Poincare Back in Job After Long Illness
Paris July 2 Raymond Poincare aged 71 recovering from a long illness and living quietly at his Lorraine chateau Leos Sampigny He resumes work on the eighth volume of In the Service of France focusing on Verdun He plans to recount Verdun events with plain candor and notes he will address the Foch and Clemenceau dispute later in his series The former French leader enjoys rural life with rabbits ducks pigeons and chickens and keeps two dogs Floc and Dany while following political matters closely and walking about the countryside.
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Paris
U.P
Raymond Poincare
McHman
Lorraine
Leos
Sampigny
Poincare
France
Verdun
Tardieu
Poin
Edouard Herriot
Tttle Floc
Dany
Foch
Clemenceau
Escape Stunt at Thompson Pool Delights City Fans
Magician Bob Clark performs an underwater escape from a handcuffed and padlocked mail sack lowered to 10 feet, with Chief W R McDowell padlocking him. expected submersion is 1 minute 20 seconds. Free public entertainment includes swimming contests, diving stunts, and clown diving by Harry Ragland at 8 p.m. in City Section Park North.
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Houdini
Bob Clark
Thompson Pool
W. R. McDowell
Bob
Harry Ragland
City Section
Trigg Surveys New Road at Murdo Gravel Pit
Howard T. Trigg Potter County surveyor and crew left for Murdo 46 miles northwest of Amarillo to survey a two mile road around a sand and gravel pit deemed one of the finest beds in the region. Three new railroad switch tracks, including a spur from Fort Worth and Denver, have been laid. The site is the first station this side of Channing and the deposit tests to 133 feet.
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Howard T. Trigg
Potter County
Murdo
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
New
Highway Survey
Channing
Frog raising in Louisiana fuels market growth
In New Orleans the frog leg trade is traced to Louisiana swamps where industry is well organized. Laws regulate catch size for marketing. About 400,000 frogs were sold out of state in 1930, worth from 33 to 4.50 a dozen.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Trawler Lands 6250 Dollar Catch Near Murmansk
One trawler fishing off the Murmansk coast under a British cruiser protection landed a catch valued at 6250 dollars. The incident underscores ongoing naval escort operations in Arctic waters as fishermen move haul under patrol.
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Murmansk
Russia
Advertising and a Santa Fe train delay at Canadian
The column recalls advertising's impact on business and detailing a delayed Santa Fe passenger train No. 9 at Canadian for twenty minutes while the Sundown Ranch Party from New York proceeds to Holbrook Arizona. Thirty boys and sixteen girls, under Dr. W. E. Kurtz and chaperones, travel in Pullman palace cars to spend two months at the Sundown Ranch with planned riding to Indian celebrations and attractions.
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Santa Fe
Fred Harvey
Sundown Ranch
New York City
Holbrook
Arizona
W. E. Kurtz
Ruth Katzenstein
Jennett Shair
Pullman Company
New York
Kurtz
Texas Panhandle
Canadian
Railroads Expand Power as Amarillo Divisions Grow
Amarillo division receives three 3000 class monster locomotives for A C R line between Amarillo and Liberal Kansas, plus continued loadings on Santa Fe Plains division. Increased staffing returns idle workers and rails borrow crews from lighter divisions. J C Rollo and family in Dalhart. W F Dale takes charge of California fast freight Nos 991 992. M Medearis shifts to passenger service. Construction begins on Denver Northern from Childress to Pampa with ICC deadline. Pampa commits 60000 for right of way. New railway line celebrated in interior town. paving on Highway 33 between Amarillo and Pampa opens. Rock Island restores chief dispatcher role. telegraph service expands to Wilton and Stinnett. July Fourth excursions promoted to El Paso and Oklahoma City. Anvil Park Rodeo at Canadian set for large crowds.
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Amarillo
Rock Island
Liberal
Kan
Santa Fe
Plains
Denver
W. F. Dale
California
H. Medearis
McClure
Denver Northern
Fort Worth
Childress
Pampa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gray County
W. E. Romero
el Paso
Oklahoma City
Amarillo to Get New Air Mail Line Soon
Amarillo will join a new air mail route within ten days. The Aviation Corporation with American Airways as a subsidiary holds the Fort Worth to Amarillo contract, while Mid-Continent Air Express covers Amarillo to Pueblo. A Fokker airship awaits at Municipal Field with Dee Graham as manager.
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Amarillo
The
Aviation Corporation
American Airways
Fort Worth
Mid- Continent Air Express
Western Air Express
Pueblo
Municipal Field
Dee Graham
English Field
Denver
Mid-Continent
Los Angeles
Kansas City
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Postal receipts rise in Amarillo June report
Amarillo postal receipts for June show a substantial increase over June of last year. The monthly report, released yesterday by postmaster W. C. Kenyon, records last month’s receipts at 26355.14 dollars versus 25651.61 dollars the year before.
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Amarillo
W. C. Kenyon
Island lake pageant and river valley frolics in Texas
The piece describes an island dotted lake arena with groves and fountains hosting a ninth season of shows with crowds in shaded seats. It mentions trains, rail rate hearings, a minor operation in Kansas City, and a request by the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad to junk nineteen miles of track between Luling and Gonzales. It weaves in social notes, jokes, and public concerns reflecting early 20th century Texas life.
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Lizzie
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Luling
Gonzales
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Trigg
Barber Castel
Vienna
John Moore
Merlin
Pinkham
J. C. Rollo
Ray Work
East Sixth Street
Studer and Son
Dc. E. Warden
Clovis
Ralph Martin
Tom Wilson
Hilda
Carson County
Bailey
T. S. Barnes
Jd. C. Hammack
Wilton
Stinnett
Studers
State of Texas
Anvil Park
Old
Mexico
H. W. Clutter
C. P. A. Rock Island Lines
Amarillo, Texas
City
NEW Air Mail Line
Roaches
Davies
R. W. Prentice
Etter
Mildred
Western Railways
Eastern Territory
Saxophone
Whittle and Spit Club
Capitol Hotel
Lucky Strike
Eres
A. T. Co Mira
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