No word on status of Army Flyers flight around the world
Reports from Bremerton Washington say no word yet whether three US planes on a round‑the‑world flight left Atka Island for Attu in the Aleutians after a heavy snowstorm. Lieut Earl Tonkin and Sgt Ivan Cooper planned to depart San Francisco for Seattle to join the coast guard cutter Bear for a search in Alaska.
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Associated Press
Bremerton
Wash
United States
Atka Island
Attu Island
Aleutian Archipelago
Earl
Seattle
Coast Guard
Bear
Chignik
Alaska
Frederick L. Marin
Sergi Alva L. Harvey
Sheriff Sale in Potter County Texas 1924
Sheriff Less Whitaker announces a public sale of real estate in Potter County Texas on the first Tuesday in June 1924. The property described includes Lots One and part of Lot Two in Block One Hundred Eighty Seven Glidden and Sanborn Addition Amarillo. The sale settles a $570.84 judgment for City of Amarillo for Willmering and Mullen costs.
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Texas
Potter
District Court of
Potter County
Amarillo
Glidden & Sanborn
Sylvia Boswell
Sam Boswell
City of
Willmering & Mullen
Intersectional baseball opens major leagues with limited schedule
The major leagues begin a limited intersectional season with Cleveland and St Louis in the east and the Boston Nationals in the west. By May 10 all NL games will be west and AL games east through May 26. Boston beat Washington 4 2 while St Louis defeated Cleveland 4 1 as George Sisler starred.
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New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston Nationals
Boston
Washington
George Sisler
Brown
Billerbe
Wingard
Howard Ehmke
Walter Johnson
John Collins
Johnson
Record Flight Height Surpasses Oct Record
An aircraft achieved an altitude of 15 088 feet with a load of 4 409 pounds, breaking the previous world record of 6 720 feet set last October by Harold H Harris, American flyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. Harris
American tennis squad for Olympics named
The American Olympic men's tennis team for Paris in July includes captain R Norris Williams of Philadelphia Vincent Richards of Yonkers Francis T Hunter of Beckley West Virginia and Watson M Washburn of New York Hunter ranked fifth nationally fills the vacancy created by William T Tilden who resigns from both Olympic and Davis cup teams The four will play singles and the doubles pairings are Hunter Richards and Williams Washburn.
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New York
Paris
R. Norris Williams
Philadelphia
Vincent Richards
Yonkers
N. Y
Francis T. Hunter
Beckley
W. Va
Watson M. Washburn
Hunter
William T. Tilden
Hunter- Richards
Williams-Washburn
Woods Tract Chosen for Amarillo Boy Scouts Camp
A wooded section of the H C Delater tract in Palo Duro canyon between the Palo Duro club and Happy Glenn holdings was selected as the permanent Amarillo Boy Scouts camp. The site is fourteen miles from Amarillo and will host a large camp building while current cabins on the Jack Hall property are moved to the new camp. A spring board will open over the natural swimming hole. Dr Guy Owen was named to replace T W Cotten as leadership training chair at the meeting.
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H. C. Delater
Palo Duro Canyon
Palo Duro Club
Happy Glenn
Guy Owen
T. W. Cotten
Beauty Gone Girl Seeks 500000 After Accident
Helen Jes ter, former Follies member in New York City, sues for 500000 alleging loss of beauty after a car ride with Philip Morgan Plant stepson of US District Attorney William Hayward. The collision left her with eye injury and facial damage.
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Helen Jester
The
Follies
New York City
Philip Morgan Plant
US District
William Hayward
Miss Jesmer
New York
Pratt Provides Evidence in Wheeler Indictments
John F. Pratt special assistant attorney general testified before the senate committee that documentary evidence bases part of the indictment against Senator Wheeler in Montana. He presented photo static reproductions of correspondence between Wheeler and Gordon Campbell and stated he held all relevant departmental evidence, with additional materials not bearing on the current charge.
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Washington
John 5. Pratt
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Committee
Gordon Campbell
Pratt
Parents and Teachers Congress Convenes Final Day
St Louis on May 9 held business sessions and group conferences as the national congress of parents and teachers closed.
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Business
No Land Available for Oil Reserves Testimony
Washington May 9 Senate committee session explored land withdrawals through Assistant Secretary Finney of the Interior. He said no government oil lands are currently available for naval reserves, noting Alaska lands could be considered but oil value is questionable.
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Washington
Senate
Finney
Inerior
Spencer
Missouri
Congress
Alaska
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ARMY
Major Martin
Simla
British India
Paes
Beiros
Lisbon
Macao
China
Jodhpur
Aeronautic Service
Lieut. Pelletier Doisy
Far East
Calcutta
Akyab
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Bossoutrot
A. D
Less Whitaker
J. W. Pottinger
van Buren
E.J. Witt
B. D. Horton
Tyler Street
Oklahoma City
Globe Office
William J. Burns
Investigation Bureau
United States Department of Justice
BOY Scouts
Daily Globe
Oklahoma
Hunt
Tetter
Bema Mingo
Duke Drug CO
7Th & Polk
Russell Jewelry Company
DR. Watkins
Rex Soda Shop
Polk
Sherwin-Williams
Floorlac
Tyler
E. H. Petty
Acdrese
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