Omaha Fights for Military Rule Over Striking City
Omaha under martial law as Adjutant General H J Paul commands 1800 National Guardsmen to police a street car strike. Arbitration is urged as the only solution with troops kept in quarters. projected cost ranges from 100000 to 500000 dollars. Five hundred guardsmen guard South Omaha after three riot nights leaving one dead and over 150 injured.
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Omaha
Neb
H. J. Paul
Paul Himsel
Paul
South Omaha
Benefit Show For Test Oil Well Near Amarillo
A benefit to raise funds for completing the English Oxnard test oil well near Amarillo will be held Wednesday night at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. Parker's Minstrels will perform and tickets go on sale at City Drug Store No. 1 Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Oxnard
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Parker's Minstrels
City Drug Store No
Vacation School Opens at Shield of Faith Church
The annual summer vacation school of the Assemblies of God opens this morning at 8:30 in the Shield of Faith school building at 901 North Pierce Street. Rev. E. R. Foster directs the program.
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The
Assems of God Church
Shield of Faith
North Pierce Street
E. R. Foster
Deluxe Plymouth Seden for Sale in 1983 Ad
For sale listing shows several Classic cars including a 1929 De Soto at 1517 Jackson and a 1935 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan with low miles and pristine condition. Contact details include J Re Bankston and Toney Chisum Inc at Polk and 11th plus phone numbers.
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Bankston
de Soto
Jackson
Oldsmobile
Toney Chisum Inc. Polk
Fine Horse Lovers See Equine Parade At Sunset Stables Opening
Fine horse lovers gathered for Amarillo's Sunset Stables grand opening on Fifteenth Avenue and Georgia Street. Three new horses were shown for the first time: Snappy Rose, Man of the Hour, and Bridle Rose. A dust storm shortened the event and some horses could not be shown. Local owners include R. A. Burnett and managers EF. E Scott and Cotton Wiley. Out of town guests attended from Lubbock, Elk City, Panhandle, and Borger.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Fifteenth Avenue
Georgia Street
R. A. Burnett
EF. E Scott
Wolflin Stables
Cotton Wiley
Dallas
Salem
Joe Bowman
Joe Stenson
Owen McLeod
Etoile
Surfboard Riding Highlights Fourth of July Lake Event
Surfboard riding drew hundreds at City Lake with West Texas riders Bo Henson and Dick Garre towed by speedboat owner Lee Williams. The demonstration previews July 4 races under Tri-State Fair Association with over 20 drivers entered and four champions expected to compete for prizes.
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Panhandle
City Lake
Bo Henson
Dick Garre
Lee Williams
Tri
Williams
Metal tipped club key clue in search for attacker
Police seek a black male suspect after he attacked Roy Rimmer and his companion Mrs. J S Winniford in the Meadowbrook Drive area. A long metal tipped club found in a yard is the sole lead as officers hunt the assailant who punched Rimmer and assaulted Winniford.
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Fort Worth
Roy Rimmer
Handley
J. S. Winniford
Arlington
Meadowbrook Drive
Rimmer
Lynn and Lynn Return on KGNC Sponsored Show
Popular radio duo Lynn and Lynn will air again this morning on KGNC under White and Kirk sponsorship. The piano sisters gained sudden audience support after their first Wednesday broadcast with no advertising, prompting a Friday afternoon replay and a 10 15 AM second airing.
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Sation Kgnc
White and
Kirk
Lynn
KGNC
Plan burial rites for Frank F. Strout
Funeral services for Frank F. Strout will be held this afternoon at 1 30 o clock in the Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev J C Sisemore of Tabernacle Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. He died in a local hospital Saturday afternoon. He is survived by a son R H Strout and a sister Mrs Garfield Worhees Iola Kansas.
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J. C. Sisemore
Tabernacle Baptist Church
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Strout
Northwest
Fifteenth Avenue
R. H. Strout
Garfield Worhees
Iola
Kansas
Four Die and One Child Hurt in Michigan Train Collision
A westbound Michigan Central train struck a car at a grade crossing near Richville Tuscola County leaving four dead and a six year old child in critical condition. Five people were in the auto when the crash occurred on the Saginaw Bovy City branch line.
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Card
Mich
Here
Michigan Central
Saginaw-Bavy City
Richville
Tuscola County
Plateau Singing Convention Reelects Leaders in Canyon
Fifteen hundred singers from West Texas and eastern New Mexico attended the 14th annual Plateau Singing Convention in Canyon. Joe F. Taylor was re-elected president, J. E. Disch vice president, Sen Z B Moon and J S Garrett as vice president and secretary. New advisory board members include Miss Thelma Tolman, R G Stratton, and Mrs A D Hasten. Senator Moon spoke on convention value. J E Brannen welcomed New Mexico delegates. Notables E M Bartlett and W T Utley attended. The meeting was at West Texas State Teachers College with a 10 day singing school in Palo Duro canyon prior.
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N. M
R. G. Stratton
Rosebud
A. D. Hasten
Skellytown
Robert Stratton
Lewisburg
Senator Moon
J. E. Brannen
Littlefield
New Mexico
Texas
E. M. Bartlett
W. T. Utley
Hartford Music Company
Hartford
Ark
West Texas State Teachers College
Palo Duro Canyon
Post Winnie Mae Parting Point Marks End of Record Flight
In Wichita Kansas on June 16 the famed Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae reached a parting point as the globe circling flight stalled. Post was ferried to Bartlesville Oklahoma in another ship after a fourth failed attempt to span the continent in sub stratosphere. He said he would quit once Winnie Mae is back in Bartlesville.
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Wichita
Kas
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
Post
Bartlesville
Okla
Laura Y. Davis Dies at 66 in Home of Daughter
Laura Y. Davis age 66 died early yesterday at her daughter Mrs. D. S. Elliott’s home 701 Forest Street after living there for a year. Survived by husband B. W. Davis of Nogales Ariz son Ben W. Davis Jr of Douglas Ariz two brothers Elbert V and Arthur C Vinguerie Montague La and sister Sister Marie Corinne Colorado Springs. Body lies in state Boxwell Brothers chapel with funeral services expected Tuesday.
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D. S. Elliott
Forest Street
B. W. Davis
Nogales
Ariz
Ben W. Davis, Jr
Douglas, Ariz
Elbert V
Arthur C. Vinguerie
Montague, la
Marie Corinne
Colorado Springs
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Third Rehearsal Set for Amarillo Junior Opera
The Ama rilo Junior Club prepares Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe for July 18 at Amarillo Auditorium. Third rehearsal today at Amarillo College of Music, 11 o'clock, with new members still being accepted and soloists chosen from current members.
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Amarilo
Iolanthe
Amarillo Auditorium
Amarillo College
Flood Waters Inland In Oklahoma And Arkansas Regions
Heavy rains over the last week sent Red and Blue rivers over U S Highway 271 south of Hugo Oklahoma and flooded the Hugo Durant corridor. In Fort Smith Arkansas a five inch rain caused Greasy Creek flooding and high water on the Arkansas River threatening to rise further.
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Okla
U. S. Highway No. 271
Here
Durant
Fort Smith
Ark
Heavener
Greasy Creek
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Weather Bureau
Heavever
Black Fork
Second Train Wrecks in Britain and Glasgow Collide
A London rail disaster killed 14 and injured many as a second wreck at Gourock near Glasgow injured 27. Passengers were hurled from cars when trains failed to stop, with three seriously hurt in Gourock. The first crash near Welwyn caused 29 injuries and multiple fatalities. The report notes BBC references to the National Recovery Administration and its leaders as well as transitions within NRA personnel and government service.
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Glasgow
Wer
Newcastle Express
Welwyn Station
London
Calles Opposition Weakens as Cardenas Moves Forward
In Mexico, Calles once powerful figure to form a cabinet after pressing economic policy, while President Cardenas consolidates control and advances his program despite earlier attacks.
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Calles
Mexico
Cardenas
Flood Crest Threatens Central Texas Towns as Waters Rise
As the Colorado River crest neared 50 feet, Bastrop and Smithville faced widespread flooding with hundreds of CCC workers aiding relocations. Austin prepared for days of turmoil with key bridges damaged and power restored, while the Rio Grande looming over Hidalgo and Brownsville threatened levees and cotton fields.
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Austin
Bastrop
Smithville
Hornsby's Bend
Arthur Pannell
Parnell
Austin Municipal
Congress Avenue
South Austin
Marble Falls
Liano
San Saba
Johnson City
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Highway Department
Colorado River
Highway 71
Lagrande
Llano
Montopolis
Llano River
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Nueces
Uvalde
del Rio
Hoover Crafts a Pillar of Social Security Though Critics Hint
The article recounts an address by Herbert Hoover to graduates urging a structured approach to social security emphasizing work over leisure. He warns against quick fixes and stresses faith in future stability, contract sanctity, and lawful government, while noting broad protection must balance the 25 percent needing support. Ray Lyman Wilbur contrasts with optimism on change.
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Supreme Court
Hoover
NRA
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford
Cloudburst Delays Rotary International Delegates Arrive
About 1,000 delegates bound for the Rotary International convention at Mexico City reached Brownsville after a cloudburst washed out the usual route. Trains rerouted via Alice and Matamoros while some travelers flew Pan-American planes. Ambassador Josephus Daniels was among those detoured. Thousands more Rotarians arrived in Mexico City for the 26th international convention while President Cardenas planned to open sessions the next day.
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Brownsville
Nuevo Laredo
Rotary International
Mexico
D. F
Laredo
Alice
National Line of
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Monterrey
Cardenas
Inmate Gilling Stages Escape Plot at Institution
Dr Deerhake testified that Gilling, an employee in the dining room, stole an ice pick and three long knives from the pantry then moved to the corridor where three inmates waited. His aides hid near the gate while Gilling pretended to see the nurse at the gate.
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Lowell Tietz
Minneapolis
Delmar Lattimer
Superior
Wis
Herbert Cooper
Cuthbert
Deerhake
Gilling
NRA code extension signals uncertain path after April
Observers view the six member advisory council under President Roosevelt as a sign the administration aims to sustain NRA principles despite the Supreme Court striking down key codes. George J. Berry is named assistant to O Neill to represent labor. O Neill has served six months as code control officer.
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NRA
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
White House
George J. Berry
O'Neill
Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
Hasrved
Coonley
Marshall
Recovery
Wedding Hall Blaze Traps and Kills Five
Panic erupts as a vent fan fans flames at a wedding hall. Paul Stricker, 21, dies after four trips into the blaze to rescue children. Sophie Shein, 49, dies in hospital. Shein races to save his fiancée, who suffers severe burns. Others escape through windows as the orchestra saves instruments.
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Opy
Shein
Paul Stricker
Sophie Shein
Rio Grande Recedes as Floodwaters Briefly Close Border Bridge
Floodwaters from the Rio Grande recede slowly with minor damage reported along the riverfront. Backwaters cover the bridge south of the Zapata road forcing its closure while autos cross inches-deep water on the arroyo Chacon bridge toward Corpus Christi. The aluminum railing on the Mexican side of the international bridge at Laredo was removed Sunday morning as a precaution.
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Rio Grande
Zapata Road
Arroyo Chacon
Corpus Christi
International Bridge
Laredo
Amarillo Police Seek Details on Slain Man Williams
Amarillo officers lack information on Jack Williams killed in Los Angeles. Chief W R McDowell said no word from California or Justice officials and no description was received in Amarillo. References to death records and cemetery files suggest Williams’ background may be gleaned from those records.
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Williams
Amarillo
Jack Williams
Los Angeles
W. R. McDowell
California
Department of Justice
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