Today by Arthur Brisbane on air travel and industry
Brisbane argues R-100 shows British air power resolve and the fragility of light dirigibles, warning Americans against passive aviation hopes. He contrasts power economics with Ford and Sloan pushing cheaper electricity, and notes Ramsay MacDonald’s Bavarian visit, plus Darwinian questions from Edison’s contest about defining success at death.
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Ramsay
MacDonald
Oberammergau
Germany
Bavaria
England
France
Maxor Drug Store Robbery Totals $720 From Safe
Week end burglaries in Amarillo net nearly $1,000 with the Maxor Drug Company at Sixteenth and Jackson Street suffering the largest loss. The safe lock was punched after knocking off the front door. narcotics were left untouched but several hundred dollars in cash and checks were stolen. Affected checks may be cashed after 7 o clock and customers urged to report amounts to stop payments. Russell Stationery Company offices also reported about $50 in loot including cash postages stamps and fountain pens.
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Amarillo
Maxor Drug Company
Jackson Street
J. S. Orr
Demos Rally for Sterling in Texas Governor race
Democrats from across Texas gathered in Dallas for an all day rally for Ross Sterling, stressing honesty in government over highway bond issues. State Senator Walter Woodward was elected chairman, while cries for Dan Moody surfaced before Sterling and Moody were to be introduced. The rally featured speakers from Dallas Fort Worth and Houston as Sterling faces Miriam Ferguson in a heated campaign.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Ross
Sterling
Miriam A
Ma" Fergusen
Walter Woodward
Coleman
Clint Small Forces
Ferguson
Dan Moody
Woodward
Moody
Mark McGee
Fort Worth
Earle B. Mayfield
John Erhard
Small
J. W. Finether
Houston
Worst Drought Stretches Across Nation With Heat
The worst drought in U S history continues as fires rise pastures burn and streams dry. Heat wave lingers from the Mississippi Valley to the Plains with water shortages and mounting grain fears. Some relief seen in parts of the Pacific Coast and middle northwest. Cotton damage grows across Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Washington
Missippi
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Middle Northwest
Southwest
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Skeptic Loses Bet and Crawls To Producer
Texarkana Aug 4 Gus Kennedy shoe merchant crawled 16 miles from the Lenz Johnson oil well area after betting a producer would fail to yield oil He paid brief homage to bruised hands and knees and planned to finish the trek at sunrise to settle the wager with Pat Crowe the painter and distance from the oil field remains the same
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United Press
Texarkana
Gus Kennedy
Lenz-Johnson
Pat Crowe
Kennedy
Tariff Act debate grows as Swanson calls for revision
In Washington on August 4, Senator Swanson of Virginia urged revising the Smoot Hawley tariff law. He warned that high duties depress American agriculture and threaten world markets. Swanson linked retaliatory tariffs by seventeen nations and Canada’s liberal government collapse to ongoing trade hostilities. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4811.
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Associated Press
Washington
Swanson
Virginia
Virginian
Democratic National Committee
United States
Smoot-Hawley
Canada
Mountain Patriarch Faces Murder Trial in Virginia
In Luray Virginia on August 4 Uncle Jake Cubbage an 80 year old mountain patriarch goes on trial for the murder of his 19 year old grandson Fred Cubbage. Defense pleads self defense as commonwealth seeks the death penalty. Uncle Jake to be his own witness recounts mountain code and clan loyalties amid a divided Blue Ridge community.
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United Press
Luray
Jake” Cubbage
Fred Cubbage
Cubbages
Mountain
Blueridge
Cubbage
Cabbage Hollow
Jake
Commonwealth
S. L. Walton
Fred
Mo Kan Pipe Line Party Touring Gas Field Tour
Fifty five investment representatives bankers and officials of the Missouri Kansas Pipe Line Company tour the world’s greatest gas field. Edgar Stapper of Chicago heads the party for Frank P Parish & Company. They travel in two Pullmans and leave Amarillo tonight for Liberal Kansas after a hotel visit with Mayor Ernest Thompson at the Herring Hotel.
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Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company
United States
Edgar Stapper
Chicago
Frank P. Parish & Company
Amarillo
Liberal
Kansas
Ernest Thompson
Herring Hotel
New Earthquake Shocks Hit Italian Cities
An Aug 4 report from Melfi and Rio Nero notes a fresh quake at 12:10 pm causing panic. Rio Nero hall damaged. Melfi spared. These towns lie near the earlier southern Italy quake zone, where destruction was heavy two weeks prior. Separately, Kentucky primary counts favor Vinson, with Fields and Hamilton trailing. Kendall unopposed in Republican race. J C Yore, famed Indian fighter and prospector, dies at 73 in Carlin Nevada. In Friars Point Mississippi, Raymond Hill dies saving two women from drowning as three others drown in the Mississippi. two missing remain. Penny, U.S. Recruiting Station clerk, also drowns after leaping from a boat.
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Associated Press
Potenza
Italy
Giornale D'Italia
Melfi
Rio Nero
Apenine Hills
Friars Point
Mi Og
Mississippi River
Raymond Hill
Webb
Dorothy McCain
Merigold
Annette Porter
Dublin
Hill
James KE. Penny
United States
Poker Point
Judges Pick Miss America Fianalist at Galveston Fete
In Galveston on August 4 thirty two American beauties from cities like New Orleans and St. Louis paraded before judges to determine the Miss America contender for the International Pageant of Pulchritude. Dorothy Dell Gotf of New Orleans led crowd appeal alongside Miss St. Louis nabbing strong votes. Among foreign entrants were Lilliana Andrescu of Romania and Nadia De Kozarin of Russia as favorites for the title.
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United Press
Galveston
International
Dorothy Dell Gotf
Jap Gunboat Ordered To Hankow In Yangtze Tensions
At Sasebo the 24th and ese destroyer Flotilla were ordered to Hankow due to the rising Yangtze crisis. They are expected to sail tomorrow. Chinese gunboat shells Changsha as bandits loot and burn. casualties reported but not detailed. Nanchang and Changsha officials fear brigand advances prompting defense reinforcements.
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United Prean
Tokio
Andese
Sasebo Naval Base
Hankow
Yangtze River
Changsha City
United Press
Peiping
China
Changaha
Banda
Liang River
Changsha
Kiangsi
Shanghai
Nanchg
Kiamgri
Nanchang
State Patrol Officer Recovers Stolen Ford Coupé
Lee Miller of the state highway patrol reports recovering a hot Ford coupé stolen from H G Hargrove at 124 1 2 West California Street Oklahoma City. Two couples were arrested in the car and initially charged with careless driving on State Highway 33. later the Dyer Act violation charges are pending with Agent Boling from the Department of Justice in Pampa. Miller also previously nabbed four men in a Dearborn Michigan theft, one now serving federal time in Atlanta for Dyer Act violation.
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Lee Miller
H. G. Hargrove
California Street
Oklahoma City
Agent Boling
Department of Justice
Pampa
Miller
Dearborn
Michigan
Federal
Atlanta
Police seize 200 bottles beer in Jackson Street raid
Police raided 214 Jackson Street Sunday night seizing more than 200 bottles of beer. Officers arrested Neva Pardee and transferred her custody to Potter County officials. City chemist Jack Wyatt planned tests on the seized beer Monday.
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Jackson Street
Neva Pardee
Negress
Potter County
Jack Wyatt
Extradition Battle Over Condemned Dog in Atlanta
ATLANTA CITY Aug 4 Court authorities weigh procuring extradition of Jiggers a fox terrier belonging to Mrs Dora Gaulkers to return to New Jersey for execution. Marie Prontowando testified Jigged escaped the Gauliker yard, a deadline to destroy the terrier passed, and police found Jiggers and his owner had fled to New York heading away from possible death sentence.
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United Press
Atlanta City
Dora Gaulkers
New Jersey
Marie Prontowando
Gauliker
Mra
Jiggers
New York
Probe Fatal Train Wreck Funeral for Fireman Tuesday
Chicago dispatch reports Jack Zuta killed for talking about the Alfred Lingle murder. Authorities say a woman arranged the slaying at a Wisconsin lake resort. Zuta, Moran Aello vice head, had feared an attack after speaking to investigators. Capone rumored to expand into north side territory. Also notes a train wreck near Oklaunton injuring and killing, with funeral plans set for A B Vance, Fort Worth & Denver fireman, in Vernon.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Zuta
Anid
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Zuta
Lake Resort
Delafield
Wis
North Side
Moran-Alello
Lingle
Pat Roche
State’s Attorney
George Barker
State
Jackson
Wisconsin
Tie
Laura Nelson
al" Capone
Capone
North Aide
Sally Vision
Albert Bratz
A. B. Vance
Fort Worth
O. BR. Gilbert
North Pierce
Christine
Flora Vance
Vance
Port Worth
Traffic squad tightens up on offenders at city hall
Alleged traffic violators by the score faced the corporation court at city hall Monday morning. Only one of two defendants escaped penalty as out-of-towners pleaded unfamiliarity with Amarillo rules while the judge noted business would soon be brisk.
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Corporation Court
Amarillo
District Court Opens Today at Canyon
District Judge Henry S. Bishop and District Attorney Edw W Thomerson traveled to Canyon to open the summer term of district court. The criminal docket is described as light. They plan to return to Amarillo the last week in August to open September term of district criminal court. Judge W E Gee's civil court will open next Monday. Court reporter Will N Baker leaves today for a one week business and vacation trip through South Texas. Berry's for rug cleaning 905 W 10.
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Henry 5. Bishop
Edw. W. Thomerson
Canyon
Bishop
Amarillo
Will N. Baker
108Th Judicial District
South
Texas
World flier starts Friday world flight from Los Angeles
Ted Lundgren navigator and inventor left Los Angeles today for New York to begin a 16 day round the world flight with Roger Q Williams as co pilot W L Seiler test pilot for Emeco Aircraft Corp at the controls until Williams arrives in the eastern city The ship carried 750 gallons of fuel with about 400 gallons spare and planned stops include Kansas City before continuing to New York arriving late tonight
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Y United Prep
Los Angeles
Calif
Wae
Ted
Lundgren
P.O
New York
Roger Q. Williams
W. L. Seiler
Emeco Aircraft Corporation
Williams
Kansas City
Legge Urges Wheat Used to Feed Stock
Chicago, Aug 4. Legge of the farm board urged using wheat for livestock feed to ease a tight supply and rising prices. He warned drought has reduced hay and corn crops, risking losses for cattle and dairy producers and forcing market price declines if not redirected. He said surplus exports cannot relieve the domestic squeeze.
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Legge
Associated Press
Chicago
Farm Board
WLS
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Carlin
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