Water supply adequate for Amarillo as hydrants flow
Amarillo enjoys abundant water after the city’s new 2 million dollar system was activated. Hydrants delivered strong pressure and households bathed more than in days, while the Southwestern Public Service company gains about 750,000 gallons daily from the single well, with full transfer to distribution planned in two months. An unrelated note mentions the Nottingham bishop suspending a fasting obligation.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Southwestern Company
Markets Report from Kansas City Livestock and Commodities
Kansas City markets show cattle and hogs mixed as of May 13 with feeders, steers, calves and sows priced across regions. St Louis and Chicago livestock and grain markets also cited with varied quotes for cattle, sheep, hogs and grain futures.
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Kansas City
The
Asociated Press
Lexie Wethers
ST. Louis
Associated Prewr
East ST. Louis
Chicago
Associated Press
Ecnicago
California
Associated Presse
Readers react to beauty contest judging and local mischief
A Texas letter writer disputes beauty pageant judges and shares town concerns. He praises Miss Two for charm and promises, notes Miss One's appeal, and laments lack of thanks. The piece also reports dog poisoning in the neighborhood, police investigation, and comments on high winds across Texas towns.
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Prankie Perry
Tuberculosis Sanatorium Fits Sun Porches on Pivot
A Holland sanatorium installs small three sided porches on pivots to let patients turn toward or away from the sun. Each porch encloses a bed or chair area with a table and bookstand for sun therapy and rest.
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Holland
Old Sol
Brothers Prepare Long Sail to Australia in Cutty Sark
Robert and Francis Luke fit out in Marseilles a 33 foot sailing yacht the Cutty Sark for a two year voyage to Australia. They plan a route via the Red Sea Singapore Japan and the Fiji Islands. Robert is an expert clipper sailor, his brother a former Foreign Legion airman.
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Robert
Francis Luke
Marseilles
France
Australia
Red Sea
Singapore
Japan
Fiji Islands
Foreign Legion
Paris Women Cropping Ears Sparks Absurd Trend
Paris, famed for bold ideas, sees a fad as Parisiennes crop their ears to appear more becoming. The procedure is painful, and observers doubt it will gain wide adoption.
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Paris
Market Summary Prevails Amid Mixed Overnight Trades
The report notes Baldwin Pullman and Western House Air Brake lead the equipment sector while Brooklyn Union Gas and Radio Corporation top public utilities. Major firms Commercial Solvents Union Bag and Paper and Du Pont saw large overnight selling orders exit positions. Currency markets show sterling and French francs opening unchanged at 4 851 and 3 915 qc, with Italian lira and Spanish pesetas under pressure.
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Baldwin, Pullman and Westernghouse Air Brake
Brooklyn Union Gas and Radio Corporation
Union Bag and Paper
du Pont
Actress Dorothy Mackaye Reveals Affair Ties in Raymond Killing
In Los Angeles May 13 United Press reports Dorothy Mackaye admits to relations with Paul Kelly and confirms a romance surrounding the death of Ray Raymond. She describes meeting Kelly in Santa Barbara and a long distance call from San Francisco while she played in theater.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Dorothy Mackaye
Cent Ray Raymond
Paul Kelly
Misty Eyes
Kelly
Raymond
Havingeen Kelly
Santa Barbara
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
Urban Theater
Staif
Jim
Snyder Bride Faces Sentence In Ossining Murder Trial
Ruth Snyder sits in court as weeks of testimony wrap in the Ossining murder trial. Justice Scudder and Garewell preside while crowds pressed near the bar. The defendants hear the verdict after a swift deliberation that found them guilty of first degree murder.
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Ossining
Justice Scudder
Supreme Court
Garewell
Ruth Snyder
Prize Won At St Patrick Whist Party In Brixton Hall
Ireland won the first prize at a St Patrick's Day whist party held at Brixton Hall in England. The event drew notable attention as part of social festivities across the region.
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Brixton Hall
England
Ireland
Honduras
United States
Cuba
Prussia
Leipzig
Germany
Spain
Teheran
Mohammerth
Persian Gulf
London
Paris
Scotlan
Berlin
Scotland
Amarillo Readers Debate Beauty Contests and Local Loyalties
Letters plume Amarillo over a national bathing beauty controversy with critique of judges and calls for darker town character. A traffic signals poem urges safer streets, and a resident asks if Amarillo sticks by its working class amid rising rents.
Lindbergh and Allied Fliers Plan Eastward Flight Route
Reports detail Lindbergh plotting a course from Newfoundland toward Ireland and southern England en route to Paris, following a path similar to Nun gresser and Coli. Bellanca aims eastward to reach steamer lanes before turning toward Europe. Weather delays may push departure to tomorrow with Byrd possibly joining.
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Lindbergh
Nungresser
Coli
New Foundland
Sub
Artic
Ireland
England
Paris
Bellanca
Europe
Prat
Byrd
Coolidge Urges France On Missing French Aviators
President Coolidge sent a message to France's Gaston Doumergue expressing American sympathy over the fate of missing aviators Nungesser and Coli. He said the government is doing everything possible to aid the search and hopes they will be found. Reports also mention about six persons at Harbor Grace Newfoundland.
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Fy United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Gaston Doumergue
France
Nungeseer
Coli
Nungesser
America
Eaid
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Cell
mid-Atlantic
English Channel
Ireland
Two Girls and a Dog Enduring a Tragic Street Collision
A small friendly dog of seven pounds is struck and killed by a speeding sedan as two girls watch from the car. The narrator laments careless driving and recalls how the dog brought happiness to the street, ending with a wish for some reward for the gentle creature.
Lindbergh Quietly Prepares for Paris Flight
Reports say Nungesser and Coli were believed lost after engine trouble over the Atlantic while Lindbergh, the 25 year old Nebraskan, nears readiness for a nonstop New York to Paris attempt. He tuning his engine at Curtiss Field after a long cross country and arrives with a wary public watching.
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Lindbergh
Byrd
Fokker
Hasbrouck Heights
Curtiss Field
St. Louis
San Diego
Bellanta
Bellanca
Sinclair Fall trial delayed by government action
The Sinclair Fall conspiracy trial was postponed from May 23 to October 17 to allow the government to search for missing witnesses including Blackmer and James S. ONeil, with A. E. Humphreys' death cited as implicating urgency. Harry F. Sinclair's contempt sentence was also postponed to next Friday. Police in Johannesburg detained twenty six natives for drunkenness after a confrontation, while Chicago drivers were routed to traffic-regulation classes.
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United Press
Washington
Harry M. Blacmer
Europe
Harry PF. Sinclair
U. S. Senate
Owen J. Roberts
Blackmer
Nice-to- Monte Cemio
France
Agai
Monte Carlo
Roberts
James S. O'Neil
Denver
A. E. Humphreys
Humphreys
Continental Traiing Company
Teapot Dome
Johannesburg
South Africa
Lindbergh Favors Paris Flight Despite Doubts
The report notes Lindbergh doubts about securing a bet on Paris while Byrd and Chamberlin prepare a Fokker endurance flight. The group, including Acosta, Byrd, and Roosevelt Field staff, weighs pilot weight and navigator needs as they push for a trans Atlantic attempt.
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Paris
Bert Acosta
Byrd
Fokker
Chamberlin
Mer
Roosevelt Field
Bia
Lindbergh
Reward Offered for Finding French Fliers
A reward of 25,000 is posted by Raymond Orteig for locating any missing French aviators or traces of their airplane. The offer was announced by W. P. McCracken assistant secretary of commerce. Orteig, sponsor of the New York Paris flight, cabled the announcement to George W. Burleigh in New York. The fund is with the Bank of America at 44 Wall Street.
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Associates Press
Washington
Ramond Orteig
Ile Voy
W. P. McCrack
Comme
Orteig
George W. Burleigh
New York
Commerce Department
Ica
Wall Street
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E. F. Myers
Diamond
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J. W. Hunter
Mr. Tack
Arcey
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Atlantic
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