Crowds Gather for Opening of 1200 Mile Panhandle Rail Line
Delegations from a dozen West Texas cities celebrate completion of a 1200 mile rail expansion linking the Panhandle. Gov. Ross Sterling attends, with Fort Worth and Denver officials, at Pampa and Childress as 400 passengers ride the first special trains along the new Fort Worth and Denver Northern line.
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Eastern Panhandle
Childress
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Denver
Pampa
Estelline
Red River Valley
Hall
Briscoe
Caprock
Wheat Belt
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Lefors
Sham
Ke Wellington
Nrew
Hoover Slashes Salary Across Presidency
President Hoover cuts his pay by 20 percent to 60000 dollars and orders a 15 percent reduction for the vice president and cabinet members from 15000 to 12750. The White House cites the economy bill and notes the constitution prevents congressional change to the president’s salary.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Congress
Treasury
William Howard Taft
Oust County Court Dads in Dallas Faced Ouster Action
The Dallas County Commissioners' Court faces ouster suits filed by a grand jury acting as citizens over alleged incompetence and mismanagement. Petitions name Commissioners J. W. Gill George W. Ledbetter W. C. Lemmon and Charles A. Tosch with trial dates set for August following July 25 answers.
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Dallas
Dallas County Commissioners’ Court
Texas
J. W. Gill
George W. Ledbetter
J. Bailie Finks
F. H. Alexander
116Th District Court
J. Hart Willis
Commissioner's Court
Willis
Governor Sterling to Speak in Amarillo Tonight
Governor Sterling of Texas heads to Amarillo for a 7:30 p.m. rally at the Municipal Auditorium to back his re election bid followed by a 9 p.m. general rally of local candidates.
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Ross
Sterling
Texas
Amarillo
Borger Utility Granted Temporary Injunction
Judge James C. Wilson granted a temporary injunction to Panhandle Light & Power Company against Borger officials who approved an ordinance cutting electric rates from 12 to eight cents. Bond set at 30,000 dollars pending final outcome. The federal district court term closed at noon as judges left for Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Panhandle Light & Power Company
Borger
Federal District Court
Wilson
Fort Worth
Dallas
Borah Declines Third-Party Run Not Considering Nomination
Idaho Senator Borah reiterates he will not seek a third party nomination. A prohibition party spokesman confirms contact but Borah says he is not considering such a move at this time.
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Borah
Washington
Idaho
Prohibition Party
Amarillo Weather Forecast for West Texas
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies tonight and Saturday. In West Texas generally fair with an unsettled extreme west portion. Temperature extremes today up to 1 PM reach 68 degrees and 86 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Robinson Raps Three Musketeers of G O P
Senator Robinson labels Mills Hurley and Hyde the Three Musketeers of the Hoover era. He accuses them of neglecting official duties to pursue partisan political work and discredit Democratic candidates. Hastings seeks to record Hurley’s Columbus speech.
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Mills
Hurley
Hyde
Senate
Robinson
Ese
Department of Agriculture
Hastings
Delaware
Columbus
Herriot clarifies remarks on Franco British accord
Premier Edouard Herriot told United Press the Franco British accord does not affect any British debt settlement with the United States. He said a false interpretation linked his remarks to Lausanne's gentleman's agreement, not the Franco British accord.
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State Department
Germany
United States
Department
Explosions Hit Oil Tanker Raleigh Warner Near Good Hope
Four crewmen were injured when the Sabine Steamship Company oil tanker Raleigh Warner exploded while anchored on the Mississippi River near Good Hope Louisiana. Major blasts sparked flames and a rapid firefighting response as officials cleared levees and kept spectators back.
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Raleigh Warner
Sabine Steamship Company of Texas
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Good Hope
Here
J. Dubois
Clarance McMahan
Walter Wright
Coolidge Urges General Sales Tax Citing Demographic Impact
Former President Calvin Coolidge, writing in Collier's Weekly, advocates a general sales tax in New York on July 15. He warns that systems permanently placing revenue burdens on a certain class threaten American democracy and notes tobacco and gasoline levies raise substantial revenue without unduly burdening consumers.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Collier’s Weekly
Robbers Loot Bank at Olton and Plainview
Two unmasked men robbed Olton State Bank at Olton twenty miles northwest of Plainview and escaped with about four thousand dollars. A cashier and a bookkeeper, plus a deputy sheriff and a customer, were forced to lie on the vault floor as the money and cash drawer contents vanished. The car left south of Olton, with Coleman County license plates, and a possible third man was in the vehicle. The robbers wore overalls and carried pistols, the ages of the two entering men estimated at about thirty and forty-six.
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Olton State Bank
Olton
L. E. Silcott
D. M. Granbury
Tommie Mathes
J. E. Shropshire
Granbury
Coleman County
Libby Recall Links Reynolds Death to Family Mystery
In Cincinnati, Libby Holman’s family nostalgia surfaces as authorities probe the death of tobacco heir Smith Reynolds in Winston-Salem. The tale echoes the 1905 Holzman loss when Alfred Holzman vanished chasing funds for Holzman and Company. Ross Holzman disappeared never to be found, casting a shadow on Libby’s kin.
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Smith Reynolds
Winston Salem
N. C
Libby Holman
North Carolina
Reynolds
Holman
Alfred Holman
Libby
Ross Holzman
Alfred
Holzman and Company
Dallas Youth Dies Of Wounds
Denver reports Arthur J. Chester Jr., a Dallas student, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound fired Tuesday in a fit of despondency over ill health. The bullet entered his heart.
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Dallas
Denver
Arthur J. Chester, Jr
Motoring Fans and Farm Ad Vantage in Globe News
Motoring is described as America's popular pastime with daily highway use. A Farmer want ad reaches 35 000 readers, inviting farmers to advertise produce in Globe News Want Ads for extra income. Contact the Classified Department to place an ad and earn revenue.
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MR. Farmer
Globe News
Police Puzzled At Vet Picket
In Washington veterans marching for bonus rights kept at the Capitol with police unsure how to respond. Capitol doors closed to noncredentials as Speaker Garner urged all to obey the law, while the Bonus Expeditionary Forces maintained a weary, watchful presence outside Congress.
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Capitol
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Garner
Bonus
California
Roy Robertson
Death
Midwest Heat Wave Drives Record Temps and Drownings
Chicago statistic reports show tropical heat across the Great Lakes region with 16 deaths attributed to the heat and 16 more drowned. Cities from Evansville to Omaha report 90s and 100s, with several drownings and prostrations amid a heat wave described as a vast sea of stagnant air by Weather Bureau forecasters.
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Wheeling
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Dean's Ford
Ark
Iowa
Oklahoma City
Hunter Club Forms in Amarillo for Governor Bid
A Hunter for governor organization meets at 5 pm in the district court room of Judge Henry Bishop in Amarillo. The Hunter campaign committee urges attendance as candidate Tom F. Hunter of Wichita Falls seeks statewide support.
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Amarillo
Henry Bishop
Hunter Campaign& Committee
Tom F. Hunter
Wichita Falls
Divorcee Admits Guilt In Dallas Car Slaying
In Dallas on July 15 Mrs. Rena Greer confessed to shooting and killing her divorced husband Curtis Greer 40 beside his car. She claimed she shot him because she worshipped him and surrendered to an undertaker thinking he was a police officer. She planned to poison herself after the incident.
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Dallas
U.P
Rena Greer
Curtis Greer
Joe Smith
Lamar-Smith Undertaking Company
Texan Dies in Crash Near Nacogdoches
Fears of Henderson, Texas, was killed early today in an automobile collision seven miles south of Nacogdoches on Highway 35.
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Texas
U.P.L. L. Fears
Henderson
Here
Today A Zoo Cobra Fight
A short comic note highlights a cobra fight at a zoo and a girl who stands out for her pride in the effort. The item appears among features and is attributed to a feature syndicate.
Cobra fight and Earhart a model for American resolve
In the Bronx zoological gardens two cobras fought while keepers cooled them with water. Dr. Ditmars favors letting the fight decide their fate. Amelia Earhart Putnam is praised as a living symbol of American willpower after her ocean crossing. Britain and France seek to stabilize Europe and end costly war financing, as seven British ministers head to Ottawa. Stanley
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Reich
Britain
Germany
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London
Lausanne
New York
Bronx Zoological Gardens
Ditmars
United States
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
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Ohio
Survivor Found Alive From Mexican Plane Crash
A missing American from a June 27 plane disappearance over the Mexican interior to Honduras was found alive? an Indian woodsman reported the survivor starving and unable to speak. Officials could not yet identify which of two men, Clarence McElroy or Roy Gordon, survived as rescue teams recovered the second victim’s body.
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Honduras
Clarence McElroy
Medaryville
Ind
Roy Gordon
Tegucigalpa
San Geronimo
Publicity to Reconstruction loans divides Hoover era talks
Washington July 15 delegates clash over keeping publicity for Reconstruction Corporation loan details in the relief bill. President Hoover links final passage to Congress. Speaker Garner expects Senate compromise and adjournment. Also Senate backs stock market inquiry info request and Rep Jere Cooper named to Ways and Means after Eslick’s death.
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Garner
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White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover
Congress
Representative Rainey
Senate
Norbeck
Banking and Currency Committee
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
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Rep
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Ways and Means Committee
Cooper
Eslick
East Texas field per well limit set at 46 barrels
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced the East Texas field per well limit to 46 barrels for the next 15 days starting tomorrow at 7 AM. The overall field cap remains 325,000 barrels daily, with each well’s output adjusted at 15 day intervals based on anticipated well numbers.
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Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Bill Jurges Prevents Prosecution in Court Case
In Chicago on July 15 Bill Jurges of the Cubs stepped into court to aid his gun-toting companion Violet Poprick Valli. After brief questioning Jurges refused to testify and the case was dismissed for want of prosecution. Valli shot at Jurges after entering his hotel room near Wrigley Field. both were wounded in the struggle but no serious injuries were reported.
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Cub Stortstop
Violet Poprick Valli
Jurges
John Sbarboro
Jurgess
Miss Valli
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Wrigley Field
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