Flashy Field in Defender Stakes at Arlington Park
Seven contenders entered the Defender Stakes at Arlington Park led by Clyde Van Dusen Windy City and Dr Free land in a mile and a eighth classic trial for Saturday there. Fosking Thistle Fyrn Dr Parrish and Francis Millward also named to race while Whiskery the 1927 Kentucky Derby winner returns after a year's stud duty in the arkside Purse six furlongs for four year olds and up.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clyde van Dusen
Windy City
Dr. Freeland
Arlington Park
Fosking
H. T. Archibald
Thistle Fyrn
George Collins
Dr. Parrish
Francis Millward
Whiskery
Untin Bowler plane still missing after three days
The Chicago Berlin flight by way of Canada Greenland and Iceland remains unlocated. Radio signals from Cape Hope indicated the craft was in the air but its current status and destination are unknown. The crew, pilot Robert Gast navigator Parker Cramer and aviation editor Robert Wood, departed Chicago last Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Cape Hope
Port Burwell
Greenland
Great Whale
James Bay
The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Canada
Iceland
Berlin
Robert Gast
Parker Cramer
Robert Wood
Thomason Prohibition Officer Not Charged in Killing
Washington July 9 Charges against W W Thomason a federal prohibition officer accused as an accessory in the fatal shooting of Oklahoma farmer James Harris will not be pressed, according to Assistant Treasury Secretary Seymour Lowman.
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United Press
Washington
W. W. Thomason
Prohibition
James Harris
Oklahoma
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
125 Taxpayers Plead Before City Board of Equalization
About 125 taxpayers had appeared by noon to argue against tax increases as the City Board of Equalization nears the end of its session. City assessor James Bowen noted the sitting continues tomorrow evening, with 2900 taxpayers notified to appear, per city secretary Lela Krebs.
Acquitted on Soliciting Charge
Frank Shirley was found not guilty by Judge Homer A. Callaway in corporation court on charges of soliciting business for the Yellow Cab Company at local railway stations in violation of city ordinance. F. L. Broaddus, the plaintiff, indicated he would revive the charges.
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Frank Shirley
Yellow Cab Company
Homer A. Callaway
F. L. Broaddus
Travel and Visits Roundup in Local Society
Howard Williams and family visited Carlsbad Cavern while Dr. and Mrs. Richard Keys Judge I W Keys of Mexia and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Piiler left for Las Vegas for a week. Judge and Mrs S A Bryant of Memphis stayed in the city with daughter Mrs. Byron Gist. J D Wrather and son Jack drove to Muskegon Michigan for about a month as Wrather builds a refinery. Floyd Studer of American Central Life Insurance Co. is in Pampa on business. Mr. and Mrs. J W Walker announce the birth of a baby son.
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Richard Keys
I. W. Keys
Mexia
Raymond Piiler
Las Vegas
8S. A. Bryant
Memphis
City
Byron Gist
J. D. Wrather
Jack
Overland
Muskegon
Mich
Mr. Wrather
Floyd Studer
American Central Life Insurance Company
Pampa
Wild William Terry stars for Giants in 1920s glory
The article chronicles William "Wild William" Terry's rise with the New York Giants from a wild pitcher to a feared first baseman and slugging hitter. It notes key moments from 1916 through the late 1920s, including World Series at bats and his high batting averages, and mentions mentor figures like John McGraw and Roger Bresnahan.
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Terry
Giants
William
Bill
Jess Petty
San Antonio
Shreveport
Southern Association
John McGraw
Roger Bresnahan
Toledo
Er Anon Ow
George Kelly
Washington
Government Statistics to Aid Hoover Farm Board
Washington July 9 government statistics and a staff of nearly 1,000 experts from the agriculture department will be made available to President Hoover's farm board at its first meeting. The bureau of agricultural economies can supply data and field facilities, with plans to define a procedure where the bureau plays a key role in future work on crop reports and research. Wheat and cotton issues dominate initial tasks as prices rebound amid signals a smaller U.S. crop may not be as large as expected. William F. Schilling named to Federal Farm Board. rest of eight members to be announced soon.
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Cecil Owen
United Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Hoover
Farm Board
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Nils Olsen
Congress
Olsen
White House
Bureau
United States
William F. Schilling
Northfield
Minn
Federal Farm Board
Committee To Report On Truck Lines In Texas New Mexico
Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers Association will meet at 6 PM in the Longhorn Room Amarillo Hotel to discuss trucking between Texas and New Mexico A committee report will be heard addressing licensing and property tax burdens under New Mexico law and plans for goodwill trips to Tulsa Borger and Liberal Kan The meeting will also cover terminal depots required by the new state law and cooperative efforts with the chamber of commerce All members are urged to attend and participate in the year’s plans
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Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Longhorn
Amarillo
Mason King
Tulsa
Borger
Liberal
Kan
King
Chamber of Commerce
Federal men probe liquor raid killing in Oklahoma City
Federal investigators from Topeka arrived as the Inde pendence Day liquor raid killing of two Pottawatomie county farmers prompted a preliminary hearing for federal prohibition agent W. W. Thomason and his three aides. The hearing was postponed to Saturday for further questioning. Thomason was questioned in his jail cell before meetings with Bee De Moobrum, prohibition director for the Western Oklahoma district, with plans for a potential federal trial.
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Oklahoma City
Pottawatomie County
Topeka
Kansas
W. W. Thomason
Prohibition
Thomason
Bee de Moobrum
Oklahoma
Amarillo Gains Fast Air Mail Through New Daylight Runs
The National Air Transport daylight schedule on Route No 8 links Dallas Fort Worth Tulsa and Kansas City enabling Amarillo air mail to be posted at 9 15 p m and reach Fort Worth in time for the 9 35 a m northbound N A T flight. Mail then reaches Kansas City by 2 20 p m and Chicago for overnight to New York with connections to western points. Postmaster W C Kenyon said the service expands to additional communities.
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Amarillo
United States
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Kansas City
National Air Transport
W. C. Kenyon
Chicago
New York
Southwest
Post Office Department
Aged Bonham Man Is death by own action
Bonham Texas July 9 W E Marshall 80 was found dead at his home with a shotgun by his side He had been in ill health for some time and indications point to a death by own action.
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Bonham
Tex
W. E. Marshall
Foreign War Vets Will Meet Tonight at Legion Hall
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet tonight at Legion Hall at 8 30. Reports from committees planning the next convention will be heard. All members are urged to attend.
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Legion Hall
City to Inspect Streets for 60 New Traffic Markers
Police Captain M W Turner and street division head will inspect city streets this afternoon to decide on installation of 60 traffic markers. Caution and stop signs will be added with rubber signs, following markers already placed at Eleventh Avenue and W street Seventh Avenue and street and Sixteenth Avenue and Buren Street. Also notes birth of a baby boy named Richard Key Montgomery on July 7 at 506 North Johnson Street.
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M. W. Turner
Buey Stanley
City Engineer's Department
Eleventh Avenue
W. Street
Seventh Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Buren Street
Mra. J
Montgomery
North Johnson Street
Richard Keys
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Wson Institu
D. T. Carlisle
Veterans of Foreign Ware Will
E. B. Meyer
van Buren Sts
Dial
Cremo
Sani
Marshall
Alfred W. McCann
Niles and Moser Cigar Co
Denver, Colo
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