Brisbanes Today Looks at Russia Railroads and Retail Giants
Arthur Brisbane surveys postwar policy options on recognizing Russia and settling Kerensky debts, notes Wall Street interest, and predicts a shift to big business in retailing with Standard Oil tires and low prices. He also cites Goddard rocket plans, gas, pollution, and air science as future knowledge, while reporting a Chicago gangster slaying and a Columbia study on Edison rates for big users versus small customers.
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Standard Oil
New Jersey
America
General Mogers
Ford
Drought Fueled West Forest Fires Across States
Associated Press reports a widespread drought sparking dozens of forest fires from Idaho to Massachusetts. Fires in Idaho’s Clearwater and Selway National Forests remained out of control in one area, while New York, Maryland, Plymouth Massachusetts, and Montana faced fresh outbreaks. In Camp Upton Long Island 500 acres burned. Alleghany County Maryland endured a 20 mile front with $100,000 in timber damage. crews battled multiple blazes amid heat and drought across Cape Cod and Lolo areas with storms fuelling new outbreaks.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Far West
Clearwater
Selway National
Idaho
Clearwater Forest
Elbany
N. Y
State Conservation Department
Camp Upton
Long Island
Central
Baltimore
Alleghany County
Maryland
Merece Breen
Plymouth
Mass
Cape Cod
Here
Missoula
Mont
Lolo Forest
Payne in Jail After Murder Charge Sparks Threats
A. D. Payne, charged with killing his wife, was moved to Hutchinson County jail at Stinnett to avert mob violence. Verola Thompson, former secretary, provided a dramatic confession about Payne’s actions and plans to die by his own hand. Ample precautions and a large police presence were reported as authorities readied for Payne’s arraignment and trial.
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A. D. Payne
Hutchinson County
Stinnett
Pampa
Globe
Potter County
Ficers
Payne
C. O. Moore
Payne Blurtain
Amarillo
Edw. W. Thomerson
Bill Thompson
W. R. McDowell l
M. M. Scott
Thompson
Sher
Iff Moore
Panhandra
Texas
Sherif Moore
Hutchington County
Johnny Holmes
Moore
Edw. W. Thomperson
Mra. Thompson
Drouth Pushes Kansas City Grain Prices Higher
Grain prices on the Kansas City market surged due to extended drouth raising wheat and corn futures over 10 cents for the week. September wheat rose to 88 1 2 cents, December to 93 cents, with corn up about 4 to 5 1 2 cents as September corn hit 94 1 2 and December corn 91.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Hawks Nearing West Coast Leg of Transcontinental Flight
United airman Captain Frank Hawks landed in Wichita at 11 23 am completing a two hour two minute leg from St Louis. His cruising speed averaged about 180 miles an hour en route from New York and he expected better times to Los Angeles. Tail winds were predicted for the remaining journey and Hawks aimed to complete the westward flight in about 16 hours.
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United Event
Wichita
Kans
Frank Hawks
St. Louis
New York
Los Angeles
R-100 May Leave for England Next Week
The dirigible R-100 may start back to England next week, Major G. H. Scott told newspapermen during a civic reception in Toronto. In Fort com, Kansas, Mona Kastl, 26, died from burns after a kerosene explosion when a spill on a hot stove ignited her clothing.
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England
United Press
Toronto
Ont
G. H. Scott
Associated Press
Fort Com
Kans
Mona Kastl
Canyon Pike Tie Up Work Is Under Way
Amarillo and Randall County paving tie up on West Thirty sixth Street has started after a year’s delay. E N Stanley says Willmering Mullen will pour concrete by Thursday. City Commission set September 15 as completion date with $12 846 07 state aid approved.
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Canyon Pike
Amarillo
Randall County
West Thirty-sixth Street
E. N. Stanley
City
Willmering & Mullen
State Highway Department
Jug Explodes During Raid Burns Houston Agent
Veteran Houston prohibition agent Jim Fisch was badly burned on both legs by an exploding jug of liquor during a raid on a Montgomery County farm twelve miles from Splendora. The blast threw blasting liquor over Fisch as agents seized mash fermenters liquor and distilling gear. He borrowed pants from the arrestee and drove thirty miles to Humble for medical help.
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United Press
Houston
Jim Fisch
Fisch
Splendora
Montgomery County
Humble
Sterling aide maps program for governor bid
State Senator Pink Parrish of Lubbock will chair Sterling for Governor forces in the second primary across the northern Panhandle. He opened offices in the Amarillo building ground floor, using the Clint Small location. Parrish was chosen at a Dallas mass meeting of Sterling supporters.
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Pink Parrish
Lubbock
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Clint Small
Parrish
Sterling
Dallas
Farmers Marketing Association aims 5 million bale cotton pool
The Farmers Marketing Association of America launched a plan to form a five million bale cotton pool to hold until cotton reaches 20 cents a pound. It named four members of the advisory committee to devise plan details: L. Gough Amarillo, W. S. Corbin Hillsboro, I. B. Alford Austin, A. W. Lusk Austin.
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Associated Pren
Dallas
Farmers Marketing Association of America Today
L. Gough
Amarillo
Corbin
Hillsboro
I. B. Alford
Austin
A. W. Lusk
Golfer Dies After Sunstroke in Excelsior Springs
An unidentified man died from sunstroke while golfing in Excelsior Springs Missouri yesterday. The body was held there today awaiting identification and transport by Boxwell Bros. ambulance.
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United Press
Excelsior Springs
Nationalist Army Beats Changsha Bandits Routed
American consul reports Changsha captured by nationalist forces after bandits looted the city with heavy casualties. In London the British urge immediate action for release of kidnapped missionaries Edith Nettleton and Eleanor Harrison, with threats and ransom after five weeks in South China.
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United Press
Washington
Changsha
State Department
Richard P. Butrick
Hankow
London
China
Edith Nettleton
Eleanor J. Harrison
Chung Hai
Miss Nettleton
Kansas Republicans back Allen in nomination sweep
Kansas GOP members overwhelmingly endorsed Senator Henry J. Allen in a primary, signaling a rebuke to Governor Clyde M. Reed. With 1,849 of 2,668 precincts reported, Allen led with 49,089 votes while opponents Getty 25,610 Snyder 48,123 and Sproul 84,000 trailed. Haucke led Reed in the rival tally for governor and the overall results showed incumbents safe for renomination in congress.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
National
Clyde M. Reed
Federal Farm Board
Reed
Curtis
Allen
James F. Getty
Kansas City
Ralph Snyder
Manhattan
Kansas Farm Bureau
W. H. Sproul
Sedan
Haucke
Sproul
Harold McGugin
Coffeyville
George PF
Beezley
Girard
Hoge T. Wedell
Chanute
Walter Chappell
Alfred Cond
Parsons
Harry H. Woodring
Neodesha
American Legion
Noah H. Bowman
Garnett
McGill Leeda Demos
George McGill
Wichita
Charles Stephens
Columbus
W. P
Lambertaon
A. B Guyer
Homer Hoeb
James G. Strong
Woman in Panhandle crash survives after deadly wreck
Special to The Globe. Panhandle Texas August 6. Mrs Ben McDonald critically injured in a car crash two miles west of here. her brother William Brown died. Both victims lived at 1909 South Pierce Street Amarillo. Griggs ambulance contact 4311. Howard E Elliott noted for the constable duty.
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Panhandle
Ben McDonald
Willia Brown
South Pierce Street
Amarillo
Weather relief hoped as heat wave lingers
The U S Weather Bureau forecast unsettled skies and possible showers tonight and tomorrow across the Panhandle and central states, with no strong rainfall expected to end the drought. Reports from Washington say relief may be slow, while Texas towns report scattered showers easing parched fields.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Panherdle Plains
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Central States
Payne Statement Claims Suspect Innocent in Tragic Death
A. D. Payne reportedly prepared a statement denying involvement in the death of his wife and injury to his son, asserting no evidence links him and calling the fatal blast a mystery. Police note the document, signed by local officials, aims to frame the case as a mystery while distancing Payne from the crime.
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A. D. Payne
Payne
Amarillo
Payne Wis
Binat
Stenographer torn by affair behind Payne murder case
Verona Thompson, former secretary to Amarillo lawyer A D Payne, confesses to a reporter the affair that led to Payne's arrest for murdering his wife Mrs Exe Payne with explosives in a family car. She worries about threats and where to turn while awaiting the trial as she packs to leave.
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Verona Thompson
Payne
Mra. Payne
A. D. Jr
Fountains
Snider
Pollen Station
A. D. Payne
Amarillo
Exe Payne
Fami
Globe
Bly
Saya
A. B. MacDonald
The
Kansas Star
Verona
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