Amarillo Women Aid Shooter In Dangerous Texas Fire
Mrs Tex Thornton and Mrs O E Chenoworth traveled from Amarillo to Corpus Christi with high explosives to help Tex Thornton extinguish a gas well blaze that has burned for a week. The well was shot. crater 200 feet wide, work under Texas Railway Commission supervision continues.
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Amarillo
Tex Thornton
O. E. Chenoworth
Corpus Christi
Thornton
Texas Railway Commission
Costes Lebrix Land At Val Buena Field In Mexico
The French aviators Dieudonne Ostes and Joseph Lebrix landed at Valbuena field in Mexico at 2 26 this afternoon completing another leg of their Paris to New York flight via the South Atlantic and Central America. President Calles and the cabinet along with American Ambassador Morrow and staff greeted them in a large crowd.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Dieudonne Ostes
Joseph Lebrix
Paris
New York
South Atlantic
Central America
Valbuena Field
Calles
Morrow
Freighter S O S Call From Mid Ocean
The Independent Wireless Telegraph reports an S O S from the Norwegian freighter Arica about 200 miles east of Cape May New Jersey. Two coast guard cutters were dispatched to aid the ship, which sailing from Norfolk on January 22 bound for Bordeaux and Hamburg.
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Associated Press
New York
Independent Wireless Telegraph Company
Arica
Cape May
N. J
Coast Guard
Maritime Register
Norfolk
Bordeaux
Hamburg
Midland welcomes fourteenth wholesale candy house in oil field hub
Midland Texas January 29 The Gist and Womack wholesale candy dealers of Colorado opened a Midland store. It becomes the fourteenth wholesale house to operate here serving oil fields with headquarters. A fifteenth store will open soon as Bibes Radiator company moves from Diristow Oklahoma.
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Midland
Texas
Gist & Womack Wholesale
Colorado
Bibes
Diristow
Okla
Weather forecast for Oklahoma and Texas regions
Oklahoma and East Texas expect cooler relief with partly cloudy skies on Monday and Tuesday. West Texas sees generally cooler conditions and mixed cloudiness across regions with similar two day outlook.
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Oklahoma
East
Texas
West
Tragedy Follows Gas Fume Death In Amarillo Bath
J L Cavner 40 dies from asphyxiation after a gas heater incident in Amarillo. Officer BE R Murr, a motorcycle patrolman, is fatally injured when his squad crashes with a car at Fourth and Buchanan while rushing to the scene. Cavner’s body remains at Griggs funeral chapel awaiting relatives.
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J. L. Cavner
Johnson Street
BE. R. Murr
Amarillo
Fourth
Buchanan
Murr
Arthur Walker
Fort Worth
Central Presbyterian Church
Cayner
Sulphur
Okla
Four Sisters
Oklahoma
Griggs Funeral Chapel
Lindbergh Receives Enthusiastic Turkish Welcome in Colombia and Venezuela
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrives in Maracay Venezuela after brief stop in Bogota where he was met with mass demonstrations. He departs Caracas for the next leg of his tour after a night of official banquets and celebrations in Colombia.
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Associated Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Charles A. Lindbergh
Maracay Flying Field
Bogota
Colombia
Lindbergh
Uribe
Samuel H. Piles
Madrid Field
St. Louis
Dawson County Expected to Reach 3000 Poll Tax Payers
In Lamesa on January 29 Special to The News reports Dawson county has 2487 poll tax receipts as of January 27. With three days remaining to pay poll tax, officials estimate the total will reach 3000, not counting exemptions.
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Lamesa
Dawson County
First woman elected Caldwell county public official dies
Mrs Sheba Weaver longtime Caldwell county school board member dies after a long illness at Luling Texas She was the first woman elected to a public office in the county and will be buried here Monday beside her husband Carl Weaver who died recently.
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Associated Press
Luling
Texas
Sheba Weaver
Caldwell County
Carl Weaver
Houston Prepares Ovation For Jesse Jones Welcome
Houston readies a grand homecoming for Jesse H. Jones arriving on the Sunshine Special at Union Station. A mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce planned a citywide parade with bands whistles and civic officials to greet him. Claude Pollard to join the train at Marshall and accompany Jones.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Jesse H. Jones
Thesday
Mr. Jones
Union Station
Houstotn
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Frank Gibler
Will Miller
The
Kiwanis Club
Claude Pollard
Marshall
Baby Daughter of Dalhart Man Dies
Annette Casey five year old daughter of W J Casey of Dalhart Texas died at home after a two month illness. Funeral services set for Monday at 3 pm at St Anthony s Catholic church with Fr Higgins officiating. Interment will be in Dalhart cemetery.
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Dalhart
Texas
Annette Casey
W. J. Casey
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Fr. Higgins
Dalhart Cemetery
Dalhart Clerk George Eldred Critically Ill at Home
Dalhart Texas, Jan 29 George Eldred clerk for the Desoto Hotel is critically ill at his home.
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Dalhart
Texas
George Eldred
Desoto Hotel
Houston Barber Burned to Death in Gas Explosion
Ed Harold McCain a 28 year old barber and former railroad man was killed when he struck a match in a room that had filled with gas in his Houston home at 4 AM An inquest by Justice of the Peace Campbell R Overstreet found death accidental McCain rose to smoke a cigarette and lighting a match sparked the blast
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Houston Barber
Houston
Ed Harold McCain
Justice of the Peace
Campbell R. Overstreet
McCain
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Asa Keyes
New Mexicans To Have Dinner On Lincoln Day
Republicans of New Mexico launch their campaign with a February 10 executive committee meeting in Santa Fe to fix the delegate convention and a Lincoln day dinner in Albuquerque headed by Frank C. Lowden. Supporters and delegation plans hint at Lowden advantage amid past pro- Hoover sentiment and local politicking by Holm Bursum, Bronson Cutting, Reed Holloman, and E. L. Safford. The NM delegation may be uninstructed but leaning Lowden, with a history of party feuds warning against heavy factional splits.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Executive Committee
Albuquerque
Frank C. Lowden
Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Colorado River Commission
Holm O. Bursum
Illinois
Bronson M. Cutting
Republican Party
London
Reed Holloman
E. L. Safford
State Central Committee
Washington
Cutting
Associated Press
Leonard Wood
Harding
David J. Leahy
The
Rough Riders
Congress Delivers Flood of Bills for Week in Washington
Congress lines up a busy week with hearings on flood control Muscles Shoals legislation and ship sale issues. Senate debates the Jones bill to run the merchant fleet under government operation amid White House opposition. TheHouse panels address Boulder canyon dam and other fiscal measures while awaiting votes on the District and war department appropriations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Canyon Dam
Walsh
Montana
Capitol
Appropriations Committee
War Department
District of Columbia
Public Lands Committee
Continental Trading Company of Canada
Elections Committee
Pennsylvania
William B. Wilson
William S. Ware
Hoover
Administration
Mississippi
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Radio Commission
Irrigation
House Military Committee
Flood Control Committee
Rock Islands Farm Train 10 Starts Today Panhandle Tour
The Rock Islands special farm train begins a two week Panhandle tour starting today at San Jos New Mexico as part of the VPan handle Agriculture Opportunities Campaign. It will reach Amarillo February 6 with meetings at the high school Kiwanis luncheon a rabbit stock program an audience gathering with moving pictures. Noted agriculture authorities join the program with events planned at all stops including San Jon and surrounding towns.
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Rock Island
Panhandle
San Jos
New Mexico
Amarillo
Kiwanis
San Jon
N. M
Glenrie and
Adrian
Jan
Booths Set For Poll Tax Payers In County
Kiwanis Club announces special booths at the courthouse and city hall to collect poll taxes today and tomorrow. Men may pay for wives, and wives may pay for husbands, with noted conditions. Tags will be distributed to those who have paid, to encourage voter qualification for city state and national elections.
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Amarillo
T. M. Bruner
Kiwanis Club
Bruner
Moscow Officials Deny Reported Uprising as Fiction
In Riga reports of a Moscow military uprising were dismissed as sheer fiction by officials. Daily life continued normally with theaters crowded and only soldiers seen near the Kremlin on Sunday leave, shown cracking sunflower seeds.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Riga
Leon Trotzky
Kremlin
Falls Down Stairs Fatal After Mission Incident
George Mc Arthur aged 69 died from injuries after a stair fall at the Star of Hope mission Saturday night. He passed away Sunday morning at the Jefferson Davis hostel. The Houston Undertaking company handles funeral arrangements. relatives are thought to live in Galveston and Fort Worth.
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Houston
George McArthur
Star of Hope Mission
Jefferson Davis
Galveston
Fort Worth
Houston Undertaking Company
Western Union Officials See Local Office at Work
Newcomb Carlton president of Western Union Telegraph accompanied by four vice presidents visited Amarillo yesterday afternoon for inspection and goodwill. They praised the local office as well equipped and discussed radio versus telegraph competition and service standards.
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Western Union
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Spe
Carlton
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Val Buena Field
Mexico
Henry Ford
Harry Brooks
Detroit
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N. C
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Miami
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Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Havana
Continental Trading Co. Ltd
Canada
Continental Company
J. V. Cavner
Bath
Auto
Venezuela City
Jesse Jones
Citizens of
Lincoln
U.S
J. J. Trabucco
Jerome Walsh
Determe
Oursel
Trabucco
Arkansas
Rock Islands Farm
Cial Caie
Rockland
Oklahoma City
Seattle
Wash
Mr. Carlton
4. C., Williver
Major Yorke
J. J. Welsch
W. C. Pithey
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