Chicago to Daguerreotype the Future with Electric Steel
Arthur Brisbane notes Chicago’s growth from a 3 500 population to a metropolis of 3 000 000 while Standard Oil leadership changes and German electrification ideas push industry forward. President Coolidge and Hindenburg exchange messages on direct cable links. Germany experiments with ocean water to generate cheap electricity, energizing steel production and challenging American rivals.
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Germany
Coolidge
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Europe
International Steel Trust
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court rules Texas primaries open to negro voters
The Supreme Court unanimously voided a Texas law barring negroes from Democrats primaries. It held federal jurisdiction protects equal rights, using the Fourteenth Amendment to strike down color based voting restrictions even without explicit primary language. The decision cites racial discrimination in the Texas statute as unconstitutional.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Jury Selected For Sinclair Contempt Case In DC
The District of Columbia supreme court completed juror selection in the Harry F. Sinclair contempt trial related to the Teapot Dome inquiry. Testimony is set to begin tomorrow after government witnesses are summoned.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
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Teapot Dome
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On To El Paso Cattle Convention Push From Amarillo
Amarillo will battle El Paso March 15 16 17 to win the 1928 Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers convention the world’s largest cattle group. Two special trains will carry Amarillo and Panhandle residents to El Paso with Mayor Lee Bivins leading the effort. The Globe News will publish a special invitation edition March 13 with five thousand copies to be distributed to cattlemen and businessmen. advertisers are urged to cooperate.
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el Paso
Texas-Southwestern Cattle Rainers’ Association
Panhandle
Lee Bivins
Snow Cuts Off Mining Towns
Snow isolates San Juan basin mining communities in Southwestern Colorado as highways and rail lines to Silverton and Eureka remain blocked for weeks. Meantime aviator attempts to fly in supplies fail against 100 to 120 mile per hour winds and 14 000 foot altitudes, prompting musher relief plans. Silverton with 1200 residents and about 150 marooned in Eureka face growing hardship though food stores hold.
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Meadano Pass
Silvertone
Trains to Cattle Session Rally Amarillo Panhandle
Two special trains will carry business men of Amarillo and cattlemen of the Panhandle to El Paso for the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers association convention on March 165 16 and 17. The trains leave Amarillo at 7 o'clock Sunday evening March 13 and arrive in El Paso the next morning. The Santa Fe train will depart El Paso at midnight Thursday and spend Friday morning in Albuquerque where the chamber of commerce will take the visi.
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Panhandle
el Paso
Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Chamber of Commerce
Order Rescue of 4 Birdmen From Moroccans
Madrid reports the Spanish government ordered military commanders in Spanish Morocco to attempt the immediate rescue of Major Tadeo Larre Borges, an Uruguayan aviator, and three companions held by tribesmen. A dispatch from Cape Jubi says storms hindered progress in locating the fliers after their plane was found.
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Madrid
Spanish
Morocco
Tadeo Larre-Borges
Cape Jubi
City Flood Causes Heavy Property Loss and Delays
Severe flooding across Dallas from heavy rains caused estimated damages of 200000 to 250000 dollars. Firefighters and police aided evacuations as streetcar lines stalled for hours and schools closed or delayed. Residents fled rising waters in neighborhoods including Boggy Bayou.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Lagow
Bayou
Methodists Choose Site for Amarillo College Campus
A five member committee inspects seven proposed sites in Amarillo to select the location for the newly established Amarillo Methodist university. Bishop John M. Moore calls a March 29 conference in Amarillo to ratify the decision as over 300 ministers are expected. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is noted for food.
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Northwest Texas Conference
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O. P. Clark
Moore
Amarillo
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Contracts With Undertaker Then Kills Self
Morgantown West Virginia March 7 Arthur Murray Dellylow farmer 38-year-old after contracting with a local undertaker to bury him for 150 and asking 25 to the driver shot and killed himself authorities believe grief over domestic troubles caused the death He recently went to police headquarters and complained his wife disappeared with 7000 his entire savings
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Borger Hosts All Day Birthday Jubilee for City
Borger plans a citywide birthday party with a downtown parade at 11 AM followed by an address, two rodeo events, a boxing bout, and banquet. A Santa Fe train will carry Amarillo representatives, with a 8 AM departure and 6:20 PM return, for an estimated 100 attendees. Col. Arthur P. Duggan will speak, and 225 banquet meals are arranged at the Methodist tabernacle.
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Canyon
Head of High School Class Surrenders After Dalhart Shooting
Billy Patterson, 20, was shot and killed on Dalhart main street while in a car with friends. Joe Bill Inman, 22, senior class president at Dalhart High School, surrendered to the sheriff after the shooting. Eyewitnesses say Inman stepped on the running board and fired twice, Patterson dying about thirty minutes later. The pair, both longtime Dalhart residents, had quarreled several times that day. no motive is known. The Dalhart case is under review by the Dallam county grand jury.
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Dalhart
Billy Patterson
C. D. Patterson
Joe Bill Inman
Dalhart High School
Young Inman
Patterson
Sheriff's Department
Dallam County
US Marines Move Toward Matagalpa in Nicaraguan Turmoil
United States marines, about 135 men, were en route to Matagalpa to quell fighting between Liberal and Conservative factions in Nicaragua. The action follows rising clashes as US forces aim to prevent further violence.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Matagalpa
Anderson Hance Noted Rancher Dies in Amarillo
Anderson Hance aged 65 a retired ranchman and trail blazer of the North Panhandle died at his home 2211 South Fillmore street at 3 oclock Sunday morning after several months illness. He leaves a widow a son Boyd Hance of Glazier Texas and three daughters Mrs W G Tennyson Mrs W H Smith Jr and Mrs Jay Porter all of Amarillo. Funeral held in state at Griggs Funeral chapel until 2 this afternoon with services at 3 oclock Wednesday at Glazier Texas under Magonle Lodge Canadian.
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North Panhandle
South Fillmore Street
Hance
Boyd Hance
Glazier
Texas
W. G. Tennyson
W. H. Smith, Jr
Mexican Picnic Ends in Death and Injuries
One dead and ninety injured after two motor trucks carrying pleasure seekers overturned on the Mexico City Puebla road. A third truck crashed into the wreckage as rescuers rushed to hospitals with forty patients, many in critical condition.
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Associated Prems
Mexico City
March
Mexico City-Puebla
West Texas Prosperous Declares Wade Tour Kickoff
Homer Wade of the West Texas chamber of commerce arrived in Amarillo for a goodwill tour that will visit thirteen Panhandle towns this week. He credited oil, grain and surplus feedstuffs for a prosperous period and spoke highly of the upcoming Wichita Falls convention on May 16 and 17.
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West Texas
Wade
Homer Wade
Wichita Falls
Good Will Plane Crashes Into Ocean Near Uruguay
Montevideo March 7. A U.S. Army Good Will plane collapsed into the sea shortly after takeoff for the north. No casualties reported.
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U.S
Ocean
Montevideo
Uruguay
Ambrillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Tonight and Tuesday are fair with colder temperatures. Far West Texas also expects fair skies tonight and Tuesday, with a sharp dip in the cold snap. Temperature extremes recorded up to 1 pm today reach 48 degrees in the north and 88 in the south.
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Far West
Texas
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