Bitter Battle Set for Closing Game at Metro Park
The Texola Wildcats of Oklahoma meet Burger Alamo 66 today at Metro Park for the seventh Globe News tournament final, with first and second prizes at stake. Both teams have two defeats and the crowd is expected large as Western League pitcher Wild Bill Ellis nearly forced an extra game with a 7 3 and 7 1 double header victory, fanning 32 batters.
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Metro Park
Globe News
Texola Wildcats
Oklahoma
Burger Alamo “66
Bill” Ellis
Ellis
Mobeetie Wheeler
Texola
HURLS CHARGE AT TECH BOARD
Dr. J G Granbery head of Texas Tech history faculty charged the Tech board and Rev R C Campbell with religious and economic bias over a dismissal dispute. He said H W Tyler of MIT began an investigation into the release of the instructor. The minister declined to comment.
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Lubbock
Texas Technological College Board of Directors
R. C. Campbell
First Baptist Church
J. G. Granbery
Texas Tech History Department
H. W. Tyler
American Association of University Professors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tech
Granberg
Campbell
Senate Downs Beer Measure in Prohibition Test
The Senate voted 50 to 25 to defeat the Bingham bill to legalize beer of high alcoholic content, sending the measure back to committee. The vote reflected prevailing dry sentiment, with only 11 Democrats for referring the bill. Debate touched on what constitutes an intoxicating beverage under the Volstead Act.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Beer Advocates
Fletcher and
Trammell
Florida
Patterson
Missouri
Bingham
Robinson
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Conn
Ashurst
Ariz
Glass
Sheppard
Tex
Picket killed as Ohio coal strike flares again
In Bellaire Ohio on July 11 a picket was killed and a miner was wounded likely fatally during renewed clashes in the bituminous coal strike. Three alleged reporters from a New York Communist newspaper were arrested in the unrest.
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Bellaire, O
New York
Ohio
Coroners Jury Hedges On Tobacco Heir Death
Winston Salem observers report the coroner's jury found Smith Reynolds died from a gunshot by unknown persons. Testimony revealed threats of suicide by Reynolds and a sensational account from A B Walker about the moment before the fatal shot on the Reynolds country estate. Libby Holman Reynolds and Mrs Reynolds testified to Reynolds' melancoly and repeated threats to kill himself.
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Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman
Winston-Salem
N. C
Reynolds
Winston Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Forsyth County
Young Reynolds
Here
Walker
R. J. Reynolds
Libby
International Law Authority Charles Noble Gregory Dies
Charles Noble Gregory an authority on international law died at his Washington home. He was eighty one, had been ill since April, served 17 years as editor of the American Journal of International Law and 14 years as chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on International Law.
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Washington
Charles Noble Gregory
Gregory
American Journal of International Law
American Bar Association
Committee On International Law
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Tuesday fair. West Texas expected partly cloudy with possible thundershowers in the extreme west. New Mexico outlook unsettled Tuesday with local showers and thunderstorms in the north portion. Temperature details appear garbled.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Flood Death Toll Rises in Kanawha Mining Villages
Heavy rains drove two streams over banks flooding Paint and Armstrong creeks in Kanawha and Fayette counties. At least 12 bodies had been recovered with estimates of 12 to 20 dead. About 150 cottages collapsed and 800 miners’ families were left homeless.
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Charleston
W. V
Paint
Armstrong
Kanaha
Fayette
Kanawha County
Red Cross
Dawn
Senate approves currency expansion amid loan measure
The Senate adopted a billion dollar currency expansion as an amendment to the home loan discount bill by a 53 to 18 vote. Minutes earlier the chamber rejected the Goldsborough dollar stabilization proposal offered by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin as a separate amendment to the same bill.
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Washington
Senate
Goldsborough
Blaine
Wis
Home Loan Bank
Hottest mayoral vote drive ends in Amarillo
Eight precincts open at eight this morning for Amarillo mayoral election as Rogers and Marrs campaigns deploy organized efforts and observers. Polls close at seven tonight. officials foresee a record turnout and a swift result after voting at eight sites.
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Amarillo
Duty To Vote Urges Amarillo Citizens In Close Campaign
The News-Globe urges every citizen with poll tax receipts to vote. A new mayor will face vital problems and broad voter backing will aid administration. Regardless of candidate, the paper promises full cooperation and patriotism, stressing good citizenship and community growth.
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Amarillo
News-Globe
The
Final Rallies See Few Charges in Mayoral Campaign
In Amarillo the Marrs for mayor event at The Nat drew about 500 listeners over two hours with five speeches broadcast by WDAG. F P Works noted no new campaign facts emerged, while age questions about Judge Marrs were answered as 64. Rogers backers attacked Marrs, praising Rogers with a large turnout at the High School auditorium and a two minute ovation for Rogers. R E Underwood condemned Marrs as a career office seeker, continuing a sharp, partisan tone.
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Marrs
F. P. Works
Nat
WDAG
Works
Judge Marrs
Hugh Umphres
Umphres
Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Lon D. Marrs
Rogers
Texas
R. E. Underwood
Ernest Thompson
Roger
Tear Gas Used As St Louis Crowd Dispersed
Four men were shot and over twenty injured when police used tear gas to break up a crowd of about 3000 unemployed on the St Louis city hall lawn. Police said bricks and stones were thrown. 25 men and 10 women were arrested as demonstrators fled.
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ST. Louis
Unemployed Councils of
Edward Gillihan
Board of Aldermen
Curtis Draws Year For Hoax
Curtis receives one year in prison and a $1000 fine for obstructing Lindbergh baby kidnapping justice. He appeals while his lawyer claims he knew nothing of the kidnapping plot. Curtis had confessed in a typed hoax in May and awaits bail discussions from friends in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Curtis
Norfolk
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fisher
Garner Wagner relief bill vetoed by Hoover clash
Washington July 11 The Garner Wagner relief bill of 2 122 billion dollars was vetoed after President Hoover and Speaker Garner clashed over loans to individuals. A substitute measure was planned to gain White House approval as Senate and House leaders prepared to attach the program to the 136 million road bill. Majority Leader Rainey predicted passage with Hoover held responsible.
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Garner-Wagner
Hoover
Garner
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Watson
Reconstruction Corporation
Rainey
Congress
Representative Woodrum
Representative Rainey
Death of Acting President Florence Crane of Texas Tech
Mrs Florence A Crane 68 died at her Corsicana home after several weeks illness. As acting president of Texas Technological College at Lubbock she was the only woman heading a major education institution in the southwest. She was active in war work and YWCA activities.
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Florence A. Crane
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Wilmington
Ohio
Business
Oswego
New
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Buchanan Street
Sanborn School
Wilson School
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San Jacinto School
Judge Works
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