Amarillo Daily News: State Amendments Carry In Early Returns
Early returns from scattered sections show both amendments approved in the statewide constitutional election. One would increase the Supreme Court justices from three to nine, and the other would grant the governor a $6000 yearly salary increase. Amarillo carried both measures by solid majorities in 14 of 19 boxes, amid general voter confusion and light turnout.
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Amarillo
Daily News
Associated Press
Supreme Court
John A. Stalcup
Weather Outlook Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Weather forecast through 7 00 p m Tuesday fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity West Texas generally fair and warm Wednesday New Mexico generally fair south unsettled north with possible showers and thunderstorms Readings show high pressure over New York and off the north Pacific coast with slight changes expected Wednesday and Thursday Observations taken at 7 am local time include highs around the mid 90s to near 103 and varied readings across listed western states and Texas towns
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
New York
North Pacific Coast
Plains
North Dakota
Rockies
Abilene
Texas
Boise
Idaho
Brownsville
Chicago
Illinois
Cincinnati
Ohio
Christi
Dallas
del Rio
Denver
Colorado
Des Moines
Iowa
Detroit
Michigan
Dodge City
Kansas
Edmonton
Canada
el Paso
Eureka
California
Galveston
Havre
Montana
Helena
Byron
South Dakota
BC Jacksonville
Florida
Kamloops
Kansas City
Los Angels
Califor
Minnedosa
Modena
Utah
Montgomery
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
North Platte
Nebraska
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Phoenix
Arizona
Portland
Oregon
Pueblo
Rapid City
Roswell
St. Louis
Missouri
St. Paul
Minnesota
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Francisco
Nw Mexico
Shsfidan
Wyoming
Deport
Ield
Mogton
D. C
Wichita
Williston
North
Wilmington
North Carolina
Winnemucca
Nevada
Tulia Plans Celebration for County Birthday
Tulia and Swisher county residents plan a joint celebration for Swisher county's 38th birthday with a morning motorcade from Tulia to Tulsa. An optional return air trip leaves Amarillo area airports for a 25 minute flight and midday arrival. Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and visitors from the South Plains are expected.
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Amarillo
Swisher County
Tulsa
Harold W. English
English-Bivins
Peonage Case Speech Draws Big Crowds at Courthouse
A large crowd listened as A D Payne presented Everitt Bates retraction in the Mauldin peonage suit involving Randell county dairyman Judge Sam Motlow and deputy A C Townes. Bates said he was urged to file charges and that the youth lived with Mauldin for a home. Payne urged grand jury probe as he advocated the truth in the case.
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Everitt Bates
E. E. Mauldin
Randel
Dairyman
Sam B. Motlow
A. C. Townes
A. D. Payne
Bates
Court House
Payne
Matlow
Mauldin
Youths jailed here given federal term on car theft count
Three youths John Ardick Frank P. Brown and Matthew Frank Schwab pleaded guilty to a July 15 indict ment charging violation of the Dyer act They were each sentenced to 22 months in the U S industrial reformatory Chillicothe Ohio by Federal Judge J C Wilson They admitted stealing an automobile in Denver Colorado May 17 and transporting the car to Amarillo in violation of federal law They had been in Amarillo jail since their arrest May 18
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
John Ardick
Frank P. Brown
Matthew Frank Schwab
United States Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
J. C. Wilson
Denver
Colo
Amaillo
Amarillo
Walter Scott Acknowledges Slaughter Slaying Facts
On the eve of an examining trial in Clarendon Walter Scott a negro in Potter County jail is alleged to have made a statement to state authorities from his cell purporting to relate the facts surrounding the death of Donley County night watchman John Slaughter. Slaughter’s body was found near a Clarendon filling station.
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Clarendon
Walter Scott
John Slaughter
Potter County
Donley County
Slaughter
Amarillo junior college district approved in close vote
A three to one vote created a junior college district for Amarillo. 292 in favor and 92 against, with late- day gains suggesting strong local support. Trustees withheld action on establishment this year while canvassing the results and noting the three month campaign period.
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Ama Tillo
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School
Firefighters Offer Free Showers for Kids in Heat
Amarillo city commission announced free bath showers for children during hot weather. Beginning at 7 pm on Thursday, Fire Chief Earl Curry and firefighters will spray water from a hose on the north side of Ellwood Park. Separate areas for small and larger children will be provided. children should wear bathing suits.
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Amarillo
Earl Curry
Fire Department
Ellwood Park
Poetry Briefs Sparked In Interstate Commerce In Briefs Amarillo Lubbock
Washington dispatch notes Amarillo and Lubbock boards filed a brief in the Santa Fe and Texas Pacific contest over lines into Lea county New Mexico. The brief uses Joaquin Miller poetry to describe the Llano Estacado lands asking the commission to see the region’s mystique and romance. The passage frames the Great Staked Plains as a guiding, expansive landscape in dispute over rail routes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Amarillo
Lubbock
Santa Fe
Texas Pacific
Lea County
N. M
Joaquin Miller
Great South Plains
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Plains
Llano Estacado
Fort Worth & Denver Lashes At Amarillo Over Pampa Road Plan
Fort Worth & Denver officials led by Frank E. Clarity toured the Childress to Pampa to Amarillo route arguing the line is not a branch and noting potential future connections with the Burlington system. The group defended quick South Plains construction and criticized Amarillo leaders including Judge J. W. Cradging ton for opposing the project.
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Fort Worth
Childress
Wellington
Shamrock
Pampa
Amarillo
Mr. Clarity
J. H. Barwise
R. C. Gowdy
Dagger
L. M. Hognett
W.D. McKay
Clarity
Burlington
Kansas
Nebraska
Denver
Olden Days Recalled in Ohio River Boat Race
Cincinnati thrills as two famed steamers Betsy Ann and Tom Greene race from Cincinnati to New Richmond over 21 miles to revive classic inland waterway rivalry. Betsy Ann seeks revenge after last year’s loss to Chris Greene, hoping to reclaim gilded elk horn prizes.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Robert E. Lee
Natchez
Ohio River
Betsy Ann
Lower
Mississippi
Tom Greene
Ohio
New Richmond
Chris Greene
Betsy
Panhandle Wheat Shipment Tops Sixteen Thousand Carloads
Sixteen thousand six hundred sixty nine carloads of wheat shipped from the Panhandle since harvest began. Estimates show 22,503,150 bushels marketed, with total crop around 42,000,000 bushels, near 100 percent of last year and well above the 1926 record. Local grain exchange, Fort Worth and Denver, Rocky Island, and Santa Fe report varied car movement as harvest nears peak. Harvest ends and yields rise across the South Plains and Central Panhandle.
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Panhandle
John F. Ross
Fort Worth
Denver
Rocky Island
Santa Fe
Plains
Slaton
Pecos
South Plains
Central Panhandle
North Plains
Senators Approve Nine New Members Of School Board
AUSTIN July 16 The senate ratified Governor Moody's nine nominations to the state board of education and named former Senator A E Wood of Travis county to the game fish and oyster commission. Board appointees include Mrs Noyes D Smith Travis Ben F Tysinger and T E Jackson Dallas Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham Walker Nat Washer Bexar F L Henderson Brazos H Chernosky Harris J W O Banion Denton and Tom Garrard Lubbock counties.
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Associated Press
Austin
Senate Today
Moody
State Board of Education
A. E. Wood
Travis County
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Board of Education
Noyes D. Smith
Ben F. Tysinger
Dalas County
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Walker
Solons Agree On Adjournment Next Saturday
The Texas legislature voted to adjourn sine die at noon next Saturday after approving conference reports and the final general appropriation bills. It enacted a law withdrawing unsurveyed public school lands and river beds from market and passed the Coltrin bill tightening insanity-based stays of execution for condemned prisoners. The House adjourned to 2 pm tomorrow as the Senate prepares to meet.
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Associated _Press
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Woman Named Hereford C of C Head
Hereford Texas July 16 Mrs C R Bentley was appointed acting secretary of the Hereford Chamber of Commerce believed to be the first woman to hold such post in Texas She fills the vacancy left by W R Arnold after his resignation Bentley, formerly Annie Greer of Childress, had been with the chamber office for months prior to the promotion She had gained wide notice in West Texas since being chosen as Mian West Texas at the Amarillo convention in 1926 before marrying Cody R Bentley of Amarillo.
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Hereford
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Bentley
Hereford Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Arnold
Bentley
Annie Greer
Childress
West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Cody R. Bentley
Amarillo Municipal Auditorium
Col. BR. Q. Lee
West Texan Chamber of Commerce
Marjorie Neely
Government closes land deal for helium gas field in Potter County
The United States government completes purchase of over 25,000 acres on the Clif Side structure northwest of Amarillo for 542,000 including a leasehold and a gas well with a pipeline to the helium plant. Norman A. Dodge and R A Ford oversee the transfer as titles are approved by the Department of Justice. The helium reserve, mapped by air photos, becomes the world’s premier source for dirigible inflation and commercial gas.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Clif
Potter County
United States
Amarillo Oil Company
Department of Justice
Mercege
he‘Hom
Norman A. Dodge
United States District Attorney
Fort Worth
United States Attorney General's
Amarillo
R. A. Ford
Amarillo Company
Virgin Ranch
Army Air Photographers
Soney
Rock Island Main Line
Victor Berger Injured by Street Car in Milwaukee
Victor L. Berger former Socialist congressman from Milwaukee was seriously hurt when struck by a street car. Doctors at emergency hospital reported possible skull fracture severe scalp wounds and possible internal injuries.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
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Loren W. Mendell
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Tulia
United View
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Solons
Cherub
R. Bentley
Hereford C. OF
C. Head
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