City of Ottawa sinks in Channel with six fatalities
The Imperial Airways air liner City of Ottawa plunged into the English Channel off Dungeness and seven passengers were trapped. Six bodies were recovered by nightfall, with four survivors including the pilot and mechanic. Pilot Captain R J Brailli stayed aboard the Belgian trawler Gaby to help rescuers.
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Wolkestone
England
English Channel
Ottawa
Dungeness
Nile
Adolph Ki. Meister
Garfield Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
Imperial Airways
Laris
R. J.brailli
Gaby
Skipper Clings to Laurel Wreck As Rescuers Leave
At Astoria Oregon on June 17 Captain Louis Johnson of the lumber freighter Laurel refused to abandon the wreck off the Columbia river mouth. Coast guardsmen lifted the last crew from the stern as eight remained onboard the split ship. Lifesaving boats saved 24 earlier. seaman Russell Smith of Worcester, Massachusetts drowned in the first rescue. No passengers were aboard.
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Astoria
Orc
Louis Johnson
Laurel
Columbia River
Coast
Coast Guard
Red Wing
Russell Smith
Worcester
Mass
Norman Dabous
San Pedro
Calif
Amarillo Forecast Sees Unsettled Cooler Weather
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas shows a cooler, unsettled Tuesday with partly cloudy skies in western and northern areas. New Mexico expects fair conditions with little temperature change. coastal pressure remains above normal with a strong low over Williston and a warming trend across the Plains.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Atlantic
Williston
North Dakota
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Masin
Utah
Nevada
Senate votes to recess until August 19 with house ok hoped
The U S Senate approved a recess from Wednesday night to August 19 on a party line vote of 57 to 23. An attempt to push the recess to September 8 failed 44 to 35, with House leaders seen as likely to approve despite tariff votes pending. Speaker Longworth said August 19 should suit the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Norris
Nebraska
House
Longworth
Huge Farm Relief Fund Rapidly Voted
President Hoover and Congress acted to establish a farm relief program under the new law. Congress appropriated 151.5 million dollars for the federal farm board to start its work and the president will select eight members. The action forms the first 150 million of a 500 million revolving fund to aid agriculture.
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Globe
Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Congress
House
Senate
Canadian markets load first wheat of season
A 20 bushel load of new wheat was sold to Liske Grain by Will Brown of Noda at Canadian. The wheat, tied at 54 pounds per bushel, was described as green but fetched $1 per bushel. Brown sold the load to the Liske company this morning at the local elevator.
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Will Brown
Noda
Liske Grain Company
Dawes and MacDonald Promise Peace Talks Tonight
London reports that American Ambassador Charles G. Dawes and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald promise to lay groundwork for disarmament negotiations in speeches tonight and within 24 hours. Dawes settles in, finishing remarks for the Pilgrim Society while both leaders project formal talks to begin soon.
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Associated Press
London
Charles G. Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Dawes
Pilgrim Society
Texas theater employee acquitted in Sunday amusements case
Corsicana Texas June 17 On an instructed verdict Terry McCary picture show employe was acquitted today of alleged violation of the Sunday amusement laws in connection with the operation of a theater here April 28.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
Terry McCary
Fire wipes out Casino Park at Lake Worth
Fire at Casino Park Lake Worth causes about 600000 in losses. Manager George Smith says reconstruction will start immediately and the park could reopen within 30 days. Cause unknown. about one mile of boardwalk burned with multiple concessions and rides destroyed. About 25 concession owners and the Lake Worth Amusement company are among the losses.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Lake Worth
George Smith
M. C. Harrold
Lake Worth Amusement Company
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Insurance Slayer Convicted in OneDay Trial for Death
Macon Georgia June 17 Fort Manchester 21 year old slayer of his roommate in an insurance murder plot was convicted tonight of murder and the jury recommended no mercy fixing the penalty at death in the electric chair. The confession says he killed Parks for a promised $1000 from a $14000 life policy on Parks. Mrs Powers rooming house keeper 71 was beneficiary and had insured Parks weeks before his death May 27.
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Associated Press
Macon
Fort Manchester
Manchester
Parks
J. C. Powers
Park
Powers
Support for Federal Bank Unanimous Across Panhandle Bankers
June 17 1930 in Childress Texas城 Panhandle Bankers Association meeting voices strong support for Amarillo securing a Federal Reserve branch. Delegates from Kansas City Dallas Fort Worth St Louis Chicago and other cities pledge aid and plan to present before the Fed board. The convention foresees Amarillo as the Reserve Bank site with no current opposition and aims to finalize the action at the next gathering.
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Dallas
Amarillo
Panhandle Association
United States
Panhandle
Kansas City
Fort Worth
St. Joouis
Chicago
Washington
General Board
Federal Reserve
Association
Dallas Show Robber Dying After Hold Up
A man who claimed to be Ralph Stuart of Louisville robbed the Majestic theater in Fort Worth of 262 dollars and was shot by officers during a pursuit. He was reported dying. Edith Williams the cashier was forced to surrender the money as the incident unfolded.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Ralph Stuart
Tuart
Louisville
Majestic Theater
Edith Williams
Ain't It Hot No in Reality It Ain't The Weather Man
Weather Bureau observer notes this June is cooler than many past Junes with daily highs near 98 degrees on June 16 and a trend toward declining heat. Historic comparisons show prior decades having hotter months and frequent 100 plus days, while nights remain cooler around 60 to 70 degrees with only isolated thunderstorms expected.
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Llano Exstacado
Collman
Year's First Bale of Cotton Arrives in New York by Plane
The first bale of the 1924 cotton crop arrived in New York by plane from Texas and sold at the cotton exchange for 1211 dollars. Half goes to the United Hospital Fund in New York and half to the Salvation Army in Corpus Christi. Purchaser William Dowdell led a syndicate. Gardiner Miller presided as auctioneer. The witnesses included Miss Fren Helacher and Lieut. Gov. Lehman.
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Associated S’ress
New York
Texas
New York Cotton Exchange
United Hospital Fund
Salvation Army
Corpus Christi
William 8. Dowdell
Cotton Exchange
Gardiner H. Miller
Fren Helacher
Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce
Herbert H. Lehman
FE. C. Bowe
Robison Accusers to Finish Testimony in Texas Probe
Austin June 17 The charges against Texas land commissioner J T Robison move toward closing testimony as C W Truheart the assistant attorney general will be the final witness. Proponents accuse Robison of incompetency over funds raised for land reappraisal and of accepting gratuities amid resistance to delays on oil and gas leases on university lands.
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Associated Press
Austin
J. T. Robison
Atate
C. W. Truheart
Robison
Texas Univerity Board of Regents
Self defense claimed after rural road quarrel turns fatal
Virgil Pointer, 40, a farmer near Turkey, Texas, is jailed on murder charges after his brother John Pointer, 48, was shot on a highway near the farm. Virgil says he acted in self defense as John Pointer and son-in-law Oliver Robbing blocked the road with a car and threatened with a club and a screwdriver before the fatal shot.
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Memphis
Virgil Pointer
Turkey
Juistica
John Pointer
Quitaque
A. Christian
Hall County
Jong
Claim
Oliver Robbing
John. Pointer
Robbins
Fininview
Murder charge filed after public killing in Wellington
Austin, who shot Jim Carl Johnson on Wellington public square, appeared at a court of inquiry and was formally charged with murder by Sheriff Claude McKinney with bond set at 5000 dollars. Eight witnesses testified as the inquiry continued. The shooting grew from a quarrel with Ray Riddle, brother in law of the deceased.
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Wellington
Austin
Jim Carl Johnson
Public Square
Claude McKinney
McKinney
Luther Gribble
Justice of Peace
H. W. Myers
Gribble
Western Express forced to land in Bartlesville Oklahoma
An Eastbound Western Air Express passenger plane diverted to Bartlesville Oklahoma at 6 40 p m to avoid a severe storm after departing Albuquerque earlier in the day. The craft resumed its route to Kansas City. no damage or injuries were reported.
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Western Air Express
Bartlesville
Okla
Albuquerque
Dalton McCarthy
Amarillo
Wichita
Kansas City
McCarthy
Los Angeles
Kanwan City
The Cheerful Cherub noonday whistle verses
Fragmentary verse lines describe noonday whistles and joyous cries as music rising to the skies. The snippet conveys a cheerful, ceremonial tone with broad, poetic imagery.
Colorado Boy Killer Problem for Judge
Sterling Colorado June 17 Peter Scheck seven in juvenile court today while officers weighed a charge that he shot Gilbert Jackson twelve after an argument Sunday over a baseball game A Colorado law says a child under ten cannot be held guilty and County Judge H L Hinkley was studying possible steps.
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Associated Press
Sterling
Colo
Peter Scheck
Gilbert Jackson
Colorado
H. L. Hinkley
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