Michigan Man Positive Mars Is Inhabited
Esccanaba July 80 United Press reports Johan B Novack owner of Michigan’s only private observatory spends days selling jewelry and nights surveying Mars through a telescope. He believes Mars is inhabited and plans to view the planet closely in 1945 when it will be near Earth. He has studied at Chicago, visits Yerkes, and holds a 12 inch telescope setup valued around $25,000. He is married with four children.
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United Press
Escanaba
Mich
Johan B
Novach
Mars
Michigan
America
University of Chicago
Novack
Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
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Denver to Open Downtown Ticket Office
The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway will open a downtown ticket office August 1 in the Amarillo Hotel Building at 804 Polk Street. The office will offer ticket sales and freight order handling with mahogany furnishings and asssignments include Co. B. Farmer as city ticket agent and D. H. Nally as assistant. Arthur Walker serves as livestock agent and A. E. Drake as traveling freight and passenger agent. F. B. Pool, the general agent, will also occupy the new office.
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Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company
Amarillo
Polk Street
Co. B. Farmer
D. H. Nally
Arthur Walker
A. E. Drake
F. B. Pool
Masked men loot $6000 in Chicago jewelry heist
Mrs. Louis Sontag, preparing for dinner with opera singer Mme Rose Olitska, dressed in jewels worth $6000. Two masked men burst in with pistols and rope, gagged her, and escaped with the jewels. Mme Olitska arrived later and freed her friend. Sontag’s husband works for Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis Sontag
Mme
Rose Olitska
Mrs. Sontag
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Showers Bring Heat Relief to Kansas City
The showers in Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska eased the oppressive heat though crops did not benefit. Forecasters predicted continued cool weather for the region with heat relief in sight as temperatures were expected to fall. Oklahoma and Texas remained hot but were expected to see lower temperatures.
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United Press
Kansas City
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Arrest Two Negroes in Lamesa Case
Two negroes are arrested in Lamesa connected to a shooting affray in the business district Sunday night. The suspects are believed to be part of the crowd that witnessed the incident.
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Lamesa
United Preas
Laymen Meet For Northwest Texas Lay Assembly
The third annual Laymen's Assembly of the Northwest Texas Conference will be held August 3 to 8 at the Methodist camp grounds in Ceta Canyon. Addresses by J F Rawls and W M Alexander precede training courses in Lay Activities, Stewardship, Sunday School Administration, Evangelism, and Primary Organization. Meals will be provided by Memphis ladies, with registration and program details announced.
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B. M. McKeown
Abilene
Texas
W. M. Alexander
W. M. Pearce
Amarillo
J. BE. Eldridge
Miami
Memphis
Large Delegation Expected for Assembly of God Camp Meeting
About 600 delegates are expected for the third annual Assembly of God Churches camp meeting in Panhandle. Dr. Charles Shreave of Washington D C will be the main speaker with special guest Dr H M Caldwell her Dallas district superintendent for Texas and New Mexico. Speakers from Nebraska and other states are anticipated as well. Services run daily in a large tent with four sessions plus early worship at 8 a m continuing ten days. Meals are provided at the church and Rev Shields, the founder and current superintendent, will lead preparatory services through Friday.
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Barrett Wounded City Officer Under Arrest
R. J. Barrett, a city officer, was wounded and arrested today. Officers said charges of assault with intent to murder were likely. The two men offered no resistance during the arrest.
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R. J. Barrett
Joker Out $1.90 For Speaking Out of Turn
The Wisconsin town scene centers on Grover Latter joking with Jake Naver over a fishing mishap. Naver pays $1.90 freight for a barrel Latter sent, but the container proves filled with sawdust, not fish, leaving Naver with a costly misunderstanding.
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RA Line
Wis
Grover
Jake Naver
Naver
Lutter
Record of Power Glider Flight Height Achieved
The Associated Press reports in Oakland California on July 30 that Myr ten Johnston reached a height of 14.6 feet in a two cylinder 80 powered power glider during the flight.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
F. Myrten Johnston
Greenville Storm Destroys Boathouses in Club Lake District
A cyclone swept through Greenville late Tuesday afternoon damaging more than a dozen small structures in the club lake district. Most losses were boathouses and bathhouses with no injuries reported. United Press notes the storm as the sole event of the day in Greenville.
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United Press
Greenville
Greenville Club Lake District
Girl Killed as Tree Top Breaks at San Diego Plaza
Miss Dorothy Edwards, 19, was killed when the top of an old palm tree broke away and fell on her as she paused beside the city plaza in San Diego California yesterday.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Dorothy Edwards
City Plaza
Record altitude claim for power-glider plane
A power-glider yesterday reportedly reached an altitude believed to be a record. The aircraft’s sealed instruments were sent to Washington for official confirmation.
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Washington
India Homes in 100 Towns Are Flooded
Sind region flood disaster leaves thousands homeless as more than 100 villages drown under water from Sind river to Shikarpur. About 30 000 refugees evacuated to Sukkur. Crop damage and livestock loss reported. Bandits loot vacated homes amid distress. Charles E Bray of Detroit killed during a robbery attempt in Jerico Springs Mo.
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India
Onkarpur
Sind River
Shikarpur
Sakkar
Khanpur
Jerico Springs
Charles E. Bray
Detroit
Bray
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