OK Wagon Yard Origin Story Remains a Mystery
LEWIS NORDYKE recalls Amarillo’s last wagon yard and the origin of OK wagon yards. The piece notes travelers, births and deaths at wagon yards, the rise of Model T Fords, and the wagon yard man as guide and protector. The origin of the OK name remains unexplained.
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Lewis Nordyke
Low Sellars
Mr. Sellars
Potter County
Sellars
Wagon Yard
Amarillo
Henry Ford
Rillo
Explosions Hit London King's Cross Subway Station
Two IRA blamed blasts cripple King’s Cross Subway, injuring at least seven. Victims included two women whose clothing was blown off. a suitcase trigger caused one blast. Scotland Yard and ambulances responded as authorities cite new IRA violence and foreign support.
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London
U.P
King’s Cross
Royal Free Hospital
Ation
Scotland
Ira
Hoare
Erman
Mrs Lambie Undergoes Hospital Operation Here
Mrs C S Lambie wife of a prominent Amarillo contractor underwent an operation this morning at St Anthony's Hospital. Hospital attendants reported her condition excellent this afternoon after about two months of serious illness.
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Lambie
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Mrs. J E Griggs Resting Well After Friday Operation
Prominent Amarillo clubwoman Mrs. J E Griggs was reported resting well at St Anthony Hospital following an operation Friday. Hospital attaches note her condition as improving amid post surgical care.
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J. E. Griggs
St. Anthony’s Hosital
Amarillo
Nude Lady Flutters On Ledge
A red headed woman climbs onto a five story ledge on Broadway in pre dawn hours. A cab driver, a crowd of onlookers, and two police apprehend her after she taunts and flirts from the ledge. She is removed to her apartment after medical attention.
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New York
Broadway
Yoo-Hoo
Yao-hoo
Sally Rand
Humble Sues to Boost East Texas Output by Half
Humble Oil and Refining Co filed suit in federal court in Austin seeking a nearly 50 percent increase in oil output from the East Texas field. In Greenville Mississippi a pilot, Robert A. Jenkins of Texarkana Texas, died when his plane crashed into a cotton field near Indianola.
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Humble
Austin
Humble Oil and Refining Company
East
Texas
Greenville
Miss
Robert A. Jenkins
Texarkana
Indianola
Longest Plains Parade Opens Canyon Golden Anniversary
Canyon hosts a five mile parade marking Randall County’s golden anniversary with 15 000 pioneers and visitors. Mrs L G Conner rides a celebratory float amid historical and cowboy regalia, while state officials attend ceremonies and a monument seal is set for 1989 centennial.
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Canyon
Panhandle Plains
Canyon and
Randall County
Plains
L. G. Conner
Happy
Dumas
Hereford
Tulia
Amarillo
West Texas State College
Canyon Drum and Bugle Corps
Pampa
Golden Sandie Band
Harry Hines
Ernest O. Thompson
AMA Wins Here as Court Says Medicine Not Trade
Federal District Court ruled the Sherman Act cannot apply to medical practice, dismissing an indictment against the American Medical Association and 21 doctors. Justice James M. Proctor tied the term trade to commerce, not learned professions, and denied Group Health Association cases as a restraint of trade. The government planned an appeal.
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Washington
American Medical Association
James M. Proctor
Justice Department
Group Health, Inc
Cooperative Health Association
District of Columbia
Justice Proctor
Defense
Supreme Court
Group Health
Group Health Association, Inc
Group Health Inc
Slayer of Jazz Era Goes back to Jail After 'Last Fling'
Velma West the wife killer who escaped from the Ohio women's reformatory at Marysville on June 19 was recaptured after a bold attempt at freedom She admitted enjoying a brief outlay of life and hinted she planned to surrender to authorities Her husband T Edward West son of a wealthy family was killed in 1927 after a year and a half of marriage West described herself as having sought a final fling and saw new scenery during her escape
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Richard G. Baldwin Allas
U.P
Velma West
Herusband
Ohio Women's Reformatory
Marysville
Yarde Board
Kaa
Ohio
Honky Tonks
T. Edward West
Ipollow
Mary Ellen Richards
Westust
Market Street
Fire kills man as eight leap from New George Hotel blaze
Fire at the New George Hotel in Linden Texas traps eight on the third floor. L. E. Lummus of Paris Texas dies after leaping from a window. Seven others jump or are assisted to nearby structures with burns and injuries. Five fire departments battle the two hour blaze. hotel valued at 30 000 dollars.
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Linden
Tex
New George Hotel
L. E. Lummus
Paris
J. L. Traramel
R. F. Fant
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. West Texas remains generally fair, while eastern New Mexico stays unsettled in the east and north portions. Noon temperature 90, high 95, low 61.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Roosevelt names Sayre for U S high commissioner to Philippines
President Roosevelt nominates Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre to be United States high commissioner to the Philippine Islands. He would replace Paul V. McNutt who resigned to become federal security administrator.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
United States
Philippine Islands
Sayre
Senate
Paul V. McNutt
Amarillo Sees 69 Homes Under Construction and 103 Building Projects
Amarillo reports 69 homes under construction today with permits for other residences at about one per day. Builders include M. Lowenstern with a new $5,000 five room brick house at 1802 Madison Street and R. J. Ingram at 1110 East Tenth Avenue for a small brick mercantile building. Yearly building totals reach $1,632,357 and may exceed $1,660,000 by week’s end.
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Amarillo
M. Lowenstern
Madison Street
R. J. Ingram
Floyd Richards
Dallas Reeves
East Tenth Avenue
To Establish Weather Bureau at the Airport
The Globe reports plans to place a Weather Bureau station at English Airport as part of the downtown office. For months the Weather Bureau has considered the idea, with current observations at the airport handled by Civil Aeronautics Authority observers except balloon work.
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Globe
English
U. S. Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Film star Madge Evans weds Sidney Kingsley in Maine
Madge Evans a 26 year old blonde film actress and Sidney Kingsley 32, Pulitzer prize winning playwright, eloped last midnight and married in York Maine by a justice of the peace. The notice notes see Russell Stationery for wedding stationery.
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York
U.P
Madge Evans
Sidney Kingsley
Weather Forecast Promises Heat and Dry Winds
Mr Collman notes another day of hot dry weather with a light shower possibility. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and fair weather Thursday. Yesterday reached 95 degrees, with 93 expected today as a southwest breeze moderates the heat. English airport logged .03 inch rain. Roswell reported 1.30 inches.
The Coogans Split Rift With Betty Grable
Hollywood reports a rocky romance between Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable. Coogan says they are separated and not living together with no divorce plans, while Grable denies separation and plans. Betty is touring San Francisco, where she dismissed reports.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Betty
Jackie
San Francisco
Coogan
Peasants Ready as Mars Nears in Mexico
In Jalisco villagers prepared for potential calamities as Mars neared Earth. Police raided a Talapquepaque house and found 60 witch doctors with skulls and magical relics who said they were holding a state convention to discuss tomorrow's possible end of the world.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Mars
Talapquepaque
Senate Committee Delays Action on Jap Treaty
The Senate foreign relations committee delayed action on a proposal to record Senate support for abrogating the United States Japan commercial treaty. The postponement raised doubts whether any action would come before adjournment.
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Senate
Washington
U.A
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Canyon News marks Golden Anniversary with lively edition
Canyon celebrates its 50th year with a special anniversary edition produced by Editor Clyde Warwick and staff. The issue features 449 photos 350 news stories and memories from Canyon pioneers including Dan Usery and Ida Sluder while recalling the 1891 Indian scare and the new post office now a skating rink. The piece highlights longtime locals such as the Taylor family and area figures Leavitt Vaughan Cone and Burrow and notes community ties across Randall County.
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Canyon
Clyde Warwick
Canyon News
Pioneer Canyon Linotype
Canyon News “School of Journalism
Dan K. Usery
N. T. Dickerson
J. W. Foust
Olive V. Schramm
Lillian Chambers
Dorothy Warwick
Gerald Warwick
Clyde
Mrs. Warwick
The
W. M. Higdon
O. B. Vaughan
O. D. Breitling
Wilford Taylor
Umbarger
Randall County
Amarillo
Taylor
Taylor and Sons
Wilford, Jr
Jack
Lindsey
Jake
LeRoy Leavitt
James Vaughan
Carl Cone
Harold Leavitt
Athalee Overton
Kenneth Black
C. H. Davis
Gordon Ruthart
Break for Freedom Escapes from Bus Near Fredericksburg
A group of seven young prisoners being transferred from Atlanta federal penitentiary to Lewisburg Pennsylvania overpowered three guards near Fredericksburg Virginia and escaped on foot. Virginia state police marshalled forces to pursue them as the Justice Department confirmed the escape. The bus had recently been repaired after prior transfers of 9 618 prisoners without incident.
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U.P
Atlanta
Lewisburg
Fredericksburg
Justice Department
Virginia
Fot
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