Phillips Panhandle refinery opens near Borger
The Phillips Petroleum plant three miles north of Borger begins operation as the largest and most modern refinery in the southwest. It processes crude into 4,000 barrels of gasoline daily and will reach 10,000 barrels per day capacity, shipping products to El Paso and Winnipeg.
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Panhandle
Phillips Petroleum Company
Borger
Phillips Company
Phillips
el Paso
Winnipeg
Canada
Phill
Art Goebel
Hawaii
Twenty-second
Washington Streets
Hutchinson County
M. P. Youker
Youker
Bureau of Mines
Waite Phillips Company
Barnsdall Corporation
Tulsa
Amarillo
Mother of Mrs Coolidge Reported Improved
In Northampton Massachusetts on March 28 the physician Dr Justin E Hayes reported Mrs Lemira Goodhue mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge improving over yesterday in a daily bulletin
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Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Justin E. Hayes
Weather outlook for Amarillo and Southwest region
Amarillo area Thursday partly cloudy and cooler. West Texas partly cloudy and colder, especially in the southwest. New Mexico fair. A low pressure system over the Rocky Mountain region shifts southeast with rain or snow on the Pacific coast and northern central Rockies. Temperatures near Amarillo range from the mid forties to over eighty, with yesterday’s high around 78 and low around 44.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain Region
Kansas
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast
Broncs Edge Saints In Tight Series Tilt
Allen’s squad rallied to a 2 1 lead in the series over the Saint Paul Saints after a decisive win yesterday afternoon. The deciding game is set for 2 30 this afternoon.
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Allen
Amarillo
Saint Paul Saints
Broncs
Amarillo Day at Plainview Announced
On Thursday April 5 Amarillo plans Amarillo Day at the Panhandle Plains Dairy show in Plainview. The Amarillo Real Estate board backs sending a large delegation and cancels its Wednesday meeting to allow full participation. Col Harve Haines says 100 plus cars will caravan from the Amarillo hotel at 8 a m, arriving before lunch for the show and auction then returning by night. Tri State fair officials will join to promote the forthcoming exposition.
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Amarillo
Panhandle-Plains
Plainview
Col. Haines
South Plains
Senate approves U.S. Mexico pact on livestock diseases
The Senate today confirmed the treaty between the United States and Mexico to safeguard livestock interests by preventing the introduction of infectious and contagious diseases. The treaty was signed on March 16.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
United States
Mexico
Three Die As Freight Collides With Stock Train
Walter H. Perry of Council Grove Kansas died from injuries after a freight train crashed into a stock train near Loring Kansas. He is the third casualty, with Charles A. Lass of Riley and R. E. Maxwell of Smith Center also killed in the collision.
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United Press
Kansas
City
Walter H. Perry
Council Grove
Kans
Loring
Perry
Charles A. Lass
Riley
R. E. Maxwell
Smith Center
Senate Flood Bill Spurs Nonpartisan Love Fest
After passing the Mississippi flood control bill the Senate held a lengthy praise session for relief workers leaders and agencies. Democrats from flood-affected states lauded President Coolidge Hoover Davis the Red Cross Chicago Mayor Thompson and leaders of both parties for swift action. Sen Harrison recalled Coolidge urged speedy enactment though not endorsing any particular bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Hoover
Davis
War Department
American Red Cross
Thompson
Chicago
Ransde
Louisiana
Stephens
Harrison
Mississippi
Heflin
Alabama
Swanson
Virginia
McKellar
Tennessee
Congress
William Lorimer
Illinois
Four Men Killed in Freight Car Tragedy Near Amarillo
Four unidentified men riding in a freight car loaded with cross ties were crushed to death on a siding at Tascosa, 37 miles northwest of Amarillo. A Vega coroner was en route to identify the victims as railroad workers freed the deaths from a “death trap” tied car.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
Tascosa
Vega
E. R. Bennett
E. D. Owens
Monster steam power plant planned for Panhandle
Plainview March 28 A monster steam power plant is planned by Texas Utilities to be built near its Panhandle Plains load center. I R Kelso of St Louis, president, outlined plans in a March 17 letter to J B Scott and local managers. The plant will operate with existing Texas Utilities and New Mexico Utilities stations to optimize water, fuel gas, and turbine operation.
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Plainview
Texas Utilities Company
Panhandle Plains
Texas
J. B. Scott
I. R. Kelso
St. Louis
Scott
Kelso
Lam
New Mexico Utilities Company
Blasts Near St Francis Dam Four Days Before Collapse
Testimony at the coroner’s inquest reports 625 pounds of blasting powder set off on road construction below the west wing of St Francis dam four days before the March 12 13 collapse that killed about 400 people. caretaker Toney Harnschfe ger drowned when the dam gave way. Blasts occurred 300 feet from the dam’s lower side and no warning signs were seen minutes before failure.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
St. Francis Damarch
J. H. Bouey
Bouey
Toney Harnschfeger
Funeral date for Butler is yet unnamed
Hugh Lee Butler Amarillo high school football coach died suddenly yesterday from a combination of chickenpox and heart strain. Funeral plans pending as his parents Mr and Mrs B F Butler of Denton travel to the city. He was 30 and highly popular, with his wife active in pep squads.
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Hugh Lee Butler
Amarillo
B. F. Butler
Denton
Butler
Baylor University
Coach Butler
Brownwood
Sanger
Texas
Denton Teachers’ College
Baylor
Sherman
Anna Wendt Butler
The
Baptist Church
the Shrine
Fatal Malady in Butler Case Puzzles Doctors
Hugh Butler Amarillo High School coach died after a chicken pox infection. Doctors say the skin disease did not spark a normal reaction in his blood and the heart finally gave way. The case mystifies physicians as they discussed his illness for hours at his bedside before death.
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Hugh Butler
Amarillo High School
Butler
Amarillo Drives Campaign For Methodist College Students Organize For Quota
Amarillo citizens back a Methodist college drive with 200 workers under J. M. Cook steering committee. Women's clubs praise efforts as zones map districts and aim to raise 200 000 dollars despite influenza threats.
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Amarillo
J. M. Cook
J. M. Cock Cleft
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Amarillo College
Chad P. Elliott
Fair committee backs free gate admission plan
The Tri-State Fair association budget committee approved a motion favoring free admission at the exposition gates this fall pending a directors meeting Friday afternoon. They will prepare a budget projection of income and expenses to test feasibility. Committee members include Gatton Cullum Russell Williams Lampe Gouldy Crudgington Emmett and Hawkins.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Board of Directors
Plains Country
W. O. Gatton
Roy Cullum
Horace Russell
Clarence Williams
W. F. Lampe
H. ©. Gouldy
J. W. Crudgington
R. T. Emmett
Wilbur C. Hawk
Nicaragua cabinet resigns to aid supervised election
President Diaz accepts the full cabinet resignations to appoint supporters of American supervision for the presidential vote. Some ministers balked, influenced by Emiliano Chamorro, while Dr. Carlos Pasos, the foreign minister, resigns to seek the conservative nomination.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Diaz
Emiliano Chamorro
Carlos Pasos
Liberal Woman Held in Husband s Death
Liberal Kansas March 28 Mrs Loraine Moore Horton 19 told officers at the Coates hotel she shot and killed her husband Jack Horton 30 after he threatened her with a knife She surrendered and was not jailed Horton and his father in law Clarence Moore owned the hotel jointly
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The
Associated Press
Liberal
Kan
Loraine Moore Horton
Jack Horton
Coates
Army chaplain Fay A. Moon ends life at Fort Riley
Fay A. Moon, Fort Riley chaplain, shot himself at his Kansas home after illness. He came to Fort Riley a year ago from Fort Smith and is survived by his widow and three daughters, two of whom are married.
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Associated Press
Fort Riley
Kas
Fay A. Moon
Chaplain Moon
Fort Smith
Floyd County Citizens Seek Bond Election
Floyd County citizens led by County Judge William McGehee call for a $500,000 road bond election to fund $400,000 for hard surfacing Highway 28 and the Lee Highway and $100,000 for widening and building other county roads. The vote is set for April 30. Surrounding counties show interest as a hard-surface link to Fort Worth and points south and east could emerge.
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Lockney
Floyd County
William McGehee
County Commissioners Court
Highway
Lee Highway
State Highway Department
Hale County
Fort Worth
Marland and Gypsy Firms Buy Eight Osage Leases
Osage auction at Pawhuska sees 128 of 169 leases sold for 1.93 million dollars in bonuses. Marland and Gypsy Oil purchase eight leases for 676 thousand, Texas company buys two for 406 thousand as top bids. Navy reserve area yields high prices with a 1.08 million total for top ten leases. Wells there limited to 60 barrels daily by Interior regulations.
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Associated Preas
Pawhuska
Okla
Osage
Marland Company
Gypsy Oil Company
Texas Company
Marland and
Gypsy Companies
Naval Reserve
Wildcat
Naval Reserve Territory
Hubert Work
Texas town records March heat at 103 degrees
Temperatures reached 103 degrees at 6 p m Wednesday in Del Rio Texas, the hottest March day since the weather bureau began in 1905. Forecaster R L Molyneux said the previous March record was 100 degrees.
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Associated Press
del Rio
Texas
R. L. Molyneux
Byrnes Sentenced to Death for Texas Murder of Myrna Juergen
Newton Byrnes, 24, was sentenced to death in San Angelo Texas for the murder of Myrna Juergens a 15 year old student. The jury delivered the death penalty after a brief deliberation and Byrnes showed little emotion during the verdict. Byrnes confessed and prosecutors cited the killings of two women and a hatchet attack at the Juergens home.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas
Newton Byrnes
Myrna Juergena
Mra
W. J. Juergens
Mra. Rosa Schirra
Juergens
Criminal District Court
Byrnes
W. A. Anderson
Clyde Vinson
Sulphur Springs
Texan
J. F. Sutton
Accused Texas Slayer Freed Insane Verdict
Floydada jurors find E T Campbell insane and not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of W B Wilson a Floyd county ranchman on January 19. Defense presented 25 witnesses while the state offered two in the trial.
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Associated Press
Floydada
Et. E. Campbell
W. B. Wilson
Floyd County
Campbell
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Sled Allen
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R. E. L. Morgan
College
Marland and Gypsy Companies
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