Panhandle roads trade trippers welcomed in Snyder Post and Southland
Amarillo delegates arrived in Snyder and other towns on a panhandle tour. A cowboy band plus a chicken barbecue greeted the visitors. The Post Junior Cowboys band wowed the crowd with a nine year old leader. Garza county and Tri-State fair prospects highlighted the stop in Snyder, with rain and good crops noted in Southland.
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Post. Post
Amarillo
Post Junior Cow
Southland
Amarilloans
Ross Rogers
Black Lynchings and Flight: Amarillo Flight News
A massive lynching of John Carter occurs in Little Rock after he assaulted Mrs. B. E. Steward and her daughter Glennie. The mob drags the body, lights a bonfire, and a crowd witnesses as authorities struggle to control the scene. Lieutenant Robert H. Gray departs Amarillo delivering newspapers by air to booster trains and advances air services.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
John Carter
B. E. Steward
Glennie
Miss Steward
Storm damages three oil fields in Mexia region
A Tuesday night storm leveled 77 derricks across Nigger Creek Wortham and Powell fields eight miles northwest of Mexia. Nigger Creek bore 51 derricks Wortham 15 and Powell 11 with total damage likely over 100000. Tool houses machinery and houses suffered damage and Transcontinental Oil lost 40 derricks. Lightning struck Mexia houses tearing chimneys and causing further harm.
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Associated Press
Mexia
Nigger Creek
Wortham
Powell
Oil Company
Powell Oil Field
Transcontinental Oil Company
Gray Links Mrs. Snyder in Foul Death Pact
Henry Judd Gray testified in the Snyder Gray murder trial about an affair with Ruth Brown Snyder and alleged plans to kill Albert Snyder. He described her alleged repeated poisonings and gas exposure, portraying Ruth as driven by a desire to murder her husband and involving Gray in the plot.
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Gray
Paul W. White
United Press
Long Island City
N. Y
Henry Judd Gray
Snyder-Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder
Albert Snyder
Mrs. Snyder
Snyder
New Areas Under Water As Levees Fail In Northeastern Louisiana
The Mississippi River floods northeastern Louisiana as levees break between Vicksburg and Natchez. Tensas parish towns like St. Joseph face rising waters while Villa Clara holds. Refugees stream toward levees and rescue fleets from Natchez and Vicksburg move to evacuate thousands.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Vicksburg
Natchez
Tensas Parish
St. Joseph
Villa Clara
Franklin
West Carroll
Ouachita
Morehouse
Arkansas
Red
Old Rivers
Amarillo Man Injured As Touring Car Collides Near Dickinson
Four people injured two critically when a touring car en route to Houston from Galveston collided with a heavy truck two miles north of Dickinson Texas E L Smallwood oil broker of New York City and Mise Vashti Hoover of Canadian Texas were in critical condition at a local hospital J E Dunn of Amarillo and Ed Hoover Jr Canadian were severely injured but expected to recover Evelyn Henson of Drumright Oklahoma was bruised The Dunns account the truck was in the middle of the road and the touring car striking the truck near its rear wheels but a head on crash was avoided The accident drew word to Walter R Cruso secretary treasurer of Gibson Oil who traveled to Houston with Gibson employees to reach Dunn’s bedside Jim Dunn a leading Mid Continent oil man led Gibson Oil which recently sold much Texas production to Phillips Petroleum for about 5 million dollars The group was directing exploratory work in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana at the time of the crash.
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Associated Press
Houston
Galveston
Dickinson
Texas
E. L. Smallwood
New York City
Mise Vashti Hoover
Canadian
J. E. Dunn
Amarillo
Ed Hoover, Jr
Evelyn Henson
Drumright
Okla
Hoover
Dunn
Walter R. Crusoe
Gibson Oil Corporation
Crusoe
Gibson
Jim Dunn
Phillips Petroleum Company
Louisiana
Deputies Seize 85 Gallons of Alcohol in Car Arrest Sam Murray
Deputies A C Townes and C B Sloan arrested Sam Murray yesterday on possession and transporting charges after confiscating 85 gallons of liquor in a coupe parked at 704 North Fillmore. Officer McGough reported the haul valued at 500 dollars and stored it in the county jail. This is the first large alcohol seizure since last summer involving about 82 gallons from Kansas City.
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Sam Murray
A. C. Townes
C. 8. Sloan
McGough
North Fillmore
Potters
Kansas City
Fresno Woman Remains in Comatose State One Month On
Mrs. Clara Drummond, 22, near Fresno, Calif, has not awakened for a month since she was removed from a gun filled room on April 4. Hospital attendants report she remains in the same condition with nourishment given by tube.
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Fresno
Calif
Clara Drummond
Highway Fund of Division Four 18 To Be $600000
A report received at headquarters infers the highway fund of Division Four 18 will total six hundred thousand dollars. The finding indicates a planned allocation for road projects and related expenses.
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Division Four
Rescue Work Is Slow at Everetteville Mine Disaster
May 4 report from Fairmont states rescue teams advanced only 600 feet amid fire and gas as 20 dead are confirmed in the Everetteville mine with 65 miners unaccounted for. A section holding about half of the missing was sealed to prevent fire spread, ending hopes of saving the trapped group. Twelve bodies were recovered yesterday, totaling 24 dead.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Everettsville
Everetteville
Here
Robert M. Lambie
West Virginia
Budget Uncertainty Hits Panhandle Highway Plan
An incomplete report to State Highway Division No. 4 shows a budget of over 8600,000 for 26 Panhandle counties but indicates a possible $100,000 cut from the request. W A French, division engineer, led a budget of more than 700,000 and the partial tally favors maintenance with large cuts to road and bridge projects. The 15 counties with complete figures stand, while Austin may find an error in the overall budget, which local headquarters will return for correction.
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Panhandle
W. A. French
Austin
State Department
Death of famed composer Ernest Ball shocks Santa Ana crowd
The body of Ernest R. Ball, famed song composer, will be taken to Cleveland for burial after he died in a theater dressing room in Santa Ana following a Rotary club benefit performance. Ball succumbed to a sudden heart attack before doctors could reach him.
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Oy Wee Sree
Santa Ana
Cal
Ernest R. Ball
Cleveland
Rotary Club
Former Consul summoned in Mexico over Mayan treasure case
The Yucatan district court in Merida has ordered Edward H. Thompson, former U S consul, to appear within three days in a suit accusing him of sending Mayan archaeological treasures to the United States. The report notes the finds from a sacred well at Chichen Itza.
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Mexico City
Yucatan
Edward H. Thompson
United States
Merida
Chichenitza
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Conditions
The weather page forecasts fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity through Thursday evening with a generally calm pattern across West Texas and New Mexico showing little temperature change. Utah low pressure supports fair skies, while showers have occurred in the northern Rocky Mountain and Lake regions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Utah
Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
Oil and Gas Men Urged to Visit Austin Meeting
Texas Rail Road Commission seeks new legislation to tighten control of oil and gas development. Judge H E Bell outlines three policy planks for a May 7 Austin conference with producers royalty and fee owners and lawmakers. He cites impacts of low crude prices on Texas revenue and UT losses, urging Panhandle attendance.
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State of
Texas
Railroad Commission
Gan
H. E. Bell
Oil and Gas Division
Commission
Austin
J. T. Elliott
Panhandle
Bell
University of Texas
Young Boothe Glinging to Life Against Big Odds
Roanoke Virginia May 4 The condition of Walter Boothe was unchanged after an operation to replace a vertebrae that left him paralyzed and on artificial respiration for nearly two weeks. Seven doctors worked three hours as he appeared to tolerate the forced breathing better and was not dying as previously feared.
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Roanoke
Walter Boothe
Boothe
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Toney Chisum
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Page TV
Robert H. Gray
Amarillo Post
Plainview
Amarillo Globe
Borger
Globe News Publishing Company
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el Paso
Jude Bivins
Lamesa
Bivins
N. E
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Maining
Droue
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