Drought Spreads Across Southwest and Great Plains
Washington reports a severe drought across a wide arc from Nebraska and Kansas to Texas and New Mexico with above normal temperatures and minimal rainfall. Pastures dry up and crops suffer though corn progress in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys remains good to excellent.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Central States
Bureau
Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ohio
Upper
Mississippi
Southwest
The General Strike Revolution For What
Arthur Brisbane notes the crisis as troops move into San Francisco with militia guarding food convoys for hundreds of thousands while labor and employers clash. Roosevelt watches from the battleship en route to Hawaii as tensions rise over the labor standstill and government response.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Langer Declares Martial Law Defying North Dakota Courts
Governor William H. Langer proclaimed complete martial law turning the state over to 1200 National Guardsmen after the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled him disqualified from office. A mob gathered at the capitol as Lieutenant Governor Ole Olson acted as governor while Langer plans an appeal.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
William H. Langer
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Langer
Lgislature
Capitol
J. L. Kelley
Ole Olson
Supre Court
Arbitration push in Frisco as San Francisco strife eases
San Francisco amid talks for arbitration. Public and private agencies ease food shortages as city awakes from strike turmoil. Police clash with 1,000 Seattle strikers at Smith Cove. Portland, Minneapolis also see labor tensions.
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San Francises
Seattle
Smith Cove
Minneapolis
Portland
Robert V. Wae
Alabama
NIA
Baltimore
San Francisco
San Minnecisco General
General Strike
Oil Company
Municipal Railways
Third Street
Southern Pacific
Market Street
Standard Oil Company of California
Philip Patehin
Terrell Seeks Court Action To Retain Family Name
Congressman George B. Terrell of Alto filed in district court to reconsider an order that allowed Jefferson T. Baker of Dallas to adopt the name George B. Terrell. Terrell accuses Baker of changing his name to win votes as a state treasurer candidate.
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Dallas
U.P
George B. Terrell
Alto
Terrell
Jefferson T. Baker
Baker
Girl Ill Two Held For Manslaughter
In Muskogee Oklahoma Lowell Johnson 20 of Tahlequah and Kelly Davis 27 are charged with manslaughter after a 19 year old girl nearly died from an illegal abortion attempt. Dr Edward A King a local physician allegedly performed the operation and later drowned himself to avoid arrest after the case drew police to his home.
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Muskogee
Okla
Lowell Johnson
Tahlequah
Kelly Davis
Edward A. King
Roosevelt Heads to Napoo Poo Hawaii from Clipperton
President Roosevelt aboard the Houston sails in rainy weather toward Napoopoo Hawaii. He plans to arrive July 24, leaving representatives in the United States to handle the San Francisco general strike. The 3,000 mile run follows Clipperton Island departure.
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U. S. S. New Orleans
Roosevelt
Houston
Napoopoo
Hawaii
United States
San Franciso
Clipperton Island
Protesting Valuation Cuts Borger District Suit Filed
Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World files federal suit in Fort Worth seeking writ of mandamus or injunction to halt further reductions in Borger Independent School District assessments. Petition demands full district value of 10,006,000 with 1933 valuation 5,285,765, asks $3,900 in unpaid bond coupons and sets July 23 hearing before Judge James C. Wilson.
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Borger Independent
Sovereign Camp
Woodmen of the World
United States District Court
Borger Board of Trustees
Lodge
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Two Children Injured in Car Crash Near San Angelo
Joe seven and Vernon three, sons of M L Elliott, badly hurt after a collision on the Carlsbad highway three miles northwest of San Angelo. Mother Ida Elliott and baby Roneke Lee were killed. father relief worker M L Elliott and several relatives injured.
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San Angelo
Joe
Vernon
M. L. Elliott
Here
Carlsbad
Ida Elliott
Roneke Lee
Elliott
Vealin
Orval
J. Elliott
Former King Alfonso Kills Viennese Writer in Auto Crash
In Vienna July 18 former King Alfonso of Spain driving his own car killed young Viennese Nazi writer Dr. Karl Smetna. Police said Alfonso was not responsible for the accident.
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Vienna
U.P
Alfonso
Spain
Karl Smetna
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook This Week
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas describes unsettled conditions this afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. West Texas sees generally fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday while New Mexico expects fair weather with little temperature change. Daytime highs range from 73 to 93 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
86 CCC Applicants Will Be Examined
Eighty six young men from six Panhandle counties will be examined for Civilian Conservation Corps duty next Monday. Potter County gets 45 of the 86. other counties allotments are Dallam 15, Hutchinson 5, Gray 6, Hall 10, Randall 5. Accepted men go to four CCC camps: Fort Sill Oklahoma 11, Santa Fe New Mexico 36, Clovis New Mexico 29, Fort Bliss Texas 10.
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Panhandle
Civilian Conservation Corps
R. E. Forsythe
U. S. Army
Potter County
Dallam
Hutchinson
Gray
Hall
Randall
CCC
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
N M
Clovis
N. M
Fort Bliss
Texas
Turkish Attacks on Borden Couple Draw Embassy Protest
American embassy voiced protest over two assaults by Turkish soldiers on Prof. Richard C. Borden and his wife near San Stefano as they sheltered in a creek during a boat trip from Istanbul to Greece. Seven soldiers were promised court martial.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.P
Richard Carman Borden
New York University
Borden
San Stefano
Greece
Balloon Flight to Stratosphere Awaits Favorable Weather
Rapid City South Dakota July 18 Major William E Kepner and Captain Albert W Stevens waited for suitable weather to begin their balloon ascent into the stratosphere.
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Rapid City
S. D
Willam E. Kepner
Phot
Albert W. Stevens
Heat Prostration Fatal in Houston Fourth Death This Season
Joseph F. Sellers, about 38, died in Houston last night from heat prostration. The death marks the fourth heat related fatality in the city this season.
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Houston
Texas
Joseph F. Sellers
Connor Babe Recovering From Suspected Kidnap Chase
Bobby Connor the 21 month old boy found in briars near his Hartsdale home is recovering after a week of hardship. Doctors at Grasslands Hospital report rapid improvement after a diet of whiskey tea and liquids. Authorities have abandoned a kidnap theory though residents debate the cause of his disappearance and return.
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Connor Babe
Hartsdale
N. Y
U.P
Bobby Connor
Hartsdale Manor
Grasslands Hospital
Bobby
Lindbegh
Detective shoots to kill in hotel room arrest in Oklahoma City
Tulsa man J Ray ODonnell 33 was shot and killed by detective C D Pierce during an arrest for Harvey Pugh an associate of Clyde Barrow. Pugh was captured hours later after presenting a hotel parking lot claim check. Mrs Merle Bowen hotel operator was unhurt. Police chief John Watt ordered a city wide gamble sweep.
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Oklahoma City
J. Ray O'Donnell
Tulsa
Harvey Pugh
Clyde Barrow
Pugh
McPherson
Kan
O'Donnell
C. D. Pierce
Pierce
D. A. Bryce
Charles Ryan
Merle Bowen
Bryce
Carl Taub
Murder Count in Mills Case
Neal Myers an OU pharmacy student faces a murder charge in the death of Marian Mills 20 a University of Oklahoma co ed beauty queen found dead in the apartment of Mrs Hazel Brown The missing suspect was last seen in Houston and police were asked to search the Rio Grande region The state witness Mrs Brown will be bonded free after the autopsy and post mortem examinations confirmed the cause of death
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Rio Grande
Houston
Brown
Cleveland County
Updegraff
Myers
Mrs Ickes Leaves for Washington to See Husband
Mrs Harold L Ickes wife of the Interior Secretary departed by plane for Washington to visit her husband before his two month trip She said a telegram from the secretary reached her in Mexico City prompting immediate travel to the capital
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Ickes
Capital
Dallas
U.2
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Small's Speech On Air At 8 30 Tonight
Sen Clint C Small Texas governor candidate will wrap a busy day with an address at the State Fair Park Dallas. The speech from 8 30 to 9 30 will be broadcast on KRLD KTAT KTSA and KTRH. Earlier stops included Van Alystyne and McKinney with a large rally planned at the exposition grounds.
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Clint C. Small
Texas
State Fair Park
Dallas
Small
KRLD
KTAT
Fort Worth
KTSA
San Antonio
KTRH
Houston
van Alystyne
McKinney
Exposition Grounds
Like France of 1918 is Frisco Waterfront
A San Francisco wartime dispatch compares Islais Creek waterfront life to 1918 France with guards, field kitchens, and portable radios less frontline action, noting peacetime tension and routine drills amid a guarded port scene. In Warsaw, South Poland endures 50 hours of unprecedented rain causing flood fears and potential drownings.
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France
Frisco Waterfront
San Francisco
Islais Creek
Leo M. Gray
Islands
China
Iiberia
Warsaw
Poland
American hunter Martin Johnson rushes to London for wife’s medical care
In Cairo on July 18 1929 Martin Johnson and his wife departed Luxor aboard an amphibian airplane heading for London where she seeks medical treatment after falling ill in the African interior.
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Martin Jonson
Cairo
Egypt
Martin Johnson
London
Johnson
Luxer
Train Derailment Injures Seventeen Near Mexico City
Seventeen people were injured, six seriously, when the Missouri Pacific international train from St. Louis derailed 60 miles north of Mexico City last night. Railway officials said no Americans were among the injured.
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Mexico City
Missouri-Pacific International
St. Louis
Rocks fly at Clint Small rally in Houston
In Houston a July rally for gubernatorial candidate Clint Small was interrupted when rocks were hurled at speakers. Gavin Ulmer, a Houston attorney, was struck on the left cheek while Rev. J. Wallace was hit on the neck. The attack followed Ulmer praises of Small as the best man in the race.
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Houston
U.P
Clint Small
Gavin Ulmer
Ulmer
J. &. Wallace
Small
Mrs Dolores Miller Charged With Killing Husband
Mrs Dolores Miller remains in Potter County jail as funeral plans proceed for her husband Lee J Miller. Police say the shots that killed him at 607 North Johnson Street were fired from a gun in her hands. An arraignment has not been set.
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Dolores Miller
Potter County
Lee J. Miller
Miller
Rock Island
Griggs and Sons
Amarillo Water Use Reaches New Peak
Amarillo residents are using more water than ever, with daily use hitting 8.4 million gallons and yesterday at 7.8 million. City Manager H R Smith says the city can supply up to 9 million gallons daily with reserves, and there is no shortage or danger of one.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
H. R. Smith
AFL chief says San Francisco strike has local significance
William H. Green president of the American Federation of Labor said the San Francisco general strike has no national significance and the AFL did not order or authorize it. He spoke en route to Racine Wisconsin to address the Wisconsin Federation of Labor and seek La Follette’s reelection.
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Florence M. McAuliffe
Pive H
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco Bay
Chicago
William H. Green
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
A. F. of L
Green
Racine
Wis
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Robert M. la Follette
Separate Pool For Wheeler Field In Panhandle
Austin July 18 The State Railroad Commission heard R R Osborne request to declare Wheeler County field a separate pool in the Panhandle. Four producing wells have no outlet for 30 barrels daily and the nearest pipeline is 15 miles away. Osborne sought 1500 barrels daily to justify a pipeline outlet or nearby refinery and further development.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
R. R. Osborne
Wheeler
Field
Panhandle
Osborne
Bears kill keeper in Denver heat at City Park Zoo
Two grizzly bears angered by 90 degree heat killed 70 year old Charles P F Wy man, keeper at City Park Zoo in Denver. Police killed the two bears after the attack, describing the incident as a tragic workplace accident.
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Denver
Charles PF. Wyman
City Park Zoo
Wyman
Americans Quit England in Protest Over Treatment
About fifty discontented American athletes including golfers tennis players and rodeo rough riders left England for home amid complaints of unfair press coverage and harassment by British reform groups. Tex Austin led the group muttering about possible senatorial action as Wilmer Allison and Gene Sarazen also voiced frustration over disappointing results in the British Open and Davis Cup selection.
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London
England
Tex Austin
Wilmer Allison
Gene Sarazen
Henry Cotton
Sarazen
Professional Golfers Association
Joe Kirkwood
Allison
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Arthur Brisbane
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Borger
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