Amarillo Welcome New Stone Plant With 45 Jobs
Amarillo Crushed Stone Products announces a new plant 20 miles north of the city on the Denver line to crush stone for builders. A. N. Spencer with Lewis Spencer S. W. Hess and Tom W. Stalnaker will staff the operation, creating 45 to 50 regular jobs. The facility will ship to Amarillo and other cities and plans call for expansion as demand grows.
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Amarillo Crushed Stone Products Company
Amarillo
W. A. Barlow
Board of City Development
Macchinery
Denver
Tascosa
A. N. Spencer
Lewis Spencer
S. W. Hess
Tom W. Stalnaker
Nunn Building
Chico
Texas
Oklahoma
The
Barlow
Opinion Notes on Flood Costs and National Topics
The column surveys flood damage as a result of underfunded prevention and calls for a comprehensive plan. It critiques political spending on flood control, previews Normandy celebrations, and discusses Mexican rebel actions. It also covers church leader changes, oil production trends, and remarks on theater decency and patriotic song debates.
Weather Forecast Clear and Cooler Tonight into Friday
The forecast calls for fair pleasant weather tonight and Friday with cooler conditions. Historical notes show temperatures from a year ago reached 64 and 46 degrees. Hourly readings today start at 59 degrees at 7 a.m. and peak around 88 near noon before a low 86 at 1 p.m.
Ed Howe to be honored at editorial dinner in New York
Edgar Watson Howe of Atchison Kansas known as Americas greatest country editor will be guest of honor at a New York dinner marking his sixty years in journalism. About 140 writers editors and publishers will attend with Irvin Cobb Ray Long Ring Lardner and Grantland Rice among the guests. Gene Howe son of Ed Howe travels to New York for the banquet while Mr and Mrs Howe and Mrs Toney Chisum are personal guests of Roy Howard of the Scripps Howard chain.
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The
Star Co
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Mississippi
United Press
New York
Edgar Watson
Howe
Atchison, Kansas
Irvin S. Cobb
Ray Long
Bruce Barton
Robert H. Davis
John Golden
Percy Hammond
Roy W. Howard
Rupert Hughes
Gene Howe
Globe and News
Ed Howe
Toney Chisum
Roy Howard
Scripps-Howard
Amarillo Faces Possible Loss of Methodist College
Amarillo may lose the Methodist college as the city lags in raising a 300000 dollar fund needed by tomorrow morning. L B Newby says the campaign could shift the college to Wichita Falls or elsewhere unless local investors purchase University Park lots to meet the goal. College headquarters can be reached at 555.
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Amarillo
Wichita Falls
L. B. Newby
Methodist College Commission
University Park
Texas
Methodist Church
South
Prohibition Force Shakeup Reported in Washington
Assistant Secretary Andrews considers a field forces shakeup in the prohibition bureau after investigators scrutinize regional administrators including Mills Herbert and Mc Reynolds. New probes address arrests methods and border inspection plans aim for Alaska and Pacific coast travel.
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Joseph 5. Wasney
United Press Staff
Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Chester P. Mills
New York
J. F. J. Herbert
Maryland
District of Columbia
Frank McReynolds
California
Arizona
Mills
Andrews
Alf Oftedal
Pacific
McReynolds-Schwabe
Dry
Baltimore
Herbert
M. O. Dunning
South
Dunning
Savannah
Alaska
Bank Clerk Held an Embezzlement Charge
Ellis C. Walter a Keystone National bank clerk in New York was held on embezzlement charges for about 100000 dollars. He faces 15000 bail after arrest following a bank shortage report. Bank president A S Beymer said the bank is protected by bond. Investigators say Walter speculated in the stock market.
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Associated Press
New York
Ellis C. Walter
Keystone National Bank
A. S. Beymer
Bond
Walter
Amarillo Trade Trip Faces Cash Shortfall as Firms Balk
An Amarillo committee reports 113 firms signed up for a trade trip but only 78 have sent checks or handed them to chairman George Maggard. Dozens changed their minds after pledges, leaving the organizers to press for funds while urging local citizens to fulfill their duty and support the venture.
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George Maggard
Amarillo
Mt. Hill
Board of City Development
Bishop Gerken Installed Here in Amarillo Diocese
Bishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken was installed as head of the Amarillo diocese at Sacred Heart cathedral with an official ceremony. About 1,000 attended as installing officials from Iowa and Chicago presided. a high mass followed and a banquet at the Herring hotel Crystal room.
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Rudolph Aloysius Gerken
Amarillo
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Ninth
Taylor Streets
Herring Hotel
Crystal Room
Gerken
Dallas
Joseph P. Lynch
Byrne and
Kelly
Mang
W. G. Dubuque
Iowa
O'Brien
Chicago
Man in Gary killing tied to estranged wife and parents
Walter Scholl appeared in Crown Point court and pleaded not guilty to murdering his two young children, a 10 year old girl and a 6 year old boy found dead in a Gary house. He confessed to chloroforming and strangling them, saying he planned suicide but lost his nerve. He is the son of a Cleveland Ohio minister.
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United Press
Crown Point
Ind
Walter Scholl
Scholl
Gary
Indiana
Cleveland, Ohio
Woman Leaps to Death From Hospital Window
New York April 28 Mrs C L Jones 36 wife of a Southwestern University professor at Winfield Kansas killed herself by jumping from an upper floor window in a sanitarium after a period of illness. She was the mother of two children.
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Associated Arena
New York
C. L. Jones
Southwestern University
Winfield
Kansas
Southern leaders push to end unit rule in 1924 nominating fight
A United Press survey of fourteen Southern states shows Coolidge may win 257 delegates in the region, enough for the nomination, while Gov. Al Smith lacks guaranteed support there. Most delegations favor favorites or remain unpledged, with eight states likely to send favorite sons and others possibly uncowed by early ballots. Arkansas Florida Kentucky lead a perilous Democratic scene as convention decisions hinge on regional loyalties.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
South
Old
New South
Coolidge
al Smith
New York
Smith
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
Youth Lays Life On The Line In Roanoke Hospital
In Roanoke Virginia Walter L Booth a 14 year old farm boy continues to breathe with help after his lungs collapsed during an operation. Friends raise and lower his paralyzed arms through a long vigil as comfort and small joys like ice cream and cigarettes sustain him amid doctors warnings.
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United Press
Roanoke
Walter L. Booth
Flood rushes through city as couple ties wedding knot
In Greenville on April 28 George Crittenden wed Miss Hebe Smythe as floodwaters surged through the town. The ceremony occurred in a rectory whose floor was only inches above the rising current, uniting two prominent Mixsinsippi delta families.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Cupid
George Crittenden
Hebe Smythe
Mixsinsippi Delta
Snyder Murder Trial Near Break as Defense Opens Cases
State rests in the Snyder murder trial in New York at 12 26 p m with adjournment to permit defense motions Edgar W Hazelton says Mrs Snyder will testify in her own defense tomorrow Syracuse real estate man Haddon Gray testifies on alibi for Henry Judd Gray claiming he would stay in Gray's Syracuse room to create the impression he was in Albany with Mumsie while Snyder’s wife is involved in the scheme.
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Clubuyn Nichols
Aimee McPherson
Los Angles
Associated Press
New York
Atate
Snyder
Edgar VV. Hazelton
Defense Counsel
Haddon Gray
Syracuse
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Newcombe
Gray
Albany
Mra, Snyder
Six Chinese Strikers Killed in Troop Clash
Six Chinese strikers died and twenty seven were wounded in a clash near the Kiangwan race course with Nationalist soldiers. The fight occurred yesterday, and the report was released today. The article also notes the Coffee Shop at the Amarillo hotel is famed for food.
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United Press
Shanghat
Kiangwan
Amarillo Hotel
Trappers Refuse to Leave Swamp Levee Fight at New Orleans
Armed trappers and farmers in St Bernard parish vow to defend levees despite dynamite orders to breach the dike nine miles from New Orleans. The National Guard stands ready to enforce Governor Simpson's order as evacuees move family, livestock, and belongings away from the swollen Mississippi.
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Alfred P. Beck
United Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi River
St. Bernard Parish
Gulf
National Guard of
H. C. Simpson
Hoover Heads to New Orleans After Flood Toll Rise
Associated Press report from Memphis dated April 28 notes 300 known dead in the Mississippi flood zone and 200,000 homeless with property damage over 200 million. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, relief dictator, arrived in New Orleans to supervise efforts and plans to return to the flood area soon. Conditions remain critical.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
New Orleans
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Levee Blow Planned After Valley Guard Orders
New Orleans safety concerns rise as men return to the threatened region. Rural residents slip through guards despite an entry permit rule. The levee cut was authorized by Governor Simpson after engineers and General Jadwin approved it. Planned dike explosion set for Friday.
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New Orleans
Simpson
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Welker Cochran Arrives for Amarillo Exhibition Matches
World billiards champion Welker Cochran visits Amarillo with his father D C Cochran and Weller Clark for exhibitions at the Oil and Business Men's club in the Amarillo building. The 30 year old prodigy, who began at 12, appears eager for the event in the afternoon and the 8 PM show.
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Ran
Weller Clark
Clark
Cochran
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E. P. Hubbard
Blackburn
Panhandse
Chas M. Hall Welker Cochran
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