Potter and Oldham begin irrigation survey work
A. F E. McGregor announced the canal level survey to estimate irrigation potential in Potter and Oldham counties. The survey, started this week, aims to quantify thousands of acres that could be served by reservoirs along the South Canadian. Texas Commissioner A S Stinnett praised conference harmony and planned to seek Governor Miriam A Ferguson's support in Austin.
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Potter
Oldham
McGregor
A. S. Stinnett
Texas
Red Rivers
Stinnett
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Coal Carriers Will Be Halted By 10 000 Rail Employes Idle
Union officials report the September 1 anthracite suspension will idle about 10,000 railroad workers in addition to 150000 miners. Locomotive and car shops likely to close, with round house crews and mine run train crews affected. Lehigh Valley Railroad expects 750 layoffs ($158,000 monthly payroll) as coal shipments surged that week.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Hazelton
Flood control talks yield pledges across four states
Expressing gratification at progress in flood control matters, water commissioners from Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Texas dispersed to their homes after a session here. They pledged to work for popularizing flood control of the Arkansas River system while awaiting the next conference, likely in Little Rock in September or October. EF. E. Blake, head of the Tri-State Water Conference, said major expenditures and reclaiming millions of fertile acres received new impetus, though he warned that jealousy and lack of cooperation could undermine efforts.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Amarillo
Private Secretary to Lincoln Dies in New Jersey
Madison New Jersey August 29 William Stoddard aged 90 longtime private secretary to Abraham Lincoln died at his home tonight. Stoddard a veteran newspaper man had been in good health until recently.
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Abraham Lincoln
New Jersey
Associated Press
Madison
N. J
William
Stoddard
Freckles McGoosey in Hospital Condition Update
Hospital bulletin notes Freckles McGoosey's leg fracture from being run over by a truck remains serious. Complications feared due to the above knee break. full information promised in the comic strip Freckles and Hi Friends in The Evening Post tomorrow afternoon.
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Freckles McGoosey
Freckles
HI Friends
Solons Inspect Tech Buildings on Lubbock Trip
Eugene Blount and Lee Satterwhite visited Texas Technological College in Lubbock to inspect facilities ahead of the campus opening on September 20. They toured the administration, home economics, and textile engineering buildings, and observed near completion dairy barn and cafeteria.
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Solons
Lubbock
Eugene Blount
Nacogdoches
House Appropriations Committee
Lee Satterwhite
Amarillo
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Texas Technological College
O. S. Slaton
R. M. Chitwood
Rangers Seek Master Minds in Texas Robbery Ring
Denton Texas August 29 state rangers hunt for the so called master minds behind a statewide ring of bandits active in robbery. Ranger Charles N Davis reported ongoing work linked to the Yancey Story ranch raid with five men arrested on robbery charges and accomplice to robbery while other officers operated in Dallas and Fort Worth. A separate item from New Orleans notes a strong earth shock recorded by Loyola University seismologists possibly originating 2000 miles away with peak intensity around 5 45 to 6 08 p m central standard time.
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Associated Press
Denton
Texas
Charles N. Davis
Davis
Tom Hickman
Stuart Stanley
Dallas
Fort Worth
Denton County
New Orleans
Loyola University
Gabel
Amarillo School Budget Shows 60 Per Capita Cost
Amarillo budget figures released by Supt W A McIntosh show about 60.22 per pupil for next year based on an estimated 5 200 students. State aid covers 14 per student. 800 younger children receive no state support. Total teachers salaries reach 209 000 with large items for real estate east ward additions and new buildings. The district reports ample funds and debt reduction, with building sites bought in Wolflin east Amarillo San Jacinto Heights and Barnes Highlands as growth requires more rooms. The tax rate for this year was 1.00.
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Amarillo
Supt
W. A. McIntosh
McIntosh
East Ward
Amarillo Independent School
Summitt School
Wolflin
San Jacinto Heights
Barnes Highlands
Texans Seek Tax Deduction for Levee Districts
An appeal to Secretary Mellon will be made by Texas levee district landowners and Williams, ex reclamation engineer, urging that levee district taxes be deductible from income taxes. They argue levee taxes are an improvement tax like road or bridge taxes and should be deductible against income, especially interest and maintenance costs.
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Associated Press
Austin
Mellon
Washington
Texas
Williams
Treasury Department
Mrs Cunningham Given Ten Years For Slaying Man
Oakland California August sentence of ten years to life in San Quentin was imposed on Merrie Cunningham 55 for shooting Robert Smith after a quarrel in their shared apartment. A separate water protest from Austin filed by Associated Press urged delaying Rio Grande permits until Mexico United States water rights are adjusted.
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Oakland
Calif
San Quentin
Merrie Cunningham
Robert Smith
Associated Presa Austin
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Board of Water Engineers
56000 Klansmen to Meet at Arlington
Associated Press reports reservations for 50000 Ku Klux Klan members ahead of a two day Arlington Texas gathering between Dallas and Fort Worth on September 11 and 12. A military style crowing will be erected on the grounds as part of the celebration.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
Arlington
Fort Worth
Kean Dulaney
Panhandle Publishers Embrace Texas Weeklies National Ad Project
Twenty two Panhandle Press Association members met at the Board of City Development in Amarillo to enter Texas Weeklies Inc. The Dallas organizer said the group has 186 papers with 250000 total circulation. Membership costs 25 dollars plus 1 dollar per 1000 circulation monthly. The plan offers advertisers a single or district wide contract across Texas. Officers and attendees include KR. H. Nichols Vernon president and J. L. Spencer Mart vice president among others.
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Panhande Press Association
Board of City Development
Amarillo
Texas Weeklies, Inc
Texas
H. L. Grable
Dallas
Texas Weeklies Inc
Panhandle
Grable
National
Rable
Banhandie
Mr. Grable
KR. H. Nichols
Vernon
J. L. Spencer
Mart
Sam P. Harden
Richardson
Scretary
Seth B. Holman
Hereford Brand
Henry D. Wella
Wellington Leader
J. W. Cheney
Southwest Plainsman
Ida Farrell
Mildred Nation
San Jacinto
Thomas T. Waggoner
Clave News
Train Hits Auto Wipes Out Nein Family in Nebraska
Conrad Nein his wife and six children from Mitchell Nebraska were killed when their automobile was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train near Lodgepole Nebraska on a return trip from a western vacation. The coroner took charge of the bodies.
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Tress Julesburg
Colo
Conrad Nein
Mitchell
Nebr
Union Pacific
Lodgejole
Nein
Mitchel
Memorial for Bryan to be discussed on September 11
Plans for a memorial to William Jennings Bryan will be discussed at a Washington meeting on September 11. P Rd. Callahan, acting secretary of the Bryan memorial, announced today.
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Bryan
Associated Press
Louisville
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Women Baptized in Jail Tub in Dallas
Two young women held in Dallas County Jail were baptized today in a jail bath tub by Dr. Thomas H. Harper pastor of Central Congregational Church. The women, connected to a recent automobile theft by male friends, underwent the ceremony.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Thomas H. Harper
Central Congregational Church of
Disappearing Actress Cookson Returns to California
Virginia Lee Cookson reappeared in El Paso and went to police after reported disappearance in Los Angeles. She received funds from her Los Angeles husband, then boarded the noon train back to California.
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Associated Press
Paso
Virginia Lee Cookson
Los Angeles
el Paso
Associated Charities
California
T.os Angeles
Weather Forecast for West Texas and New Mexico
Unsettled conditions prevail across West Texas and Eastern New Mexico with Sunday partly cloudy to showers. Temperature changes minimal. pressure low in the southwest and high in the east with showers near the Atlantic coast. Local hourly readings near Amarillo noted with expected slight regional changes in weather tonight.
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New “Mexico
Christ Oon
Atlantic
Amarillo Zene
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