Sterling Denial Thought To End Liquor Charge in Texas Campaign
In the Texas primary race Ross Sterling of Houston denied allegations he ever sold whiskey, saying the name could belong to another. He spoke in Denton and Gainesville and in Paris at night, while James E. Ferguson urged votes for his wife Ma Ferguson, who stayed off the platform. The attorney general race also drew sharp exchanges as Allred and Bobbitt campaigned across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Ross Sterling
Houston
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A
West Texas
Commonwealth
Denton
Stern
Ferguson
Sterling
Humble Oil Field
James W. Allred
Meridian
Waco
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Mount Vernon
Pittsburg
Clarksville
Weather data snapshot with era style notes
The record shows a historical weather snippet listing temperatures with references to highest and lowest figures from yesterday and a 1929 comparison. It mentions daily measurements and a likely page artifact indicating metric style values and times.
King of Tropical Isle Visits the United States
NEA Service reports Captain John S. Drever, monarch of Laueneuwa Island in the mid Pacific, visiting the United States for the first time in eight years. He rules a 650-person Polynesian community on a palm leaf palace and wields magical demigod status. He plans to return to his Garden of Eden island after this trip.
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NEA
Los Angeles
John S. Drever
United States
Captain Drever
Laueneuwa
Equator
mid-Pacific
Marc Anthony
Cleopatra
Drever
US. S
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rescue ship Ventura heads to harbor with Tahiti survivors
The Matson liner Ventura races toward Pago Pago with 215 survivors from the British steamship Tahiti after its sinking 460 miles east of Rarotonga. The ship, steering through uncharted seas, faces limited radio range and difficult navigation as it approaches Samoa and awaits darkness for possible messages.
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Associated Press
Tutuila
Matson
Ventura
Tahiti
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
United Press
Pago Pago
Samoa
Matson Line
Auckland
N. Z
South Seas
Fire causes fatal burns at Wildorado dairy farm
Elizabeth Ozee, 19, died after attempting to save her father Ben F. Ozee, 48, from a gas explosion at their dairy near Wildorado. J L Gantt, brother-in-law, suffered severe hand burns. The incident occurred when a gas heater in a sterilizing room exploded after the door was closed to fumes. The father died Monday morning. Elizabeth died Monday night. Funeral plans were pending.
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Elizabeth Ozee
Wildorado
Northwest Texas
J. L. Gantt
Ben F. Ozee
Fort Worth
Palo Duro Baptist Church of
Panhandle
Amarillo
Doctor Flies to Shamrock for Appendicitis Operation
An airplane sped Dr. D. L. Garrett of Tulsa to Shamrock Texas to operate on Mrs. Earl Jackson for appendicitis. He arrived within two hours and forty minutes of the call and returned to Tulsa in the same plane the same night.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
D. L. Garrett
Shamrock
Texas
Earl Jackson
Mystery Deepens Over Senator Joyce's Death in Chicago
Chicago Aug 18 The death of State Senator John T Joyce remains a mystery after his widow testified at a coroners inquest that anonymous calls Friday asked if she knew her husband had been shot The sister in law Edward Joyce and Mrs Joyce blamed enemies who allegedly poisoned Joyce fearing his grand jury testimony on election day violence in the 42nd ward The inquest continues as chemical test results are awaited
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United Press
Chicago
John T. Joyce
Hurley’s Wife Gives Birth To Daughter At Ten Pounds
Mrs Patrick J Hurley wife of the secretary of war announced the birth of a daughter weighing ten pounds. The Hurley family already includes two daughters and a son. In Bessemer City North Carolina about 1500 workers at American Mills 1 and 2 struck over an imminent wage cut planned to take effect today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Secretary of War
Bessemer City
N. C
American Mills
Women Derby Flier Plans In Phoenix And Amarillo
In Phoenix Monday night women air derby fliers prepare for the race with final plans for mid afternoon arrivals at English field. Miss Ruthelle Bacon leads registration and transport to hotels as Amarillo hosts a Thursday banquet with business and aviation officials. Ruth Barron, Hollywood flyer, made a forced landing near Holbrook, and later disappeared in the desert while en route to Phoenix, prompting search planes.
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Phoenix
English Field
Roswell
Ruthelle Bacon
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Associated Press
Holbrook, Ariz
Ruth Barron
Hollywood
Calif
Ariz
Desert Wastes
Miss Barron
Mra
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Chicago
Jean LaRene
Alleged Murder Plot Motive Tied to Gambling and Liquor
Sheriff Cahoon says three Florida men conspired to kill Governor Carlton to gain control of east coast gambling and liquor. Fred O. Eberhart Frank Rawls and Henry Halseman faced conspiracy and prohibition charges. bonds set at 500 each. Forty gallons of liquor and a still found at Halseman’s home. Rawls and Halseman released on bond.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida East Coast
W. B. Cahoon
Doyle E. Carlton
Florida
Fred O. Eberhart
Tallahassee
Carlton
Frank Rawls
Henry Halseman
Eberhardt
Halseman
Cahoon
al Capone
Chicago
Miami
Rawls
Helseman
Capt Baker Joins Caterpillar Club at Bolling Field
Capt Tra C Baker, one of the army's crack pilots, earned the Caterpillar Club at Bollingfield when his plane failed and he bailed out. The aircraft wrecked but Baker survived with minor injuries. He previously served on the Question Mark crew when the endurance record was set on the west coast two years earlier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tra C. Baker
Army
Caterpillar Club
Bollingfield
Here
Baker
Eaker
Anna Wrather Dies on Coast Pioneer of Amarillo
Mrs. Anna Wrather 61 wife of Dr J R Wrather died Monday in Los Angeles at her daughter’s home Mrs A J Roberts She was a Baptist church member and local social worker who came to Amarillo about 30 years ago with her former husband F L Dewitt Survived by husband two sons Dr Frank Dewitt attached captain at West Point and Lonnie Dewitt of El Paso one daughter Mrs A J Roberts of Los Angeles her parents B K Duncan Corsicana Texas two brothers and two sisters Mrs G W Mitchell Waco Mrs O Andrews Olney Rev Leland Malone and J W Malone of Troupe Texas and Mrs E A Caldwell of Amarillo Also said the body is being sent to Amarillo and funeral arrangements pending relatives arrival.
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Anna Wrather
J. R. Wrather
Amarillo
Los Angeles
A. J. Roberts
F. L. Dewitt
Wrather
Frank Dewitt
West Point
Lonnie Dewitt
el Paso
B. K. Duncan
Corsicana
Texas
G. W. Mitchell
Waco
O. Andrews
Olney
Leland Malone
J. W. Malone
Troupe
E. A. Caldwell
Drought Shrivels West Kansas Corn Belt Between Pratt and Liberal
In west Kansas the corn crop is scarce and stressed with heat. Farmers report little rainfall has left fields burned and dry across the Pratt to Liberal region, and motorists note widespread dry conditions.
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West Kansas
Pratt
Liberal
Quitaque Girl Drowned as Flood Waters Sweep Creek
In Plainview area Floyd County a six foot flood surged down a creek five miles from Quitaque. Miss Alvie Roach, 18, drowned after entangling on a wire fence, while Mina Stella Adama and her father John Adams were rescued. A warning was shouted but wind drowned the voice. other incidents included lightning strikes and minor injuries from a feather bed shock.
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Associated Press
Plainview
Kent
Quitaque
Alvie Roach
Mina Stella Adama
John
Adama
Miss Roach
Miss Adama
Floyd County
Henry Br
Rainfall Report Across Panhandle Areas
Scattered showers and a light rain fell Monday between Amarillo and Clarendon, with an inch at Conway early Monday. Additional showers occurred at Tascosa in the afternoon. Sunday night heavy rain affected Turkey and Quitaque on the South Plains line. a girl drowned in a swollen creek after a cloudburst. A motor party returning from Kansas was caught in heavy rain between Guymon and Liberal.
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Amarillo
Clarendon
Conway
Tascosa
Turkey
Quitaque
South Plains
Fort Worth
Denver
Kansas
Guymon
Okla
Liberal
Texas Woman Slain With Ax Near Brenham in Tragic Row
Mia Travia Smith, 40, was killed with an ax at her Brenham area home. Cevalos Ben, a Black man, was shot and killed by Smith, a former tick inspector. Sheriff H L Reese found Ben dead. coroner’s verdict pending. Smith formerly Miss Olivia Schwickert.
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Associated Press
Brenham
Tex
Mia
Travia Smith
Cevalos Ben
Smith
Olivia Schwickert
Schwickert
Greenvine Road
Sterling candidacy gains across Panhandle as rallies surge
Panhandle speakers boost Ross Sterling for governor with citywide rallies in Amarillo and nearby towns. Dates show a busy schedule: Sturgeon in Pampa and Childress, Spiller in Spur and Jayton, Gulerie in Hereford and Spearman, and Parrish in multiple towns including Chillicothe and Quanah.
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Amarillo
Ross Sterling
Sterling
Pink Parrish
John Sturgeon
Panhandle
Pampa
Childress
James Spiller
Spur
Jayton
J. W. Crudgington
Olton
Sudan
James C. Gulerie
Hereford
Spearman
E. Hamilton
Quitaque
Fairview
Floyd County
Phebe K. Warner
WDAG
Perry
Chas
H. Keffer
Grover
E. C. Nelson, Jr
Llano
Armstrong County
Miami
Senator Pink Parrish
Lloyd Fletcher
Plainview
H. L. Adkins
Perryton
Son of F P Works dies in army plane crash in Honolulu
Lieutenant Maurice M. Works aged 29 was fatally injured when a single motor army pursuit plane failed to land after trouble. He tried an emergency landing but the craft wrecked and his neck was broken. He died at a plantation hospital. Survived by four sisters and a brother. parents live in Amarillo Texas. He grew up in Amarillo, studied at Texas A and M College, and trained at Kelly Field before being stationed in Honolulu.
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Maurice M. Works
F. P. Works
Amarillo
Honolulu
I. I
Young Works
Kelley Field
Associated Prem
Army
Works
Tex
Lieutenant Works
Hillsboro
Texas A
M. College
Kelly Field
Texas
Ed Davis
Little Rock
Ark
Joe Mickle
Japan
Winfield Nicklaus
W. W. Gibson
Fountain P. Works, Jr
Santa Fe consolidates four western divisions into two
Topeka announces a September 1 consolidation of four western division lines. The Arkansas River and Colorado divisions merge into the Colorado division with headquarters at Pueblo, Colorado. The Rio Grande and New Mexico divisions merge into the New Mexico division with headquarters at Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Western Lines
Santa Fe
Arkansas River
Colorado
Pueblo
Colo
J. R. Hitchcock
Amarillo
Said
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Las Vegas
N. M
Eddie Schneider Sets Junior Transcontinental Flight Record
Eddie Schneider of Jersey City New Jersey landed at 7 13 p m Pacific time to complete his transcontinental flight and set a new junior record with a flying time of 2 hours 41 minutes at the municipal airport in Los Angeles.
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The
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Eddie Schneider
Jersey City
N. J
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