Mexican Ace Pays Tribute To 3 Heroes
Colonel Roberto Fierro visited Dolores cemetery to place wreaths on the graves of Pablo Sidar Lieutenant Carlos Rovirosa and Captain Emilio Carranza who died during pioneering nonstop flights. He also spoke with President Ortiz Rubio at Chapultepec Castle and recalled weather and fuel challenges on his New York to Mexico City flight covering about 2152 miles at an average 140 mph.
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Associated
Mexico
City
Roberto Fierro
New York
Dolores
Pablo Sidar
Carlos Rovirosa
Buenos
Fierro
Albritton Fails to Make Bond in Prohibition Case
Roy Albritton a longtime Pampa resident was charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. He did not post the $20 000 bond set by the U S commissioner Saturday night and remains in Potter County Jail awaiting payment expected today.
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Roy Albritton
Pampa
Potter County
San Antonio Seeks 1931 Convention Amid Rally
Delegates arrive for the 1931 convention as San Antonio shows strong support. The program closes with benediction and taps while officers and veterans from Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur and other cities attend. Leaders include department presidents, council heads, and post commanders as the bid continues.
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San Antonio
Texas City
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ing
Heil
Edna Arnold
Tulsa
al Council of Administration
Ose Mills
State C. of A
Amy Steoart Arthur
Jesse Edge
Baytown
Caplain
Berthe Jagne
Port Arthur
Berthe Ttredsurer
Lucillan Antonio
M. S. Kerr
Campf
Amarillo
John Ts
W. L. Taylor
Ouist
Josephine Carilo
I. Houston
Joseph W. Harrison
T. S.mills
E. A. Antonio
William’ York
Beaumont Amander
R. B. Butts
Muskla
Uckey
E. B. Goss
Beaumont
A. J. Winnagel
Love
Lewis O. Cox
A. J. Nich- Casey
Miami Ae Offit
Webber
Vernon Post
Senate relief bill cost cited at 102 million
Fragmentary note from Page 1 cites a senate relief bill costing 102 million dollars, contrasting with an original American Legion estimate of 35 million. It mentions veterans relief tied to adjournment and a Legion program rate, with unclear attributions to Watson and Ebnedean Legion bulletin.
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Senate
American Legion
Watson
Ebnedean Legion
Amarillo Pastors Speak On Parables And Resurrection
Amarillo churchgoers heard Dr. J A Bays discuss The Parable of the Mustard Seed while Dr J H O Smith Foshas and Rev A W Fechner spoke on the historical and bodily resurrection of Jesus and Rev Guy Shields preached on the treasure in earthen vessels from second Corinthians.
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Amarillo
J. A. Bays
Polk Street Methodist
Jesus
J. H. O. Smith
First Christian Church
Christ
Fechner
A. W. Fechner
West Amarillo
Mr. Fechner
Guy Shields
Assembly of God Church
God
Paul
Shields
Isaiah
Mrs Clifton suffers burns after gasoline explosion at home
Prospect resident Mrs Clifton received severe burns in a fire caused by gasoline explosion while she was washing clothes. Her husband, a civil engineer with Canadian River Gas Co, aids in the incident, with a loss estimated at 14000 dollars.
Houston Merchant Drowns Off Houston Ship Channel
J E Lester, a prominent Houston cotton merchant, drowned when he fell overboard from a motorboat near the foot of 76th street. The body was recovered two hours later about 450 feet downstream after the boat swerved and Lester lost his footing.
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Associated Press
Houston
J. E. Lester
76Th Street
Floyd Hodges
Davidson and Small Meet Over Governor Bid In Texas
Lynch Davidson of Houston who asked not to appear on the Democratic primary ballot for governor conferred in Fort Worth with State Senator C C Small of Wellington a candidate for governor. No announcement was made on Davidsons choice of candidate.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Lynch Davidson
Houston
C. C. Small
Wellington
Davidson
Texas Salt Miner Hurt In Accident
George T. Stump, 25, suffered a concussion and broken collar bone when scaffolding collapsed 590 feet underground in a Texas salt mine at Grand Saline. He was plunged 59 feet to the mine bottom and rescued by a fellow worker. Stump was expected to recover as others held on to timbers and climbed to safety.
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iBy
Associated Press
Grand Saline
Texas
George T. Stump
Stump
Man and wife killed in Denver blast
A powerful explosion near Denver killed a man and his wife, hurling their bodies. Their pockets identified them as Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hogan of Hill City Kansas. The blast demolished their car six miles south of Denver.
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Denver
Clifford Hogan
Hill City
Kans
Houston Woman Dies in Automobile Crash
Mrs. Henrietta Tabor 45 of Houston died at noon after a car carrying five people overturned near Waller. Her skull was fractured. Passengers A L Schuhmacher, wife, their son Arnold, and E A Schuhmacher were only slightly injured. They were en route to Bryan to visit Mrs. Tabor's parents, the Schuhmachers.
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Associated Press
Houston
Henrietta Tabor
Waller
A. L. Schuhmacher
Arnold
E. A. Schuhmacher
Bryan
Youth Began Six Month Term After Theft Arrest
Blake Deadmond of Hutchinson Kansas started serving a six month five hour sentence after his arrest on a theft charge. A 3.4 billion building for the School of Commerce and Finance at St. Louis University will be constructed this summer.
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Blake Deadmond
Hutchinson
Kas
School of Commerce and Finance
St. Louis University
House to Area Bills in Busy Week for Rivers and Harbors
The House will push the Rivers and Harbors omnibus bill of 142 million dollars and a veterans relief bill next week. Chairman Dempsey aims to concur with Senate amendments boosting the omnibus by about 24.5 million. The package funds waterways and harbors nationwide while Hoover supporters expect benefits for unemployment relief and water transport. Efforts also seek two Senate-passed measures for public works planning and an employment index to gauge conditions.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Dempsey E
National Treasury
Hoover
Cotton trading active in week with price declines
The Associated Press reports active cotton trading in the past week with frequent price swings. Sharp stock and grain declines and good belt weather pushed active months below 13 cents, as July option liquidation and optimism on crop progress aided the drop.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Irrigation Interest in Shallow Water Area Revived
Analysis from the University of Texas reports shallow well water near Texline and Dalhart is suitable for irrigation. Shallow wells 16 to 25 feet deep yield good water, while the alkaline content is traced to the nearby artesian well and lake. The findings renew interest in a proposed 100,000 acre irrigation project with centralized water distribution.
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Texline
Dalhart
E. P. Schock
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
University of Texas At Austin
University
Schock
Johnson Allen
Denrock Ave
Texas
Allen
P. Schock
Rain Halts Bombay India Congress Parade in Heavy Monsoon
A monsoon downpour in Bombay stopped a procession planned by the Bombay provincial congress in sympathy with 17 imprisoned Garhwal Rifles disobeying orders in Peshawar. Police kept a light presence near the congress house as a large crowd gathered.
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James P. Howe
Associated Press
Bombay
Bombay Provincial Congress
Garhwal Rifles
Peshawar
Congress House
East Lancanshire Regiment
Crop Conditions in Turkey Trade Area in Excellent Shape
Crop conditions in the Turkey trade area covering about 500 square miles are reported excellent by farmers bankers and merchants. Cotton corn and feed crops are thriving with few exceptions and the area has escaped damaging flood rains and hail this spring. A further general rain in three to four weeks may boost production with little expected reduction in cotton yields. The region emphasizes strong growth in cotton and feed crops.
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Turkey
Turkey Trade
Hall County
Mrs. Morrow Guides Campaign While Evading Politics
Mrs. Dwight Whitney Morrow tours New Jersey in support of her husband Senatorial candidate Dwight Morrow. She avoids policy talk, presenting herself as a neighbor and the husband’s family, not a political theorist, while continuing poetical and philanthropic work.
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Mrs. Morrow
Husband
New Jersey
Paul Harrison
NEA
Englewood, N. J
Dwight Whitney Morrow
Mexico
Dwight Morrow
J. P. Morgan
Navy Limitations
U. S. Senate
Elizabeth Reeves Cutter
Cleveland, D
Plainfield
N. J
Morrow
Ewood
Mo On
Dwight W. Morrow
Senate
Small Plans Campaign Tour Expands Across East Texas
Lee Satterwhite, traffic manager for Senator Small's headquarters, says requests pour in from all regions of the state for travel to towns. He notes efforts to notify surrounding communities before addresses and reports rising interest as East Texas seeks more campaign exposure. West Texas supporters say they will vote for Small, urging East Texas to decide.
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Lee Satterwhite
Senator Small
East Texas
Satterwhite
West Texas
Sheriff Slain in Office Shooting in Arkansas
Former deputy Phillips shot and killed in his office after alleged whiskey thefts. Under-Sheriff M. L. Inman and his wife heard the shots and found the sheriff on the floor. A physician said death was instantaneous with four bullets possible. Bloodhounds failed to track the killer.
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Phillips
Salem
Ark
M. L. Inman
Inman
Sulphur company manager dies of heart attack in Houston
William I Johnson, 57, traffic manager of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company at Gulf, Texas, died suddenly of a heart attack in Houston while visiting friends. An inquest returned a verdict of death by natural causes. In separate incidents, Alphonse La Rose, 47, shot himself at his home, and John Jeanes, 51, a Houston lumberman, was shot in the abdomen on Liberty Road.
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Associated Press
Houston
William I Johnson
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
Gulf, Texas
Alphonse la Rose
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Ray
John Jeane
Liberty Road
Scouts Called to Meet for Parade Assembly
All Boy Scouts are asked by scout executive M. J. Paul to meet today at 8 oclock on Pierce Street between Third and Fourth Avenues to join the American Legion parade. Uniforms should be worn by scouts with uniforms available.
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M. J. Paul
Pierce Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
American Legion
Lindbergh Baby Birth With Hospital Plans Scrapped
The report notes Mrs. Lindbergh nearing birth in Hartford after a Treveboro flight with Col Lindbergh acting as navigator and co pilot. It cites a prior Easter record flight from Giencem Calif to Roosevelt Field and mentions Ambassador Morrow’s wife stepping back from politics to care for the child as hospital preparations at the Morrows’ home were arranged.
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Hartford
Thaan
Ambassador Morrow
Dairy Owner Suffered Injury Awaiting Recovery Update
A dairy owner is described as hopeful for recovery after an incident at Amarillo. His mother, reportedly living in Kentucky, has been notified and is expected to travel to Amarillo immediately. A scrambled note on cardboard was found in the room.
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Kentucky
Amarillo
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Clint Small
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Ileaven
India
Gazette Issued
Madras
Andhra Provincial Congress Committee
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Kistena
Godavari
Bezwada
Bengal
Punjab
Madras Congress
Morrows
Neighbor Morrow
Lindbergh
Smith College
Englewood
Morrow Ram
Anne
Col. Lindbergh
United States
Anne Lindbergh
Mie
Lucio
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Baby Lindy
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