Mission Theatre Hosts One Cent Matinee Featuring Baxter Butted In
The Mission Theatre offers today a one cent matinee from 1 to 5 pm with two adults for 31 cents and two children for 11 cents. The main attraction is Baxter Butted In a seven reel comedy starring Matt Moore and Dorothy Devore. A short subject West Bound featuring Andy Gump is also shown.
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Mission Theatre
Mission Today
Baxter
Matt Moore
Dorothy Devore
Andy Gump
Deandi Adds New Leading Woman and Comedian
The Deandi theatre brings in Chick Griffin as a new comedian in his first appearance with the Deandi Jolly Flappers Company. His shuffle along dance draws loud applause and multiple encores. A new leading woman blues singer and two chorus girls enhance the show, now considered stronger than at opening four weeks ago. A fresh bill with Big Boy McBride stars today, featuring the new talent.
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Chick Griffin
Deandi
Deandi Jolly Flappers Company
Big Boy McBride
Lady of the Night at the Fair drama thrills crowds
Norma Shearer stars in a dual role as society girl and hard working cabaret dancer in Lady of the Night. Adela Rogers St Johns crafts a breathless tale from upper crust homes to underworld haunts. Monta Bell delivers rapid fire action and strong human interest throughout this crowd pleaser.
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Norma Shearer
Fifth Avenue
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Four Hundred
Sun Dodgers
Monta Bell
Reid makes this over S W T highway
Special to The News from Pampa July 7 reports F P Reid secretary manager of the Clovis division of the Southwest Trail has visited towns along the route and finds the highway in excellent condition. The road is in fine shape from Chicago to Kansas City Canadian Amarillo and El Paso.
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Pampa
F. P. Reid
Clovis Division
Southwest Trail
Chicago
Kansas City
Canadian
Amarillo
el Paso
Hanson Post Launches Drive for 1926 Legion Convention
An active campaign began at the Hanson Post meeting to secure the 1926 Texas American Legion convention in Amarillo. Letters will be sent to posts statewide to rally support for Amarillo. New drum corps uniforms will be ordered for the Fort Worth convention. Dues for the rest of the year were cut to three dollars and a membership drive will follow.
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Texas Department of the American Legion
Hanson
Amarillo Legion
Fort Worth
Chattanooga Man Heads Southern Newspaper Publishers
Walter C. Johnson of Chattanooga was elected president at the South ern Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Asheville North Carolina. Adolph Ochs urged unbiased accurate news and Kent Cooper attended an informal conference. A FCC complaint on ad agency publisher relations was discussed and an $80 082 88 subscription was reported to establish a Lee Memorial School of Journalism in fall.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N.C
Walter C. Johnson
Chattanooga
Adolph
Ochs
New York Times
The
Chattanooga Times
Southes Newspaper Publishers Association
Kent Cooper
Federal Trade Commission
James F. Finley
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Lee Memorial School of Journalism
Robert E. Lee
John 8. Cohen
Wichita Falls Sees Best Time Says Bank Official
J Floyd Clouse of the Dallas Fed visited Wichita Falls and said the city and its trade territory are amid a strong period of business prosperity. He noted progressiveness and stable finances, with only slight seasonal downturns this summer, and predicted good outlooks for months ahead amid a generally improving Texas economy.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
J. Floyd Clouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Texas
Clouse
Pampa Man Injured In Motorcycle Accident
Pampa, July 17. Dewey Priest of Pampa was seriously injured Sunday when his motorcycle turned over with him. He suffered painful injuries to his leg and foot.
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Pampa
Dewey Priest
Plenty of Water at Village Dairy Fire
A firefighting scene in Le Rire Parts depicts Captain ordering water to reach a village dairy as flames threaten the building. The dialogue conveys urgency and readiness, highlighting the role of water in containment and village solidarity.
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le Rire
Tri-State Fair Exhibit Chairman Urges Exhibitors
Pampa July 7. The Tri-State Fair Amarillo catalog is published. F P Reid, chairman of the exhibitors association, urges all exhibitors to prepare displays for the state fairs on the circuit. The catalog aligns with the Texas State Fair Dallas rules and others. Exhibits from Panhandle Plains counties should be entered, and copies of the catalog can be obtained from O V Vernon, Amarillo secretary.
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Pampa
Amarillo
F. P. Reid
Exhibitors Association
Dallas
Reid
Panhandle-Plains
O. V. Vernon
Battle account in Corpus Christi recounted by survivor’s kin
Lee Ryder, brother of George Ryder killed in the Corpus Christi shootout, relays a version of events from Sunday night. He says George and Paul McAllister left a house, entered Ryder’s car, and were confronted by deputy Bledsoe and constable Bisbee, leading to shots that killed McAllister and possibly Bisbee while Ryder was wounded but alive. Rufus McMurray, also shot, is expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Lee Ryder
George Ryder
Paul McAllister
McAllister
R. R. Bledsoe
C. M. Bisbee
Bledsoe
Ryder
Bisbee
J. B. Shaw
Rufus McMurray
Fire sweeps Cross Roads oil town in Arkansas blast
Eldorado Ark July 7 Cross Roads nine miles northeast of here a new oil boom town was ringed with fire as a flaming tornado rose from the Imperial Oil and Gas Products plant early today. It swept four wells six earthen storage pits and other properties causing losses over 500000. Believed under control tonight flames burned in the restricted district and black smoke streamed across the sky all day and night.
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Associated Press
Eldorado
Ark
Cross Roads
New
Here
Imperial Oil and Gas Products Company
Power firm staff bonus spread nationwide
Morrison and McCall, former owners of the Texas Central Power Company, distributed 365000 dollars in bonuses among 1000 employees in San Antonio on July 7. The associates properties were sold to Middlewest Utilities for more than 20000000 dollars, extending plants across southwest Texas.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Old Feud Ends in Death and Murder Charge
Associated Press reports a feud between brothers in law J W Harrington aged 46 and J L Clayton aged 67 ends in Harrington's death and Clayton being charged with murder. The shooting happened at Clayton's home after years of tension despite earlier friendship.
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Associated Press
Houston
J. W. Harrington
J. L. Clayton
Clayton
Harrington
Miller Bound Over To Grand Jury On Charge
Ernest T. Dusty Miller prominent attorney acquitted in the Miller Hobart case was bound over to the next grand jury on a $1000 bond after a preliminary hearing before Justice C G Landis on a charge of assault with intent to murder Mrs Ruth Hobart early Wednesday. Witnesses included Deputy Gib Landis Mrs Ruth Hobart and Mrs Mary Anderson. Hobart testified she did not recall if a shot was fired or if she exited the car. The hearing drew a crowded courtroom and jammed the courthouse basement as spectators sought to hear the proceedings.
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Ernest T
Dusty) Miller
Miller-Hobart
Justice of the Peace
C. G. Landis
Ruth Hobart
Justice Landis
Gib Landis
Anderson
A. M. Sanderson
Henry Ford
Ford
Miller
Twenty-First
Polk Streets
Mary Anderson
Hobart
Czecho-Slovakia Willing to Fund U.S. Debts
Washington reports Czecho-Slovakia has joined France Belgium Italy and Estonia in pledging to refund its postwar reconstruction debts. Prague plans to dispatch an official note acknowledging obligations and ready to begin immediate settlement talks. Debts total about 91 million dollars including 80 million plus transport expenses.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Belgium
Italy
Esthenia
United States
State Department
Legation
Prague
Vene
Five Year Old Son of Dress Manufacturer Missing Again
Roscoe H. Canaday Jr., five year old son of a suit and dress maker, disappeared today in Forest Hills Queens while playing in his father’s yard. A woman, two men abducted him in a car, he resisted, but was overpowered. His parents have a history of separation since 1923 and prior abduction charges were filed in Texas. Ex tradition proceedings are pending.
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New York
Roscoe H. Canaday, Jr
San Antonio
Texas
Forest Hills
Queens
Canaday
Laundrymen End First Day in Full at National Meeting
A Dallas and Texas group met with committees named for Resolutions Membership and more. Ernest Thompson of Amarillo welcomed the gathering, with J K Shirley of Paris replying. The program covered laundry management, customer retention, and service features, led by figures from Amarillo Dallas Wichita Falls Port Arthur and Claude.
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Old Virginia
Henry Fletcher
el Paso
J. N. Stire
Dallas
H. K. McBeth
San Antonio
H. A. Gray, Jr
Wichita Falls
L. B. Beazley
L. N. L. Leachman
Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
J. K. Shirley
Paris
G. L. Yates
R. N. McCallum
Wm. Smith
T. C. Leachman
Claude
Benesho
Ed FP. Lohman
Port Arthur
Paul Pond
W. A. Johnson
L. NA
Trade Journal Notices and Addresses In Laundry Industry
Galveston and Houston based entries list recipients including F L Elkins with Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association and Wm Smith of Amarillo, plus Miss Helen Burton and L A Gibson as editor. Reports of committees unfinished business and new business precede adjournment in the trade journal page.
Bryan argues Dayton trial as duel over science and faith
William Jennings Bryan frames the Scopes case as a global clash between evolution and Christianity. He says the trial tests revealed religion, not local press or punishment, and questions why a small city cannot host a landmark case. He warns evolution threatens biblical morality and declares the struggle is now understood by Christians.
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Dayton
Scopes
Bryan
Christ
Bethlhem
Nazareth
Mr. Bryan
Pimples and Blemishes Promoted by Black and White Remedy
An advertisement urges women to treat pimples and skin blemishes with Black and White Ointment and Soap. It claims the ointment reduces acne quickly after a few applications and emphasizes affordability with a 50c size offering three times as much as the 26e size. Dealers stock both products.
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A Imonta Production
Mack Sennet
Bellans
Deandi Jolly Flappers
J. B. Warner
the Fair Theater
NIGHT
Hanson Post
Fight For Legion Meeting
Southern News
Dorothy Devore Ward Crane
Wilfred Lucas In
Czecho-Slovakia
U. S
Sirl
Georgette
New Madras
Pereale
de Chine
Teds
Adams Dry Goods CO
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