Horses Arrive in Amarillo for Big Fete Races
Dr. William Bloss, stable owner, oversees preparations as eight Midland owned winners arrive from Midland for the Tri-State Fair races in Amarillo set for August 90 and September 1. Foreign Relations leads the eight horse caravan plus Delhi Boy George Keith Red Star Tom Cat Four Mile Piccalo Pete and Tscocles. A jockey will keep them in training on the local track ahead of Labor Day races expected to attract 30 to 50 horses.
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William Bloss
Amarillo
Midland
New Orleans
Delhi Boy
George Keith
Red Star
Tom Cat
Four Mile
Piccalo Pete
Tscocles
Fair Grounds
Bloss
Gasoline Thieves Strike Again At Local Stations
Police report another gas theft after a Third Street and Grant Avenue pump was damaged midweek. Magnolia station attendant Slim Chowning foiled the attempt, losing about twenty dollars. a suspect was caught on Polk Street and pled guilty, jailed in Potter County.
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Third
Grant
Magnolia
Fifth
Fillmore
Polk Street
Rock Inland Tracks
Potter County
Cook's Body Sent to Oklahoma After Fatal Under Pass Accident
E G Cook 45 was killed instantly when caught under a power shovel at the under pass on the new Santa Fe line between Amarillo and Boyce City. He had worked for Walter Dennison’s camp 15 years and is survived by his separated wife and 10 year old son. The body was sent to Cushman Oklahoma for burial.
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Cook
Amarillo
Boyce City
Walter Dennison
Dennison
Cushman, Okahoma
Howard Suit Against S F Goes To Jury
The $25,000 damage suit of G J Howard against the Santa Fe railway was sent to the jury about 1 30 this afternoon after evidence concluded yesterday. Howard alleges permanent injury from a box car collision on a siding when another car was shunted into the loading car, breaking his back.
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G. J. Howard
Santa Fe Railway
Howard
Santa Fe
New Mascot Frog Joins Amarillo Police Department
Amarillo police unveil Sir Anthony Raleigh a frog mascot that will walk on hind legs to catch flies. Officer Frank Gamblin and John Snider confirm the frog’s antics as E. R. Murr in the traffic squad guards the mascot at police headquarters.
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Navy
Amarillo
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E. R. Murr
Derby Aeroplane Weekends Open With Star Flyers
Tonight in the Crystal Ball Room at the Herring Hotel the Derby event showcases the Jessie's Melody Maids with $1 per couple admission. Friday features a public dance in the English Field hangar as Ama rillo’s aerial wedding unfolds above. Lady Redburn performs a parachute jump this afternoon and again at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
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Melody Maids
Chamber of Commerce
Crystal Ball Room
English Field
Amarillo
Redburn
Kansas
Department of Commerce
Spartan Aircraft Company
Tulsa
Seize Gang Records in Effort To Solve Slaying of Lingle
Chicago August 21 The Zuta Aiello Moran gang faction papers were seized in a raid on Joe Aiello and Dominick Aiello after investigators traced information to Jack Suta. Officers found records weapons and about 100 keys and study continues for links to the Lingle murder involving public official transactions are not yet disclosed. Wives protest as the brothers fled the city after Lingle’s death two months ago. Police tie the Mo ran led plot to the shooting with Zuta as probable planner.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Jack Suta
Joe Aiello
Unione Siciliano
Dominick
Aiello
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Lingle
Pajama Uniforms Headline Reformatory Plan
Jefferson City Mo Aug 21 There will be no steel bars or high walls at a new intermediate prison reformatory near here Prisoners will wear pajamas and house slippers except when working in a factory or on the prison farm When they return to the barracks the uniforms are swapped back to pajamas The plan aims to deter escapes
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Tri-State Fair Association
The
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Enid
Wichita
Ruthelle Bacon
United Press
Jefferson City
Gas Field Worker Dies At Home Near Amarillo
G. R. McGaughey 25 a field worker for the Canadian River Gas Company died at his home three miles north of Amarillo about 10 o clock Wednesday night. He had worked for the company six years. Survived by widow and two daughters Wanda 9 and Moletta 3. Body at N. S. Griggs & Son funeral chapel.
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G. R. McGaughey
Canadian River Gas Company
Amarillo
McGaughey
Wanda
Moletta
N. S. Griggs & Son Funeral
Unknown Cure Discussion Across States Sparks Telegram Buzz
Telegrams from Florida Washington and California mention several men who claim to know the remedy for the trouble and how to restore motion. The statement nobody knows is withdrawn and air attaches will be sent to six capitals with the same military attaches to observe.
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Florida
Washington
California
Amarillo to Fort Worth and Other Routes Report
The Panhandle Auto Club notes road conditions from Amarillo to several cities including Fort Worth via Wichita Falls on U S 270 good roads. Also Oklahoma City on U S 66 and 64 open, Roswell on S66 good, Tucumcari on 68 good, Higgins on 60 good, Clayton on 385 good, Borger oilfield paved, and Lubbock on 366. Club HQ listed in Chamber of Commerce.
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Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U. S
Oklahoma City
Amarilla
Roswell
Tucumeari
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Oilfield
Lubbock
THE
Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Power behind the throne named in Gerard list of magnates
The article notes Gerard’s list of influential American financiers and industrialists who wield permanent influence in life, from Rockefeller Jr to Hearst and Guggenheim, arguing bankers hold the purse strings and shape who enters public office. A closing line mentions a pineapple-peeling machine from Porto Rico.
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Mellon
Mr. Gerard
Gerard
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Andrew W. Meilon
J. P. Morgan
George F. Baker
John D. Ryan
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Henry Ford
Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
James A. Ferrell
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Aluminum Company of America
P. M. Gossler
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
R. C. Holmes
Texas Corporation
John J. Raskob
du Pont
Edward J. Berwind
Daniel Williard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bosthenes Behn
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Walter 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Gerard Swope
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
Albert H. Wiggin
Charles E. Mitchell
Samuel Insull
Seven
Robert Rh. McCormick
Joseph Medill Patterson
Julius Rosenwald
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Roy W. Howard
Gerrard
Hoe
Rains Boost Texas Outlook
Farmers and business leaders across Texas welcomed light Tuesday rains that cooled heat, watered crops, and offered hope for fall pastures. While some said rains were only light to aid crops, they improved trade mood. storms damaged some barns and garages but caused no injuries. Additional showers were forecast across the Plains and Midwest.
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Dallas County
Abilene
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Palestine
Port Arthur
Bridgeport
Bronson
Crosbyton
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Eastland
Nacogdoches
Weatherford
Ladonia
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Sherman
Longview
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Shiloh
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Centerville
Houston
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Mid
Washington
Plains States
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Nebraska
Mrs Anna Wrather Rites Held at 4 Today
Last rites were to be held at 4 o clock Thursday at the First Baptist church for Mrs Anna Wrather 61 wife of Dr J R Wrather Amarillo pioneer who died Monday at her daughter Mrs A J Roberts Los Angeles California Interment was to be in Llano cemetery under the direction of N S Griggs Son.
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Anna Wrather
J. R. Wrather
Amarillo Pioneer
A. J. Roberts
Los Angeles
California
Llano Cemetery
N. 5. Griggs & Son
Kennedy-McPherson turmoil splits Angelus Temple ranks
In Los Angeles ties flare as Miss Waldron and Mrs Kennedy clash over control of Angelus Temple. accusations include a missing nose incident and a claim of a nerve breaking breakdown amid illness rumors. Aimee Semple McPherson recovery cited with three days of fasting proposed.
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Mrs. Kennedy
Angelus Temple
Yy United Press
Los Angeles
Echo Lake
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Taxicab Drowns Driver and Two Passengers in Canal
In Saulte Ste. Marie Michigan on August 21 a taxicab driver named Richard Flynn and his two passengers were drowned when the cab plunged into the Michigan Northern power canal. The second names of the passengers were not learned.
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Amos
Sterling Campaign Faces Criticism in Texas Tour
In La Grange and surrounding cities, Ferguson’s opponents attack his bid. Barry Miller voiced four reasons to back Mrs. Ferguson while Senator Clint Small pressed Fergusonism charges in Waco. Moody recalled Ferguson’s alleged $50 payment offer in San Angelo, noting he would not accept such terms.
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Barry Miller
la Grange
Clint Small
Waco
Sterling
Fergusson Post
Ross Sterling
Moody
San Angelo
Texas
Jim
Gasoline price cut posted by Pure Oil refinery
Muskogee Oklahoma August 21 a reduction of one fourth cent a gallon in the wholesale price of gasoline was posted today by the Pure Oil Company Refinery here No change was made in the price of crude oil
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Pure Oil Company
Car Stolen Near Reitman’s Grocery
A 1927 green six cylinder Whippet coupe, engine no 119078, was taken by a tall light-skinned male about 24 years old. The owner reported the theft to police and offers a $25 reward.
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Reitman's
Markets Report From Kansas City and Fort Worth Livestock
Livestock and grain market notes from Kansas City and Fort Worth show mixed but firm demand. Hog and cattle sales steady to higher with top hogs reaching about $10.45. calves, stockers, and feeders mixed. sheep and lamb markets firm with light gains, while grain and cotton futures move on broader market cues.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
U. S. Dept
Bbc
Chicago
U. 8
D. A
Dust Rose Among Us A Stranger Is Made To Face Scorn
The poem describes a stranger judged by shabby clothes and wrinkles, facing scorn and jokes from neighbors. It argues he is no different from the community and could be seen as fellow human. The piece reflects on bias and the ease of dehumanizing strangers.
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Éare
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