Four Shacks Burn In Borger Fire Rears Total Loss
Flames swept Borger as high winds fueled two blazes on Main Street. Two men died and a third was badly burned in a drug store rear rooms. J. W. Farmer, 60, identified among the dead. Otis Hildebrand, 60, survived but severely burned. efforts to save him continue. Fire crews from Borger and Panhandle towns battled the flames. total loss about 50000 dollars. Survivors include Mrs. R. L. Akerson of Clarksville Arizona and Forest Farmer of Okemah Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Borger
J. W. Farmer
Fother
Otis Hildebrand
Panhandle
Texas
Western Carbon Company
R. L. Akerson
Clarksale
Ariz
Forest Farmer
Okemah
Okla
Floydada and Lockney Plan Dairy Show Delegation
Floydada and Lockney Chambers of Commerce plan a special April 3 trip to the Texas Panhandle Plains Dairy Show in Plainview. A large auto caravan will journey to promote pure bred dairy stock, with a Floydada dairy meeting to follow and speeches by dairy officials and breeders.
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Floydada
Texas Panhandle-Plains
Lockney Chambers of Commerce
Plainview
Floyd County
Panhandle
FE. C. Nelson
T. S. Stevenson
Floydada Municipal
L. Stansell
Floydada Chamber of Commerce
Texas Panhan
Four Die in Philadelphia Fire Kills Four Residents
Philadelphia march 24 four persons burned to death in an early morning fire. The dead are John Snodgrass forty two Wesley seven his son Elwood Fincham eighteen a nephew and Edward Murphy eighty. Eleven other residents escaped from the two story house.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John Snodgrass
Wesley
Elwood Fincham
Edward Murphy
Ticket Sale For Fiddlers Opens Tuesday
Tickets for the old time fiddlers and dance contests at the Municipal auditorium go on sale tomorrow morning at City Drug store. Downstairs seats are 50 and 75 cents, balcony seats 25 cents. children under 12 admitted free to the balcony. Out of town reservations by mail to Willr C. Hawk of The News-Globe, Tri-State fair sponsor.
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Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Willr C. Hawk
The
News- Globe
Tri-State
Perryton Park Improvements Under Way
Perryton plans further park improvements south of the Ochil tree county court house square. City commission aims to plant about 500 shade trees this season on six acres of the playground. Mayor F P Rogers confirms the plan and elm trees will predominate.
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Perryton
Ochiltree County Court House
F. P. Rogers
British schooner Pun Alone crew landed in New Orleans
The mangled crew of the British schooner Pun Alone, sunk by coast guard patrol boats in the Gulf of Mexico, 200 miles off Louisiana, was landed in New Orleans today under heavy guard. Officials withheld details until interviews with the Dexter and Walcott crews who pursued the vessel in a narcotics smuggling case.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Pun
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Dexter
Walcott
Man Killed En Route To Mother’s Sickbed In Arkansas Crash
Minyard Jayne 34 of Tulsa was killed when his car overturned after colliding with a truck driven by Miss V Mayes of Rogers Arkansas. His brother Fred injured slightly. The wreck happened at a busy Fayetteville street intersection while Jayne was en route to a hospital where his mother lay ill.
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The
Associated Press
Fayetteville, Ark
Minyard Jayne
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Miss V. Mayes
Rogers
Ark
Jayne
Fred
Death toll in South storms climbs to 28
Reports from the Southeast show 28 known dead from recent storms and floods with officials fearing up to 35 as rescuers search affected areas. Among the dead are three Boy Scouts from a Rockwood Tennessee camp and the two missing from Harriman, with six Scouts confirmed dead and others rescued or unaccounted for.
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South
Associated Press
Atlanta
White's Creek
Rockwood
Tenn
Harriman
Woodrow T. Keer
Wren Green
Fred Burnett
Amarillo Style Fete Opens Tonight With Parade and Prizes
Amarillo prepares for its annual spring style show attracting thousands from the Panhandle. Fifty merchants supply latest merchandise while Dave Derden's band, on two Dodge Brothers trucks, will lead the night parade. An alphabet slogan contest offers cash prizes up to ten dollars and ten one dollar awards.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Dave Derden
Amarillo News-Globe
Dodge Brothers
Cullum“Motor Company
Moody expected to approve theater Sunday closing bill
Gov Dan Moody is expected to sign a bill allowing cities to regulate Sunday motion picture showings. The measure would let municipalities choose open or closed hours on Sundays to align with local sentiment and repeal or enforce the blue law as applicable.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin
Dan! Moody
Texas
Aviator Morrison Prisoner of Rebels in Nogales
Buzz Morrison American aviator from Reno and Denver is held in a rebel camp at Nogales Sonora after his plane was forced to land behind rebel lines. He asks his parents in Reno to know he is treated royally and negotiations for his release are ongoing through Mayor Harry Karna.
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Nogales
Ariz
Buzz” Morrison
Reno
Nev
Denver
Sonora
Morrison
Naco
Associated Press
Lamo
Love
Buzz
Insurgenta
Harry Karna
United States
Trains Crash Kills Two Women Near Amarillo Oil Mill
Mrs. David L. Hollis and Mrs. G. R. Chewning die when their coupe is struck by Santa Fe train No. 1 at a rail crossing near the cottonseed oil mill in East Amarillo. Inquests deem it accidental as the auto, traveling about 10 mph, failed to see the approaching train.
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo
Nogales
Borger
David L. Hollis
Northwest Second Street
G. R. Chewning
North Taylor Street
Santa Fe
N. 8
Griggs & Son
G. Landin Tast
Hollin
Chewning
Red Congress in Paris Arrested by Police
Paris March 24 The Communist party congress adjourned as police surrounded the building and arrested 120 delegates. Earlier six policemen were knocked down and one injured. Prefect Chiappe ordered surrender, but the delegates refused and were taken into custody.
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Paris
Congress of the
Communist Party
Chiappe
Malakoff Judge Killed by Car Near Texas Town
Judge John D. Kyrane aged about 70 was struck and killed by a passing automobile near Malakoff Texas last night He had served as justice of the peace at Eustace near here for twenty years.
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Associated Press
Malakoff
Texas
John D. Kyrane
Eustace
Here
Weather Outlook for West Texas and Oklahoma
Partly cloudy and cold in West Texas Monday and Tuesday with generally fair conditions. Oklahoma experiences unsettled and colder Monday and Tuesday with patchy clouds and gradually improving conditions.
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West Texas
Oklahoma
End Comes 10 Former Chief Of Penn Road
Samuel Rea 72 former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad died at his Gladwyne home near Ardmore after influenza led to a heart attack. He retired as president in September 2026 under the pension plan but remained a director. Survived by his widow and daughter Ruth Rea Junkin.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Rea
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gladwyne
Ardmore
Rea
Pennsylvania
Mowever
Mr. Rea
Mre
Ruth Rea Junkin
House Destroyed by Sunday Night Fire in Carroll
A house with a connecting garage on Eleventh Avenue and North Hayes Street, Carroll, was completely destroyed by a fire early Sunday night. Firemen reported the cause undetermined. The department also tackled a fence fire on Twenty first Avenue and Tyler Street with negligible damage.
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Carroll
Eleventh Avenue
North Hayes Street
Twenty-first Avenue
Tyler Street
Follett Grants Gas Franchise To Keystone Pipe
Follett city council granted Keystone Pipe Company of Pittsburgh a natural gas franchise to serve Follett from Amarillo fields. An eight inch main will run through Spearman Perryton Booker Carrouzett Follett Higgins and into Oklahoma with a four inch line in Follett. Gas service should start by September 1, 1929 after bonds and contracts were completed.
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Follett
Keystone Pipe Company
Pittsburgh
Amarillo
Spearman
Perryton
Booker
Carrouzett
Higgins
Oklahoma
Thomas Cook
Three Die in Charlotte Plane Crash
At Charlotte Municipal Airport three people died when a plane went into a tail spin at low altitude and crashed, bursting into flames. Pilot G. L. Vickéry and two passengers were victims. the woman was identified as Miss Rutledge and the other as Mr. Kendrick.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. Y
Charlotte Municipal
G. L. Vickéry
Miss Rutledge
Mr. Kendrick
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Lockney
Fiddlers
Perryton’s
Kinlock
Parnassus
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Prac
News-Globe
MOODY
U.s.consul
Buzz’ Morrison
Mazatlan
Washington
State Department
William Blocker
Carillo
Prean Nogales
Mexico
Francisco RK. Manzo
Iturbe
Jaime Carrilla
Mexico City
RED
Penn Road
Follett City Council
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