Disastrous Oil Well Blast Shocks Sanford Texas
A roaring gas well explosion in Sanford Texas killed four, wounded seven and left two missing. Fire raged as frame buildings were moved away while Tex Thornton entered the burning cellar to assess casualties. The cause remained unknown as crews prepared to shoot the well again tomorrow afternoon.
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Associated Press
Sanford
Texas
Tex” Thornton
Thornton
Boril
Ck Daniel
Eddie Evans
Elmer Richards
Lester Nelson
G. C. Pattey
McMillan
Sanford News
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast For Friday
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with Friday described as fair. West Texas shows fair weather with little temperature change, while New Mexico is mostly fair south and unsettled north. Pressure patterns show high Mississippi valley and southern California, low over Utah and the Northeast, with showers along the Atlantic coast.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Missiasippi Valley
California
Utah
North Atlantic Coast
Plains
Amarill
Trial of Blake to Start Today
Robert F. Blake of Amarillo must stand trial for murder in connection with the killing of Fred J. Conner of Tulia. A sanity verdict found Blake sane, allowing the murder trial to proceed with jury selection underway in Tulsa Texas.
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Blake
Tulsa
Robert F. Blake
Amarillo
Fred J. Conner
Tulia
Robert Blake
Clements
Texas
J. Fred Conner
Kress Texas
D. E. Meadows
Medical Corps
Meadows
Dutton
Fletcher
J. Miller
Seaman Attacks New York Temperance Society on Wet Resolution
Bishop E. Cecil Seaman of North Texas denounces the Church Temperance Society of New York for its action endorsing a wet resolution. He says Prohibition, upheld by popular vote after years of education, represents Christian democracy and attacks on it oppose that principle.
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E. Cecil Seaman
North Texas
Episcopal Church
Church Temperance Society of New York
Now for Summer Vacation Away Up Canada Way
Windsor Ontario May 26 A carload of assorted liquors was unloaded into the basement of the province’s Cash and Carry store in a historic move as only a few onlookers witnessed. It is expected to be offered for sale next week amid prohibition debate. Bishop Seaman denounced a small group of Episcopalians aiding opposition to prohibition in a message to the Christian Science Monitor.
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Pay
Paramount
Sanford
Phillips Petroleum Company
Windsor
Ont
Bishop Seaman
Christian Science Monitor
Temperance Society
Jolson Signs Warner Brothers in Jazz Singer
Al Jolson, the blackface musical star, signs a Warner Brothers contract to appear in Jazz Singer, the first Vitaphone screen story linking sound and image. Also in brief, brakeman injured fatally in Texas, mine accident at Wilkes Barre, and Southern Pacific reports April net income rise of $795,973 with four months 1927 up $541,572.
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United Press
Hollywood
Calif
al Jolson
Warner Brothers
Jolson
Vitaphone
Associated Press
Wilkes Barre
Woodward
Glen Alden Coal Company
Kingston
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Expert points to necessity guiding growth in Amarillo
Harland Bartholomew of St. Louis urged Amarillo to promptly develop a city plan. He stressed that city planning is a hard business proposition, discussed zoning, building codes, and met with the city commission and civic groups before continuing to page two.
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Harland Bartholomew OF
ST. Louis
Harland Bartholomew
Amarillo
Bartholomew
Building Code Committee
Bassett
Texas
United States
Me Crea crevasse floods cut off Pointe Coupee residents
Floodwaters from the Me Crea crevasse on the east bank of the Atchafalaya river swamped a railroad embankment near Morganza. Hundreds were marooned as the last Texas and Pacific train carried out evacuees, leaving others isolated by rising water and warnings ignored. The crevasse lies about 130 miles northwest of New Orleans as floodwaters rapidly spread.
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New Orleans
Pointe Coupee Parish
Me Crea
Atchafalaya
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Morganza
McCrea
Mississippi River
Fireman With A Broken Arm Saves Actress
Wanda Wiley film actress was saved from a deadly blaze in Dallas by fireman B C Hilton Jr who rushed from across the street and kicked in the burning door. Hilton, who wore a sling for a broken arm suffered in a prior explosion that killed seven, found Wiley asleep on a glassed porch and carried her to safety with neighbor Lee Brown aiding. The fire started from a water heater and left her parents away in San Antonio.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Wanda Wiley
B. C. Hilton, Jr
Miss Wiley
Hilton
Mins Wiley
Lee Brown
San Antonio
Rainfalls Bring Relief to Panhandle Farmers
Showers spread across Panhandle counties with McLean reporting about one inch and other areas noting light rain. A 40 mile strip from Shamrock to Alamee experienced rain with an average quarter inch, easing months of drought. Farmers in McLean anticipated planting immediately while areas like Shamrock and Childress expect further beneficial rains as drought continues but general rain seems likely.
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Panhandle
McLean
Rock Island Lines
Shamrock
Alameed
Childress
Estelline
Memphis
Fort Worth & Denver
Shriners Parade Transforms Amarillo With Arabian Pageant
Panhandle hosts Khiva Temple good will ceremonial drawing about 3 500 Shriners from 60 temples across North America. Nobles in red fezzes arrive as Amarillo decorates with flags banners and crescents for the parade and oriental atmosphere.
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Panhandle
Texas
North America
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
James O. Gulerie
Allen IH. Rodes
el Maida Temple
el Paso
Guy Rogers
Maskat
Wichita Falls
Berry S. Cobb
W. M. Stockwell
Fraternity Lodge
A. F
A. M
John Temple Rice
Grand Commandery
Blake Baker
Potentate Galerie
Herring Hotel
Khiva Temple
Sach
Masonic Temple
Order
Shrine
George Lindsay
Fifth Street
Third Street
Polk Street
Polk
Eighth
Fighth
Taylor Street
Taylor
Fifth
Auditorium
Tony Chisum
Marshall
Spirit of
Amarillo Suburban Day a Complete Success for Region
Amarillo hosted its first Suburban Day sponsored by The News and Globe to attract Panhandle and Plains shoppers to the city. Merchants reported strong turnout from out of town buyers and locals benefiting from special values, boosting Amarillo’s retail prestige and daily store traffic. Names like La Mode Hub The Leader Fox Drug Co City Drug Co J. C. Penney W S Auto Supply C E King Jackmans Regent Moore-Poston Stone Williams UH UW Drug Co were cited as strong participants.
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Amarillo
The
News and Globe
Panhandle
Plains
la Mode
the Hub
eLader
Fox Drug Co
City Drug Co
J. C. Penney & Co
W. 8. Auto Supply
C. E. King
Jackman’s
Regent
Moore-Poston
Stone & Williams
UH. & UW. Drug Co
Lindbergh Crowned Greatest Hero Since the War in Paris
Paris crowds hailed Captain Charles Lindbergh as the era’s greatest hero since the war. The American aviator rode in a public parade along Champs Elysees and Rue Rivoli, receiving heartfelt homage after landing in France four days earlier.
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Associated
Presa
Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Paria
Middle-West
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
France
Champs Elyseés
Place de la Concorde
Rue Rivoli
Hotel de Ville
New York
Lindbergh
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American Automobile Association
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J. Hi. Anderson
J. R. Denton
Bill Manning
Paul Sewell
Byron Ware
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