Escape continues from prison with new details and sentences
A prison escape was followed by a guard tying and escaping inmates. Warden Harrell cited a report of two men holding up a couple and taking their car toward Houston. Roberts received ten years for murder from Potter county. Goree twenty six years from Jones county. Marvin Azbell, two to five years for bigamy, was recaptured near Wynn prison camp. ninth escape previous with Bob Silver. Arbell to be tried at Bryan in the fall for robbery with firearms related to the escape.
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Harrell
Houston
Roberts
Potter County
Goree
Jones County
Marvin Azbell
Haskel! County
Wynn Prise
Bob Silver
Arbell
Bryan the Fall
Silver
Quiet Faith Against Critics and Time
A reflective verse asserts life remains unchanged by praise or blame. The stars and sun persist, and divine law governs us beyond human judgment. The speaker foresees mortality, nature’s continuity, and future seekers uncovering truths we cannot know.
Reed Bronte Seek Nonrefueling Endurance Flight Record
Reed and Bronte, flying a single motor plane with 880 gallons of gas, have logged 21 hours in their bid to surpass the 65 hour 25 minute world nonrefueling endurance flight mark. The Emsco Aircraft chief pilot and Bronte, who earlier flew to Hawaii with Ernie Smith, launched at 6 04 a m yesterday, with the current record held by German aviators.
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Associated Press
Long Beach
Calif
Jack Reed
Emory Bronte
Pacific Coast
Reed
Emsco Aircraft Corporation
Bronte
Hawaii
Ernie Smith
Rhinelander Seeks Divorce In Las Vegas Case
Leonard Kip Rhinelander of New Rochelle New York files for divorce from Alice Rhinelander in Las Vegas alleging she manipulated his youth and caused mental suffering. The couple wed October 15 1924 in New Rochelle and Rhinelander warns further relations would ruin his health and mental faculties.
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United Press
Las Vegas
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New Rochelle
N. Y
Alice Rhinelander
Alice
Rhinelander
Southern California Power Boom Prompts New Dams and Growth
Dr. Elwood Mead reports that bids for doubled power from the Los Angeles Municipal Plant and Edison indicate the dam's output cannot be absorbed quickly. a 25 foot increase to the dam and an upstream dam are proposed to meet demand. He envisions wide national benefits as industry and wealth flow to the coast. NO EXCUSE FOR NOT COMING.
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California
Elwood Mead
Secretary of the Interior
Denver
Los Angeles
Southern California Edison Company
Gas Franchise History and 1919 Amendments in Amarillo
The text outlines gas franchise grants under Lon D. Marrs administration, Amarillo Gas Company purchase in 1919, and charter provisions restricting exclusive rights. It notes Texas law limits exclusive public utility franchises and allows city to own operate or acquire utilities, with power to grant competing franchises and condemn property for public services.
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Riuo
Amarillo Gas Company
Lon D. Marrs
Texas
Bozo the Cannibal Act Provokes Amarillo Crowd
A narrator recalls a carnival act called Bozo the Black praised as cannibal at a Texas carnival. The piece mocks the performer as an obvious fake while recounting gas plant reform fervor in Amarillo led by a speaker nicknamed Tack. It ends with a self deprecating note on public speaking ambitions and a plug for a magazine ad bait.
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Bozo
Public Utility Right Claimed as Exclusive City Service
A proposed ordinance asserts that the right to operate and maintain a city public utility including railways and telephone systems is exclusive to serve inhabitants, granting sole authority to manage such services within the city limits.
Final plans for clerks' convention in Texas
Final arrangements for the seventh annual Texas Auxiliary of County and District Clerks Association of Texas convention to be held here Friday and Saturday are under way. Delegates from 75 counties are expected. John W. Grigg predicts a highly successful gathering. The event opens at 10 am with Sam B. Motlow delivering the welcome and Dave Shanks and Lucian Goss delivering the response. Ted Blackburn and Miss Allease Skillman will host visiting delegates.
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Texas Auxiliary of County and District Clerks’ Association of Texas
John W. Grigg
Tulia
Sam B. Motlow
Potter County
Dave Shanks
Perryton
Lucian Goss
Dalhart
Ted Blackburn
Miss Allease Skillman
Tomorr
Orator and Music Learner Plans Stir Town Notes
A local diary-like column records diverse tidbits from Amarillo and surroundings. Topics include learning oratory and music, a plan for a horseback course, Mayor Spicer visiting, fire apparatus, correspondence courses, huckleberry pie talk, poke salad spelling, missed connections, and Edwards Bottling Works sending drinks.
Revival Series Begins At Polk Street Church
Dr. Chas C. Selecman president of Southern Methodist University Dallas arrives for a revival at Polk Street Methodist Church tonight. Opening prayer at 7 30 o clock and sermon at 8 o clock mark the service.
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Chas. C. Selecman
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Polk Street Methodist Church
Selecman
What Amarillo Needs
Mayor Ernest C Thompson urges big town planning for Amarillo to grow to 100000 population in ten years. He calls for parks playgrounds amusements welcoming visitors a Federal Reserve branch a top quality Junior College graduate payrolls factories offices and local advertising to attract business and residents. He stresses air mail rail and faster service and urges using local papers to attract newcomers.
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Ernest C. Thompson
Amarillo
City Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
America
Amerilla
Saturday Evening Post
The
Country Gentleman
News and Globe
Graf Zeppelin Reaches Stettin and Charts Baltic Route
The Graf Zeppelin arrived near Stettin in Pomerania after 460 miles at 60 mph. Dr. Eckener planned a swing toward Danzig then east Prussia and Latvia toward Moscow. Berlin greeted the airship as it crossed at 4 30 a m E S T and sighted near Stolp heading for Danzig amid favorable weather in Germany and rough winds ahead.
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Stettin
Pomerania
Baltic
Tokyo
Eckener
Danzig
East Prussia
Genigsberg
Latvia
Russia
Moscow
Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Berlin
Special Train Help Sought for State Fair Visit
Haskett former owner and editor of the Childress Daily Index believes the local organization will aid in securing a special train. He plans to stay in Amarillo several days to promote the State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskett
Childress Daily Index
Amarillo
Two Couples Arrested on Beer Charges
A couple on West Fifth Avenue was arrested after 55 bottles of beer and half a pint of whiskey were found. charges of manufacture and possession were filed. Another couple was fined on misdemeanor charges for 100 bottles of beer found in their home. Twelve arrests were made by the sheriff's force last night.
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West Fifth Avenue
Sheriff's Force
Geologists Survey Indian Lore in Panhandle Plains
E. B. Howard of Philadelphia and Dr. J. M. Oldach of the University of Pennsylvania led a survey of early Indian life in the Panhandle Plains from Amarillo. They plan to travel to Pecos New Mexico for a conference with peers in prehistoric Indian studies.
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E. B. Howard
Philadelphia
J. M. Oldach
University of Pennsylvania
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Mr. Howard
Floyd County
Pecos
N. M
Forty and Eight To Meet Tonight at 8
The 40 and 8, the American Legion auxiliary, will meet at 8 o'clock at Legion Headquarters in the Municipal Auditorium. Floyd L. Sloan, post adjutant, says the gathering will finalize plans to send delegates to the state convention in Fort Arthur on August 26 to 28.
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American Legion Organization
Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Floyd L. Sloan
Fort Arthur
Cecil Holcomb Held by Oklahoma Authorities
Cecil Holcomb was arrested by police yesterday and is being held in the city jail for Guymon Oklahoma authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Cecil Holcomb
Guymon
Okla
Pendley Calls Hollywood Diet a Failure After 259 Pound Gain
Norman Pendley, after 18 days on the Hollywood diet, says it failed as he weighs 259 pounds today after starting at 255 pounds. Doctors suggest he may have eaten the diet between meals and not followed the plan.
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Hollywood
United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Norman Pendley
Pendley
Two Men Arrested After Attack Near Hoxie
Mrs Walsh and Miss Beauregard were driven toward Hoxie when Aldrich struck a woman and, with Frost, attacked them with a razor in a field. The women were found seriously injured and nearly nude. The suspects returned to Denver.
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Aldrich
Frost
Denver
Kansas
Real Estate Realtors Tour Planned Across New Mexico
Realtors of the press and hospitality of Mayor Ernest Thompson will spend three days touring New Mexico. The visit includes two travel days and a Friday visit to the caverns with planned entertainment by Plainview Carlsbad and Portales officials.
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Ernest Thompson
New Mexico
Caverns
Plainview
Carlsbad
Portales
Markets Report From Major Livestock and Cotton Exchanges
Hogs and cattle prices varied across Kansas City Chicago and East St Louis markets with totals around 17 000 hogs and 8 500 cattle at Kansas City 22 000 hogs at Chicago and 11 500 hogs at East St Louis Prices moved lower in hogs 10 to 20 cents and steady to easier in cattle with calves and yearlings showing mixed values, while cotton futures in New Orleans New York and Liverpool edged lower on favorable weather and weak demand.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Chicago
East ST. Louis
Fort Worth
Aus
New Orleans
Associatedress
New York
Beer Found in High Weeds Lands Imbiber in Jail
Five drunks appeared before City Judge Homer Calloway this morning. One claimed the four bottles of found beer led him astray while the others blamed fake homebrew and other concoctions. The judge fined each offender $15, noting a prior $13 fine on August 13.
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Homer Calloway
Calloway
Stock market closes mixed in early session gains
New York stocks opened higher with United States Steel flat then up, Atchison up from yesterday, American Can hit a new high, General Motors, Westinghouse, Hershey and Simmons up. Foreign exchange steady, crude and utilities in demand, end of report shows various industrials and price levels.
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General Motors
Henry Ford
United States Steel Corporation
Columbia Steel Company
San Francisco
Farrell
Cuba
Pacific
New York
Associated Press
S. Steel
Atchison
American
Westinghouse Electric
Hershey Chocolate
Simmons Co
North American
Continental Can
General Electric
Columbia Graphophone
Case
Vanadium Steel
Northern Pacific
Auburn Auto
Fleischmann
Pacific Lighting
Jno. F. Clark Co
Atchison, Topeka & S. F
American Canopeel T6
Allegheny Corporate
Allied Chem. & Dye
American Power
Amer
Amer Locomotive
Amer. Smelt & Ref ‘Armour of
Illinois
A. M. Byers
Amer Tel & Telz
Amer Rad & Stand
Baltimore Ohio
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel
Burroughs
Calumet & Heeper
Calumet & Arizona
Col. Fuel & Gas
WSCO
Columbia Gas
Chic, R. I. & Pac
Congoleum
Continental Motors
Canadian Pacific
Ee Atl
Consolidated Gas
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Chrysler
Columbia Grap
Curtiss Acrowoneee
Dupont
Seeeell
Electric Power & Light
Erie Ry
Wee
Famous Players
Fox Film
Fisk Rubber
Flieschmannery
Freeport Texas
Greene Cananea
General Ry
Signal
Goodyear
Glidden
Graham Paige
Great West Luger
General Mills
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Illinois Central Seer
Inter. Harvester Tel
Lima Locomotive Eee
Inc
Lorillard Tobacco
Louisville Gas & Electric
Mack
Missouri Pacificase
Hs Matheison Alkali
National Dairy Products
National Cash
National Biscuit
Nash Motors
National Power Light
New York Central Wee
Norfolk & Western Nevada Con Copper
Otis Stel
Pierce Arrow - Purity
Seeee Pub. Serv
Packard Motor
Pullman
Ane
Pennsylvania
Screeserese
Republic Iron
Remington-Ran
Red-K-Orpheum
Stewart Warner
St. Joseph
Shulte
Standard Com
Studebaker
All Now Talking of Her Recovery
Mrs C E Wood of Fort Worth reports dramatic health improvement after using Sargon Soft Mass Pills. She suffered three years with stomach trouble kidneys back pain nervousness and headaches but says she is in good health appetite restored sleep normal and symptoms resolved by the product. Fox Drug Co agents distributed the remedy across five Fort Worth stores.
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Sargon
Hik
Fox Drug Co
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Phinelander
United States
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Seattle
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Stone
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King’s Mill
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P. B. Mooney
W. G. Beaman
White Deer
W. S. Stalzer
Jackson Street
Sanford
Higgins
News-Globe
Harding
Edwards Bottling Works
Edwards
Dr. Selecman
Panhandle
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Graf Zep
Realtors
Liverpool
Washington
Census Bureau
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Germany
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Warner Brot
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Rere Oon
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Beacon Barnedall
Oil & Gas
Lousian& Ssraereseee
Middle States
Mid-Continent
Royal Dutch
Sinclair , Simms
Shell Union
Skelly
N. J. Superior
Texas Pac. Land & Trus
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Texas Corp
Ndewater Association
White Eagle
Sens Phillip
Pan
American Producers & Ref
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Pierce Petesseseseere
Jno, Colarke Co
Aviation Corporation
Arkansas Gas
Marconi
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Soes
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Englan
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