Amarillo Considering 100000 Airport Bond Election
City Commission ordered a $100000 bond election for a municipal airport in Amarillo with a special meeting to approve the step. Mayor Lee Bivins was absent, guiding City Attorney Ray Johnson to draft the order. Bond funds would be park bonds, and a viaduct bond election was opposed to run with the airport issue. The city has optioned 48 acres near East Amarillo at 90 per acre, near Oil Field and Panhandle highways, east of a Rock Island branch.
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Rock Island
Yearlings Reach High Prices on Kansas City Market
Short horn mixed yearling steers and heifers and mature Hereford steers sold at the highest price since February on the Kansas City market, bringing 15.75 dollars per hundred pounds. Fed Hereford yearling heifers also topped February levels at 15.65 dollars.
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Kansas City
Col Lindbergh to Attend Legion Meet Oct 8 to 12
United Press reports Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will be a guest at the Tenth Annual American Legion convention in San Antonio from October 8 to 12. Nat M. Washer, convention chairman, announced the arrangement today. The Oklahoma Supreme Court recessed until September with a quorum expected to handle emergencies.
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Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Through Wednesday
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area through 7 PM Wednesday. West Texas and parts of New Mexico show partly cloudy to fair conditions with unsettled northern portions. A trough of low pressure extends from Arizona toward Minnesota with showers in the Southeast and upper Missouri Valley. Temperatures are slightly warmer in the central plains with general seasonal readings.
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Slavian Minister Said Assassinated in Tirania
Reports from Scutari say Stanoje Mihailovitch Jugo Slavian minister to Albania has been assassinated in Tirania. The rumor names Salvo Rama a bandit as the attacker in revenge for his son’s death in a clash with Jugo Slavian border police.
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Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Scutari
Stanoje Mihailovitch
Jugo
Hoover to remain silent until August eleventh
Herbert Hoover plans no public statement on national issues before his formal California nomination notification on August 11. He will tour the country next week en route to California and then deliver a full exposition of his views in his acceptance speech.
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Kan
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Minnesota
Luke Duffey
Indiana
Coolidge
Dallas Pastor Free After Paying Fine
Dallas July 10 After a week in county jail for contempt Reverend Earl Anderson a stormy fundamentalist Baptist was released today his attorney paid the judge required that Anderson take an oath to respect the court injunction forbidding further construction work on his tabernacle in a Dallas residential section.
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Towne Young
State Anti-Smith forces map plan for Texas meet
In Dallas on July 10 anti-Smith leaders outlined campaign steps for a statewide Democratic meeting to oppose Gov. Alfred E. Smith. They urged organizing by senatorial district and county, with a state executive committee and a campaign manager. Prominent speakers were to be announced, including church leaders.
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Atticus Webb
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Texas
Jesse Jones Leaves $200,000 For New Campaigns
The final report of Jesse H. Jones as DNC director shows about 200000 to start the new campaign committee. Since January 1925 receipts totaled 708000 from all sources, with 464000 in 1926 and about 424000 expended, leaving roughly 40000 from that fund to add to the Houston convention balance.
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Washington
Houston
Oklahoma Jurists Face Million Dollar Damages Suit
Oklahoma City July 10 Four Oklahoma supreme court justices led by Chief Justice Fred P. Branson and six attorneys were named as defendants in a 1,000,000 dollar damages suit filed in district court by Tulsa oilman O. O. Owens. Owens alleges a conspiracy to imprison him while he serves a year for contempt of court. he is free on a habeas writ.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court
Fred P. Branson
O. O. Owens
Tulsa
Owens
Supreme Court
van Valkenburg
Kansas City
State Supreme Court
Riverside Oil Company
High Court
Charges rail opponent rides free passes in campaign
Austin, July 10. Jefferson Smith, candidate for the railroad commission, accuses his opponent Lon A. Smith, the incumbent, of riding free railroad passes during his re election bid. Smith says he has not denied the charge after four public speeches in Mason, Rockdale, Mount Pleasant and Dawson.
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Mason
Rockdale
Mount Pleasant
Dawson
Texarkana Baby Killed In Auto Crash Near Hollinger Farm
July 10 Texarkana report states Mrs Allie Hollinger wife of a farmer near Texarkana was seriously injured and her two months old baby was killed when the Hollinger car skidded into a ditch and overturned this afternoon near here.
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Bandits Seize 47000 From Bank Messenger On Eads Bridge
Four bandits in a car forced bank messenger Claude E. Mattingley to the curb on the Eads bridge and escaped with 47000 in currency. Mattingley, of First National Bank East St. Louis, was transferring funds to St. Louis when robbed. The getaway occurred after the bandits overtook his car and compelled him to stop.
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Muttingley
Mrs Ombie Last Flier to Arrive on Tucson Hop
In the national reliability air tour twenty two planes arrived at Davis Montham Field after all but one completed the El Paso leg. John P Wood in a Waco extended his lead while Mrs Phoebe Ombie in a monocoupe arrived late after earlier troubles. One of the El Paso entrants, George Peck in a Travelair, paused for magneto repairs. Tomorrow the route goes to Yuma then San Diego for the night stop.
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Governor calls Kansas special session on road aid
Governor Ben S. Paulen announced a special session of the Kansas legislature to consider submitting a constitutional amendment to voters at the November election. The aim is to ensure Kansas does not lose federal road aid, with the session likely on July 19.
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Kansas
Del Rio Woman Succumbs After Calf Rope Tragedy
Mrs. Dave Smith, 48, died from injuries after a calf in the yard ran loose and tangled a rope around her, knocking her down. She was the mother of seven.
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del Rio
Dave Smith
Two Girls Fight Over Man End in Fatal Shooting
MISSOULA Mont July 10 A 17 year old Mia Sylvia Thornton is jailed on first degree murder charges after a midnights roadside fist fight with fellow high school coed Doris Wentworth 16 died from two gunshot wounds. The two had argued over George Kolppa 18 and after a joyride stopped to settle it with a gun in Thornton’s hand. Thornton pleaded not guilty and awaits trial later in July.
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Laborer Dodges Falling Girder at Dallas Steel Plant
J. W Thomas a laborer at a Dallas steel plant narrowly escaped a ton weight steel bridge girder that fell toward him. He stepped aside as the beam struck his arms tore his clothing and clipped the toe off his shoe in a near fatal incident reported by United Press.
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Dallas
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Thomas
Bond Release Is Refused for Osage Rancher Hale
Federal Judge Franklin E. Kennamer refused a writ of habeas corpus for William K. Hale Osage county rancher awaiting a second murder trial in the Henry Roan case Hale’s trial was set for September 11 at Pawhuska and he will remain in the Washington county jail at Bartlesville pending trial Continued on Page 2 Col 4
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Tulsa
Okla
Franklin E. Kennamer
City Demands Rate Out Of Gas Company
Amarillo city commission presses for lower gas rates after a month without action. City Manager Bart let to write to Amarillo Gas Co demanding a clear response as officials consider the prior promise of investigation and report.
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Fleeing Polar Wreck Survivor Tale From Northeastland Flier
A 1928 UPI report recounts General Nobile and a small band stranded at Spitzbergen. Lieutenant Lundborg recalls landing off the tent, being greeted by Viglieri and Biagi, and the rescue of Nobile described amid dire conditions and illness from exposure and hunger.
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Guiseppe Biagi
Umberto
Shyberg
Banks in Sharp Gain Amid Amarillo Grain Traffic
Banks in sharp gain as Amarillo grain market reports yesterday show Panhandle wheat movement approaching 500 000 bushels valued near 750 000 dollars. Railroads logged 449 cars diverted and re consigned, roughly 560 000 bushels, worth about 715 000 dollars, with additional through traffic not counted here.
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Amarillo Wheat Trade Surges As Harvest Opens
Amarillo Grain Exchange reports over 1,250 carloads of wheat handled last night and potential daily receipts exceeding 1,000 carloads as the Panhandle harvest begins. Federal inspector John F. Ross notes Wichita as center of the wheat state and Amarillo already rivals Kansas City and Fort Worth in grain activity. The rush suggests in the next 30 days Amarillo yards may take in more than $1,000,000 worth of wheat in a single day.
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Amarillo
Wheat harvest boosts Amarillo bank deposits to 2.6 million in nine days
Amarillo banks report deposits rising by over 2.6 million in nine days as wheat harvest starts, with new money flowing into Panhandle banks at about a million dollars daily. Across the region, total 1928 crop value is estimated at 17 million, with expectations of seven and a half million added to city banks in the coming month. The North Plains show record yields attracting new farmers, while total transit items yesterday reached 2,285,000.
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Panhandle
Wheat Belt
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New Opportunities In Amarillo Classifieds
Our classified section offers daily opportunities to find a better position a more comfortable room a new home or an automobile. Read the Amarillo listings to locate deals and offers that match your needs and budget.
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