Board of City Development replies to Col Herring over Rock Island right of way
Amarillo officials defend spending on the Rock Island railroad project noting $11,112.53 of a $28,476.58 budget funds the special assistant and railroad committee. They accuse Col Herring of missing meetings while urging continued city support for securing the right of way and rails.
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Mr. Gatton
Railroad Committee
Colonel Herring
Gatton
C. T. Herring
Amarillo Globe
Board of City Development
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
City Commission
Amarillo
Merring
Col. Herring
Valentino Near Death After Relapse Blood Transfusion Planned
Rudolph Valentino relapsed with pleurisy in the left chest and doctors prepared for a blood transfusion. He is described as very weak, able to speak only in whispers, while manager George Ullman volunteers as a donor if needed at Polichinic hospital.
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Valentino
Associated Press
New York
Rudolph Valentino
George Ullman
Ullman
Polichinic Hospisat
Amarillo Rail Drive Seeks Workers for 250000 Goal
The Amarillo campaign for 250000 to secure Rock Island right of way and terminal facilities reports less than 10000 raised over Friday and Saturday. The general committee calls all workers to report at city hall at 10 oclock tomorrow morning, citing a lack of workers as the main obstacle. Despite recent slow progress, organizers say the drive will continue with renewed effort and a postponed policy meeting until the drive ends.
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Amarilo
Rock Island
O. C. Goodwin
Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce
Goodwin
Injunction Aims to Ban Cheaper Houses in Amarillo
District court records an injunction filed by B I Barfield to stop Walker T P Allen from building a structure in the 3200 block of Van Buren Amarillo Oliver Fable addition. The suit claims the addition restricts homes to at least 5000 dollars while Allen plans a frame building far cheaper. Barfield notes many homes in the addition cost 25000 to 30000 dollars and says buildings below the minimum will not be allowed.
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Walker T. P. Allen
van Buren Street
Oliver- Fable
Amarillo
B. I. Barfield
M. D. Oliver Eakle
Allen
Barfield
New Home for Chevrolet Cars in The Plains
The Plains Chevrolet plans a large building at 902 Tyler St one block west of its present location. President Jesse A. Rogers says work will start immediately and the facility will be rushed to completion. The firm, employing over thirty, expects to double car intake next year and cites fireproof design by its architects.
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The
Plains Chevrolet Company
Tyler St
Jesse A. Rogers
Mr. Rogers
West
Wylie's Band To Play At Election Returns Night
The News-Globe plans an election party at the municipal auditorium next Saturday. Wylie's Municipal band will perform as returns flash on screen and officials expect Potter county results to come in before eight and state totals to arrive earlier than the first primary. All are invited to attend.
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The
News-Globe
Wylie
Potter County
Women on juries judged as harsher by MP Sir Herbert Nield
Sir Herbert Nield declares in London that women jurors are more severe than traditional juries and that men may be safer with judges than with present-day juries. He argues the so called softer sex proves tougher in jury service.
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London
Sir Herbert Nield
York
T v Enture
Sir Norbert
Plot to Blow Safes Here Foiled, Belief in Gang Plot Confirmed
W C Webb chief of detectives said telegrams confirmed a planned gang plot to loot the city with a series of safe blowings. Ernest Strength held on narcotic charges. Iris Strength and a couple released after thwarted plans. The gang, from Fort Worth and Denver, planned daytime reconnaissance and a quick night action with details to be shared by the women.
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W. C. Webb
Ernest Strength
Potter County
Iris
Katherine
Webb
Ena Ana
Fort Worth
Loftons
Denver
San Antonio
Bief
Climax of big tourney comes this afternoon
Lubbock defeated Lamesa 7 to 4 while Amarillo and Big Lake tied 4 to 4 in a game halted at darkness. The double header setup could produce three games today with standings and finals depending on outcomes. Wide fan turnout expected. gates open around 1 pm with general admission 75 cents.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
News-Globe
Lamesa
Big Lake
Umps
Hale
Amarillo Fonken
Stockton
Harry Myers
Oklahoma City
Tri-State Fair Association
Armory
Panhandle
Indian Girl Teaches Whites Green River Frontier Children
Ortenso Large a 20 year old Indian girl teaches the white children of frontier pioneers fifty miles north of here in a rural district distant from railroads. Sacajawea, daughter of a Shoshone chieftain, guided Lewis and Clark from Bismarck North Dakota to the Pacific and back in 1805 and 1806.
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Green River
Wyo
Sacajawea
Lewis and Clark
Pacific Ocean
Ortenso Large
Miss Large
Bismark
North Dakota
Pacific
Zebra transformation of White Deer prompts new mystery
Local report notes someone climbed the pedestal of the White Deer statue and painted the figure black to resemble a ten point zebra. Citizens question who dehorned the White Deer and who altered it into a zebra, stirring recent debates about the creature’s identity and care.
Four Oil Towns Eye Merger in Borger District
Borger area leaders from Borger Dixon Creek Isom Whittenberg and Phillips plan a September 18 incorporation election as they discuss a five town merger. Isom will host the first Santa Fe station with later extensions to Borger and Phillips. trains into Isom expected around September 15.
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News-Globe
Borger
Isom
Santa Fe
Dixon Creek
Whittenberg
Phillips
Berger
Panhandle
Amarillo
Three Shot In Fusillade On Crowded Rogers Street
Rogers Texas August 21 Three persons were shot in a fusillade on a crowded street. Tom Harris is the most seriously injured. A man named Land and a young girl were slightly hurt. Charles Brown, linked to the affair six weeks earlier at Buckholts, was connected with today’s shooting and Harris. Brown has since been paralyzed in the legs and was said to be seated in an automobile during the incident.
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Rogers
Texas
Tom Harris
Land
Charles Brown
Harris
Buckholts
Brown
Gusher in Section 14 seals Week in Hutchinson Field
Scott Heywood adds another gusher in Section 14 Block Y Hutchinson county with Phillips-Heywood No 2 Smith flowing 9 000 to 10 000 barrels after a light shot. The field’s weekly total surpasses 100 000 barrels as Marland Oil and Canyon Oil add large wells.
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Scott Heywood
Gusher
Smith
Section 14
Block Y
Hutchinson County
Weywood
Canyon Oil Company
Marland Oil Company
Johnson Ranch
Carson-Hutchinson
Ferguson speech at Corsicana rally attacks Fergusons
Cullen F. Thomas of Dallas told a Moody rally on the courthouse square that the Fergusons broke promises and forced a run off. He denounced Klansmen in politics, questioned Ferguson’s manipulation of Butte Democrats, and urged courage and independence over party rigidity.
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Thomas
Ferguson
Corsicana
Associated Press
Corsicanas
Cullen F. Thomas
Dallas
Moody
Courthouse Square
Butte
Dan Moody
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
Amarillo urged to back Rock Island route campaign
General Chairman J. W. Crudgington calls every business and professional man in Amarillo to attend the Board of City Development at 9 a.m. Monday to fund the Rock Island right of way. Citizens and stockholders should decide on contributions, mail checks, and report to city hall as Chicago and New York watch Amarillo.
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J. W. Crudgington
Railroad Fund Committee
Amarillo
Board of City Development
Rock Island
Panhandle
City Hall
Chicago
Rock Ialand
New York City
Miriam Ferguson Opens Runoff Campaign in Temple Texas
Governor Ferguson returns to her Texas home for a run off primary rally against Moodyism Ku Kluxism and Fergusonism three issues. Former Governor James E. Ferguson follows with remarks on the three main contrasts during a park meeting despite rain and hay fever.
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The
Associated Press
Temple
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
City Park
W. E. Marshall
Heidenheimer
Rosenwald funds Texas industrial museum push
Julius Rosenwald donates 3 million dollars to a Chicago based industrial museum inspiring a Texas plan led by Judge John W Spellman to create a statewide exhibition on natural resources and their production. In New York City Malcolm Ross McAdoo, brother of William G McAdoo, wed Mildred M Trent in a municipal ceremony.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Texas
John W. Spellman
Society For the Scientific Development of
Texas’ Natural Resources
Benders
The
New Yobi
Malcolm Ross McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
Mildred M. Trent
McAdoo
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surroundings
The forecast shows Sunday partly cloudy for Amarillo and West Texas with fair skies over New Mexico. Pressure trends indicate high pressure over the middle Atlantic coast and a low area on the western plateau. Temperatures moved little in the last day with rain in the Pacific Northwest, Ohio Valley, and Atlantic coast.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic
Western Plateau
Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Pres Mure
Fayeta
Amarillo T
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Col Herring
W. O. Gatton
Oliver-Eckle Addition
Chevrolet
Jess Rogers
D. C. Dewitt
Sled Allen
Dawson County
Isom Station
Industrial Museum
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