Jubilant Panhandle Fourth Of July Amid Stable Celebrations
Amid jubilant Panhandle celebrations, Amarillo Sheriff Bill Adams called the Fourth of July the sanest and safest yet with no county jail drunks or accidents. Events ranged from rodeos and softball to polo, sailing regatta, and a Floydada political rally. Clovis marked the day with a large fireworks show after paving a highway to Amarillo, while three-day results covered bulldogging, calf roping, bronco riding, and steer riding with names like Roane, Olsen, Barton, Bingham and more.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Bill Adams
Oldsters
McLean
Floydada
Clovis
Pampa Rhythm Wins At Clarendon Fiesta
Pampa's swing rhythm band topped a Clarendon Fourth of July program that drew thousands. Highlights included chorus winners Goldston Singers and McKnight Singers, rodeo with 10 buffaloes, calf and goat roping results, bronc riding, a monument unveiling, and a fireworks and dance finale. Hydie Helm was injured in the rodeo. Cross Roads beat Memphis 6 to 5 in baseball. a granite shaft honoring old Clarendon residents was dedicated. out-of-town guests from Memphis, Pampa, Amarillo, and others attended.
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Clarendon
Pampa
Amarillo
Memphis
Goldston Singers
Clyde Hudson
McKnight
Bob Hefner
Dorothy Lee
Jack Sisson
Lela Lake
Songsters
Hydie Helm
Johnny McCleland
R. C. Stuart
Wayne McCleland
T Lloyd Johnson
Hal Avery
A. F. Snow
Bernard
R. C. Stout
Claude
Cross Roads
Old Clarendon
Clarendon Cemetery
Childress
Clay Thornton
Bones Hooks
Sayre Cowboy Leads Anvil Park Rodeo
Roy Ross of Sayre sealed the Fifteenth Anvil Park Rodeo victory with a 7.2 second bulldogging run to top a field that included 20.6 seconds total for the event over two days. Detailed results list Ross ahead in bulldogging while Calf roping and Bronc riding also show notable performances from Earl Moore, Johnny Freeman, Buddy Ellison, Andy Curtis, and Whitey Stewart among others.
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Roane
Elk City
Tex Doyle
Pampa
Sylvester Roane
Jimmie Olsen
Wiley McCray
Allison
Pred Barton
Durham
Okla
Jack Bingham
J. C. Nix
Gerald Sportsman
Clinton Hill
Roy Ross
Bruce Ross
Bill van Vacter
Johnny Freeman
Vernon Orr
Rusty Coram
Earle Moore
Andy Curtis
Anvil Park
Canadian
Aly
Earl Moore
Orton
Woodward
Buddy Ellison
Oklahoma City
Sayre
el Reno
Whitey Stewart
Anadarko
Sylvester
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity fair and warmer. West Texas fair. New Mexico generally fair.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Sports Featured at McLean Fourth Celebration
Thousands attended McLean’s Fourth of July celebration. City Drug defeated an independent team 7-4 in a morning softball game. A parade preceded a chuck wagon dinner for bands and rodeo contestants. Fort Worth’s Brawley’s chuck wagon supplied the sound system for a rodeo with over a hundred riders. A polo match followed between McLean and Amarillo, with bands from McLean, Kellerville, Shamrock, and Pampa providing music.
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M'Lean
McLean
Brawleys Chuck Wagon
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Kellerville
Clayton Recalls Time Of Rollicking 80's Fourth of July
A Dalhart XIT delegation led by Miss Nickie Alfred and Miss Dana Gay Watson joined a crowd of about 7,500 in Clayton for a free Fourth of July celebration. Activities included a two mile parade with prizes for best cowgirl costumes and floats, a rodeo, a boxing card, and a late fireworks display followed by a dance.
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Clayton
Old West
Dalhart
Nickie Alfred Queen
Dana Gay Watson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fern Trantham
Doc) Olbeter
Politicians Speak At Floydada Fete
Floydada July Fourth celebration attracts about four thousand attendees. Speakers from the court house via loudspeaker included Bob McKee Crosbyton for Bob Calvert and Lewis Goodrich for Walter Woodal. Judge L G Mathews coordinated remarks for E O Thompson. Harley Sadler hosted a tent show and led entertainment alongside square and round dances with American Legion sponsorship.
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Floydada
Court House
Bob McKee
Crosbyton
Bob Calvert
Meade Griffin
Plainview
Lewis Goodrich
Walter Woodal
Harley Sadler
Jerry
Sadler
L. G. Mathews
E. O. Thompson
Mathews
Clovis Celebrates Highway Opening Night Light Show
Clovis New Mexico observed a Fourth of July celebration with fireworks and water sports in Hillcrest Park drawing about 20 000 people. The event honored the completion of parking along Highway 60 between Clovis and Amarillo with delegations from several along the route and no formal program.
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Clovis
N. M
Hillcrest Park
Plains Horse and Mule Association
Miller
Highway 60
Amarillo
Fourth Is Day Of Aggression In War Areas
A compiled AP dispatch reports ongoing aggression in Spain where insurgents claim new positions after fierce civil war battles. Japan announces destruction of much of China's air fleet while France claims Paracel Islands, with heavy damage reported near Nanchang and Hukow.
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Spain
Japan
China
France
Paracel Islands
South China Sea
la Puebla de Valverde
Franco
Nanchang
Hankow
Hukow
Tourane
Hainan
Paracels
London
House of Commons
John Simon
Thousands To Greet FDR Here Tragedy Rides River Rapids
Two Colorado adventurers died after their home-made 11 foot boat capsized in the Black Canyon. Wakefield and Hunt set out June 20 from Green River to Albuquerque on a scientific Colorado River expedition. Ditch-riders sighted the wreckage and Wakefield’s body near Cerro New Mexico. The expedition aimed to reach Lee's Ferry for Independence Day. President Roosevelt planned to visit Amarillo July 11, with a giant band, town events, and statewide decor.
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Colorado
Lee's Ferry
Ariz
Nevills
Rio Grande River
Cerro
N. M
FE. R. Wakefield
A. S. Hunt
Black Canyon
New Mexico
Alamosa
Colo
Albuquerque
Lee’s Ferry
Green River
Utah
Colorado River
Green
Glenn R. Hyde
Hansen
Idaho
Wakefield
Western Union
Hunt
Secret Service chief guides Roosevelts Amarillo visit plan
Col. FE Starling, longtime White House Secret Service head, came to Amarillo yesterday to map the president's six day ahead trip. He met with Mayor Rogers and local officials to outline a 15 minute drive from Fort Worth station to Ellwood Park and a route allowing spectators along vacant lots. He praised Amarillo’s cooperation and predicted a highly pleasing appearance by the president.
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President Roosevelt
Col
FE. W. Starling
White House
Secret Service
Colonel Starling
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Lawrence Hagg
Marvin Jones
Gene Howe
Sid Harper
Mr. Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Denver
Ellwood Park
Third Avenue
Polk
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Washington
Eleventh Avenue
Roosevelt
Starling
Rogers
Newsmen of War Honored Too
GAPLAND Md July 4 A lone American flag marks the memorial to Civil War war correspondents at Townsend estate near Gettysburg Antietam and Monocacy. The Moorish arch tower honors 134 reporters and artists including Charles Carleton Coffin who rode 1000 miles to cover Gettysburg.
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Gapland
Gettysburg
Antietam
South Mountain
Monocacy
George Alfred Townsend
New Jersey
Gath
Mercury
Charlies Carleton Coffin
Boston Journal
Juvenile star Jane Withers burned in Fourth of July firework mishap
In Los Angeles on July 4, juvenile film star Jane Withers and her parents were at Lake Arrowhead when a string of firecrackers erupted. Jane sustained first degree burns on one hand, the injury reported as one of the day’s early firework accidents.
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Los Angeles
Jane Withers
Jane
Lake Arrowhead
Violent holiday toll tops list amid fireworks injuries
A three day Independence weekend toll of at least 822 victims included 183 traffic deaths, 84 drownings and dozens of shootings nationwide. New York saw 58 firework injuries in hospitals, while Pennsylvania led auto fatalities with 25 deaths. Other tragedies ranged from drownings and gun violence to accidental deaths across multiple states.
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Manhattan
Bronx
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Fred Wells
Bushneass
Dallas
Nelson Duerr, Jr
Sloan
Buffalo
N.Y
Kansas City
W. C. Taylor
Safe and Sane Fourth Seefts Two Police Losses and Plane Theft
A Texas news roundup reports a stolen fire chief's car and a Taylorcraft De Luxe plane taken from Shawnee Oklahoma amid Fourth of July chaos. Investigators tie a Tennessee red coupe to the incident while police pursue the missing aircraft, while other holiday crimes include a $500 safe burglary, two shootings and two robberies at Fort Worth. Dallas auto racer Joe Termin dies in Haslet, and a crowd tragedy unfolds at Ho Ho Kus New Jersey with a boy killed and ten injured. Multiple traffic accidents leave minor injuries and a fatality near Nocona, Texas. A rancher Emory Tullos is shot near Charlotte in an election dispute advancing to a sheriff’s inquiry. A West Dallas youth is sought by authorities.
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Amarillo
Shawnee
Oklo
Fayetteville, Tenn
Texas
Tennessee
Taylor
Fort Worth
Windmiller Motor Parts Company
Joe Termin
Dallas
Haskell
Ho-Ho-Kus
N. J
Speedway
Hackensack General Hospital
Nocona
M. 8. Wilson
Vernon
Emory Tullos
Atascosa County
Charlotte
San Antonio
Jourdanton
West Dallas
Hughes Lands in New York After Transcontinental Flight
Howard Hughes, millionaire sportsman, landed at Floyd Bennett Field at 5:49 PM en route to a transatlantic hop to Paris. The Wichita to New York leg took 7 hours 16 minutes, totaling 13 hours 38 minutes from Burbank.
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New York
Floyd Bennett Airport
Long Island
Howard Hughes
Sportsman Filer
Paris
Wichita
Burbank
Calif
Dust Bowl Regatta Draws Amarillo Crowd and Winners
Fresh Water Fans flocked to City Lake for the Dust Bowl Regatta as 2,400 paid admissions plus 100 fishing licenses marked a record turnout. West Texas State Teachers beat San Jacinto 12 to 4 in softball. Mayflower won the sailboat handicap with Dave Britton Jr. as captain. Mermaid of the Dust Bowl Joan Hyland presented a loving cup. Eldon Beer won motorcycle hill climbing, with Champlin second.
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City Lake
West Texas
San Jacinto
Amarillo
Navassa Westover
California
Mayflower
Dale Smith
Dave Britton, Jr
Joan Hyland
Miss Hyland
Bachelor Girls Club
Stanley
Thunderbolt
Batross
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Anvil Park Rodeo
Floydada Fete
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Fort Worth & Denver
Mr. Rice
Rice
City Hall
Ross Rogers
Frank Martin
Fair Grounds
Oklahoma
Martin
Sen
E. W. Starling
Newsmen of War
John Zepeda
Zepeda
Herbert Jones
Houston
Roy Shufelt
Greenville
Charles F. Butte
Seattle
Wash
Illinois
Indiana
Carl Harris
York
Til
Brazil
Ind
Coveington
Springfield
Grim Reaper
The
Associated Press
By Roy Riddle
Pat Flynn
Plains Boating Club
Panhandleites
Carter Matthews
Harvey Wilson
Dick Surryhue
G. Owen
J. Morris
C. Bray
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