Plains rain ends drought across North Texas and Panhandle
Rain fell across the Panhandle and South Plains breaking droughts with amounts from a fourth to two inches. Amarillo reported light sprinkles and a 78 degree high. Lubbock, Plainview, Floydada and Clovis saw meaningful precipitation boosting cotton and corn prospects. Specific towns reported varied totals including .81 inch at Lockney and over an inch in Amherst, with continued unsettled forecast.
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Unsettled West Texas Weather With Showers
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas shows unsettled conditions with local showers Saturday and thunder storms in western areas. New Mexico expected to see showers and storms with little temperature change as highs reach near 78 and lows around 64 to 67. Precipitation for the past 24 hours ending 4 p.m. yesterday measured 0.10 inch.
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Lamesa Opens New Powdered Milk Factory Industry
Lamesa inaugurates a $200 000 powdered milk factory in a ceremony attended by more than 6 000 people. Smoke from the plant and a large crowd highlight the opening as officials from Plainview Big Spring Lubbock Abilene Amarillo and other towns participate.
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Amarillo
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Tohoka
O'Donnell
Seagraves
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Stig
Merriman Heads Strong Panhandle Fourth Golf Field
More than 800 players from West Texas and adjoining states compete in the Panhandle Fourth Amateur Golf Tournament at Hillscrest and Municipal courses. Manuel Merriman of Amarillo, defending champion, is tipped to face stiffer tests as the 72 hole event begins Saturday at 6 AM with pairings posted at clubhouses and prizes totaling 5200 including a Chrysler sedan.
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Amarillo
Former Oklahoma Congressman Herrick jailed for moonshine charge
Manuel Herrick, once a high profile Oklahoma congressman, lies in a Baltimore jail after arrest for manufacturing liquor while working as a handyman at a still. He says he rejected a $50,000 temptation in Congress and believed he was gathering evidence for prohibition officials.
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Maryland
Marion mob violence fuels tension after lynching two negroes
Anger and fear linger in Marion Indiana after a mob broke into the Grant county jail and hanged two Black men, Thomas Shipp and Abe Smith, as police and National Guard units pressed to prevent further outbreaks. State troops were requested by NAACP leaders to protect lives and property.
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Grant County
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William Oglesby
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jack Edwards
Camp Knox
Payne's Full Confession on Inside Pages
The full signed confession of A. D. Payne to murdering his wife June 27 by dynamite in the family automobile is printed on pages 6 7 and 8 of a 20 000 word record completed at 4 a m Friday. It portrays a mad man’s acts yet Jayne claims sanity and has stunned investigators with its chilling account.
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Gray County Votes Today on Road Bonds
Gray County voters decide on a $2,000,000 road bond issue in road district No 5 to finish financing Highways 33 83 88 and other paved routes from Canyon to the Oklahoma line. Backed by the Chamber of Commerce and business leaders, the bid follows a prior $3.5 million defeat and aims to complete county highway paving with state and national road coverage.
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Australia approves London naval treaty in housing vote
The Australian House of Representatives approved the London naval treaty today. The accord has already been enacted by the British Parliament and signed by the king.
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Sterling Opens Runoff Campaign At Hillsboro In Texas
Ross Sterling of Houston launched his run off bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination at Hillsboro, criticizing Fergusonism and urging highway bonds funded by a gasoline tax. He pledged fair labor treatment, anti monopoly measures, and tax adjustments while defending his highway bond plan as a major issue to be decided by voters.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Ross Sterling
Houston
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Ross
Sterling
Crawlers Compete For Oil Field Feat In Texarkana
Two farm lads and two young women crawl along the Texarkana road toward the Lenz Johnson discovery well in a humorous marathon. Gloomy Gus Kennedy leads the field with a 10 mile advantage as spectators crowd the route and the sisters vow to persevere despite dust and sore knees.
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Texarkana
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Lenz- Johnson
Gus Kennedy
Violette Grigson
Edith Crowson
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Arkansas
Clyde Etheridge
Jean Elam
May Convene Special Session To Speed Up
District Attorney Edw W Thomerson pressed for a special grand jury session to speed an indictment and trial of A D Payne the self confessed wife slayer in Canyon. Judge Henry Bishop supported rapid action with possible Monday indictment and midweek trial if Payne waives two days of service. Payne seeks no defense and wants immediate death penalty. Payne’s 20000 word confession details his plan and remorse only for failing to kill his son and wife.
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Canyon Toonfer
Henry Bishop
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Amarillo
Hutchinson County
Stinnett
Compliment From A B Macdonald On Confession Handling
A B Macdonald of The Kansas City Star praised the work securing the confession from A D Payne. He commended District Attorney Edward Thomerson Sheriff Bill Thompson Mayor Ernest Thompson Chief McDowell Chief of Detectives Scott and the team for their delicate handling.
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Bebout
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Amarillo
Moore
Henry Meyerg
Hutchinson County
Red Burton
Confession Climax After Attorney Pays Penalty of Truth
Payne, once named after his father, admits guilt in a sequence of confessional acts. He signs a 60 page confession at 4 a m Friday after a tense period of public and legal scrutiny. Reporters observed his final burst of emotion as he faced the truth before slumping in fatigue.
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Mine Tragedy Claims Seven. One-Third of Crew Dead
In Pottsville Pennsylvania Aug 8 seven miners were killed and 16 injured at the Gilberton Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company when top rock and debris fell about 500 feet burying workers. Rescue crews pulled five survivors from the slope. Only 23 men were present in the gang with 13 needing only first aid.
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Gilbertson
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