Panhandle wheat crop faces drought and shortened yield
Winds and lack of rain reduce the Panhandle’s bumper wheat crop forecast from 45,000,000 bushels on 2,700,000 acres to a drop of 15 to 20,000,000. Harvest starts June 15 with an average of about 10 bushels per acre, well below last year’s 18. Local areas like Amarillo expect 15 bushels, while the North Plains and Oklahoma Panhandle report as low as 25 to 6 bushels per acre in spots, with drought threatening the overall crop.
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Panhandle
Dreuth
Amarillo
Pampa
Higgins
Channing and
Dalhart
North Plains
Texas County
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texhoma
Spearman
Gruver
Baby’s arrest joke ends as custody battle unfolds
Six month old Carolyn Borgese smiles at a Newark police station camera during a “technical” arrest prompted by her mother Mrs. Adolphe Borgese to recover custody from the baby’s deserting father. The father faces desertion charges.
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Carolyn Borgese
Newark, N. J
Adolphe Borgese
Bishop Cannon Cleared in Stock Market Probe
By a 54 to 11 vote the Episcopacy committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South exonerated Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington DC of charges of stock market speculation. The committee said the allegations filed by Judge G T Fitz were not proven.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Episcopacy Committee
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
G. T. Fitz
Home Grounds Improvement Commitment
The speaker states that all tasks to improve home grounds will be carried out by the individual or by members of their immediate family, not by hired workers or outsiders.
Federal Farm Loan Men Meet In Panhandle Texas
Nearly 100 members including two state directors attended the Federal Farm Loan associations annual meeting at the Herring hotel. A resolution by Judge M. H. Gossett of Houston proposed funneling earnings into a 20 percent reserve before dividends. Previously 10 percent was reserved. The plan aims to strengthen legal reserves to prevent insolvencies and seek Federal Farm Board approval. W. C G. Collins presided. G. G. Foster served as secretary and were reelected. Judge L. Ashby mentioned.
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Federal Farm Loan Associations of the
M. H. Gossett
Houston
Federal Farm Bank
Federal Farm Board
Plainview Youth Dies in Street Collision
Special to The News from Plainview reports 19 year old Thomas Franklin Brown, an employee of the Texas Utilities at Lubbock, died in a Plainview hospital Sunday night from injuries after his motorcycle hit an automobile driven by Buck Lindsey of Plainview at a street intersection. Lindsey sustained minor injuries and the car was wrecked. The accident was deemed unavoidable. Funeral services are set in Lubbock Tuesday for Mr. Brown.
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Plainview
Thomas Franklin Brown
Texas Utilities Company
Lubbock
Buck Lindsey
Lindsey
Brown
Ex-Borger Undertaker Killed in Hobbs Barber Quarrel
ROSWELL N M May 19 Charles Dobbins 55 former Borger undertaker was shot three times by Claude Wood barber after a quarrel over lease location and rent in a Hobbs New Mexico barber shop building Wood was arrested Dobbins died en route to a hospital in Lubbock Texas A murder charge was filed against Wood Borger story notes both men had lived in Borger earlier and had long standing ill will
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Associated Press
Roswell
N. M
Charles Dobbins
Hobbs
Claude Wood
Dobbins
Wood
Lubbock
Texas
Borger
Charles T. Dobbins
Woods
Graf Zeppelin Lands At Seville First Leg Safe
Graf Zeppelin rode at anchor in Seville Spain marking the end of the first leg from Friedrichshafen Germany to the Americas. The airship faced a heat wave over Spain delaying course by two hours but completed about 25 hours 20 minutes of flying and roughly 1500 miles before dawn to resume travel over Northern Africa.
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Associated Press
Seville
Spain
Graf Zeppelin
Freidrichshafen
Germany
Equator
North America
Graf
la Tablada
Africa
Fire destroys First National Bank building in Nara Visa
Early morning fire in Nara Visa New Mexico leveled the First National Bank building a two story brick structure that housed the Masonic hall above a frame restaurant and pool hall Fire units from Tucumcari rushed to the scene and prevented spread to other nearby buildings in the block
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Tucumcari
N. M
First National Bank
Nara Visa
Tucuméari
Altman Becomes Moore County's First Rail Town
Special to The News, Dalhart May 19 Altman becomes the first town in Moore County to get a railroad as Rock Island completes the Morse end of the Dalhart Morse line into Altman. The town has two lumber yards a grocery store cafe rooming house telephone exchange laundry barber shop and electric facilities planned or under construction plus negotiations for a newspaper. The new Rock Island line is to be completed by June 1. Drilling near the Jones well within three miles of Altman is reported substantial activity.
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Dalhart
Altman
Goodwell Man Killed in Rifle Accident
Dalhart May 19 John Lance 85 of Goodwell Oklahoma was killed by an accidental discharge of a .22 rifle near Hartley while breaking sod near Hartley. He reached into his truck for the gun and the bullet entered his forehead. His wife and three children live near Goodwell. The body is being sent there for burial.
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Dalhart
John Lance
Goodwell
Oklahoma
Hartley
Senate Agrees To New Move On Debenture In Tariff Fight
In Washington on May 10 Vice President Curtis broke a Senate tie to push Hawley Smoot tariff talks forward. The body approved freeing conferees from pledges on the debenture provision 43 to 41 and allowed flexible tariff amendments by 42 to 42, amid Hoover's protest. Smoot scheduled a conference with House managers for the next day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Curtis
Senate
House
Hoover
Smoot
Utah
Senate Conference Committee
Car Hits Santa Fe Local Near Woodward Killing One Injuring Another
Hugh Shaw 50 of Perryton Texas died instantly when his car collided with a Santa Fe local at a crossing four miles west of Woodward. Carrol Ray 14% Woodward was injured as the vehicle struck the train and was carried about 26 feet. Ray described seeing the train only upon reaching the crossing.
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Woodward
Hugh Shaw
Perryton
Texas
Carrol Ray
Santa Fe
Shaw
Ray
Woodward General Hospital
Railroad Landmark Razed in Amarillo After 80 Years
The old Santa Fe office building in Amarillo is being wrecked, giving way to back fences, woodsheds, and bonfires. Once the symbol of regional rail development, the frame structure moved from Roswell in 1900 is partly retained as wreckage while a newer, 14 story Santa Fe office tower stood nearby since 1930. Ground plans remain unannounced as wrecking under K Friedman of Denver proceeds and lumber is sold to Roberts and Olver.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Roswell
Plains
Ninth and Polk
Roberts & Olver
K. Friedman
Denver
Panhandle counties show large population gains
Preliminary census figures released by G Ray Smith show Deaf Smith county population at 8,981 and Dallam at 7,790. Deaf Smith up 2,234 people or 69.62 percent since 1926 and Dallam up 3,262 or 1204 percent since 1920. Other counties include Mitchell 14,184. Martin 5,793. Midland 5,482. Ector 8,958. Throckmorton 1,183. Cleveland reports.
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Panhandle
G. Ray Smith
Deaf Smith
Dallam
Anncrease
Justice
Texline
Dalhart
Hereford
Mitchell County
Martin County
Midland
Midland County
Fetor É County
Odessa
Ector County
Throckmorton
Throckmorton County
Collingsworth Boy Maps Self Education Plan
Frank Luce a one year old from Buck Creek rural school in Collingsworth county plans a ten day self study trip to Amarillo. He will visit a refinery smelter railroad shops telephone plant electric plant newspaper office airports schools wholesale houses and large stores to study industry civics education and history. He will also learn Boy Scout methods and 4 H club work with the help of the Chamber of Commerce and stay with Claud McDaniel.
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Frank Luce
Buck Creek
Collingsworth County
Amarillo
Frank
Canyon
Panhandle
Ex mayor and deputies indicted in bootleg ring case
Ten Borger residents including a former mayor and three ex deputy sheriffs were indicted on conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. Otis Williams, Amarillo businessman, indicted for violation of neutrality laws over delivering two airplanes to Rebel forces in Mexico during the 1920s revolution. Bond posted. arraignment set this week in federal court.
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Borger
Federal Grand Jury
Otis Williame
Amarillo
Tio
Mexico
Fhayer
Glenn A. Pace
Sam Jones
Burlin Mil
Berger
United States
Williams
Ryan Brougham
Potter County
Texas
Juarez
Congress
President Coolidge
Four More Arrested In Sherman Lynching
The Associated Press reports Sherman saw four additional arrests in the mob rioting investigation, raising total detentions to 24. A military court of inquiry continued sessions likely through grand juries in both federal district court and the 15th district state court, with no indictments yet returned by 6:30 p.m. The federal grand jury opened at 2 p.m. under Judge W. Lee Estes.
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Associated Press
Sherman
Military Court of Inquiry
Federal District Court
15Th District State Court
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W. J. McGlothlin
Greenville
S. C
Southern Baptist Convention
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Karman University
Cleveland
Collingsworth
Otis Williams
Bond
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