Cardinals Clinch National League Title With 6 4 Win
The St. Louis Cardinals clinched their first NL championship since 1888 by defeating the New York Giants 6 to 4 in New York. About 5,000 fans witnessed the decisive victory as Cardinals rally past early resistance from Cincinnati and the Giants.
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Boston
Flint Rhein
McQuillan
Wee Willie Sherdel
Rogers Hornsby
The
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Hornsby
Dr J F Nunn Honored Guest at Wayland Baptist College
Dr J F Nunn returned from Plainview as guest of honor of Wayland Baptist College on its 75th anniversary. A longtime trustee, he celebrated by giving the college 1000 dollars as a birthday gift.
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J. F. Nunn
Plainview
Wayland Baptist College
Nunn
Fifth Day At Tri-State Exposition Delivers Big Night Fireworks
Thousands flock to the Tri-State exposition as racing fans and football supporters enjoy a 10:30 AM auto race sanctioned by the AAA, a Clarendon vs Canyon football game, and vaudeville acts. An evening pyrotechnic show caps the program amid growing attendance records and lively midway and exhibits including Boy Scouts displays and life saving demonstra tions.
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Canyon
Boy Scouts
535 Measures Are Disposed Of With Half Of Term Gone
Austin Sept 24 With half of the thirty day special session of the thirty ninth legislature finished and both houses adjourned until Monday about 535 of 617 introduced measures have been disposed of with little opposition. Most bills create road districts and validate bond issues worth 100000000 tied to the Archer county decision. Governor Ferguson has ten days to sign or veto the measures.
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Associated Tress
Austin
United States Supreme Court
Archer County
Mirriam A. Ferguson
Notice To Fair Visitors Parking Policy Change
Management offers optional car parking inside the grounds with a 50 cent fee or free space just west of the grounds. The notices are signed by C. H. Amacker the manager and J. W. Crudginton president.
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C. H. Amacker
J. W. Crudgington
Organize Probe Body Next Week
The Texas House will form a committee next week to probe the state department led by Speaker Lee Satterwhite. The body will review the highway commission, text book commission, and pardon board with subcommittees planned for each area.
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Associated Press
Austin
House Committee
State Department
Lee Satterwhite
Satterwhite
Dan Moody
Highway Commission
Text Book Commission
Pardon Board
Amarillo
Veatch
Johnson
Teer
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Powell
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Hidalgo
Wallace
Reestone
Bexar
Fly
Gonzales
Tear
Meighen government resignations expected tomorrow
Ottawa reports the conservative government of Premier Meighen preparing to resign after the election defeat. Meighen and colleagues are to tender their resignations before noon tomorrow with a swearing in of Liberal leader W. L. MacKenzie King likely to follow. Gunfire in Miami injures Edgar Milburn and three others as sailors clash with negro workers amid labor conscription orders. Heavy rain in Ottawa Illinois floods rise on the Clark and Fox rivers forcing evacuations and halting lines. A Kentucky barn fire destroys Col EB Goither’s paddled horses worth about 40000 belonging to HL Wick of Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Ont
Meighen
Meighan
W. L. MacKenzie King
West Texas college enrollment reaches 803 second day
Special to The News Canyon Sept 28 803 students registered by end of second day at West Texas State Teachers College excluding 200 training school enrollments. This beats last year by 100 and may reach 1000 total. classes begin Monday and students will miss to attend the Tri-State fair in Amarillo then see the WTvy game versus Clarendon College.
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Canyon
West Texas State Teachers’ College Tonight
Amarillo
W. T. S. Vy. C.clarendon College
Old King Boreas Brings Cold To Amarillo Area
A sharp cold snap sweeps into North Texas as a brisk northern wind drives temperatures down from 101 degrees to 86 by 8 20 pm Friday evening. The forecast predicts cloudy and colder conditions for Saturday as wind gusts from the Rocky Mountains push across the region.
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Rockies
Wichita Falls
Texas
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Oklahoma
Houston Bank Officers Here for Panhandle Meetings
The Federal Land Bank of Houston board will meet in Amarillo on Monday September 25 in conjunction with the Panhandle Secretary and Treasurer association. The visit includes a trip to Sweetwater for a similar meeting and inspection of west Texas oil fields and forests. The bank, Texas focused, notes loans to 48 500 farmers totaling over 120 million dollars with 6 million in capital stock and a strong foreclosure record across the Panhandle and west Texas.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
W. C. Collins
Channing
W. Flescher
Canyon
West Texas
Sweetwater
W. H. Gossett
A. Lindsay
Tyler
John V. van Denmark
3S Johnston
F. BE. Churchill
Jacksonville
Rowen Mills
Sherman
J. W. Neeley
Lewis Rodgers
Presbyterian Church
Houston Bank
Texas
Plane crash kills two after striking naval tower
Two unidentified men died when a visiting aircraft struck a radio tower at Pensacola Naval Air Station and crashed in the commandant’s yard. The burning plane was destroyed in the fire. it was believed to have come from Maxwell Field in Montgomery Alabama.
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Fla
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Texas Bankers Plan to Raise 100 Million for Cotton Loans
Texas bankers propose a 100 million dollar fund to loan 50 dollars per bale at 6 percent to retire seven million bales of Texas cotton or one in five of the 1926-27 crop. The plan, to be raised through clearing house associations in major Texas cities, aims to reduce cotton in the market and include a 25 percent acreage reduction for 1927. Similar action would spread to Oklahoma Arkansas and other southern states to retire up to 3 million more bales.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Clearing House
Fort Worth
Houston
Waco
Galveston
Austin
Dallas Clearing House Association
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Laird Divorce Denied by Amarillo District Court Jury
Mrs. Julia Thorn Laird was refused a divorce from E. L. Laird by a district court jury verdict at 4 p.m. They had lived in Amarillo about four years after the couple resided at Merry-Mere subdivision. Mrs. Laird claimed cruel treatment and infidelity and sought a share of jointly owned property. The trial opened Thursday morning and concluded just before noon yesterday with prominent Amarillo attorneys on both sides.
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E. L. Laird
Merry-Mere
Amarillo
Three Believed Perish In Iron Mine Cave-In
Three men are missing and believed to have perished in a cave-in at an Oliver Iron Mining mine in Ironwood Michigan. Eighty two others are trapped as tons of earth collapsed into a drift on the eighth level, following a cave this afternoon.
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Ironwood
Mid
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Orleanians Beat Dallas Pennant Holders 1–0 In Second Series Game
New Orleans Southern Association pitchers edged Texas League winners 1–0 as Luther Roy hurled a sensational game for the Peli. Hiland’s RBI single in the fourth plated the lone run while Roy fanned six and walked five, holding the Steers to three hits in a tense contest. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
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New Orleans Southern Association
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Peli
Steers
Hiland
Blame Placed In Plane Tragedy At Hempstead
The inquest heard Captain Rene Fonck blame faulty auxiliary landing gears for the Sikorsky bi plane wreck that killed two crewmen Jacob Iaskoff and Charles Clavier during a non stop flight attempt to Paris. An affidavit from Colonel Hartney cited Fonck's alleged lack of rehearsal flights and incompetence, risking Franco American ties.
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N. Y
Rene Fonck
Paris
Fonck
Jacob Isakoff
Charles Clavier
Sikorsky
Edwards
Ex Hartney
The
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France
America
Motions in Leahy Murder Case Overruled
George county Texas September 24 Judge L M Cox overruled Harry J Leahy s bid for a change of venue in the murder case of Dr J A Ramsey of Mathis. Court adjourned to 10 a m Saturday with no defense action announced and no comment on the ruling.
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Associated Press
George
West Texas
Harry J. Leahy
J. A. Ramsey
Mathis
L. M. Cox
6Th District Court
Race favorite injured at West Texas fair
Dick Calhoun of Cleveland Oklahoma, a prime West Texas auto racing favorite, was seriously injured when his Fronty Ford crashed into the inside railing during the final events of the West Texas fair program. Physicians reported a slight brain concussion and possible internal injuries but expected recovery.
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Associated Press
Dick Calhoun
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Ford
Unseasonable cold snaps sweep Northern Plains and Midwest
A broad storm system brings early snow and record low September temperatures to Montana Wyoming North Dakota Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and nearby areas. The frost affects crops and prompts widespread chills across the Great Lakes region.
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Simmer
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Kansas
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Senate to reconsider postponement on highway appointees in third week
Austin dispatch reports Senator Roy J. Hardin charges a low public service standard as the Texas senate delays action on Hal Moseley and John Cage named by Governor Miriam A Ferguson to the highway commission. The row grows as Moody supporters gain ground after the recent senate shift.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Senate
Fortieth
Hal Moseley
John Cage
Highway Commission
Miriam A. Ferguson
Senate
Roy J. Hiardin
Kaufman County
Hardin of Kaufman
Dan Moody
Ferguson
Florida Faces Gigantic Task After Devastating Hurricane
Miami reports that in the wake of the hurricane Florida is beginning to repair cities and aid the injured and displaced. About 200 Moorehaven survivors resist evacuation orders while refugees move to Sebring Jacksonville and other towns. A gun fight in Miami wounds Edgar Milburn and three others as sailors press into labor services.
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Palm Beach
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Key West
Weather Forecast For West Texas And Surrounding Areas
The bulletin notes. Saturday outlook includes Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions in the south. Northwesterly barometer readings rise to around 30.66 inches amid a trough over the northern Rocky Mountains and central states. Temperature details show varied hourly values with a high near 4 and a low near 43.
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