Biggest Diesel Plant Opens in Vernon California
Vernon California orders 35000 horsepower diesel engines to power city energy needs built by Hoovyen Ovens Rentschler Company a Hamilton Ohio subsidiary of General Machinery. The piece notes future widespread diesel use and mentions a crime incident involving Johnny Hanna of New Jersey.
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Pike's Peak
Canadian Pacific
Vernon
California
Hoovyen, Ovens, Rentschler Company
Hamilton
Ohio
General Machinery Corporation
Johnny Hanna
Sam Zuccaro
New Jersey
Zuccaro
Union City
Hanna
Mystery shooting probe widens in Panhandle and Pampa areas
Investigators question new witnesses in the Sunday night shooting of Bill Elston at Jack Hall's ranch. District attorney and law officers travel to Panhandle and Pampa to pursue new angles while reports say Elston has little chance of recovery.
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Pampa
Bill Elston
Jack Hall
Elston
E. R. Marr
Sid Harper
Northwest Texas Hospital
Edw. W. Thomerson
Bill Thompson
W. R. McDowell
Murr
Jack
Opponents Marking Time in Slap Case
County Attorney Rhea C. Myers and neighbor Mrs Hazel Sullivan remain at an impasse as two complaints were filed against Sullivan for aggravated assault and disturbing the peace after a fifth porch confrontation. Sullivan, 24, mother of three, was released on bond pending trial, with both sides offering conflicting accounts of who initiated actions on Myers front porch.
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Rhea C. Myers
Hazel Sullivan
Sullivan
Myers
Mrs. Sullivan
Bond
Mr. Myers
Chief of Rail Board Denies Laxity Claim In Oil Probe
Texas Rail Road Commission chairman C Y Terrell testified before a House investigation that the commission did enforce conservation and had not been lax in policing oil activity. He blamed former governor Moody for hampering enforcement funds and said the commission faced legal delays in a gas wastage suit.
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C. Y. Terrell
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House Today
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House
Ben Belt
Gulf Production Company
Senate Investigation Committee
Texas
Underwood Nazro
Gulf Companies
Senate
Neff
Railroad Commission
Moody
Walter Beck
Fort Worth
Lon A. Smith
Smith
R. 8. Sterling
W. &. Parish
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Jr. C. Holmes
Texas Company
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures on Thursday. West Texas will see partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with probable showers in western portions and cooler in Panhandle Thursday. New Mexico may have local showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes today at 1 pm were 69 and 87.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Aerial dusting planned to tackle Iowa grasshopper plague
Western Iowa farmers face an army of grasshoppers threatening corn fields. State officials plan to fight the plague by dispersing poison bran from planes and selling it to farmers at wholesale prices. Entomologists warn the damage extends across Iowa. Meetings and bids are being arranged with Iowa State College experts to coordinate dusting campaigns.
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Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa State College
Ames
Missouri Valley
Mondamin
Hopper
Planes Not Sighted Over Valentia Ireland July 29
Uncertainty surrounded the fate of the American trans Atlantic fliers as mist hindered visibility over Valentia with unidentified planes reported over Port Magee and Knightstown. European observers tracked progress from Ireland to Moscow and Tokyo with widespread air minded interest.
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Atlantic
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Portugal
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Clyde Pangborn
Moscow
Russell Boardman
John Polando
Turkey
Amy Johnson
Tokyo
England
Points East
Arctic
Noth Pole
Harlem gunmen kill child in chilling gang attack
Police hunted central Harlem target 'Big' Teed after gunmen killed five year old Michael Vengali and wounded four others as a car carried children through a heat battered street. The attack is described as part of a rising crime racket with broader costs to America and official efforts to curb it.
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New York
Big’ Teed
Teed
Harlem
Michael Vengali
Ttaly
Dale Harrison
America
Chicago
Wise
Hoover and Payne discuss unemployment relief cooperation
President Hoover meets with Red Cross Chairman Payne to study unemployment relief and urges local communities to shoulder the burden. Payne sees a cooperative movement among agencies and notes current reports are not alarming but not bright.
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Washington
Hoover
Payne
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Nation Awaits Cooler Winds Amid Record Heat
The nation endures a blistering spell with deadly heat in many areas. Forecasters predict storms and cooler conditions for today or tomorrow, though the Southwest, parts of the East and Northeast face continued heat. Fires, grasshoppers, and wheat rust threaten crops. over 75 deaths linked to the heat, many in the Imperial Valley.
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Washington
Middle Northwest
Manitoba
Alberta
Aberdeen
S. D
Imperial Valley
North Fillmore Street subway to open in Amarillo
Public invited to the dedication of Amarillo's North Fillmore Street subway the largest in the Southwest. The 8:30 p.m. ceremony will include speeches from Rock Island and Fort Worth & Denver representatives, a bronze tablet unveiling, and a cord cutting by Miss Ernestine Smith.
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North Fillmore Street
Southwest
Ernest O. Thompson
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
Thompson
Denver
Hal
Ray
Rock Island
John A. Hulen
Fort Worth & Denver
State Highway Commission
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri- State Fair Association
Globe News Publishing Company
Emma Jean Beard
J. N. Vernon
Ernestine Smith
H. Ernest Smith
Truce Hinted in Oklahoma Oil Price War
Reports from Oklahoma oil circles suggest a compromise on a higher crude price as Governor Murray pressures to raise oil to about 75 to 85 cents per barrel. Purchasers vow conferences with producers while Murray warns to shut wells if 50 cent price holds.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Murray
Tula
Suspect Arrested in Miller County Sheriff Slaying
Texarkana reports Herbert Day, 30, held as suspect in the killing of Miller County Sheriff Walter Harris during a liquor still raid. Authorities seek Bam Day, 20, as the actual slayer. a prior ambush by federal agents left Bam wounded last November.
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Ark
Herbert Day
Bam Day
Walter Harris
Miller County
Herbert
Klan Crosses Flame Again Near Dallas
Ku Klux Klan members hold an outdoor gathering near Dallas for the first time in two years. Oscar de Priest warns against social equality and communism as 69 new members are initiated. Fiery crosses burn briefly before collapsing into smoke.
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Ku Klux Klan
Klavern
Oscar de Priest
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Trinity River
Knights
Lindy Lindbergh depart for North Haven on trip to Japan
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh left Glen Curtiss airport at North Beach at 1 58 P M EST for North Haven Maine where they will say farewells before beginning a leisurely flight to Ottawa Canada on the first International leg of a vacation to Japan. They landed yesterday amid a heavy downpour and Lindbergh tested the seaplane radio establishing continuous contact with a North Beach station.
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U.p
Charles A. Lindbergh
Glen Curtiss
North Beach
North Haven
Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Washington
Lindbergh
Blaming Dumas Well Conquered
The No 1 Jones Dana Oil & Gas Company well near Dumas was extinguished after three attempts. Tex Thornton and Sam Van derweide led the firefighting with repeated shots and final flooding to cap the well. The scene drew hundreds as Thornton, famed for oil-fire control, completed a dangerous operation.
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Dana Oil & Gas Company
Jim Cloud, Inc
Dumas
Tex Thornton
Tyler
Tex
Vitex Oil Company
Overton
B. F. DeLong
W. Benninger
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