic convention and part printing by the Austin American dated September 8, 1924.
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Dallas
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
M. M. Crane
American Publishing Company of
Austin
Crane
Austin American
Flood warnings issued for River Valley farmers in New Mexico
Dispatches from Duran New Mexico report flood warnings for farmers in the Pecos river and Rio Grande low valleys due to a central New Mexico downpour that began at six p m and increased. The storm created cloudburst proportions from the San Dia Manzano north to Fra Cristobal and San Andres ranges with acequias running bankful in Torrance and neighboring counties.
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Associated Press
Torrance
Valencia
Socorro
Lincoln
Chupadera Mesa
Oscura
Salines Peak
Grande
Manzano
Sacramento Mountains
Pecos River
Bohemian Girl Adopted by Edward A Browning
Mary Louise Spas, a 15 year old daughter of Bohemian immigrants, was adopted by Edward A. Browning a wealthy New York realtor. Browning filed the adoption papers in Queens surrogate court after a three week search that drew 12000 letters. He pledged to keep the girl's parents in Astoria and Prague unknown.
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Associated Press
New York
Mary Louise Spas
America
Aladdin
Mary
Edward A. Browning
Kew Gardens
Long Island
Rates Adjustment Asked by Corpus Christi Chamber
The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce filed with the Texas Railroad Commission a petition for readjustment of carload fish shipments rates within Texas. Hearing is set for September 8. Existing rates on packing house products to be sought for listed fish categories. Press reporter Richard Lee dies at 71 in Rosebank Staten Island after illness from infected tooth.
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Associated Press
Austin
Chamber of Commerce of
Corpus Christi
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
K. C. M. C. to Extend Line to Presidio and Mexico
Engineers of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railroad arrived at Alpine to survey the line from Alpine to Presidio and into Mexico linking Texas routes with lines operated into Mexico. Leading the group is locating engineer R. W. Cooper. Chief Engineer W. Churchill of Wichita is due tonight.
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Associated Press
Alpine
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Presidio
Mexico
Texas
R. W. Cooper
W. Churchill
Wichita, Kans
Fort Worth Postmaster Injured In Auto Crash
WICHITA FALLS Aug. 4 Ansorciated Press Dilly Moore postmaster of Fort Worth was slightly bruised and Dr G R Williams dentist of Fort Worth badly hurt when a car overturned two miles east of Vernon at 1 oclock today Both men were pinned beneath the big machine in the wreckage
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Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Dilly Moore
G. R. Williams
Vernon
Sixty Mile Levee Plan Approved for Rio Grande
Plans for a sixty mile levee along the Rio Grande in Hidalgo County, costing 1.62 million dollars, were approved by state reclamation engineer B F Williams. Williams said the funds are in the bank and work will begin within twenty days, marking the largest flood control project in the state’s history.
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Associated Presa Austin
Rio Grande
Hildage County
B. F. Williams
Three Die As Kansas City Building Collapses
Kansas City, Aug. 4. A two story brick store and apartment building collapsed during repairs, killing three people and leaving three others missing. Bodies recovered were those of J. M. Holliday, 79, and his wife, 76, and William Banks, a Black man. Foreman W. H. Fisher was hospitalized and four Black workers were injured.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
J. M. Holliday
William Banks
W. H. Fisher
Fabens Rests After Battle With Floods
El Paso area reports Fabens steady after a sixty hour Rio Grande flood effort. The town, center of the region’s cotton industry, endured seven days of rising waters with 200 soldiers and 1,000 civilian workers bolstering levees. Initial damage pegged around 490000, though losses may be revised as drains reduce inundation and staple crops recover.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Fabens
Rio Grande
Butte Dam
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Establishes Greenland Base
The MacMillan expedition safely established at Etah Greenland and progresses with air exploration of unknown northern regions. Two naval planes were put ashore yesterday. one flew successfully after assembly while the other suffered a breakdown with no serious damage indicated by today’s garbled navy radio.
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Associated Press
Washington
Etah, Greenland
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Reoiee
Navy Department
Governor Grants Two Conditional Pardons and Extensions
Austin August 4 Two conditional pardons and three extensions of furlough were granted today by Governor Ferguson. This is the first clemency action Ferguson has taken this month and reflects a cautious approach to granting reprieves while preserving judicial review.
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Associated Press
Austin
Govern Ferguson
Clement
Ferguson
Weather Forecast For West Texas And New Mexico
Unsettled Wednesday with possible showers across West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Mostly cloudy north and west with a chance of thundershowers in eastern portions. Temperatures trend up and down with a slight rise tonight. Total rainfall around 1.00 inches.
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Amarillo
Vielity
West Texas
Newday
New Metco
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