Auxiliary Elections Sweetwater Band Victor in Competition
The 12th annual Texas department American Legion convention in Austin closed with Hal Brennan of Laredo named state commander and El Paso chosen as the 1931 convention city. Nearly 2,000 delegates attended. Senator Tom Connally urged veteran care and citizenship, lauding the Legion’s peacetime service. Additional officers and district leaders were elected, with Mrs. F. H. Carpenter re-elected president of the women's auxiliary. Continuous coverage noted on page 19.
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Associated Press
Austin
United States
Tom Connally
Hal Brennan
Laredo
el Paso
Texas‘ Department of the American Legion
Texas
Legionnaires
Connally
Lewis Fields
Amarillo
Texas Department of the American Legion
Marlin
Congress
C. Neville
Bonham
T. D. Kimbo
Center
Ivey Stansell
San Antonio
Clyde Haden
Graham
George Broome
W. M. Garrett
Port Arthur
D. W. Sweeney
Ladonia
L. van Perkins
Cameron
A. P la Touch
N. A. Hamilton
Dallas
Miles Wasson
Texas City
E. H. Roach
Taylor
J. Russell Muse
Fort Worth
Tillman Jones
Post
J. M. Caramiss
Paris
A. S. Bradfoot
Ross. Smith
Wax
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair in Amarillo and vicinity on Thursday with partial clouds. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies and likely thundershowers in the extreme west. New Mexico shows unsettled conditions with little temperature change. Hourly data for Amarillo indicates temperatures around a high of 80 and a low near 65 yesterday with minimal day-to-day variation. Continuous garbled data limits precision for other local readings.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Third Fate Is Bared in New Andree Diary
The Dagens Nyheter reports the newly found Andree diary says Knut Frackel died as the expedition pushed toward White Island after the balloon wreck. It notes Nils Strindberg died after reaching White Island and was buried by Andrée. The entry places three explorers still moving on September 5.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Solomon August Andree
Knut Frankel
White Island
Payne Heirs Demand Diary From Payne Fatality
Homer A. Callaway for the Payne heirs says mandamus may be needed to obtain the diary of A. D. Payne, the potter county jail suicide writer, held by the district attorney and grand jury. He seeks copyright protection to preserve any literary value for Payne’s orphaned children and questions the grand jury’s refusal to surrender the diary.
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A. D. Payne
Potter County
Homer A. Callaway
Payne Heirs
Callaway
Grand Jury
Payne
Fall window styling show slated for Monday night
The Globe News announces a fall window style show Monday September 8 from 7 to 9 p m downtown with live models in participating stores. Dave Derden’s two bands perform 7 to 9 p m and The Ted Jennings Original Arkansas Travelers provide music 9 to 12 with dancing. Admission 50 cents per person. all welcome.
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The
Globe News
Dave Derden
Sunday News
Globe
Junior Welfare League
Ted Jennings
Arkansas Travelers
French flyers Coste and Bonnette plan nonstop New York to Dallas
Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte announce a 5 am departure from New York for a nonstop flight to Dallas Texas to claim a $25,000 prize. They expect 10 to 16 hours aloft, with reception plans coordinated by Dallas officials and local aviation groups.
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Associated Press
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Dallas
Texas
Tucker
Maurice Bel Jonte
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
William E. Easterwood, Jr
Atlantic
Easterwood
Europe
Coste
Lovefield
Famons
Paria
Curtiss Field
Continental America
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Western Air Express
Auto Leader Joe Graham Visits Amarillo
Joe Graham president of the Graham Bros Motor Corp, a leading U S automaker and major glass manufacturer from Detroit, visited friend Toney Chisum in Amarillo. He is noted for broad business efforts to improve the national economy amid a weak business climate.
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Joe Graham
Graham Bros. Motor Corporation
Toney Chisum
Graham
Detroit
Drouth Plan Urges West Texas Farmers to Join Co-ops
West Texas drouth areas across 63 counties will be presented to President Hoover by a committee from the drouth conference led by Gov. Dan Moody and state leaders. The group aims to secure production credits via farm board cooperatives and seeks inter state freight relief for cattle and feedstuffs, noting limited flood relief funds.
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Drouth
West
Texas
Quanah
West Texas
Hoover
D. A. Bandeen
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stamford A. Pierce
W. H. Fuqua
Amarillo
Clifford Jones
Spur
T. O. Walton
A. & M. College
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Tom Connally
Morris Sheppard
Washington
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Arthur A. Hyde
Dan Moody
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Hyde
Route of Highway 66 East in Potter Still Undecided by State
Federal and state highway authorities have not yet finalized the location of Highway 66 East in Potter county near Amarillo. A 4 day traffic census shows 66 East averaging 444 vehicles daily, far below Carson county roads, while Highway 33 from the Carson Potter line carries 1,704 vehicles. The latest Carson county rerouting was reversed, leaving the western route in place and delaying Potter decisions awaiting state and federal approval.
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Potter
Amarillo
Potter County
Bailey
State Department
Carson
Armstrong
Conway
Carson County
State Hihway 5
East Tenth Avenue
Federal Highway Department
State
Federal Department
North Fillmore
Eighth Avenue
Carson-Potter Line
Van Lear Black Declared Legally Dead In Probate
The Associated Press reports Van Lear Black publisher, capitalist and world traveler, was legally declared dead after a hearing. His will, valued at over 3 million dollars, was admitted to probate despite efforts by his eldest son’s attorney and two minor children to delay recognition of the instrument. Testimony from yacht Sabilo crew and a steward supported an accidental overboard death.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
van Lear Black
van Lear Black, Jr
John N. Kelly
Sabilo
Black
Percy Sellers
Orphans’ Home
Magnolia Gulf cut price of gasoline to 16 cents per gallon
Austin report states Gulf Petroleum and Magnolia Petroleum cut the state gasoline price from 19 to 16 cents per gallon. Tank wagon price fell from 15 to 13 cents. Cities Service officials said they would follow to meet competition. No reason given for the cut. orders came from general offices of the two companies.
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Associated Press
Austin
Gulf Petroleum Corporation
Magnolia Petroleum Corporation
Cities Service Company
Lockney Man Is Found Dead
John H. Mann a 56 year old Lockney resident was found dead beside his parked car on a country road near Lockney with a shotgun blast to the upper skull. Authorities described the death as an apparent accident while investigating the scene. Mann leaves a widow and six children including Mrs Earl Rives Plainview Mrs E F McGonigal Lockney Homer Mann Trinidad Cole H B Lida and Carl Mann all of Lockney. Funeral plans were incomplete pending relatives arrival.
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Lockney
John H. Mann
M. Chapman
R. W. Wheeler
Mann
Earl Rives
Plainview
E. F. McGonigall
Homer Mann
Trinidad
Cole
H. B
Lida
Carl Mann
Manns
Jayton
Texas
One Killed and Seven Hurt in Slick Road Crash Near Lytle
Slippery roads from light rains caused a semiregular crash near Lytle San Antonio today killing Juanita Pedroza five from San Antonio traveling in a truck to Yancey and injuring seven others including Rev. Robert Fischer retired Seguin W N Holland Seguin C Hines Fort Worth Danciano Martinez Yan cey and a woman and two children of Yancey.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Lytle
Juanita Pedroza
Yancey
Robert Fischer
Seguin
W. N. Holland
C. Hines
Fort Worth
Danciano Martinez
Short 6 Second Earthquake Shocks Murcia
An earthquake measuring six seconds rattled Murcia Spain today causing alarm among residents. Officials noted no major damage or injuries as aftershocks were not reported. Local authorities urged calm and monitoring of tremor activity.
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United Press
Murcia
Spain
Winds Lift Roofs as 150 MPH Gale Rages Toward Santo Domingo
A Caribbean hurricane veers toward Haiti after devastating Santo Domingo with winds reported up to 150 miles per hour. Cuba Florida and the Gulf coast brace as weather officials note shifting direction and a dramatic drop in barometric pressure. Communications failing and cables down fuel the unease as Pan American reports wind speeds reaching 136 mph in Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic’s Santo Domingo city sits on the island’s eastern two thirds, with over a million residents.
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Associated Prean
Navana
National Observatory
EL §Ta
Caribbean Sea
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Carson Miligs
Cuba
Associated Pres
Florida
Gulf Coast
Porto Rico
All America
Pan-American Airways
Miami
Richard W. Gray
Weather Bureau
Washington
I Y
Dominican Republic
Republic
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Andree
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France
Big Town
Graham Bros. Motor Company
van Lear, JR
Magnolia
Gulf
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