Arctic rescue advances as Sora and Van Dongen are found
Kings Bay Spitzbergen July 13 Captain Sora and Dutch engineer Van Dongen were rescued by airplane after weeks missing near Foyn Island. Swedish observers confirmed their survival and the Krassin ice breaker is expected to pick them up. Seven others remain marooned and twelve are still missing in the arctic search.
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Ass'd Press
Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Sora
van Dongen
Foyn Island
Krassin
Ato
Arctic
Dane
Sara
Varming
Cape Brown
Braganza
Cape Platen
Chukhnovsky
Bay of the
Italia
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Ass’d Press
Dane Varming
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Summary
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity through Saturday evening calls for fair conditions. West Texas expected to be generally fair, while New Mexico trends mostly fair with a unsettled northern portion. Temperature changes are slight with above normal readings on the Plains and a moderate low in the southern Ohio valley. Showers reported in Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the Atlantic coast region, and parts of Texas and New Mexico.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Plains States
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Ohio
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Gas tax cut to two cents in September
Assistant Attorney General D A Simmons ruled that Texas gasoline tax falls to 2 cents per gallon on September 1, down from 3 cents. The ruling says the change is an oversight not in the act’s title, but the constitution should be construed liberally.
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Associated Press
Austin
D. A. Simmons
Simmons
Hoover leaves commerce post to seek presidency
Washington July 13 Herbert Hoover closes seven year term as secretary of commerce and heads to the Pacific coast where he will be notified of his nomination as Republican candidate for president. He expects a Coolidge nomination of his successor before returning to Washington in August to campaign. Strong names mentioned include William M Butler and Dwight Morrow as possible successors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Mellon
Davis
Labor Department
Hoover
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Dwight Morrow
Mexico
Palo Alto
Calif
Reichstag frees thousands of political prisoners
The Reichstag adjourned after passing a two thirds majority amnesty bill granting clemency to several thousand political prisoners. Some are released immediately, others have sentences reduced. Notable names include Max Hoelz, the 1921 Saxony guerilla organizer, and deserters from World War I.
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United Press
Berlin
Reichstag
Max Hoelz
Saxony
Two Amarillo Men Likely Found In Fort Worth Boiler Vat
Amarillo police believe two bodies recovered from the Fort Worth and Denver outdoor boiler vat March 29 are George Old and Jack Helms, seen in the city December 2. Their Cadillac was left at a local garage and the men vanished for months, with investigators doubting the presumed identity until confirmation.
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George Old
Jack Helms
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Old
Helms
Jack
Cadillac
Denver
Friday the Thirteenth News Oddities Across Cities
A jumble of July 13 dispatches from Omaha Birmingham Memphis and Tulsa recount quirky and tragic incidents including a birthday celebration on Friday the thirteenth Pauline Meyers blowing out 13 candles and not being superstition bound a leap from a twelfth story window by Paul Harden, a dog bite causing mail policy changes, and Rufus Todd’s jail escape aided by a hospital guard.
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The
Associated Press
Omaha
Nebr
Pauline Meyers
United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Paul Harden
George C Ellis
Memphis
Tenn
Tulsa
Okla
Rufus B. Todd
C. W. Jackson
Dallas
Oklahoma Hospital
Todd
Smith Moves Campaign Headquarters to New York Center
New York World reports a shift to a centralized campaign command under John J. Raskob, with regional offices removed. Governor Alfred E. Smith returns to Albany as negotiations with the Democratic National Committee continue, while Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross leads women’s activities and discusses honesty in government and farm issues.
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Associated Press
New York
New York World
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
Denver
St. Louis
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Albany
National Committee
Ross
Multiple Fatal Aviation Crashes Hit Friday in US and UK
On Friday July 13 a spree of deadly crashes left eleven people dead. Incidents spanned Texas Palacios and Houston, Indiana Wabash, New Jersey Croydon England and New Hampshire Laconia with pilots and passengers among the victims. In Palacios three men died when a biplane plunged into an uptown street after motor trouble. Other crashes claimed Captain Emilio Carranza’s body and saw two killed near Wabash, while Houston’s V. W. Barnette perished at the airport.
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Associated Prean
Mt. Holly
N. J
Emilio Carranza
Croydon
England
Purley
Palacios
Tex
Wabash
Ind
Houston
V. W. Barnette
Laconia
N. H
Lake Winnipesaukee
Associated Pret
V. W. Barnett
Texas Air Transport
Texas
Associated Press
Earl Prosser
Texas City
Texan
Max Weinberg
Boston
Mass
Ralph Green
Galveston
Weinberg
Green
Texas National Guard
Prosser
Moody buys South Texas gas systems in $13 million deal
Moody Seagreaves announces purchase of natural gas distributing systems at Longview Waskom and Betheny plus other Texas interests for 13 million dollars. Southern Cities Distributing of Shreveport takes over Cedar Grove gas system with 10 thousand dollars cash and stock mortgage cancellations. Dixie Gas and Fuel also acquires franchises and pipelines from Arkansas Natural Gas serving industrial users at Mazahedi and Sorie.
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Associated Preas
Houston
Longview
Waskom
Betheny
W. L. Moody Iii-Orin Seagreaves
Southern Cities Distributing Company
Shreveport
Moody Seagreaves
Cedar Grove
Dixie Gas and Fuel Company
Moody-Seagreaves
Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation
Industriel Gas Company
Mazahedl
Sorie
Three Killed in West Coast Bandit Fight
Eureka Calif July 13 Charles Carpenter 40 a deputy sheriff and two unidentified bandits were shot and killed at Salyer creek east of here during a running gun fight after a Willow Creek store robbery. Posses from Humboldt Shasta and Trinity counties hunted the two remaining bandits who fled in a small automobile after the ambush.
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Associated Press
Eureka
Calif
Charles Carpenter
Salyer Creek
Here
Willow Creek
Humboldt
Shasta
Trinity Counties
Willow
Daddy 90 gets 10 year sentence in murder case
In Madisonville Tennessee on July 13, 90 year old Freeman was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary by a jury. He was accused of shooting Charles Moses after a dance last February with a shotgun. Mina Vance Harris testified Moses escorted her home when he was shot. she said he was holding her hand. Freeman denied jealousy or love for Harris but admitted giving a dress to her and her sister.
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United Press
Madisonville
Tenn
Daddy” Freeman
State
Freeman
Charles Moses
Mina Vance Harris
Moses
Mina Harris
Amarillo Delays Airport Bond Election Call
City officials delay the plan to call a $100,000 bond election for purchasing and equipping an Amarillo municipal airport. City Manager Jeff Bartlett says papers take longer, pushing the decision to the next council meeting while airport site work continues. Engineers prepare a 480 acre site four miles northeast on the Panhandle highway and contour maps for government review to fit federal airport standards.
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Amarillo
Jeff Bartlett
Bartlett
Panhandle
Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington
Muncie Editor Sees South Split For G O P
George B. Lockwood publisher of the Munice Evening News in Indiana says the national Republican group will not mount a strong southern campaign. He notes Hoover is favored to attract sentiment in the southwest and argues any two party shift must originate from within the south. He spoke during a California trip aboard a private plane owned by Culver City founder Harry H. Culver.
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National Republican Organization
South
George B. Lockwood
Munice Evening News
Munice
Ind
Hoover Preconvention Campaign
Amarillo
Detroit
Mich
Culver City
Cal
Mexico's air hero Carranza dies in New Jersey storm
Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexico's famed airman, crashed and perished during a fierce electrical storm near Chatsworth in southern New Jersey. His wrecked Rysam monoplane lay eight miles from the scene as rescuers recovered the body and scattered plane fragments. Authorities noted a flashlight in his hand, and weather advisories from Washington had urged a southwesterly route toward New Orleans. The discovery team, including Detective Carabine and state police, recovered his wrist watch near the body and notified the Mexican ambassador.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Emilio Carranza
Mexico
New Jeresey
Chateworth
John Henry Carr
New York
Roosevelt Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Carransa
Lindbergh
Nighthare
Carr
Chatsworth
Arthur Carebine
Carabine
Carranza
Madison Square Garden
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Weather Bureau
Washington
New Orleans
Crawford
New Jersey State Police
Columbus
John Thornburg
Captain Carrans
Amarillo Hit By Showers and Dust Storms
A sudden windstorm with vivid lightning and intermittent showers struck Amarillo and nearby areas from the northwest last night. The dust storm proved brief and was followed by more showers and overcast skies. Heavy lightning continued as rain chances lingered into the morning.
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Amarillo
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