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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1929

Page

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Boosters Rally North Plains Tour Through 18 Towns

Amarillo boosters complete a broad drive across 18 towns in the North Plains Central Panhandle and western Oklahoma with a welcome in Pampa. Frank Keim and Scott Bareys greet the delegation as the band performs, and Sr. Clark Buckner delivers the keynote at the parade town hall.

Henry Ansley Pampa Amarillo Super Boosters North Plains Central Panhandle Oklahoma Pampa Oil City Frank Keim Chamber of Commerce Scott Bareys Clark Buckner First Christian Church of

Amarillo booster train touts regional prosperity en route

Report from Spearman to Amarillo describes vast wheat potential, cattle numbers, and oilfield growth as boosters tour Hansford and Pampa. They claim 500 000 acres of wheat and 100 000 cattle observed, with carbon black plants and oilfield trucks boosting the scene. Continued on Page 19, Col 3.

Panhandle Amarillo Spearman Hansford Pampa

Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Summary

Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas partly cloudy. New Mexico generally fair with little temperature change. Manitoba high pressure covers the region east of the Rockies with a low over western Utah. Temperature changes have been slight. Yesterday's highs near 75 and lows around 56 with light precipitation reported.

Amarillo West Texas New Mexico Manitoba Rockies North Dakota Utah Rocky Mountain

Fort Elliott Celebration Opens in Mobeetie

Fort Elliott celebration begins in Mobeetie June 5 and runs four days. Organizer J W Mayfield said the event commemorates the 1875 army post with a free barbecue, a marking monument effort led by F P Reid and widow Mrs Billy Dixon, daily baseball at the fairgrounds, and S B Williams Shows providing carnival atmosphere.

Mobeetif Fort Elliott J. W. Mayfield Mobeetie Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Committee United States Army Mobeete Chamber of Commerce F. P. Reid Pampa Reid Billy Dixon Miami Texas Fair Grounds Mobeetio S. B. Williams Mayfield Panhandle Mobeetie Mr. Mayfield H. L. Flanagan Jack Biller N. M. Hunt C. W. Elliott

Arrest Soviet Officials Reach Harbin

The Soviet consul general at Mukden N K Kuzentzoff and two Lesser Soviet officials were brought to Harbin under arrest from Manchuria for attempting to cross into Siberia. Another Soviet official en route to Moscow via Vladivostok was arrested at Suifenko and returned as well.

Associated Press Harbin Manchuria Mukden N. K

Condition of Anton Hurt in Car Wreck Improved

J F Anton once superintendent of the Slaton division of the Santa Fe whose injuries from an automobile accident brought him to Santa Fe hospital near Clovis N M Showed marked improvement officials said Tonight He was unconscious for hours after the crash and doctors had little hope for recovery at noon today but his condition has steadied and is as well as could be expected given the accident

Clovis N. M J. F. Anton Slaton Santa Fe Santa Fe Hospital Anton Southwest

Moody urges strict utility rules and taxes in Texas

Governor Dan Moody called for rigid regulation of public utilities, a state income tax, and a four cent gas tax in a Dallas area speech to the legislature. He urged appointing the state superintendent of public instruction and supported the short ballot with only three elective officers.

Associated Press Austin Texas Dan Moody Dist Board of Education

Amarillo Names McDowell New Police Chief

W. F. McDowell is Amarillo’s new city police chief after commission selection last night. He rose from night captain to chief, has served five years on the force, and previously worked 13 years as a Fort Worth & Denver railroad car inspector. He urged public cooperation to run the office properly.

W. R. McDowell Amarillo W. FR. McDowell City Commission McDowell Panhandle Fort Worth Wiley Pollard Commission H. L. Gaither Jack West

City Airport Lease Bids Opened By City Commission

Three bids were opened for a 20 year lease on the municipal airport with action delayed to 3 pm for a financial check. Amarillo Airport Corp led with 169 800 total, 650 monthly first five years 700 next ten 800 final five. T A T Flying Service and Garland Aircraft Corp offered 150 000 total in 625 monthly installments. Patterson reappointed tax assessor Mec Dowell named police chief. Parking removal on Sixteenth Avenue between Polk and Tyler Streets ordered for paving to clear fire access.

Amarillo Airport Corporation T. A. T. Flying Service Garland Aircraft Corporation W. R. Patterson W. R. MecDowell Sixteenth Avenue Polk and Tyler Streets W. N. Durham

Greatest Dollar Day Prows in Amarillo Merchants Plan

Amarillo merchants stage the greatest Dollar Day yet with dozens of stores cooperating. Advertisements and announcements promise a city-wide bargain event Thursday, aiming for one of the biggest shopping days in Amarillo history.

Amarillo

Lou Holland Resigns to Join Air School Venture

Lou Holland executive director of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will resign July 1 to enter the aviation business with Arthur C. Goebel. He will split time between Goebel interests and the Holland Engraving Co which he has led for years. No successor named.

Kansas City Lou Holland Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Arthur C. Goebel Kansas City Journal-Post Journal-Post Holland Goebel Holland Engraving Company Chamber Post

Phillips heads of marketing meet in Amarillo

About 50 Phillips Petroleum officials and 200 company representatives from the Amarillo division will attend a three session general sales meeting at the Herring hotel Crystal room. Frank Phillips and Bartlesville executives lead the group as the firm expands its 66 gasoline growth.

Phillips Petroleum Company Amarillo Crystal Room Herring Hotel Oklahoma Panhandle New Mexico Bartlesville Frank Phillips Clyde Alexander H. A. Trower R. C. Jopling Tank KE. W. Evans The M. W. Welty Mr. Harrington Wichita Iran Rankin Advertising Agency A. M. Hughes Phillipe Petroleum Company

War Veterans Plan Separate Conventions After 1930

Beaumont Texas reports that the joint Veterans of Foreign Wars and United Spanish War Veterans convention closed with decisions to hold separate meetings. The U S W W will meet in Waco in 1930 and the V F W in Amarillo, with a cabaret ball to close the event.

Associated Press Beaumont Tex C. Webner Houston Veterans of Foreign Wars Maude Heil San Antonio John B. Howard el Paso United Spanish War Veterans Sarah F. Fox Waco Amarillo

Trial opens in Stallworth case amid eye witness testimony

Four eyewitnesses testified for the state about the slaying of Grace Morrison outside the Moore hotel at Sixth avenue and Pierce street on May 13. Levi Stallworth faces charges of firing the fatal shots as jurors began deliberations after cross examinations revealed differing details.

Grace Morrison Moore Hotel Sixth Avenue Pierce Street Levi FP. Stallworth Vork Street Morrison Levi Stallworth Ethel Roper

Bus collision near Batavia leaves three dead nine hurt

Three killed and nine injured when a Cincinnati Columbus bus skidded into a ditch and overturned after locking wheels with an automobile seven miles from Batavia Ohio. The dead include Edward Treton and his wife of Marathon and a woman believed to be Mia Lucy B Schoyer of Hillsboro.

United Press Batavia Ohio Cincinnati- Columbus Edward Treton Marathon Lucy B Schoyer Hillsboro

Texas Boy's Body Found Under Pier

Corpus Christi Texas June 4 after an all night search the body of Andrew Crawford Mathews eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Sim Mathews of Port Aransas was found under a pier here today. The child was last seen late yesterday while at play on the pier.

Associated Press Corpus Christi Texas Andrew Crawford Mathews Sim. Mathews Port Aransas

Rainfall Reaches 0.4 Inches At Local Station

Rain began late last night at 10 p.m. and had totaled 0.4 inch by early morning, with heavy showers easing after about an hour according to the U S Weather Bureau station here.

U. & Weather Bureau

Lava Forces Residents to Flee Pompeii Vicinity

Two walls of lava six feet high issued from Vesuvius toward Pompeii as residents evacuated Barre and part of Terzigno. The eruption began yesterday and molten flow moved rapidly, threatening abandoned homes in Barre. The cone fractured, and lava split toward Boscotrecase and towns along the eastern railroad.

Naples Vesuvius Pompeii Barre Terzigno Heel Gulf Boscotrecase

Texhoma Trucker Earl Roden Killed In Road Accident

Earl Roden about 24, a well known tractor operator, died when the truck he drove left the highway and overturned four miles east of Texhoma at 7 this morning. His neck was broken and the body was recovered by motorists. Roden was en route to Guymon, Oklahoma, and funeral arrangements are being planned at a local chapel.

Texhoma Earl Roden Here Beneait Boden Guymon Oklahoma Tex‘homa

Wheat Prices Rise On Farm Relief Prospects

Washington reports leaders promise a half billion dollars for farm relief once the relief bill passes. Chicago wheat leads gains advancing to 61 1/8 cents per bushel as lenders urge rapid board action to curb surpluses and support crops including cotton and livestock.

Washington Congress Capitol Chicago

Postal authorities name alleged sender of Morrow letter

Boston authorities identify George E. Long a 50 year old Boston customs guard and former valet to Major General Clarence R Edwards as the author of blackmail letters sent to 15 year old Con stance Morrow daughter of Ambassador Dwight W Morrow Long was named by postal authorities as the sender in the case reported by United Press.

United Press Boston George E. Long Boston Customs Guard Clarence R. Edwards Constance Morrow Dwight W. Morrow

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