Dinner leaves Democratic leaders hopeful on unity
Democratic leaders gathered at a Washington dinner for Jouett Shouse predicted a more united front in the 1930 congressional campaign. John J. Raskob and Shouse vowed a permanent constructive national headquarters not aiding any candidate. The Jefferson Association event aimed to reassure leadership of continued Smith Raskob leadership.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
South
John J. Raskob
Shouse
Jefferson Association of
District of Columbia
Raskob
National Committee
Congress
Governor appoints four to state posts in Texas
Governor Moody announces Richard F. Burges of El Paso will represent Texas in the division of waters of the Rio Grande above Fort Quitmont. George E. Shelly of Austin replaces Major Burgess on the State Historical Commission. W. R. Smith of Midland County becomes district attorney of the 70th judicial district.
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Moody
Richard F. Burges
el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
Fort Quitmont
George E. Shelly
Major Burgess
State Historical Commission
W. R. Smith
Midland County
Veteran Austrian official Jo Hann Franke retires after 40 years
Vienna reports Jo Hann Franke, longtime official in the Austrian Ministry of Commerce, retired after a 40 year career serving 23 different ministers.
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United Press
Vienna
Ministry of Commerce
Johann Franke
KC Man on Odd Jaunt to Tropic States
Kansas City attorney Harold Neibling completed a ten week journey through six Central American republics using ox cart burro and airplane. He met presidents of Costa Rica Nicaragua El Salvador Honduras Guatemala and Panama and collected baked clay burial images. Marines he said protected Nicaraguan lives and property with U S aid.
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Harold Neibling
Central America
Neibling
United States
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Nicaragua
Salvador
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Guatemala
Panama
Gravity Plane Aims Flight Between London and New York
London June 11. Breakfast in London and lunch in New York five hours later may be possible with W D Verschoyle s gravitation conquering air machine. The inventor has just applied for a British patent on the invention.
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London
New York
W. D. Verschoyle
Banditry crackdown urged by officials in Nicaragua context
Fragmentary text notes officials in Nicaragua urging extended stay to counter banditry. The sentence hints at a government stance seeking longer presence or surveillance, with unclear specifics about actors or dates.
Sale of Superior Cafe furnishings at 722 Polk Street Amarillo
On Monday June 24 1929 at 10 a m I will sell at 722 Polk Street Amarillo Texas to the highest cash bid all cafe and restaurant furniture fixtures and equipment including stoves utensils linen silverware tables chairs frigidaire icebox and all restaurant equipment located at the Superior Cafe. Sale subject to delinquent taxes and a first mortgage lien of 750 held by Southwestern Public Service Company by order of the 108th Judicial District Court in Z Fandey v Peter Kopanos et al. June 7 1929. Roy M Britain Receiver. 615 Oliver Kahle Building Amarillo Texas.
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Amarillo
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Superior Cafe
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108Th Judicial District Court
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Roy M
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Oliver-Kahle Building
Inventor Claims 600 MPH Aeromotor Could Redefine Travel
Verschoyle outlines a plan for an Aeromotor capable of 600 miles per hour with London to New York under five hours. He links the theory to gravitation controllable by electricity, citing Einstein and J J Thomson. He says vertical takeoff and landing eliminate landing fields, with first model in a year. Frank Chevalier of St Petersburg is described as having 568 tattoo designs on his body.
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New York
Verschoyle
Einstein
J. J. Thomson
Girton
Frank Chevalier
St. Petersburg
Florida
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