Walker proposes $1,600 a mile oil field road deal
J B Walker offers Potter county a dirt grade four foot drainage road 20 feet wide from Amarillo to Berger with 90 day passable and 120 day completion targets. He claims saving over $1,000,000 versus hard surfacing and promises a $25,000 bond. Maintenance costs and three year upkeep factor into the price.
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Amarillo
Berger
Potter County
J. B. Walker
National Repute
Walker
Mob Repulsed In Invasion Of Negro Quarter
A mob was repulsed in the Negro Quarter during an attack that followed a futile attempt to storm the jail housing three inmates. Police restored order as additional arrests were made and officials condemned the violence.
Baby Dies From Burns In Family Accident
Rosemary Carpenter three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Carpenter of 309 Front Street died in a local hospital from burns after tripping into a tub of scalding water Thursday afternoon at 1 oclock. Funeral services were to be held that afternoon at the Chapel of N S Griggs and Sons at Eighth and Fillmore streets.
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Rosemary Carpenter
George H. Carpenter
Front Street
Carpenter
Santa Fe Railroad
Amarillo
N.S. Griggs and Sons
Eighth
Fillmore Streets
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with Saturday fair and colder conditions. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the southwest. New Mexico shows generally fair south and unsettled north with likely snow in the northwest and north-central regions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Nor-Central
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
North Pacific Coast
North Pacific
Sapiro Acquired Wealth as Farmers Went Bankrupt
Senator James A Reed testifies in a $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford alleging Aaron Sapiro sought vast fees as a global farm co op organizer. Reed cites specific sums from multiple farmer groups and notes Ford’s Dearborn Independent coverage. The trial continues as Ford’s defense aims to prove good faith of the articles.
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Sapiro
Jim Reed
Jury
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
James A. Reed
Missouri
Henry Ford
Reed
Tri-State Tobacco Association
Burley Tobacco Association
United States
George Higgins
Kansas City
Ford
Erie Sales Manager Held in Death of Chorus Girl
Karl Bechtel district sales manager for a Buffalo battery company is jailed in Erie charged with the murder of Virginia Gibney a chorus girl found dead in an Erie hotel. A coroner jury had ruled natural causes but the police filed murder charges after Bechtel confessed to an attempted ransom and choking on a hotel room visit. Witnesses heard screams saw a man flee and reports described blood marked clothing and a purse with cash and jewelry.
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Erie
Karl H. Bechtel
Buffalo, N. Y
Virginia Gibney
Elmer Hess
Bechtel
Mona Maya
Alice Heffernan
Miss Gibney
Edward Shibles
125Th Street
New York City
H. J. Bryner
W. 21St Street
Philadelphia
Pan American fliers finish another hop to Bahia
United States army goodwill air squadron landed in Bahia Brazil at 6 16 tonight during a northward journey along the Atlantic coast of South America. The fliers departed Rio de Janeiro at six this morning and refueled at Victoria at noon.
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Associated Press
Bahia
Brazil
United States Army
Good Will Air
Atlantic Seaboard
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Victoria
Coolidge Sees Tax Reduction
City boosters return from a big convention as the Amarillo train arrives with 103 Amarilloans who attended the El Paso convention. They hailed the gathering as the best ever from opening gavel to closing, though Houston delegates pressed for their city to host next year.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
el Paso
Amarillo’s
President Predicts Another Tax Cut Next Year
President Coolidge signals possible further tax reductions next year based on Secretary Mellon’s surplus estimate of over 500 million dollars for the current year. The plan hinges on Treasury guidance and the Ways and Means Committee, with a November start to assess business conditions and funds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Coolidge
White House
Mellon
Green
Congress
Senate
House
Texas braces for cold wave across western state
The weather bureau predicts a sharp temperature drop Saturday into Saturday night across much of Texas, with Amarillo and the Panhandle seeing colder weather. A warm wave in New Mexico influences the waning high pressure and slower movement of the cold front.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Cotton Belt
Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Prison Employee Admits Aid In Penitentiary Break
New Orleans reports Charles M. Thompson former Leavenworth shoe factory assistant superintendent confessed aiding John P. Carroll in a prison escape. Thompson said Carroll offered $68,000 but he did not take any money and regrets succumbing to the temptation while earning $3,000 annually.
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New Orleans
Charles M. Thompson
Supe
Leavenworth Prison
Thompson
John P. Carroll
Carroll
Bullet wound proves fatal to Borger man
March 18 John Reiley died at 12:40 a m from a bullet through both lungs suffered in the fire that killed another man yesterday. In a dying statement to county attorney Cook he said the shooting, initially described as intentional by a local druggist, was accidental.
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Borger
John Reiley
Cook
Agriculture 15 Nation's Big Problem Solon Says
Texarkana March 18 Senator Morris Sheppard said the greatest problem before the country is a constructive national attitude toward agriculture. He warned that if the crisis is not settled a stronger effort will push Congress to craft an effective relief policy. He noted the McNary Haugen bill may be revived.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Morris Sheppard
Washington
Raymondsville Bond Issue Approved in Municipal Vote
The Associated Press reports Raymondsville approved a $100,000 municipal bond Thursday by a 4 to 1 margin. The article notes $38,000 is designated for a specific project with remaining funds unclear due to garbled text.
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Raymondsville
Associated Press
Railroad boom in Panhandle Texas transforms main lines
For Your Information reports intensified railroad work in the Panhandle with the Santa Fe building an 80 mile oil field line and double tracking 60 miles through Amarillo while Fort Worth and Denver expands with 200 miles of new lines across the South Plains.
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Panhandle
Texas
America
Santa Fe
Oil
Amarillo
Fort Worth & Denver
Burlington System
South Plains
University Church Leader Urges City Action On Amarillo University
Dr. W. W. Pearce tells Amarillo Business Club that establishing a university is in citizens hands and requires quick action by the locating commission and support from young businessmen. He says the conference will meet on the 29th and temporary quarters will be needed for a fall term opening.
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University of
Pearce
Three Months Residence Now Sufficient For Nevada Divorce
Nevada reduces residency to three months to obtain a divorce. Governor Balzar signed the amendment after late-session passage, prompting surprise among legislators who believed they had voted for a shorter preliminary period.
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Nevada
Carson City
Nev
Assembly
Senate
Fred B. Balzar
Race violence erupts as martial law declared in Coffeyville
A mob attacked the city jail after assault allegations against two white girls. One man, William Waddle, 17, was wounded with buckshot and a gunshot in the hand. National Guard troops arrived, martial law imposed, guarding hardware stores and negro quarters as gunfire and vandalism continued into the night.
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Associated
Prean
Waddle
National Guard
Kansas National Guard
Iola National Guard
Hospital staff blamed in coroner jury verdict
Chicago March 18 the staff of Columbus Memorial hospital was scored for laxity and inefficiency in a coroner's jury verdict investigating the deaths of six infants who received boric acid instead of sterile water. No criminal responsibility was fixed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Columbus Memorial Hospital
Rumors of War On Italian Frontier Reported
A Giornale d Italia dispatch from Rome reports intense military preparations in Jugoslavia with evident anti Italian intentions, amid rumors of war on the Italian frontier.
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Associated Press
Rome
Jugo-Slavia
Giornale d'Italia
Two Suspects Arrested for Haskell Shooting
Dallas March 18 Two men are being held in the county jail here for questioning in the killing of a watchman in a dry goods store robbery at Haskell last October in which a quantity of merchandise was taken.
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Dallas
Haskell
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