Flying Mirror Girl Returns to New York
Miss Varda McCarty the Mirror girl completed a west to east air rail trip starting in Los Angeles stopping in Amarillo and Kansas City before proceeding to New York City. The journey, sponsored by the New York Daily Mirror, showcased air rail travel viability. Mayor Ernest O. Thompson greeted her on arrival amid flowers and she praised Amarillo residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varda McCarty
New York “Mirror
Municipal
New York
Los Angeles
Miss McCarty
Amarillo
Western Air Express
Kansas City
New York City
New York Daily Mirror
Ernest O. Thompson
Bessie Love
Talton McCarthy
Nancy Lee Horn
Dixon Creek Oil Company
McCarthy
Lontke Reemerges From Baltic Sand Dune Mystery
An ancient Pomeranian town once swallowed by the Lonzker dune near Stolk Germany is resurfacing as the dune shifts. Artifacts from 1498 to 1540 surface, including coins of Sigismund and Albrecht and a Moldavian issue, while researchers at Berlin's Kaiser Friedrich Museum piece together the town's late medieval fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stolp
Germany
Pomerania
Lontke
Baltic
Lonzker
Kaiser Friedrich Museum
Berlin
Sigismund of Poland
Albrecht
Brandenburg
Frederick of
Saxony
Lindberghs May Settle in St Louis
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh hint they may make St Louis their home in an interview at a hotel. Asked if a site is chosen he declines saying he would rather not say but adds his work will bring him to St Louis a tremendous lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Crap Shooters Fall Again to Law in Amarillo
In Amarillo police raided two dice games within days and arrested three gamblers. Patrolman G H Price quiet as the wind disrupted a game with two white youths, sending them to Judge Homer A Calloway's court to face fines for illegal gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bar of Justice
G. H. Price
Homer A. Calloway
Chamber of Commerce mails 4000 membership letters
A large response came in on the first day to the Chamber of Commerce drive for new members. Assistant manager R. E. Townsend reported that many replies included checks and acceptances to join. Replies from those not wishing to join are also requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
R. E. Townsend
Texas Rancher Nets 100 Panthers and 130 Bears
Fort Davis Texas veteran rancher Mac Sproul has killed 100 panthers and 130 bears in the mountains near Fort Davis since the start of the century. His wife and son are also hunters, and his latest panther kill came after decoying it while it threatened his goats.
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NEA
Fort Davis
Texas
Mac Sproul
Sproul
Bob
Mac
General Bliss Analyzes Treaty Effects Ten Years On
Washington, June 28. General Tasker Bliss, 76, recalls the Versailles signing ten years ago and shares views on peace, German demilitarization, and the League of Nations. He says the treaty was not perfect but best possible then, and that sustained peace depends on peaceful change and reduced war costs. Also notes only two of the five American signers survive, Bliss and House, with Lansing, White, and Pershing deceased or distant.
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General Bliss
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
United States
Tasker H. Bliss
Versailles
Gen. Bliss
France
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Alsace Lorraine
Teschen
Bessarabia
Tyrol
Hungary
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
League
Wilson
President Wilson
Robert Lansing
Henry White
Col
E. M. House
House
New York
Bliss
Senate
Bar Association Meet Requires Members Cars for Transportation
The chamber of commerce seeks members to provide cars for Bar Association convention guests. Transportation for visitors to Jack Hall's ranch on Friday July 6 from 5:45 to 6:30 p m and for the Country club dance from 8:30 to 10:20 p m is requested. Members should report willingness at chamber offices for facility estimates. if insufficient cars are offered, Townsend will interview members personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Hall
R. E. Townsend
Jurors Chosen in Nix Murder Trial at Boston Texas
Seven jurors selected for the Oole Nix murder trial after a panel of 300 was exhausted, with 50 more summoned for tomorrow. The Bowie County farmer faces charges of fatally poisoning his wife Vinitia as court rules allow jurors to base verdict solely on testimony. Nix admitted giving his wife a poison pill amid family troubles.
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Associated Press
Boston
Texas
Oole Nix
Bowie County
Vinitia
Here
Veniremen
Nix
Kiwanians urged to greater public part at Slaton Rotary talk
Slaton Rotary hosts 40 Slaton Boy Scouts and Scoutmasters as 1928-29 officers wrap up. In New Mexico 6,000 delegates heard Peete Wilby G Hyde of Chillicothe Ohio urge Kiwanis to act as a public forum while avoiding partisan politics. Immigration, Americanization, crime prevention and forestry were named goals for 1929-30. Santa Fe Springer and Tucumcari praised for civic participation.
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Greater Public
Slaton
New Mexico
Associated Press
Milwaukee
N. M
Peete Wilby G. Hyde
Chillicothe
Ohio
United States
Mr. Hyde
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Clubs
SIDE GLANCES—New Farm Cotton Press Near Santa Fe Depot
Karl Stull, secretary treasurer of the Farmers Cotton Finance corporation, says the press will be west of the Santa Fe depot. Sufficient acreage has signed to insure about 30,000 bales for the compress in the first season. Allan J. Payne holds a five year attendance record and serves as club secretary. New officers include L A Wilson as vice president Allan J Payne as secretary J Tom Overby as treasurer Tom J Abel as sergeant at arms and R P Burks and R N Smith as directors.
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Kiwanis International
United States
Charles E. Rinehart
San Diego
California
Ontario
Raymond M. Crossman
Omaha
Neuller
Chicago
O. Samuel. Cummings
Dallas
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Canada
Joshua L. Johns
Appleton
Arthur R. Ford
London
Araska
Roe Fulkerson
Washington
D. C
Roy E
Texas
Fred C. W. Parker
Walter R. Weiser
Daytona Beach
Florida
Michael A. Gorman
Flint
Michigan
Henry C. Heinz
Atlanta
Georgia
William C. Green
St. Paul
Minnesota
Randall Caton
Alexandria
Virginia
Frank C. Smith
Houston
Horace W. McDavid
Decatur
Illinois
William J. Carrington
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Karl Stull
Farmers Cotton Finance Corporation
Santa Fe
Allan J. Payne
L. A. Wilson
J. Tom Overby
Tom J. Abel
R. P. Burks
R. N. Smith
Potter County Petitions On Livestock At Large Ban
On June 10 1929 Potter County Texas County Judge considered petitions from fifty freeholders in two subdivisions to bar horses mules jennets jacks and cattle from running at large within the areas described. The matter follows a June 8 submission to the Commissioners Court and a granted order for the prohibition.
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Randall County
Potter County
N. W
Women sleep longer and more peacefully than men says expert
London June 3 United Press reports Dr Bernard Hollander an alienist says women sleep longer and more peacefully than men because they are less troubled by dreams. He adds that moderate dreaming is not harmful and asserts sex equality may be acceptable though women hold the advantage in sleep quality.
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United Press
London
Bernard Hollander
Wilson Stands Alone in Delegation Text at Versailles
American delegation listed first with heads of other delegations representing their sovereigns or governments. President Wilson stood alone among them, described in official text as acting in his own name and by his own proper authority.
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Wilson
Compressor plant project to begin in Las Cruces
In Las Cruces on June 28 an engineer was expected to arrive this week to oversee the start of construction of the former owned and controlled compress and fumigation plant.
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Associated Press
Las Cruces
Ladies and Girls Fashion Patterns Plate Book Offer
Advertisement for patterns with sizes for ladies and girls dresses and aprons. Details include yardage for medium and large sizes, bias trimming, and prices. Offers a spring and summer 1929 pattern book from The News-Globe, Brooklyn, with color plates and 500 designs, instructions on dressmaking, and needlework tips. Send 15 cents to The News-Globe, 11-12 Sterling Place.
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News-Globe
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Stock Law Election Ordered in Potter County Texas 1929
Public notice by County Judge Sam B. Motlow sets July 27 1929 as the election date to decide whether horses mules jacks jennets and cattle may run at large in two subdivisions of Potter County Texas. Polls open at the courthouse Pleasant Valley School Allison Schoolhouse precincts one and two. Voters vote For the stock law or Against the stock law by ballot. Returns due within ten days and published for thirty days in Amarillo Globe.
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Potter County
Sam B. Matlow
Texas
A. D
Court House
Pleasant Valley School
Allison School House
John W. Goff
Courthouse
Quincy Ford
Pleasant Valley
T. W. Stolnaker
Allison
State of
Amarillo Globe
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Flying Mirror Girl
N.Y
Baltic Coast
Lindbergh
Law
C. C
C. OF C
Civic Group
Guide Destinies of Kiwanis International
George Clark
County
Potter
Sam RB
Motlow
Jay Bee Hammer Mills
R. A. Lester
Southwest
Oklahoma City
Wolfram Yar
Fish Medical
Room 405
National “Cold Control
Ation
Frigidaire
Southwestern Public
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