Police chief pins blame on Catholic clergy for Obregon killing
Mexico City dispatch reports Police Chief Rice Zertuche says Catholic clergy responsible for the assassination of former president General Alvaro Obregon. Toral, the 28 year old gunman, awaits execution after carrying a priest’s image, with ten others held amid ongoing investigations. Funeral crowds gather in Navajoa as Obregon bodies are transported for burial.
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Gesford F. Fine
United Press
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Jose de Leon Toral
Rice Zertuche
Zertuche
McEntly
Plutarco Calles
Toral
Obregon
General Obregon
Luis Segura Vilchis
Nogales
Ariz
Navajoa
Sonora
Mexico
Mayo River
Army Fliers Stop in City for One Day
Lieut. C. W. Cousland and Major C. W. Mason of Fort Sill Oklahoma, flying a new Douglas OH 2 biplane, stopped here last night en route from Santa Monica to Fort Sill. They landed at Lieutenant Gray's field and gave several local citizens rides this morning. The plane uses a Liberty motor and can reach 150 miles per hour.
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C. W. Cousland
C. W. Mason
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Santa Monica
California
Gray
New Wheat Record Set at Kansas City Terminal
United Press reports Kansas City commodity officials announced a new record of 1.28 carloads of wheat arriving in one day at the terminal, surpassing the 1,100-car high set in 1926. This week’s Kansas City wheat receipts total 5,297 carloads as grain mostly comes from Kansas with other states represented.
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United Press
Kansas
City
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Amarillo AB Club Deliberates Past and Future
At noon today in the Amarillo hotel members of the American Business club discussed Amarillo's past and its future. Speakers included Horace Grigge Rolla V Cartwright and C. L.
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Amarillo
American Business Club
Amarillo Hotel
Horace Grigge
Rolla V, Cartwright
C. L
Seven Love Affairs For Every Wedded Man And Woman
United Press reports findings from the bureau of social hygiene based on 200 married men and women. Among 100 men average 181 affairs and among 100 women 677 affairs were recorded totaling 1358. Men peak at 21–22 ages. women at 16–20 with a second peak in the 40s.
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United Press
New York
Cupid
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Heat Death Toll Rises From Severe Storms Across Illinois
Nine people die as lightning and heat strike Illinois locations including Oak Park and Hammond. A Chicago man falls from a building under construction and others die touching live wiring. Widespread property damage includes flooded streets, ruined grain, and power outages.
Five Die As Severe Storm Ravages Omaha Area
In the heaviest rain and lightning storm in five years, five people died. Two Wabash freight engineers D D Tucker 44 and George Wilson 42 and firemen Jesse Davis 22 and John Butts 23 were killed when a trestle washed out near Mineola Iowa. LeRoy McArdle 22 was struck by lightning at Elkhorn Nebraska. All four train crew members lived in Stanberry Missouri.
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United Press
Omaha
Mineola
Dry Creek
LeRoy McArdle
Elkhorn
Neb
D. D. Tucker
George Wilson
Jesse Davis
John Butts
Stanberry
Heat death toll rises as storms fail to cool city
In Chicago seven deaths are attributed to heat and storm effects. Mrs Seifreid Hovey by lightning while golfing near the North Side, her caddy unharmed. Others include Herman Struebig in Gary Indiana and Peter Cimino, both killed by live wires. Three more died from heat prostration.
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Frederick B. Hovey
Oak Park
Herman Struebig
Gary
Ind
Hammond
Raymond Madog
Chicago
Peter Chimine
Dixon
Aurora
Til
United Press
Seifreid Hovey
North Side
Peter Chimino
Raymond Mader
Vega Store Burglary Reported in Vega
Raley's General Merchandise in Vega was entered last night and robbed of a small amount of merchandise including candies and canned goods. Sheriff Miller of Oldham County said the lock on the front door was pried open.
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Raley
Vega
Miller
Oldham County
MPherson Follower Fined for Noises
Worshipers in the parish of H P Garlock linked to the four square gospel group of Aimee McPherson were fined ten dollars for making excessive noise during services in Colorado Springs. Neighbors complained the congregation screamed loudly and disturbed their sleep, with the fine suspended.
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Unitet Press
Colorado Springs
H. P. Garlock
Four Square Gospel
Aimee McPherson
Garlock
Clouds Fail to Scare Off Open Air Candidate Meet
Fourteen candidates for four public offices faced gusty weather at Elwood Park as about 309 attendees watched the open air meet. The event featured lively exchanges among contenders for county sheriff, school superintendent, county clerk, constable, and other roles, with rhetoric and interruptions shaping a stormy night. The next session, presided by Grover Hill, will cover state representative and other offices in Precinct No. 2.
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Elwood Park
Gus Albright
Potter County
Leo Sparks
Sparks
Gus
Burton Roach
Bill Thompson
Roach
Thompson
Wiley Pollard
Lewis G. Fields
Grover Hill
Laura V. Hamner
W. M. Clary
D. Tibbats
Miss Hamner
Ted Blackburn
Ed Pittman
S. B. Pope
Jim Crumby
Charlie Hester
Allen Johnson
Fred Cobb
J. A. Deadwiley
Man Held on Charge of Tool Theft
A. G. Angerman was arrested by police this morning on a charge of theft over 850 dollars based on a complaint by W. C. Rhodes proprietor of Auto Top and Service. Angerman is accused of stealing tools valued at more than 100 dollars.
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A. G. Angerman
W. C. Rhodes
Auto Top
Angerman
Rhodes
Henry Wampler Dies In Hospital Today
Henry Wampler 56 connected with the internal revenue department here died at a local hospital this morning at 2 15 after a short illness from pneumonia. He had lived in Amarillo six years and was active in the Presbyterian church and Elk lodge. Surviving are three sisters and one brother in Dallas Weatherford Shawnee and Dallas and a Weatherford burial is planned at 6 20 this evening over the Santa Fe with Miss Gertrude Goss and two sisters accompanying.
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Henry Wampler
Internal Revenue Department
Wampler
Amarillo
Presbyterian Church
Elk’s Lodge
O. F P. Wolcott
Dallas
Walter A. Johnson
Jap Pickard
Weatherford
James W. Wampler
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Bural
Santa Fe
Gertrude Goss
Pickard
Wolcott
Man Arrested Here by Deputy on Telegraphic Order
P. R. Todd was arrested last night and jailed in Potter county on telegraphic instructions from O'Donald Texas authorities. Deputy Bob Barnett took him into custody. The nature of the oats as not lege.
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P. R. Todd
Potter County
O'Donald
Texas
Bob Barnett
Bomb, electricity and auto dissolve domestic triangle
Vernon Placer, 82, a Rockford radio expert, died when a bomb wired to his car exploded as he started the engine. Paul Reed, 30, a draftsman, surrendered in Oregon, IL, after Placer named him on his deathbed. Mrs. Placer, 22, held by police, had earlier reconciled with Reed.
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Associated Press
Rockford, II
Vernon Placer
Rockford
Paul Reed
Reed
Oregon, IL
Federal arrest in narcotics case and list of stolen cars
Federal authorities charged three men in a Harrison Anti Narcotic Act case after narcotics valued at about 850 dollars were seized in a downtown arrest led by Detective W M McGough. The report notes cars stolen since January and found stripped and others still missing, with names and dates listed.
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W. M. McGough
McGough
Department of Justice
Waples-Platter Grocery Company
C. W. Boyd
H. A. Allbright
Sybil Labcock
Pierce-Arrow
Boy Hero Rescues Two Sisters at Dangerous Water Hole
11 year old Morris drags younger sister to safety after aiding Laura Josephine and her older sister at a small water hole near Bivins flying field. The older girl drowned despite efforts including pulmotor revival. The rugged 10 by 12 foot hole is a known danger frequented by local children.
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Laura Josephine
Morris
Bivins Flying Field
Hoover Acceptance Speech Broadcast Planned by WDAG
WDAG radio will carry Herbert Hoover speech of acceptance at 7 PM central time tonight from Palo Alto California via a special hookup. March to June reports list car recoveries and values: March six cars $3150 April five cars $2625 May four cars $2400 June four cars $1400.
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WDAG
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
California
Crossword Puzzle Hidden Border Words Challenge
Puzzle designer hints at a new grid concept focusing on six long border words. Across clues cover rises returns frames carry poison abdicate you and me venomous snake Cleopatra death standard type and more. Vertical clues include wands finished observed sun god secure.
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Cleopatra
Sun God
Slo
Fragmented OCR Word List Clues Outlined By Era
A jumble of numbered clues appears, listing terms like porous stone for filtering water, eyelashes, and round ends of hammers. It includes stray phrases such as Sugar sand and a reference to an Oriental sovereigns instrument granting a privilege.
Dry Demos Pledge Fight Against Smith
Delegates at a Southern Democratic conference in Asheville pledge to defeat Governor Alfred E. Smith. They attack Smith as wet and tied to Tammany Hall and announce an anti Smith campaign run by a regional executive committee including one man and one woman from each of fourteen states.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. J
Smith
New York
Houston
Democratic National Committee
Tammany Hall
Alfred E. Smith
United States
John J. Raskob
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kentucky
West Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Switchmen Meet Union Official In Rock Island Here
A large turnout of Switchmen's Union of North America members gathered at 718 North Buchanan Street at 9 am to learn the latest ritual and by laws and to appoint a local adjustment committee led by Joe M. Murray. D. H. Seiver spoke on progress and growing membership across the United States and left with the Denver train at 1:50 pm after ice cream and cake hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rowe.
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Switchmen’s Union of North America
D. H. Seiver
Rock Island Lines
North Buchanan Street
Joe M. Murray
L. J. Miller
Paul Gaither
Seiver
Switchmen's Union
United States
Rock Island
Switchmen’s Union
Sevier
Denver
Dalhart
Jesse Rowe
Catalog deadline set for Tri State exposition volume
All material for the 1928 Tri State exposition catalog must reach printers by Saturday night. Officials announced the deadline for all advertising and reading matter. The book, about 200 pages, will be distributed across the Southwest and features a year round Business Directory.
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Southwest
Livestock Lawyer Sam H. Cowan Dies in Fort Worth
Sam H. Cowan, attorney for the American National Livestock Association, died today in a Fort Worth hospital. He helped secure national legislation benefiting the cattle industry and frequently appeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission representing Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers and the American association.
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Associated Prep
Fort Worth
Sam H. Cowan
American National Livestock Association
Cowan
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
The
American Association
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Paving Contracts Let in Amarillo for Two Streets
Contracts for paving Twelfth and Fourteenth streets between Polk and Tyler are awarded to Willmering and Mullen. Work will start Monday with brick paving over concrete, to be finished before September 1, surrounding the senior and junior high schools. Cost details not fully given.
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Polk and
Tyler
Willmering and Mullen
D. Roach
Amarillo
Overalls and Pride in a Tea Party Lesson
A speaker recalls two wealthy passersby who ignore him in work clothes yet once invited him to tea when he wore fashionable attire. The poem mocks social snobbery, arguing dress does not determine worth and that true value lies beyond appearances.
Communism and War Myth Reassessed by Moscow Talk
The article claims the International Conference of Communists in Moscow urges readiness for a coming great war between imperial Britain and America. It argues that modern nations and big business have learned war is unprofitable and that communism would gain no chance if it waits for Britain and the United States to clash.
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International Conference of Communists
Moscow
Britain
America
England
Bank Deposits At Wildorado Double In One Day
Wildorado State bank saw deposits double in a single day during the past week, attributed to farmers delivering wheat. Local realtor James Bush notes the surge amid a large wheat run, while cashier W E O Neal emphasizes the money is not kept at the bank after prior robberies.
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Wildorado
James Bush
Wildorado Bank
W. E. O'Neal
Kansas City Livestock Prices in Substantial Market Report
Markets report Kansas City Chicago and East St Louis livestock pricing for July 20. Hoes, cattle, calves, and sheep show mixed but generally steady to weak demand with tops and averages listed alongside regional comparisons and related cotton market notes.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Associated Presa
East ST. Loui
East ST. Louis
Drought affects Texas selling amid cloudy skies and steady cotton futures
The western drought section of Texas sees cloudy weather hinting at possible rain, aiding some selling. Mid-session strength faded as week end trading recovered 5 to 6 points before turning quiet. Liverpool spot cotton shows American mids and lows at about 11 to 12 cents with 4,000 bales sold. Butter and eggs unchanged in Chicago. Foreign exchange mixed with Britain, France, Italy and Germany rates noted. Potatoes weaken in Chicago with Irish cobblers priced around 2.10 to 2.20.
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Texas
Liverpool
Stock Market Opens Lower With General Declines
New York July 20 Opening stock prices generally fell with Radio and Curtiss Aero down over two points and General Electric and Montgomery Ward lower. Sears Roebuck dipped slightly while Atchison Topeka Postum Cereal rose fractionally. A market rally briefly appeared as losses narrowed but broad declines persisted in Radio, Midland Steel, General Motors, Atlantic Refining and others. Foreign exchange opened steady with sterling at $4.565 16 per 1 pound.
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Wey Lae Associbu F
Rens
New York
Radio
Curtiss Aero
Genr
Midland Steel Products
General Motors
Atlantic Refining
Woolworth
Wright Aero
Allied Cheapie
Missouri Pacific
Greene Cy
James FE. Bennett
American Tele
Teig
American Wheelen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka
F. Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdall Corporation
Batata Steel
California Petroleum Cerre de Pasco Copper
Chicago
Rock Deland & P
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel & Tron
Crucible Steel
Dodge Motors
du Pont de Nemours
Fish Rubber
Fleischmann Yeast
Freeport-Texas
Ceihoee
General Electric
General Motor
Great Western Sugar Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Central Independent Oil & Cre Inspiration
Tele
Jordan Motors
Kennecott Copper Tange
Mack Trurka
Marland Oi
Mexican Seaboard
Middle States
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moon Motor
Packard Motor Penneyivan
Phillips Petroleum
Ame Fears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Simms Petroleum
Sinclair Cons
Skelly Oil
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
de Texas Gulf Sulphur Texas Corporation
Texas & Pacific
Timken
Union Pacific UU
United States Steel Willys-Overland
Pan-American Pet. &Trans Woolworth
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K.C
Vega Store
M’pherson
R. J. Davis
D. FE. Henwood
H. (. Huff
C. F. Hayes
Frank Wolflin
Chevrolet
J. A. Broddick
Bill Grubbs
Ford Delivery
Tom Campbell
Jack Golding
Studebeker
C. B. Hargraves
Police Department
Mrs
Susan Gulledge
Hoover
Ize
Ise
R. I
Willmering
Edgar A. Guest
Equator
Arctic
New Orleans
James E. Bennett & Co
Ely
Associated
Hutter
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
Virginia
Ramona
Panhandle
Polk
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