Fliers Fight Fog In Record Trial
New York pilots James Mattern and Bennett Griffin began a bid to break the world circumnavigation record set by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. They lagged behind on the first leg New York to Harbor Grace 1132 miles, six hours and fifty two minutes for the record. Their plane passed Scateri Island Nova Scotia around 9 55 A M likely two hours behind the mark.
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Post
Gatty
New York
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Harbor Grace
N. F
Mattern
Griffin
Scateri Island
Nova Scotia
Mattern Griffin
ST. John’s
Wesleyville
Cape Freels
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic
Wise Roosevelt Politics and Hearst's Support
Arthur Brisbane discusses contemporary politics with emphasis on President Roosevelt and the backing of William Randolph Hearst. The column reflects Brisbane's viewpoint while noting it does not represent The Globe editorial stance.
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Wise Roosevelt
W. R. Hearst
Roosevelt Seeks Swift Inauguration and GOP Support
The piece argues Governor Roosevelt should accept the nomination immediately and begin work within a month of election. It praises his campaign strategy to attract dissatisfied Republicans, notes Hearst backing, and contrasts with past delays in inaugurations. It recalls the 1776 Declaration moment and stresses national unity.
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Pennsylvania
R. R
Chicago
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
Weather update for West Texas and Amarillo area
Partly cloudy with possible thunder showers tonight and Wednesday. West Texas mostly cloudy with scattered showers, especially southwest portion. Temperatures range from 70 to 85 degrees.
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West Texas
Amarillo
Viciny
Mrs Mattern Begins Long Vigil For Jimmie Mattern Flight
Awakened by word of her husband Jimmie Mattern starting a globe circling flight Mrs Mattern began a daybreak vigil of prayerful waiting in Fort Worth. The vigil will continue until his return as the journey progresses.
Tornadic winds devastate Washington Kansas July Fourth
Tornadic winds struck Washington Kansas after earlier damage near Hubbell Nebraska killing Mrs. F. E. Slagle and injuring her husband and two sons Roy and Clyde. The storm during a Fourth of July celebration killed Peter Gillett and Garland Hubka and left about 1800 residents in chaos with unverified reports of two more deaths.
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Washington
Kan
Nebraska
Kansas
F. E. Slagle
Hubbell
Neb
Peter Gillett
Garland Hubka
Narka
Legion Post Annual Election Set for Tonight
Hanson Post of the American Legion will hold its annual officer elections at 8 o'clock tonight at the Legion Home. Outgoing officers include Carrie Nation as commander and Nat Per rine as first vice commander. Nomination committee members are Cr. C. Gibson Will Benton and Dr. Montgomery.
Veterans Bonus Army parade lowers count at Capitol
The veterans army marched to the Capitol for a belated Fourth of July event. Officials reported 4,701 marchers, 13 women, and 17 children, well below claimed totals. Speaker Garner urged passage of loans on bonus certificates. A Communist revolt within Waters supporters prompted a rump election talk at the Capitol. In Texas, counties will no longer bear state highway construction costs, with the Highway Commission directing no local funding obligations for new work.
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Washington
Veterans’ Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Garner
House
Walter W. Waters
15Th Street
Waters
New York
Bonus Army
Austin
Texas
The
Highway Commission
Ife
Relief Bill Approved by House and Senate Conferees
The 2.1 billion relief bill was approved today by House and Senate conferees. President Hoover opposed the 200 million population based loan provision, calling it a pork barrel proposal, while viewing public works more favorably. Rep Snell signaled little chance of Congress adjournment this week.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Capitol
Representative Snell
Congress
Conference fails to bridge war debt rift in Lausanne
An hour long meeting between Prime Minister MacDonald and German Chancellor Von Papen in Lausanne yields no progress on a compromise settlement of war debts and reparations.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
MacDonald
von Papen
Germany
Flood Damages Hit West Virginia Counties After Heavy Rain
Southern West Virginia rivers burst their banks with five inches of rain, destroying highways farm land homes railroads and telephone lines in Charleston and surrounding counties.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Child Drowns In Tank At Gray County Plant
Tunney Mc Kay, six, drowned at a gasoline plant in central Gray County while attempting to swim in an elevated engine tank late yesterday.
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Pampa
Tunney McKay
Gray County
Englishwoman on Murder Trial Testifies About Young Scion
Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney testified in London that she supported Thomas William Stephen, son of a British financier, for nearly two years before his Mayfair killing after a party on May 31. She described marital history with John Barney, her American husband, and an earlier incident where she fired a gun into the air to provoke Stephen.
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London
Thomas William Stephen
Elvira Dolores Barney
Stephen
Mayfair
Sir Patrick Hastings
England
John Barney
Prohibition Party Convenes to Back Borah for President
The Prohibition Party holds its quadrennial convention in Indianapolis on July 5 with D. Leigh Colvin seeking to unite national temperance groups behind Senator Borah. Borah and Colvin met in Washington recently but offered no public decision on a potential nomination or support for the Republican ticket due to prohibition issues.
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Indianapolis
Senator Borah
Prohibition Party
D. Leigh Colvin
Idaho
Borah
Colvin
Washington
Liberty Party forms in national field with Webb Nordskog ticket
The Liberty Party nominating Frank Elbridge Webb of California for president and Andrae N. Nordskog for vice president announced acceptance. The party unites six factions including Liberty Farmer-La bor Progressive Socialist Monetary League and Farmers Union. Prohibition remains dominant in post convention talks as Poling warns of funds for dry candidates. Bishop Cannon predicts a Republican victory in November.
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Kansas City
New “Liberty Party
Frank Elbridge Webb
California
Andrae N. Nordskog
Old Liberty
Farmer-Labor
Monetary League
Farmers Union
Poling
Washington
Senate
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces For Prohibition
House
James Cannon, Jr
Ocean Grove
New Jersey
Chicago Cops Clash With Jobless Mob
Police reserves battled about 200 hungry steel workers who tried to storm a relief depot near the Pullman works in Kensington. The crowd, seeking bread and meat for hungry families, gathered in front of the station and shouted their demand.
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Chicago
U.P
Relef
Kensington
Pullman Works
Post Dispatch Building Sells to Satisfy Liens
The 22 story Post Dispatch building in Houston will be sold today to satisfy claims of the New England Mutual Life Insurance and lien holders totaling about 1.5 million dollars. Former owner Governor R B Sterling is named in connection with the property.
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Houston
Post Dispatch
R. 8. Sterling
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Tsk Tsk Holiday Here Sees Two Fights Safe
Amarillo police and firemen reported a safe Fourth of July with no fireworks alarms. Fire Chief George B. Cooper recalled 13 alarms two years earlier. Police made few drunkenness arrests, with two disturbances ending in arrests. A downtown brawl left a man with a broken arm and a slashing occurred at Third Avenue and Van Buren Street.
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Amarillo
George B. Cooper
Third Avenue
van Buren Street
Ma Kennedy Independence Day News in Whataman
In Hermosa Beach California on July 5 Minnie Ma Kennedy announces a rift with Guy Edward Hudson amid Independence Day celebrations. She says she is cutting loose and not responsible for debts or obligations he incurred while Hudson claims any separation is not his choice.
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Hermosa Beach
Cal
Minnie
Ma” Kennedy
Edward Hudson
Amarillo mayor runoff set with eight precincts voting
Voters in Amarillo will elect a mayor in a runoff between Ross D. Rogers and Lon D. Marrs. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at eight precincts with judges and clerks assigned. Absentee voting closes Friday at midnight. out of town voters may apply for a ballot by mail via the county clerk.
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Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Lon D. Marrs
Central
Buchanan Street
Sanborn
Wilson
Sixteenth Avenue
Wolflin
San Jacinto
Texas Pioneer Cowboy Reunion at Stamford Opens
Gray haired cowhands gathered at Stamford for the third annual Texas pioneer reunion. The three day program started with a noon chuck wagon dinner and continued with bronc busting square dances and a buffet supper as reminiscence and calf roping divided interest today.
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Stamford
Troops Guard Chihuahua After Fierro Is Ousted
Federal troops patrolled the streets of Chihuahua after demonstrations followed the removal of Governor Roberto Fierro by the state Senate. Fierro, once an El Paso garage mechanic, rose to power as an aviator before his ouster.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
U.S
Roberto Fierro
Fierro
E. Paso
State Senate
Bank Bandits Kill Deaf Mute Outside State Bank
Seven men robbed the State Bank at San Pierre Indiana of four thousand dollars and killed Albert Benham a deaf mute by shooting him four times when he did not move as ordered. The incident occurred today with bystander casualties as the bandits carried out the heist.
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San Pierre
Ind
Albert Benham
Garner Recalled as Garner Takes Speaker Chair
Speaker John N Garner, Democratic vice presidential nominee, entered the House chamber to a roaring ovation. He delayed the start, glanced at a desk card, then smiled as the applause continued for minutes before restoring order for the opening prayer. Republican Leader Snell congratulated him afterward.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Garner
Representative Snell
Smith Roosevelt War Wounds Heal
Albany officials plan a homecoming reception for Gov Franklin D Roosevelt after his Chicago convention return. Sponsored by factions backing Alfred E Smith for the Democratic nomination, the event signals healing in the party’s rift as Roosevelt arrives in New York.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelts Four Sons Plan Short Newport Coast Cruise
Governor Roosevelt and his four sons will sail a forty foot yawl up the New England coast starting Monday from an undisclosed Long Island point toward Portsmouth New Hampshire. The plan, formed four years ago, aims to give the nominee a vacation with his sons whether he wins or loses the Democratic convention.
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Albany
Roosevelt
New England
James
Elliott
Frankin, Jr
John
Long Island
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Roosevelt and Tammany Seek to Heal Smith Roosevelt Rift
The piece notes ongoing party tensions around Smith and Roosevelts clash with Tammany Hall. Roosevelt’s Independence Day greeting to Tammany was praised by Smith and others, signaling a possible reunification during the presidential campaign. Mayors Hague Walker express loyalty to the Democratic ticket amid factional disputes.
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Smith-Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Society of Tammany
Tammany
Smith
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Hague
James J. Walker
New York
Floods Swirl Damage Near Kerrville and Gonzales
Flood waters from the Guadalupe River breached a hydro plant dam 12 miles west of Kerrville flooding adjacent crops and threatening Gonzales' water supply. The river rose to 30.4 feet at noon and was expected to fall later. Roads to Cuero and San Antonio were blocked and Cuero, Tilden, Cotulla and Victoria faced flood danger. A baby’s body was found on the Nueces River bank near Crystal City.
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Gonzales
U.P
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Here
San Antonio
Guadalupe
Cuero
Tilden
Cotulla
Victoria
Nueces
Llano
Frio
Gulf
Crystal City
Highway Dept Delivers Flood Relief Tents To Kerrville
Forty tents and 50 cots and mattresses were trucked into Kerrville from Camp Mabry to aid flood relief. Communications to the Kerrville area remained haphazard as Highway Division crews worked around the clock to establish emergency routes into the hill country. Reports from the region were received only intermittently.
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Austin
U.P
Kerrville
Camp Mabry
State Highway Department
Kerr County
Highway Division
Hill
Highway Department
Hoover resumes work on acceptance speech document
President Hoover returns to his desk after a Virginia weekend and continues drafting a speech of acceptance or public statement to be issued in the coming days. He is described as focused on completing the document for a forthcoming address or statement.
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Roosevelt
President Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Garner
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Virginia Mountains
Hoover
Purple Three-Cent Stamps To Aid Uncle Sam
Washington dispatch reports new purple three-cent stamp to replace the two-cent Washington Bicentennial design. From midnight tonight for at least two years postage rates rise for letters parcels C O D insured and registered mail. Air mail rates also increase and postal offices will provide rate details on request.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Stuart
Air Mail
Two Centers for Letters Until Midnight
Patrons of Uncle Sam's postal service will begin aiding the national treasurer in balancing the ledgers at two central offices. The move aims to speed up receipts and disbursements as part of a broader wartime finance effort.
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Uncle Sam’s Postal Service
Prohibition Debate Overshadows Conventions in Local News
Byron Price reports from Chicago that prohibition dominates local comment as Democratic calls for repeal clash with Republican calls for submission. Editors note three views: no difference between planks, referendum unlikely amid economic issues, and Congress rather than leaders shaping the outcome.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Congress
Throngs Feted at Fair See Small Profit
The Tri-State Fair Association reports an enjoyable Fourth of July with modest profit and broad public support. President Bill Lampe thanks patrons and confirms plans for the fair September 19 to 24, noting about 1,200 people were served barbecue and expenses covered.
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Panhandle
Bill Lampe
The
Fair Association
Lampe
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