Hooten to Lead Fair Church Choir at Tristate Fair Grounds
Amarillo pastors and fair officials met to organize a church choir program during the bicentennial service at the Tristate Fair grounds. Dr. BR EF L Morgan chairs the committee with Wilber C. Merk and GR T Bob Emmett as officers, and a five member national guest list approved for stage and program arrangements.
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Bic
Tristate Fair
Ber A
Amarilla
NewrGichs
New
B Bereet Methodist Chorch
American Business Club
EF. L. Morgan
Wilber C. Merk
GR. T
Bob” Emmett
G. L. Yates
BR. Thomson
Seaman
J. W. Bryant
Ddp
Sameral
Gene and Mary Wilder romance and a Stamford home purchase
A nostalgic profile recalls Gene and Mary Wilder, his boxing fame, their Stamford dwelling bought after a motor trip, and plans for a simple life with horses and dogs. The piece notes his restrained public image, interest in old houses, and a romance poised to end happily.
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Tunney
Unseasonable Texas Rain Floods and Dog Rescue Plea
A diary style update recounts heavy rain in Texas flooding cellars and bottling streets while a columnist laments drowned family dog and near floods. He highlights rescuing lost dogs and appeals for owners to reclaim pets alongside a digressive social note on letters and locals.
Hoover plans $1 billion four year national engineering program
Herbert Hoover outlines a vast engineering plan he says could require about a billion dollars annually for four years. He argues the project would create a large workforce and justify expansion to meet growth. He questions what the voters and the Democratic party offer in response and notes Governor Smith will give an acceptance speech soon.
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Mr. Hoover
Panama
Herbert Hoover
Governor Smith
Hoover
Smith
Scout Executive Arranges Camp Near Clarendon
H B Yates scout executive of the lower Panhandle Boy Scout Council based in Memphis is here to arrange a two week camp near Clarendon starting Monday.
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H. B. Yates
Lower Panhandle
Protest Over State Products Map Draws Attention
A letter from Col. Harve Haines to George B. Terrell requests corrections and wire information on the Panhandle map prepared by Panhandle- Plains of Texas, showing the region's cotton, wheat, oats, apples and grazing. Deaf Smith and Oldham counties are highlighted for grazing focus.
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Texas State Department of Culture
Col. Harve HM
Haines
George B. Terrell
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Panhandle
Panhandle- Pisine of Texas, Inc
Middle-west
State Department
Deaf Smith
Oldham
Rain floods Amarillo area as fires ignite city
A heavy electrical storm caused two city fires and left more than eight feet of standing water at the 26th Street viaduct. No injuries were reported. Palo Duro Creek rose six feet feeding Lake Amarillo, with crews awaiting full figures tonight. Storm sewers coped with most flooding while Kl Wood Park saw minor wash and soil erosion.
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Washington Street
Parker Street
Twenty-Sixth Street
Sixth
Tenth Streets
Lake Amarillo
R. B. Edinburg
Palo Duro
Amarillo
Temple Robinson
Klwood Park
Dave French
Murder plot uncovered amid poison conspiracy in Charlotte
Police uncover a murder plot where six people face charges of murder and conspiracy. Accused include Mr and Mrs K F Pressley amid alleged poisoning of L M Lockamy, who died, and others conspired to kill spouses with powders after instruction from Daniel alias Professor Brandorini.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
Polee
K F. Pressley
L. M. Lockamy
Pressley
Lockamy
Hischiow
Mra
W. Daniels
Professor Brandorini
Daniels
L. M. Prigden
Lilly Townley
J. R. Moore
Funeral Rites for Mrs Boles Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. William Boles 89 were held at 2 PM at the N. A. Griggs and Sons chapel. Rev. L N Stuckey officiated. She died at her daughter Mrs George J Hand’s home in Amarillo after residing there 18 years. She widow of Capt. William Boles and had five daughters surviving.
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William Boles
George J. Hand
Prospect Street
Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel
L. N. Stuckey
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo
Texas
Mississipp
Methodist Church
M. Duerow
New Orleans
Hand
William Godgold
Phoenix
Anne
Walter Hand
Dallas
Steve Adama
van Alsayne
Burkhalter
B. T. Ware
Herbert
Amarillo wife fakes death to spur husband reunion
In San Antonio and Amarillo reports, a young Amarillo wife faked a death by poisoning to lure her separated husband back. She was rushed to Northwest Texas hospital after a note and phone call described poisoning, but doctors later found no poison and she rests, claiming the act was staged. The lieutenant governor run off in Texas remains unsettled as the state Democratic committee weighs certification.
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San Antonio
Barry Miller
Democratic Executive Committee
Thomas B. Love
Miller
Love
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Dine
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Cameron County
Fourth Court of Elgil Appeals
Anarillo
Northwest Texas
Two Men Injured After Panhandle Highway Wreck
John C. Gober of Rebecca Georgia and Houston Talent of Pine Bluff Arkansas were recovering after a car wreck on the Panhandle highway about ten miles from Amarillo last night. Both men suffered cuts and bruises and Gober had a broken left arm when the car they rode in reportedly overturned.
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John C. Gober
Rebecca
Houston Talent
Pine Bluff
Panhandle Highway
Amarillo
Mr. Gober
Interment Planned for Local Notables at Llano Cemetery
The obituary names Brady Lorton Clarence Elder and George Brownell with interment scheduled at Llano cemetery. The notice notes a funeral and burial details for the individuals.
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Ter
Brady Lorton
Clarence Elder
George Brownell
Llano Cemetery
Oklahoma Papers Support Herbert Hoover
The Daily Oklahoman and Times endorsed Herbert Hoover for president urging principle over party in the 1928 campaign. Editor BE. K. Gaylord announced the page one editorial backing Hoover. The article notes fur industry and temperature effects on woodwork as side mentions.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Daily
Oklahoman
Times
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
BE. K. Gaylord
Hurricane continues to threaten Florida coastline
The storm's path may shift with any turn toward the coast or west into the Gulf of Mexico. Small craft secured in harbors as winds reach 25 to 30 miles per hour with heavy rain. Miami weather officials warn intensity could rise as it nears land with a barometer reading around 20.91 inches and a stationary pressure for a day.
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Key West
Weather Bureau
Miami
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Merk
Liner Manamar Struggles to Free Ashore in Bahamas
A New York bound liner from Miami with prominent Floridans aboard ran aground near Hole in the Wall Abaco as a tropical disturbance drifts west of Florida. A Nassau tug, Lady Cordeaux, assists by attempting to free the vessel while lingering storms and flooding affect southern Florida and the Kissimmee river area near Lake Okeechobee.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Florida
Coastwieg
Hole-In-The-Wall
Greater Abeco
Bahamas
Manamar
New York
Nassau
Keys
Lady Cordeaux
Cuba
Yucatan
Gulf
Atlantic Seaboard
Lake Okeechobee
Kissimmee River
Kansas City Speakeasies Decline as Home Brew Surges
A report by Police Chief Lincoln T. Toyne shows 575 raids before and after the Republican National Convention closed many of Ninety speakeasies in Kansas City. With hard liquor scarce, residents increasingly brew at home, aided by shops selling hops and supplies. Gallons of mash and corn whiskey seized total 1,742 and 1,682 respectively since May 15, while Italian quarters report more wines in homes.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Lincoln T. Toyne
Toyne
When I Die Do Not Mourning My Passing
A reflective poem by Edgar A. Guest urges readers not to mourn when life ends. The speaker cherishes books pictures nature and family and asks friends and kin to remember joys rather than grief.
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Jet
Chicago Livestock Markets Mixed with Feed Cores and Prices
Chicago livestock markets show hogs up 25 to 35 cents from Friday with top at 12.25 while cattle and sheep trend uneven. Hogs 25,000 head. cattle 13,000. calves 2,000. fat steers and heifers firm to higher. lambs steady to lower with choice lambs at 14.00 to 15.00 per hundredweight. feeders mixed as weather and cables influence demand across regions. Butter and poultry prices mixed. stock market opening shows gains in key industrials with US Steel and Continental Can rising in early trading.
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Colorado
Chicago
The
Associated Press
United States Department of Agriculture
NEW York Stock Letter
New York Central
Continental Can
Genersc Motors
U. S. Steel Common
Packerd
Ward
Sears Roebuck
U S. Steel Common
Hoo Hoo Heads Stop in City on Way Home
Parson Peter A. Simpkins national chaplain of the Hoo Hoo and other order officials visited Amarillo today returning from Carlsbad where a Caverns event was held Saturday morning. The stop was directed by Gaines D. Whitsitt and W. L. Blake with Simpkins honored at a luncheon hosted by local lumbermen at the Amarillo hotel.
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Peter A. Simpkins
The
Hoo Hoo
Carlsbad
Caverns
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Supreme Nine
W.L. Blake
Workers' Party Nominates Anita Whitney for U S Senator
The Workers' Communist party, at its state convention in San Francisco, nominated Anita Whitney of Oakland as a candidate for United States Senator from California. Whitney, a social worker, had been convicted in 1920 for violating the California criminal syndicalism law and sentenced to one to fourteen years. she was later pardoned by Governor C. C. Young.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Workers’ Communist Party
Nom Anita. Whitney
Oakland
United States
California
Shere Miss Whitney
C. C. Young
Dr Thomsen Speaks on European Tour at Kiwanis Meet
Dr R Thomsen pastor of Central Presbyterian shared impressions from his Europe tour at the Kiwanis luncheon held at Polk Street Methodist Church. Judge Otis Truelove’s class served the meal and Kiwanis members thanked the women for the fine luncheon. C N Dillion of Plains Lubricating Company led the program. Mrs May Forister has joined Popular Ready-to-Wear.
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R. Thomsen
Central Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club
Europe
Polk Street Methodist Church
Otis Truelove
Kiwaniens
C. N. Dillion
The
Plains Lubricating Company
Local Social Notes From Spearman and Nearby Towns
Miss Bernie Allison of Spearman returns home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Durrett. W. O. Payne and son visit Floydada relatives during vacation. R. FE. Martin and son return to Memphis after visiting H. B. Martin. Mrs. D. BE. Willis visits friends in Canadian. Mr. and Mrs. W. Woodburn visit Hereford friends yesterday. Mrs. Ray Jennings of the Marison travels to Dallas to buy millinery. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Campbell and son of Fort Worth visit Dr. Cunningham and family. Seigfred Iverson party leaves for Minois and eastern relatives for a month. J. C. Vance and family return from Carlsbad caverns. Mrs. W. EB. Bosche and Betty Homiughausen return from Canadian after a trip.
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Bernie Allison
Spearman
P. K. Durrett
W. O. Payne
Floydada
R. FE. Martin
Memphis
H. B. Martin
D. BE. Willis
W. ©. Woodburn
Hereford
Ray Jennings
The
Marison
Dallas
Bob Campbell
Fort Worth
Cunningham
Milton Cunningham, Jr
Seigfred Iverson
Minois
Points
J. C. Vance
George Vance
Carlsbad
W. EB. Bosche
Betty Homiighausen
Sorger
Canadian
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Miss Lauder
Gene Tanney
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Sunaim Farm
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Oklahoma
Herber Hoover
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