Bumper Crops Bring South Back To Prosperity
Twelve months after the worst drought in southern history, rains and new plantings restore optimism. Delta crops diversify beyond cotton, hay and oats surge, and Arkansas reports self-sufficiency for winter thanks to garden plants and distributed seed by the Red Cross. Mississippi and western Tennessee see good corn and beans with normal rainfall. Credit loosening aids farmers, enabling marginal lands to be tilled again.
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Merrill E. Compton
United Press
Memphis
Tenn
U.P
South
Delta Country
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Arkansas
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Mississippi
Tennessee
Woman's Murder Trial Set for Wednesday in Texas
In Sanderson Texas prosecutors said the murder trial of 20 year old Mrs Bessie Sharp for the alleged poisoning of her husband Telephus Sharp would likely begin Wednesday if sanity tests decide she is sane The case raises questions about venue as Terrell County jury impartiality is in doubt Also charged in the case is Willie Burleson a ranch hand held on 5000 bond Mrs Sharp has undergone multiple surgeries in San Antonio and was once confined in a state hospital
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Big Canyon
Liberty
County Attorney Files 41 Complaints
County Attorney Rhea C. Myers filed forty one charges this morning with many pleas of guilty. Arraignments included thirteen drunks fourteen disturbing the peace one aggravated assault three vagrants and ten gamblers as police and sheriff's deputies conducted a heavy round of arrests.
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Rhea C. Myers
Justice Court
Howard Elliott
Traffic chiefs seek rate changes to aid Texas shippers
A Leffingwell of Dallas, secretary of the Texas Industrial Traffic League, heads to Washington to pursue suspension petitions over new freight rates. Amarillo officials report H. J. Cole and others pressed the Texas Railroad Commission to publish rates to align with interstate levels, aiding the grain crop market. The Fort Worth meeting also included H. L. Kearns and W. H. Sparrow. In Paris, residents welcome a four hour horn quiet period from 1 am to 5 am amid police orders.
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A. Leffingwell
Dallas
Texas Industrial Traffic League
Washington
Texas
Amarillo
J. Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Mr. Cole
Austin
Railway Commission of Texas
H. L. Kearns
Kearns Grain & Seed Company
W. H. Sparrow
Great West Mill & Elevator Company
Credit Bureau Executives In Session Here
Members of the Panhandle Plains Credit Bureau Secretaries Association convene in Amarillo for a quarterly session. Morning talks focus on credit bulletins and reducing losses from hot checks. Fred W. Vanders and other speakers slated for afternoon sessions begin at 1 30. Delegates were hosted to a Capitol Hotel luncheon with Carson Loftis presiding.
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Panhandle Plains Credit Bureau Secretaries Association
Fred W. Vanders
State Retail Merchants Association
Credit Bureau
Retail Merchants Association of
Amarillo
Capitol Hotel
Carson Loftis
Pampa
Panhadle Plains Group
Lighting Extended on Fourth Avenue
The white way on Fourth Avenue is being extended from Polk to Tyler Street. Southwestern Public Service workers are drilling a cable line in the sidewalks and the extension will be in operation soon. A petition to extend Taylor Street white way from Tenth to Sixteenth is on file with every property owner in the six blocks signing.
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Fourth Avenue
Polk
Tyler Street
Southwestern Public Service Company
City Commission
Taylor Street
Dirigible Mayflower Wrecks Near Kansas City
A Goodyear dirigible worth sixty thousand dollars was destroyed near Kansas City when a storm snapped its mooring and sent it into high tension wires at the Municipal Airport. Captain Charles E. Brannigan was badly burned while trying to weather the wind, with co-pilot R H Hobensack and crew member Claude Hendershot escaping moments before. Brannigan remains in critical condition as gasoline ignited upon impact with an army hangar roof.
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Kansas City
Charles E. Brannigan
Brannigan
R. H. Hobensack
Claude Hendershot
Hobensack
Akron
Patented Roasting Process Controls Flavor of Coffee
Hills Bros advertises a patented continuous roasting method that roasts coffee in small batches for uniform flavor. The process speeds roasting, controls heat and flow, and uses vacuum packing to keep air out. Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc. Kansas City Missouri markets the Arab trade mark. 1921.
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Hills Bros. Coffee
Hills Bros
Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc
Kansas City
Missouri
Storm Hits Coastal Vessel Near An atolia Turkey
A storm struck a vessel moored to a portable mast near the coast of An atolia Turkey where villages report most vehicles are American.
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Anatolia
Turkey
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