Improvement plan set for Potter County highways now
County and state pledges arrive to push three highway projects in Potter County. Gibb Gilchrist and W A French review paving No 5, oil field route, and widening roads. Work will begin immediately from the city limits toward Bushland as officials seek funding and route approvals.
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Potter County
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Motlow
Gibb Gilchrist
Texas Highway Commission
W. A. French
Amarillo
The
Bill Lampe
State Department
Gilchrist
Four Corners
Stinnett
Chinese Pirates Rob Steamer Deli Maru Led by Girl
Reports say pirates aboard the Shoshen Kaisha steamer Deli Maru captured the ship near Bias Bay. A bobbed-haired girl led the pirates who shot three Indian guards, kidnapped four Chinese passengers, and robbed others while sparing cargo. The vessel was released as a British warship neared.
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United Press
Hong Kong
Bias, Bay
Big Circus Arrives In Town For Week of Shows
Local readers are invited to enjoy a week of circus performances featuring elephants giraffes lions tigers clowns and bands. The spirited promotion promises free picturesque days with pink lemonade and lively barkers inviting crowds.
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Skinnay
Elevator fall injures eleven in Dallas store accident
An elevator in the W. A. Green department store plummeted three floors in Dallas, injuring eleven people including several with serious fractures. The car, controlled by John Worthington, crashed into the basement after racing past the main floor landing. Victims include Mrs. M N Nail, Esther Jackson, Elsie Galloway, and others. the car roof collapsed and rescue crews ferried injured via store exits and a street opening. Traffic was halted for ambulances.
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Associated Press
Dallas
W. A. Green Department
John Worthington
M.N. Nail
H. Harben
Sadie Holmes
Vickery
Dallas County
Esther Jackson
Elsie Galloway
E. Galloway
I. L. Holmes
H.B. Harris
L.L. Kelsay
Lawrence E. Ladd
Big Bertha Gun Builder Dr. Max Dreger Dies
Dr. Max Dreger, 78, former Krupp munitions director and designer of the Big Bertha 42 centimeter guns, died in Bochum Germany on September 21.
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CBF
United + Prena
Bochum
Germany
Max Dreger
Krupp
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circuses Opens Downtown Ticket Office
The downtown Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus ticket office at City Drug Store 516 Polk Street opens Monday morning. Patrons are urged to reserve grandstand seats in advance to secure choice seats at the same prices charged at the grounds.
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Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Rites Today for Pioneer Dalhart Real Estate Man
Funeral services for J. D. Starnes 48 pioneer real estate man of Dalhart will be held at First Baptist Church at 8 pm Sunday. Starnes died in Denver after cancer surgery. He helped found Starnes and Griffith and served as bank director and Rotary Elks officer. Survived by widow Ruth Childers, father, two brothers and three sisters. He was a Panhandle figure with wide regional ties.
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Dalhart
J. D. Starnes
First Baptist Church
Starnes
Denver
Williams Jury Deadlocks After 12 Hours in Fatal Rodeo Stabbing
The jury in the Williams murder trial failed to reach a verdict after about 12 hours of deliberation. The case concerns the July 4 death of C. C. Hill Jr. of Ashtola, with Williams claiming self defense as witnesses and counsel argued over the events at a local rodeo.
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C. C. Hill
C. C
Pete) Williams
C. C. Hill, Jr
Ashtola
Edw. W. Thomerson
E. A. Simpson
R. E. Underwood
Cleo G. Clayton
E. T. Miller
Underwood
Norman Minter
Buffalo Himes
JA Ranch
Williams
Hill
Rodeo
Al Capone Again Moves For Parole
Al Capone the Chicago gang chieftain serving a one year sentence in an eastern Pennsylvania penitentiary sought parole through counsel from Golder Felger and Lemisch. A hearing was set for October 4 before Judge Eugene C Bonniwell with Judge John E B Walsh to hear the petitions for Capone and his bodyguard Frank Cline who is also jailed.
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Philadelphia
al Capone
Chicago
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Golder, Felger and Lemisch
Capone
Frank Cline
Eugene C. Bonniwell
John EB. Walsh
Biggest Ever Show Promises Packed Grounds Tomorrow
Tomorrow brings the largest display ever in this section with filled booths crowded barns and extensive displays. Cattle livestock barns overflow and the circus and carnival attractions will move onto the grounds for the event.
Tri-State Fair Opens With Promises of Record Attendance
Amarillo officials outline a week of lavish entertainment and record cattle entries for the Tri State Fair. Parking tickets at 3 dollars provide a single space per weekday. Weather reports forecast generally fair conditions with good roads and traffic routing planned to ease congestion.
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Heliam City
Potter
Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Southwest
Panhandle
New Mexico
Plains Country
Amarilo
State Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Plains
Third
State not through with Becky Rogers case
District Attorney Fred Blundell says the case against Rebecca Bradley Rogers for the 1926 Buda bank robbery remains on the docket and will be acted on when the New Braunfels court convenes February 14 1930. He denied saying he was through with the case. Blundell remains in Lockhart with his ill wife.
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Associated Press
Lockhart
Tex
New Braunfels
Fred Blundell
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Buda
Blundell
Texas Cities Lead Manufacturing Gains in 1927 Census
Texas shows rapid manufacturing growth with Houston leading in workers and wages, Dallas in plants, Fort Worth in product value, and Amarillo posting the sharpest percentage gains by doubling plants and nearly tripling wages and outputs. San Antonio begins to rise as a manufacturing center with 835 plants and over six thousand workers. El Paso and Beaumont show limited gains amid overall statewide progress.
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Timmons
Washington
Texas
Department of Commerce
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Amarillo
Austin
Corsicana
Denison
Greenville
Marshall
Palestine
Paris
Port Arthur
Temple
Texarkana
Tyler
Beaumont
Galveston
Sherman
Waco
Wichita Falls
el Paso
Abilene
Brownsville
Coroua Christi
Laredo
San Angelo
Levelland Man Convicted in Domestic Killing
In Levelland Texas on September 21 a jury found B A Foshee guilty of the murder of Elmer Wright a 23 year old Oklahoma farm hand. Foshee received a three year suspended sentence after arguing the killing stemmed from alleged intimacies between Wright and Foshee's wife whose testimony supported the claim. The wife was absent from the courtroom in Hockley county's first murder trial as jurors deliberated four hours.
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Levelland
Texas
B. A. Foshee
Elmer Wright
Foshee
Wright
Oklahoma
Hockley County
Lindbergh Lands in San Juan on Caribbean Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the second day of his 7,000 mile mail flight and landed at the Pan-American field in San Juan Puerto Rico at 3 31 p m after leaving Santo Domingo. He then continued toward Port au Prince and onward to Paramaribo as part of his Caribbean circuit.
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Associated Press
San Juan
Porto Rico
Pan-American Radio
Miami
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Dutch Guiana
Santo Domingo
Santiago de Cubs
Port Au Prince
Lindbergh
Caribbean Circle
Windward
Leeward Islands
Paramaribo
Boyd Jones Vanishes After White House Visit
Boy Boyd Jones 16, riding Molly in cowboy dress, rode up the White House drive seeking an audience with President Hoover after leaving Amarillo 178 days ago. He learned he must secure help from Texas senators Morris Sheppard or Tom Connally to gain access. He vanished from public view after planning to return Monday, showing self reliance on his cross country trek from Texas.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Molly
Boyd Jones
Amarillo
President Hoover
White House
Executive Mansion
Texas
Morris Shephard
Tom Connally
President Goeridge
Wisconsin
Boyd
Capitol
Report Made to Governor by Capt Hamer
Captain Frank Hamer told Governor Moody Borger had the worst organized crime he had seen in 28 years in the ranger service. Moody said Hamer did not recommend actions and the governor had no opinion on martial law. Hamer noted some officers had served terms or were under indictment.
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Austin
Borger
Ranger Service
Frank Hamer
Moody
Hamer
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