Floods isolate Beaumont as Texas endures seven deaths
Floodwaters from unprecedented May rains inundate southeast Texas. Beaumont is cut off from highways except from the east while Cleveland and Harden county face wide inundation. Rail lines torn up near Fuqua. North Texas sees rising streams, but Corsicana resumes some trains. Unsettled weather remains statewide with Trinity River levels climbing.
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Dallas
Texas
Beaumont
Cleveland
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Menard Creek
Fuqua
Harden
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Austin-San Antonio
Corsicana
Chambers Creek
Madison County
Madisonville
Midway
Trinity
Denver parachute jumper dies as silk folds split
Norman J. Lee of Colorado Springs died from injuries after his parachute failed during a 1500 foot drop over the Colorado Airways field. A large crowd witnessed the fall as the canopy opened and then folded, likely due to wind, causing a fatal impact.
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Associated Press
Denver
Norman J. Lee
Colorado Springs
Colorado Airways
Liday
Lee
Holman Wins Gardner Trophy In 440 Mile Flight
Harold W Speed Holman of St Paul Minn won the Gardner trophy race from East St Louis to Indianapolis and return with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes 40 seconds. He flew a Whirlwind powered Laird plane and finished about 25 minutes ahead of Snyder Hall. Second place went to Hall with 400 prize money, third to Arthur J Davis, fourth to Earl Rowland, and fifth to John P Wood. The event started at Parks Airport with midway at the Indianapolis speedway as the 500 mile auto race proceeded.
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Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Harold W
Speed
Holman
St. Paul
Minn
Indianapolis
Russell Gardner, Jr
Fred Gardner
St. Louis
Laird
Hall
Earl Rowland
Wichita
John P. Wood
Wausau
Wis
Davis
Wood
Rowland
Spences
Keech
Skeech
Lou Moore
Los Angeles
Moore
Meyer
Gleason
Carl Marchese
Milwaukee
Speed Gardner
Philadelphia
Fred Winnal
Louis Chiron
Conservative Group Behind in Early Ballot Count
Sir Austen Chamberlain holds his seat by a narrow margin of 43 votes as early returns show a conservative group trailing in the preliminary tally. polling stations report a tight race with provisional totals favoring the incumbent.
Lady Astor Reelected in Plymouth Race at Close of Poll
Early returns from the general election show Labor making a strong showing with 863 seats won by 145 constituencies. Sir Austen Chamberlain narrowly held his Foreign Affairs post by 43 votes after a recount, while the Conservatives gained 49 seats and Liberals 9 with Independents at 4. Viscountess Astor reelected in Plymouth on the Conservative ticket by 16 625 votes over Labor by 211.
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London
Labor Party
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs
Austen
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Liberals
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Sutton
Amarillo trade trip needs 16 more signups by noon
Sixteen Amarillo business men must sign up for the three day trade trip by noon today or the trip will be canceled. Only 69 tickets sold of 85 needed. The Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers Association coordinates the plan with the city high school band accompanying.
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Amarillo
Spearman
Pampa
Rome flight is further delayed due to weather
Old Orchard Maine May 3 Captain Lewis A. Yancey of the Green Flash and Pilot Roger Williams say they will not take off for Rome tomorrow because of extremely poor North Atlantic conditions. Absence of Armeno Lotti, sponsor of the Yellow Bird’s flight to Paris, precludes a hop off by the Yellow Bird tomorrow. Lotti was in New York.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Lewis A. Yancey
Green Flash
Roger 4. Williams
Rome
North Atlantic
Armeno Lotti
Yellow Bird
Paris
Lotti
New York
Aviatrix Omlie Calls Off Altitude Record Attempt
Mrs Phoebe Fairgraves Omlie of Memphis Tenn called off her planned altitude record attempt for women as a feature of today’s air races. She said no official barograph had been provided.
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Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Ils
Phoebe Fairgraves Omlie
Memphis
Tenn
Aviatrix
Heavy rains sweep Amarillo area and surrounding towns
Storms drenched areas around Amarillo with heavy rain reported from Guymon to Fort Worth and Tucumcari while Amarillo itself missed the downpour. Rain gauges noted half an inch near Conway Texola and showers from Canyon to Hereford and Dumas to Guymon. Some bus lines were delayed or canceled awaiting clearer skies.
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Stage Line
Guymon
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Tucumcari
Rock Island
Conway
Texola
Oklahoma State Line
Pickwick Stage Line
McLean
Groom
Stage Line Company
Canyon
Hereford
Union Stage Line Company
Dumas
Clayton
Pickwick
Union Stage Line
Risks Life Seventeen Times In Flight Fort Worth Pilot Hurt In Crash
H. B. Jones, who had just refueled the Fort Worth aircraft seventeen times on record endurance flights, was injured when his car struck a telephone pole near Handley. He blamed sleep loss from watching the ship hour by hour for the crash.
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Associated
Fort Worth
Jones
Handley
Executives Named by Amarillo Chamber Directors
Two more executives join the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce staff after a special meeting. Manon King was chosen secretary of the trade extension department and Rolla Townsend was hired as assistant manager of the Chamber and Board of City Development. Both were unanimous choices from applicants. King will assume duties June 1. Townsend begins immediately. King, formerly manager of Radford Grocery, will lead the development program for Amarillo and spend much time in the trade territory. Townsend, longtime Amarillo resident and former Sinmea Oil agent, will have salary set later and will oversee development efforts.
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Amarillo
Townsend
Amaorillo
Sinmea Oil Company
Civyie
Boy Scout
King
Trade Extension Department
Chamber of Commerce
North Plains
Santa Fe
Claim Escobar Lived Lavishly in Hotel Suite in Vancouver
The Canadian Press reports that a man believed to be General J. Gonzalo Escobar, fugitive Mexican revolutionary leader, stayed three days in the Hotel Georgia Vancouver in May. He was with a family of four and his secretary Pedro Alvarez, left May 17 by auto, as rumors of Mexican secret service agents persist.
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Vancouver
B.C
Georgia
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Pedro Alvarez
Seattle
British Columbia
Automobile Club
Aged Woman Linked to Insurance Plot in Macon
Authorities tie Mrs. d. Powers, a 60 year old landlady, to an insurance plot as trial plans proceed for her and roomer Karl Manchester 21 on charges in the death of James Parks 26 for insurance. Police say Powers used newspaper ads offering home and family companionship to lure men. One suitor Hollis Mullis was rejected by an insurance examiner on a 12000 policy. Photographer's assistant T. B. Martin says Powers urged him to let her pay his policy.
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Associated Press
Macon
Mra. d. Co
Parks
Hollis L. Mullis
Martin
Keech wins Indy 500 as Spence dies in crash
Ray Keech, 28, of Philadelphia, wins the Indy 500 with a 97.085 mph average. William Spence, 24, of Los Angeles, is killed when his car overturns and flies into the air but the race continues with 160,000 spectators watching. Lou Moore of Los Angeles and Lou Meyer of Los Angeles place second and third as 12 of 18 starters finish the grueling 500 miles.
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Charles W. Dunkley
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Ray Keech
Philadelphia
Louin Meyer
Los Angeles
Keech
Jimmy Gleason
William Spence
Spence
Eight subjects set for second special session
Governor Moody issues proclamation listing eight topics: public utilities regulation, taxation and revenue, public education, highway department funding, biennial appropriations, public waters priority rights, formation of stock firms law, and judicial procedure amendments. He plans sending additional bills from the first session for amendments.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
Highway Department
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