Hoover's fate hung on Huston as rift widens
President Hoover met with Claudius Huston after weeks of Republican complaints and a party fundraising dispute. Huston said he would press a Thursday officers meeting and offered no comment on resigning. Hoover acts as arbiter in the Republican leadership quarrel amid calls for a replacement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Hoover
White House
Huston
Hereford Wheat Sample Sets New Weight Record
A Hereford wheat sample tested 64.6 pounds per bushel, the highest for the Amarillo Federal Grain Inspector office. Sent by J. L. Brooks of White Deer with Hereford elevator, the grain will be cleaned and shipped to Chicago for the International Livestock Show display.
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John F. Ross
Hereford
Amarillo
J. L. Brooks
White Deer
Federal Grain Inspector
Chicago
Amarillo Weather Outlook and Texan Forecast
Tuesday skies partly cloudy in Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair warm conditions across West Texas. New Mexico shows fair weather in the south and unsettled in the north with daytime temperatures near the upper 80s, evening lows around 60s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo City Election Today for Seat Vacancy
Polls open at eight in eight precincts for a special election to fill the vacancy from Lester Stone’s resignation. Candidates are M. N. Twaddell H. Ernest Smith and J. W. Goff. Absentee ballots had two cast. results expected soon after closing at seven.
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Amarillo
Lester Stone
M. N. Twaddell
H. Ernest Smith
J. W. Goff
Endurance flight attempt opens after near disaster
George Haldeman and Stewart Chadwick began a non refueling endurance flight from Jacksonville Beach aiming to surpass a 67 hour 15 minute record. Their monoplane Thirteen weighing about 14 000 pounds lifted off after a beach run despite skimming water and a pier near the shore. Observers noted gasoline dumps as the attempt continued.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
George Haldeman
Stewart Chadwick
Haldeman
Chadwick
Rockefeller 91st Birthday Follows Quiet Routine
John D. Rockefeller turns 91 with no fuss planned and will spend the day at Pocantico Hills in golf with neighbors, a Westchester automobile ride, and a family dinner. A birthday statement praises kindness received and good health as he continues his routine of work, play, and rest.
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Associated Press
Tarryton
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Westchester Hills
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Harvest Years End for Area Across Plains
Harvest is concluding across the South Plains and North Plains with 80 to 90 percent finished in some districts. Wheat arrivals remain slow as farmers wait for higher prices. Central Grain & Elevator reports only three carloads versus typical 80. Spearman area about halfway done. Dalhart Stratford Texhoma Perryton around 60 percent. Federal Grain Inspector Ross logged 278 cars in two days totaling roughly 417000 bushels.
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South Plains
Amarillo
North Plains
Central Grain & Elevator Company
Spearman
Dalhart
Stratford
Texhoma
Perryton
John F. Ross
Lubbock Newspaper Men Plan World Tour
Allan Carney sports editor and Sutton Christian Daily Journal city editor of the Avalanche Journal depart Lubbock July 15 for a globe trotting series titled Turning With the World. They seek interviews with publishers statesmen royalty and celebrities to study international affairs and seek daring adventures. Their experiences will be shared in Southwest newspapers through letters of introduction from Dean Walter Williams.
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Southwest
Walter Williams
The
University of
Avalanche-Journal
Allan Carney
Sutton Christian
Texas Second for Exports in Nation 1923
Texas remained second in U S export ranking in 1929 despite a drop in total state exports to 657 559 600 dollars from 817 001 082 in 1928 New York led with about 871 741 399 dollars in 1929 while Texas losses were blamed on lower prices for cotton wheat and petroleum Texas remained a distant runner up to New York with tonnage rising for New York per shipping board figures and continued on page 11 column 2
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Texas
New York
Lone Star
Department of Commerce
Shipping Board
Boulder Canyon Dam Work Begins in Colorado
Washington reports construction on the $165,000,000 Boulder Canyon dam project has started. Elwood Mead, reclamation commissioner, received a telegram from R F Walter chief engineer that Walter R Young resident engineer has begun the work in Denver.
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Associated Press
Washington
Boulder Canyon
Elwood Mead
Commissioner of Reclamation
R. F. Walter
Bureau of Reclamation
Denver
Walter R. Young
Akron pair in balloon win
A former navy yard worker and a 29 year old student pilot were declared unofficial victors in the national elimination balloon race in Houston. R J Blair and Wragh Trotter from Akron Goodyear Zeppelin traveled the greatest distance about 850 miles. Blair reported the Goodyear craft landed at Greensburg bay and that no word had come in for over 24 hours.
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Associated Presa
Houston
Navy Yard
R. J. Blair
Wragh Trotter
Akron
Goodyear-Zeppelin
Blair
Bremerton Navy Yards
Greensburg Bay
Fred
Wilbur
National Aeronautic Association
Nicholas 18 Held in Jail After Duel and Divorce Action
Nicholas 18, painter, wounded June 13 in a gun battle with taxi driver H W Hyde outside the Her ring hotel. Nicholas faces grand jury indictment for assault with intent to kill. Hyde was held on a similar charge but not indicted. Nicholas filed for divorce as he recovers, claiming the shooting involved his wife.
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J. R. Nicholas
H. W. Hyde
Herring Hotel
Potter County
Hyde
Nicholas
Grand Jury
Chicago Reporter Attacked in Apparent Car Siding Incident
Chicago crime reporter Leland H. Reese said in a signed DeKalb dispatch that an automobile forcibly pushed his vehicle off the road after a ten mile chase. Reese and two companions, Ed Braun and Allen Finlay, were hospitalized with injuries including bruises cuts and broken ribs. Braun and Finlay also suffered rib fractures.
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Associated Fee
Chicago
Leland H. Reese
Chicago Daily News
Today
DeKalb, Il
Reese
Ed Braun
Allen Finlay
Glidden Memorial Hospital
DeKalb
Braun
Santa Fe to Start 380 Miles of New Rail Lines
Chicago July 7 A Santa Fe railway plan to build 380 miles of new lines at about 15 million dollars was announced by President W B Storey. The routes run through Colorado Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. A line from Amarillo Texas to Las Animas Colorado covers 220 miles with another from Felt Oklahoma planned.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
W. B. Storey
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Las Animas
Colc
Felt
Okla
Conan Doyle and Houdini Reconcile Beyond Stars
In New York on July 7 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini appear to renew a friendship strained by a long running dispute over spiritualism. Doyle writes of talking with Houdini in the spirit world and of psychic research, while Houdini had dismissed such beliefs. The letter to Bernard M. L. Ernst includes Doyle's permission to publish their letters from over a decade.
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New York
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Bernard M. L. Ernst
El Paso Pilot Enters Los Angeles Chicago Air Derby
Juanita Burns of El Paso enters the Los Angeles to Chicago women s air derby. She drew attention a year ago aiding federal officers in capturing flying rum runners. Amarillo had bid for a night stop as the derby starts August 17.
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Juanita Burns
el Paso Haa
Los Angeles
Chicago
Amarillo
Panhandle rally to honor Senator Small set for Friday
A Panhandle wide rally for Senator Clint Small will be held in Amarillo Friday night. The local committee selected the date after receiving extensive requests for a big regional meeting. Prominent speakers from across the state, including Lynch Davidson and Walter Cline, are expected to appear.
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Clint Small
Amarillo
Senator Small
Panhandle
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Walter Cline
Wichita Falls
Grover Hill
Ray C. Johnson
Jackson O Brine Start Endurance Flight Attempt
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson prepare to attempt a world endurance refueling flight next Sunday at Lambert Field. They aim to surpass 653 hours set by the Hunter brothers in The City of Chicago, continuing the St Louis record set by their earlier Robin flight of 420 hours.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Greater St. Louis
Lambert St. Louis Field
Forest O'Brine
Dale Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Bobbitt 10 Speak Here Friday Night Campaign Stop
Attorney General Robert Lee Bobbitt will address the public on the courthouse lawn at 8 p.m. Thursday as part of his reelection campaign. He plans a Friday night stop in Canyon after the event. The local arrangements committee includes H. G. Hamrick Col. E. C. Thompson E. C. Nelson Jr James G. Guleke.
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Robert Lee Bobbitt
Mr. Bobbitt
Canyon
H. G. Hamrick
Col
E. C. Thompson
E. C. Nelson, Jr
James G. Guleke
Hoover opens special senate session on London treaty rati fication
President Hoover requests approval of the London oral treaty as an important step in disarmament and world peace. Senator McKellar seeks public access to confidential documents from the London conference, while Senator Johnson demands full disclosure for all members and the government. The outcome remains uncertain as votes loom.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Republcan
California
United States Senate
Swanson
Virginia
Missing rent car recovered in Plainview as driver remains missing
Plainview authorities recovered a Plymouth coupe rented last Friday by Paul Biddle, a night helper for Shamrock Produce Company of Amarillo. Max Long, who runs a drive it yourself business, left to retrieve the car. Police still investigate the theft of more than 450 dollars from Shamrock Produce and the disappearance of Biddle, with no trace found.
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Plainview
Max Long
Third
Pierce
Paul Biddle
Shamrock Produce Company
Amarillo
Long
Produce Company
Biddle
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