C C Stockmen Urged Support for Tri State Coliseum Plan
The chamber of commerce appeals to cattlemen swine breeders and others to back the Tri State Fair coliseum project at the fair grounds. P C Bennett notes the need to protect exhibitors and crowds from weather with improved arenas and anticipated rodeo crowds. Each club exhibitor will buy two tickets for the opening night to help sell the proposal.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State
Tri-State Fair
P. c. Bennett
Amarillo
War talk and unrest mix in a day’s news recap
A column surveys global tensions with references to Asia's conflicts and mob violence in Korea and China. It notes mob actions in Spain, Jesuit expulsions, and the Bank of Catalonia suspension amid economic gloom. A French cartoon about lions and lambs satirizes peacemaking as U.S. stance questioned.
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Vatican
Alfonso
Spain
Barcelona
Bank of Catalonia
Moore
Census Fine Warns of City Census Compliance
Constance Stanhope of London was fined five dollars for refusing to supply information required to complete the census return. The case underscores strict enforcement and the burden on residents to aid the census process.
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London
Constance Stanhope
Amarillo City Briefs Highlight Local Shifts and Theft Find
Sergt. R. E. Wheeler is on vacation and former judge of corporation court. Sergt. George Hayden presides at the night desk at headquarters. W. W. Chilton identifies a portable typewriter recovered by police after theft from a car near the Municipal Auditorium. Charles Boyd, former city plumbing inspector, returns to Amarillo after a long motor tour through several states.
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R. E. Wheeler
Amarillo
W. W. Chilton
Forest Street
Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Auditorium
Charles Boyd
Auto caravan to Tulia birthday party planned by Amarillo boosters
Mason King of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce leads an auto caravan to Tulia for the town birthday celebration next Friday. A parade starts at 11 with the Tulia school band and Harley Sadler's show providing music. A Tulia versus Lakeview baseball game is on the schedule and attendees are asked to bring basket lunches. Contact Mr. King to join.
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Amarillo Boosters
Tulia
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
Swisher
Harley
Sadler
Tulsa
Lakeview
Underpass section completed after long night work
A large concrete segment of the North Fillmore Street underpass was installed after 10 pm, with footings nearly finished and tracks ready to be moved. Engineers expect the subway to open by August 4, with two highway spans plus railroad tracks atop the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore Street
Fort Worth
World Wheat Group Formed In London
A permanent committee of the International Wheat Conference formed today to establish a comprehensive statistical bureau in London to collect wheat data on distribution, consumption, and production to aid world price recovery. Dr. A. E. Olsen cited expected price benefits. governments of 10 nations must ratify the plan.
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London
Statistical Bureau
A. E. Olsen
County Heads Open Regular Meet Monday
Potter County commissioners prepare for regular session Monday morning after accepting bids for furnishing the new courthouse and awaiting bids on general furniture. They expect to fix the 1931 tax rate and will not decide on the old courthouse or jail materials until after mature deliberation. County Judge Sam B. Morlow emphasized planned careful consideration before any action.
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Potter County
Sam B. Morlow
Railroad censured over wage cuts under 1929 pact
A U S president committee finds Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad violated the White House wage scale pact by cutting shop workers pay from 80 to 75 cents on February 9, refusing mediation and risking a strike. Hoover appoints the panel under the 1926 railroad labor act. the committee labels the action unjustified and urges arbitration. Separately Panama plans a mortgage loan section to support coffee cultivation.
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Washington
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
White House
Louisiana and
Arkansas
Federal Mediation Board
Hoover
Saddle Confessed Stolen by Local Boy In Amarillo Sale
Officers Cain and Sheriff Bill Thompson traced a missing saddle after a boy directed them 20 miles out of town. The boy confessed and led police to a second-hand store in Amarillo where the saddle was found, identified by McReynold. Local humor followed the recovery.
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Cain
Bill Thompson
Amarillo
McReynold
Summer Attire of Consul Sets Pace for Dallas
Haiti's consul general in Miami Alden Freeman visited Dallas in casual dress a four piece outfit sandals bright purple shorts polo shirt and a necktie. He arrived Thursday from Atlanta and dined atop the Baker Hotel roof before the head waiter and Maitre D'Hotel. Freeman, an author reformer and aviation enthusiast, planned to present a $500000 botanical garden to Santa Barbara later this year and will return to his Miami Beach home.
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Dallas
Haiti
Miami
Alden Freeman
Freeman
Atlanta
Baker Hotel
Mr. Freeman
Santa Barbara
Calif
City of
Miami Beach
Home Relief, Lewis Plea for Moratorium Aid
Senator-Elect Lewis of Illinois urged an extra session to ratify a debt holiday plan and provide moratorium relief with work, food, and credit. He pressed for immediate presidential action to aid business, farmers, and labor amid Hoover administration efforts. Senator Watson challenged Robinson to pursue tariff reform, defending Smoot Hawley and criticizing boycott charges.
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Washington
Lewis
Illinois
Congress
America
United States
Watson
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Indiana
Mexican and American harmony urged in justice call
The CONSUL States disclaims responsibility for acts of jurisdiction and local authorities. The newspaper notes the Mexican and American desire for continued good relations based on justice and correction as the foundation of international harmony.
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Mexico
United States
Two Persons Die in Dallas Three Way Crash
Dallas July 10 Two people died in a three way automobile crash on Preston Road near the city limits. Mrs John A Ritter 36 a prominent Dallas clubwoman and Homer L Hensley 35 an automobile salesman were killed from fractured skulls. The crash involved a coupe driven by Ritter and Roach's car. a truck ahead was struck injuring no one else.
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Dallas
Tex
O.R
Preston Road
John A. Ritter
Homer L. Hensley
Mary Roach
Frisco
John Alsup Denied Murder Case Bail
John Alsup, ex Fort Worth Police officer charged with murder in the bank robbery slayings, was remanded without bond by Judge P A Martin after a habeas corpus hearing. Trial set for September 23 in Wichita Falls with a special venire of 200 men. Alsup has spent 15 months jailed and faced four prior trials.
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Wichita Falls
John Alsup
Fort Worth
P. A. Martin
89Th District Court
Alsup
Covin to Trial Again in Houston Murder Case
Donald E. Covin, 22, Beau mont bellhop, faces a new trial for the murder of Marie Hart, 29, mother of two, slain at the Rice Hotel on June 1. Judge Langston King discharged the first jury after 48 hours of deliberation. a September date is anticipated with Covin in jail and bond not expected. Czechoslovakia exported nearly 15 million dollars of linens in the last year, setting postwar records.
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Houston
Texas
U.P
Donald E. Covin
Beaumont
Marie Hart
Langston King
Covin
Hart
Rice Hotel
Cornell Warns Against Eating Cigar Wrappers In Diet Plan
Ithaca July 10 warning issued by Cornell University cautions the public not to eat transparent cigar wrappings and other wrappers. Some wrappers used in experiments contain additives not fit for consumption, despite some forms of cellulose being harmless in large amounts. Dr. C M McCay explains not all wrappers are safe to eat and that wrapping materials should not be consumed indiscriminately.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Cornell Department of Animal Nutrition
C. M. McCay
Animal Nutrition Laboratory
Talk Amarillo On Radio Here Tonight
Tonight at 8 30 oclock the weekly Know Amarillo Talk Amarillo broadcast over WDAG will feature Amarillo as a transportation center. It highlights railways highways and airways and notes Amarillo's growing airway role with a planned air mail line from Pueblo through Amarillo to Fort Worth establishing direct mail links to major cities. Sponsored by Amarillo Gas Company and Publicity Committee of the Chamber of Commerce these civic programs air Fridays 8 30 to 9 00 for locals and distant listeners.
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Amarillo
WDAG
Amarillo Gas Company
Pueblo
Fort Worth
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Steamer Crandon Runs Aground Off Cape Cod In Fog
The British steamship Crandon, 3000 tons, ran aground this morning on Peaked Hill Bar Cape Cod in dense fog. Coast Guard cutter Mojave was ordered from Boston to assist as the tide was not fully in flood.
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Boston
Peaked Hill Bar
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Mojave
Suspect Held in Recent Holdup at Leasure Grocery
Partial ID emerged Friday forenoon of a suspect arrested by police in the July 3 robbery of John Leasure grocery at 512 West Ninth Avenue. About $30 was taken on Independence Day eve. Some Leasure household members identified the suspect while others doubted due to a hatless show-up. A second show-up with inmates from the city jail was planned for Friday afternoon.
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John Leasure
West
Ninth Avenue
Leasure
Panhandle Highways In Good Shape After Rain
Report notes roads in Panhandle back to good condition after heavy Wednesday rains. Detour on Highway 5 north to the Canadian River is nearly impassable with many complaints filed at the chamber of commerce bureau.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Salons To Be Paid With 'Hot' Checks
Austin report notes legislators and staff will be paid with hot checks for the special session as the general fund remains deficient. Lawmakers will receive 9.80 dollars per day for services instead of ten if they discount their warrants.
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Austin
U.P
The Foolish Fisherman
A simple poem scenery of a fisherman under a tree lamenting poor fishing. A stranger suggests trying, while the narrator waits and recalls better times, contrasting patience and effort in fishing. Credits Edgar A. Guest 1931.
Unfilled steel orders slip. cotton and stocks move in New York
United States Steel Corporation shows a June decline of 141,129 tons to 3,479,323. May drop larger. backlog May 81 at 8,620,452. April 30 backlog 3,397,829 versus 3,995,380 on March 31. June 1930 unfilled orders 3,968,064. New Orleans cotton opens easier as rains ease drought. October and December down before rally. New York stocks hold narrow range awaiting Steel tonnage data. Dog rides coffin at England burial in Hertfordshire.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
New Orleans
Liverpool
Texas
Oklahoma
U. S. Steel
American Can
Bethlehem
National Biscuit
New York Central
Allied
Columbian
Safeway
Gillette
Paul D Cole Dies in Oklahoma Electric Chair
Paul D Cole a former banker druggist and Seminole County election official died in the state penitentiary electric chair shortly after midnight. He maintained his innocence in the fatal shooting of Ernest Irby his druggist partner at Wewoka and was convicted a year ago. His last words were I have killed no man and forgive my sins whispered to witnesses as the current started.
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Mcalester
Okla
Paul D. Cole
Seminole County
State Penitentiary
Cole
Ernest Irby
Wewoka
Okola
Sam Brown
Oil Trade Echoes Tense Texas and Kansas Alike
Reports from Dallas Wichita and Houston detail oil price shifts and conservation moves. Texas Oil Emergency Committee to draft conservation bill in Austin while Kansas oil men plan talks to counter price cuts risking up to 20 000 jobs. Vacuum Oil trims coastal crude prices at Lockport Louisiana affecting 25 gravity and higher grades.
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Texas
Pecos
Dallas
Texas Oil Emergency Committee
Austin
Rhodes Baker
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Kansas Oil Men
Wichita
Kans
O.R
Kansas Oil
Oil Advisory Committee
Kansas Public Service Commission
Kansas
Houston
Vacuum Oil Company
Lockport
Vacuum
Ty Gulf Refining Company
Wisehaupt Urges Natural Child Development For Success
Wisehaupt tells audience of more than 2000 that a well developed personality ensures business success and that parents should let children unfold naturally. He warns fear breeds worry, the main enemy of success, and enjoys strong endorsements from business leaders across the country.
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Wisehaupt
Fliers Push Toward Tokyo Refueling Flight Prize
Jones lamented the rough weather as FLIERS fogged in the Bering Sea hindering a nonstop Seattle to Tokyo refueling attempt. The duo aims to win a $25,000 prize offered by a Japanese newspaper after planned stops at Fairbanks and Nome. They hope to depart soon once rested, with final timing undetermined. Calcutta receives first Europe air mail. Dr. R. L. McMeans returns from vacation.
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Bering Sea
Jones
Seattle
Tokyo
Fairbanks
Nome
Kins
South
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Crucible Steel
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Amarillo Bldg
California
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