Lipscomb County Farmers Use Terracing to Boost Wheat
Lipscomb County in the Panhandle earns a reputation for moisture conservation with extensive terracing and contour farming. After a tough previous crop, recent rains boosted prospects toward a potential one million bushels of wheat, aided by federal price programs and new roadside grading outfits bought by the county. Local farmers like A. H Montgomery and neighbors report waist high wheat on terraced fields, while others push advanced techniques to hold rain.
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Lipscomb County
Panhandle
Lipscomb
A. H Montgomery
Darrouzett
Montgomery
Carrouzett
William Freeman
John R. Waell
Ted Dunc
Ollett
C. M. Gay
A. Fi
Rejoicing Over The Rain And Rural Anecdotes
Local notes celebrate rain and its effects on farms in Panhandle Dalhart Plainview and surrounding areas. Farmers report moisture improving business and conditions while readers share humorous quips and community chatter about lost dogs and stage fright at a Maine pet show.
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Aesop
Maine
Rangers Seize Dope and Whiskey Still in San Antonio Raid
Texas Rangers seized narcotics and a whiskey still in a raid in San Antonio. The action occurred today, May 30, as authorities recovered contraband and equipment used to manufacture illicit substances.
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Rangers
San Antonio
Texas Rangers
Motlow Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Sam B. Motlow 62 former Potter County Judge who died Saturday night in Vernon are pending arrival of relatives. Motlow who lived in Amarillo 30 years died of a heart attack in a Vernon hotel. Body in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel. Motlow served as Potter County judge 1921 to 1933 and was deputy U S probation officer for West Texas in 1936.
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Sam B. Motlow
Potter County
Vernon
Motlow
Amarillo
Griggs Funeral Chapel
U.S
West Texas
Communication Reestablished After Hurricane Isolation
ACAPULA Mexico May 30 Pacific coast port reports restoration of communication with the outside world after four days of isolation caused by a hurricane that damaged telephone and telegraph lines.
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Acapula
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Plains Floods Subside as Winds Clear Panhandle
Flood conditions in the Pan-4 handle Plains eased Sunday as a Southwest wind at 30 mph and bright sun dried areas. The Canadian River waters receded reducing danger to the highway bridges north of Amarillo. The flood stage stood four feet below the State Highway 5 bridge as citizens toured water damaged areas with hundreds of cars on the highways.
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handle-Plains
Amarillo
Wealthy NY Banker dies aboard yacht in Honolulu harbor
George F. Baker Jr., 59, chairman of the First National Bank of New York, died of peritonitis aboard his yacht Viking in Honolulu harbor at 6 15 A M after nightlong attempts to save him. Authorities say government agencies, an ocean liner, a long port race, and a 5500 mile air dash by Mrs. Baker all failed to revive him. His death follows a family pattern with his father George F. Baker Sr. having died in 1931 at age 91.
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New York
Honolulu
George F. Baker
Viking
Baker
First National Bank of New York
Piubuooay Way
Wesot
Rebel Sub Sinks Spanish Liner Ciudad de Barcelona
Off Malgrat near Barcelona an insurgent submarine torpedoed and sank the Spanish liner Ciudad de Barcelona after it left Marseille with passengers. An oil tanker in the same area was torpedoed. the tanker reportedly avoided damage. The liner measured 332 feet, 3946 gross tons, built in 1928 and formerly named Infante Don Jaime.
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Barcelona
Spain
Ciudad de Barcelona
Marseille
Malgrat
Lloyds Register
Infante Don Jaime
Police Officer in Civvies Foils Bar Robbery in New York
An off duty policeman in civilian clothes fatally shot one robber and captured the other two during a bar hold up in New York on May 30. The incident involved three attackers and the officer acted to stop the crime.
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New York
Mrs Harbord Dies in Rye at 87
Emma O. Harbord wife of James G. Harbord retiring U S Army Major General and RCA board chairman died in Rye New York today at age 87 Burial plans pending officials said
Bombing of German Ship Wounds 83 Sailors
Berlin reports 83 wounded and 2 dead after Spanish planes attacked the pocket battleship Deutschland off Thira in the Balearic Islands. Germany plans a protest to the European non intervention committee as cabinet convenes to decide further steps.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Balearic
Thira
European Non-Intervention Committee
London
Spanish Ministry of Defense
Admiral Scheer
Deutsch
Valencia
Thiza
Balearic Islands
Hitler
Konstantin von Neurath
Wilhelmstrasse
Germany
Spain
Admiral Graf Spee
Socialite Misa Seeley Dies After Jump From Colorado Street Bridge
Pasadena mourns for Misa Mabel Seeley a prominent club woman who jumped from the Colorado Street bridge one day after her forty second birthday becoming the seventy sixth person to die that way Police say a note found in her car expressed inner conflict and a wish for peace The note reads May peace reign in my absence The incident occurred near Pasadena California on May 30 and involved witnesses who reported her stop and jump before authorities could intervene.
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Pasadena
Calif
Los Angeles
Misa Mabel FE
Seeley
Colorado Street
Robert E. O'Rourke
Policeman Faces Murder Charge in Los Angeles
A formal murder charge was issued against W. H. Redding, a Los Angeles policeman, for the shooting of Norman "Big Bill" Gregg, a San Pedro longshoreman. Municipal Judge Arthur Guerin signed the charge and issued an arrest warrant after a conference with the district attorney, police officials, and four eye witnesses.
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Los Angeles
W. H. Redding
Norman “Big Bill
Gregg San Pedro Longshoreman
Arthur Guerin
Baron Fitts
Weather outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas will see mostly cloudy skies with thundershowers in the southeast. Monday and Tuesday turn cooler with lingering showers in the north. New Mexico expected to be fair in the south, unsettled in the north with showers northwest portion.
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Texas
New Mexico
Killer Apes Dillinger Police Seek Exact Dillinger Replica
Indiana state police hunt Al Brady dubbed The New Dillinger as they chase a gang replicating the 1930s bank and jewelry store raids. The Brady crew robs in Lima and Indianapolis, shoots to escape, and faces murder charges after a jail break and the death of Sheriff Rivers.
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Killer Apes Dillinger
Logansport
Ind
NEA
Indiana
al Brady
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Brady
Aoe Oeil
State Reformatory
Indianapolis
Lima
Jess Larber
Brady Gang
Elmer Martin
Brady Boys
Richard Rivers
Chicago
James Dalhover
Barton
Margaret Barry
Dalhover
Clarence Lee Shaffer
Jackson
Greenfield
Rivers
Clarence Watson
Stander
Two Die in Wet Road Crash Near Georgetown
A car driven by Rev. 8 D Lambert of Marathon skidded on a wet Georgetown highway two miles north of Austin. Mrs Lambert 45 the driver’s wife Myrtle Ball 20 of Marathon died. Lambert skull fracture critical condition. H V Johnson 26 Hanley injured. J B Solier Fort Worth driver of the truck uninjured. Miss Ball was a Mary Hardin Baylor College sophomore at Belton.
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J. B. Solier
Fort Worth
Miss Ball
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton
Railway Clerks Set Deadline on Strike
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks based in Cincinnati has set June 14 as the deadline for about 50,000 Railway Express Agency workers to vote on a strike. The vote follows failed negotiations for a new working agreement between the union and the company, according to vice grand president Robert Morgan.
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Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Railway Express Agency
Robert Morgan
Firemen Find Body Of Slain Woman
Firemen found the charred and beaten body of Mrs. Birdie Fluker in the kitchen pantry of her Buckhead home after a blaze. Police Chief George Mathieson said she was killed with a brick or hammer. her husband R. H. Fluker became hysterical upon learning of the tragedy.
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Atlanta
Birdie Fluker
Buckhead
George Mathieson
R. H. Pluker
Brady Held for Hatchet Slaying of E T Hamner
Dick Brady aged 19 of Plainview was arrested on a murder charge in connection with the December 28 slaying of E T Hamner at his service station home three miles west of Plainview. A hatchet found at the scene and $107 on the body were noted. Brady allegedly confessed after questioning in Coleman.
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Dick Brady
E. T. Hamner
FE. T. Hamner
Plainview
J. K. Hooper
Hale County
Hooper
Amarillo
Hamner
Brady
Barr
Hamm
Mills
Thirty Hospitalized After Banquet in Detroit
About 30 people were hospitalized with suspected food poisoning after attending a large banquet at Detroit city airport. Police blamed potato salad for the illness as more than 300 guests, hosted by a tool and die company, attended the event.
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Detroit
Detroit City
Tool and Die
Mangled Body of Youth Found Near Railroad
LUFKIN May 30 The body of Earl Pyle 19 was found early this morning by three girls near the railroad tracks south of here. Both legs and an arm were cut off and the head mangled. Officers believed he was killed by a train.
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Lufkin
Earl Pyle
Here
New Clue Revives Search For Missing Airliner
Reports of a strong new clue to the whereabouts of the airliner and seven occupants missing since December 15 stirred searches in the Wasatch region. Western Air Express officials denied definite clues while a farmer claimed to have found mail with postmarks from the Los Angeles to Salt Lake City flight.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Wasatch Mountains
Utah
M. G. Wenger
Frank Eastman
Western Express
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