Lightning Strikes Amarillo Home Of City Manager
Lightning hit Jeff Bartlett’s two story brick residence at 1620 Lipscomb during a rainstorm. Firefighters faced quagmires as unpaved streets filled with mud delaying access. The blaze destroyed the upper floor. the loss is estimated at about 15 000 dollars with the home valued around 10 000 and contents 6 000. The Bartletts were away but later reunited and stayed with friends for the night.
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Jeff Bartlett
Lipscomb Street
Amarillo
Mr. Bartlett
Billy
Bartlett
Mrs. Bartlett
Ong Street
R. B.taylor
J. R. Allen
Lipscomb
Taylor and
Allen
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area
The forecast calls for Tuesday thundershowers in Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies across West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures remain generally seasonal as a high pressure pattern and moisture from the Missouri valley influence a chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Missouri Valley
Florida
New York
Wyoming
Colorado
Texas Panhandle
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Amarillo Yester
Donley County seeks routing change before highway bond vote
Donley County residents press for restoring official routing of the Amarillo to Fort Worth highway through Hedley Giles and Lelia Lake before bond approval. The campaign aims to close a route gap and spark a county wide education effort, with a favorable vote anticipated once routing is corrected. Separately, Secretary Kellogg blocks a goodwill flight to Mexico City deeming it not in national interests.
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Clarendon
Texas
Donley
Amarillo
Fort Worth
State Highway Department
Hedley
Giles
Lelia Lake
Board of County Commissioners
Armstrong
Childress
Childress County
Donley County
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Houston
Mexico City
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
Frank B. Kellogg
T. L. Evans
Kellogg
Republic
Flooding threatens sixty thousand Arkansas acres in Desha and Chicot
The Arkansas river breaking through old Pendleton and Medford levees will flood sixty thousand acres in Desha and Chicot counties. R Rice Warner, secretary of the Arkansas flood commission, estimated the impact tonight. Seven northeast Louisiana parishes are also expected to be affected.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Desha
Chicot Counties
Pendleton
Medford
R. Rice Warner
Arkansas Flood Commission
Louisiana
New Officers Named for Claude W. M. U
Claude W M U announces its newly elected officers Mrs J L Bagwell is president again Mrs C E Kight takes secretary post Mrs G E B Caldwell becomes treasurer Ida M Thomas serves as press reporter and Mrs Gregory is listed as pianist in Claude August report
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Claude
J. L. Bagwell
C. E. Kight
G. EB. Caldwell
Ida M. Thomas
Gregory
Plans for aeronautics program at Texas Tech discussed
Dallas August 8 plans discussed at Texas Technological College board meeting include adding a modern aeronautics course, hiring 35 new faculty, and awarding contracts for a home economics building and the first agricultural unit. Negotiations proceed with the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce for a landing field and flying site. Governor Moody and Col Lindbergh may visit later.
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Associated Press
Dallas
A_ modern school of aeronautics
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
P. W. Horn
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Horn
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Lindbergh
Texas
Governor Moody
W. J. McMillan
J. W. Maxey
Operators Decide to Curb Seminole Oil Flow
Tulsa Aug 8 United in their determination to curb the Greater Seminole oil flow operators of the district at a special meeting here today again declared their adherence to the conservation plan put into effect last Friday and agreed that it would be continued.
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Tulsa
Okla
County Approves West Route for Oil Road Project
County commissioners accepted the jury of view's report to build the oil field highway to the Four Corners, approving a route that aids mineral, oil and agricultural access in Potter and neighboring counties. They set tax rates, renewed Tri-State Fair terms, and reviewed damage claims along Amarillo to Four Corners.
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Jury of View
Four Corners
Amarillo
View
Hutchinson
Moore
Carson
Potter Counties
Potter County
Carson County
Will M. Benton
Jury
Court House
Texas Park
Common
Bushland County
Heavy rains sweep Panhandle cities in Texas
Widespread rainfall was reported in Amarillo and across the Panhandle after an electric storm. Amarillo received about one inch, with rain continuing at 11 pm. Railroads centered in Anartié noted about an inch over a large Panhandle area, rail traffic undisturbed. Santa Fe lines recorded one inch from Borger to Texaco, limited eastern Panhandle rain. Fort Worth and Denver officials logged over an inch north to Texline, with no south section reports yet.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Anartié
Santa Fe
Borger
Texaco
Panhand
Highway Nine meeting set for Tahoka delegates named soon
Delegations from Panhandle Plains cities along the Amarillo to San Angelo route will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. in Tahoka for a conference on developing Highway Nine. Hardin leads the Amarillo delegation. others expected include Plainview Tulsa Hale Center Lubbock Kress Happy Canyon and more. Luncheon will be provided at noon by the Tahoka Kiwanis with planned entertainment for visitors.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
San Angelo
Tahoka
Hardin
Transportation Committee
Board of
City Development
Dallas to Los Angeles Passenger Line Planned With Stops
Fort Worth Aug 8 Any aerial passenger line between Los Angeles and Dallas with stops at El Paso Breckenridge Abilene Sweetwater Big Spring and Fort Worth likely will be established by year’s start says B B Buckeridge manager of the manufacturers and wholesalers association.
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Fort Worth
Los Angeles
Dallas
el Paso
Breckenridge
Abilene
Sweetwater
Big Spring
B. B. Buckeridge
Manufacturers’ and Wholesalers Association
Spearman Fails Two-Thirds Vote in County Seat Election
Official count: Spearman 657 to Hansford 363, short by 23 votes for two-thirds majority. Unofficial tallies exceeded, but challenge persists in state supreme court. Contested grounds include local election law and possible second vote, with opponents from Hansford County bankers and residents mobilizing opposition to the move.
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Spearman
Hansford
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Hansford County
Northwest Texas Methodist Girls Camp Opens Near Canyon
Two hundred girls are set to attend the annual encampment of the Northwest Texas Methodist conference, 21 miles southeast of Canyon. Mrs. Tom C. Deleney of Memphis oversees preparations as the auditorium goes up and the cornerstone is laid Sunday. Dr. RB. E. Morgan of Amarillo will direct the ceremonies. The camp runs for three weeks.
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Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Canyon
Tom C. Deleney
Memphis
Amarillo
RB. BE. L. Morgan
New Trial Denied in Sacco and Vanzetti Case
A Boston court, August 8, denied a new trial for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti and took under advisement their petition to revoke sentence and stay execution. Judge Webster Thayer refused a second request for a new trial, but will consider the revocation and stay plea filed after defense and prosecution conference. Justice George A. Sanderson previously ruled the court had no authority to grant a stay and dismissed habeas corpus questions.
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The
Associated Prensa
Boston
South Braintree
Thayer
Dedham
Sacco
Vanzetti
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Arthur D. Hill
Fuller
William G. Thompson
George A. Sanderson
Suffolk County
Justice Sanderson
Drouhin and Levine Sign New Contract
Paris August 8 Charles A Levine and Maurice Drouhin signed a new contract for the Paris to New York flight. Drouhin will receive 100000 francs for a year from July 7 plus half profits from motion pictures and stories. Levine will fund 300000 francs for Drouhin's wife if the flight is lost, with monthly 10000 francs for six months.
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles A. Levine
Maurice Drouhin
Levine
New York
Drouhin
Bank of France
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