Olympic Argo Returns as Parade Is Canceled Amid Rain
The 1928 Olympic team arrives in New York to a rain soaked welcome led by Mayor Walker. The voyage cost 290000 with a nearly 50000 dollar surplus, but customs seized four jugs and 16 bottles of liquor from two athletes amid the reception.
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Amsterdam
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California
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Elizabeth Robinson
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Side Line Dips Shape New Winter Dresses in Paris
Paris designers unveil side dipping silhouettes for winter. Worth presents violet brocade with a leftward dip and pine tree shaping, Susanne Talbot features multi tiered frocks with left side folds, embroidery, and ostrich tins. An ensemble in black and silver lame contrasts with ruby velvet trims and left side drape.
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Alice Langelier
Paris
Worth
Susanne Talbot
Germany Holds Second Place in Global Shipbuilding
International News Service reports Germany remains the world’s second largest shipbuilder in the second quarter of 1908 with 407 234 gross tons, behind Great Britain and ahead of Poland. Motorships rise to 7 percent of world tonnage, while steamships still dominate German yards.
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Bremen
Germany
Great Britain
Ipoliand
Gern
Six Decades in Sports By Feg Murray
A nostalgic tour through the late 19th and early 20th century sports scene. The piece contrasts past and present womens swimming clothes, early bicycles in six day races, tennis attire, the flying wedge in football, early motoring, and the curved bat era with reflections on how games and fashions evolved.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Glass rates protested by industry in Texas rail case
Industrial glass makers led by F. L. Glover of Three Rivers protested before the Texas Railroad Commission against the railroads’ interstate mileage based rate revision. He warned new rates would cut half his El Paso area business, with Los Angeles pricing advantaged over further points. The commission kept existing city-to-city short haul allowances for nearby plants, approving dismissal of the broader rate change from the railroads, and left freight rules on other goods unchanged. In Zululand, starlight is visible seven miles away.
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Atete Railroad Commission
F. L. Glover
Three Rivers
el Paso
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Fl Paso
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Fort Worth
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Foch Says Germany Could Have Won World War
In an interview in Vienna's Neue Freie Presse Marshal Foch argues Germany might have won the war with different plans and execution. He cites the right wing neglect, strategic mistakes, and potential outcomes had Ludendorff retreated or held behind the Rhine.
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Ypres
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Sedan
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Crestfield Charged With DWI Released After Show Cause
W. R. Crestfield, arrested Tuesday on driving while intoxicated charges, has been released on a show cause basis. He suffered facial injuries in a crash at the intersection of Tenth and Buchanan streets before officers took him into custody.
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Crestfield
Tenth
Buchanan
Hamm Picked for Backfield Job by Georgia
Georgia coach names Hamm to backfield role as Tech star Hamm earns praise for record performances and Olympic ambitions. Feature highlights his power, speed, and impact on the Rambling Wreck outlook this fall.
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Secord
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Garde
Adame
Garden
Utility Books Examined For New Inquiry By CeIil Owen
Federal Trade Commission staff study the books of large utilities holding companies in four major cities as hearings resume September 5. The Walsh resolution splits tasks into propaganda and financial structure phases with aims to assess monopoly risk and possible anti trust violations. Agents work in New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago gathering private financial records and plans to send questions to utilities.
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United Ae Ie Eee
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Abe
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Alse
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Chicago
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Epar
Bronc s Clinch Series at Pueblo with final game today
The Broncos clinch the series at Pueblo as Bock Freeman retires the Steelworkers in a key ninth inning. Bob Seeds belts two home runs. he collects four hits in five plate appearances. The series ends Thursday with the team traveling to Denver for three games.
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Bob Seeds
Denver
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Helen
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Greene
Coes
Tiene Todd
Diamond Dope Where They Play Western League Recap
Yesterday results include Amarillo 5 Puebble 2 and Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 3. New York beat Cincinnati 5 3 while Boston edged Detroit 7 4. Shreveport won 3 1 over San Antonio Beaumont defeated Fort Worth 9 7 Dallas beat Week 2 yet details unclear.
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Maivet Wichita
Mouston
Open hearings planned for financial inquiry details
The commission aims to finish the inquiry by June next year. Procedures for open hearings will be set by the full commission when it returns from vacation next month.
Girl Scout Camp Postponed Because of Rain
Amarillo area Girl Scout executive Mrs Mildred Austill announced that the overnight camp planned for this afternoon will be postponed due to rainy weather. No date was given for the postponed hike. Girls were to depart from the First Christian church social center for the camp north of the city.
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Amarillo
First Christian Church
Nord
S. B. A. To Stage Annual Melon Party
The Security Benefit association will hold its annual ancyst watermelon social tomorrow evening. Members are invited to attend on East Tenth Street and should meet promptly at 6 o'clock at the Carpenters hall to depart as a group.
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Security Benefit Association
East Tenth Street
Gall Stones Cure Promises Quick Relief and Detox
An advertisement touts a magical gall stone treatment that clears bile blockage and cleanses the liver intestines. It claims quick relief from nausea headaches digestive troubles and liver congestion and urges readers to buy a product called Bia-lin at drugstores with a money back guarantee.
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Bia-lin
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