Train wreck near Trinidad leaves one dead and a man injured
A deliberate derailment south of Trinidad, Colorado derailed a Colorado and Southern passenger train. Carl Bloch, 35, of Clinton Oklahoma died of internal injuries while Pete Lee, 19, of Paducah Texas, lost his right foot and suffered a fractured leg. Engineer Dan Horan stayed with the train and helped save lives. The attack occurred after a rail was removed and bolts, spikes, and an angle bar were found near the tracks. The train, with 50 passengers on eight coaches, was seven hours late en route to Amarillo.
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Associated Press
Trinidad
Colo
Colorado and Southern Railway
Carl Bloch
Clinton
Okla
Pete Lee
Paducah
Texas
Dan Horan
J. E. Staley
Trindid
Murder Farm suspect eludes arrest amid Belle Gunness lore
Mississippian officers accused of bias after reports claimed a woman tied to the so called murder farm would be seized. Belle Gunness, long rumored, is described by authorities as the century s most notorious murderer for luring men to her farm and killing them with a private cemetery unearthed in 1908.
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My United Prep
Jackson
Miss
Indiana
John W. Roberta
Min Ppi
Rielle Gannens
Roberts
Mis. J. B. Smith
Belle Gunness
Associated Press
LA Porte
Ind
Mississippi
Porter County
Lindbergh baby to spend summer in Maine with Morrows
Arthur Brisbane notes the Lindbergh baby and parents plan a Maine visit to escape heat. He reflects on future flight in daily life and the rise of television as a cultural force championed by David Sarnoff. The piece also cites New York’s crime rise amid Chicago racketeering and a brief local ad cluster.
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David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Germany appoints Bruening in dictatorship to fix finances
Berlin reports that President Hindenburg dissolves the Reichstag after a 236 to 221 vote and hands dictatorial financial powers to Chancellor Heinrich Bruening. The move aims to close a 115 million dollar budget deficit with rapid budget cuts and new taxes over about three months ahead of elections set for September 14.
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Eric Keyser
United Press
Berlin
Germany
Heinrich Bruening
Reich
Paul van Hindenburg
Reichstag
Bruening
Pact Enemies Refuse Debate Limitation Plans
Opponents of the London naval pact refuse any agreement to limit debate. Senate leaders plan to stay in session to exhaust discussion. Senator Moses leads the attack while Senator Watson calls tactics time killing. Some predict a vote might come tonight or tomorrow if debate continues.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Moses
New Hampshire
Watson
Key witness eyeing Lingle murder case named unnamed woman
Chicago state’s attorney John A. Swanson says an unnamed woman who witnessed the Lingle killing is the key to solving the case. The witness, who suffered a nervous breakdown, is under medical care and guarded closely. Details of her testimony remain undisclosed.
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United Pros
Chicago
John A. Swanson
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Lingle
Swanson
Randolph Street
Illnois Central
Fide
Lingle Wan
Blackmailer slain at grave in Monessen cemetery
In Monessen Pennsylvania a state trooper Private Charles Stewart aged 28 and a suspected blackmailer John Sabo age 25 shot each other to death at a cemetery while guarding a packet of $10,000 marked money. Wealthy furniture dealer W. F. Wright had received a death threat and was ordered to place the money at a tombstone by 2 am.
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Associated Press
Monessen
Charles Stewart
W. F. Wright
John Sabo
Stewart
Sabo
Wright
Deserts Heat Surge Threatens California Amid Heat Wave
Southern California faced a heat wave as Mojave blasts push temperatures higher. Seven deaths in five days tied to heat and sunstroke, with the first local sunstroke death in 23 years. Imperial Valley and Riverside report 100 plus degrees, Coachella Valley hits 109. Names include Lloyd Eldridge 28, oil-field worker. Probst family and Donald Honey noted in travel details.
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Associated Preas
Los Angeles
California
Mojave Desert
Weather Bureau
Arizona
Lloyd Eldridge
Montebello
Los Angeles County
Imperial Valley
Ontario
Cal
Riverside
Pomona
Coachella Valley
India
State and City Agree on Canyon Pike Work
The state and Amarillo city reach a project agreement for West 36th Street paving. City Engineer E N Stanley to seek city commission approval, outlining expenditures and work scope. The ordinance establishing curb lines must be passed, with most curbs and gutters planned now. A working order awaits state approval after formal acceptance.
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Amarillo
Randall County
West 36Th Street
P.S. Bailey
State Department
Bailey
E. N. Stanley
City Commission
Stanley
Commission
Aged Turk Arrives in Providence for New Teeth Set
Zara ha, claiming 156 years, arrives from Turkey to seek dentures in Providence Rhode Island. His great great grandson Ahmet Mussa cites a passport birth date of February 16, 1740, and an official record in Rutish government.
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A. S
Lorena A. Hickok
Providence
R. I
Zaraha
Turkey
Ahmet Mussa
Zeri Agha
Asgim Redvan
Mid-Summer Horse Show seeks more entries in children’s classes
The Tri-State Fair and the Junior Welfare League will host the Mid-Summer Horse Show on August 2 at the Tri-State Fair grounds. Most classes have satisfactory entries but children’s divisions have space for about twelve to fifteen entrants per event and no entry fees are charged. Prizes include two large loving cups and multiple ribbons. Officials, including the judge and ringmaster, are being chosen and announced soon.
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Tri-State Fair
Junior Welfare League
Typhoon Toll Reports Hit Nagasaki and Korea
July 18 dispatches describe heavy loss of life and widespread destruction from a typhoon in lower Japan and Korea. Nagasaki prefecture reports sunk seafaring vessels and numerous bodies, while Fusan reports over 400 houses destroyed and crops wasted. The storm impacts Kiushin and Korea with cut communications and fears of many deaths. In Burma, a July 18 earthquake in the Tharrawaddy district near Rangoon causes fifty casualties and collapses in Letpadan as Pegu previously suffered quake damage.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Nagasaki Prefecture
Home Ministry
Japan
Nagasaki
Aesney United Press
Fusan
Erees
Korea
Set Press
Kiushin
Rangoon
Burma
United Preset
Tharrawaddy
Letpadan
Tree Sitters Endurance Feats Dot Amarillo Sky
Amarillo youths take to trees roofs and windmills in a rising endurance craze. Budd y Parr and Junior Buzzard hold a 60 plus hour perch at 830 Parker Avenue while Sonny Pierce and Max Coulson occupy 108 Crestway. George Wesley Tomberlin clocks about 66 hours in his perch.
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Gray Hero
Amarillo
Buddy Parr
Junior Bustard
Parker Avenue
Dave
Crestway
Sonny Pierce
Max Coulson
George Wesley Tomberlin
Urges Coste Fly To Dallas Texas
Paris reports Colonel W E Easterwood of Dallas arrived to urge Dieudonne Corte to extend his proposed Paris New York flight to Dallas if the ocean crossing succeeds.
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Urges Coste
Dallas
Texas
Paris
W. E. Easterwod, Jr
Dieudonne Corte
Small Goes 10 Pampa Tonight in Texas Gubernatorial Drums
Clint C Small addressed San Antonio supporters promising measures to aid the Federal Farm Board in cooperative marketing if elected governor. He planned a late night stop at Pampa as part of a statewide tour. Former Governor Miriam A Ferguson and James E Ferguson scheduled a Friday rally in Dallas, a Hoover Democratic stronghold, home to Thomas B Love and Lieut Gov Barry Miller. Ferguson had spoken in Abilene attacking Sterling and the highway bond issue. Love spoke in Waco defending his wartime record and denying anti prohibitionist charges while Sterling spoke in Greenville.
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Clint C. Small
San Antonio
Federal Farm Board
Pampa
Miriam A
James E. Ferguson
Dallan
Hoover
Thomas B. Love
Barry Miller
Abilene
Ferguson
Sterling
Love
Waco
Jim Young
Greenville
Negro Back 10 Pampa Prison Murder Suspect Returned
Jesse Lee Washington a Black man, returned to Pampa jail after a brief appearance in Miami Roberts County for murder in the Henry Vaughan slaying near Shamrock. Indicted for murder the same day, four Texas rangers, a sheriff, and four deputies transported him for trial setting. He was taken back to jail shortly after formalities. Eleven named as night riders from Oklahoma outlet noted on Page 2.
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United Press
Wheeler
Jesse Lee Washington
Pampa
Henry Vaughan
Shamrock
Toda
Miami
Roberts County
Dramatic Davis Cup Triumph by Texas Ace
Wilmer Allison of Austin, Texas, staged a dramatic comeback in the inter-zone final against Italy's Georgio De Stefani. Trailing 1-5 in the fifth set and down two sets to love, Allison rallied to win 4-6 7-9 6-4 8-6 10-8 and give the United States the opening point in the five-match series.
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Associated Press
Auteuil
France
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Texas
United States
Georgio de Stefani
Italy
Allison
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Sarah E. Roberts
Winnemucca
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Sarnoff
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Jones
Fifth Avenue
Businessen
Bobby Jones
Lloyds
Lee Today
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
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John
Maynard Lbr. Co
Griggs Ambulance
John Probst
Josephine Probst
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Donald Honey
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Pegu
Oklahoma City
Charles Kingsford-Smith
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