Panhandle wheat crop surpasses 1926 high record
The Panhandle has shipped 32,701,000 bushels of its 1929 wheat crop and the total is estimated at 42,500,000 bushels, 20 million above the 1926 Panhandle record and 15 million over the state total. Railroads report ample cars and 70 percent moved, with 85 percent harvested and farmers preparing land for the next crop.
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Panhandle
Santa Fe
J. D. Tinsley
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Denver
J. W. Mode
Rock Island
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Weather forecast through 7:00 PM Tuesday calls for partly cloudy skies in Amarillo and vicinity, with possible showers in extreme west Texas and thunderstorm activity in parts of New Mexico. Observations from 7 AM show high temperatures across the region with Abilene at 96 and El Paso at 96, among others, with varying lower readings in some western locales.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Abilene
Texas
Boise
Idaho
Brownsville
Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Ohio
Corpus Christi
Dallas
del Rio
Denver
Colo
Des Moines
Iowa
Detroit
Mich
Dodge City
Kan
el Paso
Eureka
Calif
Galveston
Havre
Mont
Helena
Huron
S. D
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas City
Antonio
San Francisco
Santa Fe
N. M
Sheridan
Wye
Longfield
Washington
Midland Man Ends Life in Amarillo Jail
Lon Hawkins died in his cell at the Amarillo city jail from self inflicted wounds. He was held on grand larceny charges for theft of three loads of pipe from an oil well near Washburn. His son Jack Hawkins will claim the body for burial in Midland. A court of inquiry will hear testimony today as detectives report Hawkins used a razor blade to cut his arm. A coroner's inquest was deemed unnecessary by Justice of the Peace J W Minter. Five others remained jailed Sunday night.
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Lon Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
Midland
Hawkins
Washburn
Homer A. Callaway
Corporation Court
Curtis Crays
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Minter
Haw
Trans-Siberian Railway and China in a New War Risk
Bruce Catton comments that the historic straight line of the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Moscow to Vladivostok has long linked China with conflict. He notes the line’s role in exposing China to Western influence, unrest, and bloodshed, suggesting it could draw China into another war as tensions rise.
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Bruce Catton
Washington
Moscow
China
Vladivostok
St Louis Aviators Near Flight Record
St Louis aviators Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine flew the St Louis Robin from Lambert Field aiming to set a new sustained flight record. They had logged about 228 hours and were within 24 hours of the target, needing to remain airborne past 3 01 p m tomorrow to surpass the 246 hour 43 minute 32 second mark set at Culver City by Loren Mendell and Rolando Reinbo.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Dale
Red
Jackson
Forest
O’brine
Lambert- St. Louis Field
Culver City
Calif
Loren Mendell
Rolanio Reinb
Farmer's Wife Killed by Bull on Ontario Farm
Mrs Irvin Reid of Limerick township 24 was fatally injured when a bull recently bought by her husband charged her as she milked cows. She and her child climbed a tree for safety but were struck by a falling limb. Both survived briefly. a physician later reported 72 stitches for Mrs Reid before she died.
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Associated Press
Belleville
Ont
Irvin Reid
Limerick
Two Killed in Prison Revolt at Dannemora
After five hours of rioting nearly 1,000 convicts at Clinton prison in Dannemora New York tried to break for liberty. Two inmates were killed in the yard and many were wounded as guards returned fire while others defended the walls.
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Associated Press
Dannemora
N. Y
Clinton
Phillip Murphy
F. ©. Bressette
Murphy
Bressette
Braniff inaugurates Tulsa to Amarillo air route via Pampa
Braniff Airlines will begin a new tri weekly schedule from Tulsa to Amarillo via Oklahoma City and Pampa with a Hamilton all metal ship. Paul Braniff, company president, will be on the inaugural flight arriving at Municipal field at 12:30. Return service leaves Thursday morning at 8:30 with connections at Oklahoma City and Tulsa planned.
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Braniff Airlines
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Pampa
Amarillo
Municipal Field
Hamilton
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Braniff
Ted Lewis
Western Air Express
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Braniff
Mr. Lewis
Brandiff Line
Vernon
Aviation Committee of
The
Tucumcari Road Accident Fatal to Oklahoma Boy
Al fred Robinson Warrick Okla was instantly killed and his brother Fred and William Bray Nara Visa were injured when their automobile overturned near a Rock Island railway crossing at the west edge of Tucumcari New Mexico on Sunday. The injured youths said the car turned over when the emergency brake was set at high speed after spending Saturday night in Tucumcari and returning to Romero Texas where they were employed. Bray suffered a broken shoulder and Fred Robinson received lacerations. The dead boy's father was expected to arrive to take the body to Warrick.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Alfred Robinson
Warrick
Okla
Fred
William Bray
Nara Visa
Rock Island
Romero
Texas
Bray
Fred Robinson
Rodeo Knife Slaying Victim Dies In Local Hospital
O C Hill Jr 33 farmer of Clarendon died at St Anthony s hospital after knife wounds from a July 4 rodeo affray in Amarillo Investigations spread across the Panhandle as officers expected an arrest Hill s funeral is set at Clarendon Baptist church with burial in Citizens cemetery Hill survived by wife one child parents and several siblings. he was a Baptist and Mason member
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Amarillo
O. C. Hill
Donley County
St. Anthony's Hospital
Tri-State
Panhandle
Hill
Texan Park Walls
Baptist Church
Clarendon
McClyng
Citizens’ Cemetery
Buntin
Masonic Lodge
Two Men Held After Brutal Gas Station Attack
Jack Greene and Bill McCarty were arrested near Clarendon on charges of theft involving a fruit truck from Amarillo and assault with intent to kill a gas station proprietor. Odom, shot at Washburn station, lay in St. Anthony's hospital in semi conscious condition. The truck carried about $250 in produce.
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Jack Greene
Bill McCarty
Clarendon
Amarillo
Jim Odom
Wardburn
Greene
Votter County
McCarty
Claude
T. 8
Brunson
Washburn
Odom
St. Anthony's Hospital
Deandi Fruit Stand
Armstrong
Donley
Births and deaths show Amarillo rapid growth
Special to The News from Austin reports Amarillo had 70 births and 19 deaths in June, a higher growth rate than similar cities. Waco and Austin showed more deaths than births, contrasting with Amarillo's balance of births over deaths.
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Austin
Amarillo
Texas
Bureau of Vital Statistics
The
Health Department
Waco
Bremen Ship Sets Oceanic Speed Record
United Press reports that the German liner Bremen completed the Cherbourg to Ambrose lightship crossing in 4 days 18 hours 17 minutes, breaking the prior trans Atlantic record held by the Mauretania. A mail record was also set for trans Atlantic delivery by ship and plane with mail dispatched from Cherbourg arriving in New York.
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United Press
New York
Germany
Great Britain
Bremen
Cherbourg
France
Ambrose
Lloyd's
Vessl
Mauretania
Lloyd Line
Brooklyn
Vire Island
Brooklyn Army Base
River gunboat captured by Russians on Amur frontier
In a tense amid east Asia crisis China urges peaceful settlement of the Chinese Eastern railway dispute with Soviet Russia. Far East reports warn of war preparations as Chinese refugees flood Manchuria towns. Neutral observers report no clashes though claims circulate of a Chinese river gunboat seized and large troop concentrations near Pogranichnaya.
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Anerauss I
Sdb
Eastern Asia
China
Soviet Russia
Far Haet
Manchuria
Harbin
Diane
Une
Amur
Manchurian
Mancula
Pogranichnaya
Chineise
Useuri
Girl Run Over on Panhandle Highway Injured But Not Seriously
Pauline Mann of 738 North Cleveland street was shaken and bruised after stepping from behind a bus into the path of a moving car driven by Mark Frazier of Wirt Kentucky on Panhandle highway at Houston street. Witnesses called the accident unavoidable. She was treated at St. Anthony's sanitarium and released to expectant discharge the next morning.
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Pauline Mann
Cleveland Street
St. Anthony’s Sanitarium
Miss Mann
N.S. Griggs & Sons
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Harbin Braniff
Amarillo Air Line
Russia
Surgari
Fuchiation
Nicholas
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Oklahoma
Friedrichshafen
Leeson
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