City of Chicago Endurance Flight Faces Tech Glitches
Reports from Sky Harbor indicate the 531 hour endurance flight is strained as a mounting oil leak from a loose motor bolt prompts replacements. Pilot John Hunter and crew contend with fatigue and tension while Roosevelt Field prepares for an expected two month endurance attempt by Sonson Junior planes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sky Harbor
E. S. Moon
Hunter Brothers
John
Kenneth Hunter
Kenneth
Albert
Walter
Senate Accepts House Rates in Pension Bill Action
The Senate approved the House rates 48 to 14 in the upper chamber and 342 to 3 on the conference report as President Hoover signed the World War veterans relief bill. Washington July 3 reports Hoover signed the relief bill and the deficiency bill funding the law enforcement commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Congressional
Senate
Tower House
Amarillo Highway Death Toll Rises With 3rd Fatality
Reports from Amarillo describe three highway deaths in a day near the city. Yack. McCray 500 West Third street died when his car overturned atop him near 1 am east of Amarillo on Highway 60. His wife was uninjured.
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McCray
West Third Street
Amarillo
N. &. Griggs & Sons
Robert Lee Corliss
St. Matthews
Hughes Street
Tenth and
Arthur Streets
Northwest Texas Hospital
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy Friday in Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair conditions across West Texas. New Mexico forecast shows fair weather Friday with unsettled conditions in the north portion afternoon. hourly temperatures for Amarillo are noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New
Mexico
Youths Plan Atlantic Hop In Gliders
Two Long Island youths Hugh Kearney and Robert Lewis proposed to launch a glider from the liner Saturnia after Ambrose Light and be towed to the Mediterranean. They planned to communicate with the ship by telephone and could return to the liner if weather worsened, with a spare glider for safety and rope-assisted food delivery.
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Associated Presse
New York
Long Island
Atlantic
Hugh Kearney
Robert Lewis
Saturnia
Ambrose Light
Mediterranean
Celebration Schedule Sparking City Fourth of July
Early dawn celebrations marked by breakfast dances at two resorts and a day packed with sporting events and political speakings. Tri-State Fair officials headline the activities with motorcycle racing at the fair park from 2 p.m. to midnight, closing with a dance at Jack Hall's Ranch by Joe Norman's orchestra. Continuous coverage continued on Page 11.
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Fair Park
Jack Hall
Joe Norman
Two More Die in Gang Feud in Detroit
In Detroit on July 38 a lone shooter killed William Cannon 28 and George Collins 28 as they sat in a car in front of the La Salle hotel. A third man, Mike Stitzel 30, was wounded. The assailant then entered the hotel lobby and disappeared into the crowd. The victims' car bore Illinois license 1 154 454 and the incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m.
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Associated Press
Detroit
la Salle Hotel
William Cannon
George Collins
Mike Stitzel
Illinois
Cannon
Plans for Hyde Legge visit July 11 in Amarillo
Officials Arthur Hyde secretary of agriculture and Alexander Legge chairman of the Federal Farm Board will speak in Amarillo on Friday July 11. The event is organized by the A M College of Texas with local committees and Wheat Growers groups assisting. They will discuss world wheat conditions cooperative marketing and possible acreage reduction information for farmers.
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Arthur M. Hyde
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Legge
Hyde
A. & M. College of Texas
Panhandle
Agricultural Department of the Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
John R. Edmonds
Agricultural Department
Texas Wheat Growers
Leggs
Deaf Persons Converse by Television in New York
Bell Telephone engineers demonstrate long distance lip reading via TV. Miss Evelyn Parry, totally deaf and national lip-reading champion, communicates with her teacher from a separate booth over two miles away, with clear lip movements visible on the television image.
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United Press
New York
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Evelyn Parry
Fifteen Balloons Ready For Houston Elimination Race
Fifteen balloons prepared to drift away tomorrow at Belleaire speedway for the national elimination balloon race. Weather forecast calls for smooth conditions, but legal challenges loom as creditors of the original promoters seek gate receipts and potential measures against the current sponsoring committee.
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Associated Press
Houston
Belleaire Speedway
Weather Bureau
Fred
Wilbur
Fire at 401 Fast Second Street Causes Minor Damage
Firemen answered a second call just before midnight to 401 Fast Second Street. Damage was slight and four canned heat cans were found on the floor.
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Fast Second Street
Congress Adjourns First Session of 71st Congress
The House ends its work for the first session by adjournment sine die. A minute later the Senate also adjourns ending its business for the session as the gavel passes to final adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House Tonight
Conference Ended Dispute With Approved Conferees Report
The conference between the two branches ended the dispute as the house approved the conferees report 342 to 3. The senate vote stood 48 to 14 with a lengthy roll call listing Republicans and Democrats backing or opposing the measure.
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House
Senate
Robison
Shortridge
Steiner
Sullivan
Thomas
Idaho
Townsend
Vandenberg
Walcott
Watson
Drunken quarrel leads to fatal shooting at Western hotel
In Shamrock a man died after a drunken quarrel with his wife at the Western hotel. Mrs Gladson is charged with murder as authorities cite a drunken dispute and a discharged 28 automatic. Funeral plans set for Snyder.
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John Gisson
Amarillo
Juanita Gladson
Western Hotel
Fast Tenth Avenue
J. W. Minter
Snyder
Blackburn Funeral Home
Gladson
Grady Hazelwood
St. Anthony's Hospital
Good Old Fourth of July Days Gone Forever
Amarillo today marks July Fourth 1936 with varied celebrations as residents recall past Independence Day rituals. Families swim and picnic while some travel to hometowns or rivers. others work to keep essential services running and newspapers printed. The piece laments faded festive traditions like dancing platforms, greased pig, and cheering crowds, urging reflection on America's founding anniversary.
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America
Judge Rules Lack of Jurisdiction in Habeas Corpus Case
Judge Henry S. Bishop ruled he lacked jurisdiction in Mrs. Willie B. McCoy's habeas corpus case to return her baby. The court returned the 2-year-old boy to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Moore of 2219 Buchanan, who say the mother gave him to them months ago.
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Willie B. McCoy
Henry S$. Bishop
Willis Moore
Buchanan
Southern Gross Lands In Salt Lake City On Transcontinental Flight
The famous monoplane Southern Gross landed at Salt Lake City Municipal Airport at 8 25 p m ending the second leg of its New York to Oakland Cal transcontinental flight The plane will remain here to night.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
New York
Oakland
Cal
Amarillo Chamber Plans Air Derby Stop Fund Drive
Chamber of Commerce manager C V Vernon says Amarillo can raise the $1,000 needed to designate a city overnight stop on the women's air derby route. He notes global press interest and publicity value and says volunteers will canvass businessmen tomorrow to confirm support, with funds raised by subscription only.
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Amarillo
C. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon
Chamber
India Schoolboys Hurt Bombay Demonstrators Injured
Four schoolboy demonstrators were seriously injured and ten others lightly wounded in exchanges with police in Bombay on July 3. The clashes disrupted activities as authorities attempted to quell protests.
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India
Associated Press
Bombay
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