Postponement Reconsidered By Officials In Aerial Derby
The Oakland meeting discussed delaying the Dale flight from San Francisco to Honolulu due to inspections. The race, worth 35000, starts Friday at noon, with four of eleven entrants confirmed after tests.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Honolulu
San Francisco Bay
Calif
Oahu
Pacific Ocean
Bennett Griffin
Oklahoma
Jack Frost
San Francisco Examiner
John A. Pedlar
Detroit
Maj
Livingston Irving
Bartlesville
Okla
Travelair
al Henley
Norman Goddard
K. C. Hawkins
San Diego
Charles W. Parkhurst
Ralph C. Lowes
Peoria
J. A. Pedlar
Mich
Mildren Doran
Michigan
W. R. Lawing
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Bids On 2 New P O Sub Stations Due August Fifteenth
Postmaster W C Kenyon announced bids will be opened August 15 for two new Post Office sub stations in San Jacinto and North Amarillo. Sub stations aim to speed mail service by transferring mail from the central office. Shipments of letter boxes from Stamford Conn will reach Amarillo by August 15 increasing capacity to 2913 boxes.
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P.O
W. C. Kenyon
Amarillo
Stamford
Conn
Kenyon
San Jacinto
Fort Worth
Three Missouri Miners Die From Poisonous Gas
Three miners were killed by foul air in a 330 foot deep mine shaft near Waco Missouri late today. The incident near Joplin was reported by The Associated Press.
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Missouri
The
Associated Press
Joplin, Mo
Waco
National Aeronautic Association to Meet in St Joseph
The 1927 annual convention of the National Aeronautic Association will be held in St Joseph Missouri on September 19 and 20. The association headquarters announced the dates today.
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National Aeronautic Association
United Press
Washington
St. Joseph
Sikes and Johnson Tie For Medalist In Amarillo Golf
Walter Sikes and Eddie Johnson each shot 72 to tie as medalist in the Amarillo Country Club sixth annual invitation tournament. Scoring 72s in the 18 hole qualifying round, they will lead the championship flight match play starting at 9 10 this morning with defending champ Sikes facing a stiff field including Ben Lee Boynton and Gene Howe.
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Johnson
Sikes
Walter Sikes
A. McFadden
A. O. Nicholson
W. W. Milam
Ben L. Boynton
Gene Howe
D. Carter
George Shannon
Eddie Johnson
Carl Harrison
Don Emery
Raines West
Doug Herring
Earl Fuqua
Amarillo
Boynton
Lubbock
Bulgaria Regrets Bomb Explosion at U S Consulate
Premier Leaptcheff expressed Bulgaria's regret to the American legation after a bomb exploded in the American consulate gardens in Sofia. Police investigations continue with several arrests made though the bomber remained unknown. no injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
The forecast calls for Friday to be fair in Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair conditions in West Texas and New Mexico. Below normal pressure remains over much of the country, with rain reported in the north central Rocky Mountain region and parts of Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Warmer temperatures are expected across the Plains and central Mississippi valley with a suggestion of fall-like conditions Friday.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
West Texas
New New Mexico
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma
Texas
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Convicted murderer Snow faces execution in Texas
In Huntsville Texas F M Snow awaiting execution for the murder of his stepson Bernie Connally showed little emotion. He was shaved for the death ritual and briefly strapped in a barber chair before returning to his cell. Ranger Captain Tom Hickman visited but could not secure a statement. Warden Speer did not operate the switch and was away in Colorado. assistant warden B L Schramm would handle it.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Texas
F. M. Snow
State Penitentiary
Snow
Tom Hickman
Austin
Texas Rangers
Hickman
H. L. Speer
Colorado
B. L. Schramm
Bernie Connally
Eight Rebels Die in Mexican Battle
Special dispatches from Vera Cruz report eight rebels killed and four soldiers and sixteen rebels wounded in a three hour clash in the Teocelo district Vera Cruz. Federal troops reportedly defeated and dispersed the rebel band commanded by Uriel Martinez Virues.
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Associated Press
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Teocelo
Uriel Martinez Virues
Auto Plunge Off Colorado Mountain Leaves Two Hurt
Two men survived a 300 foot fall near Crestedor Butte Colorado as doctors in Crested Butte Nebraska and Denver treat Dr W F Shyke and E R Landis for injuries after their auto rolled down a mountain side. Earlier reports suggested fatal injuries but hopeful signs emerged from physicians today.
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United Press
Crested Butte
Colo
W. F. Shyke
Scottsbluff
Neb
E. R. Landis
Denver
Here
Big Response Cuts Mosquito Bounty in Two
Stuttgart Ark August 11 The chamber of commerce has lowered the mosquito bounty to one dollar a quart to curb fund exhaustion. Previously the rate was one dollar per pint, and even at the new price more money will be needed to sustain the campaign.
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Big Response
Stuttgart
Ark
Chamber of Commerce
Two Women Found Shot Dead in St Paul Home
In St Paul Minnesota two women Mia Ruth Barrett and her sister were found shot to death in a bedroom of a well located residence. They appeared to be 16 and 30 years old and had likely been dead since Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. No sign of struggle was seen and Barrett's husband James Barrett a finance company officer was not at his office. Barrett's burned car was located in a distant road.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul, Minn
Mia
Ruth Barrett
Posse hunts killers of Texas paymaster in Lumber strike
Posses chase robbers who shot and killed Dave Patterson 33 paymaster for Frost Lumber Texas Nacogdoches division and wounded Harold Williams 17 during a late Wednesday attempted payroll hold-up about 30 miles east near Etoile payroll was 1309 dollars officials said
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Associated Press
Nacogdoches
Texas
Dave Patterson
Frost Lumber Industries of Texas
Harold Williams
Here
Etoile
Expelled New York Writer to Enter U S at Laredo
A report from Laredo states writer William Decoursey of New York, expelled from Mexico, will reach Nuevo Laredo and cross into the United States at the border port tomorrow morning.
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Mexico
Associated Presa
Amarillo Creameries Pay Farmers Nearly Four Million
In the Amarillo area two creameries paid farmers about 3.675 million dollars in the last year for cream and milk. Mistletoe and Metzger produced over 5 million pounds of butter and employed more than 200 people with a 312 thousand dollar payroll.
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Amarillo
Rotary Club
A. E. Gustafson
P. C. Bennett
Potter County
Concerted Action On Pike From Amarillo To San Antonio Pledged
A regional highway pact from Big Springs to San Antonio was formed in Tahoka to pave Highway No. 9. Over 100 delegates from northern division cities named Holbrook as regional VP and Hopkins as secretary, with plans for a parallel southern division group and a combined board chaired by J. T. Mathinon.
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Amarillo
San Antonio
Tahora
Big Springs
Winfield Holbrook
Texas Land and Development Company
Maury Hopkins
Plainview Board of City Development
W. M. Cain
Tohoka
L. A. Wilson
Slaton
N. F. Tate
O'Donnell
Dixie Killgore
Big Spring
R. B. Young
San Angelo
C. T. Watson
Tahoka Kiwanis Club
R. L. Piner
Claude ©. Wilde
Potter County
Sam B. Motlow
Board of
City Development
S. J. Underwood
Hale Center
J. P. Nystel
Abernathy
Hale County
Charles Nordyke
Jed Rix
Lubbock
M. Wilder
M. O. Baze
Tahoka
Lynn County
Carl Rountree
Dawson County
M. H. Morrison
T. Watson
Howard County
State Highway Department
West Texas
Gulf
Randall County
Tom Green County
Tohoka Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Banker Fred Roe Injured In Polo Practice
Fred Roe a Texas banker rancher and polo player remained unconscious today at a Mineola New York hospital after a Sunday polo practice injury. He was brought to the hospital from Washington where the accident occurred.
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United Press
Mineola
N. Y
Fred Roe
Texas
Washington
Duchess of York Joins King's Army as Colonel
The Duchess of York, wife of the second son of King George and Queen Mary and mother of Princess Elizabeth, joined the army today and was appointed colonel in-chief of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in London.
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London
Duchess of York
George
Mary
Elizabeth
England
King’s
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Vanzetti and Sacco in better spirits before high court hearing
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti rested in improved spirits at Cherry Hill prison as they awaited a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court hearing on exceptions to denial of a writ of error and related rulings. Judge Thayer opened new avenues for review, Sacco refused food, and guards relaxed while wider public interest pressed the case.
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Associated Press
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
State Prison
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Cherry Hill
State Supreme Court
Sacco
Sanderson
Webster Thayer
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Vanzetti
State House
Four Aliens Held on Illegal Entry Charge at Denver
United Press reports four aliens from Russia were held on bond in Denver as deportation proceedings begin. Mrs David Nebb 45 Katie Nebb 19 David Nebb 11 14 and Mary Nebb 7 are the farmer's wife and children living near Fort Mer gan. They came to the United States years ago without proper naturalization papers.
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United Press
Denver
U. S
Russia
David Nebb
Katie Nebb
Mary Nebb
Fort Mergan
Nebb
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