Stage Is Set For VFW Annual Encampment in Amarillo
Veterans of Foreign Wars prepare for a three day encampment in Amarillo starting Sunday. Walter C. Irvin reports 300 to 400 vets and wives will attend with reservations rising from hotels. Memorial service at Municipal Auditorium Sunday, Dave Derden band opens at 7:30, parade Monday at 10, Gold Star Mothers to be guests of honor.
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Walter C. Irvin
Amarillo
Beaumont
Municipal Auditorium
Dave Derden
Gold Star
Probe of Prohibition Era Critique and Market Gripes
A column argues against prohibition linking crime to the Volstead Act while praising nonalcoholic societies. It cites Europe’s crime trend, a list of great men, and claims about W B Foshsy securities and jailed fallout. The piece questions enforcement on large watered stocks and wholesaler accountability amid market excess.
Senate awards sub contract for heavy work north of river
Walter H. Dennison of Batesville Ark has been given the contract for forty miles of Fresno work moving dirt with teams and scrapers. James Martin and Rey Skousen Los Angeles contractors will handle part of eight miles of the Amarillo end, including 120 miles of main line and yards. Material yards at Amarillo Boise City and three camps along the route are planned with one nine miles from Amarillo, one at Dumas, and one at Stratford. W H Rochester Santa Fe assistant engineer voiced complaints as laborers rush to apply. ample notice will be given to workers.
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Walter H. Dennison
Batesville, Ark
James Martin & Rey Skousen
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Boise City
Dumas
Moore County
Smalley Reports Building Boom in Oklahoma City
A. W. Smailer city building inspector returned from Oklahoma City after a Friday trip on business. He said the state capital is seeing a big wave of building. Bert McCullough spent the weekend in Dallas and returned to Amarillo this morning.
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A. W. Smailer
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Capitol
Bert McCullough
Dallas
Amarillo
The Texan shines at the Mission theater
At the Mission theater Gary Cooper stars in The Texan while the Fair offers Song of Flame with Alexander Gray and Bernice Claire. Liberty shows Sunny Side Up starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and Rialto presents Half Way to Heaven with Charles Rogers.
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FAIR
Alexander Gray
Bernice Claire
Liberty
Janet Gaynor
Charlies Farrell
Rialto
Heaven
Charles Rogers
Flood continues after high waters reach several creeks
Flood waters fed by fresh rains surged through Grape Creek and nearby rivers, with 150 men aiding the search for a missing Lee. Pecan Creek and Concho River levels rose, flooding Nasworthy Lake area and inundating Christoval where a foot bridge washed away. Camps along the water suffered. a bear valued at 250 dollars drowned as its chain limited retreat. Fire, sheriff, and volunteers searched driftwood and rivers by boat using grab hooks.
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Pecan Creek
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South Concho
New Nasworthy Dame
Christoval
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Sheriff's Department
Lee
Oklahoma flood toll and damage from weekend storms
Oklahoma City and Pawhuska faced extensive flood damage after torrential rains. Authorities reported 6.94 inches of rainfall, with Oklahoma City alone recording about $155,000 in losses as basements filled, roads washed, and oil field activity halted in lowlands.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Weather Bureau
Bipartisan Rift in Minnesota GOP Faces Primary Clash
United States senator Thomas D. Schall and Governor Theodore Christianson led a bitter intraparty struggle in the biennial primary. The two Republican power brokers, once aligned on national issues, now clash over nominations for senator governor and other state offices in a tense campaign marked by torrid personal warfare.
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United States
Thomas D. Schall
Theodore Christianson
Republican Party
Senate Agriculture Committee Renominates Farm Board Leaders
Washington June 16 The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the renominations of Alexander Legge as chairman of the farm board and C C Teague as the member representing fruit and vegetables in a move that maintains leadership of the agency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
C. C. Teague
Quarantine At Fort Bliss After Meningitis Death
At Fort Bliss Citizens Military Training Camp 220 officers enlisted men and cadets were quarantined after an autopsy showed Harbert Cullers aged 17 from Albuquerque New Mexico died of spinal meningitis. Lectures were postponed and strict precautions implemented to prevent further outbreak.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Citizens Military Training Camp
Harbert Cullers
Albuquerque
N. Mex
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Storm disrupts Amarillo area knocking out phones
About 100 telephone lines in the city were interrupted by a Sunday morning storm that flooded sewers and overflowed streets. Lightning struck at least one house, glass shattered in several windows, and a sheet iron roof was torn from a Panhandle Highway warehouse. No major crop damage reported.
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Amarillo
G. M. Phencie
Polk Street
Pleasant Valley
Panhandle Highway
Amarillo Girl Caught by Golf Bug After Vanishing
An Amarillo 18 year old girl who vanished Saturday night was found on a city golf course yesterday hitting a ball. Fears of kidnapping or worse were entertained, but she was safe and appeared in better spirits, while her worried parents breathed easier.
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Amarillo
Tariff debate echoed by foreign papers on war debts
Courve the radical socialist organ argued that America seeks to sell all and buy nothing in return. Echo de Paris and L Homme Libre warned of higher living costs and continued economic distress, saying reprisals would follow and tariffs would not relieve debt payments in merchandise.
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Courve
America
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L’homme Libre
Berlin Reacts With Alarm To U.S. Tariff Bill
Berlin observers and industrialists voice alarm at the American tariff bill. They say it will hinder international trade and block German exports to the United States amid mixed passive interest.
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Berlin
United Press
United States
Eight Gypsies Arrested By Police In Amarillo
A group of fortune tellers called Gypsies were arrested in Amarillo on vagrancy charges after arriving to offer their services. Several were taken into custody by county authorities, then released without fines as law enforcement orders them to move on.
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Amarillo
Sheriff's Department
Shamrock Hosts Texas Road Meet For Highway 66 Boost
Representatives from towns and counties along U S Federal Highway 66 will gather in Shamrock for an all day session to plan efforts to secure a hard surfaced route through Texas. Similar meetings are under way in Oklahoma and Missouri. W H Chilton, Shamrock Chamber manager, will attend.
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Shamrock
Oklahoma
Missouri
W. W. Chilton
Chamber of Commerce
Bakers Burglarized At Blue Bird Bakery
Burglars believed to be young boys smashed the back door of the Blue Bird Bakery at 602 Johnson Street, stealing cakes, candy and cigarets. It marks the fourth same incident in a year, with one prior act caught. A night guard will remain in the bakery thereafter, per L. W. Prior.
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Blue Bird Bakery
Johnson Street
L. W. Prior
Snyder Returns from Altman Barbecue Debut
City detective John Snyder, formerly a noted barbecue expert, came back from Altman on the Rock Island where he officiated the opening barbecue. He reported a good celebration and felt the event went smoothly.
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John Snyder
Altman
Rock Island
Dogs Hunted Down In Terry Mont Town
June 16 report from Terry Montana says an unknown group attempted to wipe out the town's dog population, leaving the canine population virtually extinct and raising fears of further harm among residents.
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United Press
Terry, Mont
Terry
Quarantine Lifts At Potter County Jail Today
Potter County jail ends smallpox quarantine after two weeks. Jailer J W Graves says visitors resume tomorrow, following vaccination of all prisoners and staff. A recent case prompted the quarantine, and no additional infections occurred. Newly arrested inmates moved from the city jail prior to visitors reopening.
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Potter County
J. W. Graves
One Drowned Ten Rescued In Boat Crash Off Connecticut
A yacht collision three miles off Greenwich, Connecticut, left one sailor dead and ten rescued, including actress Claire Windsor. The Loleta owned by Phillip N. Plant sank after a midships hit by the Changwang Isl, captained by O. Chatfield Taylor. Windsor and passengers were rescued by the Changwang as the other vessel remained amid wreckage. The missing sailor’s name was not released. Plant was at the wheel when Loleta went down.
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New York
Claire Windsor
Phillip N. Plant
Greenwich
Conn
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Changwang Isl
O. Chatfield Taylor
Loleta
Plant
Cobb Enters Not Guilty Plea in Whiskey Delivery Case
Neal Cobb faced district court today on charges of delivering four quarts of whiskey to a deputy sheriff. He pleaded not guilty as deputies testified Cobb was ordered to deliver the liquor to a downtown lodge hall where the arrest occurred. The trial was expected to finish late. Robert Trimbly, charged with hijacking, was set to go to trial after Cobb.
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Young Pastor Dies During Sunday Sermon
The Rev. Bertil Lundh a 26 year old pastor from Missouri Valley Indiana collapsed while preaching at Trinity Lutheran Church Chicago during a service reading Romans 11 36 and died within an hour from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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the Associated Press
Chicago
Bertil Lundh
Missouri Valley, In
Trinity Lutheran Church
Visitors From Wichita Tour Textile State Trip
Mr and Mrs R L Houston of Wichita Kansas visited Mrs Houston s parents in Amarillo Mr and Mrs George Kercher They traveled over New Mexico Colorado and parts of Kansas returning to Amarillo last Friday Mr Houston is manager of the National Biscuit Company in Wichita James A Hank Gowdy Olton Texas attorney was a business visitor in Amarillo Saturday Grover Hill and T F E Johnson attended a Clint Small campaign meeting in Fort Worth on Sunday
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Wichita
Kansas
James A
Hank) Gowdy
Olton
Texas
Amarillo
Grover Hill
T. FE. Johnson
Clint Small
Fort Worth
City Well 10 Produces 300 GPM After Doubtful Start
City Engineer E N Stanley reports Well 10 at Word Ranch is yielding about 300 gallons per minute after reducing the pipe opening. Earlier the well produced streams and inactivity. the smaller outlet stabilized flow. Lake at the water site holds water after rains, aiding future supply and insurance against peak summer demand.
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Word Ranch
E. N. Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Mrs Stella Young Dies At 10 P M Sunday In Amarillo
Stella Florie Young aged 2 died in a local hospital at 10 Sunday night wife of L L Young a Santa Fe Railway machinist She leaves a daughter Beatrice her mother Mrs F M Ingram one sister and three brothers Edna Brown Paul Ingram Amos Ingram Wallace Ingram and others The family home is 2108 Buchanan Street She belonged to Nazarene Church and had lived here for many years The body is at N B Griggs & Sons Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Young
Santa Fe
Buchanan Street
Griggs & Sons
George to Attend Dinner Guest at Spanish Embassy
London June 16 George will be a dinner guest on June 24 marking the first time since his illness more than a year ago. He will attend a dinner at the Spanish Embassy honoring King Alfonso of Spain, an official announcement said.
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London
G George
Alfonso
Spain
Writer Kenneth Weeks Honored for World War Death
In Paris on the 15th anniversary of his death, Kenneth Weeks of Boston was honored by comrades. Weeks, a promising author of five books, volunteered with the French army and was among the first Americans to fall charging a German machine gun nest, witnessed by his mother Mrs. Alice Standish Weeks with tears.
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United Press
Paris
Kenneth Weeks
Boston
Alice Standish Weeks
Markets K C Livestock Kansas City Report June 16
Hogs 12,000 open strong closing weak to lower top 10.00, 196-200 lb. cattle 12,000, calves 1,200 good to choice yearlings steady, yearlings 11.00-11.50, light heifers 10.35, steers 9.75-18.00, cows 6.75-8.75, vealers 7.00-10.50, stocker and feeder steers 9.00-11.28. Sheep 7,000 lambs strong, top native lambs 11.75, ewes 2.00-?. overall market mixed with multiple weight classes and price ranges.
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Associated Press
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Fort Worth
Chicago
East ST. Louis
Actress Jocelyn Lee Marries Director Luther Reed in Hollywood
In Los Angeles on June 15, film actress Jocelyn Lee and director Luther Reed wed in a private ceremony at Hollywood Congregational Church. Pastor Dr. James H. Lash officiated before a small circle of celebrities and financiers.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Jocelyn Lee
Luther Reed
James H. Lash
Hollywood Congregational Church
Ideal American Girl aims for India mission field
AP dispatches from Philadelphia notes Alice M. Thompson a former Ohio Wesleyan graduate and Oakland M E Church director of religious education, pursuing foreign missionary work in India after resisting the Sesquicentennial earnings. Other brief items cover Schumann-Heink’s stage death wish on birthday, a Nanty-Glo trout tale, a New York couple in Dutch Guiana study, a New South Wales fox hunt, and twin boys’ first airplane crash scare in Rome New York.
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Philadelphia
India
Alice M. Thompson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oakland M. E
New York
Morton C. Kahn
Ruth D. King
Dutch Guiana
Cornell University Medical College
American Museum of Natural History
Plane contracts let by United Irene Washington
The War Department announced awards for 402 new airplanes and 128 motors at a total of 5,963,419 dollars. Funds come from the 1931 army appropriation bill.
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Irene Washington
War Department
Army
Hogs and cattle market notes from Fort WorthJune 16
U S D A market briefs report hogs selling mostly 15 cents higher with top at 50 cents, cattle offerings slow and mixed to about 875.00 8.00 per hundredweight, calves and sheep values varied. Chicago and East St Louis markets show stronger hogs, slower steer trade, and mixed cattle and sheep tendencies. Butter eggs grain and cotton markets move with varied directions as futures and spot prices shift across regions.
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New York
Associated Press
Liverope
Tribute to a Steadfast Man in Quiet Duty
A poem praising a man who meets his duty squarely without seeking favors. He labors honestly, bears trials with no complaint, and treats others with kindness while not demanding kinship or special treatment from neighbors.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin the 1885 laxative origin
Dr Caldwell learned constipation stems from poor laxative choice. He created a harmless prescription of herbs and pure ingredients known as Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It became the world’s most popular laxative, praised for gentle action with no griping and friendly taste, sold in drug stores widely.
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Dr. Caldwell
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