Fort Worth and Denver railway plan luncheon tour to Pampa
The Fort Worth and Denver rail officials outline a special train itinerary from Pampa to Childress on July 18. Visitors from Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Childress will ride trains stopping at LeFors Wallington Shamrock and other points. Durston estimates the fare near one cent per mile. Admission is by invitation. a luncheon will be served followed by an outdoor program.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Board of Development
H. H. Durston
Eit
Pampa
Dallas
Wichita, Falls
B. C.D
Wheat Cutting Delayed by Rain in Pampa Area
Rain halted harvest as roughly six carloads of wheat arrived at Pampa elevators. Grain tested around 48 pounds with top price 28 cents for 60 pound wheat. Half inch rainfall delays work for a day or more with a cloudburst and flooding reported near Bir Lake. Farmers note seven inches of rain this month and rust signs appear in grain.
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Pampa
Bir Lake
Vacation plans of PFA Peek head to Reno and Cali
Heard that PFA Peek, assistant at First National Bank, will leave Friday for a vacation. He will travel to Reno to see King Levinsky and Max Baer on July 4, then proceed to California. Clyde Fatheree won first prize in a human ten pins game after the Presbyterian Brotherhood meet. Prank Foster was head-pin. Also notes the whistle of the Fort Worth and Denver railway train over the new line last night and praises Pampa-made products.
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PFA
Peek
Eaghlare
First National Bank
Reno
Nev
King Levinsky
Max. Baer Box
California
Clyde Fatheree
Foster
Clyde Naylor
Clarendon
Pampa
Fork
West Texas and Oklahoma Weather Forecast Segments
Fragmented OCR text notes generally clear weather for West Texas tonight and Thursday and Oklahoma tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy skies. A garbled Melbourne Australia round by round account mentions a spider’s victory over a ten foot snake, with bizarre details about a reptile and a clinging to a snake that died.
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West Texas
Oklahoma
Brisbane
Australia
Queensland Museum
Ake
Need for Action on Highway 88 Designation Discussed Here Today
Local citizens discussed the possibility that state highway 88 from Pampa to Clarendon may not be built if the county delays buying wider right of way. Concerns center on potential state highway funds cuts next year and a preference to fund more valuable routes. Some advocate waiting for paving to trigger northward designation while others fear abandonment. county commissioners deferred appointment of a right of way committee, with Commissioner Lewis Cox dissenting.
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State Highway Department
Pampa
Clarendon
North Plains
Pampa-Clarendon
Lewis ©. Cox
Odus Mitchell in California studies football ahead of fall
Odus Mitchell writes from Berkeley and Santa Ana detailing coaching plans and Olympic sights. He notes Ben Eastman’s two world records, plans to attend a coaching school, and hopes to surprise Amarillo next fall while gearing up for football season. Ensign J F Kirkman of the Salvation Army seeks an auditorium and staff quarters, with a movable two story frame building offered in Panhandle.
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Odus Mitchell
California
Sol
Odus
Berkeley
Bush St
Santa Ana
Cal
Ben Eastman
Southern California
Amarillo
Ensign Kirkman
Panhandle
Street Crew Struggles With Repeated Rains In City
George Lotus, street maintenance head, nearly loses temper as rains ruin five months of unpaved street work. City has erased or dragged each street at least once since last Saturday. Additional rain forces another drag and scrape session. the trawler tractor is down and detour on Barnes Street remains hard to pass. Unpaved feeder streets from highways are rough.
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George Lotus
City
Barnes Street
Denebeim Funeral Held Last Night
Funeral services for Ralph A. Denebeim a 43 year old local merchant were held at G G Malone funeral home by the B Nai Israel temple. The entire congregation attended as pallbearers and the body was sent to Kansas City for interment. Survivors include his widow two daughters and several relatives including A Deneheim of Kansas City and Mrs August Gordon of Wichita Kansas.
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Ralph A. Denebeim
Dless
G. G. Malone
B'Nai Israel Temple
Kimsas City
B’nai
Israel
Wen Far
Kinasas City
Pampa
J. J
Poe) Denebelm
Denebelm
Gordon
Persian cat returns home after two years away
A bedraggled Persian cat owned by Mrs. Kathryn L. Stull of St. Louis reappeared after about two years away. The owner reported the cat had been missing and is now back at home after an extended absence.
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St. Louis
Kathryn L. Stull
Freight shipment arrives for Pont Worth wholesale firm
The first paid freight shipment over the Fort Worth and Denver Northern railroad arrived this morning from Pont Worth. It weighed 167 pounds and included three cases of cigars White Girl and William Penn brands. Delivered in person to W. Waldron, manager of Pont Worth Wholesale company, the cargo arrived a day after shipment. Mil ton Coon of Denver sustained a fractured vertebra while riding a handcar yesterday and was hospitalized locally and then at Amatillo hospital.
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Frst
Fort, Worth & Denver Northern Railroad
Pont Worth
Nere
Consignee, Ponca Wholesale Company
Denver
Waldron
Ponga Wholesale Camyxing
Ponga Wholesale Camyxing, Mr. Walton
Fort Worth
É& Denver Northern
Milton Coon
Coon
Uneaven Place
Ioear Hospital
Amatillo Hospital
Malone
Appeals Court Decisions From Amarillo Courthouse
In Amarillo on June 29 the seventh Court of Civil Appeals handed down motions and rulings in several cases. Panhandle Construction Co. v. H. Plata et al certiorari was considered. Frick-Reid Supply Corp. v. J. F. Meers et al from Gray West Audit Co. v. Yoakum County was reversed and remanded. H. I White box v. A. A. Hutton from Lamib was decided.
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Amarillo
Seventh Court of Civil Appeats
Motion Aranled
Panhandle Construction Go
H. Plata
Frick-Reid “Supply Corp
J. F. Meers
Gray West Audit Co
Yoakum County
Yoakum
H. I White
Ebox
A. A. Hutton
Lamib
Light and Power Rates Discussed in Commission Session
City commissioners met yesterday in regular session. City Manager L. Stine reported on a budgeting meeting in Lubbock and outlined methods used by several cities to cut costs. Tax Collector J. A. Blythe presented delinquent tax figures. The commission plans to buy a second hand car for the water works and summer police uniforms. Mr and Mrs J E Seitz were granted a permit to view milic in the city.
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Pampa
L. Stine
Lubbock
J. A. Blythe
Water Works Department
Police Department
Mra
J. E. Seitz
Milic
Thousands of Acres Flooded Near Sweetwater, Abilene
Flood waters from the Clow Fork of the Brazos, swollen by heavy rains, inundate river bottoms north of Abilene near Hawley. Thousands of acres of farm land are under water, traffic on Highway 439 disrupted, and crops reported heavily damaged. A fire department crew evacuated the Fiehs family near the south bank, while residents’ children swim in four to five feet of water.
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Sweetwater
Abilene
Brazos
Hawley
Harlan Fields
Fiehds
A. P. Yanne
Burglars Ransack Local Offices but Take Nothing
Burglars ransacked the Gonthyental Ot come company on Hast Burn street and the Martin-Lane Grain Company at Easb Tymrane, searching desks and drawers yet finding nothing they wanted. A shoplifter at the Army store was also unsuccessful before being restrained by J. M. Stem. Ben Reno of The NEWS intervened as police arrived.
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Turglaes
Jas
Piulin
Martin-Lane Grain Company
Easb ‘Tymrane
Stark
Ant
Army
J. M. Stem
Ben Reno
Borger Man Shot Wounded Near Oil Pint
W. L McDonald was shot and critically wounded near Borger by an unidentified shooter from the dark using a shotgun. The incident occurred last night at an oil pit area near Borger. authorities seek possible motive and suspect information.
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Borger
W. L McDonald
Herson
Hayter Bros Sold to Leonie in Amarillo Sale
Twenty six year Hayter record ends with sale of Hayter Bros fixtures from the Glarendon and Pampa stores to Louis Kirsch of Amarillo. Kirsch plans a big sale as he consolidates the Hayter holdings and notes the stores carried high class merchandise.
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Asi Ierchink
Wo T Hayter
Pampa
Glavendon
Hayley Bros
Louis Kirsch
Amarillo
Hayter
Stave
Glarendon
Kirsch
Fergusonism To Be Opposed Here In Texas Politics
A broad organization forms to oppose Fergusonism in Texas politics. Judge Newton P.L. Willis of Phiipa A will lead with a county committee to be named soon, aided by Gr. Wilker and Olin E. Hinkle. Governor Ross Sterling is endorsed as the best hope to defeat Fergusonism with loyalties pledged near the first primary.
Hews Flashes At Press Time From Albany And Washington
A jumble of early teletypes reports from Albany and Washington describes political maneuvering around a possible gubernatorial nomination and a convention address, with later dispatches noting wheat and cotton aid legislation, Red Cross distribution, a fatal shooting in Longview, arrests in another case, and a fatal railway wreck at Castle Rock with a possible additional casualty.
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Washington
Senate
Farm Board
Red Cross
Tom Rose Installed as New Rotary President
Tom Rose, last four years the treasurer of the Pampa Rotary club, was installed as president for the coming Rotary year by service. He was introduced by retiring president C. Buckler. Buckler received a Rotary pin in thanks. Visitors included Clyde Fatheree, Mrs. C. P. Bucky, Jed Feravgon, J. W. Hailey Jr., and J. A. Weaver.
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Tom Rose
Pampa Rotary Club
C. Buckler
Mr. Buckley
Jewels
Clyde Fatheree
C. P. Bucky
Jed Feravgon
Anarilla
Ineston
Fort Worth
J. W. Hailey, Jr
Dallas
Rotwriqn
J. A. Weaver
Panhandle
Drownings Reported Near Graham in Salt Creek
June 29 1 Hazel Robes, 18, drowned today in Salt Greek near Graham after heavy rain. She was swept downstream as others tried to reach her. Report notes rising water and attempted rescue by fellow girls.
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Graham
Hazel Robes
Salt Greek
Jeveek
Democrats Prohibit Plank Calls for Repeal of Prohibition
The platform committee adopted a prohibition plank calling for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and urgent Volstead Act modification. The vote stood 36 to 1 as delegates debated long into the day at the Chicago convention, with a minority report expected tonight. Byron Price Associated Press.
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Chicago
Ihe
Resultion Committee
Wich
Byron Price
Associated Press
Fune
Re'cess
Walsh
Convantus
Platform Committee
Farm Day in Nelderkhnwest Near Pampa Remembered
Bill Ridner drove a tractor and Jim Bordkins operated a combine in a Nelderkhnwest field west of Pampa yesterday. The group watched wheeled machinery, heard the whistle from Fort Worth and Denver engines, and discussed grasshopper control while noting damp evening conditions and late work after sunset.
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Bill Ridner
Jim Bordkins
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Opeluca
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Leonie
Albany
N.Y
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Lee Brisvbine
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