Dallas Flood Deluge Hits City With 38-Inch Rainfall
Rainfall of 38.09 inches caused the Trinity river to reach 30 feet in Dallas on Monday night with fears of a higher rise. Property damage was widespread though no lives were lost. Pavements washed out, a tunnel approach collapsed, and homes drenched as 600 street workers, fire, police, and volunteers aided evacuations and relief efforts. Fort Worth reports Trinity at 12.8 feet at 7 am with a nine-foot rise possible Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Dallas
West
Texas
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Trinity
Eleven Dead in Japanese Quake Strikes Osaka
Tokyo dispatches report eleven killed and 92 injured by yesterday's quake in Osaka. Four factories and many homes destroyed. Unconfirmed cables mention Kaetsu Yamada and Iwazaki near Miyasu as heavily hit. Casualties reported in the district as shocks persisted. a destroyer in Miyazu bay reportedly landed sailors to keep order.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Osaka
Prefectural
Asahi Shimbun
Kaetsu
Yamada
Iwazaki
Miyasu
Miyazu Bay
First Watermelons On Houston Market Arrive
The first watermelon of the year was brought to Houston by A. C. Rowland of Almeda near Houston. The fruit weighed 15 pounds and was received on Monday.
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Houston
Associated Press
A. C. Rowland
Almeda
Eleven Farmers Arrested for Unlawful Assembly
Huntsville March 7 Sheriff L L Leonard of Walker county arrested 11 Bath community residents on unlawful assembly charges related to intimidation of negroes at the Jim Byrd farm. The negroes fled the area. Trial set for May 2. defendants deny involvement in ordering the departure.
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Huntsville
L. L. Leonard
Walker County
Bath
Jim Byrd
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast shows Tuesday fair across Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas, with New Mexico generally fair. A high in the southeast Idaho region influences fair weather, while a trough from El Paso to the Lake region brings rain from western Texas northeastward toward Illinois.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Idaho
el Paso
Texas
Lake Region
Illinois
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo Yeaterlay
Cieceseete
First Telephone Call From City To Europe Perfects Schafer Ranch Gas
Skelly Oil talks with Schafer Ranch owner Henry Schafer in Europe about a gas line grant via a Paris connection. Schafer and wife are abroad after selling 820 acres to Skelly for 240000 dollars. Skelly sees vast future oil and gas production on the Schafer Ranch in Carson and Gray counties.
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Europe
United States
England
France
Panhandle
C. C. Deardorff
Skelly Oil Company
Paris
London
Henry Schafer
Schafer
Carson and
Gray Counties
Gulf Production Company
Skelly
Skelly Company
Schaefer
Missing fliers reported safe from Uruguayan air crew
Uruguayan aviator Major Tadeo Larre Borges and three companions, believed held for ransom by Moorish tribesmen, are reported in perfect health and well treated. A native-delivered letter via Cape Jubi communications conveyed the update to Madrid authorities with no ransom demand details.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Tadeo Larre-Borges
Foreign Office
Spanish Morocco
Cape Jubi
Larre-Borges
Montevideo
Las Palmas
Canaries
Cape Jubs
Biar Vigidit
Madagascar Faces Second Hurricane Threat, Reunion Island Damaged
Paris reports anxiety as Madagascar and Reunion Island brace for another cyclone after last Thursday's devastating storm. Communication to the region is hampered as cable and wireless links fail, with Tamatave on Madagascar's east coast reportedly wrecked and Madagascar's death toll still unconfirmed.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Madagascar
Reunion Island
Indian Ocean
Tamatave
Ryder resigns as Panhandle highway engineer
J W Ryder, division No 4 Panhandle district highway engineer, has tendered his resignation and will be succeeded by W A French of Shreveport. French will assume duties around March 9 and arrive today or tomorrow. Ryder will stay on until French is familiar with the district, after which future plans remain undisclosed. Division No 4 covers 26 Panhandle counties with Am ark o headquarters in Amarillo.
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J. W. Ryder
Panhandle
W. A. French
Shreveport
Louisiana
French
R. A. Thompson
Ryder
Y. C. Cox
Amarillo
Borger Birthday Gala Draws Cabepe City Visitors
Borger, the so called wonder city with over 25 000 people on its first birthday, prepares a all day jubilee program today. A special Amarello train with more than 100 citizens will join Borger's celebration by invitation of the chamber of commerce led by O Martin Thomas.
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Borger
Amarillo
Borger Chamber of Commerce
O. Martin Thomas
Family Argument Ends in Shooting in Texas
A. W. Donaldson, 60, of Wheeler County, was shot and killed at the home of his father in law J. T. Waddell in Cisco Texas. Waddell was arrested and released on 2500 dollars bond pending grand jury action after a preliminary hearing where Donaldson supposedly forced entry brandishing a knife. He had been separated from his wife but was said to have reached an understanding and sought to see her.
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Cisco
Tex
A. W. Donaldson
Wheeler County
J. T. Waddell
Waddell
Donaldson
Youth slain in affray at border dance hall
Elario Moreno, 18, was killed and Pancho Serna, floor manager at a San Martin dance, is jailed in Raymondville charged with the slaying. Serna faces an examining trial on Tuesday.
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Border Dance Hall
Associated Press
Raymondville
Mar
Elario Moreno
Pancho Serna
San Martin
Serna
Seaman Captain Smith Turns Up Alive After 10 Years
A Belleville Ontario letter reveals Captain John Wesley Smith did not drown in 1917. He escaped, settled in Harrah Oklahoma, built a business, and died February 22 this year. Ben Wilson of the Harrah Masonic lodge confirmed Smith shared life secrets before his death.
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Associated Press
Belleville
Ont
John Wesley Smith
Harrah
Oklahoma
Pigeon Island
Kingston
Ontario
Okla
Beeville
Ben Wilson
Masonic Lodge
Smith
Jubilee Parade and Banquet Mark Borger Celebration
W G Hill of the Trades Service department leads sponsor action for a Jubilee events train. A morning parade opens the jubilee at 11, followed by speeches rodeo events and a boxing bout and a banquet for 225 at the Methodist tabernacle. Homer D Wade will speak in place of Arthur P Duggan, detained by family illness. Canyon Band from Amarillo travels as the official band with Board badges for all travelers.
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Amarillo
Borger
Board of City Development
W. G. Hill
Trades Service Department
Dalhart
Tulsa
Roxana Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Hill
James Z. George
Homer D. Wade
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Arthur P. Duggan
Methodist Tabernacle
Canyon
Canyon Band
Horemans Leads World Billiard Championship Tilt
Edouard Horemans of Belgium moved into the lead in the world 18.2 balkline billiard tournament by defeating Willie Hoppe of New York 400 to 233. The Belgian now posts three wins and no defeats, with Welker Cochran and Jake Schaefer close behind at two wins each. Kinsey Matsuyama of Japan defeated Matsuyama’s record remains poor with six losses and no victories.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edouard Horemans
Belgium
Willie Hoppe
New York
Welker Cochran
California
Jake Schaefer
Chicago
Felix Grange
France
Kinsey Matsuyama
Japan
Hoppe
Matsuyama
Earth Tremors Hit Osaka and Kobe
Strong earthquakes shook Osaka and Kobe with fires reported in the stricken cities. Local authorities urge residents to stay clear of damaged areas as emergency teams rush to scenes.
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Osaka
Kobe
Earthquake Rattles Osaka Kobe Area in Japan
Meager reports from Osaka and Kobe indicate a powerful quake lasting three minutes caused deaths and injuries, with fires breaking out and buildings destroyed including four factories. Kobe saw a gangplank collapse injuring American tourists. Osaka reports list eleven dead and 92 injured.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Mar
Osaka
Kobe
Japan
Miyazu
Tajima
Borger Child Killed in Auto Accident
Lester Long four years old son of G P Long assistant superintendent at Phillips Petroleum camp near Borger was killed Sunday afternoon when a car driven by neighbor Mr Moss struck him. In the fall his head struck a hub cap. he lived about thirty minutes and did not regain consciousness. Remains shipped to Barnsdale Oklahoma for interment.
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Associated Prensa
Borger
Lester
G. P. Long
Phillips Petroleum Company
Here
Moss
Long
Barnsdale
Oklahoma
Motorist Dies of Injuries in Eastland County Crash
Cisco March 7 Carl Clements 26 died from a fractured skull and several ribs after his car rolled over on the Eastland highway Sunday Links middlamdt aA adi aenide Sitigalthlieme
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Associated Press
CISCO
Carl Clements
Eastland Highway
Amarillo Methodist College site decision delayed by committee
The Northwest Texas conference locating committee in Amarillo after inspecting seven sites delayed a final choice overnight. Led by Dr. C. P. Clark the five members weigh options to move the college from Clarendon. A March 29 conference meeting will ratify the site with about 300 ministers expected to attend.
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Amarillo Methodist University
Polk Street Methodist Church
College of the Northwest Texas Conference
Amarillo
Clarendon
C. P. Clark
Northwest Texas Conference
John M. Moore
Youth Rescues Millionaire From Chicago River
A 17 year old boy, Alvin Ott, rescued William L. Bush 66, president of Bush Gerts Piano Co and music conservatory leader, after Bush fell or leaped into the Chicago River from the Michigan Avenue bridge. Ott dived from Clark Street bridge, brought Bush to shore, and both were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William L. Bush
Bush & Gerts Piano Company
Conservatory of Music
Dallas
Texas
Michigan Avenue
Bush
Clark Street
Alvin Ott
Dalhart Youth Surrenders in Dalhart Murder Case
Joe Mill Inman 22 surrenders to the sheriff on a murder charge after Billy Patterson 20 was shot while in a car on Main Street. Witnesses say Inman fired two shots, Patterson died, grand jury to report by Tuesday. Inman was a senior class president and son of the late County Judge Inman.
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Dalhart
Joe Mill Inman
Billy Patterson
Mra
C. D. Patterson
Inman
Patterson
Main Street
Dathart High School
Judge Inman
Dallam
Sheriff’s Department
Bulgarian Police Official Killed in Bomb Attack
Sofia March 7 A bomb killed Tkono moff head of the political department of police as he entered his home an unknown assailant fled the scene authorities reported today.
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Dpress
Sofia
Gelsete
Tkonomoff
Department
Police
Counterfeiting Ring Breakup Tangles Chicago Raid
Federal agents and Chicago police seized nine alleged members of an international counterfeiting ring. The group passed more than 100000 in counterfeit twenty dollar gold certificates locally and over 500000 in other cities. Headquarters are claimed to be in Austria.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mar
West Side
San Francisco
New York
New Orleans
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Austria
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