Nungesser Courageand Smallpox in a Turbulent Era
New York City faces two winds of history as a heroic Paris to New York airflight rumor stirs public awe while a murder trial on Long Island pits jurors against the electric chair or life imprisonment. The column also notes rising smallpox cases, vaccination contrasts with Europe, and political doses from Mellon and bootlegger crackdowns, alongside monarchist nostalgia and a Brisbane column.
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Weather forecast and hourly temperatures for today
Tonight and Thursday remain fair and warmer. Hourly readings start at 7 a.m. 46 degrees, rising to 74 by 1 p.m. Includes a note on yesterday’s extremes and a cosmetic demonstration job ad at the Amarillo hotel with times this evening.
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Hotel Amarillo
Oil Producers Seek Government Aid to Curb Output
Leading oil producers urged federal help to restrict production. Walter Teagle and W S Farish signed the plea to Secretary Work, claiming output has reached an unprecedented excess. The plan proposed joint land purchases and cooperative control, with a $1 billion target. Teagle met Wu, a New York meeting of producers planned today.
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American Petroleum Institute
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New York
Miss Summerly to Open Game for the Texans
Irene Summerly, a diminutive stage star, will throw the first ball tomorrow at Texan Park as Amarillo’s baseball club lends support. She expects a tough swing from a Omaha slugger and plans to keep trying for a strike or until the game ends at darkness. Texan president E B Tracy says Miss Summerly and party will be guests and introduced to players. The Texans will attend her Auditorium performance tomorrow night and be presented to the crowd.
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Seven Gunmen Stage Daring HoldUp in N Y
Seven gunmen in two closed cars held up an Interborough Rapid Transit payroll crew on Seventy first Street and First Avenue New York May 11. They robbed a $9000 payroll from an assistant paymaster and two guards, wrecked the pay car and one of their own, and fired several shots before fleeing.
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Mayer Outlines Scope of B C D
Mayer newly elected president of the Board of City Development spends two days meeting staff and board members. He notes the broad field of activity and is impressed by the board’s scope and the large attendance and interest from others in Amarillo and surrounding territory.
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Board of City Development
Amarillo
Mayer
Chicago Dallas air passenger line announced
United Press reports National Airways Transportation company launches passenger service between Chicago and New York and Chicago and Dallas on August 1. Air mail planes will carry passengers with 24 hour service.
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New York
Dallas
Texas
National Airways Transportation Company
Planes Headed From Selfridge to Kelly Field for Maneuvers
Eighteen planes of the first pursuit group left Selfridge field in Michigan en route to Kelly field Texas for maneuvers. Maj. Thomas G. Lanphier led the squadron which will travel via St. Louis and Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Selfridge Field
Kelly Field
Texas
Thomas G. Lanphier
St. Louis
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Mississippi Flood Toll Rises Across Southern Regions
The Mississippi flood disaster swells with rising death tolls and widespread homelessness. Hospitals overflow as relief efforts mobilize with Red Cross and government aid. Damaging storms have persisted for two weeks, engulfing fertile fields and populous towns from the basin toward the sea.
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Mississippi Basin
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Albert Bonds Shot Dead in Belton Bankfront Shooting
Belton and Temple reports say former Bell County Sheriff Albert Bonds was shot four times by an unidentified driver in a car near the Belton National Bank and died an hour later. Monroe Fisher, son of the late Wiley Fisher, was arrested in Temple in connection with the Belton shooting.
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Electrician in Ellis County Killed by Live Wire
The body of J. C. Reeves a 34 year old electrician killed when he touched a live wire while working at Ferris Ellis county was shipped Wednesday to Comanche for burial.
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Local Beauty Contest Loses Final Cut
Two Amarillo contestants Miss Viola Guy and Miss Carmen Callahan are eliminated along with four others as judges prepare the final selection for the beauty crown tonight.
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Tornado Death Toll Mounts Across Midwest
The Kansas City report notes at least 286 dead and more than 900 injured from a series of tornadoes across Texas Illinois Kansas Missouri Arkansas with relief workers racing to locate missing villages and treat the injured. Missouri and Arkansas face high fatalities and strained aid as communications remain cut in several towns.
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Truck Load of Illicit Whisky Seized in Hollywood Apartments
Sheriff deputies seized about 400 gallons of whisky from a garage behind the Hollywood apartments at 1601 Buchanan Street. The haul included 25 five gallon hogsheads and roughly 276 gallons in jars. A wholesale pouring is set for 4 PM after the court of inquiry led by Judge Henry Bishop. A truck removed the liquor to the sheriff's custody. no arrests yet, but investigators pursue strong leads.
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White Deer Raises Flood Relief Fund Total Over $415
White Deer and nearby areas started a flood relief fund and T A Horn of the First National Bank presented the News Globe with a check for 414.50. No meeting or formal drive was held and Mr Horn said the fund began with little solicitation.
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Walkers Bail Reduced in Borger Slaying Case
In Hutchinson County two brothers Hugh and Whitey Welker charged with slaying Borger Officer Coke Buchanan on or about March 14 won bail reductions in criminal appeals court. The court cut Whitey Walker’s bail from 45000 to 7500 and Hugh Walker’s from 15000 to 1500. The case was upheld as excessive by the court.
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Yaqui Tribe and Federal Troops Clash Near Nogales
Reports from Nogales Arizona describe federal troops rushing to meet Yaqui forces led by Adolfo de La Huerta with entrenchments visible from the US side. Skirmishes occurred within fifteen miles of the border as about 660 Yaqui fighters mobilized northward amid a larger federal force.
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Sonora
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Los Angeles
Paris Hop Looms for Bellanca Plane Flight
May 11 reports say Columbia Aircraft plans a 3800 mile flight to Paris with the Bellanca mono plane despite Ambassador Herrick warning on possible misreadings in France. Charles Levine says start is set for Saturday with weather permitting, aiming to honor Captains Nungesser and Coli.
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Coast Guard Expands Search for Missing French Aviators
The United States Coast Guard has eight destroyers four cutters and three airplanes in a full speed search for Captains Nungesser and Coli. Vessels sweep steamer tracks off the New England coast while Old Gloucester planes head toward Portland Maine and seaward. Officials may add three more planes from Cape May and possibly deploy a large search aircraft aboard the Mojave to cover the Paris New York flight route.
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