Four Boys Die in River Rescue After Skiff Capsizes
Four boys aged 8 to 18 drowned in the Nonlichaky river near Erwin Tennessee when their home made skiff capsized in the Devil's Looking Glass bend. A 12 year old J K Goforth was saved by farmer William Coffee who braved icy currents. A dredging party planned at daybreak to recover the bodies.
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Associated Press
Erwin
Tenn
Nonlichaky River
Here
Ted Johnson
R. C
Johnson City
George Doyle
Horace Williams
Irwin
J. K. Goforth
William Coffee
Coffee
Amarillo Athletic Club Pep Banquet Tuesday
A pep banquet will be held by the Amarillo Athletic club at 7 30 o clock tomorrow night. The event is free to members with talks by H A Nobles George Lindsay Walter Barlow Ross Rogers W A McIntosh J H Clark and Paul Wright. A round table discussion will also be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Athletic Club
H. A. Nobles
George Lindsay
Walter Barlow
Ross Rogers
W. A. McIntosh
J. H. Clark
Paul Wright
Sandbags Raise River Levee as Flood Presses Ark
Seven hundred men under five government engineers rushed to raise Jackson's Bayou and Georgetown levees with sand bags as White river levels rise. The crest seems unlikely to reach 39 feet. backwaters flood 13 miles from Biscoe to Clarendon. Farmers relocate families and stock. crops damaged, engineers say levees should hold and avert more destruction.
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United Press
Devalls Bluff
Ark
Jackson
Bayou
Georgetown
White River
Biscoe
Clarendon
Madison and
Prairie County
Tack's Ambitious Plan for Amarillo Growth and Reform
The piece outlines a broad program for Amarillo including infrastructure upgrades a new courthouse lower taxes more hotels and apartments and expanded utilities. It calls for a municipal pool golf course an airport and a central bus depot while urging tougher crime laws and cheaper living with lower gas rates and higher oil prices. It also promotes population growth through more lodging and commerce and a scenic route to Palo Duro Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bivins Lake
San Jacinto
Bivins
Palo Dare
Radio confessions and local mischief in Madden addition
A Texas broadcaster laments small audience loss after a debut on the air. He notes bootlegger opposition to Al Smith and describes a Telegram from Albany. The column covers viaduct talk, record telephone traffic, and a car theft in the Madden addition with rewards offered, plus community tulip vandalism and local gossip.
Planning and Blame Dominate a Rainy Season
The speaker laments slow construction and blames external conditions rather than themselves. A neighbor dubbed a contractor despite debts, while a fashion-conscious flapper boasts on hose-tops. Quotes from Hubbard and Balzac frame caution and gendered judgments.
Hereford Column Questions Amarillo Pact On College
In an N O R T H Texas letter a Borger reader chides Amarillo over past failures to fund a boys school and questions its suitability for a Methodist College and related investments. The writer, describing shows in Amarillo, notes theater seat discomfort and criticizes advertising, urging better management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Methodist College
Panhandle
Lowrey and
Phillips
Lowrey-Phillips School
Hereford
Four boys held in Loomis Candy theft case
Four small negro boys were arrested this morning by the police department in connection with the theft of several boxes of candy at the Loomis Candy factory, 410 West Tenth street. Only a small amount of candy was taken. The store was entered by crashing a rear window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis Candy Factory
West Tenth Street
Poison grain to exterminate prairie dogs near May 10
A fresh bath of poisoned grain for prairie dog extermination will be available about May 10. The grain, provided by the Potter County commissioners and mixed with the U S Biological Survey division, can be ordered by mail phone or in person to P C Bennett head of the Agricultural department of the Board of City Development. Good kills are being reported at this time of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County Commissioners Court
U. S. Biological Survey
Predatory Animal Division
P. C. Bennett
Agricultural Department
Board of City Development
Today Last Day To Render School Taxes
Pot ter county taxpayers must render taxes at the school collector's office by today. After May 1 they lose a say in the amount assessed. Nearly 200 renditions remain and those who have not rendered are urged to act, said George M. Waddill, collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
George M. Waddill
Gibbs Seriously Ill at His Home
W E Gibbs manager of the second hand department of Green Bros Furniture company is seriously ill at his home 611 Florida avenue with asthma heart trouble and influenza. Earlier fears of his death gave way to word this morning that he is slightly better.
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W. E. Gibbs
Green Bros., Furniture Company
Florida Avenue
Gibbs
Crossword Puzzle Clue Hints Supplying Speedy Solution
A short crossword note points to three remaining unkeyed letters and two easy eleven letter words to aid solving. Horizontal clues include To assist, To secure, Vaulted roof, Opposite of a weather, Eggs of fishes. fa, Yanst
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Fa, Yanst
Noisy hotel visit inspires varied impressions
A column lists a long chain of clues from yesterday exercise. Each pair frames synonyms or definitions for common words, including terms like owner, sorrow, worker, anger, steeple, young salmon, entrance, nourishment, instigate, kindled, mental image, learning, card term, possessive phrase, reverence, color, tide, headwear, prophet, shelter, committed, grain, ages, principle, diffusion, poetry type, flightless bird, cloth measure, measured, wing seed part, nod, prior, owed, age, venomous serpent, generic pronoun, sea call, mouth part, constellation, damage, cover, silkworm, soak flax, volcanic glass froth, eye bean, and unit.
Poison Death of Oklahoma Doctor Blamed on Mexican Bandits
Durant Oklahoma April 30 United Press reports Dr W A Horton died May 2 1927 from poison given by Mexican bandits after robbing him of 15000. Judge W L Boner said Horton was doped with slow poison in coffee and abandoned 175 miles from Tampien. The doctor was found by a Mexican and handed to the American consul at Aguas Calientes. He died in Durant after relatives were located and Mexican authorities were urged to pursue criminal proceedings.
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United Press
Durant
Ohli
W. A. Horton
W. L. Boner
Mexico
Boner
Aguas Calientes
Doctor Horton
Prizes Offered For Panhandle History Contest At High School
Old Tack of The Globe offers a $15 prize to the high school student who writes the best historical Panhandle article with new angles. Henry Ansley and Carl Simon announced the contest at the senior high history department. Five prizes total from $1 to $5. C. G. Truitt heads the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Tack
The
Globe
Panhandle
History
Henry Ansley
Carl Simon
Globe News
C. G. Truitt
Big Spring Police Chief Testifies in Amarillo Auto Theft Case
E. A. Long, Big Spring chief of police, is in Amarillo as a state witness in the Cecil and May Johns auto theft trial. The car belonging to Frank Williams was reported stolen in Amarillo and the defendants, arrested in Big Spring, are to be tried in the district criminal court today or tomorrow. The pair claim they bought the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Long
Big Spring
Amarillo
Cecil
May Johns
Frank Williams
District Criminal Court
Children’s Home to Be Carnival Guests This Week
The Presbyterian Children's Home will visit the Dixieland minstrel show at the local carnival, touring the grounds and rides Wednesday evening with Eddie Bruer guiding them. A new vaudeville team joins the Dixieland minstrel lineup as the event runs through the week under American Legion and Elk’s Club auspices.
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Presbyterian Children’s Home
J. George Loos
American Legion
the Elk's Club
Eddie Bruer
Louis Heminway
Loos
Dixieland Minstrel Show
Turkish Prince Quits American
Princess Suad Chakir reveals that Prince Suad Chakir divorced her after she stayed in San Francisco to care for her ill mother. He had ordered her to sail and rejoin him, but she remained with family and plans to move to Paris in June for her daughter Geraldine Ann Spreckels education.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Suad Chakir
Sidi Wirt Spreckels
Turkey
Seattle
Paris
Geraldine Ann Spreckels
Oil Refinery Fire Threatens Town
Fire in the Marland Refining company offices at Marysville Kansas spread briefly toward the town’s west section as a strong north wind fanned flames. Firefighters prevented ignition of four nearby tanks holding 10,000 gallons each. The blaze started when a gasoline engine backfired igniting lubricating oil. No injuries were reported.
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United Press
Marysville
Kans
Marland Refining Company
Southwestern U To Broadcast Tuesday
An Austin announcement says Southwestern University will broadcast a program at 8 50 o clock tomorrow night over KUT Austin radio. The program is part of the May Day segment of the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern University
Amarillo
Austin
Southwestern
KUT of Austin
Huckins Hotel Head Visits Col Thompson in Amarillo
Prominent visitors in Amarillo over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Joseph Huckins Jr and daughter Miss Gloria Huckins of Oklahoma City. Mr Huckins heads Huckins hotels and stayed at the Herring hotel with Col Ernest C Thompson as host. Hume Graves deputy constable left at 6 this morning by auto to Carlsbad New Mexico to return Elizabeth Murray, sought on a warrant for removing mortgaged property in county court.
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Mayor Bivins
W. H. Fuqua
Jeff. Bartlett
Colonel Thompson
T. Chisum
Amarillo
Joseph Huckins, Jr
Gloria Huckins
Oklahoma City
Huckins
Huckins Hotels
Colonel Ernest QC. Thompson
Herring Hotel
Hume Graves
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Elizabeth Murray
Obregon Sees Prosperity and Peace in Mexico
Gen. Alvaro Obregon as campaigner for the presidency tells Palizada Campeche that peace and prosperity will come only by defeating reactionaries who seek to return Mexicans to slavery. He accuses Catholics of fomenting revolution and insists true peace requires abandoning past privileges and upholding liberty won by blood.
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Associated Press
Palizada
Campeche
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
New Mexico Towns Join Regional West Texas Chamber
West Texas chamber of commerce gains traction in New Mexico as towns like Fort Sumner Elida and Portales renew or secure memberships. Albuquerque chamber invites Mr Bennett to visit for a group of members while Bennett oversees operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
B. F. Bennett
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Bennett
Fort Sumner
Elida
Portales
Fire destroys block in Marshall Oklahoma
A Sunday blaze in Marshall Oklahoma caused about 25000 dollars in damage to a block of frame buildings after starting in a pool hall. Several firefighters suffered minor burns while battling the blaze.
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Marshall
Okla
Complete Plans for New Saunders Store
C S Dillard manager of the Saunders stores in Armerrillo has returned from Dallas where final arrangements were made for the opening of the new Saunders store to be located at 510 West Sixteenth street. The building is owned by Clarence Saunders and is the first definite step toward the opening of Sole Owners stores. Saunders stores are now located at 910 Polk street and 706 West Fifth street.
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C. S. Dillard
Saunders
Armerillo
Dallas
West Sixteenth Street
Clarence Saunders
Polk Street
West Fifth Street
Beauty Specialist At Fox Drug Store For Three Days
Jeanne Mile authorized representative of Madame Helena Rubenstein will advise on all beauty care aspects for three days starting today at Fox Drug Company Seventh and Polk. She arrives from Maison de Beaute Valaze in New York City carrying the latest scientific methods used there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Jeanne
Helena Rubenstein
Fox Drug Company
Seventh and Polk
Madame Rubenstein
Maison de Beaute Valaze
New York City
Castro Man Sentenced to One Year for Aggravated Assault
A. A. Tinker, convicted in Dimmitt Castro county on aggravated assault, was brought to Amarillo by Sheriff Maples and jailed in Potter county to serve his year. The sheriff returned to Dimmitt after handing over the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Tinker
Dimmitt
Castro County
Amarillo
Maples
Potter County
Newton P Ferris Dies in Amarillo At 57
Newton P. Ferris aged 57 died at his family home 200 North Tyler Amarillo at 10 a m Sunday after several days illness He is survived by his widow ten children all of Amarillo except one daughter Mrs W A Browning of Houston Texas The body is in the care of N S Griggs and Sons awaiting relatives Funeral and burial will be here Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton P. Ferris
North
Tyler Street
Amarillo
W. A. Browning
Houston
Texas
N. S. Griggs
Globe News corrects lumber delivery charge error
The Globe News states a misprint in Brazelton Lumber Co advertisement claimed free delivery. The paper corrects that delivery is charged, as with other Amarillo lumber dealers, and notes the error originated with an advertising solicitor not management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Globe News
Brazelton Lumber Company
Amarillo
Khan and Queen Arrive with Imperial Suite in Warsaw
Amanullah Khan travels to Warsaw with his queen and imperial suite arriving Sunday to meet Polish President and Mme Moecicki. The visit marks a diplomatic moment as Afghan ruler and entourage engage with Polish officials in the capital.
Foolish father love and the fear of trust
A reflective poem on a protective father who keeps his son close, denying freedom and risking the boy’s growth. The speaker questions whether a boy can mature without a father's trust, highlighting pride, worry, and unjust restrictions.
Market Reports From Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City and Chicago markets show hog receipts around 10 000 and 50 000 head respectively with prices mostly steady to lower. Cattle and sheep receipts noted with varied bids, lighter yearlings and better grades mixed, and several major stocks advancing in New York markets amid mixed oil and chemical sector movement.
Cattle and Sheep Receipts Describe Market Movement
At Fame East St. Lou on April 80 Hoge-Re ceipts total 16 600 with prices up about 10 cents. Cattle receipts 4 000 head including steers vealers and cows with mixed gains and slow demand. Sheep receipts 1 000 head show virtually no market activity with limited sales and firm to higher clip lambs and fat clipped ewes around 8.50 to 10.50.
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Toy
Kansas City
Arizo
Chicago
Echoice
California
Fame East ST. Lou
Cotton Market Opens Steady Then Rallies From Early Decline
In New York on April 0, the cotton market opened steady with a drop of 15 to 21 points. May fell to 21.07 and October to 20.65 amid liquidation and a late morning recovery as weather reports suggested showers in Arkansas and Louisiana. By midmorning May rose to 21.85 and October to 21.91 with activity easing and some price pullback afterward.
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New York
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Early Lows
The New Orleans cotton market opened easy due to weak Liverpool cables and poor weather expectations. Initial declines of 16 to 21 points boosted, with July at 20.55, October 20.28, December 20.29. Prices later firmed as weather forecasts and acreage estimates suggested limited planting, with July to 20.95, October 20.68, December 20.11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
Eact
Apr APAC net price report from Liverpool and poultry rates
Liverpool cotton prices move lower with American grades trading around 11.5 to 11.87 a lot and 7,000 bales sold while American receipts total 3,000. Futures close steady with July and October quotes near 10.88 and 10.85 respectively. Poultry prices in Chicago steady with fowls at 27 to 25 cents, broilers at 28 to 40 cents, turkeys around 20 cents, ducks 20 cents and geese 16 cents.
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Liverpool
The
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Market Notes on Butter and Potatoes
Chicago reports butter prices by grade with extras and firsts ranging from 42 to 48 cents, including various standards and packing figures. Potatoes show old stock firm with Wisconsin and Minnesota prices around 1.85 to 2.10 per cwt, and new stock slower with Texas Bliss Triumphs and Florida Spalding Rose quoted at 4.00 to 7.50 per cwt.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Texas
Bliss
Florida
Spalding Rose
Market Opens With Strong Gains In Early Trading
New York April 30 buying orders flood the stock market at the open. Initial gains climb as high as 25 points as large blocks of oils change hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
iIn
Brymer Car Wrecked in Palisades Accident
Wade Brymer and his wife found their large touring car wrecked Sunday afternoon after a gust of wind sent it down a hill at the Palisades into the creek bed below the dam. The car landed on its back, its top and body severely damaged, with no one inside.
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Wade Brymer
Palisades
Mrs. Brymer
Pioneer Editor in Oklahoma Dies
Poteau Oklahoma April 80 R 8 Bridgman pioneer merchant and newspaper publisher died suddenly Saturday night buried here Sunday afternoon He was 78 years old and owner and editor of the Wister Monitor He bought the first type setting machine to this town
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United Press
Poteau
Okla
Bridgman
Wister Monitor
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Athletic Club
Tack
Underwood
al. Smith
Smith
Albany
Colonels
Rooneys
Crawfords
Buchanan Street
J. R. Crawford
Martin
Miss Dial
W. R. Lioyd
Jackson Street
Lloyd
Madden
S. H. Madden
Neal Hall
Wales Madden
E. Alogious
Percy Alonzo Tack
We Who
Aloylous
Albert Hubbard
Balzac
Borger
Mission
O.W
Sled Allen
Ball Park
Rk. E. P
Wayside Hotel
Samuel
Ase
American
Southwestern U
Marshall, Okla
Fox Drug Store
Castro
Edgar A. Guest
Hoe
Edgar A. Gwest
Chicago Livestock
Standard of New Jersey
Standard Oil of
Delaware & Hudson
Tobacco Products
Low's
Greene Canannea Copper
General Electric
St. Louis Southwestern
Fm Progress
Ccrédit
Nsw
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Standard Oil
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New Jersey
Pan-Americans
Coty
Brooklyn Edison
Otis Elevator
Westinghouse Electric
Woolworth
American Tobacco B. A. M. Byers
American Steel Foundries
Calumet & Arizona
Wright Aeronautical
American & Foreign Power
James E. Bennett & Co
Allis Chalmers
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Can
American Locomotive
American Smelting & Ref
American Steele & Foundry
American Tele
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka & Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Act
California Petroleum
Cerro de Pasco Copper
Chicago & Alton
Center Colorado Fuel & Tron
Seees Colorado & Southern
Crucible Steel
Dodge Motors, A
Dupont de Nemours
Fish Rubber
Fleischmann Yeast Freeport-Texas
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General Motors
Houston Oil
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Hupp Motors
Illinois Central
Independent Oil & Gas
Inspiration Copper
International Harvest International Nickel
International Paper
Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper
Louisiana Oil & Refining
Marland Oil
Oes Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Missouri Pacific Montgomery, Ward & Co
Trans
Radio Corp. of America
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Qi
Sinclair Cons. Oil
Stewart-Warner
Tim
Beast ST. Lou
Cotton - Weisted de
James FE. Bennett & Co
NEW York sTock Letter
Brymer
Oklahoma
Knabe
Metropolitan Opera Company
Chickering
Gerts
Wurlitzer
Victor Records
Victrolas
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