Crumpacker Drowns After Dispute At Frisco Bay
Oregon Congressman Maurice Crumpacker died by drowning in San Francisco Bay after a walk with friends led to a struggle over a watch. An inquest was planned to examine events surrounding his death and hospital release. He served in the 69th Congress from Oregon and is survived by a wife and three sons.
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San Francisco
Calif
Maurice E. Crumpacker
Oregon
T. F. Smart
Seattle
Washington
Crumpacker
Smart
Creampacker
Central Emergency Hospital
Nicholas Longworth
St. Mary's Cathedral
Crompacker
Portland
Champion’s record attempt ends in dramatic high‑altitude crash
Champion topped 37,500 feet after a prior attempt, but engine trouble forced a descent. He survived a savage long fall described by navy and army air experts as miraculous with the plane’s nose loose on impact and both barographs damaged.
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Anacostia
Champion
Bureau of Standards
Carl F. Schory
National Aecronautic Association
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Major Schroeder
Dayton
Ohio
Navy
Army Air
Slight Quake Shock Felt in Near East
A slight earthquake shock was felt yesterday in Jerusalem Jericho and Bethlehem. No damage was caused.
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Near
Associated Press
Jerusem
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Jerusalem
Jericho
Bethlehem
Business Women Will Meet Tuesday Evening
The Business and Professional Women's club will hold a regular meeting at 6 15 PM Tuesday at the Amarillo hotel. All members are urged to attend.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Amarillo Hotel
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets July 25
Markets report cattle hogs and sheep at Kansas City Chicago and St Louis with mixed moves. Cattle demand steady to weak in Kansas City, hogs firm in Chicago, and sheep steady in St Louis. Grain notes show wheat down on favorable weather and corn and oats mixed.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Colorado
Chicago
Choice Westerns
iBy United Press
Abilene
Perapes
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Boston
Wee
Denver
Esteeee
el Paso
Plagestaff
Loe Angeles
Louisville
New Ork
Needles
New York
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Roswell
Ates
St. Louis
San Francisco
Sante Fe
Toledo
Washington
Butter and Eggs Prices and Poultry Rates
Butter prices rise for creamery extras and standards with various grades listed. Eggs hold steady. Poultry market shows alive fowls, springs, broilers, turkeys, roosters, ducks, and geese with respective price ranges.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Springs
Broilers Rae
Roosters I
Ducks
Geete
Potatoes Steady Across Markets In Chicago Trading
The Associates Preve reports July 25 in Chicago that potato prices are steady across markets with Virginia barrel and Irish cobblers quoted at four dollars eighty seven fifty and three ninety five respectively while Kansas and Missouri sacked varieties show near one fifty to one fifty five.
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Chicago
Virginia
Kansas
Missouri
Foreign Exchange Rates Hit Diverse International Values
The Associated Press reports daily foreign exchange figures with Britain at 4.453 32 dollars for firm demand and 4.513 232 for cables. France at 4.81 demand and 3.01 cables. Italy 5.4334, Belgium 13.89, Germany 22.774, Tokyo 47.00, Montreal 99.44 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
Stocks Open Higher as Rails Lead Market Gains
New York July 25 prices fractional up at the open with rails leading. Seaboard, Du Pont, American Brake Shoe and Foundry, Union Carbide hit new highs. General Motors touched 21944 for a new record, U S Steel rose to 127, Bethlehem up about a point. Foreign exchanges opened easy with sterling around 4.545 and francs near 2.91 cents.
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New York
Associated Press
Seaboard
du Pont
American Brakeshoe and Foundry
Union Carbide
General Motors
Chrysler, Hudson
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Case
Timken Roller Hearing
Otis Elevator
Houston
Birger Death Sentence Appealed in Illinois
Charlie Birger once led a southern Illinois gang and was condemned to die for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City. Co-defendants Art Newman and Ray Hyland got life terms. Birger vows to appeal, with retrial motion set for Wednesday and possible higher court appeals.
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United Press
Benton
Charlie Birger
Birger
Adams
Newman
Epen
Ilinois Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Charles A. Kareh
Noted anarchist detained in Buenos Aires bombings
Police say Miguel Ar cangel Rossigna a noted anarchist and member of the Sacco Vanzetti committee is detained on suspicion of involvement in Friday night bombing of the George Washington statue and the Ford agency in Buenos Aires. They believe he also had links to the earlier bombing of the United States legations at Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Miguel Arcangel Rossigna
George Washington
Ford Agency
Roscigna
Sacco-Vanzetti Committee
United States
Montevideo
Altitude Mark Case Faces Appeal After Injunction Denied
In Miami July 6 the injunction blocking a county seat election was refused. FP W Fischer argued the legislature intended to cut the waiting period from five to two years, while defendants' counsel stressed the word within. The hearing was taken under advisement with county officials noting potential effects on five Panhandle counties and possibly others.
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W. R. Ewing
List District Court
Miami
W. Fischer
Wichita Falls
Hoover
Tatum
Strong
Dalhart
R. E. Underwood
Amarillo
H. E. Hoover
Underwood
Fischer
C. W. King
Jot Horton
Hansford County
Hansford
Panhandle
Old Tack’s Amarillo platform for a bigger fairer city
The program pledges lower advertising rates and utility bills, quieter city enforcement, a municipal pool and golf course, more parks and trees, lower rents and cost of living, storm sewers, public Bivins lake access, numerous viaducts and improved transit, regulation of emergency vehicle driving, and a push to attract industry while expanding livability and comfort for residents.
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Lowe
Renta
Bivins Lake
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Cavalry and Army Air Corps to Jointly Train on Largest War Drill
Washington reports a large scale co operation between the cavalry and an army air corps unit to conduct maneuvers near Fort Bliss Texas and to test antiaircraft defenses at Aberdeen Maryland. Major James E. Chaney will command the flight unit and Brigadier General Edwin B. Winans will lead the troopers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Uncle Sam's Cavalry
Army Air Crops
War Department
Ordnance Department
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Fort
Edwin B. Winans
Army
Oil Film Theory Supposed to Suppress Rain
L A Ramadas, cited as a weather expert, proposes that oil spread on ocean surfaces by ships cuts rainfall. He argues ships’ fuel oil creates an oily film that prevents rain formation.
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L. A. Ramadas
Negro Identified as Slayer in Milan Georgia Killing
Mrs. W T Andrews identified Wilmer Galloway as the man who killed her husband, looted his body, and shot her in a roadside attack near Milan. Galloway and two others were jailed in Bibb county after a mob threatened Telfair county jail.
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Associated Press
Macon
W. T. Andrews
Milan
Wilmer Galloway
Bibb County
Galloway
McRae
Telfair
Mr. Andrews
Klan Denied Parade Entry at Fort Riley Event
The Ku Klux Klan of Junction City Kansas was denied permission to march in a parade at Fort Riley with the thirteenth cavalry band and Kansas American Legion floats during the annual convention. Brig. Gen. Symmonds asked Kansas Legion commander J E Gaitskill to decide, and Gaitskill said the Legion says no to the Klan. Symmonds praised the decision and warned he would withdraw troops if the Klan had been permitted.
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Associated Press
Fort Riley
Kan
Ku Klux Klan
Junction City
Kansas
Thirteenth Cavalry
Regular Army
Kansas American Legion
Charles J. Symmonds
Symmonds
Legion
J. E. Gaitskill
Gaitskill
American Legion of Kansas
Electra grain head charged with embezzlement
W R Andrews, head of the Farmers Elevator company of Electra, was arrested Sunday night and posted a $2000 bond to answer a charge of embezzlement. He told a Wichita Falls reporter the firm is insolvent for the moment and will incur losses to creditors, but he pledges to repay every dollar.
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Associated Press
Wicuira Falls
W. R. Andrews
Farmers Elevator Company of
Electra
W. G. Bailey
Andrews
Grandfield
Oklahoma
Farsley
Wichita Falls Times
Mr. Andrews
Expert of Karachi Claims Ultra Thin Film May Affect Rain
An expert from Karachi argues a film less than a millionth of an inch thick could retard ocean water evaporation, potentially influencing rainfall. He asserts the film’s ability to slow evaporation makes it a key factor in weather patterns and hydrology.
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Karachi
India
Spelling Champion Prefers Privacy Over Fame
Dean Lucas a 13 year old spelling champion from Wayne county Ohio says he dislikes the attention and presentations after winning the national competition in Washington. He finds the receptions embarrassing and wishes for life to return to normal.
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International News Service
Akron
Dean Lucas
Wayne County
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Lindbergh
Dean
Rates on Cottonseed Cake Ruled Too High
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that carload rates on cottonseed cake and meal from southwestern and Mississippi Valley points to central, trunk line and New England territories were unreasonable and unduly prejudicial. It also found objections to rules and practices for similar shipments to York and Lancaster PA and Buffalo NY. Railroads must file new lower rates and adjust practices. reparations were awarded to shippers.
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United Press
Washington
Southwestern
Mississippi Valley
Central
Trunk Line
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
York and
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
New York
Local business man improves after car crash
Ivo Movakeovich, injured in an automobile accident, is reported to be steadily improving at Ranger hospital. His mother Mrs. M J Movakeovich, living in Ranger, is in Amarillo guiding the family fish store chain across Ranger Breckenridge and Amarillo while he recovers.
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Ivo Movakovich
Ranger
M. J. Movakeovich
Amarillo
Sandwich Sign Seek Partner to Save Krugersdorf Lands
W J Warren faced foreclosure on mining and farming holdings at Krugersdorf Transvaal and traveled to London with two sandwich signs seeking a partner to provide 90000 pounds to save 6000 acres. Reports say no reader with such funds appeared.
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Krugersdorf
Transvaal
W. J. Warren
London
Warren
Giant and Midgets At Dwarf's Funeral in Blackpool
A midget named Katherine Scheffernberg was buried in Blackpool with a hearse followed by one giant and fifty dwarfs. The dwarf cortege ranged from 2 feet to 3 feet 2 inches, while the giant Ernest Wolfe stood 7 feet tall. Enormous crowds watched the unusual funeral procession.
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Rv International News Service
Blackpool
Eng
Katherine Scheffernberg
Ernest Wolfe
Smoot Claims Farmers Reject Farm Relief Bill
Senator Smoot reports Utah and western farmers are turning away from the McNary Haugen farm relief plan. He says Congress may convene an extra session to address tax cuts flood relief and a second deficit bill under President Coolidge.
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United Press
Washington
Smeeot
Utah
McNary-Haugen
Smoot
United Frees
Congress
Coolidge
Al Smith Starts Run on African Sun Hats
Albany reports a craze for African sun helmets after Governor Al Smith wore one on his southern vacation. He notes the hat was a gift and plans golf use. The exchange spurred residents to seek the same item in local hat shops.
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al Smith
Albany
N. Y
Hzt
Berlin Railroad Debuts Liquid Coal Powered Locomotive
A 1200 horsepower locomotive using liquid coal, a synthetic fuel from low grade coal with hydrogen gas, has been designed and placed in service on a Berlin railway. The Diesel engine was built under the direction of Russian engineer Professor Lomonsoff.
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Berlin
Lomonsoff
Mutt Fellowship Outranks Golf Skill In Reflective Verse
The speaker contrasts golf prowess with companionship, valuing a loyal mutt over skilled players. He argues one’s worth isn’t proven by driving accuracy, noting even dull minds can hit clubs well. The piece champions friendship and the joy of putting with a mutt by his side.
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James BE. Bennett & Co
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Daly
New Orleans
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William F. Sullivan
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Old Tack
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Fort Totten
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Edgar A. Guest
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