Rangers Not Scared by Emergency Bridge Opening
Governor Ross Sterling signed an emergency bill to remove obstacles blocking opening of the Denison Durant Red River bridge. Asst. Attorney General Sidney Bertos would seek Judge Kennerly’s order to lift a ban, with prosecutors and Senators observing the signing at San Jacinto Inn in Houston.
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Houston
Texas
Ross Sterling
Denison-Durant Red River Bridge
San Jacinto Inn
T. M. Kennerly
An Jacinto Inn
Pat Dougherty
T. B.arden
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Thisternoon
Sidney Bertos
Kennerly
la Porte
Sterling
United States
Texas Rangers Drill Along Red River Border
Durant Oklahoma July 24 four boy ish National Guardsmen of Oklahoma kept watch near the Red River toll bridge in a peaceable mobilization. In Austin the Texas Legislature moved a bill aimed at opening a parallel free bridge across the border stream.
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Texas Rangers
William Voigt
Durant
Okla
National Guardsmen
Oklahoma
Red River
Austin
Texas
Amarillo Heat and Dry Weather Persist Across Weekend
Amarillo keeps a hot, dry forecast with limited relief. The latest weather outlook calls for somewhat unsettled yet warm conditions as temperatures reach around 94 degrees after an early low of 70. A small rain event touched Castro and Lamb counties, with showers near Nazareth and extending to Hart Dimmitt and Plainview.
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Amarillo
Mercury
Panhandle
Castro
Lamb
Nazareth
Hart
Dimmitt
Plainview
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled and warm conditions continue for Saturday across Amarillo and vicinity. Far West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with lingering unsettled weather, while north central New Mexico expects thunderstorms. Hourly temperatures show daytime highs near 90s and overnight lows around 70s, with variable readings across locations.
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Amarillo
Far
Texas
Sa‘y
Port
Odd Fellows Sessions Open In Amarillo Today
Panhandle Odd Fellows gather in Amarillo for all day events starting at 9 am at the I O O F hall. Texas Grand Lodge officers and Rebekah Assembly leaders arrive for sessions, a 500 pound beef barbecue at Hill’s Grove, and an open air initiatory ceremony for 25 candidates with special lighting and scenic staging.
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Panhandle Plains
East
Fifth Avenue
F. M. Compton
Waco
Texas Grand Lodge
E. Q. Vestal
Dallas
Maggie Jordan
Paris
Texas Rebekah Assembly
Amarillo
Forrest E. Walker
Texas
W. C. Townes
Upton Jones
Noble Grand
Amarillo Lodge
Jessie N. Ross
Rebekah Assembly
Walker
I. O. O. F. Hall
Elks
Hill's Grove
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Committee On
Jordan
Odd Fellows Hall
the Grove
Order
Fall Speaks on Teapot Dome Leases in 1922 Memoir
Albert B. Fall recounts in collaboration with Magner White his actions and pressures in Washington after Teapot Dome leases involving Mammoth Oil and United States and a Senate probe led by La Follette. He notes his planned resignation and communication with Senator Smoot amid calls for investigation.
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Albert B. Fall
Interior
Washington
Magner White
North American Newspaper Alliance
Amarillo Globe- News
Teapot Dome
Mammoth Oil Company
Harry F. Sinclair
United States
la Follette
Naval
Senate
ICC to Hear 15 Percent Freight Increase Across Cities
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced hearings on a 15 percent freight rate rise sought by railroads. Meetings will be held in Portland on August 12, San Francisco August 17, Dallas August 21, Salt Lake City August 24, Kansas City August 26, and Chicago August 31.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Dallas
Texas
Salt Lake City
Kansas City
Chicago
Bank hold up at Tenth and Woodland Street branch
A lone gunman robbed The American National Bank branch at Tenth and Woodland Streets in Nashville this afternoon, escaping in a car with about $4 100. No injuries reported. Local police investigating.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tenth
Woodland Street
American National Bank
What a Man Hudson Surrenders on Bigamy Charge
G Edward Hudson known as What-A-Man, ex-husband of Minnie Kennedy, turned himself in to Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz on a Cowlitz County Washington warrant charging bigamy.
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What-A-Man
Los Angeles
U.P
G. Edward
Dismissal of Highway 4 Injunction Case in Childress
The jury in the highway injunction suit against the Childress to county line route disagreed and was discharged. The case involved objections to the new alignment approved by state and federal engineers, which bypasses the old road by about two miles. Judge A J Fires scheduled further hearings in January. delays in county and state highway funding may follow.
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Childress
State Highway Commission
A. J. Fires
Rock Island Officials Meet with Trainmen in Amarillo
A high level Rock Island railroad group and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen officers held a business conference in Amarillo yesterday. Attendees included A B Warner and A E Walker from El Reno and C E Green in Chicago, H E McMullen of Dalhart, J A Coleman in Kansas City, and John A McKenzie, the brotherhood vice president. The talks focused on trainmen rights on the Amarillo Liberal division.
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Rock Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Amarillo
A. B. Warner
A. E. Walker
el Reno
Okla
C. E. Green
Chicago
H. E. McMullen
Dalhart
J. A. Coleman
Brady Man Is Shot Dead in Brady Texas
Bill Meadows about 25 was shot and killed in Brady Texas early tonight. Mrs Bil Caldwell was jailed and claimed self defense in a statement to officers.
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Brady
Tex
Bill Meadows
Bil Caldwell
Hoover Heads to Rapidan Camp for Weekend Rest
President Hoover departed for his Rapidan camp in the afternoon for a weekend of rest and relaxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.A
Hoover
Rapidan
Oil price hikes hit Texas fields across the region
July 24 report shows Texas Company and partners raising crude oil prices in Oklahoma North Louisiana North Texas North Central Texas West Texas and New Mexico. Humble Oil matched Texas Company gains and boosted Gulf Coast crudes while Gypsy Oil in Tulsa posted 27 to 42 cents a barrel. Stanolind set North Texas price increases and gravity-related differentials across multiple Texas fields.
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Dallas
Texas Corporation
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Gypsy Oil Company
Texas Company
Oklahoma North Louisiana
North Texas
Texas
West Texas
New Mexico
Humble Company
Gulf Coast
Tulsa
Cnt
Stanolind Crude Oil
Stanolind
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Texas and Humble Company
Ranger
Moran
Mexia
Powell
Boggy Creek
Richland
Wortham
Currie
East Texas
Meat Campaign Promotes Cell-Building Livestock Food
The Panhandle Livestock Association and the National Livestock and Meat Board launch a public drive extolling meat broth as a cheap, digestible source of cell building nutrients for convalescents. The campaign began in Chicago on June 18 and continues in other pages.
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Bat
Panhandle Livestock Association
National Livestock and Meat Board
Chicago
Graf Zeppelin Sets Course for Arctic Expedition
Berlin reports Graf Zeppelin moved from Staaken Airdrome toward Leningrad for Arctic study. The dirigible, from Friedrichshafen, carries 46 crew and guests including Lieut. Commander Edward H. Smith and Lincoln Ellsworth. Smith aims to document glacial conditions and navigation observations.
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Berlin
Staaken
Leningrad
Arctic
Friedrichshafen
Hugo Eckener
Edward H. Smith
United States Coast Guard
Lincoln Ellsworth
Smith
Greenland
Martha's Vineyard
Enforcement Ruling Strikes Down Texas Oil Proration Power
A federal three judge court in San Antonio invalidates the Texas Railroad Commission proration order for East Texas oil. The decision, written by Judge Hutcheson and joined by West and Bryant, finds the order an overreach aimed at controlling economic waste and price manipulation.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
McMillan Petroleum Corporation
State Railroad Commission
San Antonio
Oil Company
Commission
Duval West
Joseph Hutcheson, Jr
Houston
Randolph Bryant
Sherman
Texas
Hutcheson
West
Bryant
Lost World of Texas Dr Case Lectures in Amarillo
Paleontologist Dr E C Case from the University of Michigan spoke at Amarillo High School on The Lost World of Texas. He described how African veldt life such as camels rhinos and saber-toothed cats once roamed the Great Plains around present day Amarillo and Llano Estacado.
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Amarillo
E. CO. Case
University of Michigan
Texas
Great Plains
Llano Estacado
Dr. Case
Capone appeal denied in income tax case
Ralph Capone’s appeal of his income tax conviction was denied by the U S circuit court of appeals. He must serve three years in Leavenworth and pay a $10 000 fine for evading taxes on more than 3 million dollars of tax due across 1922 to 1925. Frankie Lake and Terry Druggan had pleaded guilty to tax evasion and face sentences unless they appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Ralph Capone
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Scarface
Leavenworth
Capone
Frankie Lake
Terry Druggan
Supreme Court
Rock Island sets all time record in handling of wheat
The Rock Island railroad reports a record wheat movement from the Texas Panhandle with 10 285 cars loaded by June 22 across two divisions. About 250 cars daily are moved, with only half the Panhandle crop shipped so far. Wheat is directed to the gulf and other regions due to available storage and stronger northern elevator capacity.
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Rock Island
Texas Panhandle
C. B. Davis
Panhandle
Littlefield Man Hurt in Detour Car Wreck
J. M. Briscoe of Littlefield suffered a fractured left forearm and a mangled left hand when his car overturned on a detour near Amarillo Creek on the north highway. Mrs. Briscoe was uninjured and the vehicle left the road into a ditch before a passing motorist took him to a local hospital.
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Littlefield
J. M. Briscoe
Amarillo Creek
Fire devastates Little Sisters of the Poor home in Pittsburgh
A blaze at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the aged in Pittsburgh killed about 27 people with 20 missing and over 100 injured or hospitalized. Fire poured through a four story brick building as neighbors alerted authorities. Nuns aided rescue efforts while the mother superior helped evacuate residents. Rescue teams used nets and ambulances to move victims to hospitals amid chaotic scenes.
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Pittsburgh
Little Sisters of the Poor
East End
Roy Addlesburger
Amarillo to Begin Paras Mount Publix Theater
Construction of Amarillo's Paras Mount Publix theater is set to start mid August after bids are opened on August 12. The $400,000 project will include two story storefronts on Polk Street and Ninth Avenue and a terra cotta finished exterior with seating for 1700, touted as one of the Southwest's finest theaters.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Ninth Avenue
Want Ads Tips for Sunday Paper and Late Classifieds
Globe-News explains ad placements for the Sunday paper and the Too Late To Classify column with deadlines at 6 00 P M and 9 00 P M respectively. It promotes Saturday Nite Shop and Amarillo’s Bargain Counter as convenient last minute options.
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Globe-News
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