Stock markets fluctuate as banks grow, pilots to Rome
The text notes stock advances and a delayed big drop while highlighting Chase National Bank and National City Bank gains. It mentions Lloyd W. Bertaud planning a flight NYC to Rome, Vedjihi Bey aiming to a transatlantic route, and Professor Jollivet’s gold-making claim. It cites Cyrus H. K. Curtis stock sales and Taft’s non retirement. It envisions a nationwide air base plan for cities including Governor’s Island and New York’s sub-treasury protections.
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Lloyd W. Bertaud
American Air Mail
New York
Rome
Straits of Gibraltar
Britain
Mediterranean
Corsica
Fispoteon
Florence
Dante
Naples
Vesuvius
Caesar
Alexander
Napoleon
America
National Guard
United States
Governor’s Island
New York Harbor
Ford Statement Ends Jewry Publishings Feud
Aaron Sapiro lauded Henry Ford for withdrawing anti Semitic charges in Ford publications. Ford issued a signed statement apologizing and retracting remarks, citing unawareness of what was printed. Sapiro may drop his $1 000 000 libel suit after negotiations through attorney William Henry Gallagher. Louis Marshall urged conciliation and peace in the Jewish community.
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United Press
New York
Henry Ford
Ford
Detroit
William H. Gallagher
Aaron Sapiro
Louis Marshall
American Jewish Commission
Saranac Lake
Wife-Slayer Given 99 Year Sentence
Arthur Atkins was found guilty of murdering his wife in Houston and sentenced by a criminal district court jury to 99 years in the penitentiary. He killed her at their home after she refused to reconsider divorce filings.
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Associated Press
Houston
Arthur Atkins
Criminal District Court
Atkins
Weather Forecast Snapshot Tonight and Saturday
The forecast calls for tonight and Saturday to be partly cloudy with temperatures rising from 73 at 7 am to 85 by noon. Last year’s extremes were 93 and 61 degrees.
Ford discontinues hostile Jewish articles statement
Through Arthur Brisbane a public statement quotes Henry Ford saying he ordered his Dearborn Independent to discontinue permanently all articles hostile to the Jewish people. The note expresses great regret over any injury caused and references Louis Marshall who holds the original signed statement.
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Ford
Associated Press
New York
Arthur Brisbane
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Independent
Brisbane
New York American
Louis Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Saranac Lake
Sapiro may drop libel suit as Ford repudiates antisemitic articles
William H. Gallagher, attorney for Aaron Sapiro, said in Detroit that Sapiro could withdraw his $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford after Ford repudiated the Dearborn Independent antisemitic articles. Gallagher stressed the suit aimed at vindicating Sapiro and his people, not for money, but could not confirm Sapiro's decision.
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United Press
Detroit
William H. Gallagher
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
The
United Press Today
Sapiro
Ford
Dearborn Independent
Gallagher
Dearborn Independent plans to halt anti Jewish articles
Ford states the Dearborn Independent will stop publishing articles reflecting on Jews. A photo static reproduction of the original will be available, per Mr. Brisbane, with Ford saying the move is in the interest of right and justice. Cameron is surprised as pamphlets of The International Jew circulate before withdrawal.
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Ford
Mr. Brisbane
Mr. Ford
Cameron
Brisbane
Dearborn Independent
William J. Cameron
Bruner Plans to Enter Knox County Bond Hearing
Kansas City attorney Glen L. Bruner held on a Knox County Texas warrant faces a preliminary hearing or habeas corpus for alleged conspiracy in the June 27 First Bank of Truscott robbery. Bruner rejects charges, cites past references, and seeks bond in Knox County while awaiting extradition. Two Amarillo men, James Watson and E C Bergman, are detained in Benjamin in connection with the case.
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Glen L. Bruner
Kansas City
Knox County
Texas
First Bank of
Truscott
Gipson
Tracy
Ivester
Amarillo
James Watson
E. C. Bergman
Benjamin
F. H. Gipson
Bruner
Bergman
100 Americans Flee Tsingtao Amid Civil War Fears
United States officials in China ready to evacuate up to 200 Americans in danger from fighting around Tsingtao. Fifteen U S submarines and destroyers stand by to land sailors for civilian evacuation. Rail links cut. Chinese nationalist troops surround the city. General Chow Yen Sen defected, shifting the northern front near Chengyang.
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United Press
Ashington
United States
China
Tsingtao
State Department
Japan
Great Britain
Chow Yen Sen
Cheng- Yang
Decapitation on Wacker Drive Construction Site
Chicago laborer Henry Wikell, 27, fell thirty nine floors inside an elevator shaft during work on the Mather Building on Wacker Drive. His head struck the twenty first floor and was severed from the body, authorities report.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Wikell
Mather
Wacker Drive
Large illegal still seized at Amarillo refinery site
Police officers led by Chief H. L. Gaither found a 75 gallon still fifteen gallons of beer and eighty feet of hose used for vault openings in a new Amarillo refinery addition. Bottles kegs hose jars and the still were taken to the county jail. no arrests yet made though officers expect custody of suspects within hours.
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H. L. Gaither
Ed Galloway
Amarillo
Resignation of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Filed
James R. Sheffield resigns as ambassador to Mexico with effect at the president’s discretion. He plans six weeks in Europe and has no stated reason for retirement. The move comes amid Mexico oil law tensions and uncertain timing for a successor.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
Coolidge
Sheffield
Europe
Yale
Everett Sanders
Cresans Pioneer in City Dies Early Today
John W. Cresans aged 42 died at his home 605 Mississippi Street at 7 0 o clock this morning after a year long illness. Survived by wife and four daughters, he was a longtime Amarillo resident and a former partner in the Cazzell furniture firm. He later worked in insurance and most recently at Panhandle Lumber. The body lies in state with N. S. Griggs & Sons. funeral arrangements are pending.
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John W. Cresens
Mississippi Street
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Panhandle Lumber Company
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Principal Denies Lash Charge in Georgia Beating Case
W G Acree principal of Toccoa High School testified in his defense that he did not belong to the masked group that flogged Mrs Ansley Bowers. He claimed he was tending a sick cow on the night of June 12, and his statement was given without swearing and not cross examined.
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United Press
Toccoa
Georgia
W. G. Acree
Ansley Bowers
Acree
Dead Cats and Dogs Used To Make Roads
Brighton authorities report using deceased cats and dogs as road material. The city surveyor says over 1,000 animal bodies are destroyed monthly in the incinerators and the clinker is processed with asphalt in a mixing plant for road construction.
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Hy United Press
Brighton
Eng
Ban Johnson Plans Retirement After Cleaning House
Ban Johnson informed reporters at a special American League meeting that he intends to retire not resign but only after he can “get his house in order.” He cited records dating to 1896 that need straightening before stepping down after more than 25 years as president. Club owners met in a prolonged session at the Motel Belmont to discuss the transition.
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Taft
White House
United States
the United Press
New York
Ban Johnson
Johnson
Belmont
Agas Aviation
American League
Jeight Clubs
Col
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Phil Ball
St. Louis
Ruppert
Ball
Tower man at Vernon thwarts West Texan hold up
Vernon July 8 A 74 year old tower man D J Ferguson at the Frisco Denver crossing refused to derail the north bound West Texan. Three masked men forced entry, fired a revolver, and fled after Ferguson signalled clear. He was knocked unconscious but not seriously hurt. The train proceeded to Amarillo.
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Associated Pres
Vernon
Fort Worth
Denver
Dd. J. Ferguson
Frisco-Denver
Ferguson
Amarillo
Mr. Ferguson
J. D
Chamberlin Bids France Farewell in Transatlantic Flight
In Le Bourget July 8 Chamberlin of New York piloted the Bellanca Columbia toward London marking a probable last air crossing from France. Maurice Drouhin and Charles Levine joined, with Drouhin aiming to fly the Columbia Atlantic and back to Roosevelt Field in August. Mrs Chamberlin and Mrs Levine waved as the group prepared, and Drouhin expressed happiness at piloting the return leg.
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LE Bourget
France
Chamberlin
New York
Germany
London
Maurice Drouhin
Atlantic
Roosevelt Field
Levine
Charles A. Levine
Drouhin
Croudin
Associated Press
Columbia
le Brix
Bellanca
John Carisi
Paris
Cham- Clare
Amarillo Men On Tour Heard At Civic Club
At the Amarillo hotel lunch, Panhandle Lumber's John E. Hill said Texas offers more opportunities than Kant or HKastern capital. He spoke on the All Texas special tour to the North and East and the warm receptions received. The Daily News' Z KE Johnson was introduced as Amarillo's representative.
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Texas
Z. KE. Johnson
The
Daily News
Hill
Amarillo
Caradine Hovoten
Ernest O. Northcutt
American Business Clubs
Memphis
Tennessee
Hall
Robert Axtell
Berlin’s Last Flight Teases Final Ocean Crossing Record
Berlin appeared downcast as he prepared for his final flight, resisting posing with Levine and Drouhin. He quipped he would do the dit work, then joined the group beside the plane amid press. Holy-Greenhill agency advertises insurance and Amarillo hotel promotes the Panhandle’s meeting place.
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Berlin
Levine
Drouhin
Tigm
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Vedjihi Bey
Kemal
Anad
Alborak
Holy Kaaba
Jollivet
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
United States Sub-Treasury
Saskatoon
Sask
William Henry Gallagher
Shanghai
North China
Tientsin
Chang Tso-lin
Manney Printing Co
Amarillo Hotel
Griggs Ambulance
U. S
John W. Cresans
City
Civic Club
Holy-Greenhill Agency
Taylor
Panhandle
Blackburn
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