Fisher brothers prize for handcrafted coaches at Detroit dinner
Arthur Brisbane notes a Detroit dinner honoring 104 young Americans who crafted elaborate coach models. Seven judges from major universities praised the work, while Millikan and other scientists discussed brain electricity, atomic power, and optimism amid economic mood. Ford’s absence and local industry contrasts close the piece.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Seven Fisher Brothers
Europe
Fisher Brothers
Secret Cotton Plan Proposed by Memphis Banker
R B Snowden Jr, a Memphis banker and 60 000 acre cotton grower, urged the Federal Farm Board to study a secret plan for solving cotton troubles. He framed the plan as simple and drastic and left details to the Board, which is reviewing numerous suggestions. Snowden warned current prices yield only three to five cents a pound, with three cents barely profitable to harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Farm Board
R. B. Snowden, Jr
R. Brinley Snowden
Young Snowden
Farm Board
Snowden
Pilots Spend Night In City Off On Time
In Enid Oklahoma Gladys O'Donnell leading Santa Monica Cleveland Air Derby entrants into Enid from Amarillo at 9 12 18 am with unofficial time 1 08 18. Phoebe Omville Memphis arrives second at 9 25 30 with 1 20 30 flight. Seven ships accompany fifty three racing planes depart English Field for Wind Oklahoma noon control point as field wakes to southwest wind.
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Enid
Okla
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Santa Monica
San Francisco
Bartlesville
Cleveland
Phoebic
Omville
Memphis
Bandit Flees Grocery With Bleeding Nose
Houston readers report two grocery bandits early this morning. One escaped after a gunfire exchange with grocer BE Poole who fought back bravely despite a bleeding nose. The other suspect, a negro, pointed a pistol at Abe Rosenthal but fled after being struck by groceries.
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Houston
U.P
BE. H. Poole
Poole
Abe Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Four inmates die as Marquette prison riot ends
Four convicts opened fire at Marquette prison injuring two and killing one guard. After barricades, machine guns, and gas bombs, the inmates killed themselves. Warden Corgan ordered an immediate investigation into how the firearms were obtained and the escape plan remains unclear.
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Germano
James P. Corgan
Governor considers special session on cotton acreage cuts
Governor Ross Sterling faced pressure from Texas farmers calling for a special legislative session to pass cotton acreage reduction. Meetings statewide produced resolutions urging prompt action. Two rival factions emerged, bankers leading one in Dallas proposing financing the withholding of production instead of legislation.
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Associated Press
Ross
Sterling
Carrizo Springs
Dallas
Frank Roddy Freed on Bail in Rock Island Cigar Theft
Frank Roddy, indicted by the Potter County grand jury for the Rock Island railroad warehouse cigaret burglary, was released on $5,000 bond. Red Easum remains jailed. W. E. Fallwell of Hereford freed on bond in Deaf Smith County after arrest near Friona. Over $1,000 worth of cigarets recovered. 16 cases stolen, 12 recovered. Panhandle officers aid Sheriff Thompson in ongoing investigation.
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Frank Roddy
Potter County Grand Jury
Rock Island Railroad
Red” Easum
W. E. Fallwell
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
W. N. Thompson
Fallwell
Friona
Panhandle
Thompson
Rock Island
We’ll Whip This low mood by Alfalfa Bill Murray
Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray predicts Americans will win the fight against business depression and unemployment. In a Memphis relief conference follow up, he says state efforts will eliminate unemployment, though serious ills may hit in February. He speaks calmly, trusting the masses and a forthcoming President to chart new paths.
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George B. Roscoe
United Press
Oklahoma City
U.P
William H
Murray
Memphis
Kidnapped turfman released unharmed in Illinois
John J. Lynch, a wealthy turfman from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, returned home after being held and released near Kankakee. He said no ransom was paid or demanded, and he was treated well. Authorities sought Al Capone in connection with the case, but Capone could not be found. Francis M Borax Smith, 84, California investor and miner, died in Oakland after a fall.
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Chicago
John J
Jack” Lynch
Lake Geneva
Wis
Lynch
Kankakee
Ill
Wisconsin
al Capone
Patrick J. Roche
Capone
Oakland
Calif
Francis M
Borax) Smith
California
Oldtimers Cowpunchers Reunion Opens at Palo Duro
The tenth annual Oldtimers Cowpunchers Association reunion begins near Canyon at Palo Duro with campers on site. John Arnot, president, notes turnout will be smaller than past years due to membership rules, but many qualified members are expected. Impromptu talks precede a noon meal as old cowboys recall the past.
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Palo Duro
T-Anchor
Canyon
John Snider
Cowboys of
Yesteryear
Oldtimers Cowpunchers Association
John Arnot
DO X Arrives in New York After Long Battle
DO X arrives in New York from Germany after ten months of endurance against fire and storms. With 72 aboard and 12 powerful engines, the flying boat glides past the Statue of Liberty as crowds cheer at the Battery. Officials Welcoming party includes Capt. Sayles Com. Simpson George Mand Victor Ridder and E J Snow with medals for the fliers.
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New York
Germany
Battery
Capt. W. R. Sayles
Navy Yard
Com. G. W. Simpson
George F. Mand
Victor Ridder
E. J. Snow
New Oil Giant Emerges From Standard Oil Merger
A merger proposal unites Standard Oil Companies of New Jersey and California into a corporation valued near three billion dollars after talks among leaders W C Teagle and K R Kingsbury. The Jersey group operates in Canada, South America, Mexico, Roumania and the Dutch East Indies with Humble Oil and Refining and Standard of Louisiana as subsidiaries. Last year the combined group produced about 270000 barrels daily and held assets around 731 million at end of 1920.
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San Francisco
U.P
Standard Oil Companies
New Jersey
California
W. C. Teagle
New Jersey Standard
K. R. Kingsbury
California Standard
Canada
South America
Mexico
Roumania
Dutch East Indies
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Standard of Louisiana
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast With Cooler Temperatures
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas: cooler overnight, generally fair and cooler Friday. New Mexico: fair west, unsettled east tonight and Friday, cooler tonight and Friday east. Temperature extremes for the 24 hour period ending 1 PM were 88 and 70.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Jobless Rail Workers Call for Shorter Hours
C W Maier of Cleveland spoke at the Tri State Convention urging shorter working hours and higher pay to ease unemployment. He recalled Coxey's Army and the Panic of 1893 94 and warned of ongoing hardship as the nation faces widespread joblessness. He linked policy shifts to cyclical distress and urged industry to bear the burden.
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C. W. Maier
Cleveland
International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Tri-State
Maier
Coxey
Lincoln
Youngest Golfers Compete in Junior Open at Wolflin Park
The Junior Open at Wolflin Park features possibly the youngest players yet seen in a tournament with four seven year olds in the fifth flight. Phillip Tabor led the group with 133 in qualifying as Alfred Buron, Paul Denson Jr., and Hap Johnson Jr. joined without qualifying.
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Wolflin Park
Phillip Tabor
Alfred Buron
Plainview
Paul Denson
Hap Johnson
Air show fuels and wind indicator crash
Harold English provided fuel and oil for ships while bookkeepers prepared consumption figures by night. About 7,000 air enthusiasts saw the ships land yesterday and 2,000 watched the take-off this morning as a gusty wind toppled a metal wind indicator from the hangar onto the concrete apron.
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Harold English
English Field
Schedules of schools announced for enrollment week
Enrollment schedules for Senior High, Central Junior High, Buchanan and Sam Houston Junior High begin next week with reverse alphabetical class placement. Registration starts August 31 at Senior High and Central Junior High, September 1 at Buchanan and Sam Houston. Senior High assigns eight AM and one PM slots daily with detailed grade groupings by day. Central Junior High lists morning and afternoon groups for high seventh and low eighth grades under Miss Elizabeth Nilson. A mattress ad follows.
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Central
Buchanan
Sam Houston
R. B. Norman
Central Junior High School
Elizabeth Nilson
Allred silent on antitrust investigations
Attorney General James V. Allred, returning from New York, announced courts of inquiry will be opened across Texas to gather more information on alleged antitrust violations by oil companies. He kept details of his trip confidential and defended a San Antonio suit against a public service equipment sale. Possibility of voluntary rate reductions was raised.
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Austin
James V. Allred
New York
Allred
San Antonio
Leonard Wood Jr Dies in New York Hospital
Leonard Wood Jr son of the late Major General of the United States Army died in Bellevue Hospital New York of pneumonia at age 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wood, Jr
New York
United States Army
Bellevue Hospital
Legionnaires Back After Tough State Convention
Amarillo's 161 Legionnaires arrived home on the Rock Island train at 10 39 this morning after losing a hard fought state convention to Corpus Christi. Delegates and officers praised efforts by Amarillo leaders while a halt in the procession noted a few injuries to Wilbur Upchurch the band director.
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Amarillo
el Paso
Rock Island
Marvin Jones
Ernest O. Thompson
Corpus Christi
Will M. Benton
Legion Auxiliary
Earl Earp
Sweetwater
Floyd Sloan
Detroit
George Broome
E. C. Kuykendall
Plainview
Nat
Perrine
Jones
Wichita Falls
Hal Brennan
Thompson
Brennan
Gulf City
Wilbur Upchurch
Alamogordo
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Millikan
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
T. 5. Baker
Carnegie Institute of Technology
M. L. Brittain
Georgia Institute of Technology
M. E. Cooley
College of Engineering and Architectural University of Michigan
George J. Davis, Jr
College of Engineering
University of Alaen
W. F
Durand
Critus
Stanford University
E. A. Hitchcock
Ohio State University
D. 8. Ball
College of Engineer
Cornell University
P. R. Kolbe
The
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
R. A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
R. L. Sackeet
Pennsylvania State College
Michigan
Jeans
Charley Fisher
X . Henry Ford
Mecca
Dearborn
Griggs Ambulance
Berry’s Rug Cleaning
W. 10Th
Bandit
Selves
Marquette, Mich
Marquette
A. W. Hornbogen
Michigan Medical Association
Andre Germano
Frank Hohfer
Charles Rosenburg
Leo Duver
Frank Oligschlager
Ald
Joe Cowling
George Hurley
Ishpeming
Borax’ Smith
Do-X
AIR Racers
Palestine
East Texas
Alvin M. Owsley
American Legion
C. C. McDonald
Mineola
Commission
East Texas Oil Field
Texas Railroad Commission
Ben C. Belt
Gulf Production Company
R. B. Hardwicke
Belt
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