Amarillo Chamber Sees 29 New Members In One Mail
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reports a surge in memberships with 29 new signups in a single mail. Notable entrants include Capitol Hotel representatives and multiple local businesses along North Buchanan and West Fourth, with C G Mayer funding three memberships for the hotel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hotel
C. G. Mayer
Amarillo
Hara Federal Building
C. O. Ledge
Ong Street
W. E. Danver
North Buchanan
Garretson-Bush Company
E. N. Bliss
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
L. Mudd
West Fifth
Noel Latham
Fillmore
Reneau’s Grocery and Market
H. L. Higday
Oliver Ev
G. B. Reese
West Sixteenth
Everett J. Williams
West Sixth
Amarillo Tower Service
C. A. Clemmons
East Seventh
W. L. Barber
Gaut Planing Mill
West Seventh
J. F. Feitler
Polk
J. B. Whitley
Flight Teams Expected to Advance in Spain Route
A Pathfinder group completes a nonstop run from Old Orchard to Spain. The pilots Williams and Yancey, who trained in blind flying to weather through delays, are anticipated to perform strongly on the initial leg of their mission.
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Old Orchard
Spain
Williams
Yancey
French flyers express support as Pathfinder departs
In Dermont France three French transatlantic fliers Jean Assolant Rene Le fevre and Armeno Lotti praised the Pathfinder departure from Old Orchard. They said taking off is the hardest part of the flight and wished the two pilots fair weather and success.
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Aesociateo Press
Dermont -Ferrand
France
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Armeno Lotti
Fleirs
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Old Orchard
Pathfinder
Asselant
Lotti
The
Auvergne Aviation Club
Pathfinder Flight Plan From Old Orchard To Rome
The route covers 1,000 miles with fog up to 1,000 feet. The Pathfinder will fly due east from Old Orchard to Cape Sabre then to lat 41 lon 47 at the ship lanes junction, east to Cape Ortega Spain, Bayonne, Marseilles, across the Mediterranean to Corsica, and on to a field about 15 miles from Rome where Williams and Yancey expect to land.
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Old Orchard
Cape Sabre
Cape Ortega
Spain
Bayonne
Marseéilles
France
Mediterranean
Corsica
Rome
Williams and
Yancey
Rome hears of fliers hop off in Pathfinder flight
The hop off of the Pathfinder bound for Rome reached the city during siesta hour with few officials present. The secretary of state praised the start and promised immediate notification to government fields for a reception. Aviation and government circles plus the American colony quickly learned of the flight.
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Associated Press
Rome
Sir
Rockefeller Celebrates 90th Birthday With Quiet Routine
John D. Rockefeller marks his 90th birthday with the same daily rhythm as usual. He plays golf, drives long distances, and enjoys motoring, noting full health and gratitude in a brief public statement.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Amarillo Column Boosts Plainview Style and Hilton Complaints
A columnist recounts plans to visit Pampa to explain Amarillo’s side, notes Fort Bliss troop assurances, and criticizes Amarillo men for lacking fashion compared with Plainview. He vents about Hilton blankets and jokes about a missing Shetland pony reward and bare leg fashion.
Typewriter Neck Recalled in Fort Worth Wheat Debate
Column notes humor and social commentary amid Fort Worth wheat inspections and Panhandle harvests. References to a rabbit reward for Miss Burnola Nicholas of 206 North Lincoln Street and a bicycle sale at 712 West Ninth. Also mentions Boyd Jones delivering Them Texans to President Hoover and a joke about a typewriter neck Underwood.
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Fort Worth
Panhandle
Amarillo
Plainview
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Burnola Nicholas
North Lincoln Street
Forged check used to buy car in Hereford
Hereford sheriff hunts for Jim Clayton after a forged 1800 payment check used to purchase a 1929 Buick coupe from E H Norton Motor Company. Officials doubted the check but a Dallas bank credited the signer. Clayton fled town intending to register in Duncan Oklahoma. he and the cream 1929 model car have not appeared.
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Hereford
Jim Clayton
Hereford Motor Company
Clayton
E. H. Norton Motor Company
Dallas
Dungan
Oklo
Duncan
Invitation to Mr De Priest and Mr Hoover
A reader asks Tack why not invite Mr De Priest as well as Mr Hoover, noting a possible royal Panhandle reception and the chance of luck if both attend. Another reader introduces a letter seeking Tack’s opinion on a long thought about topic.
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Depriest
Mr. Tack
Tack
Boyd Jones
Mr. Hoover
Mr. de Priest
the Panhandle
Sheriff Thompson Attends Texas Sheriff Convention
Sheriff W. N. Thompson traveled to San Antonio for the Texas Sheriff's convention and planned to return Friday. He stopped in Decatur to visit friends and relatives along the way.
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W. N. Thompson
San Antonio
Decatur
Miss Ada Williams and William Ince Married in Beverly Hills
Miss Ada Williams 16, famed Miss United States 1927, wed William Ince 20, son of late film producer Thomas Ince, in Beverly Hills on Friday. The ceremony tied a notable beauty queen to a young film industry heir, drawing public interest.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ada Williams
William Ince
Thomas Ince
Entire Town on Auction Block in Lake Spavinaw Sale
Jay Oklahoma July 8 After a few hammer blows the timber town Lake Spavinaw once thriving will pass from the map as a federal court order triggers a public sale.
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Jay
Okla
Lake Spavinaw
Brownwood Boy Drowns in Reservoir
Homer Page aged 13 drowned in Brownwood Texas when he stepped into water over his head at the city reservoir Sunday. Funeral services were held today. A Hartford man claimed a deduction for wooden leg repairs on income tax. officials refused the deduction. London issued omnibus and trem tickets totaling seven million daily.
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United Press
Brownwood
Texas
Homer Page
Hartford, Conn
Internal Revenue
Appeals Filed in Criminal Court in Austin
Appeals were filed in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today in six criminal cases and a habeas corpus matter. Pete Lopez from Galveston County seeks reversal of a life murder sentence for the killing of Esperanza Quantos. Concho Torres of Dallas County challenges a three year rape verdict. Carl Goodspeed from Clay County seeks overturning a 20 year murder sentence for killing A. R. Gooch. Robert Dugar of Galveston County appeals a 15 year robbery sentence. W. H. Stroud from Wilbarger County appeals a three year murder sentence. Floyd Lucket from Leon County appeals a two year murder sentence. Also appealed is a Dallas County court’s denial to release J. A. Martin on a writ of habeas corpus.
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United Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Pete Lopez
Galveston County
Esperanza Quantos
Concho Torres
Dallas County
Carl Goodspeed
Clay County
A. R. Gooch
Robert Dugar
W. H. Stroud
Wilbarger County
Wayne Lawson
Floyd Lucket
Leon County
James Williams
Dallas
J. A. Martin
Elk convention to elect officers amid 120000 delegates
In Los Angeles California the annual Elk convention sees about 120000 delegates arriving as business meetings mix with entertainment. Fred B Mellman of Oakland is expected to become state association chief executive succeeding J J Doyle of Los Angeles. A public session at Philharmonic Auditorium will feature speeches by Gov C C Young Mayor John C Porter Grand Exalted Ruler Murray Hurlburt and Exalted Ruler Edward Gibbs.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Elkdom
California
Fred B. Mellman
Oakland
State Association
J. J. Doyle
Philharmonic Auditorium
Hoover Party Returns Home After Blue Ridge Fishing Trip
President and Mrs. Hoover and their party including Herbert Hoover Jr. returned to the capitol at 10:45 a.m. today after a weekend at the president's fishing preserve in the Blue Ridge mountains.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Capitol
Blue Ridge Mountains
Former Amarillo Youth Crowned by Drowning in Okmulgee
Alvin Daves 22 of Channing drowned yesterday at Okmulgee Oklahoma while employed by an oil firm. A Amarillo High and Baylor University alumnus, he will be buried in Channing with his body to be sent there Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Alvin Daves
Channing
Amarillo High School
Okmulgee
Oklo
Daves
Baylor University
Fuel advances and global powers loom in across eras
A columnist muses on future energy moves from chemistry powering planes to nuclear ideas, notes the Abyssinian abouna inauguration and Ethiopian bishops, and weighs Lamont's call for a Bank of International Acceptance linked to reparations and the Federal Reserve’s role in world finance.
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Lamont
Morgan & Company
Paris
Philipines Welcomes Davis as Ninth American Governor General
Dwight F. Davis arrived in Manila to a throng of thousands along the pier, streets, and Ayuntamiento. He pledged cooperation with Filipinos and an economy-focused administration.
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Associated Press
Manilawn
Manila
Ayuntamiento
Dwight F. Davis
Philippine Islands
Davis
Giant Woman Confesses to Torch Murder of Common Law Husband
Laura Weaver 21, described as six feet tall and 230 pounds, confessed to strangling Wilmer T. Kitselman 52 then burning his body after tying him with a belt and naptha. The killing followed disputes over his drinking and occurred after a church service, with the body dumped beside a country road and set alight. The suspect was identified by a brother after plant workers raised suspicion.
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Associated Press
Col Toulon
Laura Weaver
Wilmer T. Kitselman
Kitselman
Wyoming
Henry Weaver
Fox Valley
Peoria
State Race Controversies Shape Texas Political Field
Texas political chatter centers on Governor Moody and possible successors. Rumors name Miriam Ferguson Bobbitt Sterling Woodward Small and Mayfield as contenders, with debate over who deserves credit for Neff’s appointment and how Love's anti Tammany stance could affect the party.
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United States Mediation Board
Mayfield
Neff
Wacoan
Calvin Coolidge
Oscar B. Colquitt
Hoover
Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Belleville
Sterling
Mr. Love
Alfred E. Smith
Texas
Moody
Man Runs Amuck With Gun and Is Shot by Police
Andrew Kelly, 55, who roamed a Chicago street firing a shotgun, shot out lights and terrified neighbors before retreating to his home. Police used tear bombs to force him out. when he did not stop, officers returned fire and killed him.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Andrew Kelly
Kelly
Children Enjoy Supervised Play at Ellwood Park
Miss Monetta Rosbury, play director, says Amarillo children spent the morning at Ellwood park during the supervised hour. About 312 youngsters joined the hour while some 100 more played at other times across the day.
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Amarillo
Ellwood Park
Monetta Rosbury
Rasbury
City Board of Equalization Begins Annual Session
The City Board of Equalization opened its annual session this morning to determine proposed property tax increases. The hearing will run through Wednesday with taxpayers who received notices to appear and present reasons why their taxes should not rise.
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City Board of Equalization
I Am Being Followed by Watchful Eyes
A lyric excerpt describes constant surveillance by a mysterious observer following the speaker day and night. The narrator fears what the watcher might say or see and feels compelled to hide every move and action. The verses convey paranoia and the sense of being continually observed.
Acreage of Cotton Up 3 Percent in 1929 Report
The Agriculture Department reports July 1 1929 cotton in cultivation reached 48,457,000 acres, up 3 percent from 1928. State totals show Texas 18,697,000 acres, Georgia 18,922,000, Louisiana 2,216,000, Alabama 3,789,000 and several others, with nationwide total 48,457,000 acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Chicago and East St Louis Livestock and Cotton Highlights
Hogs and cattle numbers from Chicago and East St Louis show steady to higher prices with top hogs at 12.15 and calves up to 15.08 for natives. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans opened lower but offered some rallies, while New York stock letters report irregular gains in several major issues and notable price moves in Michigan Steel and Union Carbide.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
East ST. Louis
New York
New Orleans
American Can
Allied Chemical
New York Central
Weatinghouse Electric
American and Foreign Power
Michigan Steel
General Electric
Case Threshing
Union Carbide
American Car and Foundry
National Biscuit
du Pont
American Telephone
Briggs
Columbia Gas
Lambert
Western Union
Lackawanna
Canadian Pacific
New Haven
Chesapeake Corp
Manufacturers To Meet Tomorrow In Amarillo
The Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers’ Association will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow at 6 p m in the Longhorn room of the Amarillo hotel. All 45 members are expected to attend to discuss the year’s work. Mason King, secretary, says the organization has progressed to effective action. Mrs Elizabeth and Leona Harrison of Oil City La are guests at the home of their aunt Mrs S Formby at the Resident Hotel. D B Williams money order clerk post office 3300 Tyler street left yesterday on a two week vacation to Whitewright with relatives. His family accompanied
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Amarillo
Elizabeth and
Leona Harrison
Oil City
8. S. Formby
D. B. Williams
Tyler Street
Whitewright
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Pampa
Fort Bliss
New Hilton
Old Tack
Hilton
Plains
Waco
Abilene
Mr. Hilton
Don Hagg
Lawrence Harrington
Newport
Frank Butler
Ernest Thompson
Mr. Butler
Mr. Thompson
Shirley Cole
Shirley
Frank Wolflin
Mr. Wolflin
Hawthorne
West Ninth Street
Boyd
White House
Underwood
Sheriff Thompson
United States
Thos. Ince
London
Jeans
Abyssinia
Aboona
World Court
League of Nations
Federal Reserve
Europe
Philippines
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Edgar A. Gues
U.S
John Mansville
Studebaker
National
Register
Jno. F. Clark Co
Atchison, Topek
Allied Chem, & Dye
Amer. Smelt. & Ref
Armour of Illinois
A. M. Byers
Amer. Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Atlantic
Bethlehem Steel
Brown Shoe
Briggs Eeeeery
Barnsdale Corp
Calumet & Hecla
Col. Fuel & Gas
Cerro de Pasco
Chile
Consolidated Gas
N. Y
Chicago & Alton
Chrysler
Columbia Graphaphone Co
Continental
Davidson
Dupont
Erie
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Freeport Texas Ors
General Motors
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Goodyear
Glidden Popes
Great West Sugar Ee Aee
General Mills
Hudson Motors
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International Harvester
International Nickel
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Billy International Tel & Telg
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John Mannville
Jordan Motors
Kelly Springfield
Ccosnones
Kolster
Nevada
Sears Roebuck
Union Pacific
United States Rubber
U. S. Steel
National Dairy Products
United Corporation
Westinghouse Seaee
Warner Bros
Frisco
N. J
Texas Pac Land & Trust
Texas Corp Aeons Sete
Pan American
Prairie Oil & Gas
Texas Pacific C&o
Jno. F. Clete Co
Continental Oil
Curtiss Flying
Fokker
Ford
England
Gulf Oil
Standard
Indiana
Trans Air
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