House Committee Backs 80000 Dollar Budget For Helium Project
The House mines and mining committees unanimously favor reporting the Englebright bill to authorize an 80000 dollar appropriation to finish the Amarillo Bureau of Mines helium plant and acquire remaining Cliffside gas leases. The measure aims to secure private producer Lone for helium while preserving government control and potential export limits. Efforts to fast track the bill in both houses follow two weeks of hearings with Bureau officials naval officers and industry reps.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Amarillo
Cliffside
House Mines and Mining Committees
Englebright
House of Representatives
California
Durich
United States
Congress
Deranged Shamrock Woman Found in Tank
Mrs. Emma Riley, 58, reportedly deranged, drank poison and then sank into a stock tank Friday night four miles south of Shamrock. She died by her own action, a note left predicting where her body would be found. Coroner and physician confirmed suicide. family recently moved from Arkansas amid financial and illness worries.
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Sunday News Globe
Shamrock
Emma Riley
A. J. Austin
Arkansas
State witness testifies in Amarillo cigarette theft case
Trial of Richard Fitzgerald Louis Blackwell and Floyd Foster centers on alleged interstate cigarette theft conspiracy. Triplett, a co defendant who pleaded guilty, testified for the government about cigarettes moving from Winston Salem to Amarillo as prosecutors present jurors and evidence from railroad witnesses.
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Richard Fitzgerald
Louis M. Blackwell
Floyd E. Foster
Amarillo
Thomas B. Triplett
Fitzgerald
Blackwell
Foster
Triplett
Alex Mood
James C. Wilson
H. S. Whitehart
Winston Safem
N. C
Winston-Salem
Mood
Railroad
W. B. Kelly
Fort Worth
Ross Morrison
M. Littlefield
William Whistler
R. E. Steele
H. P. Tate
W. J. Piper
Population Jump in Dallas County and Midland County Census
Dallas County shows a population of 326,029, up 115,478 since 1920, with a density rise of 134.8 per square mile per census supervisor Col. W. E. Talbot. Midland County rural areas grow 262 percent since 1920, with over 8,000 residents and about 2,500 in rural areas.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Dallas County
Col
W. E. Talbot
Sunday News Globe
Midland
Midland County
Unemployed Figures Questioned by Shouse in Statement
Juett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, charges unemployment figures have been manipulated to suit politics. He cites Hoover era assurances and subsequent market contradictions, blames withholding census figures, and links declining presidential popularity to lost public trust.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Curtis
Lamont
Amarillo Voters Consider Two Bond Issues
Amarillo voters will decide next Tuesday on two bond proposals totaling 175000 for public works. A 150000 street paving and underpass project is paired with a 25000 park development issue. ballots allow approving one and scratching the other. Mayor Ernest O. Thompson cites finishing paving contracts, Third Avenue viaduct, Fillmore Street subway and park upgrades as intended uses.
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Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Third Avenue
Fillmore Street
San Jacinto
W. N. Durham
News- Globe
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
S. van Buren
Mississippi
Fillmore
Pierce
N. Arthur
Wichita
Monroe
N. E
Buchanan
Lincoln
van Buren
Adams
Houston
Roberts
F. Tth
Sanborn
Ong
Travis
N. Pierce St
Amarillo Bond Debate Highlights City Finances Clash
Mayor Ernest Thompson defends a $175 000 bond plan for street and underpass work while critic Beasley accuses city finances of misrepresentation. Beasley cites a $406 727.96 cash balance with $312 086 tied in the interest and sinking fund, urging voters to scrutinize sworn city reports.
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Ernest Thompson
J. N. Beasley
News-Globe
Beasley
Colonel Thompson
Amarillo
Thompson
Ranch man James Speed shot by Roswell taxi driver
Roswell New Mexico May 24 James Speed prominent ranch man was killed instantly by taxi driver Keith Carroll who fired once at speed and then refused to speak Carroll was jailed as officers investigated motive Speed had lived in Roswell for 20 years and leaves a wife
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Sunday News Globe
Roswell
N. M
James
Speed
Keith Carroll
Carroll
Population of Oklahoma City Reaches 182 845
The population of Oklahoma City was announced at 182 845 reflecting a gain of 91 550 since 1920. The rise matches growth trends seen in other Southwestern cities in the latest censuses.
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Oklahoma City
The
Associated Press
Okla
Texas Cities Lead in Weekly Building Permits
San Antonio topped Texas cities for the week with more than 600000 in building permits, leading Houston Amarillo Fort Worth and Galveston in the state totals. The report lists weekly and year to date figures for each city including Dallas Beaumont El Paso and Lubbock with varying permit amounts.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Galveston
Austin
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
Harlingen
el Paso
Seeee
Big Spring
Port Arthur
Lubbock
Pampa
Plainview
Waed-suscuesica
Paul Loven Dirt Farmer Enters Governor Race
Paul Loven a dirt farmer announces his candidacy for governor subject to Democratic primaries in New Braunfels Texas. He is a cousin of United States Senator Morris Sheppard and is running as one of twenty candidates in the race.
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Associated Press
New Braunfels
Texas
Paul Loven
United States
Morris Sheppard
Loven
Tulsa Legislator Owens Granted 12-Day Stay
Oklahoma City May 24 Owens Tulsa county legislator received a new 12 day stay of execution from Gov. Holloway as his contempt sentence before the state supreme court nears expiration.
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Owens
Associated Press
Oklahoma
City
Tulsa
State Supreme Court
W. J. Holloway
Yacht Playmate Explodes Injuring Seven at Cayuga Inlet
Seven people mostly Syracuse residents were seriously injured when the Syracuse owned yacht Playmate blew up at a Cayuga inlet dock in Ithaca New York on May 24.
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Associated Press
Ithaca
N. Y
Syracuse
Cayuga Inlet
Freight brakeman dies after car incident at Dalhart yard
M. I. Freiberger, 45, of 728 North Johnson, died in a Dalhart hospital after a freight car wheel severed his legs and caused fatal injuries while he was coupling the Howe between two cars. He remained conscious until just before death and directed arrangements for his body and contact with relatives. He was en route to Campbell, near Greenville, for burial, with his wife Mia and five children joining the body. Survived by Dale, 15, and several relatives in Campbell and Texarkana. he had lived in Amarillo about four years, moving from Greenville.
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Fort Worth
Denver
M. I. Freiberger
North Johnson
Dalhart
Freiberger
Ile
Howe
Campbell
Greenville
Mia. Freiberger
Dale
Panhandle Oklahoma to Get New Rails
The Beaver Meade and Englewood Railway announces a million dollar forty mile extension westward to connect with the Santa Fe at Reyes forty five miles east of the state line. The line will push from Hough to Reyes as part of a plan to reach the New Mexico coal district and link with Colorado Southern.
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Oklahoma City
OkLahoma Panhandle Territory
Beaver, Meade & Englewood Railway
Beaver
Forgan
Okla
Hough
Santa Fe
Reyes
State Line
C.J. Turpin
New Mexico
Colorado Southern
Mussolini Rouses Crowds With Defiant Francoist Call
In Milan on May 24 Premier Mussolini shouted down with France cries as he reviewed 16 000 troops and addressed a vast crowd. He pledged to defend and promote Fascism while the throng braved rain to cheer and shout Long live the duce.
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Milan
Italy
France
Mussolini
the Duce
More Cars to Handle 1930 Wheat Crop, Board Hears
L M Betts of the American Railway Association reports at the Southwest Shippers Advisory Board meeting in Enid Oklahoma that more railroad cars will be available this season than since 1921. J Cole of the Oklahoma Grain Dealers association attended, noting an Oklahoma wheat yield around 36 to 40 million bushels. The board set meeting rotations with Fort Worth for September and Amarillo seeking May, Wichita Falls aiming for 1921 patterns, and winter meetings on the Gulf coast.
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L. M. Betts
American Railway Association
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
Enid
Okla
J. Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Grain Dealers’ Association
Cole
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Grain
Southwest
Cotton Belt
Gulf Coast
Rapid move
Partial newspaper blurb notes a rapid move with continuation referenced to Page 2 Col 2, dated May 24, from United Price ENLD in Okla. The fragment implies further action or report in the continuation.
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United Price Enld
Okla
Scarface Al Capone targeted in city conspiracy warrants
Warrants charging Mayor Reeder City Commissioner Knight Director of Public Safety McCready and ex governor Cox of Ohio publisher of the Miami Daily News with conspiracy in attempts to banish Scarface Al Capone from Miami. Vincent Giblin attorney for the Chicago chief obtained the warrants alleging they conspired to falsely accuse Capone of violating a city ordinance.
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Associated Press
Miami, Fla
Reeder
Knight
Public Safety
McCready
Damnes M. Cox
Ohio
Miami Daily News
Scarface
al Capone
Vincent
Giblin
Chicago
Justice of the Peace
Capone
James Kirkwood Sues Lila Lee for Desertion in Divorce
In Los Angeles on May 24 veteran actor James Kirkwood filed suit for divorce against his wife, actress Lila Lee, citing desertion as the grounds. The petition names Lee as respondent and seeks a favorable ruling on dissolution of the marriage.
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Lila Lee
Associated Fresh
Los Angeles
James Kirkwood
Amon Today
Miriam Ferguson for Governor Promises Prohibition-Era Change
Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, widow of former governor James B. Ferguson, declares candidacy for governor adopting her late husband’s platform with one change to strengthen liquor laws. She notes impeachment of James H. Ferguson and pledges to seek her husband’s counsel if elected, arguing experience from prior administrations.
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Miriam A
Ma” Ferguson
Texan
Texas
Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Miriam A. Ferguson
James B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Moody
James HE. Ferguson
State Democratic Committee
Oklahoma Man Dies After Fist Fight Injury
Cheroker Oklahoma May 24 United Press reports H. B. Hoggard 44 died from injuries after a fist fight with 23 year old George Beltz. Hoggard lingered semiconscious and Beltz is jailed. Authorities expect charges of first degree manslaughter.
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Oklahoma
United Press
Cheroker
Okla
H. 8
Hoggard
George Beltz
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Senate
West Texas
Yesay
Quiz Curtis
Harry K. Curtis
Charles Curtis
U. 5S
Shouse
Democratic Committee
Dalhart Yard
M. L. Freiberger
Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
Scarface AL
Prohibition
Mate
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