Texas Pipe Line to Start 8-Inch Oil Line to Electra
The Texas Pipe Line company plans an eight inch pipe line from the Alma Gray base near Lefors Gray county to Electra Texas covering 153 miles by survey. Welded pipe will handle Gray county production and nearby fields. The line costs about 6 million dollars with a pumping station at Panhandle terminus costing around 30 thousand. Plans and contracts expected within days as part of three major Texas developments this year.
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Texas Pipe Line Company
Alma Gray Base
Lefors
Gray County
Electra
Panhandle
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Ringling
Oklahoma
Ti Pipe Line Company
Magnolia Pipe Line Company
Gulf Coast
Texas Company
Texas
Associated Press New York
Texas Corporation
R. C. Holmes
Pressent
Crane
Upton
Winkler
West Texas
Pecos
Houston
Port Arthur
Barber line starts Texas to Africa service with West Kebar
The Barber steamship lines inaugurated 8 new freight and passenger services to West Africa as the West Kebar sailed from Port Arthur Texas for African ports. Regular monthly sailings will depart from gulf coast ports.
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Associated Press
Port Arthur
Texas
West Kebar
West Africa
Barber Steamship Lines
Gulf Coast
Africa
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Sunday Plans
Sunday fair for Amarillo and vicinity with mostly cloudy skies and possible showers in the northern portion of West Texas. New Mexico unsettled with cooler temperatures. rain reported in Plains States and Northeast. Southeast pressure above normal, cooler in Wisconsin and northern Illinois eastward, cooler also in central Plains. Temperature by hour yesterday shows noon reading around 16.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Towa
Wisconsin
Tiiioia
Central Plains States
Locomotive Strikes Plainview Men No Fatalities Reported
Plainview residents Eugene White and Bruce Mitchell narrowly escaped death when their car was hit by a train while crossing the tracks. Both men were thrown from the vehicle and taken to the sanitarium. White is described as seriously injured while Mitchell has minor injuries.
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Plainview
Eugene White
Bruce Mitchell
Near Plainview
White
Mitchell
Novelist connected to deaths of two young writers
New York July 21. Max Bodenheim, novelist, located in Provincetown after being sought in the death of Miss Virginia Drew. A second protege, Miss Gladys Loeb, who attempted suicide two months earlier, has vanished. Police say no New York detectives will be sent and the case may be closed. Bodenheim claimed Miss Drew sought his criticism and threatened suicide when he said her poetry was hopeless. Drew’s body was found in the Hudson. Loeb, 18, despondent over lack of literary success, had a photo of Bodenheim in her room. Her disappearance became known today.
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New York
Maxwell Bodenhime
Provincetown
Mass
Virginia Drew
Police
Gladys Loeb
Martin Loeb
Bodenheim
Miss Drew
Hudson River
Miss Loeb
Dallas Judge Warns Prohibition Agents
Judge William H. Atwell of Dallas in Brooklyn federal court threatened fines of 100 dollars against prohibition agents who fail to appear in court against alleged violators. The warning came as three cases were called and the arresting agents did not appear.
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Associated Press
New York
Prohibition
William H. Atwell
Dallas
Brooklyn
Atwell
Jury fails to reach verdict in Norman Sunday murder trial
In Karnes City Texas on July 21 jury members deliberated 21 hours before being discharged at 2 pm. Judge Murry polled the twelve men who admitted no chance of agreement in the murder case of E. B. Bowen.
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Associated Press
Karnes City
Texas
Norman Sunday
E. B. Bowen
Murry
Czechoslovakia Signs Peace Pact
By Associated Press Prague July 21 Czechoslovakia formally accepted Kellogg's draft treaty outlawry of war with the caveat that it does not conflict with the League of Nations covenant or the Lo vroarno treaties.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Kellogg
League of Nations
Boy Hero of Amarillo Receives Quiet Town Praise
An 11 year old boy living with his aunt at 804 North Pierce Street rescued Fern Goans from a swimming hole but Laura Josephine drowned when the youngsters struggled to reach the bank. Morris Gulledge weighs 65 pounds and earned money by chopping weeds while seeking a self supporting vacation job. He is the son of Dr. R H Gulledge of Goodrich Texas and recently came to Amarillo to live with his aunt.
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Susan Gulledge
North Pierce Street
Fern Goans
Morris
R. H. Gulledge
Goodrich
Texas
Explosion at Borger refinery kills worker
Gerald Cotton, 35, fatally injured when a high pressure compressor exploded at Rock Creek Oil refinery one mile west of Borger. He died four hours later in Borger hospital. Cotton left a widow and three children. the family had lived in Borger several months.
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Sunday News Globe
Borger
Gerald Cotton
Rock Creek Oil Company
Cotton
Globe Girdlers Land Saturday in Minneapolis
Globe circlers John Henry Mears and B. D. Collyer completed a non stop flight from Spokane arriving in Minneapolis after 7:55 p m Central time. They aim to reach New York by Sunday evening to beat the world circumnavigation record of 28 days set by Wells Evans and Linton.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
John Henry Mears
B. D. Collyer
Globe Circlers
Spokane
Wash
New York
Linton
Wells
Edward Evans
Mr. Mears
Runaway trolley kills two girls in Braddock suburb
In Pittsburgh area Braddock a trolley malfunction sent a car down a hill crashing into a crowded store. Two young girls died and about 15 people injured including store owner Harry Levine and driver Paul Evans. Motorman Frank McFarron was guarded at a hospital.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Braddock
Frank McFarron
Harry Levine
Paul Evans
Evans
Tulsa Woman Sues for Breach Promise
Miss Anne E Livingston, 31, of Tulsa Oklahoma, sues Franklin S Hardinge, 61, president of Hardinge Oil Burner Co, for 250000 for breach of promise. Praecipe filed. Hardinge’s whereabouts unknown. Her refusal to sign away 100000 in dower rights for a 100000 bequest reportedly led to the marriage cancellation in February.
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United Press
Chicago
Anne E. Livingston
Tulsa
Oklo
Franklin S. Hardinge
Hardinge Oil Burner Company
Hardinge
Ultimatum Missioned in Calles Mexico War Feared
Mexico City and the country remain tense amid reports that Congressman Soto y Gama, allied with Obregon, warned President Calles that Morones must go or there will be actual war. Army loyalty and a crackdown on unrest are stressed as the Obregon camp links the assassination to political enemies. Obregon’s body returns as Carranza and Obregon memorials close offices. In Rome Osservatore Romano rebukes religious scapegoating, while Obregon’s funeral in Hatabanpo draws thousands.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Calles
Soto Y Gama
Obregon
Luis Morones
Mexico
Amaro
General Obregon
Morones
Emilio Carranza
United States
Foreign Office
Carranza
Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Nero
Revolutionary attempt against government reported in Portugal
A revolutionary attempt against the government was made last night in Lisbon Portugal. The situation was described as completely unsettled today with authorities monitoring the aftermath and assessing casualties and arrests.
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the Associat
Lisbon
Portugal
Jm Hang
Police Recover Diamond Ring Valued at 500
Police recovered a $500 diamond ring and an amethyst from a Tyler street home after an extended investigation. Johnny Jones was held for theft and Lucretia Wilkins for alleged accomplice. Jones confessed and directed officers to the hiding place in an old tire in a garage near his residence.
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Tyler Street
Johnny Jones
Lucretia Wilkins
Jones
Smith faces delays in radio hook up for acceptance speech
Albany July 21 The Democratic nominee Governor Smith faces delays in finalizing a nationwide radio hook up for his acceptance speech from the steps of the state capitol. He hoped to announce timing by tomorrow but said radio arrangements hinder progress. The plan aims to reach voters in all states with equal access to the broadcast. The ceremony is expect ed during the week of August 19.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Smith
State Capitol
Hoover and G. O. P. finance plan agreed
Stanford University July 21 Herbert Hoover accepts there should be no fixed limit on individual political contributions. He argues a large donation from a donor with no special government interests is more proper than a small gift from one seeking favors. Financing details are handled by J. R. Nutt of Cleveland and the national committee aides. Hoover has not been consulted on specifics.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
J. R. Nutt
Cleveland
Ohio
National
Kirby Named Demo Texas Finance Chief
Houston react to the appointment of John Henry Kirby, a Houston capitalist and Texas legislator, as director of finance for the Democratic National Committee in Texas. He accepted by wire, succeeding Jesse H. Jones, another Houston figure, with Herbert H. Lehman announcing from New York.
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Associated Press
Houston
John Henry Kirby
Texas
Democratic National Committee
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Kirby
Jesse H. Jones
Million Dollar Cattle Trades Mark Amarillo Week
Cattle valued over one million dollars changed hands in Amarillo and vicinity over ten days as grass remains good and cattle fatten. Local and out of state buyers figure prominently, with 90 percent of the 1928 calf crop sold and 30 percent moved to first buyers. Dawson of Amarillo buys yearlings and cows, leases a Paducah ranch, and acquires 2600 stock cattle. Pollard sells 500 yearling heifers to Kansas buyers. Sneed sells 2000 head to Kansas interests. Fort Worth’s Tom Saunders buys 900 three year old steers. Shroyer and Williams buy 600 heifer yearlings via Brummett and Hill.
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Amarillo
Commission
Berkley Dawson
Henry Brady
Wildorado
Dawson
Arnett and Elwood
Lubbock
D. D. Swearingen
Paducah
H. N. Pollard
Dalhart
Kansas
Sage Kansas
Joe Sneed
Brummett
Hill
Tom Saunders
Fort Worth
W. H. Shroyer
Barnett
Williams
Miami
Gray to Demonstrate Dead Stick Landing Over City
Lieut. Robt. H. Gray will perform a 9 dead stick landing from 2,500 feet above Fourth and Polk to his field three miles NW of the city at 2:30 this afternoon. The test shows flying safety in emergencies when the pilot is experienced. Once the motor is cut off at this low altitude it cannot be restarted, he says.
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Robt. H. Gray
Fourth
Polk
Victims Found With Dr Hussey In New Jersey Bungalow
Norristown July 21 Lindley M Hussey novelist and chemist and Grace Tetlow Sauveur of Philadelphia were found together in a Lambertville New Jersey bungalow. Dr Virginia Alvarez Hussey told police she killed them last Thursday night.
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Associated Press
Norristown
Lindley M. Hussey
Grace Tetlow Sauveur
Philadelphia
Virginia Alvarez Hussey
Lambertville
N. J
Elier
Weather cools as panhandle rainfall exceeds prior records
Heavy rain swept the Panhandle Plains from Friday night into Saturday, Amarillo and vicinity hit hardest with a 1 inch in 30 minutes. Reports extended to Goodnight and Clovis with varying amounts, no rain along parts of the north, and 75 percent of the wheat crop harvested. A residence fire sparked by lightning and a cooler overall day followed the downpour, with fair Sunday weather forecast.
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Panhandle
Plains
Amarillo
Goodnight
Channing
Dalhart
Clovis
Santa Fe
Amérille
McLean
Rock Island
Wildorado
Vega
Canyon
Tulsa
Childress
North Plains
Madison Street
Huereau
Man killed by chimney collapse in Tyler discussion
Tyler Texas July 21 Charles Powell 28 was killed when a chimney toppled during plans for taxing the chimney.
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Tyler
Texas
Charles Powell
Tor
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