Fire expert leaves after six week Amarillo visit
Deputy Chief J J Lynn of Oklahoma City departed after a six week stay as instructor for the Amarillo Fire department. He was given a white gold watch chain and a diamond studded knife for his work. He praised the Amarillo force and urged three new stations, a larger force, and an additional assistant chief to bolster the city’s fire protection.
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J. J. Lynn
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
East Tenth Street
Central
Kansas City Livestock and Grain Markets Report
Markets report cattle and hog prices across major Western and Eastern markets. Cattle topping steers reach high pricing while hogs and calves show mixed gains and drops. Chicago and Omaha notes include grain and futures shifts with wheat and corn volatility and price ranges.
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Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Zoning Committees Set Meeting in Massie Building
Oddball local column notes a mix of humor about cheese and soap incidents in Amarillo and nearby towns. It lists a planned meeting of zoning and city planning committees at 10 o clock in the Massie building office of Guy Carlander with light vignettes about local characters and events.
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Guy Carlander
Massie
Largest thrill producer at Palisades Sunday
Scene description shows eighteen automobiles staged for a cliff plunge at the Palisades, Amarillo Automotive association leasing the site for June 19. Bill Lampe is pictured with raised arms beside a car as cars are driven off the bluff. a public spectacle with 50 cent admission for ages over twelve and gates opening at 1 PM.
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Bill Lampe
Amarillo Automotive Ascoviation
Palisades
Tex Thornton
The
Palisades Corporation
Chamberlin and Levine Inspect Plane Factories
American trans Atlantic aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine toured German aircraft facilities in Friedrichshafen. They visited the Dornier factory and Zeppelin works to view new passenger planes and the LZ 127 under construction. Their wives also traveled to join them in Bremen.
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Associated
Preas
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Baden-Baden
Karlsruhe
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Freidrichshafen
Loewenthal
Hugo Eckner
Zeppelin
Dornier
Zeppelin Works
Eckener
Dr. Eckener
United Press
Plymouth
Eng
Jane
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
S. S. Berlin
Bremen
Treasure Hunt Continues With Daredevil Stunt at KC Club
The piece highlights a 27 story climb in twelve minutes by a celebrated daredevil athlete watched by his wife from a Studebaker. Amarillo residents will enjoy a day of thrills as the Treasure Hunt runs Friday with a published list of prizes including clothing, silverware, china sets, and varied home goods. A partial list covers hats, shirts, hosiery, fragrance, tea sets, and decorative items among others.
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Kansas City Athletic Club
Maurice
Studebaker
McCarty Motor Company
Amarillo
Globe
Old Tack's Amarillo Platform Promises Lower Rates and Parks
A campaign brief for Amarillo outlines lower water gas and electric rates, cleaner city with more parks, flowers and trees, lower rents, storm sewers, public access to Bivina lake, a municipal golf course, and elimination of railroad crossings. It pledges viaducts for North Amarillo, through traffic to San Jacinto, extended boss routes, regulated police and firefighter driving through signals, continued industrial attraction, and a narrower spread between crude and gasoline prices.
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Bivina Lake
Hmita
Amarillo
San Jacinto
League's role tested by arbitration and sanctions debate
The piece questions how the League of Nations would curb aggression and enforce penalties if states refuse arbitration. It cites Myron T. Herrick's critique of communistic propaganda and asks whether the United States would join efforts against the so called communistic danger. It notes Siler Faulkner Jr of Pampa spending the summer at Camp Mystic in Kerrville.
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Russia
League of Nations
Myron T. Herrick
France
United States
Siler Faulkner, Jr
Pampa
Camp Mystic
Kerrville
Good Fellowship Dinner at Central Presbyterian Church
Five hundred or more are expected at a monster dinner tonight as the building committee reports its finances. The event at Central Presbyterian begins at 7 PM with service by the Women's Council. Adults pay 75 cents, children under 12 pay 50 cents.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Women's Council
Business and Professional Women Meet in Amarillo
An Amarillo hotel gathering of the Business and Professional Women club featured president Mrs. T. L. Gordon presiding. Members shared purchases they valued and heard talks on the flag and health. Guests included Miss Eva Lewis new member and Delphian organizers Miss Emma Lou Walton and Mrs. Brown with songs led by Miss Lois Tolleson and Miss Ercel Blakely.
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Amarillo Hotel
T. L. Gordon
J. P. Hodge
Emma George
Dunn
Business
Anna Ruth Denton
Maurine Nesbitt
Mary Miller Beard
Emma Lou Walton
Brown
LeSuerer
Peake
Chandler
Eva Lewis
Lois Tolleson
Ercel Blakely
Desperado Kimes on the Run After Bank Robberies
An outlaw identified as Kimes eluded capture after a sought chase spanning Osage and Pawnee counties. He escaped a jail break in Sequoyah county and is tied to about six bank robberies and two murders including the killing of Indian deputy sheriff Perry Chuculate. Police pursue across Cleve land Hominy and Beggs where W. J. McNally was killed in a clash with the gang.
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Kimes
McAninch
Osage Hills
Jennings
Pawnee County
Cleveland
Osage County
Hominy
Pawhuska
Osage
Sequoyah
Perry Chuculate
Walt
Beggs
W. J. McNally
Will Rogers Improves After Nervous Breakdown
Will Rogers, the wandering mayor of Beverly Hills, is reported well on the road to recovery after a nervous breakdown that kept him in bed for several days. No further details were provided about his condition or prognosis.
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Beverly Hills
U Calif
Will Rogers
Poem Reflection on a Gentle Mind and Kindness
A reflective verse portrays a man with a gentle mind who sees flaws yet treats all people with tenderness. He notices life’s storms in every soul and tends alike to the strong and weak, tending gardens of character with quiet devotion.
Letter to Tack on North Amarillo subway plans and costs
H A Daniel argues for building the North Amarillo subway now citing safety, cost, and access. He details estimated construction costs on Buchanan Street and criticizes placing the subway on other streets like Fillmore or Polk due to hazards and traffic. He notes bond funds are drawn and urges prioritizing public safety over private property interests.
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North Amarillo
North
Amarillo
Buchanan Street
North Second Street
McIntosh Hotel
North Rock Island
Amavillo
Second Street
Fillmore, Taylor Or Polk
Buchanan
North Buchanan
Ridgemere
Panhandle Highway
Fillmore
Denver
Welcome for President Coolidge in Black Hills Details Delayed
Senator Norbeck leads 30 plus eastern state citizens aboard to greet President Coolidge in Rapid City ahead of his summer residence at the state game lodge. A large crowd between 25 000 and 50 000 is expected with cowboys in attire and Indians in full costume as guardsmen secure the route.
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Poe Press
President Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood Dick
Wild Bill Hickok
Peter’ Norbeck
Congress
Hermosa
Beasley presses low water rates for small users
J N Beasley, a major taxpayer, urges the city to set water rates on a 501,000 gallon basis rather than 2,000,000. He favors a minimum charge of one dollar for small consumers and a tiered rate starting at five cents per thousand gallons for the first two thousand, dropping to four cents thereafter to ease monthly bills.
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J. N. Beasley
Mr. Beas
Globe
Lindbergh Honored At New York Dinner For Missing French Aviators
Lindbergh attended a City of New York benefit dinner at the Commodore for missing French aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli. Four thousand prominent New Yorkers heard him praise army fliers and aviation prospects, noting the United States as a potential world leader in aviation.
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Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Lindbergh
City of New York
Commodore
New York
America
al Smith
Walker
Charles Evans Hughes
Grover Whalen
United States
Bivins Seeks Fair Water Rates for Amarillo
Bivins argues Amarillo should not advertise high rates and warns against debt from a new water plant. The city commission will set rates only after compiling full data to balance books, aiming for nonprofit operation and not charging public users outside the city excessive sums.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Bob Emmett Fully Recovers in Corpus Christi
Friends report Bob Emmett has completely recovered from a nervous breakdown and is resting in Corpus Christi. He writes Amarillo friends that he feels like himself and is taking a complete rest while planning to reopen his office. he also notes catching red fish, the largest weighing just over 12 pounds.
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Bob Emmett
Emmett
Corpus Christi
Khim
Amarillo
Tater
Dameral Trip Planned From Amarillo to Kansas Nebraska California
Mrs P J Dameral will travel to Kansas and Nebraska and stop in California before returning to Amarillo. She will be joined by Mr Dameral, secretary of the B of the L E, who has the night passenger on the Santa Fe train out of Amarillo.
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Ofso
T. Chisum
Wails Madden
E. Fuqua
Truth Lake
Colorado
Amarillo
Ziegfeld
Douglas S Fagg
Women’s Athletic Club
New Jersey
P. J. Dameral
Kansas
Nebraska
Mr. Dameral
California
Dameral
B. of the
L. E
Santa Fe
Clevig
Wenoka
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