Lindbergh reception in Paris costs France dearly
Paris reports the Lindbergh visit incurred high expenses including the Mont Val eria searchlight display lighting northern airfields after the landing and costly public ceremonies. The Paris hall and chamber receptions drew crowds to damaged furnishings and torn fabrics amid flowers flags and medals.
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Lindbergh
France
Associated Press
Paris
Mont Valeria
Chamber
Senate
French Announce New Radium Cure
Remarkable results are claimed for a radium treatment devised by two Paris physicians Drs Bayeux and Vaugeois and explained to the Academy of Sciences by Professor d Arsonval. Gases with emanations from radium salts are introduced into disease seats for immediate and permanent benefit. Radioactive oxygen is absorbed twice as fast as the pure gas.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bayeux
Vaugeois
Academy of Sciences
d’Arsonval
Badly Painted Insults Hit By Court Damages Set
A French provincial court ruled that saying badly painted a woman is an insult and punishes it as such. The judge noted women paint or rouge to enhance beauty and that belittling their appearance is a reflection on their looks. Damages were fixed at five francs.
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Associated Press
Paris
Firesafe home to be opened with new Duntile
Amarillo to unveil the Firesafe home at Bellview and Fountain streets on Sunday July 17 to introduce Duntile a concrete tile praised for fire resistance strength and low moisture absorption The material comes in forty patterns and is produced by the Amarillo Duntile company Tests by Pittsburgh and New York labs cite load bearing and fire ratings while the house showcases practical design and builders involved in its construction including A J Harris architect Roy Smith and Clem Lumber Company
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Amarillo Duntile Company
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory
New York
Paris proposes impractical traffic trials amid gridlock
Paris city council rejects seven detailed traffic remedies including tunnels bridges and underground parking as impracticable. Prizes are awarded to three feasible ideas while engineers are asked for further study. The prefect of police shifts focus to traffic management in the capital.
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Associated Press
Paris
Perfect of Police
Secret Service of
France
Plainview Girl Held Learns Father’s Death
A Plainview girl is detained at the police station awaiting her mother’s arrival. She allegedly left home Sunday night in the family car. Her father died Monday and was buried yesterday. she did not know of his death until she was detained this morning.
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Plainview
Fire Threatens Large Ardmore Oil Tank Farm
Lightning struck an 87,600 barrel crude oil tank at the Carter storage field in Wilson. One hundred workers fought the blaze, firing two cannon shots into the blaze to confine it to the tank as flames shot about 200 feet high and could be seen for miles.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Carter Tank
Wilson
Oklahoma
Trade balance turns in favor of U S shipping
The Commerce Department reports that US exports in the first half of 1927 exceeded imports by 240.8 million dollars with exports totaling 2.568 billion and imports 2.127 billion. For the full fiscal year exports were 4.971 billion against 4.257 billion imports, a surplus over 700 million.
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U.S
United Areas
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Trout Fishing Expedition Aims For New Mexico Rivers
A party of Amarillo anglers led by Sam Vaughn heads for the Chama country in New Mexico. The group includes George Maggard Hugh Whitcomb George Pratt and Otto Samples. They expect ten days to two weeks away and hope to return with a ton of trout. Vaughn bans bait fishing, relying on casting skill.
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Amarillo
Chamma
New Mexico
Sam Vaughn
George Maggard
Hugh Whitcomb
George Pratt
Otto Samples
Santa Fe
Mr. Vaughn
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