Grain adjustment asked by West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stamford August 10 The traffic department of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce filed an original complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case Industrial Traffic League et al v Abilene Southern Railway et al. It seeks relief from increased intrastate grain movements within Oklahoma to Gulf ports, a reopening of the federal grain case on West Texas rates, and a postponement of the orders' effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stamford
Traffic Department of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Industrial Traffic League
Et al
Abilene Southern Railway
Oklahoma
Gulf Ports
West Texas
Hoof and mouth disease is well under control
The foot and mouth outbreak remains confined to the immediate area of the first two cases. Officials say several contact cattle produced new infections but only two can be linked to the initial spread. A trench will be dug to slaughter hundreds of cattle in contact with infected animals, while the quarantine area between Trinity Bay and Clear Creek remains strict and the intranantine has expanded to three counties and part of a fourth.
Business Suspends as Denton Deputy Sheriff Buried
Denton, Aug 10 Every business house including theatres and filling stations closed during funeral services for Deputy Sheriff R B Parsons shot Thursday. Sheriff Fry and five deputies served as pallbearers. A special term of the Sixteenth District Court opens tomorrow to hear the case of W A Martin who killed Parsons after surrendering following a 200 round barrage at his barricaded home.
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Associated Pross
Denton
R. B. Parsons
W. H. Fry
Sixteenth District Court
W. A. Martin
Martin
Bequest Awards Over 2.3 Million to DePauw University
Bequests totaling more than 2.3 million dollars are left to DePauw University in Green Castle Indiana by Edward Stector a Chicago patent attorney. The will provides annual scholarships to DePauw for every high school in Indiana and other benefactions.
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Hy Associaton Press
Chicago
Depauw University
Green Castle
Ind
Edward Stector
Depauw
Indiana
Oklahoma oil man dies in Kerrville
Kerrville Texas August 10 Murray G. Haskell son of ex Governor N Haskell of Oklahoma died here Monday. The funeral will be held Tuesday. At statehood he led the Guaranty State Bank of Muskogee and later entered the oil business with interests in Archer County Texas and Smackover Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Kerrville
Tex
Murray G. Haskell
Is N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Haskell
Guaranty State Bank of
Mission Show Features The Little French Girl At The Theatre
The Mission Theatre presents Anne Douglas Sidewick's The Little French Girl produced for Paramount by Herbert Brenon with Mary Brian in the title role alongside Alice Joyce Neil Hamilton and Esther Ralston. Also playing is Gypsy Sweethearts a five girl vaudeville number that stops the show with lively songs dances and instrumental music.
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Mission
Anne Douglas Sidewick
Paramount
Herbert Brenon
Mission Theatre
Alice Joyce
Neil Hamilton
Mary Brian
Esther Ralston
Alix Vervier
France
Former Amarillon nearly loses life in Utah canyon
Louis Buswell a former post office employee and Gulf Refining Co. bookkeeper narrowly escaped death after slipping on a cliff in Ogden Utah. He hung on a small ledge for 23 hours before police and sheriff's deputies rescued him with ropes and horseback hoists. His brother J D Buswell aided in the rescue. He is married to Theodore Thedens' daughter and has worked in Ogden's potato chip business.
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Louis Buswell
Post Office
Gulf Refining Co
Ogden
Utah
Ogden Examiner
Buswell
Sheriff's Department
J. D. Buswell
Theodore Thedens
East 11Th Street
Fearson and Gilvin at Civic Club Meeting
Rev. F. D. Pearson of the Second Baptist Church and John B. Gilvin led a North Amarillo Civic Club gathering at the Second Baptist Church. Pearson praised the club’s spirit and progress while Gilvin discussed the Board of City Development and its work. He said efforts benefiting North Amarillo help all of Amarillo. Committee reports were presented.
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F. D. Pearson
Second Baptist Church
John B. Gilvin
North Amarillo
Heavy Rainstorm Downgrades North Texas Heat
A heavy rainstorm swept across north Texas late this afternoon, dropping temperatures from 101 to 75 in about an hour and a half. Showers were reported across the Panhandle, bringing cooler air after a spell of extreme heat.
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Associated
Preas
Wichita Falls
North Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo Debates Traffic System Ahead of Plan
Fred B. Bone urged action on Amarillo traffic in the city center. Opinions varied on a possible electric signal upgrade versus a boulevard approach, stricter rule enforcement, and left turn elimination. J. Ray argued 16 signals would require constant traffic policing, stressing storm sewers and other needs. L. P. Bell noted the General Electric overhead signal used in Dallas and other speakers urged gathering clearer traffic data.
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Fred B. Bone
Amarillo
J. Ray
Co. L. A. Rockemobile
Ben Short
J. M. Jones
L. P. Bell
General Electric Co
Dallas
Labor Bank to Seek Charter Today in Houston
State Senator Charles Murphy will apply to the banking commissioner in Austin for a charter for Houston's new labor bank. It will be the first labor bank south of St. Louis and west of Birmingham, with 110000 dollars in capital and surplus and about 1800 stockholders. Laboring men own 85000 dollars of stock and business men 25000 dollars.
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Associated Prep
Houston
Charles Murphy
New Labor Bank
Austin
Labor Bank
St. Louis
Birmingham
Resmol Ointment Promises Quick Skin Relief
A vintage style endorsement states blotches and redness can be dispelled by Resmol Ointment. It highlights soothing healing ingredients that reduce blotches roughness and unattractive skin, presenting Resmol as a standard treatment for skin health.
Excavation Begins for Lubbock Hotel Construction
Special to The News Lubbock Aug 10 construction started on a six story hotel in Lubbock with B C McCollum as teaming contractor who began excavating an 81 by 145 foot basement. Johnson Construction of Waco will handle general contracting and kickoff of above ground work once the basement is completed.
Rain totals and storm disrupt Amarillo to Perryton region
An inch of rain fell from Amarillo to Clovis with varied totals in Canyon Sudan and Plainview. A severe electrical storm knocked out about 125 telephones, most restored by Monday. Perryton reported 1.04 inches, countywide rain and two inch portions. Harvest season moisture trends favor better row crops and fall wheat planting as acreage is steady and ground work improves.
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Amarillo
Clovis
Canyon
Post
Lubbock
Sudan
Plain View
Perryton
Orhiltree County
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George O’brien
Fili
Jacqueline Logan
Clive Brooks
Harry Langdon
California
Barnes Highlands
W. Letney Barnes
Bivins Bldg
Relief Institute of Industrial Research
Rex
North
Texas
United States
Polk
Associated Variety Co., Inc
J. M. Radford Grocery CO
Abilene
Lubbock Hotel
Adolph Tukor
Jesse & Lasky
Fee
Haist
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Bayonne
N. J
Keg
Pat
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