Byrd and companions receive American honors after polar flight
Commander Byrd returns to the United States with Chamberlin and three fliers Acosta Neville and Balchen. The nation boasts the heroes who followed Lindbergh and praises their calm courage. A photo shows Byrd beside a wounded French soldier in a wheelchair.
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United States
Chamberlin
Acosta
Neville
Balchen
Europe
Lindbergh
Homer
Weather forecast and temperatures for Amarillo area
The forecast calls for tonight and Thursday to be partly cloudy. Morning through early afternoon temperatures rise from 71 at 7 am to 98 at 1 pm, with today’s highs near the 98 degree mark and record temperatures noted from a year ago. Famous for Food Amarillo hotel referenced. Panhandle meeting place. Manney Printing Co. Rule Building phone 883.
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Amarillo Hotel
The
Panhandle
Manney Printing Co
Amacker denies proposals of sharing betting booth proceeds
Testimony at a court of inquiry led by Justice Minter centered on claims the Tri-State Fair association would receive 20 percent of a betting booth’s gross receipts. Amacker denied any such arrangement. Witnesses described an operator called Otto in charge, with ticket sellers and cashiers handling bets and payouts, and tickets printed for a Tulsa event.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Justice Minter
Dc. H. Amacker
J. A. Tilley
Amacker
Leo Sparks
Sparks
Otto
Western Amusement Association
Tulsa
Oklahoma
West Texas to Enter Air Race and Honor Flying Heritage
West Texas will seek entry of an airplane named West Texas in the Dallas to Hongkong flight. R W Haynie of the West Texas chamber of commerce says a commission will organize subscriptions to fund the aviator chosen to carry the banner across the Orient, reviving Texas aviation prestige. General Sandino retreats after a battle with marines at Ocotal, hiding in inaccessible mountains as U S forces claim heavy rebel casualties and praise bombing raids.
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Associated Press
Stamford
West Texas
R. W. Haynie
Presa
Managua
Mie
Susy
Sandino
Ocotal
L. M. Gulick
Fifth Regiment of Marines
Ross E. Rowell
Washington
Feland
United States
Nicaragua
Monocada
Henry L. Stimson
Coolidge
Globe-News Fight Party Draws Hundreds For Dempsey Sharkey
The Globe-News schedules a big prize fight party tomorrow night with street roped off in front of the office for fans to hear returns from two sides of the building. Announcer Henry Ansley will describe the Dempsey Sharkey bout blow by blow while the Associated Press wire provides ringside details. Music between preliminaries and radio broadcast on WDAG adds to the event.
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Globe-News
Courthouse Square
Henry Ansley
Paphandle
Police report mad dog scare in North Amarillo
A rabid dog was killed by police in North Amarillo yesterday. Eight dogs bitten by the afflicted animal were isolated at the city pound for observation. Police say no person appears to have been seriously harmed, though a child might have been scratched. Rabies cases are rare here but seasonal warming may bring more. The Amarillo hotel coffee shop advertises as Famous for Food.
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North
Amarillo
Texas
King Ferdinand of Roumania Dies After Prolonged Illness
King Ferdinand of Roumania died at 2 15 in the morning at Sinaia after a long battle with cancer. Queen Marie and their daughter Queen Marie of Jugoslavia were at his bedside, with former King George of Greece and Elizabeth present. The monarch, known as Ferdinand the Loyal, had faced political turmoil and world war strife while guiding Roumania toward postwar stability. His death ends a long, frail reign marked by effort to place the country on solid footing amid factional disputes. The Brattianos and their allies had gained power, indicating a forthcoming regency for Prince Michael as the new governing force.
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Roumania
Ferdinand of
Chateau de Pelisher
Sinaia
Marie
Jugo-Slavia
George
Greece
Elizabeth
Ferdinand
United States
Carol
Balkans
Naure
Brattianos
Hohenzollern
Averescu
Prince Stirbey
State tax rate cut to 26 cents in Texas history
Dallas July 20 Gov Dan Moody announced a drastic cut in the state ad valorem tax rate to 26 cents for the two years starting August 1 the lowest since Gov Tom Campbell era This 26 cent rate will cover this year’s appropriations and the combined rate for this year and next will top about 52 cents Moody said there will be no $1 000 000 surplus in the state treasury on September 1 This marks the first apportionment of 16 per capita for common schools Moody said a special legislative session will be called this fall to address penitentiary relocation court reform highway legislation civil service and local matters He avoided questions about a possible vice presidential bid and will speak tonight for constitutional amendments before the Dallas Bar Association banquet and in Waco Thursday
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Associated Prows
Dallas
Tom Campbell
Dan Moody
Moody
Tate Treasury
Texas
United States
Dallas Bar Association
Waco
British recall seen as defiance of Washington at armaments talks
Geneva July 20 The recall to London of Britain's delegation at the naval armaments conference is viewed as a possible tactic to force the United States to accept British proposals on cruiser tonnage and gun size or let the talks fail. Admiral Field remains ill and did not accompany Bridgeman Viscount Cecil and Captain Egerton to London. Gibson head of the American delegation expressed sharp disappointment after a late call on Bridgeman.
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Geneva
London
United States
Frederick Field
W. C. Bridgeman
Viscount Cecil
Egerton
Bridgeman
Admiralty
Cabinet
Hugh S. Gibson
Amarillo Realtors to Close Offices Saturday Afternoons
Members of the Amarillo Real Estate board will close their offices at 1 p m each Saturday afternoon from this week through October 1 after a luncheon at the Amarillo hotel. The action follows discussion noting Amarillo’s city class and the common practice of businesses closing on summer Saturdays. Speakers C W Carson Jr Albert B Brown and Lieutenant Robert H Gray addressed the group.
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Amarillo
City to Rush Specifications on Proposals
The commission last night ordered engineers to prepare specs and cost estimates for three via ducts crossing Fort Worth and Denver and Rock Island tracks. A final decision to build over the Rock Island on West Highth street was made.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
West Highth Street
North
Amarillo
Buchanan
Fillmore Streets
West Third
West Fourth
Third Street
North Amarillo
Jeff Bartlett
Southwestern Public Service Company
Ecity
Commission
Two Killed and Two Injured in Train Wreck Near Eufaula
Two unidentified tramps were killed and two more seriously injured when a Katy freight train derailed near Eufaula after a wheel climbed a rail. None of the train crew were harmed. Twenty cars left the track in the daytime wreck reported from Muskogee.
Hicks case moves toward state rest this afternoon
Farwell July 20 Taking of evidence continued in the trial of R L Bob Hicks Friona rancher charged with the holding up of the Friona bank last month Indications were that the state would rest its case some time this afternoon The jury was completed late yesterday.
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Farwell
R. L. “Bob” Hicks
Friona
Friona Bank
U S Expresses Regret Over Haitian Killing
Secretary of State Kellogg sent a note to Haiti expressing regret after marine private J M Branski at Port au Prince killed one Haitian and wounded two others while on sentry duty at the American Legation The marine will face a court martial trial soon.
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United Press
Washington
Kellogg
J. M. Branski
Port Au Prince
State Department
Branski
Legation
Police Arrest Two on Liquor Charges
FRED WASHINGTON and Tatro B. Aberoza were arrested by police last night on charges of possession and sale of intoxicating liquor. They were turned over to company officials. Griggs ambulance. Phone 250.
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Fred Washington
Tatro B. Aberoza
Comery
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