Ford and Lions and a World of Money Misreads
The article discusses Harry Ford’s view that mental work outlasts age 65 while warning against overexertion. It recounts Henry Ford’s 400 mile drive in one day, three Boy Scouts hunting lions in Africa, and speculative notes on ancient coins and money’s power through compound interest. It also covers British miners’ retraining plans, Obregon’s assassination, andLoewenstein’s death mystery, ending with Bangalore students.
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Henry Ford
Binghamton
N. Y
Dearborn
Detroit
Ford Company
Ford
Africa
Martin Johnston
Hoover Returns to San Francisco to Finalize Acceptance Speech
Herbert Hoover plans a rapid return from Oregon to his San Francisco home to complete the final draft of his acceptance speech. Governor Smith meets with Farm Belt chair George N. Peek, then plans a weekend yacht cruise with William N. Todd and a discussion with Governor Byrd of Virginia. Senator Pat Harrison urges Democratic unity in Mississippi Lake area. Norman Thomas begins a twenty day tour starting Pallmont Virginia. The Republican National Committee votes to raise the campaign budget to four million dollars targeting the black vote.
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Herbert Hoover
San Francisco
Oregon
Smith
George N. Peek
Farm Belt Committee
William N. Todd
Byrd
Virginia
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Patron’s Union
Lake
Mivelasippi
Norman Thomas
Pallmont
Republican National Committee
Smith Confers With Farm Leader On Aid Plan
Governor Smith meets with Illinois farm leader George N. Peek to discuss the farm surplus issue. He reiterates support for the Democratic platform and says he will seek input from farm leaders and economists, including Republicans like Frank Lowden, to develop details. He will address the topic further in his acceptance speech.
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Associated Press
New York
George N. Peek
Illinois
Smith
Pers Bing
Frank O. Lowden
Biltmore
Peek
Coolidge
Lowden
Plan for Denver El Paso Air Line Evident to Start
United Press reports Southwestern Airways plans a passenger and freight air route between Denver and El Paso Texas. New Mexico Company officials are in Denver reviewing city airports as plans move forward. Brockbury Boxwell Ambulance and Griggs Ambulance provide contact numbers 5211 and 4511.
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United Press
Denver
Cole
el Paso
Texas
Southwestern Airways Company
New Mexico
New Arctic Airmail Route Aims NY to Peking in Four Days
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson outlines a flight path from New York to Peking by way of Cochrane Hudson Bay Fort Rae Great Slave Lake Fort Yukon Nome Anadyr Okhotsk and Vladivostok with a trial trip expected soon. He notes the route has never been traveled and predicts rapid growth in transcontinental air service.
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New York
Peking
Stefansson
Orient
Cochrane
Ont
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Rae
Great Slave Lake
Norma
Mackenzie River
Yukon
Alaska
Nome
Anadyr
Okhotsk
Siberia
Vladivostok
Moore County Oil Well Leads Area Output Breakthrough
Moore county reports the Byrd-Armstrong No. 3 on the J. W. Proctor survey produced 504 barrels in 17 hours, with 2,185 feet depth and 38.2 degree gravity oil, marking the largest well yet in the county and signaling a widening northeastern strip toward Hutchinson field.
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Moore County
Skelly O71
Byrd-Armstrong
Senator Vare Stricken With Paralytic Stroke at Atlantic City
Senator elect William S. Vare suffered a paralytic stroke at his Atlantic City summer home. He lost use of his left arm and leg and spoke briefly only after doctors arrived. His condition was listed as serious with specialists in attendance. He is 60, matching the ages of his brothers who also died.
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Ly Associated Press
Philadelphia
William S. Vare
Atlantic City
Ellwood R. Kirby
Vare
Mail Robbers Found Guilty in Evergreen Park Heist
United Press reports Charles Limpy Cleaver convicted on seven counts in the Evergreen Park mail robbery of February 7. Charles Wharton, former assistant state's attorney, convicted on one indictment. Eight men participated. three confessed and named the others. Loot valued at about $133,000 with roughly $50,000 still missing after the robbery lasting about twelve minutes.
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United Press Chicape
Charles “Limpy
Cleaver
Evergreen Park
Charles Wharton
Frank Meccia
William Donovan
Larry O'Brien
Wharton
Engineers Inspect City Sewage Disposal Plant Progress
Wynkoop Kiersted and his son from Kansas City are in the city to inspect the Amarillo sewage disposal plant. City engineer H. B. Jones says the plant is rapidly progressing and expected to operate around October 15.
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Wynkoop Kiersted
Wynkoop Kiersted, Jr
Kansas City
Amarillo
H. B. Jones
Broadway Undercover Agents Duped by Prohibition Scammers
Affidavits filed in Federal Court reveal undercover prohibition agents snared by Broadway hostesses and club owners. The agents posed as big businessmen from Dallas and persuaded venues to sell them liquor for money, with Helen Morgan and Texas Guinan named in the proceedings as figures in the scheme.
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New York
Helen Morgan
Texas Guinan
Tom
Companionate Couple Back Home Broke After Publicity
Josephine Haldeman-Julius and Aubrey Roselle return to Girard Kansas after their companionate marriage vows lead to publicity and stage contracts. Both work locally while maintaining the principle of paying own bills.
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United Press
Girard
Kan
Josephine Haldeman-Julius
Aubrey Roselle
Josephine
Aubrey
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kaw
Kansas City
West Coast
Airport Issue Up Tonight as City Sets Election Date
Proceedings from the bench and city attorneys indicate the municipal airport election will be scheduled at a special city commission meeting tonight. The $100,000 election date could be set within three weeks of publication notices, as required. The city has already paid $28,000 on a 480 acre site on the East Panhandle highway for the project.
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East Panhandle Highway
Amarillo dairy man J. L. Summers found dead at home
J L Summers of 301 Lancet Amarillo was found dead in bed this afternoon about 2 oclock after returning home from town ill for weeks. Summers was a pioneer dairy operator and real estate developer and owned the Amarillo Country club.
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J. L. Summers
Amarillo Country Club
Summers
Mr. Summers
Miss Spain in New Orleans Held for Deportation
Senorita Agueda Adorna known as Miss Spain at Galveston Bathing Beauty Revue and her chaperone Senora Alma Alba were detained by New Orleans immigration authorities for possible deportation. They were taken from a local hotel last night on charges of overstaying their visas or time in the United States.
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United Prew
New Orleans
Senorita Agueda Adorna
Galveston
Bathing Beaty Revue
Senora ‘Alma Alba
GOP Plans Large Fund to Win Negro Votes
Washington August 2 United Press reports the Republican drive to elect Hoover includes a sizable cross section of the four million dollar fund. A division for colored voters was formed with John R Hawkins as chairman of the executive committee to direct negro activity. The plan emphasizes business professional and religious leaders in a broad campaign likely targeting New York middlewest and border states.
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United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
National Committee
New York
Middlewest
John R. Hawkins
Hoover
Kansas City
Hawkins
Forty and Six to Entertain Legionnaires Night
Members of the Forty and Six and the American Legion gathered at the Legion home with Commander Fred Woodard reporting strong turnout. Plans for the year were set and the group unanimously voted to entertain on the third Tuesday in August with a watermelon party and street dance featuring a selected orchestra for Legionnaires and their families.
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American Legion
Legion
Fred Woodard
Legion Auxiliary
Rescue Efforts For Downed Flying Boat Underway
Five Atlantic liners converge in mid Atlantic to rescue Captain Frank T Courtney and four others after his seaplane went down between the Azores and Ireland. President Hayes Minnewaska Celtic Cedric and Columbus speed toward the scene as weather and radio conditions complicate contact.
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United Press
S. Thuringia
Hayes
Frank T. Courtney
Atlantic
S&s. O
Courtney
Intionte
New York
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Ireland
Minnewaska
White Star Lines
Celtic
Cedric
Columbus
Horta
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Gas Pipeline Contract From Texas to Enid Oklahoma
Associated Press reports Consolidated Gas Utilities Co. awarded a 4.5 million dollar contract to Williams Brothers Inc. to build a 165 mile natural gas pipeline from the Amarillo field in Texas to Enid Oklahoma. Ten Oklahoma towns will gain distribution systems with completion aimed for November. Gas will extend toward Wichita and northern points.
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Associated Press
New York
Consolidated Gas Utilities Company
Williams Brothers, Inc
Amarillo Field
Texas
Enid
Oklahoma
Texas Field
Wichita
Kansas
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Harry Ford
Britain
Canada
Jose de Leon Toral
Obregon
Mexico City
Conception Acevedo de la Lata
Tora
Alfred Loewenstein
Sherlock Holmes
Loewenstein
Bangalore
India
G. N. Peek
Denver-El Paso
Brockbure - Boxwell
Griggs Ambulance
China
Arctic
Vilbjalmur
Nihilists
Skelly
Mussolini
Callies
Tara
Aureliano Toral
Jose
Senator Vare
Maynard Lor. Co
Std
Dellas
Dales
J. L Summers
Spain
G.O.P
Malchin
S. S. Thuringia
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