Local youth to enter U S Coast Guard
Garland W. Collins son of C C Collins of Amarillo will enter the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London Conn on August 12 He was the sole Texan to pass this year s stiff examination and one of 74 successful applicants after tests in Denver in June He has sworn in and left Amarillo for New York City before reporting to the academy superintendent Collins credits Senator Morris Sheppard Col Ernest O Thompson J L Hunter and W Q Smith for aiding his cadetship The academy program lasts three years leading to ensign rank with terms split between classroom study and a practice cruise.
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Garland W. Collins
C. C. Collins
North Polk Street
Amarillo High School
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Collins
Denver
Amarillo
New York City
Academy
Coast Guard
Young Collins
Morris Sheppard
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
J. L. Hunter
W. Q. Smith
Japan cuts hours of railway employees
Tokyo reports a government reform reducing working hours for 120000 railway workers after a ministry led inquiry. The maximum shifts drop to 18 hours, with 10 hour days for many, four holidays monthly, and more predictable schedules, costing about 100000 dollars annually.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Ministry For Railways
Coste Plans Dawn Takeoff for Transatlantic Record
Captain Dieudonne Coste, French aviator, announced a dawn departure from Le Bourget for a straight line long distance flight aimed at a new transatlantic record. Preparations and secrecy surrounded the East West Paris to America attempt, under air ministry restrictions.
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Associated Press
LE Bourget
France
Dieudonne Coste
America
Paris
Air Ministry
Escaped jailbreak leads officers to Scurry County
Electra Texas August 9 Officers trailed two jail escapees Roy Green desertion charge Vernon Glass liquor manufacture to Scurry county but trail was lost and the men escaped. Four prisoners total escaped, two captured soon after the breakout.
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United Press
Electra
Tex
Three Hurt In Dallas Car Collision At Intersection
Collision of two automobiles at a street intersection in Dallas around midnight injured three people. Martha Sharpe 7 suffered a broken collar bone and a fractured rib while her father was bruised and her mother was knocked unconscious but not seriously hurt. all were treated at St. Pauls hospital.
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United Press
Dallas
Martha Sharpe
J. Lindsay Sharpe
St. Paul’s Hospital
Tax Valuation in Potter on Big Increase
Amarillo shows a notable rise with total city valuation at 59 797 670 and real estate 47 814 490 personal property 11 983 180. The unofficial report credits City Tax Assessor James Bowen and notes piano booster Hornsby England reading records.
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Amarillo
James Bowen
Russian Students Protest Bolshevik Film at Berkeley
At the University of California twenty five Russian students protested the showing of the film Potemkin calling it Bolshevik propaganda. They labeled the film unfair to Russians and urged its suppression on campus in a letter to President W W Campbell.
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International News Service
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Potemkin
W. W. Campbell
Mussel Production Investigation Underway at Rio Grande
M. M. Ellis of Missouri and T. K. Chamberlain of the Bureau of Fisheries travel to the Rio Grande to study button shell mussel production. A fine variety is reported near Brownsville.
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United Prem
Austin
M. M. Ellis
University of Missouri
T. K. Chamberlain
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Rio Grande
Brownsville
K P Officers At Borger To Be Installed
The Amarillo chapter Knights of Pythias will install the Borger lodge officers at 8 tonight. Rex Teed Amarillo chancellor commander is invited by Lee Freeman Fort Worth deputy grand chancellor who installed the Pampa lodge.
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Amarillo
The
Knights of Pythias
K. P. Lodge
Borger
Rex Teed
Lee A. Freeman
Fort Worth
Pampa
Two Die From Burns in Fire at Austin
A fire at John Bashara's East Sixth street home in Austin killed Ernestine Bashara, 4, who burned to death, and Joe Guerrero who later died from burns after aiding in rousing occupants. The cause is undetermined. a patrolman discovered the blaze.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
John Bashara
East Sixth Street
Ernestine Bashara
Joe Guerrero
Atlantic Plane Draws Great Crowds in Paris
Parisians flocked to see the Yellow Bird transatlantic flight exhibit in the Tuileries Gardens. The aircraft of Asso lant Lefevre and Lotti crossed from Old Orchard Maine to Comillas Spain, with admission of about twelve cents. The display drew crowds for over a month.
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Paris
Assolant
Lefevre
Lotti
Atlantic
Old Orchard
Comillas
Spain
Tuileries Gardens
Post Office Experiments to Speed Urgent Messages
The British Post Office tests speedier urgent mails from New York with special mail bags landing at Galway on Ireland’s west coast, aiming to accelerate delivery times.
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British Post Office
New York
United States
Galway
Ireland
Mail to London Routed by Plane from Croydon
The mail for London will be carried to Croydon aerodrome by airplane piloted by Colonel Charles Russell late of the Irish Free State air force and distributed by mail van once there.
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Croydon
London
Charles Russell
Irish Free, State Air Force
Charters Granted in Austin August 9
Ind ustrial Loan Bank of Port Arthur receives charter with $60,000 capital stock. Incorporators named as A. N. Peckham A. Goldberg and Ed Lohmann.
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United Press
Austin
Industrial Loan Bank
Port Arthur
Capital
A.N. Peckham
A. Goldberg
Ed ¥. Lohmann
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