Fourth of July Prizes At Harding's Ranch To Cost $2000
The Ned Children's Council will announce prize details for the Fourth of July celebration at Harding's Ranch. Free participation for all with prizes including a Frigidaire a Philco Radio set and a Bulova watch from local sponsors. Activities include a free barbecue swimming camping and baseball games with further prizes.
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Paschall
Ned Children’s Council
Eryone
Harding's Ranch
Western Public Service Com
Philco Radio
Mathes Company
E. E. Fink
Hurst’s Jewelry Pany
Khoury Brothers
Tal Rug Company
Meyer & J
Bration
Heatwave Eases North as Midwestern and Eastern Regions Relieve
Heat from the first wave of summer spread across the Middlewest and East, with Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Missouri feeling the swelter. By nightfall cooler conditions appeared in many areas though Ohio Kentucky and Indiana still saw high temps. Reports cited trains delayed by buckled rails and official highs reaching near 100 in parts of the region while New York New England and Illinois faced the season’s hottest July on record.
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Minneso- Nebraska
Missouri
Middlewestern
Mllinois
Tucky
Indiana
Middlewest
Ohio
Michigan
Pennia
Kentucky
Noka
Minnesota
Defiance
Washington, D. C
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W. Va
Wheeling
Insburg
W. V
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkan
New York
New England
Illinois
United
Odds and Ends From a Curious Page of History
A patchwork of notes on ancient dice found in a Mesopotamian site, a 4000-year-old backgammon board, and a Navy five-year plan saving funds while delivering aircraft ahead of schedule. Mentions of the Army Air Corps, a push for remarrying in the Episcopal Church, and church commissions unsettled by divorce policy.
Zone Election Officials Named for Amarillo Zoning Vote
Amarillo city commission named four precincts with one judge and two clerks each for a special zoning election on July 21. Precincts include Precinct 1 Central Fire Station, Precinct 2 Sixteenth Street Fire Station, Precinct 3 Buchanan Street School, and Precinct 4 San Jacinto Fire Station. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm for qualified city voters who pay property tax. only one zoning ordinance issue to be voted on.
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Amarillo
City Commission
J. D. Cazzell
R. B. Musick
W. D. DeGrasse
John Trolinger
A. W. Buron
A. Peterson
East
Chicago Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company
Central Fire Station
Fourth Street
Tenth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company
Miss Alice Robertson to be buried in Green Hill Cemetery
Mrs Miss Alice Robertson the second woman to serve in Congress will be buried in Green Hill cemetery tomorrow in a funeral at the First Presbyterian Church at 10 30 a m Muskogee honors the longtime advocate for Eastern Oklahoma Indians who died at 77 after cancer of the liver Her term in Congress was brief but her welfare work and ties to the Spanish War Veterans and other national leaders drew tributes from across the country She had been bedbound since February 13 and spent most of her life promoting Indian welfare in Eastern Oklahoma.
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Muskogee
Okla
Alice Robertson
Congress
Green Hill Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church
Robertson
Alice
Oklahoma
Sheriff Must Face Trial Again in Fall
Houston July 2 The jury had been deliberating since Monday when discharged for failure to reach agreement. Former Sheriff H Wyatt Collins four deputies and 20 others would be called before federal court in September to face liquor conspiracy indictments.
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Houston
Tex
H. Wyatt Collins
Mrs. Cora Mitchell Rites To Be Friday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Cora Mitchell will be held at 2 o clock Friday afternoon from Griggs Funeral Chapel. Rev. Hubert Hamilton will conduct. She died in Los Angeles Tuesday morning at 41. Her body arrived here Thursday. Survived by husband Harry Mitchell and children Mary, Paul, Worth, Jimmy, and Faye Davis. all residents of Amarillo. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Griggs
Hubert Hamilton
Tenth Street Methodist Church
Mitchell
Harry Mitchell
Lincoln Street
Los Angeles
Mary Mitchell
Paul
Worth
Jimmy
Faye Davis
Amarillo
Memorial Park Cemetery
Negro Shriner Convicted for Felony Theft
In Austin a jury found Ivory Lee, an Imperial Potentate of the Mystic Shrine, guilty of felony theft in 98th District Court but reduced the charge to misdemeanor after it was shown no single advance exceeded $50. He received 90 days in jail as the outcome of the case stemming from an $1,000 loan and alleged back salary check.
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Austin
U.R
State of Texas
Ivory Lee
Ivory
Order of Nobles of
L. W. Denman
J. D. Moore
Denman
Governor Asks for Farm Board Aid
Governor Ross Sterling appealed to President Hoover for drastic action to prevent the Federal Farm Board from selling government wheat for at least six months. He cited Northwest Texas wheat prospects as strong, but prices are so low that harvest costs cannot be covered.
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Austin
Ross
Sterling
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Northwest
Texas
Andrews Barred From Gobi Desert
PEIPING China July 2 O S Roy Chapman Andrews a leading American scientist was barred by Chinese authorities from his planned expedition into the Gobi Desert. Officials accused him of arrogance and diverting valuable scientific material from Chinese territory under the pretense of a hunting passport.
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Peiping
China
O.S
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gobi Desert
Andrews
Search for red river boy and girl body near denison
Denison Texas July 2 A search was made for the body of John Hill 14 and his sister Mildred after they drowned while picnicking at Riverside Park near the Red River northeast of Denison The sister's body was recovered a mile downstream Mildred and John with their uncle T N Lauderdale and cousins crossed to the Oklahoma side and sank in deep water on the return no further details were given on their uncle or the other family members involved.
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Denison
Texas
John Hill
Mildred
Red River
Here
John
Riverside Park
T. N. Lauderdale
Oklahoma
Ray Barto Convicted of Murder in Henry Thompson Slaying
Mount Pleasant Texas July 2 Ray Barto 22 faced a two year prison sentence after jury conviction on murder charges in the fatal shooting of Henry Thompson yesterday.
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Mount Pleasant
Texas
Ray Barto
Henry Thompson
Bowie County Deputy Charged With Murder Trial Update
Testimony continues in Texarkana in the murder case against Bowie County chief deputy John L. McCall. Grffin, a paroled Texas convict, was killed during a liquor raid at his home. McCall says Griffin reached toward his hip as the shot rang out. Defense witnesses include Judge George W. Johnson Sheriff Brooks and ex District Attorney Waters.
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Bowie County
Texarkana
Ark
U.P
John L. McCall
George Griffin
Texas
Griffin
McCall
Griffith
George W. Johnson
Brooks
Waters
Three Break Jail Leaders Near San Antonio
In San Antonio on July two three escaped inmates from Gonzales jail are tracked on roads into the city. The trio named W D Newsome John Moore and Antisco Sanchez fled in a roadster via Seguin toward San Antonio. A $50 reward is offered for their capture while they await transfer to the state penitentiary.
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San Antonio
Gonzales
Seguin
Offcers
W. D. Newsome
John Moore
Antisco Sanchez
State Penitentiary
What They Write 7 Tack What They Write 7 Tack
The fragment lists a disjointed header and a partial note about a booster and a cap rock project. Readable items mention Tack and Northwest Tawac in an unclear planning context but lack coherent facts, dates, or entities to summarize into a full news item.
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Northwest
Tawac
Lightning Blamed For Tanker Blast
PORT ARTHUR Texas July 2 Lightning or static electricity was generally believed by Gulf Refining Company officials today to have caused the explosion aboard the tanker-barge Shenango which started a water front fire here last night, doing damage estimated at 100000. One man D B Achee 22 was dead of burns received when a shower of flaming crude oil being discharged from the Shenango rained over the Gulf Company dock. Two tankers the Gulf of Mexic and the Carrier damaged by fire were under repair today.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Gulf Refinling Company
Shenango
Achee
Gulf Company
Gulf of Mexic
Amarilloan Opens State VFW Meet in Houston
HOUSTON July 2. The Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars opened their eleventh annual encampment. State Department Commander E A Bradley of Amarillo opened the session. The veterans were to hear national commander Paul C Wolman of Baltimore, followed by an address by Congressman Wright Patman of Texarkana.
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Houston
U.P
Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Department
E. A. Bradley
Amarillo
Paul C. Wolman
Baltimore
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Miners Drill Tunnel To Blazing Oil Well
Kilgore Texas July 2 Four Oklahoma miners with air drills began tunneling to the Bell and Grady oil well shaft to extinguish the fire. The tunnel is to reach a point 25 feet below the surface, drilling had averaged about four feet daily before their arrival.
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Kilgore
Tex
Bell and Grady
Oklahoma
Babcock, Scientist, Claimed by Death
Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock, renowned dairy scientist aged 88, died overnight at his Madison home. His body was found this morning by a neighbor and UW professor Dr. E B Hart. a physician indicated the death appeared natural and from illness.
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Madison
Wis
Stephen Moulton Babcock
Mystery surrounds dentist shooting near Houston
Dr J T Botthoff 30 dentist of Pelly was shot while driving along Westheimer road last night. Authorities have not determined the shooter or motive as the victim recalls little. He was found on a driveway bridge near a home eight miles out, with his car crashed at the curb and two bullets reported to have entered his abdomen and back.
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Houston
J. T. Botthoff
Pelly
Botthoff
Westheimer Road
Winnie Mae
Earth
Post
Gatty
At Nine Years Old A Little Girl By Edgar A. Guest
A reflective poem from 1931 by Edgar A. Guest about a nine year old girl. It traces her growing independence and mischief as she longs for twins or a baby brother, chattered adventures, bruised legs, and the awkward, lively energy of early youth.
Markets Fire Hogs Cattle Lambs in Kansas City For Fort Worth
Kansas City livestock sales report shows hogs at top 7.10 for 170 210 lb range with mixed prices for other weights and cattle, calves, and sheep. Fort Worth sale notes truck hogs up 10c with top 7.00 and slaughter cattle steady. sheep prices mix with fat lambs steady. Cotton in New Orleans opens quiet with moratorium uncertainty weighing on futures. Chicago grain and New York stocks move on debt negotiations with mixed gains and losses across major names.
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Kansas City
Fort Worth
Chicago
Jno. F. Clark Brokerage Co
Svbevecore
JMO
U. S. Steel
Worthington Pump
Johns Mansville
Beatrice Creamery
Caterpillar
Steels
Ingersoll Rand
Woolworth
Paris
American Can
Westinghouse
National Biscuit
Anaconda
American Telephone
Case
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Robins and Jones plan Seattle to Tokyo nonstop flight
Seattle aviators Reg L Robbins and H S Jones prepare for a Pacific crossing in the monoplane Fort Worth carrying 416 gallons of fuel. They aim to fly nonstop to Tokyo via Alaska from Seattle with refueling-backed legs over Nome and Yukon. Mattern and Greener will operate a tri motor refueling ship to contact them at Fairbanks. Soviets approve overflight for the Seattle Tokyo effort.
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Tokyo
Fairbanks
Alaska
Reg. L. Robbins
H. 8. Jones
Japan
Fort
Worth
Nome
Robbins
Mattern
Greener
Yukon Territory
Fort Worth
Fliers Return after 15,474 Mile World Flight
Post and Gatty completed a 15,474 mile north hemisphere air tour in 8 days 15 hours 51 minutes, surpassing the Graf Zeppelin record. Crowds swarmed Roosevelt Field and New York City celebrated with medals from Mayor Walker as the Winnie Mae landed in Central Standard Time.
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Roosevelt Field
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Post and Garty
Cleveland
Post
Gatty
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Canada
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England
Holland
Germany
Poland
Russia
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New York Flying Fields
Lindbergh
Chamberlain
Byrd
Getty
Hillig Decorated in Denmark by King Christian
Otto Hillig of Liberty New York received the Knight of Dannebrog from King Christian in Copenhagen after flying the Atlantic in the monoplane Liberty alongside Holger Hoiris. The July 20 ceremony honored their transatlantic achievement with Denmark’s distinguished award.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
P—Otto Hillig
Liberty
N. Y
Holger Hoiris
Atlantic
Dannebrog
Christian
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