Defenses Marks 16 000 Shots With 19 Hits At Fort Tilden
The Niagara coast defense tests at Fort Tilden fired 16 000 shots from 50 caliber guns with 19 hits. Representative Laguardia called the air defenses an absurdity while Major General Hagood and General Summerall praised progress in aircraft defense. Targets towed by planes simulated bomber runs at altitudes 700 to 1 700 feet with limited hits.
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Associated Press
New York
Fort Tilden
F. H. Laguardia
Air Service
Congress
Broadway
Laguardia
Fortress Monroe
Virginia
Johnson Hagood
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Charles P. Summerall
Second Corps
Man and Woman Both Divorced Wed in New York
Mrs. Owen Hawkins daughter of ex senator Robert L. Owen married Burgoyn Hamilton of New York. The ceremony occurred July 29 at the Long Island home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Smith. Both spouses had prior marriages and divorces. Mrs. Hamilton's prior marriage was to John Cameron Hawkins in Washington in 1917, with a Reno divorce in 1922. The first Mrs. Hamilton, Florence K. Wildes, divorced in Stamford, Connecticut, on July 23.
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New York
Owen Hawkins
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Burgoyn Hamilton
Long Island
R. C. Smith
Hamilton
Stamford
Conn
Unclad Man Foiled Again in Swope Park Chase
Park Police and two bloodhounds hunted an unclad man in Swope Park Kansas City Mo for a week. Sightings occurred daily as the quarry outdistanced trackers and even brandished a hatchet. Dogs resumed the search at dusk with trails crossing and recrossing through dense woods.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Swope Park
Panhandle booster sees strong crop and travels north
C. L. Green, longtime Panhandle booster, tells a Globe reporter the Panhandle is “playing Egypt to Central Texas” and cites corn crop damage across Central Texas counties. He and his son plan travel to Galveston for a Mallory line boat to New York then Atlantic City Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington, before Charles A. Green enters the University of Virginia. Tom Mix in The Man From Texas plays Liberty Wednesday and Thursday.
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Panhandle
West Teaas
Egypt
Texas
C. L. Green
Globe
Green
Athens
Mr. Green
Charles A
Galveston
New York
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Chalottesville
Virginia
Charles A. Green
University of Virginia
Public sale of impounded stock at city pound
City pound gates on Moy street will sell to highest cash bidder livestock impounded including a grey horse about 15 hands high and 12 years old. Sale set Friday August 21 1925 from 2 to 4 p m under the supervision of pound keeper J F Bassett with notices dated August 11 18.
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Toe City
Amare
Fons Sua Moy
Roe Streets
J. F. Bassett
Oldest Fort Worth and Denver Employee Tours Amarillo
Ed Hertzell, the railroad's oldest employee by service, rode through Amarillo yesterday en route to his New Mexico ranch. He has worked on the line for forty three years and now handles Nos. 7 and 8 into Fort Worth. Hertzell extolled the Denver as the best railroad and expects to operate trains for many years more.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
New Mexico
Ed Hertzell
Forth Worth
Hertzell
Mexican Resisting Arrest Slain by Dalhart Officer
Enrique Martinez a 28 year old Mexican was shot and killed by Dalhart chief of police Rube Hutton late Sunday after reportedly resisting arrest and attacking with a knife. The incident occurred as Hutton confronted Martinez whose behavior suggested intoxication.
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Globe
Dalhart
Enrique Martinez
Rube Hutton
Milady Falls Modes Offer Wide Cut and Color Choices
A review of Fifth Avenue shop windows shows fall fashion notes. Capes dominate frocks and coats, including elbow length circular capes and rear capes on evening wear. Navy coats gain a military look, while pencil blue, burnt brown, and brown tones lead street wear. Evening gowns stay pastel with vivid wraps in scarlet and green, plus brocade effects. Jumper frocks mix blouse and skirt shades as back flares appear.
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Hedda Hoyt
United Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Negro Potato King of Kansas Dies After Rising From Slavery
Janus G. Groves known as the negro potato king of Kansas died at his home near Edwardsville aged 66. Born a slave in Green County Kentucky in 1859 he read and wrote after emancipation and moved to Kansas in 1879. He started on a farm earning 40 cents a day then built a landholding empire with 523 acres in Wyandotte County and 1600 acres of wheat.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Janus G. Groves
Kansas
Edward'sville
Kan
Groves
Green County
Wyandotte County
Bolero Front Effect with Gold Embroidered Corners
The article notes bolero fronts with corners embroidered in gold or color. Skirts hang fourteen to sixteen inches from ground. Day frocks feature long sleeves and bright colored sleeves on dark tones. Black gowns are adorned with brilliant embroideries and appliques.
Heat records broken with 102.2 degree high at noon
Heat records for the year were set as temperatures climbed to 102.2 degrees at 2 45 in the afternoon. Morning readings showed 79 degrees, two degrees above the prior day, amid reports from Grove County and local industrial and corporate markets. Grove earns the nickname potato king after harvesting 72 150 bushels on 295 acres in a single year. he is survived by his widow and eleven children.
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Prowly
Houston
Gove
Grove
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