Hottest Day Yet In Panhandle And Nationwide Twister Strikes Memphis
The Panhandle saw the year’s peak heat with Amarillo at 101 degrees and a 97 reading later. A Memphis twister uprooted evergreens on the courthouse lawn and damaged the Fort Worth and Denver station, while San Angelo 103, Lubbock 103, Wichita Falls 105, Abilene 101 marked a string of new seasonal highs across North and West Texas and nearby areas.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Weather Bureau
English Airport
Hall
Mr. Collman
Associated Press
Mercury
West
Bilbo Urges Action On Cotton Parity Price
Washington July 29 Senator Bilbo of Mississippi urged Southern Senators to keep Congress in session until cotton farmers receive parity prices. He noted other major crops enjoy parity despite bumper yields, while cotton runs five to six cents below parity. He argued the issue is not surplus or yield, with 13 to 14 million bales produced.
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Washington
Cenator Bilbo
Mississippi
Congress
Senate
Federal funds help Panhandle build vast rangeland dams
The federal government backs soil and water conservation in the Panhandle with thousands of dollars for gully, flood, and stock watering dams. SoW Conservation reports 218 small dams built, with hundreds more planned across Oldham, Gray, Armstrong and Donley counties as county agents tally progress.
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Panhandle
Plains
John McCarty
the News
Sam
Memphis
CCC
SCW
Memphis Camp
Littlefield
Lamesa
Channing
Dalhart
Stratford
Vega
Oldham
Gray
Armstrong
Donley
R. T. Alexander, Jr
AAA
Soil Conservation Service
Perryton
Spearman
Colorful Ranchwoman of Panhandle To Be Buried in Amarillo Today
Memory of the Panhandle ranchwoman Mrs. Phebe Worley will be honored in funeral services at Pampa's First Methodist Church at 2 oclock Conducted by Dr. Tom W Brabham and Rev Will House Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Amarillo with overland cortege from Pampa under N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors Honorary pallbearers include cattlemen and old friends Active pallbearers listed led by B D Robinson and others from the Worley circle The death followed ten months of ill health and a coma onset on June 22
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Phebe Worley
Pampas
Worley
Southwest
Pampa
First Methodist Church
Tom W. Brabham
McMurray College
Abilene
Will House
First Methodist
Llano
Amarillo
N.S. Griggs & Sons
B. D. Robinson
E. S. Vicars
F. A. Peek
E. B. Clay
J. R. Roby
C. M. Carlock
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Sees Warm, Partly Cloudy Friday
forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with partly cloudy skies and warm temps on Friday. New Mexico expects unsettled weather with possible showers and thunderstorms in the north. Temperature readings from yesterday show highs around the mid 90s and lows near the mid 30s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Ousted Rector Attacked by Lion in Sideshow
Harold Davidson, 67, unfrocked rector of Stiffkey, was fatally mauled in the lion’s den at Skegness when a lioness' roar provoked an attack witnessed by hundreds. A 16-year-old cage attendant aided in evacuation before Davidson's death. In Portales New Mexico, Ed Hargus, 65, was found slain with a shotgun wound, his body buried in a shallow grave after a robbery and suspected escape by two young men. The investigation tracks a black coupe with Texas plates and a possible cross-border flight.
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New Mexico
Skegness
Lincolnshire
England
Harold Davidson
Stiffkey
Davidson
Skigness
Renee Somer
Portales
N. M
Ed Hargus
Roosevelt County
R. L. Hollis
Hargus
Hollis
Texas
Bus Strike Ends in Detroit as Union Delegation Seeks Court Interpretation
An unauthorized bus drivers strike involving 825 workers ended when a union delegation agreed to submit the city's charter amendment on system seniority to court interpretation.
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Detroit
Banker Shot To Death In Muskogee
In Muskogee Oklahoma July 29 banker L McLean 48 vice president of the Commercial National Bank was shot through the heart and killed by J Fast Jr 28 of Fast Motor Co Fast was held for investigation after resisting capture by E D Sweeney and John R March Fast entered by a rear door after bank hours and allegedly threatened staff Police report he was intoxicated at arrest and had sought a loan before the shooting at a nearby bank authorities said
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Muskogee
Okla
McLean
Commercial National Bank
J. ©. Fast, Jr
Fast Motor Co
Sweeney
Fast
John R. March
Oklahoma City
H. A. Scott
Scott
March
Dr. Scott
Mac
Davidson
George Lydne
Lydne
Sid
BG Bank
Ed Corbin
Federal
Corbin
H. H. Ogden
First National Bank and Trust Company
Texan Must Serve New Mexico Term
New Mexico Supreme Court upholds a two to three year prison term for Goebel Harris of Kermit Texas. Harris, a truck driver, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of Neal Duke near Eunice New Mexico in June 1936.
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Santa FE
N. M
New
Rayburn Predicts Adjournment in Three Weeks
House Leader Rayburn told Congress it could adjourn in three weeks barring a Senate tie up on the court bill. He cited progress on wage and hour and housing measures as the lead items, with Battle over adjournment looming amid other Senate action.
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Rayburn
Washington
House
Congress
Senate
House Labor Committee
Bankhead
Byrnes
D.-8
Robinson
D.-Ark
Roosevelt
City of Baltimore Fire Kills and Missing Surge Past Fifty
Fire aboard the Chesapeake Bay steamer City of Baltimore near Bayside Beach traps up to 50 passengers and crew unaccounted for after flames ignite aboard the vessel returning from Baltimore to Norfolk. Coast guard, Navy, and private craft rescue survivors. two unidentified men die en route to hospital.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
City of Baltimore
Bayside Beach
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Navy
Bayside
No Surrender General Says China Will Fight to Last Man
Chiang Kai-Shek affirmed China will fight until the last man as tensions rise over possible severance of diplomatic ties with Japan. He restated four minimum conditions for any settlement and warned there can be no compromise beyond them to protect territorial integrity and sovereignty.
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Nanking
U.P
Ching Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Chiang
Kuling
Hopei-Chahar
Former Policeman Sentenced To Die In Duquesne Mass Murder
Pittsburgh report states Martin J. Sullivan a 70 year old former policeman was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the December killings of five neighbors in Duquesne Pennsylvania. He shot Mrs Laura Bacon and four others after arrest on a morality charge involving a girl. The execution date will be set by Governor Farley.
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Pittsburgh
Martin J. Sullivan
Duquesne
George H. Farle
Sullivan
Laura Bacon
Thousands Killed in Aerial Raid on Sino City
The July 29 air assault by Japan on Tientsin, China’s second largest trade hub, destroyed vast areas including Nankai University and city offices. Thousands of civilians were killed or wounded as foreign concessions faced danger and American residents sought shelter.
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Sino City
Tientsin
Japan
North China Army
China
Tientain
Hall of Steel and Explosives
U. S
John K. Caldwell
State Department
U. S. 15Th Infantry
Chinwangtao
Here
Tientsin-Peiping
Thieves Break Into St. Leo’s Church Stole Offerings
In San Jose on July 29 police investigated a break in at St. Leo's Catholic Church. Thieves gained entry and stole 300 dollars in church offerings.
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San Jose
Calif
U.P
St. Leo's Catholic Church
Senators Lead Attack On Wages and Hours Bill
Republican and conservative Democratic senators joined the Senate attack on the administration wage and hour bill. George of Georgia and Austin of Vermont led the assault arguing the measure would revive the NRA raise costs and hurt farmers with higher prices and lower returns. House votes and recommittal moves dominated the debate as opponents pressed to send the bill back to committee.
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George
Austin
Washington
Senate
Walter F. George
Warren R. Austin
NRA
Bridges
D.-N.h
D.-Ga
McCarran
D.-Nev
American Federation of Labor
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Swister
San Angelo
Bilbo
Theodore G. Bilbo
Oldham County
Landergin Brothers Company
Col
Charles Goodnight
JA Ranch
Armstrong County
E. D. Sweeney
Chiang Kai-Shek O
Kiyoshi Katsuki
Tangku
Fengtal
Education and Labor Committee
David Tt. Walsh
D., Mass
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Harry F. Byrd
Walter F, George
Warren R, Austin
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