Riots Turn Deadly as Troops Move Into Washington
Unidentified veteran killed and another seriously wounded in Washington rioting as troops ordered in by President Hoover. Casualties include a police officer and several bonus marchers. authorities report a chaotic scene with tanks and machine gun troops deployed.
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Capito
Hoover
Everett Carlson
Ohio
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Brickbats
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John Wyndom
Cleveland, O
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Pelham D. Glassford
Scott
Third Cavalry
Fort. Myer
White House
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District Attorney's Office
A. D. Surles
Surles
12Th Infantry
Mitchell
Hurley
Adjutant General
War Department
Third Corps
MacArthur
White Palm Beach
Pennsylvania Avenue
Disabled veteran ends life near Bushland
E. Mason, 45, a disabled World War veteran, killed himself with a revolver at his nephew Everett Mason's home three miles south of Bushland shortly before 5 AM. Ill health and despondency were given as causes. Survived by brother George E. Mason of Wildorado. cremation handled by N. B. Griggs & Sons.
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E. Mason
Everett Mason
Bushland
Mason
B. A. Witherspoon
Canyon
Hanson Post
American Legion
George E. Mason
Wildorado
Griggs & Sons
Negroes barred from voting in Texas Democratic primary
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals denied an injunction to permit negroes to vote in the Democratic primary in San Antonio. Justice Searcy sat for the case, while W. O. Huggins led the party's position to avoid a run off on August 27.
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San Antonio
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
S. G. Tayloe
Seth 8. Searcy
Edward W. Srith
W. O. Huggins
State Democratic Executive Committee
S. J. Brooks
Scope of Five Day Week for Hoover Confab
Washington July 28 two federal departments sought for the President information on the spread of the five day week and how it can be used to spread employment. Hoover planned to meet New England re employment conference delegates to discuss further steps to shorten hours. Governor Winant of New Hampshire asked that Hoover receive the delegates and the talk was postponed for visitor convenience.
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Washington
Hoover
New England
White House
Aic
Winant
New Hampshire
New
T and P Authorized to Take Fort Worth Belt Control
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Texas and Pacific Railway to purchase control of Fort Worth Belt Railway for up to 700 000 for 60 percent of its common stock. Fort Worth Belt must remain a separate operating unit, with T and P supervising to achieve economies.
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Fort Worth
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas & Pacific Railway Company
Fort Worth Belt
Texas && Pacific
Texas & Pacific
Texas & Pacific Organization
Funeral Held for Will Sanders Crushed in Texas Well
Funeral services were held for Will Sanders a 50 year old laborer who died when a well he dug to about 110 feet collapsed trapping and suffocating him in Luling Texas.
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Tex
Will Sanders
Highway 66 booster criticizes detours on all weather route
H G Stewart longtime 66 booster visiting Gray County rail detour sites criticized poor maintenance on the Texas Panhandle stretch after caliche asphalt work. He urged better detour upkeep to avoid driving tourists away while P S Bailey said maintenance crews were diverted to the Gray County detour.
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Texas Panhandle
H. G. Stewart
Oklahoma City
Stewart
Oklaoma City
Fional
Ains
Gray County
State Department
U. S. 66 Highway Association
P. S. Bailey
Back Thompson Support in Texas Railroad Commission Runoff
AUSTIN July 28 Ernest Thompson the present incumbent for a four year Texas Railroad Commission term is backed by Col E O Thompson of Amarillo in the runoff campaign Col Murphy of Livingston endorsed Ernest Thompson saying he is splendidly equipped for the position Gregory Hatcher of Dallas competes in the run off with Ernest Thompson and Col E O Thompson supports him
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T. Murphy
Livingston
Texas Railroad Commission
Col. E. O. Thompson
Amarillo
Ernest Thompson
Murphy
Thompson
Gregory Hatcher
Dallas
No Runoff If Second Candidate Quits in Texas Primary
Austin July 28 The attorney general's department ruled that if the second place candidate in the Democratic runoff withdraws, the leader from the first election will appear unopposed on the August 27 ballots. Lower finishers are already eliminated, so no second runoff is needed.
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Austin
Attorney General's Department
Ruting
Brick throwers lose control after badge torn from coat
In a report from a police conference, Waters told chief Glassford that the men were out of his control after a veteran restored a torn badge on a coat. Police described the brick throwers as uncontrolled and continuing action.
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Waters
Glassford
Hollywood Stars Gather for Shrine Ceremonial Finale
San Francisco hosts the 58th annual Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Hollywood luminaries attend the закрыe as shrine units and film stars, led by Grand Marshal Harold Lloyd, assemble for a high voltage pageant at Civic Center Stadium tonight. Notables include Tom Mix Joe E Brown Bebe Daniels Ben Lyon Edward G Robinson Buster Keaton Anita Page Polly Moran George Raft Dorothy Jordan Boris Karloff Roscoe Ates William Desmond Hedda Hopper Estelle Taylor Richard Bennett Joan Bennett Wallace Ford.
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San Francisco
Hollywood
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
Civic Center Stadium
Harold Lloyd
Wallace Beery
George Bancroft
Filmland
Tom Mix
Joe E. Brown
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Edward G. Robinson
Buster Keaton
Anita Page
Polly Moran
George Raft
Dorothy Jordan
Boris Karloff
Roscoe Ates
William Desmond
Hedda Hopper
Estelle Taylor
Richard Bennett
Joan Bennett
Wallace Ford
Nurmi Eligibility Up For I A A F Ruling
United Press reports the Nurmi eligibility case to be reviewed by the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles as the Olympics near. The Finnish star faces possible reinstatement after an earlier ineligibility for allegedly accepting excessive expense money. Finland disputes I A A F jurisdiction and America backs Nurmi as Finnish officials press the matter. Mayor Porter prepares to turn the city over to IOC president Henri de Baillet-Latour as ceremonies begin.
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Los Angeles
Paavo Nurmi
International Steur Athletic Federation
Nurmi
Pleaso
Finland
Phanton Finn
The
United Press Today
J. Sigfrid Edstrom
Sweden
America
Porter
Henri de Baillet-Latour
International Olympic Committee
Loss of 69 in Niobe training ship sinking
Naval authorities said it will take several days to recover 69 men missing after the Niobe training ship sank off Kiel Germany. Divers report tangled sails and masts blocking entry to the vessel as cleanup begins and officials deny two bodies have been recovered.
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Kiel
Germany
Woman's Ex Mate Held In Husband's Slaying
E S Schrader a 55 year old farmer was killed in a gun duel with his wife's first husband Merton Lane 45 of Springfield Ill held in jail after shooting at the Schrader home near Tishomingo Okla Lane said he intervened when the farmer beat his former wife authorities held him pending investigation
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Tishomingo
Okla
U.P
E. S. Schrader
Merton Lane
Springfield
Til
Schrader
Here
Plane explodes and crashes near Farnham killing three
Mrs Alfred C Bossom American wife of the British architect Bruce Bossom and Prince Otto Erbach Furstenau of Germany are dead after a night air crash near Farnham Surrey. Alfred Bossom, a member of parliament who designed the Magnolia Petroleum Building in Dallas, is reported well.
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Surrey
Eng
Alfred C. Bossom
Bruce
Prince Otto Erbach Furstenau
Germany
United States
Magnolia Petroleum
Dallas
Tex
Brisbane column notes on U S A plan and capitalism
Arthur Brisbane discusses a plan for the United States and critiques capitalism in a contemporary viewpoint. The Globe features his widely known commentary with the editor noting the columnist's opinions do not reflect the newspaper's editorial stance.
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The
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Anti American bloc grows in Europe as nations join
Karl H von Wiegand reports Berlin cables that an anti American bloc now includes Germany France Great Britain Italy Belgium Poland Jugoslavia and Romania. He says British Foreign Secretary Simon and French Premier Herriot plan to isolate the United States over war debts while boycotts may backfire. Clinton Gilbert says ex Gov Alfred E Smith could lead the Reconstruction Finance Corporation amid Republican protests.
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Berlin
Universal Service
Europe
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
von Wiegand
Simon
Herriot
United States
Washington
Clinton W. Gilbert
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Smith
Potter County Republicans to Name Delegates
All Potter County Republicans must attend the county convention in the county commissioners room at the courthouse at 8 o clock Saturday night to elect four delegates to the G O P state convention in Dallas on August 9. The meeting was called by W E Kenyon Potter County chairman as no Republican primary was held in Potter County.
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Potter County
Dallas
W. 8. Kenyon
Labor Commissioner Calls Unemployment Committee Meeting
Texas labor commissioner Robert B. Gragg announced a Legislative Committee on Unemployment will meet in Austin on August 5 to prepare an application for a loan from the $3,000,000 federal relief fund recently authorized.
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Austin
Robert B. Gragg
Texas Legislative Committee On
Courageous mother dies after saving burn-struck child
Stamford reports Mrs. Jones Palmer a 32 year old farmer's wife near Hamlin poured kerosene into a stove as flames enveloped them to save her 9 year old daughter Joyce who also suffered burns. Both were taken to a hospital but Joyce died at 9 PM and Mrs Palmer died about an hour later. The farm home did not burn.
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Stamford
U.P
Jones Palmer
Hamlin
Run-off test for governor taking shape
Governor Ross Sterling returns to Austin from Dallas to gear up for a 30 day run against Miriam Ferguson in the renomination race. Dan Moody will campaign against Ferguson while aiding Sterling. Ferguson leads Sterling in early returns as votes rise toward a total near 900000. Moody declines a campaign invitation as Ferguson plans a later, more aggressive push.
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A.P
Ross Sterling
Dallas
Busldings
Miriam
Ma) Ferguson
Fergusons
James E
Miriam A
Dan Moody
Minnesota
Carl Estes
Ferguson
Sterling
Bhe
Sate Falls
Ichita Falls
Tom Hunter
Moody
Estes
Nationwide Plotter Hunt Blamed on Communist Network
Secret service and detectives hunted nationwide for authors of communistic propaganda found in a Pontiac Michigan hotel. Chicago bankers and Michigan police blamed the Communist party for a campaign aimed at shaking confidence in banks including the First National Bank of Pontiac. George Rowland and a man linked to seditious letters were named in the rooms.
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Chicago
Pontiac
Mich
Secret Service
Michigan
Communist Party
C. L. Smith
County Demos to Name Successor to Womack
The Johnson County Democratic executive committee must name the candidate for district clerk after A. C. Womack, who won the primary even though he died the night before election day, was deceased. The ruling came from the attorney general's department in Austin on July 28.
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Austin
U.P
Attorney General's Department
Democratic County Executive Committee
Johnson County
A. C. Womack
Farmers cheer as wheat prices rise and economy improves
Wheat prices push higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with Old September at 52 7 8 cents as total paper value of national wheat supply surges by 18 5 million dollars. Optimism spreads through farmers and business leaders as crops improve and debts shrink, with rail leaders predicting broader recovery.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Warlike Bolivian Move on Paraguay
Paraguay warns of possible war over Gran Chaco as Bolivia concentrates troops with intent to attack. Government says it will defend sovereignty at all costs and take necessary measures.
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Paraguay
Asuncion
U.P
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Foreign Office
Chaco
Mills reopen bid fails as few return to work
In High Point North Carolina on July 26 mills owners failed to reopen 24 hosiery mills as only 30 of 3000 former workers responded to a return call. Within a half hour those who entered soon left and the owners postponed the effort amid an 8000 strong crowd watching without incident.
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High Point
N. C
U.P
Amarillo Weather Forecast Sees Thunder Potential
The Amarillo forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with possible thunderstorms in the far west. Temperature extremes reach 68 degrees tonight and 88 degrees by Friday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Crazed manhunt for John Harris in Dallas woods
In Dallas on July 28 authorities continued the search for John Harris the crazed Negro who shot J Newt Alcorn to death Tuesday. Police believed Harris remained hidden in a large patch of woods and underbrush where he fled after the slaying.
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John Harris
J. Newt Alcorn
Harris
Rare Lotus Blooming in Amarillo Yard Pond
A lotus in the Bowen back yard at 1413 Ong Street is in full bloom amid a large lily pond with a waterfall lights and fish. Mrs. Creekmore introduced the plant to Amarillo last year and the Bowens have a six inch bloom with cream petals edged in carmine and a green yellow center, leaves over 20 inches across.
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Glenn Bowen
Ong Street
L. J. Creekmore
Amarillo
Bowens
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