Globe article comments on stock markets and modern life
Editorial notes Rockefeller family charity and progress against disease while predicting a boom in 10 million share trading days. It cites Giannini in Europe, rising Paris stocks, and British speculation, then shifts to social topics high heels, corsets, and labor. It closes with crime, war, and bootlegging trends affecting Chicago police.
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Paris
Poincare
Giannini
San Francisco
Europe
Ranch owner shot down in motor car near Kirkland
Spurgeon Clark held in Childress Texas for the fatal shooting of Jess Williams at a Kirkland area filling station. Clark surrendered and may face charges. Williams, a Hardeman county ranch owner, was shot several times as his car was fired upon near Kirkland. The investigation spans Childress and Quanah counties with limited details released.
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Associated Press
Childress
Tex
Spurgeon Clark
Jess Williams
Kirkland
Clark
Hardy Brown
Quanah
Hardeman County
Williams
Walter Williams
Howard Williams
John Hill
Childress County
Bermuda Grass Draws Crowd at City Grounds
Several sacks of Bermuda grass were hauled from the Municipal auditorium grounds after the announcement that the grass was available. A man from Hereford came to take grass roots for a Bermuda lawn, while others brought bulbs and flowers for beautification work by the Board of City Development.
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Municipal Auditorium
Hereford
Board of City Development
Weather forecast overview for multiple states
Tonight is partly cloudy in West Texas and Oklahoma with warmer conditions in eastern areas. East Texas and Louisiana expect cloudy nights and Wednesday with light to moderate onshore winds. Arkansas reports partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with warmer northern portions.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Oklahoma
East Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Death of State Senator I D Fairchild in Texas
State Senator I. D. Fairchild of Lufkin died in Dallas from injuries from an April 17 automobile crash near Tyler. The blood clot caused his death. Capitol colors were half mast in Austin after the announcement. He served in the Senate since 1922 and was a noted debater and filibuster leader. He authored bills on search warrants, railroad management, and rural road development.
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Associated Press
Dallas
I. D. Fairchild
Lufkin
Tyler
Austin
Tex
State Capitol
Senate
House
Old Prison Commission
Fairchild
State Textbook Commission
State Iron Industry Board
Red Terrorism Reports From Chinese Refugees
Refugees arriving in Shanghai from northern and western Hupeh recount terror by bands in those districts, confirming earlier reports of the sack of Kingmen and the slaying of 5,000 inhabitants by bandits.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Kingmen
Prairie Head Makes Personal Movie Tour of Panhandle Fields
Nelson K. Moody, president of Prairie Oil and Gas, famed as one of the world’s top oil men, travels with a party making moving pictures of trips through the Panhandle oil and gas region. Amarillo residents at the Herring hotel were filmed as Moody and his party left for the fields.
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Nelson K. Moody
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Moody
Panhandle
United States
California voters weigh Democratic contest in tight primary
In San Francisco on May 1 Californians vote in a presidential primary with three Democratic hopefuls Governor Alfred E. Smith Senator James A. Reed and Senator Thomas J. Walsh. A possible split ticket looms as observers note the Democratic race remains unsettled while Hoover runs unopposed for the Republican delegates. Democratic and Republican registrations show notable increases since four years ago.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Hoover
Rangers Raid Near Houston Targets Former Resort
Texas Rangers led by Captain Frank Hamer raided a site once known as Loma Linda on the Sugarland road about 16 miles from Houston just after midnight. The action followed information from UPI reports detailing the raid near Houston on May 1.
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United Press
Houston
Texas
Frank Hamer
Texas Rangers
Loma Linda
Sugarland Road
Army Air Corps Expert Names Best Municipal Airport Site
C W Cousland a lieutenant in the Air Corps reported to Amarillo’s Board of City Development after inspecting sites for a proposed municipal airport. He favored Bivins Field for its drainage, size and runways, noting Wells Field as a strong runner up though with drainage and obstacle issues. A Commerce Department expert evaluation is awaited. The city commission aims to establish the airport soon.
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Air Corps
Board of City Development
Cousland
Amarillo
Twelfth Observation Squadron
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Bivins
Herring-Roberts
Blackburn Field
Bivins Fields
Department of Commerce
Wichita, Kan
Globe
Patrol Wives Warned To Be On Lookout
The article notes patrol members of the Los Angeles Shrines are told to attend a 8 o'clock Shrine Temple meeting where Norris Ewing the patrol captain will distribute two crates of oranges left by the LA Shriners. The event also discusses the Shrine ceremonial planning.
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Shrine Patrol
Los Angeles
Shrine Temple
May Day Riots and Parades Across the World
Communists socialists and labor groups held May Day events worldwide with clashes in Warsaw where two died and many arrested. Labor unions urged child welfare in the United States as police tightened security in New York and major cities.
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United Press
Socialista
Warsaw
American Federation of Labor
United States
New York
New Yor
Moscow
Riga
Latvia
Berlin
Tokio
Paris
Fresident Calles
Mexico City
Chicago
Paris Calm On May Day Amid Threats From Extremists
May Day morning in Paris passed without major disruption despite threats of demonstrations by extremists. Police reported routine crowds and calm conditions as the day unfolded, with any potential disturbances not materializing.
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Associated Press
Paris
Enriremists
Bremen Fliers Elated Over U S Storm of Enthusiasm
Three smiling aviators from across the Atlantic celebrated their welcome in New York after a storm of ticker tape confetti and pages. Captain Herman Koehl Major James Fitzmaurice and Baron Gunther von Huenefeld praised the city’s reception as the biggest storm of enthusiasm yet and compared it to Lindbergh’s famed arrival.
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Bremen
U. S
Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Greenly Island
Herman Koehl
Winter Garden
James Fitzmaurice
Gunther von Huenefeld
Nero
Rome
Europe
Lindy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of St Louis to Join Smithsonian Collection
Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis rests under guard at Bolling Field awaiting installation with other Smithsonian pioneer scientific works. The plane has flown over 40 000 miles since May 1927 and completed a 726 mile final leg from St Louis to Washington in four hours 68 minutes.
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Mrors
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
St. Louisa
Charles G. Abcott
Paris
Bolling Field
Langley Field
Earth
D B Foy Returns From Rate Case Hearing
D B Foy traffic manager of Panhandle Lumber returned from Fort Worth where he attended a coal rate hearing from southern Colorado and northern New Mexico to the Panhandle of Texas. He represented the Board of City Development and other local groups on complaints filed months earlier.
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D. B. Foy
Panhandle Lumber Company
Fort Worth
Colorado
New Mexico
Panehandle
Texas
Board of City Development
Gas from Panhandle fields to be turned into Denver mains June 1
Christy Payne of Colorado Interstate Gas and Nelson K. Moody of Prairie Oil and Gas lead a party in Amarillo to review progress on the Denver gas line. Officials say construction has set a new record and gas will flow into Denver mains on June 1, instead of October 1, due to unusually open winter. They plan a tour of Panhandle gas fields, booster stations north of the river at Kivina, and other allied properties. a Kan-Hine project from Amarillo to El Paso may be considered.
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Panhandle
Denver
Colorado
Christy Payne
New York
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Nelson K. Moody
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Allied Companies
Colorado Company
Amarillo
Payne
Moody
Colorado, Prairie
Fl Paso
Kivina
Hart Delayed in Endurance Flight by Adverse Wind
Joe Hart and his Ryan monoplane were kept on the ground by an adverse wind, delaying a planned world record endurance flight. Officials say a proper takeoff wind from the south is needed at dawn to resume the attempt.
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Joe Hart
United Press
Chickasha
Okio
Ryan
Hart
Amarillo Dog Goes to Hollywood as Movie Star
Texas two year old German police dog Tex and his owner J McCormie of the Palo Duro hotel depart Amarillo for Hollywood to sign with Universal Film. Universal scouts tested the dog’s acting ability and offered a contract while McCormice resigns his Palmolive Poet post to manage Tex full time.
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Amarillo
Texas
J. McCormie
Palo Duro Hotel
Tex
Hollywood
Universal Film Company
McCormice
Palmolive Poet Company
Hollyweed
Universal Company
McCormic
Texax
Globe
DROWN WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES NEAR MONONGAHELA RIVER
A small ferry boat overturned on the Monongahela River between Mason Town and Greensboro drowning eight of nine aboard. The boat carried paneers across the river and was struck by a floating log. Identified dead include Robert Kennedy and Zenith Gabbie. others were a white girl and a Negro woman with four children. Search continued hours after the accident as river levels remained high after a recent storm.
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Uniontown
Monongahela River
Masontown
Greensboro
Robert Kennedy
Zenith Gabbie
Seach
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Baby Week Observed Nationwide With Emphasis On Care
Across the nation Baby Week brings attention to child health with sponsors promising better lives for infants. Amarillo firms offer bargains on baby products and distribute care literature as photographers work and Mother’s Health Day prompts focus on diet exercise and habits. John Maynard Lumber Co promotes select fence boards at a special cash price.
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Amarillo
John Maynard Lumeher Co
5Th
Jefferson
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