Santa Fe Hopes To Inaugurate Oil Field Train Service By September First
Texas prison farm raid ends in deadly violence as two escaping convicts murder guard Will Rader, free six inmates, and flee toward Crockett in a car. Warden Speer investigates the night’s events at Ferguson prison farm near Midway in Madison County.
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Santa Fe
Texas
Associated Press
Huntsville
Ferguson
Midway
Madison County
Will Tader
Crockett
Speer
Rader
Pat McCoy
Trusty
Tim
Isom Named Terminal of New Railroad Under Construction
Isom was announced as the terminal point of a new railroad under construction. Rails laid ten miles within Isom, signaling progress toward completing the line.
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Isom
Santa Fe to Inaugurate Panhandle Isom Rail Line
Officials announced the Santa Fe railroad from Panhandle to Isom will open September 1 or soon after. Isom will be the terminal with Borger Whittenbur Dixon Creek Burnett City among towns to benefit. Rails cover about fifteen miles with work advanced and passenger freight service planning.
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Santa Fe
Panhandle
Isom
Borger
Whittenbure
Dixon Creek
Burnett City
Norris Slaying Case Prompts Publicity Director Rebuke
J. J. Mickle, church publicity director, faced sharp rebuke over handling in the Norris slaying case. Officials criticize his personnel actions and demand clearer communication amid ongoing investigations.
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Gra Jary
Norris
J. J. Mickle
Church
Jury Formed From Norris Enemies Probed in Fort Worth
Grand Jury investigating the Chipps killing at the First Baptist Church faces a claim from Norris supporters that the panel includes Catholics and Norris adversaries. Publicist J J Mickle accuses jurors of political motives to indict Norris for criminal libel while the panel, consisting of Baptists and others, works through testimony and witness reexaminations.
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Associated Press
Port Worth
Grand
D. FE
Norris
H. C. Meacham
Frank Anderson
Fort Worth
Anderson
Chipps
First Baptist Church
L. H. Natt
Norris’ Church
Ralph Ridgway
Beth
Scaffold Collapse Injures Eight at Pantex Pipeline Site
A 40 foot scaffold inside a 10 000 barrel tank collapsed at the Pantex Pipeline station four miles southwest of Borger injuring eight workers. One man, Tete Otterman, may die while seven others suffer serious injuries. Workers from Pittsburg and Des Moines Tank and Steel Construction Company were building a roof when the scaffold gave way.
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Pantx
Borger
Northwest Texas Hospital
Blackburn
Union Emergency
Pantex
Tete Otterman
G. W. Harrison
W. Henry Robison
J. M. Vanzant
Joe Trash
G. A. Johnson
H. B. Dowdy
Carl Smith
Hart Dra. Puckett and
Patton
S. W. Cobb
J. R. Branaman
Union Emergency Hospital
Cobb
Robbers Take 70 From Sixth Street Store
The Walker Battery and Machine shop at 204 West Sixth Street was robbed of about $70 and several checks shortly after 7 PM. Detectives Allen and DeWitt investigated the incident, saying the money was taken from a cash drawer under the counter while the proprietor was in the rear. No arrests were made by late last night.
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Walker Battery
West Sixth Street
Allen and DeWitt
Weather forecast and temperatures for Amarillo area
Weather outlook for Friday shows fair to partly cloudy skies across West Texas and New Mexico with rising temperatures in the northeast. Amarillo today reports a high near 85 and a low around 63 with total precipitation of about 0.04 inches in the past 24 hours.
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Atmarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Missouri Valley
Nebraska
Texas
Lake
Mississippi Valley
Nebras
Irida
Amarillo
Aseena
Sanger Brothers Stores Sold in Dallas Fort Worth and Waco
Announcement by The Associated Press reports a stockholders meeting to finalize the sale of Sanger Brothers stores in Dallas Fort Worth and Waco to Stifel Nicolaus and Company Inc valued at about 11 million dollars gross. The Sanger family will retain a large financial stake and continue active management. The August 2 meeting will confirm sale terms while six real estate holdings remain with the Sangers, including properties housing the stores.
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Associated Pres
Dallas
Sanger Brothers
Fort Worth
Waco
Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Inc
St. Louis
New York
Sanger
Sangers
Clarence Linze
Rain Ends North Texas Heat With Widespread Showers
Showers and downpours cooled northern Texas ending a heat wave. Crop damage was reported in Paris and Lamar County with near three inches of rain destroying bottomland and delaying trains. Sherman Fort Worth Ennis Austin Georgetown Nacogdoches Ballinger and San Angelo all received soaking rains. rainfall varied from two to over four inches in spots.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Paris
Lamar County
Sherman
Denton
Fort Worth
Ennis
Austin
Georgetown
Lanmpassas County
Nacogdoches
Big Spring
San Angelo
Ballinger
Escape and policing shakeup in Amarillo jail break
J. J. Beaumont, 32, fled Amarillo City Jail by sawing an iron bar from the washroom window. Day sergeant Thomas R. Crutchfield was dismissed, and police pursue Beaumont after a stolen Clarendon car led toward the coast. Investigators note bars have been half-sawed in the jail for years.
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Folsom
California
Amarillo
J. J. Beaumont
Beaumont
Thomas R. Crutchfield
Jeff Bartlett
Crutchfield
Clarendon
Woman Sues For Daughter's Share Of 76 Million Estate
Mrs Sophie Meier 51 says she is a daughter by a prior marriage and engaged lawyers to claim a share of the 76 million Edenborn estate. She asserts Edward Edenborn recognized her as his child and that he visited her recently. Under Louisiana law a widow may receive the whole estate if there are no children.
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Associated Press
ST Louis
Sophie Meier
Gumbo
St. Louis County
William C. Edenborn
Louisiana, Railway and Navigatinn Company
Shreveport
Ten Die as Bus Carries Brooklyn Group Overturns
A bus returning from Bear Mountain with 43 Brooklyn excursionists overturned at the Erie railroad crossing near Spark Hill Nyack New York killing ten people including nine women and a six year old child and injuring more than twenty others who were taken to Nyack Hospital.
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Associated Press
Nyack
N. Y
Bear Mountain
Brooklyn
Erie Railroad
Spark Hill
Nyack Hospital
Valuation Figures for Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
The Interstate Commerce Commission places a tentative value of 49 505 500 dollars on the G H and SA railway owned and used property as of June 6 1918. The El Paso Union Passenger Depot company is valued at 618 300 dollars as of June 30 1917. The railway shows stock and long term debts totaling 76 61 783 with 27 084 400 common stock 52 265 000 funded debt and 17 512 382 non negotiable debt to affiliated firms. Reproduction costs are 49 164 887 with depreciation reducing to 23 005 509.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio Railway
el Paso Union Passenger Depot Company
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Mexican burglar arrested at International Bridge in Brownsville
Lous Queria, a Mexican citizen, was arrested today at the International Bridge and held by American officers on a burglary charge. The suspect wore four pairs of heavy trousers. the clothing was identified as loot from a Harlingen store. Additional garments were found in an empty shack where Queria confessed to hiding them.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Lous Queria
International Bridge
Railroad gains control of New Mexico Central line
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Atchison Topeka Santa Fe to acquire control by stock purchase and lease the 116 mile New Mexico Central railway from Santa Fe to Torrance New Mexico.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
New Mexico Central Railway
Santa Fe
Torrance
New Mexico
Frisco Police Chief Elected Head of Police Chiefs Group
Daniel J. O'Brien chief of San Francisco was elected president of the International Association of Police Chiefs at its convention in Chicago. He succeeds a predecessor and assumes leadership of the group for the coming year. The selection highlights O'Brien's prominence in law enforcement.
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Frisco
iBy
Associated Preons
Chicago
Daniel J. O'Brien
San Francisco
International Association of Police Chiefs
Potter county races near election day
Political competition narrows to six races as voters prepare for the election. Five candidates seek tax assessor, while contests for representative sheriff county attorney and county judge heat up with multiple contenders.
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Potter County
Prison Plot To Swindle Government of $150000 Nipped at Leavenworth
At Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary a convict scheme to dodge tolls and forge invoices to steal over 150000 was uncovered. Jesse L. Greer, a Colorado inmate, forged bills and used fake firms to cash a 790.91 check intended for a Denver firm. George F. Ames, paroled inmate, is under arrest in Denver as investigators finish charging the men.
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Leavenworth
Federal
W. S. Biddle
Jesse L. Greer
Colorado
St. Louis
Secret Service Uien
Creer
Greer
Denver
George F. Ames
West Portal
Ames Ig
Biddle
Train Bandits Captured
Three unmasked men who held up a mail clerk on the Hankingcon Bismarck line train at Hankinson North Dakota early today were captured within two hours. All of the mail, except a package of registered items, was recovered.
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Associated Frees
Hankinson
N. D
Election Party At Auditorium Starts at 7 p. m
The News-Globe hosts a city auditorium election party Saturday night starting at 7. Returns will not be released from the News-Globe office. The auditorium seats over 3,500, and state and county returns will be flashed on screen as received by a special crew. Everyone is invited.
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News-Globe
City Auditorium
Sixth
Killmore Streets
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