Population grows 16 percent in 1930 U.S. census
The census bureau announced 1930 U.S. population reached 122,698,190 in the continental United States, up 16.1 percent from 1920. Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas show large gains, with Oklahoma and New Mexico also rising. Including possessions total U.S. population is 124,845,664, a 16.1 percent rise, though figures remain under revision.
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Associated Press
W.ington
United States
Census Bureau
Texas
Kansas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Payne Confession Attacked As Insane Alibi By Editor
A Amarillo editor rakes A D Payne over the fire, calling his confession a false alibi and a monstrous lie. He claims Payne killed his wife for an affair, insured her heavily, and plotted to flee with another woman while harming their children and a boy. The piece condemns Payne as a danger to justice and mocks his sanity defense.
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Texas
Payne
Stinnett
Shell
Verona
Panhandle
Verona Thompson
A. D. Payne
Drought Toll Grows Across Texas and Midwest
Texas drought losses rise with scant rainfall and early fruit drop. picking advances in southern regions while northwest areas report severe shedding. Across the Midwest, extreme heat endangers corn and pastures with 60 to 75 percent damage projected in several states. Chicago endures record heat with limited rainfall and high humidity.
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Northwest
West Central
North
East Texas
Texas
Associated Press
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Agricultural Department of the Santa Fe Railroad
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Fleischmann Faces Breach Suit Against Yeast Magnate
William N. Fleischmann 67, director of Fleischmann Corp and son of Major Max Fleischmann, faced a $100,000 breach of promise suit filed by Miss Madge Mitchell, a motion picture actress. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles yesterday, alleges he promised to marry her and accompanied her socially during courtship.
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Los Angeles
Ang
William N. Pieischmann
Fleischmann Corporation
Max Fleischmann
Madge Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Fleischmann
Broun Declares Socialist Bid In Silk Stocking NY District
Heywood Broun, writer and columnist, announces run for Congress from Manhattan's 17th district on the Socialist ticket. He will face Ruth Pratt, Republican incumbent, and Louis Brodsky, Democrat, in a district famed as Silk Stocking. Broun frames unemployment as his main issue and mocks Hoover while noting all candidates are wet on prohibition.
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United Press
New York
Heywood Broun
Congress
Manhattan
Broun
Ruth B. Pratt
Louis I. Brodsky
Park Avenue
Braun
Hoover
Sixth Avenue
Fifth
Payne's plotted murder by dynamite shocks town
In a detailed confession Sidney Payne described five murder plans against his wife Mrs A D Payne including poison, gas, a car explosion, a shotgun trap, and a dynamite device. He recounted purchasing dynamite, wiring a fuse, and miscalculations leading to his wife's death and his son’s lifelong injury. He admitted crafting the infernal machine while attending law office work.
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Sidney Payne
A.D. Payne
Payne
Lake
Amarillo
Thompson Hardware
Borger
Bobbie Jean
Bill
Ex-Rangers set 1951 convention in San Angelo
San Angelo chosen as site for the 1951 Texas Ex Rangers Association convention. Next meeting scheduled August 12 to 14. Officers reelected: Green, Lewis, Black, Hale, Grady, Arnold, Clark. Vigilante R. G. Sproat shot dead by robbers. Davenport drug store holdup noted. Caroline Eberly, 2, drowns in tub at Bellwood. Lindbergh to broadcast international aviation address via five shortwave stations from Columbia network studios tonight from 10 to 10 15 p m.
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San Angelo
Associated Press
Eastland
Texas Ex-Rangers’ Association
W. M. Green
Colorado City
W. W. Lewis
Menard
George B. Black
Comanche
Leutenant
W. H. Hale
Palo Pinto
C. M. Grady
Brownwood
L. T. Arnold
May
T. W. Clark
Abilene
Tipton
Town
R. G. Sproat
Cedar County
Sproat
C. H. Flwood
John Carey
Davenport
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Chains
Columbia Network
Children victims of tragedy endure family plans
Grandmother hides as LaDell and sister recall a crime in friendship. LaDell forgives, vows to trust her father amid rumors. LaDell will live with grandparents in Lovington New Mexico, A D Jr with his Tulsa uncle. Mr Johnson defends his daughter’s fidelity and denies the confessed plots.
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Grandmother Johnson
LaDell
A. D. Jr
Sid Payne
Sid
Lovington
New Mexico
Payne
Mr. Johnson
Fragmented musings blend theatre, gold rush and fate
A mix of cultural reflections on Euripides and Greek actors, a new Australian gold rush sparked by an 80 ounce nugget, and notes on mortality, wealth, longing, and a London club for lonely people as a Sunday feature.
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Australia
Crop Report Indicates 14 362 000 Bales Forecast This Year
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture’s August 1 crop condition at 62.2 percent of normal, forecasting 14,362,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. Census Bureau notes 77,956 running bales produced to date, with 1919–28 averages guiding yield projections of 150.3 pounds per acre. State breakdown follows from July 1 acreage minus ten year abandonment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Amarillo hosts 90 prizes total 5200 in golf tourney
A field of out of town golfers led by Amonett Spee Stewart Raines West Less Bussey and Frank Kimbrough challenge Amarillo players Morriman Elliot Hatch Eddie Johnson Cecil Ledbetter G. W. Dodd for the city title. First groups tee off 6 am Saturday at both courses with 36 holes per day and results tracked by an elaborate bookkeeping system to provide up-to-the-minute status.
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Amonett
New Mexico
Spee Stewart
Albuquerque
Raines
Memphis
Bussey
Lubbock
Frank Kimbrough
Plainview
Morriman
Elliot Hatch
Eddie Johnson
Cecil Ledbetter
G. W. Dodd
Amarillo
W. W. Woolsey
Road Conditions Across the Panhandle and Nearby States
Amarillo to Fort Worth via Wichita Falls and U S 66 is good, to Oklahoma City via U S 66 is good, to Roswell via U S 66 366 is fair, to Tucumcari via U S 66 is good, to Higgins via U S 60 is good, to Clayton via U S 385 is good, to Borger Oilfield Highway paved, Amarillo to Lubbock via U S keyword is fair. Panhandle Auto Club headquartered in Chamber of Commerce. Data notes population prison figures show New York women inmates rose since 1920 from 1150 to over double.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
U. S
Roswell
Tucumcari
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Lubbock
U.S
the Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
New York Market Sees Heavy Liquidation On Aug 8
The New York stock market reversed course with broad declines driven by dividend cuts, lower steel output, and a cotton price plunge. Volume surged to 1,378,000 shares in the first two hours as rails and utilities faced heavy selling and professional traders moved to the short side amid drought concerns and a higher cotton crop estimate.
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New York
Sanes
Associated Press
Warner Brothers Pictures
U. 8
Steel
American Can
Radio
Westinghouse Electric
Johns Manville
du Pont
North American
Vanadium
Eastman Kodak
Allied Chemical
Atlantic Cast Line
Safeway
Hoth Rock Arc
Southern Railway
Wil
Gall
Widespread Livestock Markets Report Strong Hogs Cattle
Kansas City and Fort Worth markets show hogs up to 10-20 cents, top $9.85, cattle and calves largely steady with varying price ranges. Chicago and East Saint Louis provide mixed gains for hogs and cattle as grain futures rise on drought fear and crop damage whispers.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth
the Associated Press
Arizona
Chicago
Associated Presa
Aux
East ST. Louis
U. 8
D. A
Bananas Crying Child and Mexican Stock Table Mixed
Full twelve times a day Janet comes with the cry May I have a banana She repeats it until mother answers Shouts it at sight of house, at meals and bed We also glimpse a crowded grain and New York stock table with numerous company names and figures from a Chicago page partial.
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Janet
New York Cotton Market Mixed On Rains and Reports
Cotton prices opened steady to higher on late week cables with West Texas rain reports prompting initial selling. October eased to 12.83 while March fell to 13.25 before rebounding on covering and weather map cues. Government crop estimates later showed yield and production above private forecasts, while futures in New Orleans and Liverpool reflected varied demand and rainfall effects across regions.
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Texas
Stoner
New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
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