Al Smith Dictates Demo Drive Plans
Gov Alfred E Smith plans an eight week campaign with at most two speeches weekly. He will mostly address common man issues and oppose Republican charges of pillage and privilege. The national committee will handle campaign logistics while Smith dictates strategy.
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Associated Press
New York
Jaly
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
National Committee
Albany
Delaware
William Raskob
John J. Raskob
General Motors
Weather forecast signals showers and cooler break
Unsettled conditions forecast with showers across the west Gulf coast, southern Mississippi Valley, southeastern New Mexico and Texas Panhandle. A trough from New Mexico to eastern South Dakota brings cooler air, with temperatures around 87 in Amarillo and slight changes elsewhere.
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Mexico
New Mexico
South Dakota
West Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Texas Panhandle
Amarile
Financiers in quarrel over Democratic committee funds
A dispute emerges between James W. Gerard treasurer and Jesse H. Jones financial director over Democratic national committee finances after the convention. Tensions center on receipts including Houston's $200,000 raised for the event, fueling strains in their working relationship.
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Jesse H. Jones
Houston
James W. Gerard
Democratic National Committee
Gerard
National Committee
Mr. Jones
Highway Officials Arrive to Discuss Panhandle Road Plans
Texas highway chairman R. S Sterling and state highway engineer Gibb Gilchrist arrive in Amarillo to meet with Panhandle county commissioners. They will review highways including No 5 Fort Worth to Texline US 66 to New Mexico, and highway 33 to Clovis, with inspections and consultations in Gray and Randall counties.
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R. S Sterling
Texas Highway Commission
Gibb Gilchrist
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lubbock
Farwell
W.A. French
Tuesay
Fort Worth
Texline
U.S. Highway 66
New Mexico
Oldham
County
Clovis
Randall
Deaf Smith
Palmer
Swisher
Hale
Board of City Development
Gray County
Gilchrist
Sterling
Potter County to award road topping contracts Monday
Contracts for more than 650000 yards of highway topping will be let by Potter County commissioners in regular session. Two contracts total 10000 to 12000 dollars for the Refinery and Cliffside roads near the city limits. A graveling job on the Refinery road from the Tri-State fair grounds to the Panhandle highway will cost about 17000 dollars and cover about two miles after street junction work.
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Commissioners of
Potter County
Cliffside
J. W. Ryder
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Panhandle Highway
Ryder
Three Million Bushels Flung On New Market
Henry Ansley reports over 3 million dollars in new money entering the Ama tillo trade area in two weeks with the total expected to reach 15 million dollars in six weeks as Panhandle farmers push 1928 wheat sales. crop yields exceed early projections, boosting regional marketing and outlook.
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Amatillo
Panhandle
Perryton Combines Break Sales Record in 1926 Territory
Perryton dealers report selling 209 combines this season, surpassing the 1926 national record of 124. Estimates place 400 machines in operation, with statisticians projecting a carload of wheat threshed every five minutes in a 12 hour day. Tractor sales total 136 for the spring season.
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Peetyts
Perryton
United States
Panhandle Wheat Crop Expected to Gross Over 17 Million
The Panhandle wheat crop is projected to yield more than 17 million dollars for farmers as marketing progresses. Sixty five percent of South Plains harvest completed with over 400000 bushels already sold in Hale county, total in the county projected above 700000. Floyd county also expects about 700000 bushels. Though below normal for these counties, the yields exceed expectations from sixty days ago, elating farmers and merchants. South Plains wheat shows unusually high protein fetching a premium, offsetting the smaller overall crop. Harvest broadening on the North Plains, the wheat capital of the Southwest, as hundreds join the season.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Hale County
Floyd County
Plainview
United States
North Plains
Southwest
Aurora Borealis Seen in Amarillo and Telegraph Wires Disrupted
The aurora borealis illuminated Amarillo last night, drawing reader calls and concerns about an oil-field fire. Telegraph lines nationwide, from New York to San Francisco, suffered intermittent outages as the northern lights caused distant earth currents to disrupt traffic.
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Amarillo
U.S
News-Globe
News- Globe
Associated Press
U States
Pie Associated Press
New York
Earth
Aurora Realis
Telegraph Nortpantie
San Francisco
Atlanta
Memphis Man Drowns While Saving Boat
Funeral services were held for Fred Snowden who drowned Tuesday in Bitterlake twenty miles west of Memphis. He was fishing and swimming on his back with feet in a boat when it capsized. Snowden, an 86 year resident of Hall county, leaves an estranged wife and two sons.
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Fred Snowden
Bitterlake
Memphis
Bob Snowden
C. E. Jameson
First Methodist Church
Mr. Snowden
Snowden
Hall County
E W Harrison Pioneer Grain Man Dies in Hereford
Hereford July 7 Esca W Harrison 52 pioneer elevator man dies after emergency appendectomy. Born September 18 1875 in Arkansas he moved to Texas as a child and settled in Baylor county. He came to Hereford in 1901 and built a renowned grain elevator. He funded a 50 mile highway to Bellview New Mexico and led Baptist church affairs including Buckner’s Orphans’ Home. Survived by widow a daughter Mattie Lou a son David his mother and four brothers. Funeral Sunday at First Baptist with Rev W M Cloyd. burial West Park cemetery.
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Sunday News Globe
Hereford
Esca W. Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Arkansas
Texas
Baylor County
J. A. Williams
J. A. Fox
W. E. Hicks
Panhandle
Harrison
Bellview
N. M
The
Baptist Church
Buckner’s
Fifth
Main Streets
Mattie Lou
David
Seymour
Canadian
W. M. Cloyd
First Baptist Church
West Park Cemetery
Heat Fatal To Sixteen In St Louis This Summer
Total fatalities attributed to the heat here since Tuesday reached sixteen today with reports of two additional deaths. A waitress and a glassworker succumbed to heat exhaustion.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Jailed pastors cannot preach radio sermons in Dallas
Rev J Earl Anderson awaiting a jail day amid a dispute over his new tabernacle and radio sermons. Judge Towne Young ordered no radio equipment in jail. The Tabernacle, two thirds complete, was condemned as unsafe by the city building inspector. Work halted. a hearing on injunction permanence set for Wednesday. Mayor Burt said no city action. Dr J Frank Norris vowed to continue revival services and would address the judge if the matter isn’t settled.
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Associated Preas
Dallas
J. Earl Anderson
Baptisl
Conatrucof
Towne
Lulu Seale
Dallas County
Judge Young
Dr. Anderson
Norris
Amundsen fate linked to drop in Arctic sea
Report from Spitzbergen dated July 7 states laborers aboard the Ingerfire sighted a dark object plunging into the sea on June 18 off Bear Island. The object could correspond to the French seaplane carrying Roald Amundsen and five companions while searching for missing Nobile expedition members.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Roald Amundsen
Great Northern Coal Company
Norway
Advent Bay
Bear Island
Veteran AP journalist dies in Tokyo at 63
Dugiss Adam, 63, longtime Associated Press first correspondent in Japan and former editor of Rengo and Japanese news service, died today in Tokyo from heart failure. His career spanned decades of reporting and editorial leadership in Japan and beyond.
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Tokyo
Dugiss Adam
Associated Press
Japan
Rengo
Five Crew Saved as Angamos Sinks with 291 Lost
The Angamos sank in the Bay of Araico killing 291 people, eighty passengers among them. Only five crew members survived as reports cite the captain died by his own hand on the bridge. The 56,975 ton single screw steamer built in Scotland in 1890, refitted two years ago by Chile.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Angamos
Bay of Araico
Ministry of Marine
Scotland
Petty Gossip Blamed for Double Shooting near Ungannon
United Press reports a feud rooted in petty gossip led to the deaths of Andy Dockery, 60, a farmer, and John Carter, 53, deputy game warden, found 100 yards apart near Ungannon,Virginia. Dockery was shot three times. Carter’s single self-inflicted shot, following a quarrel over remarks about Carter's wife. Both men were married with large families.
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United Press
Ungannon
Andy Dockery
John Carter
Dockery
Carter
Love Seeks Ballot Spot In Cameron County Primary
State Senator Thomas B. Love announces a bid to keep his name on Cameron county's lieutenant governor primary ballot. He will travel to Brownsville to present his case to the county executive committee sub committee, citing legal and moral right and duties to appear in person.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Cameron County
Thomas B. Love
Brownaville
W. W. Taylor
Brownsville
Waco football star dies in wagon accident
Waco Texas July 7 Jeff Moroney a Waco High School athlete and member of the championship Tiger eleven was killed Saturday when a wagon he rode under a low bridge on a Bosque river road ran into the obstruction Moroney faced rearward and did not see the suspension strike him resulting in instant death.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
Jeff Meroney
Tiger
Bosque River
Moroney
Mexican aviator plans nonstop Havana flight
Mexico City July 7 Maj Roberto Fierro, Mexican army aviator, announced he expected to start at midnight 1 a m eastern standard time on a nonstop flight to Havana.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Roberto Fierro
Havana
Hoover Resignation From Hoover to Coolidge Discussed
Superior Wis July 7 President Coolidge received today the resignation of Secretary Hoover from the commerce department. The resignation becomes effective at the president’s pleasure and Hoover may visit the summer White House around July 16. Hoover may remain in his post if Coolidge wishes to retain him, and talks to discuss political situation are planned.
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Superior
Wis
Coolidge
Hoover
Commerce Department
White House
White House House
Commerce Secretary
Goolidge
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