Miller Ready for Panhandle Rodeo Show
Clyde Miller, manager of the Tri State Fair Rodeo, tours the Panhandle to finalize plans for a three day event July 3 to 5 at Texan Park. The Panhandle’s first big rodeo features 7500 dollars in prizes with 25 stars including Tommy Kirnan Bea Kirnan and Vauga Craig performing under new floodlights.
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Clyde Miller
Panhandle
Texan Park
Southwest
Tommy Kirnan
Roper
Bea Kirnan
Vauga Craig
Firm Plans to Open Clothing Factory in Amarillo
M J Sentenyi of Vernon Texas proposes a clothing factory for Amarillo with 10 machines and potential growth to 100. The plant would serve uniforms hunting clothes and related products using Amarillo’s smelter rail yards and large industries. Sentenyi plans a return within a week to finalize details.
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Amarillo
M. J. Sentenyi
Vernon
Texas
Abilene
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Sentenyi
Senteyi
Kite Day At Ellwood Park Offers Prizes
Prizes will be awarded at 5 PM tomorrow for the highest flying kite and second place at Ellwood Park as Miss Monetta Rasbury directs the event. All city children are urged to bring kites and attend the judging, with merchants funding prizes for future play season days.
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Ellwood Park
Monetta Rosbury
Rasbury
Buick Dealer at Plainview Dies Friday
Lee P. Baird local Buick dealer and former Brown Shoe district agent died at his Plainview home. He moved here from Amarillo three years ago and is survived by his wife and son Ruffian. Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Paris Texas.
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Globe
Plainview
Lee P. Baird
Baird
Brown Shoe Company
Amarillo
Ruffian
Paris
Texas
Des Moines University Board backs upheaval and aims to rebuild
Des Moines June 21 the board of trustees endorsed the administrative upheaval at the university calling it providential and essential to keep the faith. Acting president Dr T T Shields of Toronto prepared to assemble a new faculty to replace professors ousted in May following the reorganization meeting.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Des Moines University
T. T. Shields
Toronto
Prohibition Officers Get More Sympathy Says Cyrenus Cole
Congressman Cyrenus Cole of Iowa urged more sympathy for prohibition officers killed in the line of duty and less for slain bootleggers. He condemned sympathy for bootleggers and praised officers willing to enforce laws, defending the current enforcement system.
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Cedar Rapids
Cyrenus Cole
Prohibition
Fleischmann merger plans sent to stockholders
A plan for merging the Fleischmann Company, the Royal Baking Powder Company and BE W. Gillett Company into a $430,000,000 concern was sent to stockholders by J P Morgan and Company. Acquisition of the coffee firm Chase and Sanborn may occur by separate purchase as part of the plan.
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Associated Press
New York
Fleischmann Company
Royal Baking Powder Company
BE. W. Gillett Company, Ltd
J. P. Morgan and Company
Chase and Sanborn
Girl and Mate to Hop Off on Endurance Try
Viola Gentry and Charles Parkhurs: United Press reports at Roosevelt Field on June 21 as the pair prepare an endurance flight attempt.
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United Press
Roosevelt Field, L
Viola Gentry
Charles Parkhurs
Two Negroes Executed in Chicago Slaying Case
Charles Swan and Napoleon Glover were executed in Cook County Jail for the murder of Charles Mellock during a drug store robbery last year. They confessed to killing Peter Lucas after he criticized their desecration of the Sabbath and admitted nearly 90 robberies. They faced the electric chair calmly, praying with a priest.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles Swan
Napoleon Glover
Cook County
Charles Mellock
Peter Lucas
Flood Devastation Hits Assam Villages Trapped In Water
Reports from Assam describe villagers on famine rations as homes and relatives are swept away by floodwaters. Bazaars along the river were lost, with shopkeepers taking refuge in trees and corpses and debris floating downstream. A vast inland area remains submerged, crops ruined, and harvest prospects bleak.
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Associated Press
Calcutta
India
Assam
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Subanapur
Weer
Highlands
Endurance Flight Takes Flight in Unrecorded Biplane
A Bi nair biplane lifted off at 9:22 EST today for a refueling endurance flight. There is no current record for light planes of this type.
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Binair
Man Arrested On Annoying Letter Charge
New York report says Michaela King, described as shell-shocked in World War I, was arrested on an alleged annoying letter charge in a developing case. Further details were not immediately available.
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New York
Michaela King
Man Charged With Mailing Threatening Letters to Hoover
Police allege a night court defendant sent anonymous letters to President Hoover and Secretary Mellon demanding payment for “controlling the weather.” The letters were signed “God, the severity of the United States.” Readiness for first class cook job listed at 609 Fillmore Street.
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Hoover
Treasury
Mellon
King
United States
Fillmore Street
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Painters’ Hall
Rafe Emerson
Eee
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P. O. Box
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Killough & Davies
Summer Clothes
Bill Adams
Victory Wilson
Wilson Clothes Department
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A Atte
Amannco
Dallas
TEED
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W. Walker
Fort Worth
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