Denver Tourney Title Fight Looms as Amesa Phoenix Clash
Special to The News from Denver reports Amesa and Phoenix M Cigar team set to battle for the Denver Post tournament title as Lamesa nets an undefeated run and Phoenix seeks final victory after a 6 to 3 win over Oshkosh. Oshkosh defeats Woodmen 4 to 2 earlier. Tonkawa pushes Lamesa close before final.
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Phoenix
Denver
Oshkosh
Lamest
Texas Laboes
Phoenix M
Denver Post
Lamesa
Ashkosh
Nebi
Woodmen
Tonkawa
Okla
Caraway
Apurney
Alpean
Tamesa
Amarillo Board City Development
A. Hyland
Monroe
J. Jacques
Brown
Keyes
Shkosh
Prospects for Rows Dwindle at Texas Democrats’ Convention
At the Texas Democratic state convention in San Antonio starting today, Att y Gen Claude Pollard leads James V Allred by about 6 000 votes amid expectations of a contest over the nomination The convention also weighs Governor Miriam A Ferguson and her pledge to resign if she trails Moody as the campaign moves forward Delegates and party figures including Cone Johnson for temporary campaign chair and Harry Deaves as executive chair mingle as tabulations show Ferguson’s vote total slipping.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Govrnor Miriam A. Ferguson
James F
Dan Moody
John Cage
Highway Commission
Moody
Cone Johnson
Tyler
Harry Deaves
Williamson County
Ferguson
Potash Station Breaks Ground for Research Office
National Potash company plans a Potash beds research station in the Panhandle. L. C. Harper leads drilling tests to locate beds and assess shaft viability with $100,000 federal support over five years. Woodley and Harper travel to New Mexico to study nitrate deposits as enrollment in Amarillo schools soars.
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Panhandle
National Potash Company
L. C. Harper
T. J. Woodley
Peru
Argentine
South America
Germany
Woodley
Harper
New Mexico
Marble crosses to replace wooden graves in France
General John J. Pershing announced that work to replace the wooden crosses marking 50 000 American war dead in France with marble crosses will begin soon. Pershing spoke after returning aboard the Leviathan and receiving ovations at the New York pier for Clare Beile Barrett who attempted to swim the English Channel.
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Associated Press
New York
France
John J. Pershing
Battlefield Monuments Commission
Leviathan
Clare Beile Barrett
English
Amarilloan Boys Buy First Plainview Bale of Cotton
The Amarillo Furniture Company’s A. d. Green of Hale county sold the first bale of Plainview cotton at 20 cents per pound. Ginned Friday, weighed unknown pounds, graded strict middling. W. A. Nash auctioned the bale with Will Haines handling drayage at the sale in Plainview.
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Plainview
D. Berry
Amarillo Furniture Company
Amarillo
A. d. Green
Hale County
Planview
W. A. Nash
Will Haines
Ats
Tragic Suicide Attempt Ends in Death of Local Woman
Ethel Echols 22, wife of Harry Echols, tried to reconcile with her estranged husband at 106 East Beleventh street but consumed poison. She collapsed unconscious, died next morning at a local hospital. Letters to her mother and baby found with wedding ring and bracelet at 604 Lincoln street, suggesting self-inflicted death. No coroner's inquest was held.
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Ethel Echols
Harry Echols
East Beleventh Street
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Lincoln Street
Government troops pursue bandits in Mexico amid executions
In Mexico City the government says troops hunt armed bands called Agrarians and execute captives deemed guilty. Colima revolt leaders’ execution is said to have halted a local uprising rather than a nationwide plan.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Colima
Eight Die in Wreck as CNW Trains Collide in Chicago
Eight killed and 100 plus injured when a Madison bound CNW passenger train from Elroy Wisconsin rear ended a second CNW train at Cortland Street Chicago. Most deaths occurred in the last two telescoped wooden coaches as fire engulfed the wreckage. Rescue crews, ambulances, and patrols swarmed the scene amid reports of a child among the dead.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elroy
Wisconsin
Chicago and Northwestern
Madison
Cortland Street
Downtown
Barrington
Palatine
Illinois
George Fllett
Palmotor
Salida
Robert M. Walsh
Leadville
G. D. Isabel
Ruth
Buena Vista
George Isabel
E. G. Pershbacker
George M. R
Wreck of Scenic Limited Near Granite Kills 25
The Scenic Limited crashed into the Arkansas River near Granite Colorado killing 25 and injuring 50. Survivors report the train was traveling too fast around curves. Coroner confirms ongoing recovery efforts as rescue crews search wreckage.
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Grooms
Denver
Scenic Limited
Arkansas River
Granite
Colo
Deaver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Salt Lake City
Carpenter
Salida
M. Bruenski
Oakland
Calif
Harold Harpending
Harpending
Bruenski
R I Reports Tonight In New Board Rooms
Rock Island right-of-way fund reports to be presented at a City Development Board meeting tonight. Public access in the auditorium east wing with municipal band music. Officials and representatives will discuss funds raised to date and project status.
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R. I
Rock Island
Reck Feland Nit
Largest Dairy Exhibit at Fair Promises Record Entries
The Tri-State fair dairy cattle show cars in as the Southwest’s largest, with over 200 Jerseys Ayrshires and Holsteins entered. A dispersion sale of 20 Jerseys is set for September 23 led by auctioneer Col Riley Keen. Top judges include J B Pitch and T J Holden with officials from Jersey and Guernsey groups.
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W. A. McIntosh
Oklahoma
California
Florida
Twenty-first
Hughes Streets
Tri-State Fair
Southwest
United States
Howard Ferguson
Ferguson
Lassiter
Falfurrias
Mistletoe Farms
Santa Gertrudia
Kingsville
Cid
Carl Marsh
Amarillo
Ferguson Farms
Underwood Farms
Plainview
Berry Orr
Hereford
Mort Woods
Ardmore
A. R Williams and Company
Barlow
Kan
Eborum Farms
Dike
Ill
J. B. Pitch
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
T. J. Holden
Vermont
Guernsey Association
T. Simmons
Fort Worth
Texas Jersey Cattle Club
Pergusen
Texas Legion Convention Debates Paris Trip and Dues Rise
Texas American Legion delegates gather for the state convention opening tomorrow in the city. Debate centers on moving the 1927 national convention to Paris and raising dues by 50 cents to fund a salaried department commander. R. C. Winters leads in the race for department commander against Rufus Scott with broad regional support.
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American Legion
France
Texas Legionnaires
Texas Department
Missouri Department
Paris
Houston Poat
Hughes B. Davis
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Davis
Legion
Kerrville
Veterans’ Bureau
Variou
R. C. Winters
Abilene
Rufus Scott
Winters
Scott
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
The 7:00 PM Tuesday forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for tonight and Tuesday to be partly cloudy. Hourly temperatures show highs near 90 and lows around 60s to mid 60s, with daytime high around 90 and a high near 90 expected today in 1940 era records.
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Amarillo
Bahia
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Freeman and Roach
Llred
Wilburn, Hawk
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Claude Hamlet
Memphis
Tenn
Hamlet
Potash
Panhandle Research
Amarilloan Boys
Association of the Cotton Textile Merchants of
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Los Angeles
Charles Ray
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ray
London
Philadelphia
Dp & RG. W. Limited
Marie Bendagnet
Gaston Guyot
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