Amarillo Aims for State Dairy Grading Lead
Amarillo officials expect a top state dairy grade as Dr. M. H. Pearson inspects local dairies with FP. M. Shields and Jack Wyatt guiding visits. Early results show perfect ratings with only minor issues, while Fort Worth currently leads Texas with a 67. Amarillo aims for over 80 to set a state record.
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Amarillo
M. H. Pearson
R. M. Walker
FP. M. Shields
Jack Wyatt
Pearson
Texas
Fort Worth
Shields
Cole Outlines Traffic Work of Local Board
S J Cole head of the traffic department of the Board of City Development outlined the department’s procedures for handling complaints before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He urged Kiwanis members to contact the department about freight rates and traffic issues.
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Cole
Board of City Development
Kiwanis Club
S. J. Cole
Kiwanians
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. G. Hill
Panhandle Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
J. S&s. Warren
Kiwanian
Tulsa
Mr. Hill
Norman, Prince
Seth R. Steele
Judge M Kinnon Interviewed Forty Local Citizens
Judge E A McKinnon conducted forty interviews with Amarillo residents this morning following weekend police activity. Visitors left portions of their weekly wages in the city vault and expressed thanks. Most fines cited covered speeding liquor violations and rambling behavior. G Allen and L M Dillard, charged with car theft, were handed over to Lubbock county authorities by police.
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E. A. McKinnon
Amarillo
Lubbock County
Luverne Klan Flogging Probe Seizes Seventeen Men
Seventeen men including Ira B. Thompson were held on bonds totaling 33000 in Crenshaw county indictments charging kidnapping and assault in a flogging probe. Twenty eight more named in similar indictments remained at large with pledges of arrest.
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The
Associated Press
Luverne
Alabama
Ira B. Thompson
Cyclops
Luverne Clavern
Ku Klux Klan
Crenshaw
Old Tack's Program for a Fairer Amarillo Vision
A historic list advocates lower taxes and rates, cleaner city services, more parks and pools, and infrastructure like viaducts, storm sewers, and a municipal golf course. It calls for extended bus routes, public lake access, and stronger city growth while easing living costs and preserving newsboy freedom.
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Bivins Lake
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Amarilis
Tunney Dempsey clash noted amid town chatter
Readers debate Tunney versus Dempsey after the famous match photos shown at The Dean. The writer praises Tunney as the stronger, better boxer and criticizes Dempsey’s late effort and sportsmanship. A personal appeal follows for aid to a needy Amarillo family, with details of charity, stork arrival, and names.
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Tunney
Dempsey
Dean Oi
Hollywood
Jack Dempsey
Gene
Means Recommended for U S Parole
Gaston B. Means, serving a sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary for violating the national prohibition act, has been recommended for parole by the parole board.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Atlanta
Parole Board
Ruth Elder Prepares For Lisbon Paris Flight Return
Ruth Elder boards the Portuguese mail boat Lima from Horta Azores headed to Lisbon and Paris. She plans to shop in Paris for frocks after reaching Europe and says she has no clothes beyond what she wears. She dismisses views of trans oceanic flights as personal crises and aims to add to American aviation honors.
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Manuel Camara
United Press
Horta
Fayal Island
Azores
Ruth Elder
Lima
Lisbon
Paris
United States
Amarillo Plains special to Dallas excursion grows fast
Amarillo officials report strong demand for a Dallas fair train excursion. The Amari llo high school band may accompany the trip if permission is granted. A man and wife could ride for 15 dollars plus meals and amusements, with 300 reservations expected by Wednesday night.
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Fair
Board of City Development
Emmett
Amarillo
Dallas
Fair Grounds
Amarillo Plains
Judge Rails Against Delays in Blackmer Subpoena Case
In a Washington court during the James E. O Neill Teapot Dome era proceedings, Judge Siddons disputed timing for a motion after jury selection. The court noted Blackmer as absent though subpoenaed in Europe while Nathan Miller pressed to represent Blackmer. Several veniremen faced exclusion for preconceptions from articles in The Washington Daily News.
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Europe
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Roberts
Blackmer
Miller
Nathan Miller
New York
United Press Ater
Lackmer
United Press
Lee E. Dailey
Charles E. Hennessey
Post Office
Washington Daily News
Sinclair
Scripps-Howard
Alliance
Fall and Sinclair Go On Trial In Teapot Dome Case
Washington reports Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair began their trial on criminal conspiracy charges linked to the Teapot Dome naval oillease. A twelve man jury selected to hear the case as the Supreme Court decision weighed on the defendants.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Home
Naval Ai
Relief Extended To Stricken Family Here
Mrs. Mark Sizemore will be handed 36.85 today to aid her sick family. Mr. Sizemore has been in the hospital for months and cannot work for nearly two years. A daughter left school to help. A scarlet fever quarantine affected the four children at 104 Locust street. W. T. Sims donated 5 dollars. F. W. Woolworth's employer via R. A. Young contributed 31.85. Welfare workers are assisting the case.
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Mark Sizemore
Sizemore
Locust Street
W. T. Sims
The
Globe
A Breath of Fresh Air From Miss Amarillo
Letters to Tack recount playful Texas pride and local life in 1927 Amarillo. Bonney Winslow defends Texas state humor while W S Winslow praises modesty and cites anecdotes. A local teen seeks work, and schools beg Tack’s guidance for student journalism.
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Amarillo
New York City
The
Globe
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Bonney Winslow
Oil Case Clash Opens as Two Men Stand Trial
The judge prepares to rule whether the former secretary and a notable oil operator and sportsman will go free or face up to two years in prison. Fall, a veteran statesman, and Sinclair, a rising oil magnate and racehorse owner, appeared in court with their counsel, while jurors began to be drawn and one prospective juror, Mrs. Amnella L. Bailey, said she had only read headlines.
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Fall
Southwest Frontier
Sinclair
Okiatoma
George P. Hoover
Washington
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Justice Siddons
William Leahy
Washinton
Mark Thompson
New Mexico
Amnella L. Bailey
Lindbergh Guest of Coolidge at White House Luncheon
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh visited the White House today to dine with President Coolidge. He arrived hatless, smiling, in a blue suit likely the same worn on his Paris arrival, and was accompanied by William P. MacCracken, aviation aide.
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United Press
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
White House
President Coolidge
Lindbergh
Paris
William P. MacCracken
Amarillo Opens Duck Season With Heavy Hunt
The opening day of the duck season in Amarillo shows record numbers with duck populations high and hunters limited to twenty five per person. Will Tucker and Gene Howe joined a morning shoot near a southeast Amarillo lake reporting a near perfect limit of one hundred ducks for four shooters.
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Amarillo
Will Tucker
Mr. Tucker
Globe
United States
Panhandle
Texas
Swapping Grime for Grin on a Sweltering Fairground Stage
A tired vender woman endures sun and dust, shouting for dimes to earn a living. The narrator questions the hardship but the performer insists she enjoys the bustling tour life despite the grind. The scene ends with a defiant, weathered smile and a fading crowd.
Market roundup from Kansas City and St Louis livestock reports
Associated Press dispatch from October 17 notes Kansas City cattle centric trading with 40,000 cattle and calves, steady beef prices, high choice dealer beef at 12 to 14 dollars, and hogs around 11.50 top in Kansas City. St Louis market shows hogs down, sows weaker, cattle slower, bulls steady, yearlings up to 16 dollars, with lighter sheep activity.
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ST .Louis
The
Associated Press
East St. Louis
Chicago Livestock Market Report Hogs And Cattle Steady
Chicago livestock data shows hogs at around 35 000 head with steady prices and top at 11.90, sow and pig figures mixed. Cattle about 32 600 with grain fed steers steady, vealers and feeders moving lower, best fed steers near 16.90, western grass cattle around 12.50, vealers about 13.60. Sheep around 30 000 with slow demand, lambs and fat sheep near 13.60 to 14.00 and 5.50 to 6.25 respectively.
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Chicago
Associated Press
New Orleans Cotton Opens Easier on Liverpool Cables
The New Orleans cotton market opened easier as Liverpool cables were lower. Early losses of 24 to 26 points gave way to rallies of 10 to 14 points after weather warnings of a hurricane off Florida. Prices at noon were steady with December and January near the prior close.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
Cuba
Cotton market opens easy amid liquidation and weather cues
The New York cotton market opened lower by 11 to 31 points under liquidation as buyers from Saturday resell. December fell to 20.62 and March to 20.87 before rallying 8 to 10 points on covering. Traders cited easy Liverpool cables and favorable south weather with tropical storm near Swan Island stirring uncertainty.
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New York
Associated Press
Liverpool
Swan Island
Foreign exchange and stock quotes from New York market
October 16 quotes show easy foreign exchange with Great Britain at 4.869 16 dollars, France 38.928 16, Italy 6.46, Belgium 18.92, and Germany 23 8614. Cables and sixty day bills noted along with a list of major corporations including Allis Chalmers American Can American Tele Anaconda Chrysler Bethlehem Steel and many rail lines.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
Allis Chalmers American Can American
Anaconda Coysf
Atchison, Topeka & Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Cerre de Pacen Co
Chicago & Alton
Chiragh & Verh
Chite
Copros
Chrysler Ows Colorado Fo
Consolidated Corinth
Saceeueeeerersere
Chicago police push insanity inquiries to deter crooks
Lieutenant Mangan describes a new policy making all suspects subject to sanity examinations. Psychopathic wards are opened at stations to deter crime. He recalls handling the Dempsey Tunney crowd with no pocket-picking complaints after ten days of pre fight rounds and jail holds. This Amarillo visit marks his first stay here. he formerly worked near Victoria, Texas.
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Mangan
Chicago
Amarillo
New York
Victoria
Texas
Tax revision plank in U S business plan
Lewis E. Pierson outlines a business platform at the national chamber of commerce meeting in West Baden Indiana. He calls for downward tax revision flood control as defense private merchant marine ownership voluntary railway consolidations and private workmen compensation while urging Lausanne treaty ratification swift alien property disposition and strong business farmer cooperation.
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Associated Press
West Baden
Ind
Mississippi
Lewis E. Pierson
New York
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Turkey
Wreck injures officer and hospital stay noted
Motorcycle Officer Johnny Hays, hospitalized two weeks after a wreck while directing traffic for fire crews, is now able to walk with crutches. The article lists numerous company names and brands in a garbled section following the main update.
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Johnny Hays
Hays
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