Texas County To Make War On Bandits
Three thousand Hidalgo County citizens gathered in McAllen to oppose county officials over warrants for flood control work. C. H. Pease of Hidalgo County Independent League charged the court issued over 2,000,000 in supplementary warrants and a total of 6,469,816 since October 1926. Local leaders denounced the county administration and ring influence in office.
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Mcallen
Texas
Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County Good Government League
Commissioners’ Court
C. H. Pease
Edinburg
Hidalgo County Independent League Organ
Texas County
D. E. Kirgan
Weslaco
B. D. Kimbrough
Gordon Griffin
93Rd District Court
F. B. Freeland
Radio Station Schedule Fragments and Musical Programs
A jumble of air time blocks and station call letters lists varying networks and programs. It references orchestras soloists and entertainers with many city calls and chain notes.
Brisbane's Column Notes World Affairs and Technologies
Arthur Brisbane discusses global politics with emphasis on Chinese and American views. He notes China’s stance against Russian communism and reports on a brutal Shanghai crackdown. The piece surveys film industry shifts, a Beltville milking machine advancing dairy work, and Archbishop Curley’s Dublin interview criticizing prohibition. Conditions in Palestine and Arab movements near Jerusalem are also described.
Air derby plans loom for Amarillo aviation event
Amarillo hosts a weekend air derby with Fort Worth sending 22 planes led by Reg Robbins and Jim Kelly. An aerocade could attract 75 to 100 ships. Night aerial demonstrations and fireworks are scheduled with Grandstand tickets at 1.00. Fort Worth, Kelly Field, Duncan Field, and Brooks Field plan participation.
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Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Reg Robbins
Jim Kelly
Style and Auto Show Invades Amarillo on September 9
Amarillo hosts its annual fall style and automobile show on Monday September 9. Motorcycles and possibly airplanes join the display with Polk street closed and the business district lit for exhibits. Dave Derden’s band performs 7:30 to 9:30 near Polk and other corners as merchants showcase new fall styles and auto models. Radio dealers may keep stores open to unveil new radios in the event sponsored by Globe-News Publishing.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Dave Derden
Globe-News Publishing Company
Forest fires menace cities near Chicago
Forest fires swept a Cook county forest preserve area over a mile long near 107th Street and Archer Avenue. The blaze, found Monday night, burned under control today after foresters and volunteers fought it with ditches sand wet blankets and officials order to deploy all available foresters.
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Cook County Forest Preserve
107Th Street
Archer Avenue
Forest
J T Robinson Given Fighting Chance To Live In New Haven
Physicians in New Haven say J T Robinson Texas land commissioner has a fighting chance to live after a sinking spell marked a crisis in his illness on vacation. He fell ill while visiting.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
J. T. Robinson
Texas
Robinson
Air Derby Parking Reservations Rapidly Completing
Parking spaces and grandstand seats for the moth air derby at the municipal airport are selling fast, says Wilbur C. Hawk of the Tri State Fair association. The 1250 seat grandstand has no reserved sections and expects to sell out before Saturday afternoon. Grandstand tickets cost 1 dollar each, with reserved parking at 25 and 50 cents. About 2560 free parking spaces will be provided. tickets available at 310 Polk Street.
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Amarillo
Texas
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Duncan Field
Brooks Field
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Polk Street
Graf Zeppelin Beats World-Cruising Record At German Landing
The Graf Zeppelin landed in Friedrichshafen Germany at 8 52 a m on September 4 beating its own round the world cruising record by over a day. Church bells rang cannons boomed as the airship with an honor guard of 12 airplanes circled the town hall before docking.
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Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Thief Steals Jewelry and Trousseau From Pendergast Home
In Kansas City a thief broke into the home of Democratic leader T. J. Pendergast through a second story window and ransacked seven rooms. Jewels and clothing valued at 150000 to 200000 dollars were stolen, including Miss Marceline Pendergast's 4250 engagement ring. The theft occurred while residents were away and parts of Miss Pendergast's trousseau were taken.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
T. J. Pendergast
Naval Pact hailed as major step toward postwar peace
Geneva reports Premier Ram say MacDonald’s Anglo-American naval agreement plan is a landmark postwar stride. The assembly could set terms for the disarmament commission to meet in November. In Washington, the Senate reconvenes to debate Hoover tariff revisions with Western moderates and anti tariff Republicans split over agricultural safeguards and broad tariff hikes.
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Geneva
Ramsay MacDonald
League of Nations Assembly
MacDonald
Associated Tress
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Panhandle Auto Club Reports Road Conditions
Road bulletin from Panhandle Auto Club covers Amarillo to Oklahoma City detours via Groom Clinton and Hydro rough, Amarillo to Raton good, Amarillo to Roswell paving and good remainder, Santa Fe good, Higgins paving with rest good, Wichita Falls sanded between Childress and Estelline, Kirkland detour to Quanah, misc routes fair to good. Oil field highway Amarillo to Borger 17 miles paved, rest all-weather.
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Plainview
U. S
Higgins
Wichita Falls
U. S. 570
Childress
Kirkland
Quanah
Amarfilo
Borger
El Paso Man Slays Woman With An Axe
Mrs Irene Waitt 36 and Gordon Rose were killed as they slept at the Waitt home. H F Waitt husband and Army member at Ft Bliss confessed beating them to death with an axe. Their seven year old son slept through the tragedy unharmed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Irene Waitt
Gordon Rose
Waitt
H. F. Waitt
Ft. Bliss
Rose
John Coolidge to Wed Florence Trumbull on Sept Twenty Third
John Coolidge son of former President Calvin Coolidge will marry Florence Trumbull daughter of Connecticut Governor John H. Trumbull on September 23 at the Plainville Congregational Church. The ceremony will be conducted by Rev Kenneth Welles of Albany with assistance from Rev J Roy Wilkerson of Plainville.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
John Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
John H. Trumbull
Connecticut
Plainville Congregational Church
Kenneth Welles
Albany
N. Y
Congregational Church
Northampton
Mass
Coolidge
J. Roy Wilkerson
Plainville Church
Helms 10 Die on Friday Reynolds Texas Cleared for Execution
AUSTIN, Sept 4 Governor Moody will not interfere with the electrocution of Henry Helms set for Friday. Helms, found guilty of the December 1927 Cisco bank holdup, received the death penalty after a jury verdict in Eastland.
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Associated
Arab Tribes Hit Region of Tiberias In Offensive Move
Reports say Arab tribes near Tiberias organize an offensive after 12 killed at Hittin. British detachments rush to deter Moslem vengeance as authorities brace for possible breakout and protect population.
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Jerusalem
Tiberiay
Hittin
Poultry Association Sets Meeting Tomorrow Evening
The Panhandle Poultry association will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Municipal Auditorium. President Robert Ricks announced the event and urged all members to attend.
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The
Panhandle Poultry Association
Robert Ricks
Amarillo Man Beaten At Wrecking Yard
William Scotty Gevine was severely injured in a brutal assault at the Meyers Wrecking Company yard on West Third Avenue. J A Watson was jailed on charges of taking part in the attack and robbery, with two other suspects being sought. Detectives found $15 near the scene and $85 on Gevine, while witnesses rushed to report the crime.
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William “Scotty
Gevine
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
J. A. Watson
Meyers Wrecking Company
West Third Avenue
Watson
Missing Transcontinental Air Transport plane prompts search
An Amarillo plane joined the search for the missing Transcontinental Air Transport tri motor, reportedly carrying five passengers and a crew of three, last seen over Grant New Mexico. Appeals from Winslow and Albuquerque prompted two ships to join the hunt as crews and private flyers rally.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Harold W. English
Emmett Myers
Ryan Brougham
English Field
Winslow
Albuquerque
Amarillo Airport Corporation
English
United Press
Ariz
Transcontinental Air Transport Company
Grant, N. M
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