Senate patronage hearing in San Antonio sparks exec session
Fear of foreign relations tremors prompts the U S Senate patronage committee to meet in executive session in San Antonio. Chairman Brookhart states findings will stay secret until impact on international relations is clear. Witnesses include Col P J Hennessey and E T Meecham. Creager issues apology after an innuendo.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
U. S. Senate Patronage Committee
Smith W. Brookhart
Col
P. J. Kennessey
Highth Corps
SN Antonio
U. S. Senate
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P. J. Hennessey
Eight Corps
Texas Customs and Immigration
E. T. Meecham
Cerralvo
Mexico
Republican National
Night Test of Flood Lights Boosts Rodeo Evening Views
Night spectators at the Miller and King Rodeo will enjoy superior illumination after a flood light test by Southwest Public Service. Twenty five flood lights totaling about 38 million candlepower lit the Texan ball park field, promising clearer views and cooler evening temperatures.
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Southwest Public Service Company
Texan Ball Park
University of Chicago
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Weir Jury Still Out After Sane Decision on Bigamy Charge
C C Weir former deputy sheriff was found sane in district court yesterday and faced a bigamy trial. The jury could not decide last night and was locked in at midnight. testimony noted Weir had married his first wife in Fort Worth 14 years earlier and wed Clara Young of Amarillo without a divorce. Eigh t killed in Chile mine.
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C. C. Weir
Weir
Fort Wort
Clara Young
Amarillo
Planes Fly to Dedicate New T A T Port
Planes flew over the new T A T port during an opening dedication ceremony led by Mason King of the Extension Bureau. Officials praised the facility as a milestone for regional air service and economic development.
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Five Ships Make Trip to Portair Air Field Dedication
Governor Dillon praised cross city cooperation between Clovis and Amarillo as he dedicated the Transcontinental Air Transport flying field at Portair, five miles west of Clovis. A bouquet of roses dropped from the Amarillo delegation symbolized goodwill while 21 Amarilloans, including pilots and travelers, participated in the celebration as the three travel air ships accompanied by a silk parachute card flew overhead. The 15 trippers continued their journey in two Travel Air cabins.
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Amarillo
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R. C. Dillon
New Mexico
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Santa Fe
Dillon
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
al Harvey
Texas Air Transport Travel
Famed Aviatrix Dies After Foggy Crash In Endurance Run
Roosevel t Field New York June 28 A rival flight ended in tragedy as Jack Ashcraft and Viola Gentry crashed in fog near Old Westbury during an endurance record attempt. Ashcraft was killed and Miss Gentry seriously injured. Gentry received a blood transfusion and described the crash as the gas ran low and fog prevented a safe landing.
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Associated Press
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Jensen
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Jensenn
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Viola Gentry
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Ashcraft
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Mineola
Wallace Hishop
Jack
Mina Gentry
Galveston Sees Rising Tide As Small Hurricane Near Port O’Connor
A slight alarm is raised as tides rise in Galveston amid a small hurricane near Port O’Connor. Authorities monitor a 60 mile per hour wind area and urge precaution for coastal residents and vessels.
Tropical Storm Warnings Decline as Texas Coast Recovers
The storm battered Lone Star towns with 50 to 60 mph winds causing property damage. Victoria Port Lavaca Port O Connor Freeport Palacios Matagorda bore the brunt while four Houston men near Matagorda Peninsula were feared lost at sea. Telephones cut, barometers rose, and rain fell as the storm moved inland near Port O Connor with diminishing winds expected.
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Daring Young Woman Robs Topeka Benefit Office
A lone woman, armed with an apparently unloaded revolver, robbed two employees of the Security Benefit association in Topeka Kansas, escaping with about 14000 dollars. She forced A J Perlieh of Kansas City to drive her six blocks to the scene, then fled on foot to an apartment building where she discarded clothing before vanishing. She is described as a brunette 25 to 27 years old.
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Topeka
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Security Benefit Association
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A. J. Perlieh
Kansas City
Fifty Lions Threaten N M Sheep District
AZTEC June 24 Government writers and sheepmen have fought a pack of mountain lions for over a week, pillaging flocks. Leo Laythe of the Colorado state biological survey estimates about 50 animals in the pack. Temple Cornelius of Aztec lost 51 sheep in two weeks, with other ranchers suffering similar losses. Dry ground hampers tracking. hunters hope for rain to refresh tracks.
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Associated Press
Leo Laythe
Colorado State Biological Survey
Temple Cornelius
Youth claims peonage in $42,000 damages suit filed
Everitt Bates, a 21 year old former Wisconsin youth, sues E E Mauldin Randall county dairyman Sam B Motlow and A C Townes alleging servitude at the Mauldin dairy for almost five years after being paroled from a five year penitentiary sentence for rope theft. Bates says he arrived in Amarillo in 1924 as a minor, worked for $40 a month with lodging but received no wages and was subjected to physical abuse and verbal humiliation under threat of serving the full term without credit. The petition seeks more than $42,000 in damages for alleged peonage and coercion.
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Randall County
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A. C. Townes
Everitt Bates
Wisconsin
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Amarillo
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Oklahoma Man Among Three New Farm Board Members
President Hoover named James G. Stone of Kentucky C B Denman of Missouri and Carl Williams of Oklahoma to the federal farm board created by the farm relief act. The president hoped for three or four more by midweek with a full eight to organize by August 1. Stone, founder of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative, is expected to be chairman.
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Associated Press
Washington
James G. Stone
Kentucky
C. B. Denman
Missouri
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Mr Stone
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Stone
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Fast Trains Rush Empty Cars to Panhandle Wheat Trade
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe rushes empty freight cars to the Panhandle to ship wheat from the region. Jd. Cole, traffic manager of the Chamber of Commerce, warns a car shortage is possible amid peak season. The Shippers Advisory Board will push for extra transportation as needed. Improved wheat market reduces danger of car bottlenecks at destination.
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Panhandle
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Jd. Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Cole
Shippers Advisory Board
Plane and ship tragedy binds Ulbrich and Gentry
Miss Viola Gentry perished in the plane wreck while Ulbrich, the man she loved, rode the skies in the surviving ship. In telephone exchanges from the field and hospital, Ulbrich pleaded for full word on the fate of Viola as fog shrouded dawn and the two craft disappeared from view.
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Ulbrich
Viola Gentry
Bill Ulbrich
Bill
Jensens
Misa
Gentry
Uldrich
Jensen
Viola
Reservations by Mail Announced For Big Rodeo
Wilbur Hawk president of the Tri-State fair announces mail reservations for box and reserve seats for the Amarillo big rodeo July 3 4 and 5. Mail orders accepted until July 8 at the Amarillo News Globe office. Box seats $1.50 and reserve seats $1.25 per performance. Regular sales begin Monday at 9 am at City Drug Store. An afternoon and night rodeo will be held each day.
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Wilbur
Hawk
Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Biggest raid on in Borger since boom
Borger on June 28 reports eighteen federal prohibition agents and Texas rangers raided several Borger speakeasies arresting 36 men and women. Those charged were to be moved to Amarillo for federal proceedings as raids continued into the night.
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Borger
Associated Press
Prohibition
Texas Rangers
Amarillo
Woman Seriously Hurt In Accident In City
A woman named Mrs N J Hoover was seriously injured last night at 10 o clock when the car she rode in collided with another driven by Corbit Gristy of 12 Lamar Street at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Several other occupants suffered minor bruises. Mrs Hoover was rushed unconscious to St Anthonys hospital by a Boxwell Brothers ambulance. Gristy notified police and gave a report of the eastbound travel on Seventh Avenue while the other vehicle crossed Jackson on Seventh.
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Corbit Gristy
Lamar Street
Seventh Avenue
Jackson Street
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