Pennsylvania Museum to excavate Piedras Negras ruins
The University of Pennsylvania Museum will excavate Piedras Negras in Guatemala with Horace H. F. Jayne announcing approval. Dr. J. Alden Mason will lead excavations starting February 1931, aiming to transport 10 to 16 foot Mayan stelae to the United States for display.
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Indy United Press
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Piedras Negras
Horace H. F. Jayne
J. Alden Mason
Eldridge R. Johnson
Museum
United States
Mason
Egypt
America
Lindsay to Speak at Laundry Meet in Chicago
George F. Lindsay manager of the Panhandle Laundry has been named to speak at the Laundrymen's National Convention in Chicago. He is one of twelve chosen from nearly two thousand to discuss Other Forms of Local Advertising that have Proved Effective. The national association letter notes the program will offer strong, practical talks for laundry trade.
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George F. Lindsay
Laundry Owners’ National Association of
United States
Canada
Lindsay
Chicago
Ilinois
Mr. Lindsay
Albert Johnson
Association
Prisoner in Wrde jail window tries escape
Lou Shipman jailed as a thief became stuck while attempting to squeeze between cell bars. Sheriff H A Zickerfoose found him wrapped in blankets to hide his escape attempt, and fellow inmates covered him from the cold until the bars could be pried apart to free him.
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Associated Press
Buckhannon
W. Va
Lou Shipman
H. A. Zickerfoose
Upshur
Shipman
Advertising conference invites speaker for local forms
Two men will discuss on each subject then open discussion. The aim is to hear what Locally effective advertising forms are. Many requests have been made for a convention talk and the program is awaiting a reply. Lindsay plans to attend but has not decided to speak. Ruth Miller and Mrs Jennings tour western states stopping in Salt Lake City en route to California then to Oregon and Washington.
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Lindsay
Ruth Miller
Helen’ Jennings
The
Marizon
Salt Lake City
California
Oregon
Washington
Indian Mounds in Wisconsin to be Excavated
Wisconsin Archaeological Society field workers report ongoing summer explorations after locating over 11 600 Indian mounds since 1911. Last season alone uncovered 208 new monuments and sites, including effigy mounds shaped as birds and animals, village sites, trails, mounds, springs, pits, copper workings, cemeteries, quarries, a pictograph rock and trading post site. Scientific exploration has been car-
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Archaeological Society
Wisconsin Happy
Warring Bees Destroy Team of Horses in Washington
In Yakima Washington on July 9 a swarm of neighboring bees visited Ellis Bounds ranch and killed a team of horses. The driver was sent to bed with injuries from the attack. Prosecutors say buzzing warfare by bees was a subject legislators had overlooked in hours of review.
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Associated Press
Yakima
Wash
Ellis Bounds
Mounds Contents Preserved in Parks and by University
Many mounds have had their contents removed to state museums, while a larger number remain permanently preserved in public parks. Several can be found on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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University of Wisconsin
Amarilloan Named to Head Fraternity Nominee
Damon D. Blake of Amarillo is nominated for National vice grand master of Alpha Sigma Lambda fraternity. He serves as scribe for the Texas district and Chapter grand master of Alpha Theta in Amarillo. The nomination came from the Washington headquarters, the district’s strongest unit, and follows Amarillo’s chapter first anniversary.
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Damon D. Blake
Amarillo
Alpha Sigma Lambda Fraternity
United States
Canada
Blake
Texas
Alpha Theta
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hiram Lively
Alfred
Rich ards to serve term for forged check bet killings
Ben Richards jailed for forgery tied to a 1928 election bet on the Mayfield Connally race that led to the death of Orville Matthews. He begins a three year sentence in Huntsville after conviction in February 1929. A Red Cross fundraising update reports $672.40 raised for Texas aid, with treasurer Jack Farwell handling funds.
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United Press
Dallas
Ben Richards
Richards
Huntsville
Mayfield-Connally
Orville Matthews
Texas
Red Cross
Jack Farwell
Amarillo National Bank
Potter County
American Red Cross
R. Thomsen
Amarillo Alpha Theta Chapter elects officers
Lacey of Dallas with eight members has grown to 30 of Amarillo's representative young men. At the last meeting officers were Damon Blake grand master James Copeland vice grand master Bob Brummal scribe Weldon Forester hospitaler John McNallen warder Ed R Mayer Jr historian Woodrow Dunaway recorder.
One Dead Nine Hurt In New York Cave-In
A tunnel collapse in the Bronx trapped twenty workers 500 feet below street level. Tons of rock and soil from a recent rain killed Michael Kelly, 27, and injured nine others, two seriously, before rescuers pulled them to safety. Also noted, Miss Alice Ribble and Mrs. C. R. Carter of Clovis are visiting Amarillo.
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United Press
New York
Bronx
Michael Kelly
Alice Ribble
C. R. Carter
Clovis
Amarillo
Five Lives Lost in Baltic Sea Flying Boat Capsize
Berlin July 9 A Lufthansa report confirms five deaths from the prior day’s capsizing of a Dohner-Wal flying boat near Bornholm in the Baltic. Among the victims are two Americans Ruth Patricia Northrop 25 of Philadelphia and John L Burgholder 42 of Mount Pleasant Pa.
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Associated Prews
Berlin
Spaes
Lufthansa Air Corporation
Baltic Sea
Bornholm
Ruth Patricia Northrop
Philadelphia
John L. Burgholder
Mount Pleasant
Major General C Neville dies veteran Marine leader
Major General C Neville former commandant of the Marine Corps died of heart disease at his daughter’s summer home in Edgewater Beach Maryland after months of poor health. Art Stephens of Chicago is in Amarillo this week on business.
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Associated Press
Washington
C. Neville
Maine Corps
John P. W. West
Edgewater Beach
Maryland
Art Stephens of
Chicago
Amarillo
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Laundry
Morrowthomas’ Hdw. CO
Polk St
Wisconsin
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Warring Bees
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N. Y
Everett
George
Lambert Pharmacal Co
St. Louis
Missouri
Gen. Neville
Marines
Wess
Byrd
South Pole
Mistletoe Creamery, Inc
Amarillo, Texas
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