Bankers Gather for Panhandle Convention at Plainview
Amarillo bankers led by W. C. Carson Jr and Frank Butler head to Plainview for the twenty third Panhandle Bankers association meeting. Delegates from Dallas Houston Wichita and Fort Worth join discussions on financial conditions farm relief oil industry and improved banking methods amid strong wheat yields and a diversified farming push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Carson, Jr
First National Bank
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
W. H. Fuqua
Earl Fuqua
Frank Butler
American State Bank
Charles T. Ware
Amarillo National Bank
Tom Durham
H. V. Knapp
National Bank of Commerce
Charles A. Fisk
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Plainview
Southwest
Dc. W. Carson, Jr
First National Bank of Amarillo
Association
Texas Bankers’ Association
Panhandle
Chamberlin and Levine Prepare for New York Europe Flight
Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin, wife of the Columbia pilot, smiles as her husband prepares to depart from Roosevelt Field Long Island. Mrs. Charles A. Levine, wife of Chamberlin’s backer, poses with him unaware her husband will pilot the flight. The Columbia lifts off and she faints during ascent.
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NEA Service
New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
NEA
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Columbia
Europe
Charles A. Levine
City to supply cartridges for pistol practice
Amarillo city commissioners authorize monthly purchase of 100 rounds per officer for target practice. Sixty patrolmen will be issued ammunition at about 2.71 dollars per man for the first month, with costs to drop as proficiency rises. Steve Ridings to oversee drills. target grounds proposed on city farm.
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Amarillo
Steve Ridings
Ask Water Equipment
Water Department
Ledford and Tucker of
City Hall
West Fourth Street
City Auditorium
North Eighth Street
Fillmore
Polk
West Fifth Street
van Buren
Husband’s dress code cited in California divorce ruling
In San Francisco on June 7, Superior Judge Graham granted Mrs. Mabel Walls an interlocutory divorce from Ray Walls. Mrs Walls testified he enforced a clothing code requiring cotton hose long skirts and black stockings while gauze hose and knee length dresses were in style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Graham
Mabel Walls
Ray Walls
Supreme Court adjourns after reducing docket
The United States Supreme Court adjourned until October 3 after issuing 207 decisions and disposing of 909 of 1,150 cases in its eight month term. Chief Justice Taft and eight associates attend funeral for clerk W R Stansbury. Charles Elmore Cropley is named court clerk. Upcoming cases include Teapot Dome naval oil reserve and Liberty warehouse contract disputes across 42 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Taft
W. R. Stansbury
Canada
Charles Elmore Cropley
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Liberty Warehouse
Standard Farm Co-Operative
Amarillo Fort Worth and Denver payroll tops third largest in city
The Amarillo terminal payroll for 1926 totaled $634,869.96, making the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway the third largest industry in Amarillo. Payroll by department ranged from $8,445 in the general agent’s office to $178,616.35 for engine men, with sustained optimism for growth in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
Poole
Santa Fe Railway
United States Zinc Company
Berlin crowds greet flyers in grand reception
Berlin residents thronged the streets in a spontaneous welcome as aviators arrived by air. The scene echoed the earlier Paris reception accorded to Captain Charles Lindbergh, marking a dramatic public salute to aviation pioneers.
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Capt
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Berlin welcomes Columbia crew after Atlantic crossing
In Berlin 150000 spectators greet Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine as they land the Bellanca Columbia at Tempelhofer airdome after crossing the Atlantic. The crowd's cheers mix American and German flags while officials praise the feat and invite the aviators to the American embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tempelhofer Airdome
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Airdome
Hussar
Lufthansa
Tempelhofer Conning Tower
Nake
Tempelhofer Field
Jacob Gould Schurman
Herr Curtius
Big appropriation funds West Texas State Teachers college improvements
The Texas legislature allocated about 350000 for West Texas State Teachers college, including 300000 for an education building and equipment and 13000 to buy the 181 acre old Anchor ranch for a museum and dairy park. Twenty thousand funds will add campus pavements while the education building rises near Randal Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas State Teachers College
J. A. Hill
Austin
Palo Dure
Randalhall
Hill
J. W. Reid
Canyon
Lee Satterwhite
Amarillo
Three Prisoners Escape Winn State Farm In Illinois
Three convicts escaped from Winn state farm Monday night after picking a door lock. Oscar D. Lafferty serving seven years from Limestone county h, Roy Davis with three years from Donley and Tony Leto with two years from Dallas were the escapees. A guard fired on the trio. Leto was recaptured soon after while Lafferty and Davis remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victs
Winn State Farm
Oscar D. Lafferty
Limestone County
Roy Davis
Donley
Tony Leto
Dallas
Leto
Standard Oil of New Jersey Increases Authorized Stock
Stockholders at the annual meeting approved boosting authorized common stock from 625 million to 750 million, issued as 20 million shares of 25 dollars each. The plan also eliminates 200 million dollars of previously retired preferred stock as part of the authorized capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Itom
New York
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Regions
The bulletin notes Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer for Amarillo and West Texas with unsettled showers and thunderstorms in northern New Mexico. The Imke region high shifts southeastward toward the Ohio Valley while pressure drops over the northern Rocky Mountains. Scattered showers lie east of the Rockies as temperatures rise in the central Mississippi Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Imke
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
Rockies
Mixaissippi Valley
Amarillo Yester
How It Happened Between Spirit of St Louis and Columbia
United Press analysis compares the trans Atlantic flights of Lindbergh and Chamberlin Levine. Lindbergh led in speed and solo endurance reaching Paris on schedule while Chamberlin and Levine flew farther but with fuel issues and directional challenges. Both planes showed strength in design and reliability with Chamberlin suffering a propeller break on a softer landing.
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United Preas
New York
Lindbergh
Columbia
Paris
Chamberlin
Germany
Atlantic
le Bourget Field
Eisleben
Moody not angered as measures fail in special session
Gov Dan Moody said he will renew push for civil service highway and prison bills in a future session. In a farewell to the house he thanked lawmakers for cooperation and argued pay should better match expenses while defending the public good of his defeated reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dan Moody
Moody
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Ocean
Plains
W. Carson
News-Globe
Globe News
Chamberlin and Levine
York
City
Supreme Court
Amarillo Terminal
Scholz
Schurman
T Anchor Ranch
Tts
Huarg Il, LE
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