Post Man Shot in Lubbock Theater Dies
Marvin Breeding age 23 of Post Texas died in a Lubbock sanitarium from gunshot wounds suffered while in a theater last Friday night. The shooter Dutch Luman Garza county rancher surrendered after the incident and was released on bond. Cause of the shooting remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Marvin Breeding
Post
Texas
Will ‘Dutch
Luman
Garza County
Breeding
New York workers strike before noon as police alert
About 100000 workers in New York walk out before noon prompting police alerts. A new appeal reaches the Supreme Court of Massachusetts and William Green asks clemency from the governor.
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N. Y
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
William Green
Life and travel notes from a global column by Arthur Brisbane
A long Globe column surveys aviation insurance with Lindbergh and Guggenheim, British labor politics, Chiang Kai-shek, North and South China conflicts, and a parade of social anecdotes. It contrasts air safety with road travel, notes Sioux gifts to Coolidge, and ends with musings on morality and Blue laws in Asbury Park.
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Harry Guggenheim
Avision
Indbergh
United States
Guggenheim
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Great Britain
Chiang Kai-shek
North China
South Dakota
President Coolidge
Robert H. Bean
American Acceptance Corporation
King Benjamin Purnell Grips Illness Fated CrownKing
King Benjamin Purnell once led the House of David movement and is reported bedridden with chronic tuberculosis. D C N Sowers of Benton Harbor predicts he will not live beyond the next year, noting disease in both lungs.
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United Press
ST. Joseph
Michigan
Benjamin Purnell
Kingdom
D. C. N. Sowers
Benton Harbor
Amarillo Weather Tonight and Wednesday Cooler With Partly Cloudy Skies
The forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas calls for partly cloudy skies and continued cool conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperature extremes today reach 61 to 76 degrees, with hourly readings ranging from 62 at 7 and 8 am to 76 at 1 pm.
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Amarillo
City Manager Loses Home in Lightning Fire
Jeff D. Bartlett city manager and his family lost their home at 1620 Lipscomb when lightning struck last night. Deep mud blocked the fire department from reaching the scene, and the upper floor burned before aid arrived. Bartlett and his son William were rumored trapped but were later found. loss is about 15000 dollars, partially insured.
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Jeff D. Bartlett
Lipscomb
Bartlett
H.G. Cole
Cotton Prices Jump Amid Reckoning Rally in Futures
Cotton prices surged across major markets after a government crop estimate, with New York futures rising sharply before late selling trimmed gains. The March option opened around 20.40 cents per pound, and global markets including Liverpool and Alexandria saw notable advances on the day.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Alexandria
Egypt
United States
Coffee shop at Amarillo hotel named Famous for Food
A local hotel in Amarillo hosts a coffee shop branded Famous for Food noted for its mid century style. The venue draws in guests and residents seeking quick meals and beverages with a casual dining environment.
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Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo
the Panhandle
Gulf and West Texas line could extend to Amarillo
J F Strother of the Midland and Northwestern proposes extending the Gulf and West Texas railroad from San Angelo to Amarillo, needing 66 miles of new track and using Santa Fe Orient and Midland lines. The route would pass Rankin Midland Seminole and Seagraves.
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Amarillo
Associated Press
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
San Angelo
Gulf and West Texas
J. F. Strother
Abilene
Midland and Northwestern Railroad
Strother
Santa Fe
Orient
Midland
Rankin
Seminole
Seagraves
Heaviest Rains of Season Smash Plains
Amarillo endured its wettest night in months with 1 1/4 inches of rain. The storm, lasting from 7 p m until early morning, drenched New Mexico, Eastern Oklahoma, and the Panhandle. Lightning struck the city manager’s home, causing destruction, and oil fields reported damage as clouds held morning moisture. Farmers seek dry spell ahead of wheat planting.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Panhandle Plains
Fort Worth & Denver
Rock Island
Santa Fe
J. D. Bartlett
Cool Weather Returns to Middle West With Record Low
Kansas City reports cool August weather as the region records its lowest August temperature at 55 degrees. The statewide cool spell persisted across Kansas with forecasts from the local weather bureau. Manney Printing Co. advertises cash prices, Rule Building, with Griggs ambulance contact numbers.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Middle West
Kansas
Manney Printing Co
Cache of Explosives Sought Near Boston
Police surround two sites thirty five miles from Boston after two men arrested as suspicious. State police respond to reports of stored explosives based on interrogations and follow up investigations.
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Boston
Associated Press
Herbert Goodwin
Veterans Hospital Plan Under Study In Amarillo Effort
Gen Frank T Hines head of the Veterans Bureau favors studying a million dollar hospital and regional bureau for Amarillo The bureau's medical director will study the plan and a likely congressional appropriation is anticipated The state Legion supports Amarillo site Col Harve Haines of the City Development Board travels to Washington on related projects including the Veterans Bureau proposal
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Frank T. Hines
U.S. Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Lewis F. Fields
Hanson Legion Post
Hines
Bureau
Fields
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
State Legion Department
Amarillo
Col. Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
Legion
Erwin Plans Dallas to Hong Kong Flight Leg
Capt. William Erwin will depart Love Field Dallas tonight for San Francisco on the first leg toward Hong Kong. He travels with his wife as navigator and will then continue to Honolulu on the ocean flight. Commerce Department experts test the Dallas Spirit monoplane as final checks precede sealing the barograph. Hop-off is at 6 p.m.
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United Press
Dallas
Aug
William Erwin
Love Field
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Erwin
Honolulu
Commerce Department
Dallas Spirit
Arrest Made After Boy’s Confessions Link Burglary Spree
A 14-year-old boy confessed to a series of minor thefts under questioning by Detective Lee Miller. The disclosures led to one arrest and another expected this afternoon as the youth’s memory improved.
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Lee Miller
Navy Chaplain Gleeson Dies at 67 in New York
Captain Matthew Gleeson retired naval chaplain of 67 died in New York. The notice records his service as one of the fleet's best known chaplains and cites Griggs Ambulance. Phone 250.
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Associated Press
New York
Matthew ©. Gleeson
Navy
Rangers Anticipate Disturbances In Texas Cities
Unofficial belief holds rangers will be present in multiple Texas cities tomorrow amid Sacco-Vannucci disturbances. Rangers based across the state report to headquarters and remain at the capitol area with no stated reason for their deployment. Port cities are seen as the most likely sites for demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
State
Capitol
Mass Protests in New York Over Sacco and Vanzetti Deaths
In Union Square and across the city, thousands rally to demand clemency for Sacco and Vanzetti. Organizers estimate up to 150,000 strikers join the protest as police maintain order amid citywide tension and fears of bomb threats.
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Broadway 28Th Street
New York City
Paul W. White
United Press
New York
Union Square
Sacco
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Edward Levinson
Secetary
Lower East Side
A F L Chief Appeals to Governor Over Sacco and Van met h
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor urged Massachusetts Governor Fuller to commute the death sentences of Sacco and Vanmet in a telegram dispatched last night Asheville N C August 9 the appeal was made for clemency in the controversial case continuing on page two
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Fuller
Massachusetts
Sacco
Vanmeth
Army Rites for General Wood
Maj. Leonard Wood received full military honors at a national cemetery funeral with high government officials in attendance. The procession marked his final journey down Pennsylvania Avenue and across the Potomac.
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Associated Frees
Washington
Maj
Leonard Wood
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac River
National Cemetery
Reese Allen to Furnish Oil for Fair Highway
Through the generosity of Reese S. Allen oil operator of Amarillo and Wichita Falls Potter county will be furnished with crude oil to oil the road just east of the Tri State Fair grounds The road will be oiled from the No 6 highway north to the extension of Third street a distance of about seven blocks The Amarillo refinery owned by Allen sits on this road which also carries general traffic
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Reese S. Allen
Amarillo
Wichita Falla
Potter County
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Third Street
Mr. Allen
Mysterious Submarine 027 Seen Afloat Off Pacific
Frigid conjecture grows as the gray hulk 027 drifts in Pacific lanes near Midway Island. Poisonous gases repelled Libero tor sailors probing the hatch, while a doused lantern mast signaled possible survivor. Navy notes the sub’s first sighting months ago and recalls past ships lost at Pearl Harbor and Yokohama.
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Pacific
Liberator
Sts Secreta
Danglea
Navy
Yokohama
San Francisco
J. P. Flynn
U. S. Shipping Board
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Jeff Bartlett
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