Italia Airship Italia Mystery Draws Rescue Efforts
Reports from Oslo and Berlin indicate the Italia may have landed after a garbled radio call. Wilkins and Eielson offer to assist in a polar search from Spitzbergen as Amundsen Sverdrup Ellsworth prepare rescue plans with international air crews.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Oslo
Norway
Italia
Nobile
Oslo Aftenposten
Vadsee
Citta di Milano
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Pole
Amundsen
Carl B. Eielson
Alaska
Spitzenbergen
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
Early action or deadlock at Republican convention seen
As Republican delegates are chosen the party splits between an early ballot or a deadlock. Hoover leads pre convention strength yet neither Hoover nor Lowden claim first ballot victory. Mellon’s choice may push Coolidge, while Coolidge and Dawes are discussed as possible dark horses. The Kansas City convention starts in two weeks.
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Hoover
Lowden
Coolidge
Dawes
Curtis
Hughes
Mellon
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Houston
Smith
Reed
Missuri
South
Utilities Merger Brings Panhandle Texas and New Mexico together
The Southwestern Public Service Company assets in Amarillo and 13 Panhandle and New Mexico cities are sold to The Texas Utilities Company and New Mexico Utilities Company. The July 1 transfer links Amarillo to Canyon and Carlsbad to Lubbock via high tension lines, creating a 43 city interconnected system. No local management changes are planned. the merger expands power connectivity across the region. Judge I R Kelso and L L Ferree announced the deal in Amarillo.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
Panhandle
New Mexico
Texas Utilities Company
New Mexico Utilities Company
Panhandle Plains
L. L. Ferree
I. R. Kelso
St. Louis
Texas
Pampa
Carlsbad
Lubbock
Post
Floydada
North Panhandle
South Plains
Judge Kelso
Texas Panhandle
Ferree
Kelso
Pecos Valley Group
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The bulletin lists a forecast through Sunday for Amarillo and vicinity with fair conditions and slight temperature changes. West Texas will see generally fair weather Saturday with little temperature change, while New Mexico expects mostly fair conditions Sunday.
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Amarillo
Vince Fair
West Texas
New Mexico
Rock Mountain
Mississippi
Yeser
Amarillo urged to back modern airport development
Ed R. Mayer of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce urges business and professional leaders to prepare for an Amarillo airport and landing field. He compares air routes to rail expansion, warns against apathy, and argues rapid aviation growth will shift trade centers, urging local effort to gain recognition in the new transportation era.
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Amarillo
Carthage
New York City
Detroit
United States
New England
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Missionary Jones Declines Bishop Post After election
Dr. E Stanley Jones, Indian missionary and recent bishop elect of the Methodist Episcopal church, announced he would not accept the post saying the election was emotionally driven and that it could pull him away from India which is his first love. The conference had faced a deadlock over Korean and Philippine episcopal realignment and the Korea issue prompted the vote.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
E. Stanley Jones
India
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Jones
Helen Kim
Ewha College
Seoul
Korea
Korea, Last Night Against the Report of the Committee On
Orion W. Fifer
Dr. Jones
The Cheerful Cherub
A fragment reflecting on risk and thrills versus safety minded living. The speaker laments avoiding risks and hidden feelings, imagining missing many experiences if forever cautious.
Foyil Elected President of New Mexico Bankers Association
W A Foyil president of the American National Bank of Tucumcari was elected president of the New Mexico Bankers Association at the convention final session in the city Saturday. He has served as vice president during the past year and is known in New Mexico and Texas for banking and civic activity.
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W. A. Foyil
American National Bank of
Foyil
Andrew Payne Victorious in Bunion Derby Transcontinental Race
Andrew Payne of Claremore Oklahoma won the 3,422.3 mile Bunion Derby from Los Angeles to New York staged by C. C. Pyle. He topped John Salo of New Jersey by 15 hours 35 minutes for a total elapsed time of 513:04:34 and a $25,000 prize.
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Associated Press
New York
Andrew Payne
Claremore
Okla
C. C. Pyle
Los Angeles
Cal
Madison Square Garden
John Salo
Pessaic
N. J
Payne
California
John Sale
Mergin
Sale
Richard Thomas
Cornwall
England
Philip Granville
Hamilton
Ont
Ed Gardner
Seattle Negro
New Mexico Bankers Elect Officers and Pick Las Vegas
W A Foyil was chosen president of the New Mexico Bankers Association at Tucumcari. Las Vegas won the bid to host the next meeting after Albuquerque and Raton. The group approved a $100 donation for boy and girl club work and opposed changes to the national banking act.
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Albuquerque
Raton
H. L. Boyd
Springer
Margaret Rae Albuquerque
Singer
Vaughn
Seeser H. Rixey
Clayton
Charles R. Kers
Wagon Mound
Frank R. Koon
Deming
Tri- State
Denver
Tacumcari
L. W. Eley
Los Angeles
Arthur F. Jones
Portales
EK. M. Brickley
Carrizozo
T. H. Rixey
Albert 8. Brooks
Mr. Brooks
E. R. Wright
Santa Fe
Kirby L. Vidrine
The
Anglo
Bandit Slayers of Three Blude Posses Banker's Fate In Doubt
Hundreds of possemen aided by airplanes hunted western Kansas for robbers after a Lamar bank raid left three dead. A. E. Kessinger remained missing, presumed slain. Dr. W W Wineinger was found slain after being beaten. Rewards neared $16,000 as rumors swirled about hideouts and graves amid a 36 hour search over 50 square miles.
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Oakley
Kan
Kansas
A. E. Kessinger
Lamar Bank
W. W. Wineinger
Dighton
Kans
Scott City
A. N. Parrish
John Parrish
Smoky River
Kansas Badlands
Modoc
Lamar
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Wymore
Neb
Amarillo approves 900000 bond issue to refund warrants
Amarillo voters approved a 900000 bond issue to replace outstanding warrants at a lower rate and longer term. The measure passed 338 to 99 across eight precincts with a total 437 ballots cast, and will finance retirement of existing warrants over thirty years at 4.75 percent.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Central Fire Station
North Buchanan Street
East Amarillo
Wilson School
Sixteenth Street
Woodlief
San Jacinto
Congressman Butler Dies in Washington
Congressman Thomas S. Butler of Pennsylvania, 72, die d at his home in Washington from a heart attack after a month’s illness. He chaired the House Naval Committee and served sixteenth consecutive term from the eighth district. his son Brig. General Smedley Butler led American Marines in China. The Senate also passed the Mississippi barge line bill without a recorded vote.
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Washington
Thomas S. Butler
Pennsylvania
House Naval Committee
House
Smedly Butler
American Marine Corps
China
Westchester
Senate
Associated Preas
Classified Ads Offer Buying and Selling Opportunities
A glance through the Classified Section shows readers a chance to pick from the best buying and selling offers. Regular reading of the ads can help profit from opportunities in the section.
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