High Winds Cause Damage Across Dallas County
A strong wind storm hit Dallas and nearby areas early today with gusts at least 54 mph lasting about three hours. The weather bureau logged seven tenths of an inch of rain by 7 am. A thunderstorm to the southwest preceded a southeast wind shift. Telephones and newspapers faced inquiries. some lines were damaged but city service remained intact. Awnings were torn and plate glass windows shattered in downtown Dallas.
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United Press
Allas
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Henry L. Doherty Announces New Year’s Eve Wedding
Wealthy public utilities figure Henry L. Doherty reveals his marriage to Mrs. Percy Frank Eames, a widow who nursed him through a two year illness. The couple wed New Year’s Eve at Canon Lawrence E. Skey’s Toronto home and were en route on a belated wedding trip to Atlantic City.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry L. Doherty
Percy Frank Eames
Doherty
Henry L. Doherty and Company
Atlantic City
Canon Lawrence E. Skey
St. Anne's Angelican Church
Toronto
Lubbock Woman Chosen President of El Paso Presbytery
Mrs. A. F. Presley of Lubbock was elected president and Mrs. John McCall of El Paso secretary at the El Paso Presbytery final session in Midland. Clovis New Mexico was named as the next meeting site.
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United Press
Midland
Texas
A. F. Presley
Lubbock
el Paso
Fruit Fly Alarm Spreads in Rio Grande Valley
The Morales fruit fly has appeared in the Rio Grande valley prompting citrus growers to eradicate it. M. H. Ford of the USDA said the fly was found in three Mercedes vicinity orchards and six more inspectors would arrive to assist. Orchard owners were ordered to thoroughly clean up to prevent spread.
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Associated Press
Edinburg
Texas
Morales
Rio Grande Valley
M. H. Ford
United States Department of Agriculture
Mercedes
Washington
Fourteen Die As Chile Train Crash Wrecks Cars
In a fatal rail accident near Iquique and Antofagasta fourteen people were killed and twenty injured when a locomotive lost its wheels and the cars it hauled piled into it and overturned. The wreck occurred last night as the train operated between Iquique and Antofagasta.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Iquique
Antofagasta
Simba Showings At Fair Theater April 25 27
Simba the remarkable film of African jungle life will be shown at the Fair theater on April 25 26 and 27. The Johnsons recorded 200000 feet to create an 8000 foot long picture with authentic scenes and sound effects. Proceeds benefit the African hall building fund at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Fair Theater
Martin Johnson
American Museum of Natural History
Carl Akeley
Cleburne Named 20th Meeting City for M E Women
Cleburne was chosen as the 20th annual meeting site of the Central Texas Methodist Conference Women's Missionary Society at the 1929 convention closing. Mrs. B W Lipscomb of Nashville addressed the session and all general officers were reelected.
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Central Texas Methodist Conference Women's Missionary Society
B. W. Lipscomb
Nashville
Tenn
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H. L. Doherty
Rio Grande
EWC
Eeekass
Amarillo, Texas
Parker House
Frieze Bakery
Taylor ST
Cleburne
M.E
Fort Worth
Ciro
Paris
Doux Jasmin
R& Drug
Oly
Amarillo Motel
Chrysler
Mrs. Chitwood
J. N. Riggs
Panhandle Motor Co
Mr. Riggs
Tam
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Ida Chitwood
Taylor Street
Polk Street
Fifth Avenue
Aluminum
E. T. Kelly Oil Company
J. O. Box
Amarillo
Teras
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