Panhandle Receives General Rains with Property Damage
Rain broke a long dry spell across the Panhandle with two to three inches in Pampa and scattered showers elsewhere. Heavy rain, high winds, and lightning caused minor property damage and struck a family tent during Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Turbulent Spain and global notes in 1932 era
A column cites Spain voting Republican with 17 killed in riots and a dethroned king. It notes the Duke of Alba’s deputy elected to parliament, Madrid priest beating, and regional Catalonia Basque voting by race. Washington discussion covers Hoover light beer idea and Liberia’s labor system. Also referenced are Gene Tunney’s Russia view, Bolshevism, school consolidation, and weather updates from Amarillo area with varied rain.
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Aviators break globe-circling record in Winnie Mae
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty shatter the time record for circumnavigating the earth. Their Winnie Mae landed at Roosevelt Field early Wednesday evening, lowering the Graf Zeppelin mark from 22 days to under 9 days.
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Harold Gatty
Winnie Mae
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Crowds greet world fliers on nine day global trip
New York celebrated Wiley Post and Harold Gatty as they returned after circling the globe in under nine days. Crowds packed streets, cheers roared, sirens wailed, ticker tape flew as the pair rode in an auto through the city at dawn and into the day.
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Russia
Paris Debt Talks Opened As Laval Meets Washington
Paris reports that the Franco American conference on debt solutions opened late today for Mr Melion and Ambassador Page to confer with Washington on counter proposals unofficially received from the French government. The American negotiators will meet Laval tomorrow with London signaling willingness to convene talks among powers chiefly concerned if Paris talks fail to yield early progress.
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London
Freezing July Hits Eastern Washington and Idaho
Suokane Washington reports July cold spell with frosts and ice in ditches. Lind residents find ice in irrigation systems while Pullman records a low of 31.8 degrees. The chill blankets a wide area across Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho.
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Robbins and Jones Delay Tokyo Refueling Flight
Seattle July 2 A delay of a day or more in starting a proposed non stop refueling flight from Seattle to Tokyo is likely as their refueling ship lags en route to Alaska Robbins and Jones Texas aviators plan to depart tomorrow but the ship reached Edmonton Alberta at 620 PM MST last night. The crew checked engines at Edmonton and expect to take off for Fairbanks tomorrow. They aim to refuel mid air over Fairbanks and Nome for a $25000 prize offered by a Japanese newspaper.
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Mattern Greener to refuel Robbins Jones Alaska flight
Edmonton report notes James Mattern and Nick Greener prepared to refuel the Robbins Jones plane during its Alaska crossing. The article references continuation on page 2 for full details of the flight plan and crew arrangements.
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Girl Leaves Stand In Heart Balm Suit
Abilene July 2 Miss Madge Roberts age 21 continued testimony in a $50,000 breach of promise suit against Louis Keel. Her younger sister Helen Roberts 19 testified next. Witness R H Horner, once linked to the case, was mentioned as potentially called. Cross examination revealed refused dates while at the Wooten Hotel. Crowd included many women and schoolgirls. judge warned he would clear the courtroom.
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Thos. L. Blanton
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Arch Batter
Bob Sellers
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Keel
Long
Heat Hazard At Inverness
Tommy Armour led the United States Open crowd in blistering heat with a first round 75, while rivals trailed at par 71 led by Charles Guest Eddie Williams and Herman Barron. Williams surged ahead with a 36-35-71, as notable Brits faced heat setbacks and disqualification.
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Charles Guest
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Chicago
Herman Barron
Porchester
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Williams
Frank Walsh
Lawyers Say Texas Courts Antiquated
The Texas court system is out of date and unbusinesslike, an incubus on the people, and should be reconstructed, a report by the jurisprudence and law reform committee said at the 50th annual Texas Bar Association convention in Galveston. Dean Pounds of Harvard Law School inspired the proposed restructuring, and the plan was endorsed in 1918 at Wichita Falls. T. W. Davidson of Dallas led the committee.
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Harvard Law School
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T. W. Davidson
Dallas
Lebrix to attempt world flight to beat post Gatty record
Paris June 2 Joseph Lebrix announced plans to start a world flight tomorrow with Marcel Doret aiming to circle the globe in four legs Paris to Tokyo Tokyo to San Francisco San Francisco to New York and New York to Paris Lebrix rose to fame with Dieudonne Costes on the 1928 South Atlantic flight and other long distance routes.
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Joseph Lebrix
Dieudonne Costes
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Tokio
San Francisco
New York
Amarillo Weather Forecast With Showers Likely
Amarillo and vicinity expect probably showers tonight and Friday. West Texas cloudy with local showers north and west tonight and Friday. New Mexico unsettled tonight with showers and thunderstorms east and north central portions, Friday mostly fair. Temperatures in Amarillo today reach 80 and 67.
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Sterling outlines aims for oil proration special session
Governor Ross Sterling said East Texas operators will not honor a 250000 barrel day limit after 300000 barrels daily. He plans a special session to form a central conservation commission to oversee oil gas water and soil rules and may pursue congressional redistricting. The session would not occur this week.
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Amarillo Aid Inroad Party Opens Pampa Highway
A delegation from Amarillo celebrated seven miles of paved road linking Amarillo with Pampa and the Carson County line. Key figures included W. W. Chilton, Ern est O. Thompson, and Bill Lampe, with members from the Chamber of Commerce highway committee. A telegram of greetings followed, and Pampa Lions Club hosted lunch.
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G. C. Odom
W. A. Palmer
W. H. Bryner
J. M. Cook
T. M. Bruner
Cecil Brooks
G. T. Oliver
J. F. Ferguson
Dr. J. N. Campbell
Darrell Campbell
A. K. Webster
T. E. Johnson
Norris Ewing
Tom O’brien
C. E. Blue
E. M. Blackburn
F. E. Woodruff
W. J. Beechler
Ben Short
Amarillo
Baby Drowns in Pool Near Lamiea
LAMEBA July 2. David Barrett two years old son of Mr and Mrs J L Barrett of Fairview community twenty miles northwest of here drowned Wednesday evening while following his brothers and sisters at play. Body found thirty minutes after missing in a surface pool. Second drowning in Dawson County surface tanks within two months. Mrs Barrett attended a home demonstration club encampment at Post when notified. She arrived home at midnight. Surviving are seven brothers and sisters and the parents. Funeral services were held today at Fairview.
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J. L. Barrett
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Dawson County
Coughing Babe Saves Family From Blaze
In San Antonio on July 2 a two year old boy named Stanley Long whose whooping cough caused a coughing spell woke his mother Mrs. E. A. Long and his two sisters as fire gutted the upper part of their home and a roof collapsed minutes after they escaped from a downstairs window.
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Professor Harold Hoffding Dies at 83 in Copenhagen
Professor Harold Hoffding, called the most versatile philosopher since Spencer, died in Copenhagen today at age 83. His death marks the end of a varied career spanning philosophy and public discourse. He leaves behind a legacy of scholarly work and influence across European intellectual circles.
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Jacobs Eliminated at Wimbledon Semifinal by German Player
Helen Jacobs, the last American left in women's singles, was upset by Germany’s Hilda Krahwinkel in straight sets to reach an all German final. The match ended 10-8 0-6 6-4 at Wimbledon Stadium.
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Helen Jacobs
Hilda Krahwinkel
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George Lott, Jr
L. A. Harper
Baron von Kehrling
Mrs. Satterthwaite
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P. D. B. Spence
I. Aoki
Japan
Miss Feltham
Paris and Washington discuss Young plan relief and talks
Reports from Paris Washington and Bucharest detail government moves on the Young plan. France weighs a guarantee obligation to the Bank for International Settlements while the United States signals cautious participation. Romania accepts Hoover debt proposal.
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Dallas Woman a Police Seek Husband After Shooting
Mrs Kath leen Achilles and J W McCulley were shot critically by a motorist who fled. Police seek Chester Achilles estranged husband who had a peace bond and injunction against him. Achilles reportedly told a San Antonio sister he murdered his wife and another man and planned to kill himself.
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