Sheriff Raid Seizes 30-Gallon Still and Whiskey Near Soncy
Sheriff Bill Thompson and deputies raided a residence east of the Soncy schoolhouse on Route 66 at midnight and seized a 30 gallon copper still 300 gallons of mash five gallons of whiskey and related equipment. H B Marlow was arrested on liquor charge and bond set at 2000. Authorities say they spotted Marlow enter the house and took keys from him then halted him with pistol shots as they approached. The whiskey came from Marlow s car which was confiscated and will be held.
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Soncy
Bill Thompson
H. B. Marlow
J. W. Minter
Marlow
Mar Jow
King’s speech marks prorogation of parliament
King George spoke at the close of the British session noting its successes and challenges and reporting that the Labor government will remain in power for the summer. He highlighted foreign relations progress and conveyed concern over unemployment and the lack of an Anglo Egyptian settlement.
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Associated Press
London
King George
MacDonald
United States
Canada
Hague
Europe
Rhineland
South America
State Sees Bids on Submerged Nueces County Land
The General Land Office received bids totaling 16 607 50 for 8 751 acres of submerged land in Nueces county. High bidders included L A Casey San Antonio Empire Gas and Oil Bartlesville Okla H J Porter San Antonio and F V Arnim Corpus Christi among others. Formal award expected next week.
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Associated Press
Austin
Nueces County
General Land Office
L. A. Casey
San Antonio
Empire Gas and Oil Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Corpus Christi
Ey B. Birge Holt
Survey C. F. V. Arnim
D. H. F. Kreis
Corpus Chris
Railroad to discontinue night passenger service
The Texas state railroad commission ordered the International Great Northern to discontinue its night passenger trains Nos. 17 and 18 between Galveston and Fort Worth on August 10. Discontinuance faced opposition from Bryan Brazos and College Station. the railroad cited losses and data on costs and earnings to justify the move.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Rails Commission
Great Northern Railway
Galveston
Fort |Arth
Bryan, Brazos
College Station
Enid
Home Made Burglary Trap Kills Intruder in Henryetta
A home made burglar trap in Henryetta Oklahoma fatally wounded a man believed to be B. Jones after a shotgun exploded when a rear window of a Bryant area general estate was opened. Jones died en route to a hospital. A companion is sought.
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Okla
B. Jones
Jones
Bryant
Here
Former Dallas Man Drowns Near Ledge
The Rev. L. C. Jammin, a former Dallas resident, drowned yesterday near a ledge as friends here were advised. Authorities did not release full details and the body was recovered later that day.
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Dallas
Sey Grewoneny Cress
Aug
Rev. L. C. Jammin
War
Ledge
Referee to ride a mule at big Mule Show Saturday night
The narrator prepares to referee a polo match at the mule show while riding Old Tack the white mule. He humorously describes mulemanship and his nerves ahead of the event as the motor-cycle cops observe a roadside scene. Other items mention health strain, rising diet changes, and a rose booth at the Tri-State fair.
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Tack
Plears
Tri-State
D. N. Redburn
Mr. Redburn
Two Slain in Argument at Road House
Kenosha Wisconsin August 1 two men were killed at a road house after an argument with the owner Louis Derier and his bartender Edward G Dennesty. Two assailants drove an Illinois registered car and fled. Charles Raxder, neighbor road house owner, was struck with a revolver butt during the melee. Two women accompanied the killers and escaped.
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Kenosha
Wis
Louis Derier
Edward G. Dennesty
Illinois
Derier
Charles Raxder
Kentucky's Pure Election Law Heads For First Test
Kentucky's new pure election law, aiming to curb fraud with Australian ballot concepts, faces its first test as voters prepare to nominate senatorial and congressional candidates in Frankfort on August 2. The measure, enacted after a fierce political battle, covers most ballot features and election procedures statewide.
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Ay United
Frankfort
Kentucky
Tennessee Farmers Hit By Drouth
Farmers within a 100 mile radius of Memphis report drouth losses totaling 225 million dollars due to extreme heat and dry weather. L A Niven, statistician for the Progressive Farmer, estimates average crop loss around 40 percent as the drought persists for 75 days, one day shy of a record.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
L. A. Niven
Progressive Farmer, Trade Journal
Niven
Chicago
Jno. F. Clark Brokerage Co
Associated Press
Gcup. Com
Taxi Plunges Off Bridge in New York Park
A taxicab went through a railing on Macomb's Dam bridge and fell forty feet into a park below. The car landed on its wheels and the driver and passenger were only shaken and scratched, with no serious injuries reported.
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Associated Press
New York
Macomb's Dam Bridge
Wrightsman Takes Narrow Lead in Oklahoma Runoff
Tulsa millionaire Wrightsman leads Democrat T P Gore for the senatorial nomination after 248 of 3 338 precincts reported by the Associated Press. The vote stands Wrightsman 70 227 Gore 69 976 as of August 1 in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
C. 1
Wrightsman
Tulsa
T. P. Gore
Associated Press
Gore
Wanted notices and local odds and ends in Plainview
A page fragment lists a Canada tariff dispute, a first woman elected to Canada’s parliament, and several missing pets. It requests tips on Mrs Britain, Mary Enid Wilkinson, a lost Angora male cat with a $1 extra reward, a German police dog missing from Canyon with a $2 bonus, and a community appeal about tree sitters sharing a bounty, with contacts in Plainview Texas.
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Canada
Gray
Mary Enid Wilkinson
Mrs. Britain
Mr. Britain
Plainview
Texas
Canyon
Anthony Smyer
West Tenth Street
Old Tack
Woman Seeks Baby in Texas Abduction Case
A Colorado waitress appeals for help locating her infant allegedly kidnapped by Mr W B Lane and wife from Texline Texas after caring for the child while she worked. Lane, 46, 5'9" tall, 225 pounds, is described with curly dark brown hair and brown eyes. occupation listed as blacksmith.
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Tack
Colorado
Texas
Mra. W. B. Lane
Texline
Mr. Lane
Amarillo Man in Million Dollar Insurance Class
Dallas August report shows at least 302 Texans hold $100000 or more in life insurance. Dallas leads with 78 at $100k+ totaling $19,160,924. Houston 53, San Antonio 24, Fort Worth 23, El Paso 18, Wichita Falls 15. J M West of Houston tops with $1,453,500. Edward A Landreth of Fort Worth second with $1,200,000.
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Dallas
Texas
W. A. Callaway
Callaway
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el Paso
Wichita Falls
J. M. West
Edward A. Landreth
E. 0. Thompson
Amarillo
H. H. Rogers
Clarence E. Ling
Edison Scholars Debate Desert Dilemma and Winners Named
Edison scholarship results list Edison as second in the overall ranking with Burns third, Schatsel fourth, Roop fifth, and honorable mentions including Compton, Wrigley, Peake, Clonk y, and Carter. Charles Edison praised Williams on current events while noting exemplary science answers. The desert rescue problem sparked the sharpest debate among entrants.
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Gordon K. Burns
Maplewood
N. J
DeWolf Schatsel
Findlay
Ohio
Frederick C. Roop
District of Columbia
James H. Compton, Jr
Wichita
Kas
Walter Wrigley
Haverhill
Mass
Royal Peake
Detroit
Charles Clonkey
Lansdowne
Gordon K. Carter
Charlottesville
Charles Edison
Snid Arthur
Jack Stanley Eliminated As Suspect In Hawthorne Death
Fort Worth police virtually dropped Jack Stanley as a murder suspect in the Roy Hawthorne case. Hugh D. Butler is named on a fourth warrant instead of Herbert L. Butt. A. E. Stanley remains jailed on related charges after investigators found blood stains at the residence. A witness saw Hawthorne enter the house where Stanley was arrested.
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Jack Stanley
Herbert
Hub” Stanley
Amarillo
Roy Hawthorne
Fort Worth
California
Hawthorne
Lake Worth
A. E. Stanley
Hub
Jack
Stanley
Herbert L. “Hop Toe" Butt
Hugh
Seymour Police Chief Questioned in Illicit Liquor Raid Killing
Seymour Indiana August 1 Homer Phillips chief of police faced a coroner’s inquest over the fatal shooting of Lee Mullins a 43 year old Tennessean during a raid on an alleged illicit liquor operation southeast of Crothersville Mullins fled with two companions as Phillips and a deputy sheriff pursued Phillips said he warned them to halt then fired into the ground and later used a shotgun at about ninety yards Mullins died no gun was found on him
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Associated Press
Seymour Ind
Homer Phillips
Seymour
Lee Mullins
Crothersville
Ind
Mullis
Phillips
Mullins
Amarillo School Tax Hikes Face Record Enrollment Strain
A long analysis explains Amarillo Independent School District's need for a one dollar tax rate due to rising enrollment and flat property valuations since 1928. It details how nine cents fund operations and six cents service a $550,000 bond issue, with projected receipts and costs for 1,825 new pupils and 62 new teachers alongside increases in fuel, water, and janitorial expenses.
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Waddill
Easien
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School
State Department of Education
Oereecers -Assetesee
Alfalfa Bill at Oklahoma run-off with Buttram
Alfalfa Bill will enter a run-off with Buttram on August 12 after a close election that prompted a second primary to allow printers to finish ballots. He plans to appeal to the common people and expects rural farm voters to back him again in the next election and the November vote.
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Bill
Buttram
Murray
Road Conditions From Amarillo To Nearby Cities
Panhandle Auto Club summarizes roads from Amarillo to Oklahoma City Roswell Tucumcari Higgins Clayton Borger Lubbock and more. U S routes 8 66 366 885 385 and U S 370 60 are listed as good. A Blots returns from Rocky Ford Colorado after a week of business.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U. S
Oklahoma City
Roswell
Tucumcari
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Oilfield
Lubbock
Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
A. Blots
Blotz-Henneman Grain Company
Rocky Ford, Colorado
El Paso Group Defends Tree Sitting Contest Prolonged Endurance
El Paso Chapter number 1, Sons and Daughters of I Will Sit, denounces efforts to end free tree sitting contests. Indignation meeting applauds Boyle Gaither at 392 hours, Cecilia Schwartau at 369 hours, and Nina Lorea at 357 hours. They resolve to support the sitters and push the event until school opens next fall, aiming to set national records.
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EL Paso
Sons and Daughters of
I Will Sit
Boyle Gaither
Cecelia Schwartau
Nina Lorea
Ruunner
Boyle
Cecilia
Nina
United States
Chinese class urged to guard Yangtse valley points
Article notes precautions in the Yangtse valley with emphasis near Hankow as foreigners flee from Kuling's summer resort amid reports of an advancing invading army.
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Yangtse Valley
Hankow
Kuling
United States plans to seek indemnity for Changsha losses
Washington August 1 The state department plans to seek indemnity for extensive American holdings destroyed by invaders in Changsha China Advices report foreign property in Changsha is looted and burned Officials estimate U S holdings worth more than 2 6 million dollars
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United Area
Washington
State Department
Changsha
China
Kansas City and Midwest Livestock Markets Report
Hogs 4 500 head mostly steady top 9.30. sows 6.75 7.75. calves and cattle varied with steers 600 990 lbs at 3.25 10.75. heifers 8.50 10.75. cows 5.00 7.00. vealers 5.00 9.00. East St Louis 7 500 hogs steady to 10c higher. mixed yearlings 5.26 9.26. sheep 1 500 fat lambs strong 8.25 8.50. New Orleans cotton season totals released. Fort Worth and Chicago markets show price ranges for hogs, cattle, and calves with mixed shifts. Cotton futures steady to higher on New York opening.
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Aes City Livestock
Aadociated Press
Kansaserry
Vembera
East ST. Louis
The
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Chicago
Aus
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York
Am Tel & Tel
Associated Dry
ER Ponte
Auburn Auto
Aviation Corp
Baltimore & Oe RR
Best
Burroughs Wadding Men
A.M
Aeeter
Cerro de Pasco
Cresapeake Corp
Chicago & Nwr
Cm&stp RR
Cri&p
Chrysler Corp
Coca Cola Co
Columbia G
Columbia Grapho
Commonwealth & Sou
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Continental Motors
Hester
Coty, Inc
Havisen Chemical
Hudson Co
Las & Wee RR
RGW
Lee
Elee Boat Co
Mie Power & Light Ory
Cotton Lee
New Cerne
Marshall Field & Co
Ota Stout
Gardner Motor Co
General Electric
General Foods
General Mills
General Motore
General Ry
Gillette & Razor
Goolden Co
Gold Dust Corp
Gotham Silk Hove
Graham Paige
Great Western Sugar
Grigsby Gruman
Hahn Dept Stores
Houdaille-Hershey +o
Hudson Motors
Illinois Central RR
Interboro
R Tran
International Cement
International
Linters
Trad
Kolater Radio
Kroger
Lambert Co
Liggett-Myers Loew's, Inc
Loose-Wiles
Lorillard Tob
Louisville G & Ladium Steel
Mack ‘Trucks
Mathieson Air
Mk&t
Missouri Pacific RR
Montgomery Ward
Murray Corp
National Air Tans
National Aviation
National Bellne-Hess
National Biscuit Co
New York Central Rice NY
Nh&h RR
Northern Pacific RR
Oliver Farm
Pathe Exchange Penney (Jc) Co
Pennsylvania RR
Pillsbury Flour
J Pullman
Keith
Remington Rand
Rep
Iron & Reynolds Tobacco
St Joseph Lead Schulte Storea
Sears Roebuck
Simmons Co
Sauber Calif Faison Timken Roller
Union Pacific
United Aircraft
United Cigar Stores
United Corp
United Fruit
United Gas Impros
Ind Alcohol
Vanadium Corp
Warner Bros
Warren Bros Co
Western Maryland
Jesters Pacific RR
Western Union Westernhouse Air Break
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
Tr & Couch
Zest Wiss ARTIST Sees Summer Bloom and Quiet Hope
The text speaks of summer days filled with birds and blue skies, noting beauty as proof of a loving God. Parth’s smiling face is described as now free of care, drifting toward new paths beyond sorrow and memory.
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Parth
Hidden Struggles Behind Artful Summer Beauty
The poem reflects on artists and their toilsome paths of duty, noting that beauty often masks the pains and corrections behind it. It contrasts visible splendor with unseen doubt, grief, and labor that shaped the work. The piece attributes these sentiments to Edgar A. Guest in 1930.
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Artiat
Edgar A. Guest
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