City commission approves fire hose purchases and paving awards
The El Paso Biulithic company received pavement contracts on Pierce Ninth and Sixteenth streets. The city bought 2000 feet of fire hose from Morrow Thomas Hardware Amarillo Hardware and Eureka Fire Hose companies. Mayor Bivins and Commissioners Harris and Brymer attended. Superintendent of the water department employment was deferred.
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Morrow- Thomas Hardware Company
Amarillo Hardware Company
Eureka Fire Hose Company
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Kansas City Livestock Markets Report June 29
cattle and calves totals mixed with slow to steady demand across regions. Prices shown include top hogs at 9.50, cattle with top steers around 14.30 and beef cows near 12.75 in St. Louis, while Omaha and Chicago files reflect broader beef, sheep, and grain trends.
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Globe
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Tactless Texan comments on Kimes and a prison escape
A Texas columnist extols Matthew Kimes and predicts a deadly confrontation if an attempted rescue occurs at McAlester. The piece notes Oklahoma officials allegedly plan to kill Kimes, while praising reporter Joe Cannon and detailing Kimes’s charm, wealth, and propensity for danger.
Kimes to be tried at Okmulgee for Beggs police chief murder
Sheriff Russell will transport Kimes to Okmulgee for trial on the murder of Beggs police chief, instead of direct to McAlester where Kimes was sentenced to 99 years after escaping Sallisaw jail seven months ago. Kimes, in good condition, wore a narrow-brimmed Stetson. Doolin appeared tall in khaki trousers and polished boots while calm amid armed onlookers.
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Russell
Kimes
Beggs
Oklahoma
McAlester
Sallisaw
Doolin
Ohio coal operators weigh open shop wage offer
Columbus June 29 United Press reports Ohio coal operators will propose a parity wage scale based on the 1917 rate of five dollars per day, threatening to operate on an open shop with nonunion labor if the union miners reject the offer. The Jacksonville agreement had set seven fifty a day.
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Columbus
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Jacksonville
New York Stocks Open Irregularly Lower Amid Yearly Readjustments
Prices opened irregularly lower with many declines limited to fractional points. Baldwin and American Locomotive fell amid 10 percent operation news and mixed rail and oil shares moved on updated earnings and production outlooks. Foreign exchange opened steady with sterling around 4.653 and French francs near 4.9.
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Atlantic Refining
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Seminole Field
Ameran Republic
Phillips Petroleum
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Gulf States Steel
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van Sweringen
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Iron Pipe
Pere Marquette
Western Pacific
General Electric and Foundation
Wales
South American Exhibit Set for Amarillo Fair
A grand display of South American handiwork art and historical specimens may be shown at the Amarillo Tri-State exposition from September 11 to 17 this fall. Mr. and Mrs. Potter inquire about premiums and protections for valuable exhibits. they did missionary work in South America for six years and Mr. Potter teaches at Amarillo High School.
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Amarillo Tri-State Exposition
E. C. Potterin
C. H. Amacker
Potter
South America
Amarillo High School
Old Tack's Amarillo Plan for a Better City
A campaign program proposes lower water gas and electric rates smaller rents and a cleaner city with more parks flowers and trees. It calls for Bivins lake public and a municipal golf course elimination of railroad crossings North Amarillo viaducts new bus routes better throughfares to San Jacinto regulation of emergency vehicle driving and attracting new industries while widening the oil price gap for dirt streets.
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Byrd Launches Long Flight Amid Weather Delays
Commander Richard E Byrd and a three man crew finally took off in the monoplane America from Roosevelt Field at dawn for a scientific air expedition to France. The takeoff followed weeks of storms and fog with Byrd optimistic despite a fuel and weather challenged ascent.
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George Neville
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T. Harold Kinkade
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Kinkade
Byrd Congratulates Maitland Crew on Hawaiian Flight
Commander Richard Byrd sent a radio message from Roosevelt Field New York to congratulate Lieutenant Maitland and his Hawaiian flight crew after their success. Byrd's message urged sending congratulations and said a sharp lookout is being kept for future targets.
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Europe
America
Radio Today
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Hie
Untold Stowaway Attempt After Plane Tuning
A fragment describes a stowaway event tied to a plane during engine start while an individual failed to descend after triggering the motors, leaving details incomplete about the act and outcome.
Byrd Flight Delayed As Crew Buck Head Winds For Paris
The America crew, under Commander Byrd, left Roosevelt Field for Paris after scrapping gear and a tin of tea to save weight for head winds. Kinkade stayed behind, hoping to fly back from Paris, while wives of Byrd and crew expressed confidence. Byrd's plans remain undecided, pending Rodman Wanamaker's direction as delays spark speculation of a world flight.
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Pioneers Maitland Hegenberger Dash Into Honolulu After Trans-Pacific Landing
Maitland and Hegenberger, greeted by thousands, landed near Honolulu after their trans-Pacific flight. The duo spoke with United Press, noted radio beacon failure late, relied on a mariner’s compass, sighted Kauai first, and headed to the Royal Hawaiian hotel for rest after brief security chats.
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United Press
Hegenberger
Kauai
Miller
General Lewis
Hawaiian Department
Honolulu
Royal Hawaiian
Waikiki Beach
Maitland
Patrick hails Hawaiian flight as major success
United Press report from San Francisco on June 29 quotes Army Air Chief Major General Mason M Patrick calling the Hawaiian flight immensely gratifying. He asserts Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger will complete the mission and notes potential for regular air routes between the Pacific coast, Honolulu, and possibly Asia.
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United Press
San Francisco
Army
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Chief
Maitland
Hegenberger
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Asia
Maitland family rejoices as trans-Pacific flyer arrives in Hawaii
In Burlingame California on June 29 relatives of one of the Army Fokker pilots greeted the news of the giant craft reaching Hawaii. Mrs J W Maitland said God piloted the ship safely and sent thanks through the United Press. Her husband echoed calm confidence in their son's safe arrival.
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United Press
Hawaii
In Memoriam Harrison L Davies
Poem trailed by Edgar A. Guest honors Harrison L Davies as a magician loved by children. The verse recalls his tricks cards and wand and the tender, boyish spirit that inspired joy in life and in heaven.
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Edgar A. Guest
Two Hold-Up Robber Pair Target Amarillo Residents
Amarillo police report two victims robbed last night by a pair of negro women and a negro man and woman near the city barn and East Fifth Street. W. O. Hobbs lost $60, Edward Kuehl $15. Earlier incidents involve a man and woman matching the same description. A recent convict tied to a $50 robbery received fifteen years in prison.
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W. O. Hobbs
West Fourth Street
Edward Kuehl
East Fifth Street
Santa Fe
Pris
Kuehl
Henry Brubaker
Henry Propst Motor Company
Coolidge Likely to Shorten West Vacation to Visit Home
President Coolidge may cut short his western trip in August to spend two weeks at his Vermont farm, returning to Washington by late August. He has declined dates after August 15 and aims to be back in the White House sooner this year as repairs finish on the executive mansion.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Rapid City
D. D
Coolidge
Vermont
Washington
Here
Plymouth
White House
Dupont Circle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Flood Fears Rise In Animas Valley Durango Colorado
Two hundred people abandon lowlands as Animas River swells to four and a half miles wide. Flood waters inundate the lower town, washing out bridges and endangering the Rio Grande bridge. Durango reports telephones cut, smelter water pumps run, and roads blocked with tourists seeking lodging. The 1911 flood memory looms as trains halt and isolation grows in the San Juan basin.
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Colo
Animas
San, Juan
Dolores
Upper Rio
Rio Grande
Alamosa
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Denver Re Grande
Rio Gande
Denver
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
San Juan Basin
Main Street
Silver Files Appeal From Death Sentence in Texas
J R Bob Silver sentenced to death in Tarrant county for robbery and the killing of Roscoe Wilson Fort Worth Majestic theater cashier on January 31 about 4156 dollars taken from Wilson. He filed appeal in the criminal appeals court in Austin. Other two death penalties appealed are Robert Lee Benton for killing B E Morgan February 14 and Carlos Corona Jr for killing Julia Martinez de Corona March 27 1926 in La Salle county.
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Associated Press
Austin
J. R
Bob) Silver
Tarrant County
Roscoe Wilson
Fort Worth
Carlos Corona, Jr
la Salle County
Julia Martinez de Corona
Dunn Brothers Seek New Federal Trial Appeal
Byron and Robert Dunn filed a motion for a new trial in the United States circuit court of appeals. They reiterate that their previous conviction occurred in a court dominated by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Byron
Robert Dunn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Western trip highlights for Potter County librarian
Ralph A. Ulveling Potter County librarian visits New Mexico and Arizona this week on vacation. Reared in Chicago he had never been to the West before and aims to learn more about the region during his Amarillo stay.
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West
Ralph A. Ulveling
Potter County
New Mexico
Arizona
Ulveling
Chicago
Amarillo
Wild Leaves for San Angelo City Development Post
Claude C. Wild former assistant manager of the Board of City Development departs for San Angelo to take over as manager of the San Angelo Board of City Development. Mrs Wild and their young son stay behind due to the boy’s chicken pox.
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Wild
San Angelo
Claude C. Wild
Board of City Development
Universal Peace and Flying Machines in Industry
A bemused look at time value and transport costs notes air mail and long distance orders. It cites a $75 gear shipment with 115 one dollar stamps and 40,000 Ford flying machines used by officials to raise efficiency, while global motor vehicles total 27.65 million with the US owning over 2.13 million.
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Standard Oil of
Indiana
Ford
United States
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