Brisbane Says Nations Must Think to Guide World
The column surveys boxing hype around Dempsey tunney a Nicaragua air strikes and Prohibition politics. It notes American airmen in Nicaragua and questions public sentiment while criticizing reliance on powerful interests and urging self-reliant defense building. A French flyer Leon Gion plans a return Atlantic flight aiding aviation progress.
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Mars
Viennese
Rommel
Europe
Vienna
Ministry of Justice
Nicaraguan
Nicaragua
Leon Gion
Levine
Atlantic
France
Bids Sought for Two Amarillo Mail Stations
Post office inspector A S Page announced two new classified mail stations for Amarillo to open by November 1 1927 with sites in North Amarillo and San Jacinto. Sealed proposals for quarters due by August 15 include heat light water toilets and vaults.
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Amarillo
A.S. Page
Post Office
Fort Worth
San Jacinto
Mr. Page
Lindbergh Starts Air Tour To Providence Rhode Island
Col Charles A Lindbergh begins a nationwide aviation tour by taking off from Hartford at 12:22 PM en route to Providence Rhode Island with a planned loop over Springfield Massachusetts before landing. The mission aims to promote aviation and public interest.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Providence
Rhode Island
Springfield
Massachusetts
Weather forecast and temperatures for today
The forecast calls for tonight and Friday to be partly cloudy. Temperatures from a prior year show highs of 89 and lows of 66. Today's hourly readings range from 71 at 7 a.m. to 96 degrees by 1 p.m. with 93 at noon.
Steamer Homestead Sinking in Arabian Sea
United States shipping board steamer Home stead was sinking in the Arabian Sea with 36 aboard. Burma Oil company steamer Aungbun stood by to evacuate the crew. Captain Frank Chapman commanded the vessel as pumps failed and water flooded the forward hold.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Homestead
Burma Oil Company
Aungbun
Roosevelt Steamship Company
Frank Chapman
Woman Falls To Death From Hotel Window
Miss Lillian Jaegers 26 of New York City plunged from a seventh floor window at the President hotel in Atlantic City. Authorities cannot determine if the death was accidental or linked to a personal crisis.
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The
Associated Press
Atlantic City
Lillian Jaegers
New York City
President Hotel
Fate of Prof. Wilson Still a Mystery in Amarillo
No information offers reassurance on the fate of Prof. R. N. Wilson 58, missing since 9 p m Tuesday aboard the steamer Puritan on Lake Michigan. His son H Grady Wilson, former Amarillo high school teacher, and Mrs. Wilson here, await word as Chicago detectives relay that Wilson left baggage and an envelope on board and was last seen at 9 p m Tuesday.
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R. N. Wilson
Lake Michigan
H. Grady Wilson
Amarillo
Central Presbyterian Church
Fairmont
Peeree
Fairmont Ave
A. R. Freedland
Puritan
Michigan Transit Co
B. J. Kennedy
Texas
Chicago
Bryan
Waco
Ludington
Michigan
Wilson
Colorado train wreck injures 18 near Branson
Eighteen people were injured, none seriously, when Colorado and Southern train No. 1 left the tracks near Branson, Colorado. The engine and two coaches overturned, with 107 passengers on board and 86 in sleepers. The smoker car fell into the arroyo and was demolished.
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Trinidad
Colo
Colorado and Southern
Branson
Colorado
Here
Big Fight Party Set For Dempsey Sharkey Show
The article previews the Dempsey versus Sharkey bout at Yankee Stadium with preliminaries around 6 pm and main event later. The Globe-News will relay AP wires live from the arena while Henry Ansley reads updates and J L Martin handles announcing on WDAG.
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Jack Dempsey
Boston
Jack Sharkey
Globe and News
Associated Press
Yankee Stadium
Globe-News
Henry Ansley
Globe News
WDAG
J. L. Martin
Tri-State Fair races appeal for support
The Tri-State Fair association urges Amarillo residents to attend remaining races to avoid a financial loss. Officials say the event features exceptionally fine races and benefits the Fair association. Merchants are asked to let employees off early to boost patronage. races start at 4 o clock.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Fair Association
Amarillo
Spur track 70 to be built for fair livestock
Amarillo officials announce a switch spur from the Fort Worth and Denver railway will be built to the Tri State fairgrounds enabling livestock unloading near stalls. Construction starts soon and trains will deliver exhibitors ahead of the September 11 opening. W. Mode says the plan preserves five dairy herds and eases hog cattle and horse handling.
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Amarillo
Tri- State Fair
J. W. Mode
The
Fort Worth
Mr. Amacker
Ruth Snyder Plea to Gray for Murder Confession
The New York Daily News reports Ruth Snyder asked her former lover Henry Judd Gray to take full responsibility for Albert Snyder's murder. She promised to devote time and funds to help him if she were freed. Details of delivery remain unclear as Sing Sing staff did not confirm receipt and executions are stayed on appeals.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Daily News
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Albert
The
Daily News
Queens Village
Sing Sing Prison
Lewis Anid
Gray
Sing Sing
What They Think Of the Two Battlers
United Press sampled 27 experts on the Dempsey Sharkey fight. Thirteen favored Dempsey and fourteen favored Sharkey, with named picks from Farrell Getty Williams Underwood Conay Runyon McGeehan Ve Forest Igoe Leonard Kearns Gallico Farrell Dan Carroll Delaney Taylor Farrell Terris Mara Herman Uzendun Renault Mechigue Firpo among others.
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United Press
New York
United Press Today
Dempaey
Sharkey
Henry L. Farrell
Dempnney
Frank Getty
Jon Williams
New York Telegram
George Underwood
Jack Conay
New York Mirror
Damon Runyon
New York American
Dempney
W. O. McGeehan
New York Herald- Tribune
Jimmy Ve Forest
Dempsey
Hype Igoe
New
Dan Carroll
Jim Maronsy
Jack Curley
Sid Terris
Tim Mara
Kid Herman
Paulino Uzendun
Jack Renault
Mike Mechigue
Luis Firpo
Otto Betting Probe Key Vanishes From Fairground
No complaints were filed today about the betting booth at the fairground race meet. The motion hinges on whether Otto the moving spirit behind the setup has returned to Oklahoma. If so extradition is unlikely since only a misdemeanor could be charged. Sellers and cashiers say Otto employed them and ran the booth, but his full identity and fate remain unknown.
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Otto
Oklahoma
Birger defense rests without calling any witnesses
In Benton Illinois on July 21 lawyers for Charlie Birger Art Newman and Ray Hyland on trial for the murder of West City Mayor Joe Adama rested their case without offering a witness. Closing arguments will follow.
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United Press
Benton, Ill
Charlie Birger
Art Newman
Ray Hyland
Joe Adama
West City
Dempsey Sharkey Fight Draws 60 000 To Yankee Stadium
New York prepares for the Dempsey Sharkey bout at Yankee Stadium with about 60 000 fans expected. The main event starts around 9 30 p m Eastern daylight time, after Tex Rickard moved it up from 10 p m. Dempsey appears vigorous despite high blood pressure claims, and the show features earlier preliminary fights at 8 15 p m. Coverage notes widespread public interest and local hysteria.
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Associated Prews
New York
Tex Rickard
Associated Preas
Jack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Jack Sharkey
William Walker
State Athletic Commission
Yankee Stadium
Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Wall Street
Weighs In For Dempsey Sharkey Bout At New York
Jack Dempsey weighed 1941 2 pounds and Jack Sharkey 196 pounds before the New York boxing commission thin afternoon for their scheduled fight.
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Big United
New York
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Fight ticket surge drives high prices at Tex Rickard box office
The trend shows heavy advance payments into the Tex Rickard box office for seats at the fight with large sums paid by spectators. Many fans then part with their tickets only at inflated prices, indicating strong demand and limited ticket availability.
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Tex Rickard
Tin Fence and Blazing Oil Defeat Cricket Army at Hayden
In Routt and Moffatt counties a five mile front of tin fence and oil repelled swarms of crickets threatening crops. Farmers built barriers and used burnt oil along with noise makers to drive the insects away. After a day of battle, the crickets were defeated and the farms returned to quiet.
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United Press
Hayden
Colo
Routt
Moffatt
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