Tri-State Fair draws record crowds amid boasting arrests
Amarillo day at the Tri-State exposition drew the largest gate receipts yet with totals topping $10,000 and possibly reaching $15,000 after audits. Emmett and Haines praised the crowd, noting exceptional turnout past noon into night. The pageant and Ernie Young revue filled the grandstand as net funds bolster the fair’s finances, supporting its future as a community fixture.
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C. W. Howard
Amarillo
Emmett
Haines
Bob Emmett
Col. Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
Colonel Haines
Fair
Ernie Young
The
Fair Association
Pride of Detroit world flight ends in Tokyo cancelation
The Pride of Detroit monoplane flight across the Pacific is called off by co pilots Edward F. Schlee and William Brock in Tokyo after talks with aviation experts and urging cablegrams. They plan to return home by boat, ending a 12 275 mile journey begun August 27 from Harbor Grace. The pair faced weather near Omura but arrived in Tokyo in good health.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Detroit
Pacific
Edward F. Schlee
William 8. Brock
America
Brock
Schlee
United States
Harbor Grace
N. F
Japan
Omura
Midway Islands
Secretary Mellon Backs Hughes Quietly in Republican Field
Secretary Mellon disclosed no fixed candidate position but privately leans toward Charles E. Hughes for the Republican nomination. He would not commit to backing Hughes if Hughes entered the race, while still wielding influence in Pennsylvania party circles.
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Mellon
Hughes
Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Isadora Duncan Dies in France Automobile Accident
In Nice France on September 14 American dancer Isadora Duncan was killed when a scarf she wore was blown into a car wheel, dragging her from the vehicle and breaking her neck. The accident occurred at 9:40 p.m. while she tested a new automobile on the Promenade des Anglais.
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Nice
France
Isadora Duncan
Promesia de Des Anglais
Ships Safe After Hurricane Threaten West Coast
Encouraging reports from Mazatlan indicate the ships Jalisco and El Navajoa are safe in port after fears they sank in the storm. Bolivar remains missing and a Mazatlan fishing fleet is unaccounted for. Death tolls at Salina Cruz and Manzanillo are likely high as the three day cyclone ended.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Mazatlan
Jalisco
el Navajon
William P. Blagner
Manzanillo
Blaguer
el Navajoa
Banderas
Bolivar
Salina Cruz
Poison Found in Viscera of Bailey Girl
A Bailey girl’s viscera tested positive for poison, authorities report. Coroner catalogues findings as official cause pending further investigation. Local officials urge calm as inquiries continue into the suspected poisoning case.
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Bailey Girl
Nurse Mary Atkinson to face murder trial in Enid
Dr W H Bailey reported poison found in Mary Jane Bailey's viscera, death in Enid hospital under mystery. Prosecutor Dan Mitchell said murder charges will be filed against nurse Mary Atkinson who cared for Miss Bailey.
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Associated Press
Enid
Okla
W. H. Bailey
Oklahoma City
Mary Jane Bailey
Dan Mitchell
Garfield County
Miss Bailey
Mitchell
Mary Atkinson
Steamer Abandons Search for Crew of Lost Airplane
The Kyle, a government coastal steamer, will sail for St John’s after a two day search failed to locate the crew of the trans Atlantic monoplane Old Glory rescued last Monday in the north Atlantic.
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Associated Arena
ST. John's
N. F
North Atlantic
Kyle
Government files new Doheny suit
The Navy Department announced a government suit against Edward L. Doheny oil interests over three strip leases in naval oil reserve No 1 in California. The case argues operation could drain naval wells. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts were retained as special assistants to the attorney general.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Naval Oil Reserve No. 1
California
Navy Department
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Elk Hills
Doheny
Great Enthusiasm for Amarillo-San Antonio Highway at Conference
BIG SPRING Texas Sept 14 Highway Association No 9 with delegates from Amarillo to San Antonio met today in Big Spring at luncheon About 100 representatives from thirteen counties heard County Judge Howard Davenport and Judge Mathison of Tom Green promote hard surfacing No 9 using brick in some projects Bond issues of 1 000 000 expected in Lynn county and paving plans across several counties were outlined San Antonio pledged strong support and enthusiasm for No 9 as a major trans continental highway project likely to become the state’s largest road undertaking
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Big Spring
Texas
Highway Association Number 9
Amarillo
San Antonio
J. B. Pickle
C. T. Watson
H. R. Davenport
Howard County
Mathison
San Angelo
Number Nine Highway Association
Garnet Reeves
Lubbock County
Cane
Tohoka
H. Baze
Lynn County
Rountree
Dawson County
Commissioners Court
T. R. Johnson
Davenport
E. L. Bailey
Sterling County
Tom Green County
A. B. Reagan
Lamar Thaxton
E. H. Riley
McCullough
Mason
Gillespie
D. E. Colp
Colp
LaSalle Pioneers at Matagorda Bay Pageant Draws Amarillo Crowds
Amarillo residents paid over a thousand dollars to view a Tri-State exposition pageant portraying LaSalle’s 1687 Matagorda Bay landing. The production, to benefit the high school band and summer recreation program, featured thousands of locals in a windy, frost‑bitten outdoor setting with colorful tableaux and a cast including Mrs. Hogan and her assistants.
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LaSalle
Matagorda Bay
Tri-State Fair
Howdy
Amarillo
Board of City Development
Fair
Texas
Matagorda
France
Rockwell
Elliott
Grace Hamilton
Miss Hammond
McDonald
Prize Winning Hogs on Block at Fair Today
Poland China Duroc Jersey and Hampshire hogs will be offered in an auction sale by the Panhandle Swine Breeders association at the fair grounds this afternoon at 2 o'clock Col Ray Barber of Hereford will sell the hogs Breeders last night selected the animals to be offered and some of the finest sows and boars will be on the block to the highest bidder The sale is seen as a chance for newcomers to start a foundation herd with only the best animals on offer and has drawn wide interest from farmers and hog enthusiasts across the Panhandle of Texas
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Poland
China
Duroc
Jersey
Hampshire
Panhandle
Swine Breeders Association
Fair Grounds
Col
Ray Barber
Hereford
Texas
Heat Fatalities Mount Across Regions Prompt Dismissals
New York dispatch notes unseasonable heat causing 19 deaths as central United States endures 62 to 100 degree temperatures. Chicago reports eight heat deaths with noon temp at 94. St Louis records two deaths. Weather officials warn of possible further heat and relief not until Friday.
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United Press
New York
Middle West
Canadian Northwest
Alberta
East
United States
Chicago
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Tulsa World sport editor freed in manslaughter case
Larry Dailey Tulsa World sports editor was freed after a two hour preliminary hearing in common pleas court. Three witnesses testified. Dailey faced second degree manslaughter charges linked to the August 28 fatal confrontation with oil lease broker William Jay Clark in a downtown cafe.
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Associated Presa
Tulsa
Larry Dailey
Tulsa World
Clendenning
Common Pleas Court
Daily
William Jay Clark
Clark
Georgia Couple Held for Death of Son's Wife
Blakely Georgia Sept 14 Mr and Mrs Harris Hayes were accused by a coroner jury of poisoning their daughter in law Mrs Ames Hayes of Detroit who died here ten days ago under mysterious circumstances
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Associated Press
Blakely, Ga
Harris Hayes
Ames Hayes
Detroit
Borger trio charged in Lavey murder case
Two men and a woman from Borger face murder charges for the deadly shooting of Leo J. Lavey, a local druggist. The suspects Roy Williams, Allan Jack Davia, and Clayton Toonts were jailed after grand jury proceedings began. Williams has a criminal record and a pistol matching the bullet caliber was tied to the case. Funeral services for Lavey were held yesterday as police pursued other suspects linked to a weekend hijacking spree.
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Borger
Leo J. Lavey
Leo Sparks
W. J. Flesher
Gaither
Roy Williams
Alian Jack Davia
Clayton Toonts
Williams
Burger
Amarillo
Tuffy” Shyrock
Hutchinson County
Stinnett
Borget
Devis
Arkansas
Ray Terrill
Oklahoma
Shyrock
Mra. Laley
Funeral for Carson P Harben Held in Richardson
Richardson September 14 Funeral services for Carson P Harben 23 assistant secretary of the Texas Press association were held at the First Presbyterian church Richardson and burial followed in a local cemetery Harben son of Sam P Harben secretary of the association died at a Dallas hospital Tuesday after a two years illness
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Associated Brees
Richardson
Carson P. Harben
First Presbyterian Church
Harben
Texas Press Association
Sam P. Harben
Dallas
Amarillo and West Texas Thursday Weather Outlook
Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity calls for Thursday fair with West Texas partly cloudy and New Mexico fair south with unsettled north. Expect cooler air as upper Missouri valley low moves east, bringing falllike conditions across the region. Temperature data note yesterday’s highs and lows in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Reeves
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