Prayer and Airplanes in a Turbulent Era
Arthur Brisbane critiques pacifist sermons after a display by army airplanes over New York City. He notes the certainty of airplanes versus uncertain divine plans, highlights bootlegging expenditures near three billion dollars, and roasts gambling and racing as persistent vices. John Swadling, 96, and his dog Teddy are profiled, with musings on aging. General Von Ludendorff forecasts another European war in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Feature Syndicate
Iac
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
New York City
von Ludendorff
Radio Directory Advises Summer Radio Prep
The Globe News Want Ads Amarillo radio column urges readers to prepare sets for summer programs. It notes firms qualified to rejuvenate radios for better reception as warm weather returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Amarillo
Patrons Help Federal Quiz Beg Immunity
Federal agents widen probe of a Kansas City bootleg ring with annual $1,000,000 business. About 25 arrests will rise as investigations reach New York Chicago and other cities. Includes tax collector Rosemary Lyons and John Lazia linked to the ring. many customers testify seeking immunity. Five-year maximums and $10,000 fines are pursued. officers say some peace officers aided the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
H. L. Duncan
Capone
Chicago
Chester A. Keyes
United States District Attorney
New York
Rosemary Lyons
John Lazia
Miss Lyons
Lazia
Duncan
Keyes
Federal Department
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Illinois
Texas
Nebraska
Deficit prompts big long term Treasury bond plan
Washington officials warned of a deficit exceeding one billion dollars and said the Treasury might soon announce a large long term bond issue. They hoped late summer would bring improved agricultural conditions signaling a return to normal, noting past depressions often began improvement with crop marketing but progress was slow and unclear for months. The mood was that the bottom had been reached, with potential gains linked to late summer crop sales increasing credit and spending, though lasting impact remained uncertain.
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Washington
Treasury
Palo Duro Park Officers Meet to Push State Park
Palo Duro Park Association officials met at 1 30 PM with State Park Association leaders at the Chamber of Commerce. Attendees included D E Colp chair Texas State Parks Board San Antonio Mrs Phebe K Warner secretary Claude Rolla Townsend Canyon Palo Duro Park chair L N George Canyon Chamber secretary C H Elliston Amarillo and West Texas State Teachers College representative Travis Shaw. The session aims to organize a committee to seek legislative action to set Palo Duro Canyon as a state park. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
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Palo Duro Park Association
State Park Association
Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Colp
Texas State Parks Board
San Antonio
Phebe K. Warner
State Board
Claude, Rolla Townsend
L. N. George
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
C. H. Elliston
Canyon Chamber
Travis Shaw
West Texas State Teachers
College
Canyon
Ray V. Davis
Palo Duro Park
F. A. Emery
Chicago
Amarillo
Fall Fatal to Randall Mian
Randall Mian died after a fall of 30 feet from a windmill tower on his farm. He sustained a broken spine and both hips and died at Northwest Texas Hospital. Burtz, a member of the First Church and Spanish-American War veteran, is survived by a wife, a son, five daughters and several siblings. The body was taken to Canyon for viewing at Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home before relatives’ arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Texas
Ie. Burtz
Thertist Church
Earl Burtz
Canyon
E. J. Davis
W. Fewell
C. B. Fewell
Happy
W. H. Bailey
Amarillo
Charles Burtz
Witten
South Dakota
Will Burtz
Freemont
Neb
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
Piccard Balloon Soars to Record Altitude Over Alps
Professor August Piccard and aide Charles Kipfer completed a perilous ascent in an aluminum gondola attached to a gas bag, reaching an altitude exceeding 62,000 feet before landing in the Ortz valley. They said the flight was magnificent, gathered valuable data, and the balloon sustained only minor damage. Rescue parties retrieved them at Ober Gurgl as they rested in the gondola.
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Innsbruck
Austria
August Piccard
Ortz
Charles Kipfer
Piccard
Gurgl
Grosser Gurgler Ferner
Alps
Ober Gurgl
Prof. Piccard
Ding
United Press
Bavaria
Lake Constance
Italy
Schongau
Wuermsee
Oberammergau
Etaller Manuil
Prof
Kipfer
Texas women converge for twelfth federation convention
More than 100 delegates from across Texas register for the twelfth annual Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention in Fort Worth. State officers arrive aboard a special Santa Fe car and meetings begin at the Herring Hotel and First Baptist Church tonight with an organ recital and public greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Mary Jane Higgins
Fort Worth
Santa Fe
South Plains
Ft. Worth
Denver
Pampa
Oil City
Amarillo
Dalhart
North Plains
Mary O. Silverstorm
Beaumont
Virginia Leberman
Austin
Rhoda Murray Hester
Jack Eldridge
Ollie Mooty
Temple
Texas Women
Marguerite Warren
Belton
Margaret Conger
Waco
Lolo Hoppe
Estelle Duren
Brownwood
Corrie Fitzsimmons
Corpus Christi
Bernice Hurley Zahn
Wichita
Kan
Frankie Gober
Faye Gordon
First Baptist Church
T. L. Gordon
Daisy H. Leake
John T. Josey
Potter County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Herring Hotel
Amarillo High School Holds Commencement Tonight
Amarillo High School seniors close the school year with commencement at 8 pm in the Municipal Auditorium. Dr. L H Hubbard of Denton chancellor, will address the crowd. Edna Coy delivers the valedictory and Hollis Schriber the salutatory as diplomas and awards are handed out. Families occupy the lower floor. tickets required for admission. Balcony open to public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Municipal Auditorium
L. H. Hubbard
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Edna Coy
Hollis Schriber
Aged Tucson Philanthropist Granted $20,000 Bond
Louise Foucar Marshall, 70, a Tucson philanthropist, was bound over for $20,000 to appear in Superior Court after a hearing on charges she killed her husband Thomas K. Marshall. He was shot four times in bed April 27 and died May 20 in Los Angeles. The widow, confined to her invalid state, has not spoken publicly. Marshall said his wife shot him out of jealousy amid alleged romance with former housekeeper Henrietta Seymour.
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Tucson
Ariz
Louise Foucar Marshall
Thomas K. Marshall
Marshall
Los Angeles
Henrietta Seymour
Federal Official Flies to Capital
Norman J. Morrison, special representative of the United States Attorney General, will fly back to Washington Friday morning on urgent business. He has been in Amarillo this week for a special grand jury investigation and was visited by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Morrison of El Paso.
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Norman J. Morrison
United States Attorney General
Washington
Capitol
Morrison
Amarillo
J. S. Morrison
el Paso
Amelia Earhart
Johnny Miller
U S Citizen Sentenced to Death for Mussolini Plot
Michele Schirry, a naturalized American, was convicted in Rome on May 28 for plotting the assassination of Premier Mussolini and sentenced to death by firing squad. The notice mentions local business ads for Ideel Mattress Co and John Maynard Lumber Co with contact numbers.
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Rome
Michele Schirry
Mussolini
Amelia Earhart To Fly Autogiro Hero
Newark to Los Angeles route outlined for Amelia Earhart in an autogiro flight. She starts from Newark at 8 04 A M E C T to Harrisburg Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Tulsa Amarillo Kingman and San Francisco before continuing to Los Angeles. The trip aims to showcase autogiro flight with speeds around 80 to 90 mph and includes references to a Texas boundary line bill signed by Gov. Sterling.
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Austin
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Texas
Ross Sterling
Panhandle
New Mexico
Newark
N. J
Amelia Earhart
Harrisburg
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Tulsa
Okla
Amarillo
Tex
Kingman, Ariz
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Kirkland Youth Sentenced for Assault and Rape Death
Valparaiso Indiana May 28 Judge Grant Crumpacker upheld a one to ten year reformatory term for Virgil Kirkland twenty Gary youth convicted of assault and battery with intent to rape in the death of Arlene Draves at a drinking party last November. Kirkland was sentenced under the 1927 act.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grant Crumpacker
Virgil Kirkland
Gary
Indiana Supreme Court
James M. Ogden
Kirkland
Crumpacker
Pendleton Reformatory
Arlene Draves
Hooey
Auto Races Offer 3000 In Prizes At Tri-State Fair
More than 2000 dollars in prizes accompany the Tri-State Fair Association Auto Races at the Fair Grounds this weekend. Night shows begin 8 30 pm Friday and Saturday, with a 2 30 pm Saturday race. A 1000 dollar purse goes to the Ford Chevrolet winner. General admission is 1 dollar, with 50 cent permits for gate entry on first night and rain rain policy. Tickets available at Tri-State Fair offices.
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Fair Grounds
Loss in freak gale heavy over Great Northern wreck
A freak tornado hit a Great Northern train near Moorhead Minnesota injuring more than 30 and killing two men James Anderson of Montesano Washington and Andrew Hatledal who died after a block of concrete fell on him Rescue was hindered by a cloudburst and seven inches of rain fell in hours The train was en route from the West Coast to Chicago and survivors aided others before relief trains arrived
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Moorhead
Minn
U.P
Great Northern
North Dakota
Minnesota
James Anderson
Montesano
Wash
Andrew Hatledal
West Coast
Chicago
Fargo
Impeachment Asked for Horton in Tennessee House
Nashville May 28 Gov Henry Horton faced a push for impeachment as the state house debated articles. Administration forces claimed sufficient votes to defeat the articles when presented and a final vote was expected by tomorrow.
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Tennessee House of Representatives
Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
House of Representatives
Louisiana oil prices lower across Lockport field
The Vacuum Oil Company cut prices on Lockport Louisiana coastal crude from five to twenty six cents a barrel. Grade A drops ten cents with B grade merged into all crudes not meeting grade A, previously 60 to 61 cents by gravity. Only the Lockport field is affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Vacuum Oil Company
Lockport
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Air Endurance Mark Broken by Detroit Aviators
Walter Lees and Frederick Brossy of Detroit set a world non-refueling flight record of 76 hours 23 minutes in a Diesel powered monoplane, taking off May 22 and remaining aloft past dawn with about 60 gallons of fuel left. Ground crew expect a dusk landing rather than night touchdown.
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Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Walter Lees
Frederick Brossy
Detroit
Monay
Africa
Mead Named Beauty Judge At Galveston Pageant
The twelfth annual International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston June 13 to 17 named new judges including Ben Carlton Mead of San Antonio and McLellan Barclay New York. Mead, an illustrator, is praised as a rising artist with Amarillo ties and a contract to illustrate future books.
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Ben Carlton Mead
Amarillo
San Antonio
Galveston
Texas
U.P
Brantley Harris
Harris
McLellan Barclay
New York
Lee Townsend
Chicago
Jules Cannert
King Vidor
Amarillo plans big showing for Dumas rail trip
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce seeks 39 more reservations for a special train to Dumas leaving Santa Fe station at 10 tomorrow. The 142nd Infantry band leads the Amarillo delegation as officials urge wide participation to celebrate the Santa Fe railroad link. Round trip costs $2. reservations at 2-3211.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dumas
Santa Fe
142Nd Infantry
Amarillo
Moore County
North Plains
R. P. Parcells
Phillips Petroleum Company
J. Pat Burgess
Jack Leonard
Ted George
J. C. Paschall
H. M. Russell
Southwestern Drug Company
M. R. Helfenstein
Time To Spray Ash Says City Forester
Temple Robinson city forester and parks superintendent urges spraying ash trees for aphids and plant lice with a Black Leaf 40 and soap mix. Use one teaspoonful of Black Leaf 40 per gallon water plus one heaping teaspoonful of dissolved soap flakes to kill pests on contact.
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Temple Robinson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area
Thunder showers forecast across Amarillo and western Texas with cooler temperatures tonight and Friday. Northern and eastern portions may see unsettled conditions in New Mexico, with cooler readings in the extreme east tonight. Temperatures ranged from 72 to 62 at 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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John Sandling
United States
John Swadling
Teddy
Mr. Swadling
Sany
Palo Duro Canyon
Park Board
Griggs Ambulance
Randall Mian
Brussels
Belgium
Mme
Auguste Piccard
U.S
Duce
Ideel Mattress Co
Dial
John
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Dallas County
Bert Hart
Mead
D. BH. Mead
J. Frank Doble
Coronado
City Forester
Hurst Jewelry Co
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