French Submarine Promethee Sunk Off Cherbourg Trapping 66
The new French submarine Promethee sank off Cherbourg during trials with 66 officers and men missing. A fishing boat saved seven crew members. The disaster prompted a large search as Cherbourg residents gathered at the docks. The vessel, 302 feet long and Diesel powered, was near completion and about to enter active service.
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Paris
U.P
Promethee
Cherbourg
Ministry of Marine
Navy Yard
France
House Debates Wagner-Garner Unemployment Relief Bill
July 7 reports say the House begins final consideration of a 2.122 billion unemployment relief measure. Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways and Means Committee defends the bill amid Hoover administration objections while the House beer bloc seeks an immediate vote on Volstead Act modification.
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Washington
U.P
House
Crisp
Ways and Means
Hoover
Garner
Senate
William E. Hull
Chicago
European debt conference reaches tentative pact
In Lausanne the international debt and reparations conference averted breakdown with a tentative accord suspending all war debt payments between European nations and Japan until the United States acts on scaling or canceling debts. French and German deadlock over the war guilt clause was broken and a draft will be completed tomorrow ahead of a final plenary session Friday or Saturday.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
U.P
Japan
United States
United Press
Versailles
Prohibition Party Nominates Upshaw for President
Indiana report notes Georgia congressman William D. Upshaw chosen as the Prohibition Party’s presidential candidate with Frank Regan of Rockville Illinois named as vice president nominee.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
William D. Upshaw
Georgia
Prohibition Party
Frank Regan
Rockville
Ill
Rogers Capitalizes On Name to Garner Oklahoma Votes
Oklahoma voters assigned to Will Rogers the status of a national figure as he appeared on the primary ballot for Congress at large. He captured 34,390 votes across 2,122 of 3,309 precincts, with Mabel Bassett leading in 2,774 precincts and 44,833 votes. Bassett and Rogers face a runoff in August. Elmer Thomas leads in the Senate race with 128,349 votes to Jonet Smith’s 71,682. Iron Jack Walton shows top votes for Corporation Commissioner in early returns.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Moore
Okla
Rogers
Mabel Bassett
Bassett
Elmer Thomas
Jonet Smith
United States Senate
Thomas
Smith
John C
Iron Jack) Walton
Farm commodity prices rise on hog and cattle gains
Chicago July 7 A general advance in farm prices is forecast based on a month of rising hog and cattle quotations with grains and butter firming. Experts expect the upturn to lift farmer finances as meat demand outpaces supply and late fall prices stay firm.
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Chicago
U.P
America
Amarillo Weather: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
Amarillo and West Texas observers report partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Temperatures range from a low evening to 70 to a high of 88 with possible southeast thunder showers.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Cubs Shortstop JurgesShot By Jealous Lover
Violet Popovich, a divorcee obsessed with Cubs star Billy Jurges, shot Jurges in his Chicago hotel room and wounded herself. Police say the act was to prevent her from killing herself. a note blamed outfielder Kiki Cuyler and Lew Steadman for ruining their romance. Jurges expects to rejoin the lineup in two weeks.
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Chicago
U.P
Violet Popovich
William F. Jurges
Chicago Cubs
Jurges
John Davis
Miss Popovich
Mike Popovich
Kiki Cuyler
Cubs
Mike
Billy
Lew Steadman
California
Marriage A Comic Strip and Other Notes by Brisbane
A brief note on Arthur Brisbane with reflections titled Marriage A Comic Strip and other items including references to 80 Days 6 Days and 1 Day. The text reads like a newspaper page tease of columns and literary items.
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Mickle
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Long Overdue at Moscow as Fear Mounts
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, missing on a round the world flight from Berlin to Moscow, were unreported by 11 AM Amarillo time. They started with about 600 gallons, enough for 21 hours, and fuel awaited them in Omsk if they reached it. Berlin and Koenigsberg reports offered slim clues as officials pressed along the route.
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Moscow
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Berlin
Amarillo
Omsk
Kazan
Poland
Koenigsberg
Lake Wrysztyt
Hegelingen
Prohibition, Stamps and Aviation Stir 1920s Debate
The column notes Republican support for beer, possible Hoover veto, and the era's prohibition mood. It highlights new three cent stamps, air mail costs, and the cost impact on Congress. Mentions veterans’ bonuses, tear gas readiness in Washington, and visions of rapid global travel by air.
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Washington
Senator Bingham
Congress
White House
Hoover
George Washington
Stuart
Lincoln
Sam
Mickle
Wife Shot Husband Slashed in Oklahoma City Crime
A woman lay dying from bullet wounds in front of a grocery store home in Oklahoma City. Police found her husband, G. R. Igo, with his throat cut in the rear of the store, dangerously wounded and unable to talk.
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Oklahoma City
G. R. Igo
Convention Opens For Texas Shorthand Reporters Association
Mr and Mrs Clyde L Backenstoss of Lamesa and Mr and Mrs W M Waite of Fort Stockton lead arrivals at the Texas Shorthand Reporters Association convention in the district criminal courtroom. About 75 delegates attend with Otis Trulove and J A Feagin giving welcomes and talks.
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Clyde L. Backenstoss
Lamesa
W. M. Waite
Fort Stockton
Texas Shorthand Reporters’ Association
District Criminal
Otis Trulove
Amarillo
Local Bar Association
J. A. Feagin
Fort Worth
Federal Court
W. E. Gee
Joe Dooley
U. S
Harding
The
Paramount
Bill Baker
Joe Witt
J. W. Minter
Norman Minter
Baker
Witt
Minter
Gasoline thieves held as city fights flood and spies
Police in Amarillo raid across a wide area and arrest several suspects including two “spies” described as prowlers in San Jacinto. A public safety briefing warns against gasoline bandit raids while Three Rivers faces rising Frio River floodwaters with damage to crops and livestock in surrounding farmlands.
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W. R. McDowell
Public Safety Bureau
San Jacinto
Amarillo
San Antonio
Frio
Lowlards
Live Oak
Loot Found In Trio Of Downtown Burglaries
Cash and cigars were stolen in three burglaries last night. The Lamar Cafe at 604 Taylor yielded over 335 in cash. Carleton-Florey Wholesale Grocery at 509 Grant Street lost seven cartons of cigarets. Palace Drug Co at 522 West Sixth Avenue saw several cartons taken. A rear window breach at the drug store and a front door entry at the cafe were noted. A negro burglar fled Carleton-Florey after an alarm and dropped some cigarets during the escape.
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Eral
Lamar Cafe
Taylor
Carleton - Florey Wholesale Grocery Company
Grant Street
Palace Drug Company
West Sixth Avenue
Carleton-Florey
Thousands Of Acres Flooded In DeWitt County Texas
Floods from the Guadalupe River inundated several thousand acres of DeWitt County farmland near Cuero Texas early today. Property damage feared is heavy as the river runs a mile wide in some stretch.
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Cuero
Texas
DeWitt County
Kansas
Emporia
Kas
Neosho River
Neosho
Lyon County
Salido Recognized as Chihuahua Governor. Fierro Indicted
Mexico City reports the federal government recognizes Eduardo Salido as provisional governor of Chihuahua after the state legislature elected him to replace Governor Roberto Fierro. The Universal notes Fierro is indicted for misuse of state funds.
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Mexico City
U.P
Eduardo Salido
Chihuahua
Roberto Fierro
Universal
Fierro
Four Horsemen win American Whist League team crown
Cleveland observers report the Four Horsemen P Hal Sims Willard Karn David Burnstine and Howard Schenken won the team of four championship by accumulating 184 match points at the American Whist League event held last night.
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Cleveland
Contract Bridge
Four Horsemen
P. Hal Sims
Willard Karn
David Burnstine
Howard Schenken
Horsemen
Amarillo Man Harvey Crudgington Dies After Long Illness
Harvey M Crudgington 40 son of Judge and Mrs J W Crudgington of Amarillo died at home 1710 Buchanan after a lengthy illness He was a World War veteran promoted to major and served with the Eightieth division He married Leta Pitts in 1917 in Fort Worth Survived by wife son Warren Pitts Drudgington parents three brothers and three sisters Funeral likely Friday at First Christian Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery
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Harvey M. Crudgington
J. W. Crudgington
Tyler Street
Amarillo
Buchanan Street
Breckenridge
Crudgington
Lowrey-Phillips Academy
Texas
Fort Worth
Leta Pitts
Warren Pitts Drudgington
John
Bob
Charles Cr
House Approves 100000 Bonus Return Transport Fund
The House appropriations committee approved a 100000 fund requested by President Hoover to transport bonus-seeking veterans home from Washington Anacostia camp. Police intervened to prevent trouble at the bonus marchers camp and a radical leader speech. Senate already passed loans for veterans to return home. Funds cover rail transport and 75 cents a day subsistence per veteran. unrepaid advances deducted from bonus certificates.
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Washington
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Anacostia
Burns
House
Senate
Prohi Vote on Referendum Draws Sparse Dallas County
In Fort Worth and Austin reports voters show limited turnout for the Texas prohibition referendum in the Democratic primary on July 23. State party leaders ordered the referendum, while counties decide ballot handling and some cities report no ballots yet as absentee voting begins.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cato Sells
Austin
U.P
Democratic Executive Committee
W. ©. Huggins
Houston
Dallas County
San Antonio
J. M. Patterson
Allred Invades Home Town of Foe Tonight
Attorney General James V. Allred tours his opponent Clem Calhoun’s home area Amarillo with a campaign speech planned for 8 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium presided by L. M. Fischer. Amaro attendee R. E. Underwood to introduce. The visit highlights anti trust and gas conservation suits with Bonnie Lassies orchestra to perform.
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Allred
Foe
James V. Allred
Amarillo
Clem Calhoun
L. M. Fischer
Fischer & Fischer, Law Firm
R. E. Underwood
Bonnie Lassies
Sweetwater
Plainview
Lubbock
Shamrock
Pampa
West Virginia F W to Elect Galveston Leaders
Election of officers and selection of the next convention city head the Twelfth Annual Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars of Texas in Galveston today.
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Wv. F. W
Galveston
Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars of Texas
Rallies for Amarillo mayoral candidates tonight
Both candidates schedule rallies in Amarillo with Rogers speaking at Sanborn School East and Marrs at Buchanan Street School North. Rallies start at 8 15 pm with multiple supporters speaking. Public invited to all events.
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Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Sanborn School
East Amarillo
Rogers
Lon D. Marrs
Buchanan Street
Marrs
San Jacinto School
Buchanan Steret
Baker backs Roosevelt ticket in 1932
New ton D. Baker pledged his active support for the Democratic national ticket led by Franklin D. Roosevelt, signaling early backing for the Roosevelt campaign.
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Baker
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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