Texas Senator Love Threatens Split Over Smith Nomination
In Dallas and Houston reports, State Senator Thomas B. Love of the anti Smith faction offers to quit as leader if his personality hinders the prohibitionists unity against Gov. Alfred Smith. Gov. Moody calls Love’s claim insincere and vows further remarks. Smith forces also warn they will control delegates in Beaumont and Houston to block rival candidate tactics.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dallas
Thomas B. Love
Moody
Love
Texas
al Smith
Mr. Love
Dallas Times-Herald Today
Beaumont
Houston
Smith
Democrats
Dan Moody
Alfred Smith
New York
Weather Bulletin Amarillo Area Saturday Forecast
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy warmer weather on Saturday. West Texas cooler in the southeast portion while New Mexico faces unsettled conditions with rising temperatures. Pressure patterns show a low over the Rio and a high over North Dakota bringing cooler plains and Texas Panhandle rain. Precipitation for the last 24 hours is 1.20 inches.
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New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Danta
Missouri Valley
Plains States
Texas Panhandle
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Kansas
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Missing Norman Monson Sparks $5,000 Reward in Pontiac
In Pontiac Michigan Harry Monson and wife offer five thousand dollars to restore their four year old son Norman missing for over a week. Police and private detectives pursue tips across Michigan while the couple contemplates mortgaging their home to fund the reward.
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Pontiac
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Harry Monson
Norman
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Ohio
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Prairie Co protests new gas franchise for Amarillo
Prairie Oil and Gas officials headed for Amarillo to oppose the city commission granting a franchise to pipe industrial gas into Amarillo. Two proposals from Jim Whittington and Col. George Montgomery were presented with a third company signaling intent to apply, for a decision at the council meeting next Tuesday.
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Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Amarillo
City Commission
Lee Bivins
Nelson K. Moody
Jim Whittington
Col
George Montgomery
F. H. McGregor
Nevada Democrats Endorse Al Smith for President
The Nevada state Democratic convention endorsed Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York for the presidential nomination by unanimous vote. Nevada will send twelve delegates to the national convention, each with a half vote, and will vote as a unit for Smith as long as he has a reasonable chance to be nominated.
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Associated Press
Houston
R. L. Henry
al Smith
Smith
Reno
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Nevada
United Rule
Committee On State of the Church
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
State treasury reports April cash balance in Texas
The Texas state treasury ended April with a cash balance of 23,029,479.82 dollars announced by Treasurer W. G. Hatcher on Friday.
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Alsociated Press
Austin
Tex
W. G. Hatcher
Hoover Campaign Expenditures Reported Near Quarter Million
Senate campaign funds committee receives James W. Good testimony showing at least 225000 spent for Herbert Hoover’s Republican nomination bid. About 115000 from national headquarters and 14 states, plus 25000 in New York 25000 in Indiana and 49000 in Ohio.
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Senate Campaign Funds Committee
James W. Good
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
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Secretary of Commerce
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New York
Indiana
Ohio
Florida
Maine
Missouri
New Hampshire
Commerce
Edsel Ford
Representative Fort
New Jersey
Senator Edge
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Paul Guenther
Dover
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Kansas City and Omaha Boys Win Oratorical Meets
Elliott Norquist of Kansas City won the sixth zone finals on The Constitution in Kansas City. Robert Barclay of Minneapolis ranked second and Thomas Clark of Elkhart Iowa placed third. In Oklahoma City Joe West of Omaha won the Southwestern zone contest with Enid Mae Cole of Oklahoma City in second.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Elliott Norquist
Robert Barclay
Minneapolis
Thomas Clark
Elkhart
Iowa
Oklahoma City
Joe West
Omaha
Nebraska
Enid Mae Cole
Youth Kills Self at Door Of Girl's Room
In Los Angeles a 16 year old man Wayne Schroeder shot himself outside the room of 14 year old Maxine Thompson after refusing to walk home with her. He left a note saying he loved her and asking forgiveness.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Maxine Thompson
Wayne Schroeder
Schroeder
Maxine
College fund drive nears goal in Amarillo effort
One committee has raised two thousand dollars or more toward a two hundred thousand dollar college fund in Amarillo. Other committees have not yet reported since Tuesday, with final totals expected after full reporting and recanvassing. Col Harve Haines noted Amarillo must match Baptist support as Baylor bids compare with Waco and Dallas.
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R. E. L. Morgan
Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
J. M. Cook
Haines
Waco
Amarillo
Baylor University
Amarillo College
Baptists
Baylor
Baptist Church
Dallas
Methodist Conference
Texas
Senate Passes Cotton Price Forecast Bill
The Senate approved a Heflin sponsored measure 64 to 10 to bar government official issued price forecasts on cotton with penalties up to $15,000 and five years imprisonment. The bill focuses on forecasts tied to the price trend statement by the Agriculture Department.
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Associated Pess
Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Bruce
Maryland
Mexican Boy 15 Killed by Train near Amarillo
Santos Gonzales, a Mexican boy aged 12, was killed instantly when struck by Santa Fe passenger train No 94 near Haney switch south of Amarillo at 1 30 PM. The train was delayed until 1 49 PM. The boy, whose parents live at Haney, reportedly ran onto the tracks and fell as the train could not stop in time.
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Santa Fe
Haney Switch
Amarillo
Haney
Santa Fe Railway
Methodists Ratify Idea of Union With Other Churches
The Methodist Episcopal church at its quadrennial general conference ratified church unification and agreed to form a single 37 member commission to handle talks with like minded denominations. The vote was 852 to 3 with authorities planning a May 21 announcement of commission personnel and May 11 expenses approval.
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Associated Press
London
Tsinan
Shantung
Tokyo
League of Nations
Geneva
Nanking
League
Peking
China
Japan
Shanghai
William T. Hobart
Taianfu
Tsiwan
Hobart
Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Bishops
General Conference
Panhandle drenched as rainfall tops inch mark
The Panhandle saw the largest rain of the year with Amarillo reporting one inch twenty hundredths and Cana dian Texas recording two and a half inches. Plainview logged the heaviest 24 hour fall since June 1926 while Texline to Trinidad road washouts delayed Fort Worth & Denver service. Partly cloudy and warmer weather was forecast for today.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Texline
Trinidad
Fort Worth
Denver
Canadian
Texas
Plainview
Rain totals across Panhandle and plains regions
Nationwide rainfall reports detail Panhandle and South Plains showers with varying inches from Canyon to Canadian. Notable totals include Stratford two and a half, Glazier three, Canadian two and a half, Pampa one, and Canadian near two and a half inches. Estimates predict a 12,600,000 bushel wheat crop from 1,200,000 acres this season amid favorable moisture for cotton and corn.
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Wavnoka
Higgins
Shattuck
Glazier
Miami
Pampa
Panhandle
Skellytown
Pomeroy
South Plains Canyon
Hehe Hereford
Texico
Littlefield
Muleshoe
Mloydada
Amherst
Happy
Kress
Walter Barlow
Great West Mill
Panhandle-Plaing
South Plain
North Plains
Rain brings jubilation for Panhandle grain farmers
Across the Panhandle region on May 11 heavy rainfall ranging from 0.55 to 1.5 inches fell in Plainview Floydada Lubbock Hale Center and nearby towns. While timing limited wheat benefit some farmers expect improved prospects for summer fallowed crops and feed grain. Weather observer Walter Klinger notes Plainview saw the largest 24 hour total since June 1926.
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Ochiltree
Tulia
Plainview
Panhandle Plains
Talia
Floydada
Lockney
Lubbock
Hale Center
Olten
Walter Klinger
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