State tax rate set at forty cents to fund next year
A tax rate of 40 cents will be needed to meet Texas state expenses for the coming year, per figures submitted to the state automatic board. The board estimates $13,120,904 must be raised by property taxation for the year starting September 1, amid a $3.5 billion total property valuation. Adjustments are required since the constitution limits the rate to 35 cents.
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Y Associated Press
Austin
State Automatic Board
Lon A. Smith
Neff
Terrell
Tax Board
Asad Eee
Galveston
Amarillo Opens Sixteen and Under Picnic at Fair Grounds
Amarillo youths under sixteen are invited to a large picnic on August 7 at the Tri State Fair grounds east of the city. The event starts with a 9 AM show at Mission Theatre, followed by a lunch and games. Local firms provide sodas, buns, ice cream, cones, napkins, and prizes, with entries due by August 6.
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Amarillo
Daily News and Evening Post
Tri- State Fair Grounds
News Aid
News and Post
Mission Theatre
Ross D. Rogers
Fair Grounds
Whistle Bottling Co
Texas
Blue Ribbon Bakery
Panhandle
Mistletoe Creameries
A. C. C. Variety Store
Deandi Fruit Co
Old Andy
Ruth Hobart on trial in habeas corpus hearing
Ruth Hobart, charged with murdering her husband Edward W. Hobart a Plainview salesman, faced a tense habeas corpus hearing as witnesses testified at the Tourist Inn. The frail defendant sobbed several times, fainted briefly after her seven year old son was brought into court, and struggled through a long afternoon of testimony with seven witnesses already called and more to come.
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Ruth Hobart
Edward W. Hobart
Plainview
Habeas Co
Henry
Mary Adams
American Vice Consul Killed by Persia Mob
Vice Consul Robert Imbrie of the United States was beaten and killed by a mob in Teheran while photographing a sacred fountain. The Persian government condemned the act and pledged to punish the guilty, with funeral services attended by the entire diplomatic corps. An American, Melin Seymour, was injured in the same incident, which followed anti-British agitation in the press and public.
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Associated Press
Teheran
Persia
Robert Imbrie
United States
Melin Seymour
Imbrie
Seymour
Greek Cabinet Falls After Resignations
Athens July 19 The Greek cabinet led by Premier Papanastasion has fallen as a result of resignations. Strong party lines and political maneuvering followed the shakeup, signaling a new round of parliamentary realignment and potential leadership changes.
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Athens
Papanastasion
Election Returns on Next Sunday
The Daily News promises unusually complete election returns next Sunday morning with Texas Election Bureau wire service. Readers are invited to visit the office for the returns and can order Sunday’s News for the most complete Panhandle coverage. The News-Post, home owned and edited.
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Your
Daily News
The
Texas Election Bureau
Big Sunday Morning News
Associated Press News
Panhandle
Four Indicted for Slaying of Negro in Marshall
Indictments charging murder were returned against Starr Green, Robert Green, Charles Green, and Jim Holmes, all white, in the death of Isaiah Sanders, a Black man beaten with a leather strap recently. The four had been arrested earlier in the case.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Starr
Robert
Charles Green Brothers
Jim Holmes
Isaiah Sanders
Washington to be Davis campaign headquarters
Washington will host the Democratic national committee general headquarters for the presidential campaign, with additional offices in New York Chicago and regional hubs in up to four other cities, announced by Clem J. Shaver campaign manager and acting chair.
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Associated Press
Washington
Democratic National Committee
New York
Chicago
Clem J. Shaver
John W. Davis
Decomposed Body Found Near Bankhead Highway
An unidentified elderly man was found by children on a ranch near the Bankhead highway east of Sweetwater. Death appears natural, but cause not determined.
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Sweetwater Sweetwater
Bankhead Highway
Here
One Killed and Two Injured in Auto Collision
Fort Worth July 19 Edward Baker aged 19 was killed instantly as his car collided with a large touring car on Stove Foundry road one and a half miles west of Fort Worth at 9 30 tonight. Baker rode the front fender as the machine turned suddenly. Two companions Miss Kitrell Flarris and Patrick Corbin were seriously injured and taken to a local hospital. The other car held five women whose names were not learned by late tonight.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Edward Baker
Kitrell Flarris
Patrick Corbin
Stove Foundry
Baker
Prohibition Agents Drain Breweries in Chicago Raids
Prohibition enforcement officers drained one brewery of 70,000 gallons of beer, secured an injunction to close another, and wrecked distilling equipment of various models in three raids in a few hours.
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Assnciated Press
Chicago
Prohibition Enforcement
Five Drilling Permits Granted in Ice River Bed
AUSTIN Texas July 19 Permit to drill five wells in the bed of the Ice River was granted today by the oil and gas division to the Coyle Concord Oil Company of San Antonio. The permit follows a court decision holding the river bed as state property.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Oil and Gas Division
Coyle-Concord Oi Company
San Antonio
Weather forecast for Amarillo Sunday in West Texas
Amarillo and surrounding area expect a partly cloudy day with possible thundershowers in a western and coalitional portion. New Mexico may see warm sun with thunderstorms likely in the northeast, while Boning Southeast may see unsettled conditions. Temperature details for hours show highs around 1024 and lows near 1904 in the fragmented text.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Ijirisan
Dawn to Dusk Air Hero Visits Amarillo
Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan, famed aviator and World War I veteran, flew from New York to San Francisco and recently arrived in Amarillo for a week as a guest of C. B. Dishon. He plans to return via Amarillo in about two weeks and noted gasoline from Panhandle crude aided his plane. His Ogden, Utah family and U.S. Army service are highlighted.
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Russell L. Maughan
America
North American
Amarillo
San Antonio
Wyoming
Russell L. Mau H
United States Army
C. B. Dishon
Panhandle
Maughan
Ogden
Utah
Lieut. Maughan
New York
San Francisco
Bryan Notification Set for August 18 Vice Presidential Nomination
The Democratic national committee announced that Governor Charles W. Bryan will be notified of his nomination for vice president on August 18 at 8 p m in Lincoln Nebraska. Senator Harrison of Mississippi will deliver the notification address as temporary chairman of the New York convention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Democratic Natonal Committee
Charles W. Bryan
Lincoln Neb
Harrison of
Missisippi
New York
Automobile painter dies after heart failure in Texas garage
Tony Marshall, 35, an automobile painter, died this morning while sitting on the running board of a car in a Beaumont garage. Death was attributed to heart failure. He resided in Brownsville with his family.
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Rassecelated
Beaumont
Texas
Tony Marshall
Brownsville
Editor of Denver Post Dies After Illness
Harry H. Tammen, editor and part owner of the Denver Post, died after about four months of illness. He held a private fortune estimated at 5 to 8 million dollars and is survived by his wife Agnes and brother Frank. Tammen, 67, had previously co owned the Kansas City Post with Jed G. Bonfire and were former owners of the Selis-Fioto circus. He underwent surgery at Johns Hopkins about three weeks earlier and returned home in the private car of close friend J Ogden Armour.
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Presa
Denver
Harry H. Tammen
Tor
Yer Post
Tammen
Agnes Tammen
Frank Tammen
Jed G. Bonfire
Kansas City Post
Amarillo Grain Exchange Breaks Weekly Record
Grain inspections at the Amarillo Grain Exchange set new weekly highs last week with 651 cars handled, mostly wheat, nearly doubling the prior week’s total of about 800 cars. The seven day total reached about 1 050 cars, with Friday’s 119 cars a city record.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Amarillo
Grain Exchange
Mexican Killed by Brownsville Officer
Julio Garza, an alleged Mexican smuggler, died in Brownsville after an encounter with deputy sheriff R. R. Collins. The coroner ruled death from gunshot wounds inflicted in the line of duty after Garza reportedly drew a gun and prepared to fire. four bullets struck him.
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Associated Pres
Brownville
Julio Garza
Mexico
R. R. Collins
Garza
K. R. Collina
Two Children Die After Appendix Operations in Sherman
Horace 11 and Miss Ruby Valera 16, children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Hamilton of Willis Oklahoma, died this morning in Sherman from ruptured appendix. They were brought for surgery but the disease was too advanced to save them. The bodies were shipped to Willis this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Suerman
Horace
Ruby Valera
Peter H. Hamilton
Willis
Okla
Sherman
Willie
Sterling Building in Evansville Destroyed by Fire
A four story brick building housing the Sterling Products Company in Evansville Indiana was destroyed by fire. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 600000 and at times grew to serious proportions. Several firemen were overcome while fighting the blaze.
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Evansville
Ind
Sterling Products Company Company
Search for seven children lost in canoe continues
A large-scale search on Long Island Bound and the shore for seven children who launched a canoe from St. Mary's By-the-Sea Thursday afternoon continued with little hope of success. The canoe, with five boys and two girls aged up to 16, was found yesterday between here and Port Jefferson. None of the children could swim.
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Associated
Pred
Fairfield
Conm
Long Island
St. Mary's By
Williams finds Orient RR potential. no merger talks
From El Paso July 19 official sources deny mergers were studied in the Kansas City Mexico and Orient investigation led by Roger R. Williams Jr of Roger B Williams and Company. A refinancing inquiry concluded in El Paso with Williams favorable to prospects, noting the line's solid motive power and bed and proposing a through Chihuahua connection to boost traffic in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. He hinted several million dollars would be needed but details await New York study.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Roger R. Williams, Jr
Wall Street
Roger B. Williams and Company
Orient
W. T
Mexico
Williams
Chihuahua
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Shihuahua
Topolobampo
Fuerte
State candidates file final expense accounts in Texas
Austin July 19 All governor candidates filed final expense accounts with the secretary of state. The largest amount reported spent was 6519 by Lynch Davidson and the smallest was 207 by George W Dixon. Other totals include T W Davidson 4093 Thomas D Barton 4202 Joe Burikett 3213 W A Collins 5992 Mrs Miriam Ferguson 705 W E Pope 5606 and Felix D Robertson 4387.
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Associated Press
Austin
Lynch Davidson
George W. Dixon
T. W. Davidson
Thomas D. Barton
Joe Burikett
W. A. Collins
Miriam Ferguson
W. E. Pope
Felix D. Robertson
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