Ranch Park to Host Fourth of July Party Near Amarillo
Jack Hall owner of a ranch three miles northwest of Amarillo plans a large Fourth of July celebration with a new power plant to double lighting at the park and dance pavilion. The event, hosted by the Tri-State Fair Association, runs from 5 p.m. with motorcycle races at 2 p.m. and fireworks at 9 p.m. A 25 cent bus ride will help attendees reach the grounds with an entrance fee of 60 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Nine racing events offer over $600 in prizes and top riders are entered for a day of entertainment ending after midnight with Joe Norman's Orchestra.
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Jack Hall
Amarillo
Tri- State Fair Association
Hall
Polk
West Sixth
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Fair Association
Fair Park Oval
Cited crime fears and protests echo across cities
The article warns of diminishing cars at night and draws parallels to the Jack the Ripper case in London. It argues that fighting crime and gangsters requires bold action, cites Mussolini’s suppression of the Mafia in Sicily, and notes a Bolivian revolution driven by Indians and Communists.
Proceedings in Civil Appeals at Amarillo Court
The Seventh District Court in Amarillo heard motions and rehearings. Cases included Lummus Cotton Gin Sales Co. vs F T Connerly, Brown Lock Nut Co. vs Decker, and others from Dallas Hardeman Dickens Hutchinson Palmer Potter Hale Lubbock and Carson. Set for September 17, 1930.
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Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
Amarillo
Lummus Cotton Gin Sales v
F. T. Connerly, Et al
Brown Lock Nut Co
H. G. Decker
Aubra C. Dodson
Et al
Richard M. Decker
J. E. Kirk
Helen Collier
Affirmed Luminus Cotton Gin Sales Co
F. T. Connerly
Dallas
William Kirkpatrick
L. M. Higginbotham
Hardeman
Steve Carlisle
G. L. Barber
Dickens
Texas Indemnity Insurance Co
R. F. Davis
Hutchinson
H. Geries
D. Magness
Palmer
Johnson Ranch Royalty Co
Clinton G. Hickey
Potter
R. R. Gilliland
Penick-Hughes Co
City of
City Buys Fire Car and Truck for Park Work
Amarillo city commission last night purchased a Hudson eight cylinder fire chief car for 1200 dollars and a Chevrolet ton and a half truck for the park department at 860.75 dollars. The Amarillo Motor Company and Plains Chevrolet Company were the successful bidders.
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Amarillo
F. C. Thompson
Cooper
Fire Department
Commission
Amarillo Motor Company
Chevrolet
Park Department
Plains Chevrolet Company
Japan to get dirigibles for San Francisco Tokyo service
Toyoji Kaneko acting consul general of Japan announced a fifteen million dollar company plans a 68 hour San Francisco to Tokyo dirigible service by autumn 1931. Negotiations began for three zeppelins costing 1.5 million each to carry mail and 40 passengers plus crew.
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Japan
Associated Press
San Francisco
Toyoji Keneko
Last Rites Held for Mrs Booker
Funeral services for Lizzie A. Booker 66 who died in a local hospital were conducted at Griggs Funeral Chapel by Rev D D Sumrall. Pallbearers were Roy Atherton J W Dickerson S H Carter Dr Ralph Carroll Charles Putman Howard Newberry. She died after three weeks illness while visiting daughter Margaret Booker in Amarillo and is survived by daughter Mrs Charles Jensen of Memphis Tennessee. She had been a Baptist Church member for about fifty years.
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Lizzie A. Booker
Griggs
D. D. Sumrall
San Jacinto Baptist Church
Roy Atherton
J. W. Dickerson
S. H. Carter
Ralph Carroll
Charles Putman
Howard Newberry
Dallas Man Raps Ma in Miller Talk
Edgewood June 25 The Associated Press reports Dallas attorney D A Frank urged nomination of Lieutenant Governor Barry Miller arguing that Miriam A Ferguson will be in the gubernatorial runoff. He said Miller, as Dallas County criminal district judge, has aggressively cleaned up crime and sent gamblers and fences to prison.
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Associated Press
Edgewood
Miriam A. Ferguson
D. A. Frank
Dallas
Barry Miller
Frank
Miller
Dallas County
Miss Boyles Heads to National Education Association Meet
Miss Ola Boyles president of the Amarillo Chapter of the National Education Association will travel to Columbus Ohio for the NEA convention June 28 to July 4. She will join other Texas delegates and return with ideas to strengthen the Amarillo Teachers Club.
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Ola Boyles
Amarillo
National
Classroom Teachers’ Organization
Columbus
Ohio
National Education Association
Miss Boyles
Amarillo Teachers’ Club
Classroom Teachers’ Association
Kingsford Smith Fiancee Happy At Success
Mary Powell, fiancee of Captain Charles Kingsford Smith, expressed relief at news of the Southern Cross landing safely in America. She recalled waiting bravely at her Croxton home and shared a playful remark about staying calm by playing bridge the night before.
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Croxton
Here
Radio Society
Kingsford-Smith
Associated
Melbourne
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Mary Powell
America
Love Promises West Texas Square Deal If Elected Governor
Midland Texas June 25 Senator Thomas B Love of Dallas in a speech to Democratic voters pledged a governor’s focus on West Texas. He asserted his legislative record proves he is the best friend for West Texans in the race and said the region may expect a square deal.
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Midland
Texas
West Texas
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
Studers Travel for Canadian Funeral
Mr and Mrs Floyd Studer left Amarillo for Canadian to attend the funeral of Mr Studer's aunt Mrs Ben Studer who died in Canadian at 1 o clock Tuesday Burial will be in Canadian this afternoon Survivors include three sons and two daughters all of Canadian
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Studers
Floyd Studer
Amarillo
Bobbitt Denounced by San Antonio Mayor in Election Row
San Antonio Mayor Chambers attacked Attorney General R. E. L. Bobbitt on Tuesday calling him a liar after Bobbitt alleged political pressure over election irregularities in Bexar county. Chambers urged Bobbitt to fix Webb county conditions where alien votes and bogus poll taxes are said to occur.
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United Press
San Antonio
R. E. L. Bobbitt
Chambers
Bexar County
Bobbitt
Bexar
Webb County
Rotary International gives new meaning to service and world peace
At Rotary International's 26th anniversary convention in Chicago 16 000 delegates heard leaders from 20 nations discuss expanded community service and a broader world outlook. Foremost topics included European federation ideas, U S approval, and China's alphabet simplification and talkie era impacts.
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United Press
Chicago
Rotary International
British Empire
Godfrey Haggard
Rotary
Philip. Harris
M. Briand
Two Funerals for Alive Man Bring Reunion in Creston
In Creston Iowa two funerals were held for J. B. Mike Dolan, who turned up alive after being identified as a murder victim. He had left Oklahoma for a visit, and a body found along a highway was thought to be him. A hotel guest named Mike Dolan died in January, then relatives again mourned. He later returned home to his stepdaughter’s house revealing he survived. Dolan had been working in Texas.
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United Press
Creston
J. B
Mike” Dolan
Dolan
Oklahoma
Mike Dolan
Mike
Texas
Local residents and movers find new homes and jobs
Miss May Smith leases her 1502 Jefferson Street home to A A Luck of Marfa Texas who plans to relocate with his family to Amarillo around July 10. The Ferguson couple arrives at 407 Kentucky Street from Indiana to work near the government helium plant. J P Swatzell from Dallas moves to 145 W 22nd Street as a road contractor on the Santa Fe line. J S Evans joins Jefferson Standard Life staff. The Armeling family travels from Denver to settle in Lubbock later. Voorman of New York visits Spilman office. Ralph Price of Jefferson Standard visits Amarillo during a Greensboro flight. Two defendants appear in corporation court for drunkenness and traffic violations. Mrs Martin Clifton remains a patient.
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Paul Dengler
Austro-American Institute of Education
Vienna
Clare Soper
New Fundation Fellowship
London
Richard Stanton Lambert
Listener
Supreme Court
Florence E. Allen
Ohio
Amarillo
Teachers’ Club
Boyles
W. A. McIntosh
Edith Joynes
National Department of Classroom Teachers
Amarillo Teachers' Club
Amarillo Teachers’ Club
Miss Boyles
Columbus
Miss May Smith
Jefferson Street
A. A. Luck
Marfa
Texas
Luck
Boise City
Oklahoma
J. P. Swatzell
Dallas
Santa Fe
Amarilo
W. 22Nd Street
Carl Armeling
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Lubbock
Denver
Jury Discharges in Sampson Burglary Trial
The jury trying Harry Sampson for attempting to burglarize a local wholesale grocery was discharged at 10 this morning after failing to reach a verdict. The panel stood ten to two for acquittal. evidence showed he was drunk when officers found him hammering the grocery window. Sampson previously served time in the Missouri penitentiary for burglary. This was the third deadlocked jury in five cases, with jurors dismissed for the week.
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Harry Sampson
Sampson
Missouri
Ferguson predicts Mrs Ferguson in run off in Texas race
Ferguson states Mrs Ferguson will win the primaries and enter a run off. He notes Governor Moody withdrew fearing she would defeat him, cites liquor plank against holding public office for those with illegally obtained liquor, and describes a rally plan with loudspeakers and radio coverage across KGRS and WDAG.
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Small
Mr. Ferguson
Moody
Dan Moody
Ferguson
Texas
Stuart Miller
KGRS
WDAG
Jesse Melody
Various World News Snippets From Washington to Berlin
Antiques stolen from the White House include 1806 wine glasses now stored. In Paris, doctors from the U S and Canada were honored with a farewell banquet, Gaston Gerard urging wine for the healing of the body. In Berlin, Josef Paetz delivered a 1000 litre wine barrel and received silver wine trophies after a 500 mile journey. Marie Dressler returns from abroad correcting Will Hays on a mother’s smile and language. In Oakmont Pa Mac Burnett wins a golf drive contest averaging 279 yards. A $90 000 plane sold for $1 to fund Schneider Cup experiments after failing to rise. Northwest Texas hospital reports slight improvement after apartment fire burns. Amarillo mosquito control campaign shows success.
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Oakmont
Mac Burnett
University of Texas
City acquires water system from Smelter
Amarillo last night took over the water distribution system of the American Smelting & Refining Company, to be run as part of the city plant. The transfer came via a bill of sale with no monetary payment, justified by maintenance costs. Meters will be installed at 3 dollars and customers charged the city rates. The move was approved by Commissioner J. N. Vernon with thanks to the smelting company.
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Amarillo
American Smelting & Refining Company
American Smelting Toe Refining Company
E. ©. Thompson
J. N. Vernon
Youth Dies in Birthday Car Crash Near Big Lake
Briano Glasscock was killed at 19 when the car he rode in overturned on loose dirt 18 miles south of Big Lake. The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon as he celebrated his 19th birthday, according to United Press reporting from San Angelo.
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United Press
San Angelo
Briano Glasscock
Big Lake
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Trail Cattle and Hogs
Hogs at Kansas City and Chicago see generally steady to higher trade with top hogs around 8.85 at KC and bids rising for sows and feeders. Cattle and calves show mixed gains across markets including Fort Worth and East St. Louis with steers near 9 to 11 dollars and vealers strong in spots. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans extend losses on July notices and weather signals.
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Kansas City
the Associated Press
Chicago
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Associated Presa
East ST. Louis
Lament Amid Victory and Struggle in Silent Years
A poetic meditation on how triumphs and duties bind a man, with images of costly ears and ships across the sea, early strength, stern prohibitions, and long dreary years that frame a paradoxical happiness found only in others' success. The verse ends with an unresolved tone of ongoing gloom.
Grain futures shift as notices circulate and weather aids
October and December contracts slide while July bounces after reports farm loan notices may be halted. Chicago wheat opens strong then slips to new low prices, with July firming on word farm loan board actions. Corn and oats move modestly, while provisions trend downward, closing with mixed gains and losses.
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Farm Joan Board
Chicago
Associated Press
Potatoes and Poultry Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago market notes list potato prices by variety and region including Bliss Triumphs Irish cobblers and North Carolina Virginia bbl oats. poultry prices show fowls broilers and turkeys with small changes. Butter and eggs quoted with unchanged butter and weak eggs. New York stock letter reports a 2 percent call-money renewal rate fueling a stock rally with mixed gains across major issues.
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Southern
Bliss
North Carolina
Virginia
New York
U. S. Steel
American Can
Johns Manville
Sears Roebuck
National Cash Register
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Delaware & Hudson
American Tobacco
Atchison
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
A Family Doctor's Laxative Is Best
An old advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the safe family laxative for children and adults. It claims lab supervision, pure ingredients, and wide use, noting it is the largest selling laxative in the world.
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