Murder Evidence Found in Case of Youth Near Chan ning
The body of a 22 to 25 year old man, possibly Ralph M. Davis, was found on the Fort Worth and Denver right of way near Chan ning. Sheriff R O Queen and investigators cite wounds suggesting murder and a plan to place the body for a train to erase evidence. A laundry mark and a Bridgeport Nebraska dealer name are among clues as Washington works to identify the victim and slayers.
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Ralph M. Davis
Fort Worth
Denver
Channing
R. O. Queen
Hartley County
Amarillo
Queen
BOC Anning
C. E. Smith
Jinx Mode
C. W. Ford
No. 8
No. 7
H. D. Co
Washington
Bridgeport
Nebraska
People’s Undertaking Company
Dalhart
F. A. White
Western Union Employes Prepare Tri State Picnic
Arrangements completed for 600 Western Union workers from Nebraska Kansas and Missouri to meet in Falls City next Sunday for the annual tri state picnic. The program includes two baseball games and track events.
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Falls City
Neb
Western Union
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Weather outlook across Amarillo and West Texas Wednesday
Unsettled conditions expected with showers in Amarillo and vicinity and west and north portions of the region. South east high pressure and a broad low pressure trough from Arizona to the upper Mississippi valley favor unsettled weather with showers. temperatures show modest variation from yesterday’s highs around 88 and 89 in Amarillo with lows near 66 to 80.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lowe
Arizona
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Man Who Saw Stonewall Jackson Shot Dies in Waco
Judge John C. Weat aged 94 died at his Waco home. He was reputed to have witnessed Stonewall Jackson fall from his horse during the Civil War and died at 9 o clock tonight.
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Stonewall” Jackson
Waco
Associated Press
John C. Weat
Rift Seen in Birger Trial Amid Defense Split
United Press reports a rift in the Birger Hyland Newman defense amid murder trial of Southern Illinois bad men for Mayor Joe Adams death. Newman contemplates an insanity plea or secret testimony plans while Birger and Hyland cooperate, leading to questions on whether either will testify. Jury panels are being drawn in fixed quartets as the trial proceeds into its fifth day.
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United Presa
Newman
Birger
Nebraska Wheat Crop Is Largest In History
Nebraska farmers will harvest about 74,749,000 bushels of winter wheat from 3,464,000 acres, averaging 21.6 bushels per acre, with estimated sales near $89,688,000. U S Department of Agriculture statistician A E Anderson notes the crop surpasses the prior record by over eight million bushels and most wheat may bring around $1.20 a bushel.
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United Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
United States Department of Agriculture
Anderson
California Man Near Juarez Attempts Suicide
Herbert N. Lord 23, in serious condition after shooting himself near a Juarez dance hall in El Paso. He told officers business troubles drove the act, the auto was mortgaged to Pacific Finance, and he has a wife and young daughter in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Herbert N. Lord
Juarez
Lord
San Francisco
Pacific Finance Corporation
Whh
Pueblo
Colo
Lengel Jury Formed to Try Canton Ex-Police Chief
A jury is completed to try Haranus A. Lengel former Canton police chief on murder charges in the case of Don R. Mellett publisher of the Canton News.
Air Tour Leaves Grand Rapids for Detroit Flight
Twelve airplanes tied to the third national air tour departed Grand Rapids airport at 3 10 p m today en route to Detroit.
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Y United Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids’ Pate
Detroit
Rebecca Rogers Case Jumps to Fayette County Venue Change
Rebecca Rogers faces a moved trial for the December robbery of the Farmers National Bank at Buda Texas. The venue shifts to Lagrange Fayette county after jury pool failed to provide a panel due to preconceived opinions on executing a woman. Rogers 24 year old UT graduate awaits bond in Austin with husband Otis Rogers seeking defense and recovery from illness.
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Associated Press
San Marcos
Texas
Rebecca Rogers
Farmers’ Nationale Bank
Buda
C. M. Jeffery
Fayette County
Fred Blundell
Texs
Jeffery
Austin
Carlsbad
University of Texas
San* Marcos
Rebecca Bradley Rogera
Young Texas University
Farmers’ National Bank
Lagrange
M. C. Jeffrey
C. W. Ramsdell
Veniremen
Jeffrey
Rogers
Otis
Otis Rogers
Haa
Tom Johnson
R. E. Cofer
Becky
Blundell
Pacific Fliers Return Triggers Frantic California Welcome
San Francisco and Oakland rang with cheers as Army lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger arrived aboard the Maui after the Oakland Hawaii flight. Crowds lined the bay, reception boats and flagdladen tugs greeted the pilots who credited modern navigation tech for a precise landfall.
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San
Francisco
California
Pacific
Hawaii
San Francisco
Oakland
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Oakland-Hawaii
Army
Maui
Bay
James Rolph Jr
Board of Supervisors
Navy
H. B. Clagett
Ninth Corps Air Service
Allan P. Snody
U.S. 8
Mississippi
Honolulu
Maitland
Hegenberger
Fokker
Amarillo Woman James M Shelton Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs. Betty Lou Ozier Shelton aged 26 wife of cattleman James M Shelton died at 4 30 pm at 1904 Harrison street after a brief illness. Surviving are her husband two children Betty Jim and Jack her parents Mr and Mrs W R Ozier and sister Mrs Dwight Newby. Funeral at 6 pm from Harrison residence with burial in Llano family mausoleum.
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James M. Shelton
Amarillo
Southwest
Harrison Street
Betty Jim
Jack
W. R. Ozier
Dwight Newby
Temple Texas
Shelton
Hillsboro
Texas
Betty Lou Ozier
St. Andrews Church
Ozier
Temple
Fort Worth
Farmers Push Lowden Bid From Montana Backers
W L Stockton of Clarkson Montana will depart for Oregon Illinois with a petition signed by 10000 Montana farmers bankers and businessmen urging former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden to run for president The petitions were reviewed at the Northwest Farm conference in St Paul Minnesota on July 12.
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Lowden
United Press
ST. Paul
Minn
W. L. Stockton
Clarkson
Mont
Oregon
Montana
Frank 0. Lowden
Illinois
Northwest Farm Conference
Let the Dead Rest in Peace at Fort Lyons
A dispute erupts over a proposal to move bodies of three German prisoners from Fort Lyons Colorado graves among American dead. W Harry Dunn opposes the relocation while John R Charlesworth pledges support if enemy remains share the site.
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Denver
Fort Lyons
Colo
W. Harry Dunn
The
American Legion
T. W. Keenan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Colorado
Wyoming
Dunn
Keenan
John R. Charlesworth
Colorado American Legion
Delta
America
Fort Lyon
Higher Corn Prices Expected Despite Lower Acreage
Agriculture department officials forecast higher 1927 corn prices due to reduced acreage and poor crop conditions. Estimated corn acreage stands at 97,688,000 from 9,492,000 last year with a 69.9 percent normal condition and a projected yield of 23.3 bushels per acre, the lowest since 1913.
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United Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
South Dakota
Woman Attacked by Suspected Negro At Sparks Gap
Hutt Howell returned home to find his wife unconscious with axe wounds. She told doctors a Black assailant struck her while her husband was away. She was hospitalized in Birmingham with doubtful recovery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sparks Gap
Hutt Howell
Wealthy farmer sentenced to life for 1926 slaying
Cuero July 12. William Nack a wealthy Dewitt county farmer was found guilty of killing Jans Johnson, a race horse owner, in August 1926. A jury in criminal district court sentenced him to life imprisonment after a written confession admitting the murder and body disposal in the Guadalupe river with an iron weight tied to the neck.
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Associated Press
Cuero
William Nack
Dewitt County
Jans Johnson
Nack
Johnson
Guadalupe River
Young teacher aims for Pacific crossing by woman pilot
Mount Clemens Michigan July 12 Braving a storm Miss Mildred Doran and Auggie Pedlar left for Long Beach California to attempt a Hawaii flight. The 22 year old teacher hopes to be the first woman to fly the Pacific. They plan refueling at Maywood Hill then Tulsa and onward to Long Beach weather permitting August II departs.
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United Press
Mount Clemens
Mich
Mildred Doran
Auggie Pedlar
Long Beach
California
Hawaii
Miss Doran
Michigan
Pedlar
Maywood
Hill
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Flint
Hawai
Chamberlin and Wife Sail Home From Transatlantic Flight
Clarence D. Chamberlin and his wife sailed from Southampton aboard the Leviathan to return to the United States. The voyage follows his New York to Germany long distance air record flight. Fraulein Thea Resche boarded the ship with a stunt plane.
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Associated Preaw
Southampton
Eng
United States
New York
Germany
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Leviathan
Cherbourg
Richard E. Byrd
America
Fraulein Thea Resche
Europe
Mra
George Pilotelle
Wembley
Pilotelle
Charles A. Levine
London
Giuseppi Bellanca
Levine
Feud Bloodshed Rocks Chicago Italian Quarter
Detectives in Chicago's Italian quarter hunt the cause of a deadly feud that has killed eight people in less than two weeks. Chief O'Connor leads the inquiry after Giovani Blandina and Caspar Alagna were shot, with Alagna's brother killed days earlier. Five more Italians have died by gunfire since July began, as police weigh a vendetta among alcohol sellers.
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United Press
Chicago
O'Connor
Giovani Blandina
Caspar Alagna
Alagna
Army facilities at Oakland command widen Hawaii flight
Honolulu reports the entire army facilities at Schofield Barracks will aid Ernest L. Smith and Emery B. Bronte civilian filers as they attempt a Thursday flight from Oakland to Wheelerfield Hawaii. Lt Colonel John Howard says preparations start today to receive the flyers and army fliers may escort them Friday morning to the landing field.
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Honolulu
Army
Ernest L. Smith
Emery B. Bronte
Oakland
Calif
Wheelerfield
Hawaii
John Howard
Hawaiian Department
Schofield Barracks
Carson and Potter counties plan No. 75 oil highway link
Carson county and Potter county officials informally agree to build a seven mile oil highway unit tying Potter to Hutchinson county via a westward route from Conway to the Panhandle highway at Mary Mere farm. The plan aims to avoid a lengthy 80 foot right of way and save about 25 thousand dollars, with state and federal aid possible.
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Carson County
Holt
Amarillo
Potter
Hutchinson County
A. A. Callaghan
Panhandle
Carson and
Potter County
State Highway Commission
Conway
Mary Mere Farm
Fort Worth
W. A. French
M. G. Weeth
Hutchinson
Deal
Fritch
Callaghan
No. 6
Washburn
Jericho
Goodnight
Salt Fork
Red River
J. W. Ryder
Edwards
Armstrong County
Potter and Carson County
No. 33
John O'Keefe
W. C. Metcalf
Roy, Tribble
Larry Cox
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Carson
R. M. Davis
W. U
J.m.shelton
Llano Cemetery
Legion Head
Woman
Cox
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