Borger Mayor resigns urging harmony in city
John R. Miller, Borger mayor since incorporation, wires from Midland his resignation effective Saturday night. He asks Commissioners Pace and Malone to seek a successor who will bridge the split in the oil field city amid graft allegations. Miller defeated W. E. Van Noy in the April 5 election.
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Borger
Texas
John R. Miller
Midland
Pace
Malone
Miller
Hutchinson County
W. E. van Noy
van Noy
Panhandle
Governor Moody presses ethics probe in Borger crisis
In Borger panic over municipal politics Governor Moody and aides order Texas rangers to resume election irregularity investigations. Rumors claim mayor resignation and city commissioners may quit. quo warranto actions possible. Calhoun and Moody met two hours but offered no firm appointment plan for a new mayor. Cont page nine.
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Associated Press
Austin
Borger
Panhandle
Onl
Moody
Galloway Calhoun
Texas Rangers
Berger
Amarillo Labor Dispute Ends After Two-Day Talks
Amarillo workers and contractors reached a compromise ending the two day standstill. Electricians sought a raise from 10 to 11 dollars and contract renewal. Dan Tracy of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers led discussions with local reps Tex Gilpin Jack Miller and contractors R C Honey George Broome and George Pidcope.
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Amarillo
Electricians’ Union
Contractors’ Association
Dan Tracy
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Mr. Tracy
Tex Gilpin
Jack Miller
The
Electrical Contractors’ Association
R. C. Honey
George Broome
George Pidcope
Review of Irene Summerly and Stage Life Too Hard to Judge
Reporter Joe Cannon visits Irene Summerly's company at City Auditorium after a warm opening of The Patsy. He reflects that interviewing actors is harder than judging bathing beauty contestants and notes the close, interconnected world of show business and Irene's local influence. Cont on page nine.
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Greenville
Leland
Arkansas City
Mississippi Valley
Vicksburg
Joe Cannon
Irene Summerly
Irene
City Auditorium
Tulsa
Ray Cameron
Miami
Fla
Tropics
Panhandle Scout Officials Installed at Amarillo Dinner
Panhandle Council Boy Scouts elected Feb 22 were formally installed at a dinner in Amarillo. About 20 members attended as C. S. Makeig became council president and G. A. F. Parker retired from the post. The foundation has $14,000 of a $21,000 goal, with field reps to Canyon Wellington Memphis Clarendon and Hereford this week. A handicraft building at William Warner camp south of Claude will start today, funded by Amarillo businessmen.
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Panhandle Council
Boy Scouts of America
Amarillo
G. A. F. Parker
Hereford
C. S. Makeig
William Warner Camp
Claude
F. BR. McMillen
Cc. S. Makeig
Laroy C. White
Ralph Barnett
National Council
Woman Dies After Tonsil Operation Shock
In Denver on May 3 Mrs. J. J. Wood, 37, fainted during a tonsil removal by Dr. G. Murray Edwards. Despite revival efforts, she died from shock induced by fright, according to the surgeon.
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Associated Press
Denver
Mey 3
G. Murray Edwards
J. J. Wood
Edwards
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The weather map shows a low pressure system extending from central Texas northeastward toward the lower Lake region. Expect fair and cooler conditions across Amarillo and the Plains as pressures rise in the northern Rockies. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from 7 to 70 with record highs and lows noted for 1926.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Texas
Lower Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Plains Cities Give Trippers Glad Welcome
Henry Ansley reports as Amarillo good will tourists arrive in Lubbock for the first day of a multi town trip. A parade, welcoming program and a dance greet the visitors with stops at Lockney Floydada and other towns noted for cordial receptions and messages of sympathy from Floydada.
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Henry Ansley
Lubbock
Amarillo
Seagraves
Harry Meyer
Tony Chisum
J. J. Kilpatrick
Guy Saunders
Maury Hopkins
Plainview
Lockney
Floydada
Abernathy
Hale Center
Lockney Lockney
Norris Ewing
A. B. Brown
First National Bank of
Luncheon in the Clouds at Bollingfield by Five Women
Five women will have lunch in a plane 3,000 feet above Washington during the All-America aircraft display at Bollingfield. The event, led by Mrs Henry A Berliner, features Baroness Von Andern Mrs Benjamin Cain Jr Miss Hanes Viest and Mrs Harvey B S Burwell as guests.
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United Press
Washington
Capitol
Bollingfield
Mra
Henry A. Berliner
Baroness von Andern
Benjamin Cain, Jr
Hanes Viest
Harvey B
Gray Declares Plot Conceived by Mrs Snyder
Henry Judd Gray, on trial for the murder of Albert Snyder, testified that Mrs Ruth Snyder conceived the plot to kill her husband for insurance profits. He described her as predatory and influential in planning the crime while detailing meetings and discussions with her. The defense questioned the co defendant while Gray spoke about the events leading to the killing.
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Associated Prew
New York
Henry Judd Gray
Little East Orange
Albert Snyder
Snyder-Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder
Samuel L. Miller
Charles Froessel
Snyder
Paul W. White
United Press
Long Island City
May
Lorraine Snyder
Ruth Snyder
Eight Charred Miners Recovered in Mine Disaster
In Fairmont West Virginia rescuers pulled eight blackened bodies from the Everettaville mine after an explosion and fire trapped 109 miners. The death toll rose to 24 as crews aimed to reach about 70 unaccounted men inside the shaft.
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United Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Everettaville
Widening Lake of Muddy Water Devastates Northeast Louisiana
Flood waters from a breached levee near Milliken's Bend widened into a lake submerging towns across Madison Tensas East Carroll Morehouse Freshlin Richland and parts of La Salle Concordia and Rapides parishes. About 2 000 to 3 000 square miles face inundation as Tallulah and Tellulah evacuate. trains suspended to aid relief efforts.
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New Orleans
Cabine Teele
Milliken’s Bend
Louisiana
Tellulah
Delhi
Rayville
Vicksburg
Jackson
Miss
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway
Baton Rouge
Associated Press
Mississippi
Madison
Tensas
War Officials Urge Major Levee Improvement Plan
Washington May 3 United Press Major General Edgar Jadwin head of army engineers recommends Congress fund about 150 million dollars over ten years to raise levees five feet above high water. He notes 80 percent of 1815 miles of levees meet current standards and warns of continuing floods despite reforestation.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
War Department
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Moser
Eves
Jadwin
New Orleans
Poydras
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G. L. Addison
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Canyon
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Clarendon
J. C. Wells
Memphis
Frank A. Sewall
Texhoma
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Frank M. Butler
Plains
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Floydada Chamber of Commerce
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Amaril
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