Astrologer predicts Hoover victory and ages old mummies revealed
The piece cites FE Lander Hall a self styled scientific astrologer predicting Hoover will become president citing dynamic forces in his stars while Smith lags. It also reports on a Nor thern Alaska find an ancient stone age chief mummified with skins and fur and a brave tale of a preserved infant servant grave. The column notes the belief in an afterlife and warns against one man control in business emphasizing dispersed stock ownership and a 1921 radio entertainment shift.
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Alaska
Campaign finance and strategy across parties today
Senator Capper proposed campaign donations capped at 1000 dollars per donor in a letter to Dr. Hubert Work. Robinson and Governor Smith will confer in Albany with Jesse H. Jones, while Reed travels there to plan Democratic campaigns. Hoover Curtis officials outline race strategy as Hoover departs for Palo Alto for nomination notification.
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Arthur Capper
Hubert Work
The
Republican National Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
Jesse H. Jones
Democratic Finance Committee
Robinson
James A. Reed
St. Louis
N. Y
Smith
Washington
Hoover- Curtis
Moses
Warge
Hoover
Palo Alto
California
Italia Tragedy Claims One More Life On Ice
The Polar dirigible Italia disaster claims Natale Ceccione as the latest casualty. Four crew members remain alive but emaciated on an Arctic ice floe, unable to chew pemmican or help rescue efforts as cold, fog, and dwindling food imperil their survival.
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Italia
Associated Press
Virgo Bay
Spitzenbergen
Natale
Ceccione
Einar Paul Lundberg
Schyberg
Alfredo Viglieri
Prof
F. Behounek
Felice Troiani
Giuseppe Biagi
Umberto Nobile
Lundborg
General Nobile
Sara
Finn Malmgren
Maddalena
Uppland
Howard Elliott Dies After Heart Attack
Howard Elliott prominent railroad executive and former president of Northern Pacific and New York New Haven and Hartford died at his daughter's Cape Cod home after a heart attack. He guided Northern Pacific to higher capacity and led New Haven through rehabilitation before resigning in 1927 due to overwork.
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Associated Press
Dennis
Mass
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Burlington
Cape Cod
Frederick Wilson
New Haven Railroad
Harvard
Burlington System
James J. Hill
Charles §. Mellon
Elliott
Youth Charged in Wichita Falls Killing
In Wichita Falls 15 year old John Hobbs was charged with murder for the stabbing death of 17 year old Ernest McBride near New Castle. Hobbs waived examining trial and awaits September grand jury action. McBride died from a single abdominal stab wound. Funeral services for McBride were held today in New Castle.
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Wichita Falls
John Hobbs
Ernest McBride
New Castle
Hobbs
McBride
Morris Hobbs
Train Crash Kills L and N Engineer Near Blue Ridge
Two Louisville and Nashville passenger trains collided head on on a branch line south of Murphy North Carolina near Blue Ridge Georgia. Engineer Coot Miller was killed and other crew members were injured. Several passengers were evacuated to Atlanta by special train as lines into Blue Ridge remained down after storms.
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United Press
Murphy
Louisville and Nashville
Here
Blue Ridge
Coot Miller
Atlanta
Cotton breaks 2. A base on new estimate
New York reports cotton prices fell sharply as the government estimate shows 11.4 percent more land in cultivation than last year. The Agriculture Department lists state by state acreage totals with Virginia 84,000 and 140 percent of last year, Texas 18,366,000 and 109 percent, California 223,000 and 171.5 percent, and other states totaling 46,695,000 acres.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Lower
Old Mexico
United States
Ilinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Acosta Fined by U S for Stunting
Bert Acosta, known aviator, was fined $1,000 by the Department of Commerce for stunt flying. He received $600 for an accident at Custin Field in Illinois and another $600 for low flying over Chicago Municipal Airport last May.
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Washington
Bert Acosta
Department of Commerce
Custin Field
L. 1
Chicago Municipal
State Highway Officials Inspect Route 5 Tour
Texas Highways commission members led by Gibb Gilchrist and R. S. Sterling toured Route No. 5 from Amarillo to Fort Worth. They reviewed Potter county and oil field districts with Judge Sam B. Motlow and Chancellor Weymouth, meeting county officials. Officials planned onward travel toward Fort Worth and Austin due to time limits.
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Texas Highways Commission
Gibb Gilchrist
R. S. Sterling
Texas Highway Commission
W. ER. Ely
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Potter County
Oil
Sam B. Motlow
Weymouth
Board of City Development
No. 5
Ft. Worth
Austin
Chicago police officer helps thwart Chicago racketeers on Polk Street
Amarillo officials credit a Chicago police officer leading a machine gun squad for spotting two large cars on Polk Street. Deputies pursued the gang. one man was arrested but released after no charges could be proven. The captured member is linked to a Chicago racketeer gang. The robbers likely planned a local heist. others fled upon news of the arrest.
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Amarillo
Chicago
Polk Street
Potter County
Wiley Pollard
Train wreck in Bengal kills eight in Horwah
Calcutta dispatch reports a Saturday night wreck at Horwah Bengal in which eight people including the engineer died. Eight were seriously injured and twenty four slightly hurt. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4511.
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Associated Press
Calcutta
India
Horwah
Bengal
Scenic Airways Stop In City Reveals Planned Route
Beenie Airways of Chicago plans a noon daily stop in the city as part of a contract with Harold W. English field manager. The three six passenger Fairchild machines and one six passenger all met will refuel and receive service here before continuing Chicago to Phoenix service with scenic tours.
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Biving
Beenie Airways, Inc
Chicago
Harold W. English
Beenie Airways
Hamilton
English
Scenic Airways Inc
Phoenix
Arizona
Ford
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Pacific Coast
Bivingfield
Millionaire Hobo to Lead New Knights of Road
Portland July 9 United Press reports James Eads How known as the Millionaire Hobo will head a new migratory labor group on the Pacific coast. The plan creates a self governing hobos organization with living quarters and a wage scale, replacing jungle camps and jungle stews with formal rules and leadership. How, a nephew of the St Louis bridge builder, travels with hoboes and promotes mutual aid among drift workers.
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Millionaire Hobo
Knights of Road
George D. Crisley
United Press
Portland
Ore
Habbitt of
Pacific Coast
James Eads How
James Eads
St. Louis
How
Hobo
Kansas Hit by Rain and Wind Halts Wheat Harvest
A Kansas weather outbreak over 48 hours brought rain hail and high winds across the state. Two people died including a woman and her infant in Luray while fleeing rising waters near Coon Creek. Wheat and corn suffered heavy damage, with five inches of rain in parts and bridges washed out. Damage to the wheat crop could reach a million dollars.
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Bfy United
Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Wayne Wilkerson
Luray
Coon Creek
Kansan
McPherson County
See
Harlin Lane County
Earhart Leaves for Boston in Tri Met Plane
Amelia Earhart departs Curtiss Field at 9:06 a m aboard a Ford tri motor piloted by M Brown on a Boston flight. Joined by George Putnam Mrs Putnam and four Boston reporters, followed by Wilmer Stultz in a tri motor with Lou Gordon Anne Bruce Marie O Connell and others. The two planes are due to land at Boston airport at 11 30 a m.
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Curtiss Field
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Boston
M. ©. Brown
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Miss Earhart
George FP. Putnam
Mrs. Putnam
Negro Freed on Bond in Slaying Case
Cleveland Rogers, a negro employee in a domino and pool hall in the negro section, is alleged to have shot and killed Homer Whitlow. Whitlow posted bond last Wednesday night and was released from Potter county Jail Saturday. Rogers’ bond was initially 1000 and then reduced to 4000 by Justice G. Landis. Moore and Wilson represent the defendant. Whitlow, a porter at the Amarillo hotel, was said to have been shot when Rogers drew a gun.
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Cleveland Rogers
Colub
Homer Whitlow
Potter County
Rogers
Justice
G. Landis
Moore and
Wilson
Whitlow
Amarillo
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