Weather and wildlife chatter from Amarillo plains
A column mixes weather musings on low pressure and wind with local lore about snapping turtles and rain hope. It notes turtles near Amarillo signals less rain, praises geologist Lawrence Hagg’s weather ideas, and offers local fishing updates at Oasis Lake plus tales of pheasants, cats, and a proposed move away from city commissions.
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Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
East Texas
Amarillo
United States
Weather
Lawrence Hagg
Bio
Panhandle
Tye
Thas
Mr. Hagg
Plains Country
Oasis Lake
Canadian
Oasis Ranch
Dwight Newby
Mr. Newby
Henry Ansley
Gaines Whitsett
War Risk Contract Suit Hearing Begun in District Court
A $10,000 war risk insurance contract suit against the government, tied to Nash P. Taylor, opened in district federal court this morning. This is the third term after two hung juries, with Amarillo assistant district attorney Alex Mood and Allen Farlow for the government, and Birge of Amarillo and George of Wichita Falls for Taylor, a tuberculosis patient. A similar suit by Phil Trachtenberg of Berger with the same lawyers will start tomorrow before Judge James C. Wilson.
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Nash P. Taylor
Alex Mood
Amarillo
Allen Farlow
San Antonio
Veterans’ Bureau
Birge
W. E. George
Wichita Falls
Mr. Taylor
Phil M. Trachtenberg
Berger
James C. Wilson
Unknown Soldier Memorial Wreath Song Tribute
A reflective verse notes a yearly ritual of laying a wreath for unknown soldiers. It contrasts solemn remembrance with the era's hardships and the urge for a truer tribute beyond ritual. The speaker urges consistency in memory and honors those laid to rest in marble.
Balloon Race Sets Up For National Championship Test
Heavy rain briefly threatened the closing day but winds cleared. Six vel fan balloons prepared for the national championship with Tracy Southworth of Detroit to launch first at 5 PM. Pilots include Eddie Hill Detroit Roscoe Conklin Omaha Thomval Larsen and aides, Army entries led by Lieut Haynie McCormick and Lieut Wilfred J Paul, Goodyear VII. Officials expect a northeasterly course and the winner earns a US team slot for Basel Switzerland in September.
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Omaha
United States
Basel
Switzerland
Henderson
Tracy Southworth
Detroit
Chevrolet
Eddie Hill
Roscoe Conklin
City of
J. H. Bishop
Army
Roland Blair
Frank Trotter
Goodyear
Shift Search Headquarters in Lindy Hunt
State police and the Lindberghs abandoned the Lindbergh home over the holiday weekend and will not return. Investigation headquarters were moved to the state police training school at Williburtha near Trenton. Colonel Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh stayed in Englewood with Mrs. Dwight Morrow. guards and servants remained at the home.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindberghs
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Williburtha
Trenton
Lidbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Englewood
Dwight Morrow
Here
Murray Clerk Is Jailed in Frameup Claim
Oklahoma City, May 30. R. D. McManus executive clerk for Governor Murray was jailed overnight on charges of drunkenness and reckless driving after a collision between his car and a water truck. He accused the arrest of being a frame-up and said he would plead not guilty in police court.
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Oklahoma City
R. D. McManus
Park Labor In Letters To Tack A Letter From Tack
Dear Tack replies to Mr Mer rill about the park department training about 15 men for park care. The exchange discusses the purpose and cost of these crews and relevant responsibilities in the city’s parks.
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George Merrill
Park Department
Foster Calls Workers for Soviet United States
Chicago May 30 William Z Foster Communist candidate for president urged workers to take the revolutionary path and form a Soviet United States. Campaign plans target 40 states and one million voters with unemployment insurance funded by government and employers. James W Ford, Alabama Negro, nominated for vice president. 50 000 votes polled in 1928. The platform seeks equal rights for Negroes and emergency relief for impoverished farmers while opposing wage cuts and political suppression.
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Chicago
William Z. Foster
United States
Foster
Communist Party
Hoover
James W. Ford
Japan
Soviet Union
Memorial Day Observances Highlight Veterans and Leaders
Fewer than 32 000 Civil War veterans survived in 1940s America with 11 000 answering today’s call. Arlington rites hosted by the Grand Army of the Republic featured former Senator James A. Reed. The President did not deliver a Memorial Day address and Hoover did not take a holiday, focusing on urgent government matters. Senate sessions continued through the day.
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Bureau of Pensions
Potomac River
Arlington National Cemetery
James A. Reed
Missouri
Grand Army of the Republic
Hoover
Rapidan
Senate
Elementary Summer School Enrolls About 75 Children
Approximately 75 children were enrolled in the elementary summer school this morning at Tyler Street School. Registration continues this week with Principal J S Evans. Tuition ranges from 8 for one course to 16 for three or more. classes run 8 to 1 for a 10 week term.
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Tyler Street
J. S. Evans
Evans
Mr. Evans
Una Brooks
Willard McDaniel
Leta Johnson
Bushland Health Club Awards Presented to Seven Members
Seven members of the Bushland Health Club received certificates after completing the home nursing and sanitation course taught by Miss Mildred Garrett. Certificates grant admission to the Adult Health Club of Texas. Dr. Primer and Dr. Rouse spoke at the ceremony held at Mrs. Carl Hill's home.
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Bushland Health Club
Mildred Garrett
A. Scott Brooks
Carl Hill
J. D. Blackwell
Opal Phillips
Edith Walton
Mildred Walton
Adult Health Club of Texas
Benjamin M. Primer
George T. Rouse
15 Jailed By City Police On Drunkenness Charges
Drunkenness led 15 men and women to Amarillo city jail on Sunday. The desk sergeant noted the group held only $1.75 in cash. By Monday morning four of the detainees had been released on promises to pay.
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Amarillo
Golfers Tote Own Bags as Caddies Go on Strike
Strike affected six Kansas City clubs as boy caddies walked out over a 25 cent fee cut from a dollar for eighteen holes. Players at the Kansas City Country Club Mission Hills Milburn Indian Hills Oakwood and Meadow Lake carried their own clubs amid wage dispute and alleged violence.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Country Club
Mission Hills
Milburn
Indian Hills
Oakwood
Meadow Lake
Amarillo College urged to speed tuition and cut class sizes
A report by junior college inspector W. E. Gattis urges Amarillo College to collect tuition earlier and reduce class sizes to 50 or fewer students in many courses. The recommendations include permanent records, focused education departments, and maintaining accreditation while tightening budget and enrollment.
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Amarillo College
W. E. Gattis
B. E. Masters
Department of Education
Amarrillo College
Churchmen in Repeal Attack
A Presbyterian Church in the U S A report opposes repeal of the eighteenth amendment without a constructive substitute. It criticizes motion pictures as unsatisfactory and urges Congress to create a federal anti vice commission. It also warns against state control and government liquor business, and favors limited radio messages and moves to curb commercial Sunday activities.
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Denver
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Committee On Christian Education
Congress
Wickersham
Rap Radio
Survivor case details and courtroom testimony unfold
The article reports on a courtroom scene involving Miles and Hooker. Witnesses place Emmett Roberts with Miles in Kil gore on March 8, while the car damage is traced to Miles' vehicle found at his residence the next morning. Mrs Seymour arrives on a stretcher as testimony continues about a late night incident near Buchanan Street and North East Eighth Street after the Radio skating rink closing.
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Winess
Seymour
Leo Sparks
Emmett Roberts
Miles
Kilgore
Grady Hazlewood
Hooker
Buchanan Street
North East Eighth Street
Radio Skating Rink
Man Recovers After Gas Poisoning At Lincoln Street
Jack Hartman a 44 year old unemployed auto mechanic was overcome by carbon monoxide in his room at 1623 Lincoln Street Sunday morning. He was found unconscious by Max Peters and released from hospital today apparently fully recovered. A gas heater was burning in the room.
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Jack Hartman
Lincoln Street
Max Peters
Hartman
Steamer Tragedy Blame Cast On Rival Vessel
The Grecian sinking that killed four men was laid at the shipboard door of City of Chattanooga captain L G Borum. He allegedly tried to pass to starboard instead of port, a claim reported by Grecian master H E Callos to U S steamboat inspectors.
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Boston
U.P
City of
Chattanooga
L. G. Borum
H. E. Callos
U.S
Witness from Amarillo Tests Bank Robbery Case in Abilene
Howard Elliott constable reported to Abilene as a witness in a bank robbery case. He will present evidence collected in Amarillo.
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Howard Elliott
Abilene
Amarillo
Race continues after crashes and tire woes on brick course
Carey leads the field early but crashes into a wall on mile 235 of the 12.5 mile course. Gaudino, the lone foreign entrant from Buenos Aires, yields to a relief driver after bruises. Brisko retires on his 202nd mile with mechanical failure, reducing starters to 27 as Carey returns to the track after a pit inspection.
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Carey
Gaudino
Buenos Aires
Jo Bonadeo
Chicago
Frank Brisko
Milwaukee
Starters for Indianapolis 500 include many named drivers
May 30 report lists entrants by row for the Indianapolis speedway race. Notable names include Lou Moore, Billy Arnold, Howdy Wilcox, Louis Meyer, Cliff Bergere, Wilbur Shaw, Phil Sheafer, Fred Frame, Ernie Triplett, Spike Winnai, Joy Litz, Tony Gulotta, and Chet Miller among others, with cars from Boyle Valve, Miller-Hartz, Duesenberg, Stude baker, and Bowes Sealfast.
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Indianapolis
U.ri
Lou Moore
Los Angeles
Boyle Valve
Billy Arnold
Chicago
Miller-Hartz
Bryan Saeulspaugh
Rock Island
Ill
Harry Miller
Frank Brisko
Milwaukee
Brisco-Atkinson
Bob Carey
Anderson
Ind
Judson
Joe Hoff
Wesley Crawford
Boyle
Phil Sheafer
Des Moines
Sheafer
H. W. Stubblefield
Gilmore
Gus Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Fred Frame
Chet Miller
Detroit
Hudson
Louis
Schneider
Bowes Sealfast
Planes Battle Elements on Olympic goodwill tour lands safely
Nine airplanes on an Olympic Games goodwill tour of the Western Coast landed safely in Medford after a hard battle with rain snow and fog over the Siskiyou Mountains en route from Reno Nevada.
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Medford
Ore
Siskiyou Mountains
Reno
Nev
Aviator Goebel Weeps for Mechanic Killed in Crash
McKINNEY May 30 Arthur Goebel famed aviator mourns after learning his Dallas mechanic R L Riss was killed when the plane overturned in a wind gust at Municipal Airport during a test takeoff. Goebel suffered a broken leg and sent condolences to Riss's widow.
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McKinney
Arthur Goebel
R. L. Riss
Dallas
Goebel
Riss
Comic Treatise Doubles Up Rabbit Rodeo Show Visitors
In Odessa the American Legion rodeo drew crowds with a jack rabbit roping side show that outshined riding events. A humorous booklet titled The Complete Inside Story sold by Hawkers sparked protests from human society members while Judge Webb ruled rabbits are rodents and cannot be treated as protected.
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Odessa
U.P
American Legion
Albany
N. Y
H. Henderson Shuffler
Denver Human Society
Eli Paso
Albany, N. Y
Shuffler
Legion
Henry E. Webb
City Tax Hike Pending After Tomorrow Adds Penalties
The city plans a one per cent rise in both penalty and interest for tax delinquency effective next month. June payments incur a five per cent penalty, two per cent interest, and a one dollar cost. Current 1932 taxes assessed last October show about 33 per cent delinquent.
Fearful Kidnapping Report of Consul's Daughter
A dispatch from Tokyo reports 12 year old Mary Fleet daughter of British observer publisher B H Fleet disappeared Saturday while walking home from school in Harbin Manchuria. Authorities fear she was kidnapped by bandits.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Mary Fleet
B. H. Fleet
Harbin
Manchuria
Observer
No Fire Alarms Reported in 120 Hour Period
Amarillo fire department logged no alarms during the 120 hours ending this morning. The last alarm was a fire last Wednesday. No alarm occurred for a Sunday morning blaze that destroyed a large garage and motor car at the Amarillo Cottonseed Oil Company property.
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Amarillo Fire Department
Amarillo Cottonseed Oil Company
Robinette Infant Dies at Family Residence
Tiny Robinette, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W Robinette, died at 7 this morning at 1706 Lincoln Street. Funeral services were set for 3:30 this afternoon at N Bs Griggs & Sons Chapel with Rev G H Bryant presiding and burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Tiny Robinette
Actress Mary Astor and husband found safe aboard yacht Henriette
Mary Astor the film actress and her husband Dr. Franklin Thorpe were feared lost after their yacht Henriette disappeared during a race from Honolulu. The vessel later anchored at Kona, ending the worry.
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Mary
Kona
T. H
U.P
Mary Astor
Franklin Thorpe
Henriatte
Honolulu
Arm Shot Off at New York Memorial Day Event
A 3 inch gun discharge during a Memorial Day celebration in New York caused the loss of right arm and severe burns to Anthony Altrie, 21, a gun crew member.
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New York
Anthony Altrie
Mrs Griffins Ends Visit In Bartlesville Ohio
Mrs W H Griffin of Bartlesville Ohio ends a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles M Rice at 811 A Bellview Street and returns home today.
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W. H. Griffin
Bartlesville
Ohio
Charles M. Rice
Bellview Street
Graduation at Canyon Set on Wednesday
Fifty eight of the 134 seniors at West Texas State Teachers College will take part in commencement events this week and complete courses this summer. Degrees will be conferred on 76 graduates Wednesday morning. Dr S H Whitley of East Texas State Teachers College Commerce is to deliver the commencement address. The baccalaureate sermon was given yesterday by Rev L N Lipscomb Northwest Texas Conference Methodist Church.
W K McCullough Dies at Kemp Home
W K McCullough aged about 57 of Kemp died at his home last night. telegram to Mrs Drew Crossett, cousin of the widow, preceded funeral plans for tomorrow in Italy. Survived by wife and four children Mrs Martin of Italy Jilson Marvin Potter and Laura Read McCullough of Kemp. brother Marvin McCullough, Amarillo banker.
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W. K. McCullough
Kemp
Drew Crossett
McCullough
Mary Potter
Marvin McCullough
Amarillo
Italy
Martin
Jilson
Marvin Potter
Laura Read McCullough
Herrings Caught More Near Norway Last Winter
Report says fishermen hauled more herrings near Norway during the last winter season than in the preceding year. Authorities note stronger catches and stable markets.
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Norway
Soviets Welcome Hedjaz Prince Feisal on State Visit
In Moscow on May 30 Soviet Russia gave a regal reception to Emir Feisal viceroy of Hedjaz and son of Ibn Sa'ad. He was greeted by two vice commissars, Karakhan and Krestinsky, and reviewed a battalion as a royal carpet framed the welcome. The visit aims to foster goodwill and will last a week.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Emir Feisal
Hedjaz
Ibn Sa’ad
Arabia
Amanullah
Afghanistan
L. M. Karahan
N. W. Krestinsky
Karakhan
Kingdom
Hedjazee
Tbn Sa‘ud
Ford's museum gathers engines and a bold bank stance
A Dearborn writer details Henry Ford's vast collection of steam and diesel engines including a legendary primitive engine and a giant model T. Ford dismisses bailing out failing banks, urging savings through gardens while Tecumseh keeps a safe deposit system after a local bank explosion.
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Mr. Ford
Dearborn
Ford
L’anse
Michigan
Savings Bank
Henry Ford
Voltaire
Tecumseh, Mich
Plunges to Death From 20th Floor
Mrs Ruth Lipshutz, 42, plunged to her death from the twentieth story window of the Nix building in San Antonio this morning. No witnesses. The body was found on the sidewalk by Eugene Knox and Miss Lucille Clark. An inquest was announced to be held today.
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San Antonio
Ruth Lipshutz
Nix
Eugene Knox
Lucille Clark
Lipshutz
Justice of the Peace Shock
All Policemen Must Carry Clubs On Duty Rule
Chief W. R. Mc Dowell issues a bulletin declaring all uniformed officers on duty must wear full uniform and carry a club. Those seen without a club face suspension.
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W. R. McDowell
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