Kansas Sees Best Harvest in Four Years
Kansas farmers anticipate a harvest near 100 million bushels with optimism from agricultural leaders and officials. Rain in April and May revived prospects after drought, with expectations ranging from 100 to 114 million bushels statewide and strong yields in central and northern areas.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Plains
J. ©. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
H. L. Collins
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Jardine
W. M. Jardine
President Coolidge
Kangs
Dr. Jardine
Texas wind erosion districts gain state control in 1917 program
The era opened with a 1917 constitutional amendment authorizing wind erosion districts to lead soil conservation in Texas Panhandle. Delegations argued for local administration, federal officials agreed dust storms led to a hands on approach with Soil Conservation Service advising.
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Conservancy
Panhandle
Wheat Country
Clint C. Small
Texas
Texas Experiment Station
A. & M. College
Department of Agriculture
Soil Erosion Service
United States
Washington
State of
Soil Conservation Service
Army aviator flies blind from New York to California
Major Ira C. Baker of the Army Air Corps completed a 2600 mile blind flight in a single seater Boeing P-12 from New York to Union Air Terminal in Los Angeles. Escorts escort Major William E. Kepner as Baker relied on instruments alone to pilot through limited fuel and variable visibility. Stops included Washington D C Spartansburg Montgomery Shreveport Dallas Midland El Paso Tucson and Riverside.
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Los Angeles
Ira C. Faker
Army Air Corps
Union Air Terminal
William E. Kepner
Montgomery
Ala
Baker
New York
Major Baker
Kepner
Washington, D. C
Spartansburg
D. C
Shreveport
Dallas
Texas
Midland
Fei Paso
Tucson
Ariz
Riverside
Calif
New Recruits Added for Amarillo Drive
The coming year plan stems from nearly a hundred citizen suggestions gathered at luncheons. The drive aims to build good will for Amarillo through neighborly trade trips sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. If anyone was overlooked, call the chamber office for a pledge. Teams include sales, activities, and national firms groups led by Walter Barlow Jim Florey Toney Chisum Gene Howe James Whitley Jack Cunningham. More than $15,000 remains to be pledged before Wednesday night.
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Amarillo
C. of C
Carl Pinton
Boyce
Chamber of Commerce
Activities
Walter Barlow
Jim Florey
Toney Chisum
Gene Howe
James Whitley
Jack Cunningham
Death Takes Noted Amarillo Physician After Long Illness
Dr. McMeans a prominent Amarillo physician dies after a long illness. He served as physician for the Southern Pacific at Palestine and led in local medical societies. Survived by widow Annette Harris McMeans and brother James L. McMeans, funeral plans awaiting arrival of his brother. Body lies in state at N. bd. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home with rites expected Tuesday.
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Palestine
Annette Harris McMeans
James L. McMeans
N. Bd. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home
Landon and Vandenberg Talk Spark GOP Bolster Hope
Landon reiterates he will not accept a second place on the ticket while Vandenberg visits Knox headquarters and confers with leaders. Hamilton says the warning against a bandwagon rush was not aimed at Kansas governor. Dickinson arrives as a potential deadlock candidate. Landon supporters seek an eastern running mate. Watson says Landon is far ahead and unlikely to be stopped without a compact coalition.
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Barrymore Files New Damage Claim Against Warner Brothers
Actor John Barrymore, hospitalized at Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital, amends his $30,000 suit against Warner Brothers Pictures. He says six years ago the studio paid $150,000 each for five films and promised 10 percent profits, now seeking $30,000 in percentage profits.
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John Barrymore
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Barrymore
Santa Barbara Hospital
Frank- Ion Nuzum
Two Great Track Meets This Week Brighten Olympic Hope
New York June 7 The spring track season builds to its big events the Olympic trials with two meets shaping the U S team prospects. Notables include Jesse Owens Ohio State Don Lash Indiana and Princeton’s invitational plus the Southern California Ohio State duel this Saturday. Southern California leads college teams while Ohio State with Owens Beetham and others challenges. Columbus then hosts the Trojans for the national collegiate A A A title defense June 19 and 20 in Chicago.
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Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Don Lash
Indiana
Princeton
Wife Held After Husband's Death in Texas Shooting
Dee Bowerman 40 of Nocona died in a Gainesville hospital after gunshot wounds from a highway shooting near Muenster Cooke County. His wife Connie Bowerman 35 was jailed pending investigation by County Attorney William C. Culp after witnesses said the affray followed a quarrel.
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Tex
Dee Bowerman
Nocona
Muenster
Cooke County
Connie Bowerman
William C. Culp
Bowerman
Luther McCollum
Hoover declines to discuss convention details
Former President Herbert Hoover, during a brief Grand Island train stop, said he would withhold comment on the Republican national convention until his address there. He noted prospects of a united party and preferred not to be quoted on specifics before speaking at the convention.
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Grand Island
Neb
Herbert Hoover
Former Hatch Mayor Dies After Gun Affray
Harry A. Wilson age 38, former Hatch mayor, died in an El Paso hospital after a shooting in Hatch last night. His brother Orda was wounded and J. O. Tharp, a night watchman, is jailed in Dona Ana County as investigators probe the political argument behind the violence.
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N. M
Harry A. Wilson
el Paso
Orda
J. O. Tharp
Dona Ana
Las Cruces
Harry Wilson
Rabbi Zielonka Delivers UT Graduation Sermon
Rabbi Martin Zielonka of El Paso spoke to about 1000 University of Texas graduates delivering the baccalaureate address. He warned that Communism is anti religious and Fascism denies the spiritual factors of freedom to live act speak and think the people want.
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Austin
Martin Zielonka
el Paso
University of Texas
Zielonka
Martin Rites To Be Today For David Chalmers
The 82 year old Amarillo stone cutter David Martin Chalmers known for Polk Street decorations dies Saturday and will be honored at Central Presbyterian Church at 2 PM with Dr. R Thomson in charge. Pallbearers include Ware and Hutchinson. burial at Liano Cemetery.
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Dave) Chalmers
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Amarillo
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Chalmer
Jackson Street
Scotland
Mary Lowe
Charles Ware
Arthur Ware
James B. Hutchinson
A. E. Meyer
John Arnot
John 8. Abel
Liano Cemetery
Five Arabs Reported Killed in Holy Land Battle
Cairo dispatch says five Arabs died today in a five hour clash with British troops on the Jerusalem to Tel Aviv road. About 50 survivors escaped with their dead, after troops machine gunned trenches and Arabs fired back with rifles.
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Egypt
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Pickpockets Hit Texas Centennial Exposition Crowd
Dallas police report the Texas Centennial Central Exposition drew thousands with pickpockets netting a small haul. Loss total about $200. biggest single loss was $120 plus papers by J. J. McCluskey of Trinidad, Colorado. A suspect, W. FE. St. John of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was arrested.
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Dallas
J. J. McCluskey
Trinidad
Colo
W. FE. St. John
Ardmore
Okla
Mispriced Daily Double Wins Big at Riverside Race Track
A Riverside race track error paid out $1,738.20 to O. N. Shelton of Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He requested a daily double on horses nine and four but the clerk handed him tickets for six and four. The six four combination won.
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Kansas City
Riverside Race Track
O. N. Shelton
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Elks Lodge Initiates Ten Novices Tonight
A class of 10 candidates will be initiated into the Elks Lodge tonight at 8 o'clock. Club officers announced a feed will follow the initiation.
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Elks Lodge
American Association Standings Snapshot
Minneapolis 10 3, Toledo 3 2. St. Paul 5 5, Columbus 1 6, Milwaukee 6 0, Louisville 7 4. Kansas City 3 8, Indianapolis 5 2.
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Indianapolis
Roosevelt heads to Texas trip after Nashville funeral
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after 1,500 miles of travel since Friday and prepares a 4,000 mile speaking tour of Arkansas Texas and Indiana. He will deliver three set speeches in Little Rock Dallas and Vincennes and visit San Antonio’s Alamo and Austin before continuing. He plans to stay with his son in Fort Worth and will meet Texas Governor Allred en route.
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Indiana
Joseph W. Byns
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Mexico
San Jacinto
Shamrock Woman Dies in Texarkana Hospital
Mrs. Amos Wilson, 51, of Shamrock Texas, died in a Texarkana hospital today after falling ill Friday while traveling from Locksburg Arkansas to the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas. Her body was sent to Shamrock tonight.
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Texas
Amos Wilson
Shamrock
Locksburg
Ark
Dallas
Local Scores and Odd Odors Linked to Memory Note
Football and baseball style scores show Lafayette 1 Abbeville 13 and Opelousas 4 Rayne 5 while Jeanerette sits 11-11 and Lake Charles 2-3 Alexandria 9-9. The text adds a remark that odors affect memory more than other factors.
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Abbeville
Jeanerette
New Iberia
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Rayne
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Alexandria
Lucky Luciano Convicted in Largest New York vice case
Luciano and eight co defendants were found guilty on six counts of a nationwide vice indictment. The jurors deliberated all night and returned verdicts against the alleged leaders of a $12 million compulsory prostitution syndicate in the metropolis. Sentencing set for June 18 with potential terms totaling up to 1 865 years.
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Charles Luciano
Underworld
Lucky
Luciano
Thomas E. Dewey
Organized Vice
David Betillo
Thomas Pennocchio
Abraham Wahrman
James Frederico
Combine
Benny Spiller
Ring
Jesse Jacobs
Meyer Berkman
Jacobs
C. C. Chief Dies of Heart Attack
L. A. Walker 45 longtime manager of the Alice Chamber of Commerce died suddenly at his home in Alice Texas after a heart attack. Formerly with a local bank he was widely known in South Texas and the coastal bend. Funeral services set for 4 PM tomorrow. Widow and several children survive.
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Tex
L. A. Walker
Alice Chamber of Commerce
Walker
We A Bank
South Texas
Coastal Bend
Youngster Fifth in Distance Race at Texas Centennial
A nine year old boy, Willie Shirley Standard, finished fifth in a gruelling 184 mile cross country horse race at the Texas Centennial gates in Dallas. He rode a bay mare lent by D A Roberts, a 3 year old farmer, who won aboard a 99 year old mare that had long served a cotton cultivator.
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Texas Centennial Gates
Willie Shirley Standard
Lampasas
D. A. Roberts
Balanced Menus and Recipes in A June Sunday
Louise Bennett Weaver presents a collection of menus and recipes for summer dinners and suppers. It includes Cotter Supper dishes like Fish Salad and rhubarb fruit conserve, plus desserts such as Fruit Surprise and a pineapple cherry salad variation.
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Louise Bennett Weaver
Cotter
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