Criminal Court Term Opens at Canyon
District Court for the forty seventh judicial district convened this morning at Canyon with Judge Henry L. Bishop presiding. District Attorney W J Mesher handles the criminal docket in Randall County. Court to meet again in Amarillo August 22. the recent term disposed many cases and the grand jury returned over 100 indictments.
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Forty-Seventh Judicial District
Henry
Bishop
Canyon
Amarillo
W. J. Mesher
Randsli
Civil District Court
W. E Gee
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Livestock prices and activity across markets in Kansas City Chicago St Louis and Oklahoma City. Cattle steers and yearlings show mixed gains while hogs and sheep edge higher. beef and dairy grades cited with top and price ranges for several categories. Grain and feed markets noted alongside cash grain quotes and butter egg prices.
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Kansas City
Searlings
Graes
Chicago
Associated Rrese
Ste
Sheen
Janta
Prodas
SF. Louis
Associated Preea
Louis
Jelys
New York Produce Prices Dull but Firm in Trading
United Press reports July 5 that grain and oilseed markets show dull activity but firm tone. Coffee and cacao values steady with Rio No 7 and Santos No 4 quotes noted. dressed poultry prices mixed with turkeys, broilers, and ducks listed in fractional terms.
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New York
United Press
Middlewest
Rio
Santos
Mayor Bivins Decrees Odd Hours for Newsboys and Calls for Fishing Ban
In Amarillo a contentious proclamation from Mayor Bivins limits newsboy hours from 10 p m to 4 a m to curb noise while urging strong action on water pricing and a fishing ban at Word ranch creek. He warns against harming brood fish stocks needed for a future lake and asks residents to send letters supporting the plan for long term public fishing access.
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Amtrilo
Neweboys
Bivins
Amarillo
Market Report for Long Island Fresh Produce and Dairy
Long Island market notes show poultry prices steady with few changes across varieties including fowls turkeys and broilers. Dairy items such as whole milk cheese and creamery products hold firm with receipts listed and regional markets varying by region and grade.
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Long Island
Maine
Jersey
UéenSh
Browne
Stocks Open Higher as Prices Edge Upward
New York stocks opened fractionally higher with gains for Baldwin, Colorado Fuel and Reid Ice Cream. A block of 68,000 Union Carbide shares traded at 126 and rose to 125, a yearly peak. General Electric rose to 116, a yearly high, while Southern Pacific and Sea Line posted notable advances. Foreign exchange opened easy with sterling near $4.855 and French francs around 91 cents.
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New York
Associated Press
Baldwin
Colorado
Reid
Union Carbide
General Electric
Southern Pacific
Sea” Line
Chesapeake and Ohio
Maryland
Lehigh Valley
Atlantic Coast Line
Manhattan
U. S
Colonel Bailey Dies Veteran Texas Editor
Col George Bailey editor of the Houston Post-Dispatch and veteran Texas newspaperman died at his Houston home after a brief illness. Born in 184? in Maine, he came to Texas in 1890 and worked at the Dallas Morning News before joining Houston Post-Dispatch in 1904 and becoming editor in 1924. Funeral plans were not announced.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
George Bailey
Houston Post-Dispatch
Texas
Bailey
Wiscascott
Maine
Dallas Morning News
Washington
Houston Poet
The
Post-Dispatch
Lara Hill
Emma Webster
Amarillo YWCA sign raises concerns and insults
A letter and local uproar center on a house displaying Y W C A rates in Amarillo. The owner defends her right to advertise while denying it is a genuine YWCA facility and asserts protections for occupants, including working girls, amid a volley of personal accusations.
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Amarillo
Old Tackle's Amarillo Plan for a Bigger, Fairer City
The program promises lower water gas and electric rates and a cleaner city with more parks and flowers. It calls for cheaper rents, storm sewers, Bivins lake public, a municipal golf course, and elimination of railroad crossings. It seeks better throughfares to San Jacinto and safer driving rules for emergency vehicles. It also pledges continued industry attraction and livability improvements with closer fuel price alignment and dirt street upgrades.
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Fae Aeokn
Uur
Bivins Lake
North
Amarillo
Ace
San Jacinto
Po Ncemen
Accidents continue with firecracker blast deaths
A fragmentary list reports several children and others killed by exploding firecrackers. Names include Jerne Tessler, 7, Josephine Zielna, 10, Clara Welby, 3, and Arnold Ford, with locations in Philadelphia St Louis Gilroy Tramway and Wisconsin. Fort Collins soldier Jack Abean, 23, killed by cannon shot.
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Philadelphia
Jerne Tessler
St. Louis
Haden Harris
Chicago
Josephine Zielna
Gilroy
California
Clara Welby
Tramway
Wisconsin
Arnold Ford
Fort Collins
Colorado
Jack Abean
Fourth of July toll across the southwest and nation
United Press reports described a holiday period marked by drownings, fires, and motor car crashes. fatalities included cyclist Clyde Coats in Abilene Texas and multiple drownings in Oklahoma Kansas Missouri while other cities logged injuries from fireworks and traffic accidents.
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United Press
Kansas City
Southwest
Clyde Coats
Abilene
Texas
Fairgrounds
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Dallas
Tecumseh
Whitesville
Missouri
Oswego
Kansas
Neosho
Sedalia
Wichita
Odessa
New Orleans
Amos “Kid” Carlin
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Honor Guard Keeps Silent Vigil at Johnson Bier
In Fenton Michigan on July 6 an honor guard from Selfridge Field watches over the bier of Lieut J Thad Johnson killed when his plane collided with a fellow aviator's during a flight escort to Washington Col Charles A Lindbergh sent a spray of peonies to Mrs Johnson and spoke of sorrow as mourners gather at the Johnson home Admirals and officers attend with floral tributes and grieving family members speak of shared loss
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Associated Press
Fenton
Mich
Selfridge Field
J. Thad Johnson
Selfridge
Henry Adams
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Johnson
Dominion
Clifford Mallory
Mallory
Toll of Fourth of July weekend across multiple states
A United Press survey tallies casualties from independence day celebrations. Michigan reports twelve dead and thirty-three injured, Indiana thirty-four dead and at least fifty injured, Philadelphia four dead, and Massachusetts and Pittsburgh fatalities from various fireworks and traffic accidents. Chicago records eleven deaths from fireworks and related incidents.
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United Press
Washington
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Frank Orell
Oworso
Indianapolis
Indiana
Chicago
Josephine Zielna
Longevity in Lucas: Fifteen Octogenarians Among 650 Inhabitants
In Lucas Kansas on July 4, 650 residents include 15 people aged eighty or more. Ten of the octogenerians are men and five are women, with a combined age total of 1250 years.
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Lucas, Kan
Lucas
Frail Genius and Mind Over Muscle in Poe Like Verse
Poem notes that strength alone cannot define greatness. It cites Milton’s enduring intellect and the triumph of thought over frail bodies. The piece celebrates the gallantry of the soul and the power of dreams guiding humanity through struggles.
Grace Crash Ends Plan For Transoceanic Flight
Hollywood stunt flier Richard Grace crashed near MANA Kauai while attempting a solo hop to California. At 5:24 a.m. the monoplane lurched after takeoff, zigzagged toward the runway, and then nosed into bushes. Grace escaped with no injuries after 51 minutes aloft.
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Associated Press
Mana
Kauai
Hawaii
Richard Grace
Hollywood
California
Grace
Nee
Barking Sands
Oil man and attorney held in booze raid
Texarkana reports oil operator Charles E. F. Lenz and New York attorney Edgar A. Martin were arrested during a Bowie county raid on the Lenz home. Two gallons of whisky were seized and a ten gallon keg found empty. Bonds were set at 500 dollars. Martin’s preliminary hearing was set for 8:20 p m Tuesday. Lenz’s examining trial for next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Charles EF. Lenz
Texarkana Oil
Edgar A. Martin
New York
Bowie County
Lenz
Justice of the Peace Court
Officers search for escaped Pen convict Lamon
Cleburne July 6 officers continued a search for W A Lamon a felony convict from Johnson County District Court who with Phillips Mast an alleged Arizona penitentiary escaped convict fled Sunday after overpowering Jailer Toggle Mast was recaptured by Toggle who was knocked unconscious by his own keys in the hands of one of the men eight other prisoners refused to escape
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Associated Press
Cleburne
W. A. Lamon
Johnson County
Two Cars and Other Property Stolen Reported
Thefts of two cars an electric sewing machine and a pistol were reported to police this morning. Mrs John Hill reported a Little Western Electric sewing machine missing from 1008 West Seventeenth Street. D D Woodall reported a Ford coupe stolen from Metropolitan baseball park. W H Savage reported a Chevrolet coupe missing. Claude Smith of San Angelo reported a 29 caliber pistol and holster stolen from his room in a boarding house.
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West Seventeenth Street
D. D. Woodall
Lincoln Street
Metropolitan Baseball Park
W. H. Savage
South Arbur Street
Claude Smith
San Angelo
Balloon Lanes In Ohio Entry In Detroit Race
Goodyear balloon No. 4 piloted by Walter W. Morten landed near Stonte, Ohio ten miles west of Lancaster. Morten was an entrant in the Detroit News Balloon race which began from Detroit yesterday.
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United Press
Lancaster
Ohio
Goodyear
Walter W. Morten
Stonte
Here
Morten
Detroit News
Detroit
Amarillo Maytag Shop Sets Texas Sales Record
Amarillo Maytag Shop led the state last week, under H. Tritch, with record sales across Texas. A banquet at the Blackstone Hotel honored the sales force and their wives, with special candy boxes sent to absentees. An electric sign will soon be installed to celebrate the achievement.
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Mayter
Texas
Amarillo
H. §. Tritch
Blackstone
N. J. DeSanders
Services Held for Mrs. E. M. Phillips
Funeral services were held Saturday at Blackburn Funeral home for Mrs. E M Phillips age 40 with Rev G J Irvin officiating. Burial followed at Liano cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Corbet Keller and Mrs Garrett Juett Amarillo one son Clifford Eddy a stepson E G Phillips Amarillo mother Mrs F G Cogdill three brothers R G and Bill Cogdill Lone Wolf Oklahoma Columbus Cogdill Quitaque Texas and four sisters Mrs Joe Huffstuttler Floyd New Mexico Mrs P V Martin Los Angeles Mrs Will Turner Dennis Texas and Mrs Ann Davis Fletcher Oklahoma. All but Mrs Turner and Mrs Davis attended the services.
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E. M. Phillips
Blackburn Funeral Home
G. J. Irvin
Liano
Millipe
Corbet Keller
Garrett Juett
Amarillo
Clifford Eddy
E. G. Phillips
F. G. Cogdill
R. G
Bill Cogdill
Lone Wolf
Oklahoma
Columbus Cogdill
Quitaque
Texas
Joe Huffstuttler
Floyd
New Mexico
P. V. Martin
Los Angeles
Will Turner
Dennis
Ann Davis
Fletcher
Boy Hit by Rifle Ball After Rabbit Hunt Near Narromine
A boy hunting near Narromine Australia fired at a rabbit. The pellet pierced the rabbit and struck a log, rebounding into a companion's face. The injured boy was treated at a hospital for removal of the bullet.
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Narromine
Australia
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