Crack Golfers Start Out On Texas Amateur
One hundred sixty three crack amateur Texas golfers began the San Antonio Country Club qualifying, narrowing the field to 32 for the state championship. Notables featured Oeste Carlton of Houston, Charley Dexter of Dallas, Tommy Cochran of Wichita Falls, Clarence Hubby of Temple, and Jack Speer of Houston, among others. Charles D. Turner Jr. of McAllen and Jack Gufenheim of San Antonio led the first pairing at eight o clock with the rest starting at four minutes past.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Charles D. Turner Jr
McAllen
Jack Gufenheim
Cuimrion
Oeste Carlton
Houston
Charley Dexter
Yallas
Tommy Cochrane
Wichita Talis
Clarence Hubby
Temple
Jack Speer
Chicago and St Louis Livestock Prices May 1 and 11
Market notes from Chicago show hogs at about 9.80 to 9.09 for different grades and cows around 4.25 to 4.75, with heavy weights near 11.80 and steers around 12.60. St Louis reports hogs around 9.25 tops, cattle near 11.60 for top steers, and sheep around 14 to 17 dollars for lambs, with varied bids across slaughter grades.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Choice
California
ST. Louis
Associated Prenk East
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Texas
New York
United Press
York
Midwest
Rio
Santos O
Young Americas
Long Island
Maine
Bermuda
Pacific Coasts
Browns
Fort Worth and Kansas City Livestock and Market News
Fort Worth cattle and calves offered with price ranges and stocker totals reported. Kansas City markets list cattle, calves, stockers, and sheep with price bands. Chicago grain and commodities show wheat corn oats and soy futures, with May prices and related notes.
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Kansas
The
Associated Press
Kansas City
Negroes Warned Out of Little Rock
The Arkansas Gazette reports mimeographed letters sent to several black businessmen warn them to leave Little Rock. The threats say white residents will kill them if they stay, claiming negroes are undesirable and the town will be unhealthy for them.
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Little Rock
Associated
The
Arkansas Gazette
Severs” Neera
Malt tax plan tabled by vote in Texas House
Rep Zac Gates proposed asking Governor Moody to submit a malt tax question. The measure was tabled 96 to 12 and expunged by two thirds. Dallas Rep Rawlins called the move an anti effort and cited a Ferguson administration favors broker. Gates claimed the tax would curb home brew use.
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Associated Fro
Austin
Zac Gates
Moody
Rawlins
Dallas
Tade
Gates
Ferguson
Texas
Confession Linked D Autremont Case Reported
Deputy District Attorney Harland Howard said a confession by J W Friedenburg ties the D Autremont brothers to the 1923 Oregon mail train bombing and killings. Friedenburg claimed involvement and named two brothers, one dead after a river drowning and another in Honduras, with Sheriff Hillhouse promising full verification.
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United Press
Reno
Harland Howard
D'Autremont Brothers
Oregon
J. W. Friedenburg
California
Nevada
Friedenburg
Howard
Rogue River
Honduras
J. D. Hillhouse
Hugh D'Autremont
Manila
Roy
Ray
Cooking School Lets Amarillo Women Learn Spring Dishes
Mrs. Chitwood conducts matter of fact lectures and demonstrations in Amarillo teaching step by step methods for seasonal dishes using available kitchenware. The course draws women from across the Panhandle with delegates from Plains cities visiting daily.
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Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas
Tactless Texan and a Patchwork of Local Jests
The columnist recounts wild anecdotes about a boy named Willie Allen, police mischief with red lights, and stock ramblings around Boob Oil. He notes Fort Still training camp plans, comments on Jimmie Morris’s recreation club, and ends promising to visit for “tone and color” at the Oliver Eakle building basement club.
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de. Parcells
Fort Still
Oklahoma
Jimmie Morris
Mr. Morris
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle
Old Tack
Amarillo Progress Plan Promises Bold City Improvements
Qld Tack lays out a platform for lower water and gas rates lower electric costs and cheaper gasoline. proposes cleaner streets more viaducts a municipal golf course and opening Bivins lake to the public. calls for elimination of railroad crossings and expanded bus routes with stricter traffic enforcement and continued efforts to attract industry.
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Bivins Lake
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Paved Road To Llano Cemetery In Town
A Glenwood reader notes a newly paved and graveled road from town to Llano cemetery, with the south Fillmore street bus extended into Glenwood nearby the north cemetery gate. The improvement eases Decoration Day plans for residents without cars and enhances access to a scenic burial place.
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Twenty-Sixth Street
Llano Cemetery
Glenwood
Panhandle trees promoted by irrigation and planting
A letter urges rapid tree and pasture colonization of the Panhandle by artificial aid. The writer cites Hal G Evarts in the Saturday Evening Post and argues water just below the surface, good soil, and spading the soil with fertilizer will transform prairie in five years.
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Panhandle
Hal G. Evarts
Saturday Evening Post
Kansas
Dear Tack and Town Gossip in a North-Side Sequel
A reader vents about sewer digging choices and rock costs, urging north side relocation. The section also lampoons Tack the beauty columnist, ribbing neighbors, rent woes, Sunday movies, and a red-light incident involving the fire department.
Berean Class Plans Friday Evening Picnic
The Berean class of the First Christian church will hold a picnic Friday evening. Members meet at the church at 6 30 p m and travel to Palisades or Amarillo Creek for a weiner roast.
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First Christian Church
Palisades
Amarillo Creek
Flood Swallows Lafitte Bayou Area as Camps Relocate
Refugee camps report flooding with mulatto residents of Lebenw moving westward. The old fort once linked to Lafitte lies in the flood path. Engineers warn the bayou used by Lafitte for smuggling will soon be submerged by several feet of water.
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Lebenw
St. Landry's Parish
Lafitte
Great Louisiana flood as 8000 square miles inundated
As flood waters from the Atchafalaya and Bayou Des Glaisses breaches flood South Central Louisiana, residents face unfolding disaster. Casualties are unconfirmed but feared. at Melville near the river ten Black residents reportedly drowned while others are trapped or missing. Rescue worker W T Clark recounts saving 163 people, but a mother and three family members were lost when a floating house capsized.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya River
Bayou Des Glasses
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Melville
Tehafalaya
Tosa Plantation
W. T. Clark
Alexandria
Clark
Bath school blast tragedy worsens rural despair
In Bath Michigan the school blast killed E E Huyck and others, wrecking the west wing and injuring many children. Investigators blame high taxes and note Kehoe dynamited his home before the attack. Parents and neighbors mourn amid wreckage as authorities survey the scene.
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Glenn Smith
Oscar Olander
Michigan Department of Public Safety
Kehoe
Olander
Nelson McFarris
Smith
E. E. Huyck
Bath
Maytag Shop Tops State Sales in Nine Weeks
The Amarillo Maytag shop at 202 West Tenth Street received its third car load of washing machines today. Manager H. S. Tritch said the Amarillo store led Texas in sales for nine of the ten weeks since its establishment, with San Antonio taking the honors for one week.
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Amarillo Maytag
West Tenth Street
H. S. Tritch
Amarillo
San Antonio
Texas
Freed in Slaying of Brooklyn High School Student
Walter Goldberg a 17 year old Brooklyn high school student is freed of murder charges after Justice Townsend Scudder dismisses the indictment for first degree murder. The case stemmed from the March 14 fatal shooting of classmate Anna Harris 16. Goldberg claimed the gun went off accidentally during a struggle over a pistol.
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United Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter Goldberg
Townsend Scudder
Anna Harris
Scudder
Snyder-Gray
Goldberg
Miss Harris
Higinbotham Services Held at Central Presbyterian
Funeral services for E. L. Higinbotham 51 were at 3 today at Central Presbyterian Church where he was a reader. J B Bryant Co president, wholesale houses to close for the afternoon services. Survived by widow five children and parents. body viewed at 1607 Van Buren. Burial in Liano cemetery by N S Griggs and Sons.
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E. L. Higinbotham
Central Presbyterian Church
Higinbotham
RB. Thomson
J. BE. Bryant Company
Amarillo Wholesalers and Robbers Association
O. Dunaway Houston
Frank Higinbotham
Oklahoma University
Robert Higinbotham
New Mexico Military Institute
Evelyn
Gertrude Higinbotham
Holton
Kansas
Robert Clarence
Central City
van Buren Street
Liano Cemetery
N. 5. Griggs and Sons
Advisability of New Airline to be Considered
Washington May 1 The advisability of installing a new contract air mail route from Laredo and intermediate cities to Dallas will be discussed at a Wichita Falls conference Friday. Assistant Postmaster General W Irving Glover will meet San Antonio Austin and Waco chamber committees. The line would connect with the National Air Transport line to Chicago. Laredo is an international exchange office for mail between the United States and Mexico. There is indication the Mexican government may open a route between Laredo and Mexico City. Glover will also discuss a possible second leg from the Chicago Dallas route to Galveston via Houston.
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Associated Press
Washington
Laredo
Dallas
Wichita Falls
W. Irving Glover
Chambers of Commerce of
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
National Air Transport Line
Chicago
Yall
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Glover
Texas
Sam Bernard Dies at Sea Aboard Columbus
Actor Sam Bernard, famed comedian aged 64, died on board the liner Columbus last night. The Associated Press reports a telegram from North German Lloyd offices in New York stating he died of apoplexy at sea.
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Associated Press
New York
Sam Bernard
Columbus
Llyod
Bernard
S P Willis Elected President of Aerie
S P Willis of Denison was elected state president of the Texas Aerie fraternal order of Eagles at the close of the 1927 convention in Wichita Falls. Other officers named include D Dearing Fort Worth state vice president Sam Goodman San Antonio state chaplain and William Y T Souter San Antonio state secretary for his 24th term George Strickhausen Galveston state treasurer A J Bergerson Port Arthur state conductor C M Bullock Houston inner guard William Jordan Galveston outer guard J M Pasteuchek Wichita Falls R M Reimer Beaumont and Paul E Steffler San Antonio state trustees.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
P. Willis
Denison
Texas Aerie
Order of Eagles
D. Dearing
Fort Worth
Sam Goodman
San Antonio
William YT. Souter
George Strickhausen
Galveston
A. J. Bergerson
Port Arthur
C. M. Bullock
Houston
William Jordan
J. M. Pasteuchek
R. M. Reimer
Beaumont
Paul E. Steffler
Roswell Boosters Spend Day Here
Roswell boosters on their way home from the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Wichita Falls spent today in Amarillo. They arrived on the All Panhandle special train and will depart at 7 this evening. Claude Simpson and Cecil Bonney led the Roswell delegation attending the convention.
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Roswell
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Claude Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Bonney
Marriage Licenses For Several Couples Reported
Frank L. Johnson and Velma Cleatus Clark Noel Greer and Addie Davis Terry Rusk and Dora Greathouse Ernest D. McGhee and Cecile Kyn nard Jeland Breskenridee and Ruby Price were issued marriage licenses as listed in the public records.
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Frank L. Johnson
Velma Cleatus Clark
Noel Greer
Addie Davis
Terry Rusk
Dora Greathouse
Ernest D. McGhee
Cecile Kynnard
Jeland Breskenridee
Ruby Price
Defense Fires Opening Guns In Kelly Trial
Los Angeles May 17 United Press reports the Kelly trial opened with defense silent on whether Kelly will testify. Testimony detailed Raymond’s injuries and the alleged parties at Kelly’s apartment with Dorothy Mackaye and Helen Wilkinson present.
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United Press
Ter
Dorothy Mackaye
Kelly
Gilbert
Cay
Walter
Mex Wagner
Sullivan
Raymon
Wagner
Miss Mackaye
Hum
Helen Wilkinson
Raymond
Dr. Sullivan
Miss Wilkinson
Mrs Rogers Dies at Daughters Home in New Mexico
Mrs Pardee Rogers 61 died at the home of her daughters after a long illness. She moved from Des Moines to New Mexico in December and is survived by sons Archie and Jasper Rogers and several daughters including Mrs Suce Harmon and Mrs Roy Chisum. The body will be prepared by Blackburn Funeral Home and sent to her former home for burial after relatives arrive.
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Pardee Rogers
Roy Chisum
Carolina Street
Des Moines
New Merc
Houston
Sylvester Rogers
Rille
Suce Harmon
Denver
Roy 'Hisum
Amarillo
Blackburn Funeral Home
Mexican Held After Lincoln Street Cafe Shooting
Julio 5, a Mexican, was shot in the leg this morning after an altercation in a cafe on Lincoln streets. Catarina Flores, owner of the cafe, claimed he shot the other man after the latter hacked a piano and furniture and attempted to knife her. Flores was arrested and turned over to county authorities.
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Julio
Catarina Flores
Flores
Ese
Pud
Ane
Lincoln Streets
Abolishment Proposal Defeated in Texas House
The Texas House overwhelmingly rejected a resolution by Representatives Stout and Reagan to ask Governor Moody to submit a bill abolishing five state departments. The measure targeted the board of health the department of agriculture the livestock commission and the games fish and oyster commission as burdens on taxpayers.
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Associated Press
Austin
Stout
Reaga
Moody
Reagan
Board of Health
May Extend Air Mail Service in This State
Assistant Postmaster General will confer with chamber of commerce representatives from Waco and Wichita Falls on Friday to consider advisory extending air mail service to these cities. The department is also extending the air mail route from Chicago to Dallas to include Houston and Galveston.
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Washington
Iiver
Chamber “ Re Merce
Waco
Wichita Falls
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
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