Billy the Kid rumors linger in Lincoln County lore
The piece recounts persistent claims that Billy the Kid survived Garretts 1881 shot in Fort Sumner and fled to Old Mexico. It cites testimonies from Jesus Silva and Jack Hull, Pawnee Bill expeditions, and notes future publication of Kid lore in The Globe News anniversaries edition.
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Billy the Kid
Robin Hood
Pecos
Pat Garrett
Old Mexico
Jesus Silva
Micks
Sheriff Garrett
Pete Maxwell
John Snider
Tascosa
Garrett
Snider
Old Jesus Silva
Maj
Gordon W. Lillie
Pawnee
Clovis News-Journal
Lincoln County
Silva
Fort Sumner
Valley of the Pecos
New York
William Bonney
Globe-News
Jack Hull
Clovis News- Journal
New Mexico
Gordon Lillie
Sunshine State
Mexico
Deluvina Maxwell
Don Pedro Maxwell
Kid
Deluvina
Don
Delavina
Silver City
Manuel Taylor
Pawnee Bill
Old Fort Sumner
Pecos Valley
Anastacio
Trujillo
Will Rogers Highway Opens with Amarillo Pageant Plans
Cities on the Will Rogers route Chicago and Los Angeles meet in Amarillo for the official opening August 15-17. Motorcade planning proceeds in Chicago and Los Angeles led by Paul C. Loeber and Carl Hinton as rehearsals begin for “Old Southwest Days.” The pageant, directed by Larry Doyle, will depict events from 400 years of history with episodes chosen from Southwestern communities. The event aims to spotlight the first paved link from Chicago to Los Angeles along U S 66, with the Texas Panhandle’s 52-mile paving recently completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Paul C. Loeber
Great Lakes
West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hinton
Will Rogers
Hghway Association
Municipal Auditorium
Larry Doyle
Jerome H. Cargill Productions
New York
The
Highway Association
Santa Monica
Texas Panhandle
Jericho Gap
Panhandle
Helium Aids Asthma Relief Reported by Public Health Service
The United States Public Health Service reports helium and oxygen mixtures providing 90 percent relief in 54 New York cases and similar results at Mayo Clinic and hospitals in Washington San Francisco and Cincinnati. The hood tent delivers a low pressure Helium air mix to ease breathing and avoid nitrogen leakage.
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Washington, D. C
United States Public Health Service
The
Health Service
New York
Mayo Clinic
Washington
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Grasshoppers Ravage Eastern Montana Crops
Voracious grasshoppers swarm eastern Montana grain fields causing widespread damage. Farmers report oat and wheat losses, with many rushing to harvest early and apply poison bait as the insects darken skies and devastate crops. Local residents describe the invasion as like rain and machine drone.
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Montana
Sidney, Mont
H. A. Schultz
Lambert
Dreath
P. O. Svingen
Savage
J. J. Lake
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy conditions persist across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expects mainly partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the west and north on Monday, warmer in the Panhandle on Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 81 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Drowning Tragedy At Portales Park Leaves Man Dead
Charlie Robinson 24 drowned at Eastern New Mexico State Park after entering deep water while two companions could not swim. Coroner's jury ruled death accidental. Robinson worked for New Mexico Eastern Gas. survived by wife and two children. parents live on a farm near Portales.
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Ted Forbes
Protales Insurance
Robinson
Vernie Waggoner
Forbes
Howard Jones
Joe Sorter
Jones
Portales
E. T. Hensley
Jimmy Clark
Clovis Fire Department
Dr. Hensley
The
New Mexico Eastern Gas Company
J. W. Robinson
Ernest Thompson Praised For Efficient Campaign Style
The Houston Post editorial praises Colonel Ernest O Thompson for a focused governor bid. It notes his railroad commission service and Amarillo mayoral record as strengths and that Clarence Miller endorsed him. The piece contrasts his issue based stance with a distracting campaign atmosphere.
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Houston
Houston Post
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Col. Thompson
State Railroad Commission
Clarence R. Miller
Dallas
Colonel Thompson
Miller
Amarillo
Railroad Commission
Calliopes
Rain Dampens Eastern New Mexico and Panhandle Areas
Heavy rains moved through eastern New Mexico and the western Panhandle of Texas late yesterday. Tucumcari saw several hours of showers while Adrian and Vega recorded moisture. Clovis received two inches and Texico, Farwell, Friona, Bovina and Black about one inch. The system stretched west to Albuquerque.
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New Mexico
Panhandle
Texas
Tucumcari
Adrian
Vega
Clovis
Texico
Farwell
Friona
Bovina
Black
Albuquerque
Jury in Politics Discharges Deadlocked Jury in Dallas Case
District Judge Sarah T. Hughes discharged a deadlocked jury in an insurance suit after a failure on special issues. The jurors report they took a poll to determine their split on the governor's race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Sarah T. Hughes
Texans Prepare For Hot Vote Campaign Circus Enlivens Gubernatorial Race
More than a million Texans follow the scramble among a dozen gubernatorial hopefuls as W Lee O Daniel the biscuit man drives a showy campaign with music doggerel and protest chants. Candidates plot dense schedules across cities from Fort Worth to Dallas and Houston with radio speeches and mass rallies.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Mineral Wells
Breckenridge
Albany
Stamford
Haskell
Seymour
Olney
Graham
Jacksboro
Dallas
Terrell and McKinney
Mineola
Gilmer
Kilgore
Tom Hunter
Houston
Waco
Tyler
Wichita Falls
Ernest Thompson
Austin
Greenville
LaGrange
Hallettsville
Columbus
Overton
William McCraw
O'T Daniel and
The
Hillbilly Boys
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Galveston
Pittsburg
Linden
Atlanta
Naples
New Boston
Karl Crowley
San Antonio
el Paso
P. D. Renfro
Amarillo Girl Hurt In Fall From Cycle
Jean Lemmon twelve year old girl sustained injuries after falling from a bicycle on a gravel street near her home at 605 Fairmont Street. She was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital by a Blackburn-Shaw ambulance and remained in fair condition in semi consciousness late last night. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Lemmon.
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Jean Lemmon
Fairmont Street
Northwest Texas
Blackburn-Shaw
Harry Lemmon
Priest Dies At Mass In Saint Catherine Mission
Rev. Joseph Gustav Dunn aged 73 collapsed on the altar during mass at St. Catherine's Mission in Mass. He died twenty minutes later in a hospital. Official cause listed as heart attack.
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Mass
San Antonio
Joseph Gustav Dunn
St. Catherine's Mission
Dizzy Dean Shines as Cubs Split Doubleheader With Bees
In Chicago, Dizzy Dean fires a four hit game to beat Boston 3 to 1 in the opener, then Bill Lee limits Boston to four hits as the Cubs win 4 to 0. The two wins lift Chicago into third place, a gain on Cincinnati after a Reds double defeat. A crowd of 36,623 attends at Wrigley Field.
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Chicago
Dizzy Dean
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Boston
Bees
Bill Lee
Reds
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Diz
Jim Turner
Turner
Dean
St. Louis’ Cardinals
Wrigley Field
Dizzy
Two Killed When Tank Explodes in Wellsville Fire
Two men died as an exploding oil tank leaped across the Genesee River into a crowd watching a blaze at the Sinclair Oil plant in Wellsville New York. Firefighters battled flames as tanks and towers exploded and hundreds worked to contain the blaze and rescue possible additional victims.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Genesee River
Sinclair Oil Company
Robert Powers
Jean McCormick
Genesee
July 18 1918 marks Allied push ends German assault
On July 18 1918 the great German offensive ended and the Allied counter effort began. The Germans shifted from a counter-offensive to a sustained attack lasting about four months, opening between Soissons and Chateau Thierry with surprise and rapid gains. Six to eight miles gained on a 28 mile front yielded thousands of prisoners and much war material as the German southern Marne line was driven back.
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Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Marne
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