Shortest corn crop in 26 years foreseen in July report
The July crop report from the agriculture department forecasts 2,274,424,000 bushels of corn, the smallest since 1900. Prospects show declines in corn and cotton with gains in wheat and hay, while overall fruit crops look poor and tobacco may shrink.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Corn Belt
North-Central States
Kansas
Nebraska
Unmasked men rob Mill Creek Bank in broad daylight
Two unmasked men robbed the First National Bank in Mill Creek Oklahoma of about 4000 dollars shortly after noon. They escaped after locking cashier W C Eubank in the vault. Mill Creek lies in Johnson county.
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Associated Press
Mill Creek
Okla
First National Bank
W. C. Eubank
Johnson County
Weather Forecast For Amarillo Area Unsettled Tuesday
The Amarillo region faces unsettled weather Tuesday with likely showers and partly cloudy conditions in West Texas and New Mexico. A high pressure area exists in the southeast with low pressure over southern Arizona bringing showers across Kansas, eastern New Mexico, western Texas, and along the east Gulf and Atlantic coast. Temperature readings yesterday show a high of 87 and a low of 64 with 0.48 inches of precipitation in the prior 24 hours.
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Amarillo
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New Mexico
Arizona
Kangas
Texas
East Gulf
Atlantic Coast
Howrs
Amarillo Yesteray
Ec Sens
Sverevscae
Ecscteesste
Water Plant Is Complete Jones Takes Vacation
Bank Jones city engineer bid farewell with his wife and left for Denver after ensuring every bolt was right on the $2,300,000 water project. He has to unwind after twenty years of nonstop work and will return in a few weeks.
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Charles Birger
Benton
Ill
Joe Adams
West City
Adams
Illinois
Birger
Minnie
Charline
Robert E. Smith
Bank Jones
Denver
Mr. Jones
Victor Theaters Formed to Run Ten Texas Picture Houses
John Victor and associates announce Victor Theaters Inc a $250 000 venture with plans to operate a string of west Texas motion picture houses and construct ten community movie palaces in San Antonio Five to be built at once forming from the Texas Theater company
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Associated Press
Abilene
John Victor and Associates Today
Victor Theaters, Inc
West Texas
Texas Theater Company
San Antonio
Body of Drowned Youth Recovered Near Texarkana
The body of Hiram Jones 19 of New Boston Texas was recovered near Texarkana around noon Monday after drowning Sunday afternoon while swimming in the Red River with companions. Jones attempted to swim across the wide river, became exhausted, and sank after friend David Croas failed to save him. This marks the first drowning in the local swimming season.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Hiram Jones
New Boston
Texas
Here
Red River
W. L. Feadwell
Jones
David Croas
Rebecca Rogers Faces Trial in Bank Robbery Case
Rebecca Bradley Rogers, charged with robbing Farmers' National Bank of Buda last winter, must stand trial in San Marcos tomorrow after the court denied a second continuance. Her husband, Amarillo attorney Otis Rogers, previously sought delays. a key sanity witness is in Europe, and jury selection will begin in the morning.
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The
Associated Press
San Marcos
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Farmers’ National Bank
Buda
Lebouef murder investigation takes new turns in Louisiana
Morgan City police focus on possible link between Mrs Lebouef and Dr Thomas Dreher as authorities question a local intermediary. Sheriff Pecot questions a woman tied to the physician and an alleged 18 year old lover. Reports say Dreher and trapper James Beadle were seen together the night of the slaying. Grand jury plans underway for a special session.
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Associated Press
Franklin
James J. Lebouef
Morgan City
Dr. Dreher
James Beadle
Dreher
Lebouef
Veteran rail conductor D Dearborn dies in Amarillo room
D Dearborn 70 a veteran rail conductor on Denver lines out of Amarillo for 22 years was found dead in his room at 712 North Buchanan street yesterday afternoon. He complained of stomach pains Sunday and had retired July 6 on pension. He planned a visit with his children after packing trunks.
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D. Dearborn
Denver
Amarillo
North
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Dearborn
Friends
Weat Texan
Dallas
Childress
Thigh Believed to Be Victim in Brooklyn Axe Murders
A thigh believed to be Miss Sarah Elizabeth Brownell’s was found in Grand Army plaza near the Brownell house as detectives search sewers for missing portions of two victims. The discovery connects to a Brooklyn slaying case with bodies found at Battery Park and other locations. The Brownell family identity raises questions about the missing Evelyn De Martino and a possible third victim.
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Associated Press
New York
Sarah Elizabeth Brownell
Brooklyn
Grand Army Plaza
Selma Bennett
Brownell
Mary de Martino
Evelyn
E. Brownell
Sarah Elizabeth
Miss Brownell
Jerry de Martino
Amarillo Acquires Street Machinery In Major Upgrade
City manager Jeff Bartlett says Amarillo now has ample street equipment after purchasing a large grader and a caterpillar tractor. Four crews will work continuously to repair rain damage, patch holes, and clear culverts after each rain, with streets dragged within 15 hours.
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Amarillo
Jeff Bartlett
Bruner May Be Released As Father Arrives
Glen L Bruner's father traveled from Kansas City to visit the Knox county jail where Bruner is held as an accomplice in a bank robbery with firearms at Truscott. Chief Gaither awaits word from Knox county sheriff in Benjamin about a possible bond release within a day. Bruner, once a Kansas City attorney and two time district attorney candidate, has been in Amarillo six months working in oil leasing.
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Glen L. Bruner
Kansas City
Potter County
Truscott Bank
Knox County
Gaither
Benjamin
Bruner
Mr. Bruner
Brunner
Amarillo
Delegations Ready to Testify on Flood Control Plan
The Mississippi River Commission begins final hearings in St Louis with delegates prepared to testify. Col Charles L Potter president asserts flood control should be federally financed due to crop losses and heavy rehabilitation costs from the 1924 flood.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Mississippi River Commission
Charles L. Potter
Potter
Woman Crushed Skull in Kansas City Car Crash
An unidentified 22 year old woman lies near death with a crushed skull after a collision with a larger sedan in Kansas City. Her companion, Oscar Foreman a 27 year old man, has a probable skull fracture. Foreman says he met the woman at a north end cabaret and attempts to identify her have failed.
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Kansas City
Oscar Foreman
Foreman
North End
Rain Clouds Bring More Fall Over Panhandle Weather
Rainfall spread from Texline to Dalhart with Amarillo reporting .48 inches Sunday night. Spearman saw about one inch since Saturday, while Hansford county reports three to four inches in western areas. Dalhart notes 2.056 inches overnight and 2.98 inches for the first ten days of July. Continuous rain promises unsettled weather through the weekend.
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Panhandle
Spearman
Amarillo
Texline
Memphis
Glen Rio
Adrian
Vega
McLean
Texico
Bovina
Hereford
Canyon
Borger
St. Francis
Pampa
Plainview
Dalhart
New City
Hansford County
Dalhart Trade
Arrests Mount in Panhandle Bank Robbery roundup
Police arrested rancher R L Hicks on a Farwell warrant for robbery with firearms tied to the Friona bank holdup that netted 3760 dollars. Other suspects, including Ra M Red Cummings, remain jailed as Chief Gaither targets a wider crime ring and possible broader looting of banks and autos.
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Gaither
R. L. Hicks
Panhandle
New Mexico
Farwell
Hicks
Friona Bank
Palmer County
Ra. M. “Red” Cummings
Muleshoe
Elida
N. M
Friena
Vega
Guither
Amarillo
Southwest
Millionaire oil man Owens freed from jail in Oklahoma
Tulsa oilman and state legislator Owens, jailed since April 23 for contempt of the state supreme court, was released today by order of United States Circuit Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh. Bond set at 15,000. writ returned for October 3 onEurope trip.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Owens
Tulsa
State Supreme Court
Arba S. van Valkenburgh
Kansas City
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
van Valkenburgh
Europe
Riverside Oil Company
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