Heavy rains refresh Panhandle as Spearman and Slaton report huge totals
Heavy rains drenched the Panhandle with two and a half inches in Spearman over one hour and twenty minutes and one to three inches in Slaton. The storm eased drought, aided late wheat and raw crops, with light showers in eastern New Mexico and along the Canadian river to the Texas line. No hail damage reported though some hail accompanied rain. cool, cloudy conditions linger near Amarillo with prospects of more rain.
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Panhandle Plains
Ches
Spearman
Slaton
New Mexico
Endee
Glen Rio
Vega
Tucumcari
Canadian River
Texas Line
Texline
Dalhart
South Plains
Amarillo
Houston man confesses to a string of assaults and killings
Lawrence Davenport, 21, confessed to Houston police to a series of shootings, hold ups, and outrages since May 18, including a slaying of Oscar Foster and assaults on both white and Black women. Davenport was wounded in a later hold up and hospitalized before a signed confession.
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Associated Press
Houston
Lawrence Davenport
Oscar F. Foster
Foster
Henry Morrow
Morrow
J. F. Baker
Baker
Davenport
Dave Igor
Aken
Manila to Frisco May See Aerial Prize Offer
Stewart Tait, Manila businessman and Olympic Athletic Club leader, announced a 25,000 peso prize for the first San Francisco Manila flight. Four other Manila men join the offer, to be awarded to the first to complete the trip in either direction.
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Associated Press
Manila
Stewart Tait
Olympic Athletic Club of
San Francisco
Montgomery Plans to Rebuild After Devastating Fire
Montgomery, Alabama plans to rebuild the business block destroyed by a fire that leveled 58 buildings and caused losses exceeding 2 million dollars. Workmen cleared ruins as officials tally damages, with a full loss check to take several days.
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Associated
Eoach
Montgomery
Ala
French Fliers May Live in Labrador
Battle Harbor Labrador June 5. If the French aviators Nungesser and Coli landed in Labrador during their transatlantic flight it may be late June or July before they are heard from, says Selah M Sitterly nurse in charge of Battle Harbor. She notes it took five days for a message from the interior to reach her at a post 20 miles away.
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Battle Harbor
Labrador
Nungesser
Coli
Selah M. Sitterly
Miss Sitterly
Air Man Dargue Begins U S Tour in Erie
Maj. Herbert A. Dargue commander of the army goodwill fliers arrived in Erie at 7 tonight on a flight from Buffalo. He is making an air tour of the United States and landed in Erie bay. He was scheduled to remain here until the next morning.
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Associated Press
Erie
Herbert A. Dargue
Army
Good- Will Fliers
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dargue
Erie Bay
Amarillo golfer Eddie Johnson wins city championship at Hillcrest
Eddie Johnson defeated Mansel Merriman four up with three to play to claim the Amarillo city golf title. Johnson later shot a 68 to tie the course record. Merriman had an eagle at the 17th and both players posted 80 for the morning round. Sam Vaughn won the second flight. Cole and Arnold tied in the third flight after a hole accident.
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Eddie Johnson
Amarillo
Johnson
Mansel Merriman
Hillcrest Club
W. W. Woolsey
Merriman
Sam Vaughn
Roy Greenhill
Hubert Cole
Art Arnold
Cole
Arnold
W. A. McConnell
American Amateur Golf Association
Walter Sikes
Four Months Drouth Broken by Heavy Texas Rains
In Fort Worth on June 5 the drouth in west Texas eased as heavy rains fell in several counties. Slaten area saw one inch, enabling cotton planting. Lubbock and surrounding districts received showers, with Spearman in Hansford county hit by 2.12 inches in under two hours. Colorado in Mitchell county reported 1.25 inches and Channing in Hartley county had light showers.
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Fort Worth
Drouth
Noted Scientist Dr Zingher Dies in Lab Accident
Dr Abraham Zingher a noted bacteriologist who helped perfect the Schick test for diphtheria was asphyxiated while conducting research into the Dick test for scarlet fever. The gas tube to a burner disconnected as he slept, his body found at Willard Parker hospital with an open notebook of recent experiments.
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New York
Abraham Zingher
Schick
Zingher
Willard Parker Hospital
Banner Beer Haul of Volsteadism in Borger
Special to The News. Borger June 5 The sheriff’s department raided two shacks within three blocks and seized 13 000 bottles of beer. The haul highlights ongoing enforcement of Prohibition era laws and local police activity. The report also mentions Belgrade, Yugoslavia, with unclear relation to the Borger raid.
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Borger
Sheriff's Department
Lindbergh to Face Fast Home Program on Return
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh will arrive in Washington after a sea voyage aboard the Memphis to join a swift official welcome. The day includes a White House reception, a motor tour, a monument ceremony, a cabinet dinner, and notable society events before he returns to private life with his mother as guest at the temporary White House.
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Associated Prensa
Washington
Memphis
Europe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington Monument
Flying Crows
White House
Minnesota Society
Willard Hotel
National Press Club
Lindbergh
Charles L. Lindbergh
Coolidge
President Coolidge Returns to Washington After Navy Review
President Coolidge returned to Washington aboard the Mayflower that evening after a Potomac voyage off Cape Henry Virginia where he reviewed the United States fleet yesterday.
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Washington
Six Kiwanis Clubs Meet in Plainview Rally
Kiwanis members from Amarillo Clovis Lubbock Tulia Tahoka and Plainview converge in Plainview for an all day rally. They meet at the Amarillo hotel at 7 am and travel to South Plains city by bus or Santa Fe if rain. A luncheon midday and a banquet at night cap a day of contests and a ball game.
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Kiwanians
Amarillo
Clovis
Lubbock
Tulia
Tahoka
Plainview
South Plains
Santa Fe
Charley Austin
Amarillo Club
Clifford N. Dillon
Memphis
Berlin Flight News From World War II Era
Dense fog and heavy rain hindered rescue planes and an escort squad. Bremen and Bruns wick meteorological stations report rain as Chamberlin prompts Berlin with a low altitude call. Meantime crowds and weather dampen Meo landings over the Irish Sea and southern British Isles.
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London
British Isles
Clarence D. Chamberlin
South England
Coast Guard
Lindberg
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Monoplane Columbia sighted near Plymouth as Berlin plan ride accelerates
Nineteen planes lift off toward Berlin to escort the Columbia amid police cordons at Tempelhofer field. Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine complete a 21 hour 1900 kilometer nonstop leg landing Land's End, while the Columbia is seen over Padstow and Plymouth en route toward Berlin.
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Berlin
Tempelhofer Field
Templehofer
Associated Press
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Land's End
England
Newfoundland
Charles Lindbergh
Land’s End
Rome
Ocean
Plymouth
Padstow
Cornwall
Coast Guards
Columbia
Charles Lindgergh
Borger Officers Smash Link in Tri-State Dope Ring
Borger officials raid a dope ring linking operations at El Paso and Oklahoma City. Constable Macey and two sheriff deputies arrested one man and two women. Suspects, unnamed, await transport to Amarillo for federal custody.
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Borger
Link
Tri-State
el Paso
Oklahoma City
Macey
Sheriff's Department
Amarillo
Spring wool clip brings unusual prices in Big Spring
In Texas at Spring, E. B. Giliean reports the wool clip from the Big Spring territory brings good prices. He sold about 4,000 pounds to San Angelo buyers at 40 cents per pound, with the clip averaging unspecified.
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Spring
Texas
Big Spring
E. B. Gilliean
Mrs Wylda Chamberlin Plans Berengaria Return Voyage
Mrs Wylda Chamberlin announced plans to sail on the Berengaria Tuesday, convinced her husband Clarence Chamberlin has achieved his aim and will be safely landed. She spoke in New York after press reports of the Columbia monoplane flight.
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Associated Press
New York
Wylda Chamberlin
Clarence Chamberlin
Columbia
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Ewan Eres
Johnson Haa
Ess Ease
Russell Patterson
University of Texas, At
West Texas
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Jugoslavia
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Dortmund
Germany
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Scranton
Kiwanis International
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