Train Service Restored After Fort Worth and Denver Damage
Downpour sets S year record for Panhandle as heavy rains flood the Canadian river near Tasco and washouts affect the Fort Worth and Denver line. Three construction crews repair a river bridge, a slide on the north bank, and washouts on both river banks, restoring No 1 and No 2 trains though late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Denver
Tascosa
Amarillo
Rock Island
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Rain drenches streets robs News-Globe office of shelter
Heavy midnight rainfall flooded the north side excavation of the News-Globe building. Fire crews pumped out water and reduced the rise in the basement within minutes. A rescuer saved a semiconscious woman from a deep puddle on Seventh Street. Nationwide, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas faced flood danger with rising streams and threatened crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
G. B. Cooper
Jeff Bartlett
Rock Island
Amarillo
Seventh Street
Amarillo Country Club
Panhandle
Arkansas
Mississippi
United Press
Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity Thursday with some thundershowers possible in the southern portion of West Texas. General trend is warmer across the central Rocky Mountains while pressure remains above normal east of the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Texas
New Mexico
Rockies
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Amaro Yesterdav
Deaf Smith to Have Display for Fair Here
Deaf Smith county will send an agricultural exhibit to the Tri-State Fair in Amarillo starting September 11. The chamber of commerce voted to participate, with a committee to assemble farm products. Last year the county won fourteen blue ribbons and top honors for wheat, oats, kafir and other leading Panhandle crops.
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Hereford
Smith County
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
T. D. Moss
E. 5S
Ireland
E. P. Black
Panhandle
Treland
Tri-State
Deaf Smith County
Two Young Men Die in Chicago Gangland Killings
Two unidentified men found shot to death on a county highway are linked to Chicago gangland violence. Both victims were under 30, neatly dressed, and one carried $340 while the other had $147. A key to Room 231 at the Myland hotel was found with one victim, and two more unidentified men in that room are being held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Presa
Chicago
Myland Hotel
Irish Republicans Seat 45 Deputies
The Pianna Fair executive committee led by Eamonn De Valera decided that 45 elected deputies will take the oath of allegiance to the British crown and assume their seats in the Free State preliminary on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Irish Free State
The
Pianna | Fair
Republican Party
Eamonn de Valera
Free State
Paving of Oil Fields Highway Urged by Amarillo Official
A. S. Stinnett urged hard surfacing of the Oil Fields highway from Amarillo to the Four Corners to connect with north south routes through Liberal Kansas and to the Atlantic seaboard. He said the road would cut 80 miles round trip to Liberal and position Amarillo as a base for colonization and regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Four Corners
Liberal
Kan
Atlantic Seaboard
Panhandle
A. S. Stinnett
Real Estate Board
Great Southwest
Dallas, Childress
Denver
Fritch
Kansas
Rock Island
Prisoner Sentenced to Life After Two Years in Jail
W A Martin of Denton who had spent two years in Dallas county jail was moved to Huntsville to begin a 09 year sentence for the shooting of Deputy Sheriff R B Parsons in Denton on August 6 1926 The case was reversed then affirmed by the court of criminal appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
W. A. Martin
Denton
Huntsville
R. B. Parsons
Court of Criminal Appeals
Safe robbers escape with cash in Denver
Safe robbers fled from the Cullen-Thompson Motor Company office in Denver with 200 dollars in cash and 300 dollars in checks. The heist occurred early today as authorities began investigations into the incident reported by United Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
United Presa
Cullen-Thompson Motor Company
Enthusiasm Arousing Tri-State Exposition Prepares
Panhandle residents show strong interest as plans for the Tri-State Exposition move toward a September opening. Exposition officials report robust exhibit prospects from Randall, Switzer, Donley, Shamrock and other counties with livestock, libraries, fine arts and manuscripts featured. A Boy Scouts field day, two days of auto racing, and a World Amusement Company program are planned among events and attractions.
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Panhandle
Board of City Development
Bob Emmett
Randall County
Switzer County
Donley County
Shamrock
Hempil County
Floyd County
Slaton
Hereford County
Graham
Emmett
Amarillo
T. N. Nelson
Boy Scouts
J. F. Ford
Boys and Girls Club
W. M. Gouldy
Fred Galle
G. J. Nunn
B. B. Holland
H. G. Hendricks
Horace C. Jones
R. A. Ulveling
Paul Nunn
H. A. Ferguson
Arthur Folsom
Laura V. Hamner
Ulveling
Dick Calhoun
World Amusement Company
New Earthquake Recorded at Balboa Observatory
Balboa Panama Aug 9 Delayed A violent earthquake near Balboa Panama was recorded at the observatory tonight. The event occurred about one hundred miles southeast of here and shook the needle of the seismograph loose indicating strong movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Balboa
Panama
Here
British Flier to Keep Start Time Secret for Whale Flight
Captain Frank T. Courtney, awaiting favorable weather, ordered greater secrecy about his start for America in the Whale flying boat from Southampton. He will launch at any hour weather permits, despite past delays and public disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Southampton
England
America
Frank T. Courtney
Erwin Starts Dallas Spirit World Flight Toward Hong Kong
Captain William P. Erwin flies the Dallas Spirit from Love Field Dallas heading west on the first leg toward Oakland California as the start of a world flight planned to reach Hong Kong by October 12. The 370 gallon fuel load and added spare pump aid the long trip amid delays and weather concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
William P. Erwin
Lovefield
Oakland
Cal
Colorado
Texas
Erwin
Wright
Oakland Field
Point Loma
Dallas Spirit
William E. Easterwood, Jr
Dalas-to-Hongkong
el Paso
California
Two Dole Airmen Burn With Plane
Two airmen Lts George Cowell and Richard die when their plane erupts in flames near San Diego. Wreckage and emergency units respond as authorities investigate likely cause of the aviation accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dole
Associated Pres
San Diego
Calif
George Cowell
Richard
Madeiros Also Gets Extension Of Life Sentence
Boston dispatch reports warden Hendry announced Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Celestino Madeiros received a respite to August 22 from the governor’s council. The notification prompted police demobilization and shifts around the prison. Vanzetti said he was pleased. Sacco and Madeiros offered brief remarks.
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Madeiros
Boston
Associated Press
William Hendry
State Prison
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Celestino Madeiros
Hendry
William Reed
Vanvetti
Sacco
Death House
Captain Beaupre
State Police
State
Mounted State Constabulary
Crowley
C. T. Beaupre
Statehouse
State House
Fuller
Jackson
Mia
Rose Sacco
Nicola
Friends
Attorney Hill
Council
Judge Senderson
State Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Reading
Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Sacco-Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Big fall pageant planned for Amarillo
An historical and educational pageant depicting Texan beginnings and Amarillo's founding will be staged in early fall in an outdoor venue. A thousand to 1200 children will perform under a corps of trained actors. The planning group met at the Board of City Development to form an organization and finalize details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ball Park
Board of City Development
Florence Bivins
James Rucker
Ruby Newber
Mra
B.A. Duncan
Thomas Williams
Pauline Hammond
J. J. Starkey
Vernon Hogan
J. J. Stuckey
Oscar Wine
R. S. Snow
Col. Harvey
Haines
Indiana Miners to Resume Work After Agreements
About a thousand miners will return to work soon after agreements between two district coal companies and union officials. One company’s manager A M Ogle sits on the scale committee of Indiana Coal Operators association, which had refused to join Governor Donahey’s peace parley. A separate Boston incident reports a minor blast in a North End blacksmith shop caused by acid in the sink with no serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Terre Haute
Iive
A. M. Ogle
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Donahey
Boston
Chronology of Sacco Vanzetti Case Highlights
Boston outlines key dates from the Parmenter murder on April 15, 1920 to clemency denial on August 3, 1927. Arrests, indictments, trials, guilty verdicts, sanity rulings, Madeiros statement, hunger strike, and clemency actions are listed with dates and brief actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti
Frederick A. Parmenter
Slater and Morrill Company
Alexander Berardelli
South Brginties
Mass
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Brocton
Sacco
Vanzetti
Dedham
Thayer
Celestino Madeiros
Morelli
Parmenter
Berardelli
Madeiros
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Meredith Howard
Tulsa
Okla
Atlantic City
Hereford Chamber OF Commerce
Stinnett
North Plains
Big Spring
Associated Presa
Westbrook
W. F. Erwin
Abilene
Cisco
W. P. Erwin
Indiana
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