Galveston Port Looks to Lift Wheat Export Embargo by Aug 1
Galveston traffic men report twenty seven steamers booked to lift five million bushels of wheat before month end. Over 1.3 million bushels will move on steamers from Europe in two to three days. Embargo relief is sought as rail and port facilities move grain to ships. Officials say the port could handle the volume, but storage congestion prompted action. A daily conference will continue to ease accumulations.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Europe
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And West Tex Chapter
Amended forecast shows Saturday in Amarillo and vicinity fair and warmer. West Texas will be partly cloudy with warmer northern areas. New Mexico unsettled Saturday with possible showers and thunderstorms in north and east portions. Observations note below normal pressure along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, with a high pressure area over the Lakes region. Temperatures show little change inland with a mix of sunshine and cloud cover across regions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Plains States
Lakes Region
Missisippi
Ohio
Plains
Abilene
Texas
Boise
Idaho
Brownsville
Chicago
Illinois
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Corpus Christi
Dallas
del Rio
Denver
Colorado
Des Moines
Iowa
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Kansas
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Canada
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Eureka
California
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Texa
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Huron
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Kansas City
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Modena
Utah
Montgomery
Alabama
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Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Lake City
San Antonio
San Francisco
Nts. Fe
Jan
Wyoming
Report
Snrikgfield
Washington, D
Wichita
Williston
N. C
Wilmington
Plainview Bank Deposits Hit New High At Plainview
Plainview's bank deposits have risen by about $100,000 daily since June 15 and exceed $6.231 million Maury Hopkins secretary of the Plainview Chamber of Commerce said in Amarillo last night. He added the city has more bank money than any Northwest Texas town except Amarillo and noted the record wheat harvest.
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Plainview
Maury
Hopkins
Nine Victims New Total in Train Tragedy
Stratton Colorado July 19 After a 36 hour search railroad officials report the death toll in the wreck of the Colorado Express near Stratton is nine dead and one missing A Pullman car plunged into a swollen creek and was thoroughly explored Some bodies were found in fields carried by floodwater an official list of the dead was released
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Associated Press
Stratton
Colo
Colorado Express
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Girl, Twelve, Kills Father in Alleged Attack
In Keyport New Jersey on July 19 twelve year old Catherine Crawford shot and killed her father a Monmouth County constable. She claimed he tried to attack her and the shooting happened after the mother left for work. The family included two brothers and a sister Myrtle Crawford 11 was the only other child at home.
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Associated Press
Keyport
N. J
Catherine Crawford
Monmouth County
Crawford
Myrtle Crawford
Catherine
Chicago Child Akes Laws Literally
Chicago police and Judge Schulman admonished Samuel Luthors for a child playing in a bathing suit on Oak Street beach then wandering onto a lawn, deemed contrary to ordinance. The girl promptly removed the bathing suit to comply.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel Luthors
Jacob Schulman
Oak Street Beach
Edward Smith
Braniff to start Amarillo to Tulsa service via Pampa
Braniff Airlines plans weekly passenger service from Amarillo to Tulsa via Pampa with a connection to Western Air Express to Los Angeles. Paul R. Braniff telegram to O V. Vernon seeks a conference with Tulsa officials and Chamber of Commerce to discuss traffic prospects, noting Braniff’s mileage and passenger figures.
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Braniff Airlines
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Pampa
Paul R. Braniff
Braniff
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
City
Ted Lewis
Texas
Tulen
Olahoma City
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
United States
Goebel Speeds Through City En Route to Funeral
Art Goebel and Ada Knechtel refueled at English-Bivins airport at 1 10 PM then continued toward Los Angeles to attend the funeral of Ada Knechtel's brother Alvin, who was killed in an airplane crash there. They fly an open Butler bi plane with a J6 motor. Goebel runs the Goebel Flying School at Kansas City.
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Hawaii
Ada Knechtel
Detroit
English-Bivins
Los Angeles
Knechtel
Alvin
Kansas City
Col
Goebel
Direction Wreck Report Near Greenland Safe Crew
Copenhagen July 19 The American yacht Direction with Rockwell Kent and two companions is wrecked near Godthaab Greenland. Telegram from that settlement states the crew of three are safe.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
Rockwell Kent
Godthaab
Greenland
Long Illness Fatal To Mrs Mary Boyce Pioneer Amarilloan
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Boyce a 179 resident of Teas Panhandle and Amarillo died at her home at 1101 Tyler street after more than two years illness Funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter in law Mrs William Boyce 1118 Tyler street at 6 o clock this evening with Dr George S Slover officiating She survived by a daughter in law six grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Mary Elizabeth Boyce
Teas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Tyler Street
William Boyce
George S. Slover
Groesbeck Slayer Given Ninety Nine Year Term
Loyd David son was sentenced to 198 years in state penitentiaries after a jury found him guilty of killing his stepmother and charged in a related case with killing his father. The sentences, imposed after a venue change to Corsicana, followed the discovery of the two bodies and the arson that destroyed the farm home. Witnesses described him as not of normal mentality. defense lawyers said there would be no appeal. The state had sought the death penalty.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
Loyd Davidson
W. Davidson
Groesbeck
Davidson
Cooledge
Boyles Silent After Return to Amarillo
C H Boyles, sought since 1927 on two counts of swindling and one of bigamy, was brought back to Amarillo from New York City Thursday night by constable Allen S Johnson. Arrest in New York followed a fugitive warrant. indictment for bigamy cited marriage to a Panhandle woman in December 1927 and naming five other wives. Boyles claimed four months in Europe and remaining absence in New York brokerage work, presenting receipts but offering no statement.
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C.H. Boyles
Amarillo
New York City
Allen S. Johnson
Boyles
New York
Broklyn Bank
Panhandle
District Attorney’s Office
Europe
Nine Children Hurt as Car Hits Irving Bridge
A Dallas area crash near Irving, Dallas County, injured nine children late today. Driver Virginia Storey, 14, and passenger Juanita Joyce, 6, received severe injuries. Other injured include Clem Joyce 10, Billie Gilbert 5, Homoselle Gilbert 3, Adeline Joyce 14, Abaleon Fowler 16, Isabelle Fowler 9, and Marshall Castor 11.
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Associated Prew
Dallas
Irving
Dallas County
Virginia Storey
Juanita Joyce
Clem Joyce
Billie Gilbert
Homoselle Gilbert
Adeline Joyce
Abaleon Fowler
Isabelle Fowler
Marshall Castor
Virginia
Rain pours across twelve West Texas counties
A heavy rain broke the season's heat wave across about 12 West Texas counties from Stamford in Jones to Clarendon in Donley. Rain fell all night at Munday and Quanah with measured totals near six inches, while other areas received light showers to downpours benefiting crops and range.
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United Press
Abilene
Texas
West Texas
Stamford
Jones County
Clarendon
Donley County
Munday
Quanah
Florida fruit fly problem dominates Hoover Farm Board meeting
President Hoover and the new federal farm board consider relief for Florida growers as fruit fly damages trigger a potential multimillion dollar appropriation. The board weighs allowing limited fruit shipments from infested areas under conditions to curb losses, while Florida banks’ troubles add strain to the citrus sector.
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Associated Press
Washington
Florida
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
White House
Farm Board
Tom Connally
Texan
Dlegge
Texas
New Rail Line Promises Boom Through Oklahoma and Texas
Liberal spreads as the Rock Inland line opens a 160 mile north terminus and extension to Amarillo. Since July the route has spurred 18 towns and boosted land values by doubling, with 150000 acres of sod turned to crops for the first time. Cattle disposal routes expand with the new outlet.
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Liberal
Kana
Tto
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Texan
Amarillo
Train derailment near Brewer Oklahoma injures none
A northbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas limited passenger train derailed at Brewer ten miles south of McAlester. Several cars left the rails while traveling about 40 miles an hour. No injuries reported. Wrecking crews from Muskogee attended. The southbound Texas Special halted across the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf tracks.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Brewer
McAlester
Texas
Kansas, Oklahoma
Gulf
Stimson Reminds Russia China Of Kellogg Pact Renunciation
Secretary Stimson reminded Russia and China to renounce war as national policy under the Kellogg Pact. He conveyed to Moscow via Paris and to Beijing and Washington that arbitration remains possible. Officials expect British and Japanese allies to join in efforts to avert hostilities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimaon
Moscow
Claudel
Briand
Paris
Stimeon
China
Stimson
Order Federal Probe of Gasin Refrigerants
Four government agencies will cooperate in a federal probe of health hazards from gasin in domestic and industrial refrigerants. Surgeon General Cummings announced representatives from the Public Health Service, Bureau of Mines, Chemical Warfare Service, and Bureau of Standards will meet early next week to determine procedures and cooperate in remedies.
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Associated Prew
Washington
Cummings
Public Health Service
Bureau of Mines
Chemical Warfare Service
Bureau of Standards
Hollis Man Severely Hurt In Highway Crash Near City
Owen Morton of Hollis Oklahoma on the East Tenth highway eight miles out of city, his small coupe overturned into a ditch at about 9 40 last night. He was rushed to St Anthony's hospital by Griggs and Sons ambulance with injuries described as painful and bruised. Authorities say he likely dozed at the wheel from weariness. no other passengers were present. Passersby reported the emergency call.
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Owen Morton
Hollis
Oklo
Amarillo
East Tenth
St. Anthony's Hospital
N. 8
Griggs & Sons
Bromley Lands at Tacoma Airport in 1100 Mile Flight
Lieutenant Harold Bromley completed a 1100 mile non stop flight from Los Angeles and landed at Tacoma Municipal Airport at 6 40 p m today He planned another non stop Tacoma to Tokyo flight in coming days The second item reports Bob Woodall 28 of Luling Texas died from injuries after falling from the roof of the Dilworth building in Gonzales Texas last night
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
Harold Bromley
Tacoma Municipal
Pacific Ocean
Tokyo
Japan
Gonzales
Texas
Bob Woodall
Luling
Holmes Hospital
Dilworth
Immunization Urged To Check Typhoid Epidemic In Texas
July 19 Dr. J. G. Anderton state health officer urged immunization treatment by individuals and warned water authorities to guard against contamination. Typhoid has reached epidemic form at Wink, McKinney, and Junction, the officer said.
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Associated Press
Austin
J. G. Anderton
Wink, McKinney
Junction
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