Carter Sees Huge Tide of Prosperity for Amarillo Oil Boom
Dorset Carter predicts a rapid oil-driven boom that will double Amarillo's size within two years. He cites new 6 inch pipelines, refinery arrivals, and oil offices in the Amarillo hotel as signs, and says Amarillo could rival Tulsa as an oil center while field expansion continues across 40 acre tracts with 5,400 acres leased.
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Amarillo
Dorset Carter
Oklahoma City
Mr. Carter
Frick-Reid Supply Company
Bridgeport Machine Tool Company
Service Tank Company
Board of City Development
Ama- Tillo
Tulsa
Kansas
Gulf
Oklahoma
Texas No. 1
Carter
World Birdmen Restless on Visit in Orient
American airmen in Tokio grow restless while mechanics labor on planes. Reports from Burma say Major MacLaren faced a false start delaying him at Akybi, and Captain D Oisy will head east again tomorrow. They compare harsh heat and sand storms to prior Aleutian snows and Kuriles cold.
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United Press
Tokio
America
Burma
MacLaren
Akybi
Shanghai
D’oisy
Aleutians
Kuriles
Letter New Glew in Death of Boy
Chicago May 24 a morose letter purporting to be the killer of 14 year old Robert Franks arrived at police headquarters. The writer said he would be dead by the time the letter arrived and signed I A Sorry Man. Police report tips but no solid progress and say several suspects are under surveillance. Spectacles found near the body are under consideration as potential evidence.
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Chicago
Robert
Franks
Mislionaire
Morgan A. Collins
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
Josephine
Senate approves compromise tax bill amid broad support
Washington May 24. The senate adopted the compromise tax bill by 60 to 6 with support from both parties despite Treasury Secretary Mellon’s objections. The measure, with Democratic rates and a flat 25 percent retroactive reduction on prior taxes, moves to the house for action and then to the president.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
House
Fire devastates downtown Dallas drug stores and Woolworth
A midnight blaze in Dallas damaged the Old Mill drug store and spread to a Liggett drug store and Woolworth's five and ten cent store. Fire crews used five water streams as smoke belched from all three buildings. damage estimates were not yet available.
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Dallas
Texas Convention Moves Toward McAdoo Influence
Waco hosts Texas Democratic convention eve as delegates register and McAdoo forces led by Tom Love and Cato Sells gain momentum. Gov Neff plans to steer Travis and McLennan counties but may not seek national delegation. Whit Davidson and Lynch Davidson schedule rallies. J W Kerns to give invocation. John Maxwell to deliver welcome address.
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Waco
Thomas Love
Cato Sells
McAdoo
Texas
Z. B. Marvin
Ku Klux Klan
Felix D. Robertson
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Thomas H. Ball
Sam Sparks
F. W. Wozencraft
Cone Johnson
Tom Love
Lynch
Whit
State Democratic Executive Committee
Whit Davidson
Delegates Leave For Waco Democratic Meet
Grover Hill Democratic chairman Col Ernest Thompson Judge Ray Johnson and T W Cotten left last night for Waco to attend the state Democratic convention.
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Grover Hill
Col
Ernest Thompson
Ray Johnson
T. W. Cotten
Waco
Beulah Annan Acquitted In Chicago Showdown
Chicago court acquits Beulah Annan known as Chicago's prettiest killer of murder in the Kalstedt case. Defense argued self defense after a drinking bout at the Annan home. The jury rejected the prosecution theory, after two hours of deliberation.
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Chicago
Beulah Annan
Havin
Harry Kalstedt
Weather outlook and noted temperature swing
A fair Sunday and warmer weather is forecast. Temperatures ranged from 41 at 7 AM to 60 at 1 PM today, a 19 degree variation since morning. A year ago yesterday the high was 73 and the low 52.
Jury replies 10 oil trial issues in Amarillo case
The Ranch Creek Oil & Gas company sues Amarillo Oil for contract breach over gas deliveries to Panhandle Pipe Line. Jury answers nine issues, saying there is no definite verdict yet and naming amounts and feasibility of furnishing one fourth of gas. Judge Joiner presiding.
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Ranch Creek* Oil & Gas Company
Amarillo Oil Company
T. S. Clapton
Clapton
Ranch Creek Company
Amarillo Company
Panhandle
Amarillo
Ranch Creek
Panhandle Pipe Line Company
Panhandle Pipa Line Line Company
Ranch Creek Oil Company
AmariHo OW Company
R. C. Joiner
Henry S. Bishop
Klan Battle Flares Near Herrin in Williamson County
Hostilities between Ku Klux Klan members and anti Klan forces flare anew near Herrin Illinois. One man James Sketcher is dead and Glenn Young a Klan leader is hospitalised after a car ambush. Villagers react with police patrols and roadblocks to halt further violence in the coal region.
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United Press
Herrin
Ill
Glenn Young
Belleville
Young
Egypt
Illinois
Youngs
East St. Louis
Alan Kleagle
Duqueyne
Williamson County
Big Navy group pushes for 5-5-3 naval ratio drive
Washington watchers report a congressional push led by Rep Britten to set a 5 5 3 ratio for the United States Navy versus Britain and Japan. The plan seeks a $150 million construction program to be debated next week, citing Secretary Wilbur on naval weaknesses and calling for upgraded main guns on thirteen first-line ships.
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Washington
Congress
United States Navy
Great Britain
Japan
Britten
Illinois
House Naval Committee
Wilbur
House
United States
Coolidge Club to Be Organized Tomorrow
A Coolidge club will be organized in a Potter County Republicans meeting at 8 o clock tomorrow night in the county courtroom. County chairman J L Van Natta urges all supporters of Coolidge to attend.
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Coolidge
Potter County
J. L. van Natta
Scouts and Sheriffs Capture Prisoner After Escape
A manhunt involving Boy Scout troops, sheriffs, deputies and farmers ended with the capture of Sam Henderson, a prisoner who escaped from a Santa Fe train near Miami Texas while being moved to Amarillo. Henderson had been in Wichita Kansas for extradition after a forgery charge.
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Sam Henderson
Santa Fe
Miami
Tex
Amarillo
Less Whitaker
Henderson
Wichita
Kan
Whitaker
Kansas
Hoover
Whitaker Trew
Goddess Pele Awakens in Mt Kilauea Eruption
In Hilo on May 24 Pele the goddess of fire awakened as Mt Kilauea exploded twice hurling boulders and ash. Airfield for Army planes was cluttered with debris and observers fled as scientists warned high gas pressure and potential further violent blasts.
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Mt. Kilauea
Hilo
T. H
Pele
Kilauea
Scores at Boys Week Field and Sports Day
Scores of boys participated in the Field and Sports day program ending Boys Week under the Rotary club. Elwood Park hosted events from 2:30 to 6:00 with races, prizes, and vouchers for merchandise at Blackburn Bros. Winners included Earl Sutton in the ple race and Robbie Parr in the sack race. baseball awards went to the winning team with pocket knives and Mission theater tickets.
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Rotary Club
Elwood Park
Earl Sutton
George Short
Edward White
Robbie Parr
John Nutting
Richard Garner
Blackburn Bros
Mission Theater
Mission
Russell Harty
Lane McAfee
Aubern Fairy
Robert Rogers
Harold Long
George Sutton
Julian Tadlock
Robert Hayne
Mabry Courtney
Tom Adkisson
Ray Pace
Eugene Matthew
Irving White
Joe Shull
H. Shull
J. Hayes
G. Nunn
F. Reeder
H. Bridges
G. Short
H. Winn
J. T. Green
E. Sutton
C. B. Chegshir
J. Nutting
E. D. Winn
J. White
A. White
Rotary
C. A. McAfee
KhiVa Patrol Readies for Kansas City Parade Show
The KhiVa Patrol of twenty eight men finishes final drills and prepares to perform in two Shrine convention parades in Kansas City next month. They will wear white and gold in the afternoon and red at night.
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Kansas City
Shrine
Tornado injures four in Warner Oklahoma damage
A tornado struck Warner Oklahoma early today injuring four people, one seriously. Three farm houses were destroyed and the community assesses the wreckage and potential recovery efforts.
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Warner
Okla
Magnificent Fair Pageant Announced for Amarillo Exposition
The Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs announced a large scale pageant “Pageant the Plains” for the Amarillo Tri-State Exposition in September. The event will feature 500 queens from West Texas, a race track arena pageant with buffaloes Indians cowboys and soldiers, and a popular vote for the exposition queen with a motor car as the prize. Work on floats costumes and city selections begins immediately as plans solidify for three days of pageantry.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Mike Hollander
Hollander
Tri-State Exposition
Panhandle
Plains
Tommy Cochran Wins State Golf Tourney
Dallas May 24 Tommy Cochran of Wichita Falls captured the Texas amateur golf championship after a 37 hole duel with Al Badger of Dallas. The match remained tied at the 18th and 27th holes before Cochran won for a dramatic finish before a large gallery.
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Tommy Cochran
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Texas
Cochran
al Badger
Badger
Murder Case Appeal Filed in Vancel Murder Conviction
Austin May 24 appeal filed in the court of criminal appeals in the case of R G Vancel of Tarrant county convicted of murder in the death of Ralph Vancel Jr an 8 day old infant died November 11 1928 and sentenced to forty years
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
R. G. Vancel
Tarrant County
Ralph Vancel
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Avengers
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Sketcher
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Wellington
Hale
Khiva Patrol
Magnificent Fair
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