Funeral Home Suit Will Be Argued Today
Walter Blackburn sues the Blackburn- Boxwell Funeral home now Boxwell Brothers Funeral home over an 8500 debt dating to 1919. MH W Blackburn and C J Blackburn signed for E M Blackburn. parties dispute whether the note was assumed by the firm or remained personal. Evidence has been heard in Judge W E Gee’s district civil court.
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Walter Blackburn
Blackburn- Boxwell Fuiers
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
W. E. Gee
Blackburn Funeral Home
Boxwell Brothers
MH. W. Blackburn
C.J. Blackburn
E. M. Blackburn
Blackburn
Blackburn-Boxwell Funeral Home
FE. M. Blackburn
Ill luck continues to dog Sweden seaplane flight
Reykjavik Iceland June 12 The attempt by Captain Albin Ahrenberg to pilot the Sverige to America via the Arctic route again failed. A fresh flight this morning was only a trial due to a defective radiator. Weather near Ivigtut Greenland, 800 miles away, was reported unfavorable, delaying the next stop.
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Associated Press
Reykjavik
Iceland
Albin Ahrenberg
Sverige
America
Ivigtut
Greenland
Rumors of Wales Engagement Denied
London reports deny rumors that Princess Ingrid Swedish Crown Prince’s daughter is engaged to the Prince of Wales. A high court official told the Daily Mail there is not a word of truth in these suggestions linking the princess with the British royal family. The incident sparked foreign newspaper chatter and noted annoyance abroad.
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London
Ingrid
Prince of Wales
Daily Mail
Vial
Ein
Frat Initiation Fatal Claim Tied to Indiana Case
Diary excerpt from George Steinmetz details fraternity initiation pranks at the University of Indiana that his mother says led to his death on May 2. Mrs. George Steinmetz campaigns nationwide to end mock initiations in colleges.
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Py United Freas
Frulan
Tod
Indianapple Times
Apare
George “Bud” Steinmetz
University of Indiana
George Steinmetz
First Cotton Bale Ginned At Edcouch
The first bale of cotton picked in this section this season was ginned this afternoon weighing 437 pounds and grading strict middling. It was raised by H. Henson four and a half miles from Edcouch Texas. A premium was started by Edcouch merchants and advanced. The bale last year was raised near Enmerk and picked on May 23.
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Associated Presse
Edlolch
Tex
H. Henson
Edcouch Merck
Enimerk
Moody Proclaims Flag Day Observance Across State
Governor issues proclamation to mark June 14 as Flag Day in observance of the 152nd anniversary of the Continental Congress adoption of the Stars and Stripes. States are urged to display flags to honor the national emblem.
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Associated Press
AW Rtin
Continental Congress
United States
Suspect Held In Big Oklahoma City HoldUp
Russell Gibson, sought in Oklahoma City for a $75,000 bank messenger holdup, was put in officers custody for extradition and later sent to county jail awaiting a habeas corpus hearing. Amsterdam is cut by canals into 90 islands. The Leviathan’s length exceeds the Woolworth building’s height.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Russell Gibson
Oklahoma City
Coleman visit speeds east with airliner trip
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Coleman of Chicago arrived in Amarillo to visit Mrs. Coleman's father C. H. Farwell and siblings. They traveled by car to Kansas City, then flew Western Air Express and completed the two day drive in under five hours. Mrs. Coleman, formerly Zelma Farwell, is a Channing native. The Farwell family is well known on the North Plains. The couple will visit Dalhart before returning to Chicago. She noted travel has changed greatly from 20 years ago.
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Vincent Coleman
Chicago
Amarillo
Coleman
Zelma Farwell
Channing
Texas
Farwell
Panhandle
North Plains
Dalhart
Colemane Wll
Traveling Men's Club Opens Tri-State Fair Sales Day
The United Commercial Travelers urge members to sell the Tri-State Fair across the Panhandle and Southwest on Traveling Men's Day September 2. A big parade and pageant featuring Unity Charity and Temperance floats plus prizes and festivities are planned in Amarillo with a banquet to follow.
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Traveling Men’s Club
United Commercial Travelers Association
Tri-State
Parhandie Plains
Southwest
Amarillo
United Commercial Travelers Organization
News-Globe
Memor
Panhandle
VU. T
Texas Grard Council
R. H W. Stiteler
O. D. Snoddy
Bryan Weatherby
Miles Ackerman
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
United Commercial Travelers
Noted Bishop Maps View on Church Union
Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington told the Institute of Religion at Buckhill Falls Pa that southern acceptance of church unity hinges on belief in a judgment to come. He described the south as fundamentalist and warned union must include doctrine of hell and punishment for sin.
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United Press
Buckhill Falls
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
Institute of Religion
South
Cannon
Institute
Hell
Hearing Held On New South Airmail Lines
Representatives from southern cities spoke to the interdepartmental committee on aviation about adding airmail routes through the south linking Louisville to Fort Worth with Nashville Memphis Little Rock and Texarkana and branches to Birmingham and Shreveport. The Atlanta to New Orleans line would extend to Dallas Fort Worth replacing Birmingham stops with Montgomery and linking Nashville directly to the Atlanta Chicago line.
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Associated Press
Washington
Committee On Aviation
Louisville
Fort Worth
Texas
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Texarkana
Ark
Dallas
Birmingham
Shreveport
Atlanta
New Orleans
Montgomery
Ala
Bertram Motorist Robbed by Hitch-Hikers
Austin June 12 officers sought two men after Orlie Cox a 34 year old Bertram motorist was assaulted last night by hitch hikers he had picked up the robbers took a small cash amount and his car leaving him unconscious on the highway police said.
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Associated Press
Austin
Travis
Orlie Cox
Bertram
Cox
Students Seize National University Building in Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 12 striking students held the National University main building, locked doors, and raised a red flag demanding Rector Antonio Castrobal's resignation. They supply guards every eight hours and formed a directing council in a classroom. The rector's whereabouts are unknown and autonomy measures remain pending.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
National University
Antonio Castrobal
Congress
Portes Gil
Utilities Bill Defeated by Texas Lobby and City Interests
Senator Woodward of Coleman says the public utilities control bill failed in the Texas Senate due to strong lobbying by utility interests and officials from smaller cities. He calls it a decisive victory for utilities and warns Texans will demand public control of corporate power.
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Austin
Walter C. Woodward
Coleman
Senate
Texas
Woodward
Chambers of Commerce
Union Organizer Charged With Murder in North Carolina
Fred Edwin Beal, southern organizer for the National Textile Workers' Union, is formally charged with the murder of Gastonia Chief of Police C. F. Aderholt. Seventy textile strikers are bound over to superior court on assault with intent to kill charges after waiving preliminary hearing.
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United Press
Gastonia
N. C
Fred Edwin Beal
National Textile Workers’ Union
C. F. Aderholt
Walt Mason in Debt Dodging Roadward Verse
The piece portrays poet Walt Mason choosing to walk rather than incur debt. It contrasts ostentatious conveyances with unpaid bills for pork and beans, lard, and other goods, relaying his disdain for credit and his stubborn persistence on the road he travels.
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Danger
George Matthew Adams
Hilton opens eight story Plainview hotel with July celebration
Plainview's new eight story Hilton hotel will open for public inspection Wednesday July 8 from 1 to 5 PM. A banquet at 7:45 PM features Plainview leaders and C N Hilton president will speak. A large Fourth of July dance and open house follow Thursday inviting the entire South Plains. The hotel has 120 rooms and 120 baths and is the sixth Hilton in the system.
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Plainview
Hilton
J. W. Drown
L. ©. Daniel, Jr
Dallas
Hilton Hotel Company
Drown
Amarillo
South Plains
C. N. Hilton
Hilton Hotels
Crown
Proceedings in Court of Civil Appeals Seventh District Amarillo
Proceedings in the Seventh District Civil Appeals court at Amarillo today include motions overruled in Ragland vs Baker and others, rehearing in A. W. Jackson et al vs M C Overton, and multiple affirmations, reversals, or remands in cases from Jemphill Dickens Palmer Crosby Wheeler Hutchinson Randall including Fidelity Union Fire vs First National and McCaskey Register Co vs Geo W Bailey.
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Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
Amarillo
Clyde Ragland
J. J. Baker
A. W. Jackson
M. C. Overton
B. M. Shelton
Virgil Lock
Jemphill
Roy L. Harkey
W. H. Hindman
Dickens
R. E. Moody
Chas. T. Dycus
Palmer
Fidelity Union Fire Ins. Co
First National Bank
Crosby
McCaskey Register Co
Geo. W. Bailey
Wheeler
FE. P. Wilson
Clara F. Wilson
Hutchinson
Northwestern Fire & Marine Ins. Co
E. M. Allred
Randall
A-Loaf Baking Co
Glenn A. Pace
Mayor
Slaying case ends as officers denied new trial
In Louisville on June 12 a federal prohibition agent Roy Miller and deputy sheriff Clarence Gossett were denied a new trial. They sit two years for the 1925 killing of a man during a raid on a moonshine still.
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Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
Prohibition
Roy Miller
Clarence Gossett
Rebellion Forces Concentrate in Michoacan Stronghold
About seven thousand troops mass in Michoacan around Coalcoman as insurgents fortify trenches for a planned federal operation. Officials expect striking Coalcoman would deal a decisive setback to the rebellion in the state.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Michoacan
Coalcoman
Coalcoman Falls
Day Air Mail Extends to Fort Worth and Dallas
Day air mail and express service from Chicago to Kansas City will expand to Fort Worth and Dallas via Tulsa on July 1, creating a daytime schedule linking Texas and Chicago. In Oklahoma City the Rev M F Ham resigns from the First Baptist Church to pursue evangelistic work after his attacks on Alfred E Smith in the campaign.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas
Tulsa
Okla
Masonic Lectures Planned in Plainview
Wilbur Keith the executive secretary of the Masonic committee on education will lecture on Masonry in Plainview on June 26. He is brought by P. L. Kemble and J. C. King, with slides pictures and other demonstrations to accompany the talks.
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Plainview
Wilbur Keith
The
Masonic Committee On
Keith
P. L. Kemble
J. C. King
Quicker Way to Kill Flies and Mosquitoes
An advertisement promotes Flit as a fast acting home insect killer. It touts quick death, easy use with the Sprayer, no staining, and safety to humans. The vapor supposedly reaches hidden areas and kills roaches, ants, bedbugs and their eggs, with emphasis on the yellow quart can for value.
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Walt Mason
View
Grove
J. Levy
Minnesota Lakes Woods
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