Final day of Tri-State Fair horse races in Amarillo
Today marks the last day of the Tri-State Fair racing event in Amarillo with a 4 PM start. A downtown parade at 2 PM will feature top four footers as H Amacker criticizes local patronage and urges residents to attend the final program and races.
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Amarillo
H. Amacker
Tri-State Fair Association
Amacker
Amecker
Missouri
Kentucky
Panhandle
Mississippi River
Juarez
Obsolete Warship Clause Hurts Tripartite Naval Talks
Geneva July 22 The AP reports that the proposed treaty may face difficulties over obsolete warships. American and Japanese delegates await Britain’s cabinet stance on cruiser life limits. Britain favors a 24 year cutoff, while critics push for 16 years, affecting ships still deemed fighting value.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Surrounding Areas
Amarillo and vicinity expect Saturday partly cloudy. West Texas also partly cloudy with unsettled conditions in northern New Mexico. A high pressure area over the Dakotas and low over the Ohio valley influence the pattern with showers from Colorado to the Ohio valley and Louisiana. Temperatures run cooler across the Plains and central Mississippi valley. The Dakotas high pressure system moving southeast favors more clouds.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Arizona
Colorado
Louisiana
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Last Man's Club Holds Final Toast in Stillwater
In Stillwater Minnesota three Civil War veterans Peter Hall 89 Charles Lockwood 85 and John Goff 84 of Company B First Minnesota Infantry met for the last time to toast departed comrades. The three survivors opened the famed bottle of wine at a noon banquet as 31 black draped chairs marked the end of the Last Man's Club after 42 years of annual reunions and Bull Run anniversary celebrations.
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Associated Press
Stillwater
Minn
Minnesota Infantry
Bull Run
Burgundy
Peter Hall
Atwater
Charles M. Lockwood
Chamberlin
John
Goff
St. Paul
New Buick Models Shown by Frost Company at 1928 Display
Frost Motor Company at 507 Tyler Street displays the 1928 Buick models touted as the finest in 24 years of production. The new line features identical wheelbases with a revised lighting system and a stronger one piece tie rod front end. Frost praises the cars as surpassing expectations and reiterates Buick slogan.
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Buick
Frost Motor Company
Tyler Street
Frost
Bivins' Plane Crash Leaves Pilot Unhurt Yet Not Released
Julian Bivins suffered a 600 foot crash at Bivins field after a vertical bank spin gone wrong. Doctors say injuries are not serious though he remains hospitalized for further examination. The Swallow biplane nose dived at 100 mph. no bones or internal injuries.
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Julian Bivins
Bivins Field
Northwest Texas
Bivins
Mayor Bivins
Robt. H. Gray
Gray
Bivins Ranch
Tascosa
Texon Pleads For Spot In Amarillo Ball Tourney
Texon arrived in Amarillo for the baseball tourney and seeks admission after eight teams were secured and forfeit checks posted. Manager Williams asks the tournament committee to grant his team a place, with a decision to be made at a meeting scheduled tomorrow.
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Texon
Amarillo
Williams
Gypsy Oil Challenges Oklahoma Gas Restrictions
The Gypsy Oil company filed protest against a temporary restraining order restricting drilling in the Seminole field. The move aims to block further well shooting before the August fifth hearing as other major Mid-Continent firms prepare similar actions. The commission's order centers on curbing production amid concerns of economic waste and field stability.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Seminole Field
Gypsy Oil Company
Gypsy Company
Wichita
Kans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paul S. Hedrick
News-Globe
Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
Seminole
Ray H. Collins
Fate of Tyrant of Little Egypt Heads to Jury
In Benton Illinois on July 22 Charles Birger and followers Art Newman and Ray Hyland faced a Franklin county jury after closing pleas for mercy in the murder case of a small town mayor. State prosecutors prepared final arguments and judge Charles H. Miller gave instructions before the jury retires to consider the gangsters alleged terror in the southern Illinois coal belt.
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Associated Press
Benton
Charles Birger
Little Egypt
Art Newman
Ray Hyland
Franklin County
Roy Martin
Charles H. Miller
Southern
Illinois
Bitter Dempsey Sharkey bout sparks foul debate over knockout
Heavyweight clash stirs controversy as slow motion replays divide officials and observers over alleged low blows by Dempsey before the seventh round knockout of Sharkey. Referee O'Sullivan says blows were fair though on the border line. Rickard and Buckley claim fouls.
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Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Johnny Buckley
Sharkey
Charles F. Matthieson
Jack O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
Rickard
Buckley
Dempney
Dempacy
Oil Road Network Linked to Four Corners Route Plan
A Potter county jury recommends a supplementary direct oil field highway to Four Corners linking Moore Carson Hutchinson and Potter counties with a eastern cutoff to Carson county. The project would cost Potter about 12000 and could enable national highway connections. bids on earthwork and bridges are set. Separately, the Bruner robbery case hinges on evidence from Amarillo police. preliminary hearing scheduled for August 17.
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Borger
Amarillo
Four Corners
Jury of View
Potter County
Moore, Carson
Hutchinson
Potter Counties
Carson County
Potter
Hutchinson County
Canadian River
Stinnett
North Plains
Kanasas
Carson
Feeramers Potter
Moore County
Glenn L. Bruner
Benjamin
Knox County
J. W. Melton
Melton
Bruner
Gaither
RE. C. Bergman
James Watson
Truscott Bank
Truscott
Dan Moody
Kingsway schooner murder tale widens as crew questioned
Six crew members were brought ashore for questioning by federal authorities in New York as the Kingsway murder case expands. The log describes murder and mutiny on a Gulfport bound voyage, touching the death of Lucille Battie, wife of Earle Battie, and implicates cook Battice. Captain Fred E. Laury faced investigators aboard the schooner, while Malibor, Kline, Christensen, Anderson, Schwannboy, and Murray provided statements.
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Kingsway
Associated Press
New York
Federal Building
Hans Malibor
Frederick Kline
Alex Christensen
Eric Anderson
Sigmund Schwanboy
Thomas
Battice
Badka
Fred E. Laury
Norfolk
Cudgo
Congo
Laury
United States
Mintzner and Simpson
Frederick Mortimer
Helium Plant Proposed for Amarillo in Texas
Fort Worth reports a potential second Texas helium plant may be built in Amarillo with equipment moved there. KR A Catiel of the U S Bureau of Mines says the government needs another plant and the Amarillo site is under consideration due to Panhandle gas helium content and higher BTU potential. Local oil men note government interest has been developing for months as officials study gas quality and plant viability.
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Aawprinted
Fort Worth
Texas
Amarillo
KR. A. Catiel
Washington
United States Bureau of Mines
Cattell
Panhandle
B.T.U
Woman dead three children hurt in auto crash
Mrs. Alice P. Tedrow, 36, of Omaha, died and her three children were injured in a Sacramento collision. Investigating sheriff questioned occupants of the other car, Frank Sarana, 19, and Herman Munso, 18, both uninjured.
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Y United Press
Bacramento
Calif
Alice P. Tedrow
Omaha
Sheriff's Office
Frank Sarana
Herman Munso
Sacramento
Valley Congress backs river flood control measures
Red river valley congress in Shreveport adopts resolutions seeking federal flood control for the Mississippi and its tributaries, restores navigation on the Red river, and forms the Red river valley improvement association to advance the program under Yandell Boatner.
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Associated Press
Sureveport
Mississippi River
Red River
Red River Valley Improvement Association
Red River Valley Congress
Yandell Boatner
Wettstone Named Head of University of Omaha
Dr. Karl Frederick Wettstone former president of Dubuque University in Iowa has been named president of the University of Omaha and will accept the appointment. He succeeds Dr D E Jenkins who has headed the school since 1908 and becomes president emeritus.
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Omaha
Nebr
Karl Frederick Wettstone
Dubuque University
Dubuque
Iowa
University of Omaha
Julius F. Schwartz
University
Wettstone
D. E. Jenkins
Jenkins
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Frost Company
Oklahoma Commission
Little
Egypt
Board OF View
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Joe Alvaredo
Tice
Gulfport
Miss. Battie
Waldemar Earl Badka
Valley Congress
Omaha University
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