Two Men Die in Floydada Accidents Within Hours
Floydada reports two fatal accidents on Thursday afternoon and evening. George Welty 46 a Spur resident died in a collapsed coal pit while working his son narrowly escaped. Clifford Carroll also from Spur died when thrown from a stripped car during a Marshall pool area amusement device incident. Both bodies were taken to Spur undertakers.
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Loydada
Floydada
George Welty
Clifford Carroll
Jerry
Spur
Erelty
Welty
M. D. Welty
Tulsa
Welty Wi
Floydadae Spring
Iford Carroll
Marshall Swime Pool
Carroll
Stovall
Ploydada
Barnett
Campaigns End With Election Today in Texas Race
Voters prepare for a statewide contest with candidates including Miriam Ferguson and T W Davidson amid bitter campaigning. The Ku Klux Klan figures in the race as several contenders denounce or defend it while issues focus on law enforcement, taxes, education, and prison reform.
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Ku Klux Klan
Sheppard Force
Dudge Felix Robertson
Dallas
T. W. Davidson
Mars
Texas Farm Labor Union
Miriam Ferguson
Compie
Jim Ferguson
Atform
Klan
Judge Robertson
W. A. Collins
W. BE. Pope
Corpus Christi
George W. Dixon
Houston
Pope
Collings
Labrador Waters Crossed by Flyers Patrol
Details from LIFAX dated July 25 report patrol efforts off Labrador as American aviators transit from Iceland to Indian Harbor on right Bay. Milwaukee cruiser sails for Pictou to land army stores ahead of projected August 21 departure window and staged routes from Reykavik Ammagsalik Ivigtut Indian Harbor Haws Bay to Pictou.
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Lifax
N. 8
Spectroyer
Fingale
Labrador
Iceland
Indian Harbor
Right Bay
Ix Harbor
Rt. B. 1
Milwaukee
Pictou
Hiers
Reykl
Ammagsalik
Vland
Ivigtut
Land
Haws Bay
Rumors of Early Voting Procedures At Polls
The text urges voting early and notes officials will count ballots and announce results, warning that late voting previously hindered tallying. It emphasizes polls opening from 8 a.m. and urges readers to cast ballots before leaving for work. The fragment mentions possible delays without precise dates or places.
A Late State Ticket Endorsed by The Daily News
The Daily News urges voters to support a slate in Texas elections. It endorses Morris Sheppard for U S senator, Thomas D Barton for governor, Will C Edwards for lieutenant governor, John C Wall for attorney general, Tom Bell for state comptroller, S T Robison for land commissioner, Clarence I Gilmore for railroad commissioner, Lon A Smith for railroad commissioner four-year term, C M Cureton for chief justice, Terrell for state treasurer, and Walter M W Splawn for railroad commissioner two-year term among others, arguing these candidates offer reliability and strength.
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Daily News
Panhandle
Partion
News Iin
U. 8
Benator
Morris Sheppard
the News
Thomas D. Barton
Amarillo
Linant
Will C. Edwards
Denton’ Record Chronicle
Barry Miller
Edwards
John C. Wall
Dan Moody
Williamson County
Wall
Moody
Attorney General
Val
Tom Bell
Texarkana
Bell
State Department of Labor
Texas
Cherokee County
S. T. Robison
C—O
Clarence “I. Gilmore
Lon A. Smith
Supreme Court
C. M. Cureton
George B. Terrell
Leopold and Loeb confess motives in high profile case
Associated Press reports Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb discuss their mental states after confessing to the Franks kidnapping and murder. Leopold says he believes he has important work for the world while Loeb compares punishment ideas and hints at suspect actions as detectives seek motive.
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Leopold
Loeb
Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Richard Loeb
John R. Caverly
Criminal Court
James J. Gortland
Gortland
Fifteen Miners Trapped After Big Explosion in Gates
An explosion at about 7 30 tonight trapped eleven to fifteen men in a soft coal mine owned by H C Frick Coke Company in Gates Pennsylvania Rescue crews from across the area fight gas filled chambers to force an entrance and reach the miners.
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Associated Press Gates
Penn
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Weather Outline for Amarillo and Vicinity Saturday
The forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas calls for a mix of cloudy and partly sunny skies with likely showers in the southern portion. Temperatures are expected to rise from morning into early afternoon with a peak near 82. Winds and unsettled conditions noted later in the day.
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Texas
Mount Emperatire
Amarillo
Sheen
Arash
Tee Racrawrees
Mack
Cgasas Reese
Max
Pete Ee
Eas
Election Polls Open This Morning at 8 in Texas
Primary voters in Potter County Texas race to polls from 8 AM to 7 PM. White voters pledge party loyalty and precinct chairmen lead delegations. key contests include governor and sheriff. Voters urged to bring poll tax or exemption certificates and vote by marking only one candidate per office.
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United States
Texas
M. W. Winningham
W. N. Thompson
Fred Cornelius
John Stidger
Arthur Folsom
J. W. Cantrell
C. E. Weymouth
J. BR. Gant
M. J. R. Jackson
Dick Ware
Albert Randall
Potter County
Thomas PD
Barton
Lynch Davidson
Lloyd Mletcher
Wm. F. Nix
Henry L. Ford
B. G. Puntney
H. K. Stanfield
Less Whitaker
Wiley Pollard
C. A. Herbert
John F. Reed
Ruth Hobart Bond Granted After Murder Charge
Ruth Hobart was released on a four thousand nine hundred dollar bond after confinement in Potter County jail since July 15 on a murder charge connected to Edward Hobart's death. She will stay at a local rooming house and plans to visit friends as she recovers. Attorney J W Culwell thanked the press and urged no judgment until a full investigation, noting Rangers Captain Frank Hamer and Sergeant Rhome Wheatley conducting inquiries with local Sheriff Less Whitaker and District Attorney Lloyd Fletcher.
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Ruth Hobart
Potter County
Edward W. Hobart
J. W. Culwell
Hobart
Frank Hamer
Rhome Wheatley
Texas Rangers
Hamer
Austin
Sergt. Wheatley
Less Whitaker
Lloyd Fletcher
Rangers
Ku Klux Klan
Baby Boy Swallows Straight Brass Pin
Arrangements were being made to take four year old Paul Thomas Taylor of Wichita Falls to New Orleans after he swallowed a straight brass pin that lodged in his throat. Three operations failed to remove the pin and the father advertised his automobile for sale to fund the trip to a specialist west of Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Paul Thomas Taylor
Ian Taylor
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Rail merger proposal urged after Los Angeles chamber meeting
Testimony in favor of the Southern Pacific and El Paso and Southwestern merger grew stronger as a conference adjourned with a resolution urging approval. The resolution supports SP acquiring control of the P and S system and Arizona Eastern’s certificate for lines in Arizona. El Paso opponents call the plan monolithic graft, arguing it would raise rates.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Southwestern
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Aine
Dome
Ariz
Hassayampa
Picadid
Chandler
Gila River
Florence
Arizona
Fl Paso
J. ¥. Sweeney
Southland
R. F. Burge
Daily News Election Party At Sixth And Fillmore
The Daily News and Evening Post host a free election party tonight at Sixth and Fillmore streets with a big screen for returns from Panhandle counties. The event expects hundreds, with leased wires, special correspondents, and rapid updates from 6 o clock onward. Cars blocked on Sixth Street. ample parking on Fillmore and East Sixth Street. Readers are urged to reserve papers and file want ads for Sunday’s edition. The paper touts home ownership and editorship.
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Evening Post
Sixth
Fillmore Streets
Panhandle
Sixth Street
Texas Election Bureau
Fillmore Street
East Sixth Street
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Denix
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Witness
Gates
Baby Boy
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