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AMARILLO, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, IMO.
Asaociated Preas Day and Night Leased Wire.
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HUSTON TO STAND BY G. O. P. POST UNTIL ASKED TO QUIT
ROCKEFELLER
Lubbock Newspaper mOLAS IS
HOOVER KNOWN
Kiwanis President
SPECIAL TERM
Enters Air Derby
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Men Plan World Tour
TODAY MARKS
TO BE SEEKING
FOR WEIGHING
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HIS 01ST YEAR
MAN FOR JOB
PACT START
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SOLON ASKS PAPERS
USUAL GOLF SLATED
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ALL-PANHANDLE
TEXAS SECOND
FOREXPORTS
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HARVEST NEARS
AKRON PAIR IN
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END FOR AREA
BALLOON WIN
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NON-REFUELING
FLIGHT STARTS
THE CHEERFUL CRERUD
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$165,
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by the Santa Fe railway. It was an-
mneed the
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RALLY FRIDAY
TO SEN. SMALL
TODAY; THREE
MEN IN RACE
HEREFORD SAMPLE OF
V WHEAT TESTS 64.6
HELD IN JAIL;
DUEL VICTIM
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JACKSON, O'BRINE
START ENDURANCE
EFFORT ON SUNDAY
MISSING RENT CAR
FOUND IN PLAINVIEW
BUT DRIVER IS GONE
S.F.LINEWORK
TO START SOON
CLAIM BULLET VICTIM WAS
AGGRESSOR; HYDE, TAXI.
DRIVER, 'NO-BILLED’
PROMINENT STATE SPEAKERS
EXPECTED; OUT-OF-TOWN
BOOSTERS TO COME
CHICAGO REPORTER
IS ATTACK VICTIM,
HE SAYS IN STORY
VOnECAS:
viciNiTY-
‘Ageznclon,‘hir ana
BOBBITT TO SPEAK
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
nch of
season
ta. cab-
INSPECT 417,000 BUSHELS ON
SUNDAY, MONDAY; HIGH-
ER OTHER YEARS
of the
ieat, is
la Colorado, "Oklahoma, Texne and
New Mexieo.
One llae will be built from Ama-
rille, Texan, to Lua Animas, Colo.,
no miles; a seeond from Pelt, Okia,
Speeini to The News
LUBBOCK, July 7—"Turning with
the World," title for a newspaper
series of , vagabonding experiences,
will soon herald the exploits of two
Lubbock newspaper men, who will
leave the editorial rooms of the Ava-
lanehe-Journal publications July IS
for a tour of the globe.
Allaa Carney, sports editor of the
Avalanche-Journal, and Sutton Chris-
tian, Daily Journal eity editor, will
seek interviews with newspaper pub-
lishers, ntatesmen, mealbore of roy-
city and celebrities in efforts to
gain a comprehensive knowledge of
international affaire, woll as at-
tempt a few daring adventures Into
unbeaten pathu. The pot pourri of
experiences will be written in news-
papers throughout the Soutbwest.
Letters of introduction to states-
men and publishers In almost every
foreign country of the globe have
been obtained by the two from Dean
Walter Willlama ef the University of
(Connued oa Pace II, col. •)
gar to
ch im-
l dieti-
sugar,
i which
ils and
With adventure aad experience as their goal, the two young men above
My goodbye to the Avalanche-Journal editorial rooms aa July IS to be
gone approximately two years on a vagabonding tear of the world.
They are Allaa Carney, left, aad Sutton Chriatian.
4asootated Preso Pnote
Raymond M. Crossman of Omaha,
Neb, to the new president of Ki:
wanis International. He was elected
at Atlantic City convention. —----
By BASCOM N. TIMMONS.
(Special Washington Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July T—Despite a
sharp decrease ia the total value of
exports from the state of Texas dur-
ing 1020, that state eaeily held sec-
ead place tn the nation in export
trade, bowing alone to the perpetual
leader, New York.
The total exporta from the Lone
Star State, competed by the de-
partment ef commerce through bills
of lading. in IMS, were valued at
$657,559,600, as against $817,001,082
in 1928. The values from New York
stood practically Mill, the figures be-
ing $871,741,899 for 1929 and $861,
578,924 for IMS.
Since shipping board figures al-
ready announced show that esport
tonnage from that state showed a
gala rather than decrease ever the
two-year period, the drop in the
prices of cotton, wheat and petro-
leum, Texas" chief exportable prod-
uets during 1020, were readily accept-
ed aa the reason for the decrense la
values. Na each decrease was evident
in New York, however, because the
greater portion of that state's prod-
ucts ars manufactured artleles of
Fin toy suffering broken ribs as well
in his dispateh he referred to an
article published July 2
Lento Star, which Mid a reporter
from the Chicago Daily News was
seen “to get hie."
GOES AHEAD WITH MEETING
AFTER CONFERENCE
WITH CHIEF '
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ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
MURDER IS CHARGE;
DIVORCE ASKED
NO PARTICULAR FUSS ABOUT
EVENT; REGULAR ROU-
TINE TO GO ON
FREE OAT*
TriState Fair
Sept 22-27.
J. R. Nicholas, painter, who was
critically injured June IS when he
engaged in a gun battle with H. w.
Hyde, taxi driver, in front of the Her-
ring hotel le In the Potter county
jail facing a grand jury indictment
fer assault with intent to hill.
Hyde, who is said te have fired
the three shots that wounded Nich-
else, ead who was held following the
shooting on a similar charge was "no-
billed" by the grand jury.
Nicholas was not expected to live
following the shooting, but be re-
vived within a short time and was
released from the hospital several
days ago. His first act was to file
salt for divorce from his wife, ever
whom the shooting is sold to have
occurted. Ho refused to see his wife
yesterday when she called at the
county jail, it was esld.
It was charged that Nicholas fir-
ed the first shot ia the battle with
Hyde, but all ef his three shots
went wild. It was on the grounds
that he was the eggressor that Nich-
olas was Indieted. It was said.
NEW YORK LEADS; COTTON
REMAINS THIS STATE’S
, CHIEF ITEM
poyehto resareh does for one."
He meant the debate which be. be-
liever la spiritualiem, and Houdini,
denouncer of that belief, had waged
for many years, aad whieh even at
its fiereest had not ruptured the
elose comradeship between the two--
ano an author and peyehie thinker ef
eminence, the ether a magician who
regarded as triek» the evidences of
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VOL. XXL No. 206.
WILL KNOW COMMISSIONER
ELECTED SHORTLY AFTER
POLLS CLOSE
HOOVER URGES RATIFICATIOB
IN MESSAGE TO BODY;
CITES PEACE
HALDEMAN. CHADWICK START
OUT TO BEAT ITALIAN
RECORD
esused
latable
ling in
f sugar
ds are
. The
FLY 850 MILES; GOODYEAR-
ZEPPELIN BAG CONTEST
WINNER
380 MILES. COSTING 15 MIL-
LION, ANNOUNCED BY
PRESIDENT
ted warm Tuenday. .
NkW MEXICO Generally tair
uuaeUM north povtionTueyday.
Mann hr beer* at Amarille ye
TO DISTRIBUTE SHINY NEW
DIMES; SAYS HE IS HALE -
AND* HAPPY
AMARILLO-
The City of
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Conan Doyle, Houdini Arguing Beyond Stars?
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I shovted to a. distant
hill.
It echoed bach-the.
word# I said--
How cociable tht hill
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» -a
Captain Fred S. Wilbur ef the com-
mittee, who pointed eat that nobody
could be officially the winner until
the National Aeronautie Association
had checked all barographs aad an-
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gineer, had netually
long awaited work.
Reene, crime reporter for the Chiengo
Dolly Newe, today asserted la a
signed story diepatched from DeKalb,
Ill, to his paper that aa automobile
in which he wae driving Friday eight
with a bodyguard was sideswiped aad
crowded from the road deliberately
by another ear which followed for
ten miles. He said he had been want-
ed of violenee. .
Room aad twe companions, Ed
Braun and Allen Finlay, wore la
Glidden Memorial hospitai at DeKalb
NEW TORK, July T-1 Perhaps Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Hou-
dial renewed oday, somewhere be-
A Panhandle-wide rally for Senator
Clint Small will be held in Ama-
rillo oa Friday night.
Requests that a big regional meet-
leg la honor of Senator Samll be bold
in Amarillo have pouring late the
Small hendquarters for neveral dayn.
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ting in
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■ them
notice
lesome
am
health
better
h deli-
mn-ups.
wovld be
To enewer
something
else inste&.
Rnecen
FOR AMANILLO AND
apiritualism whieh Conan Doyle and
others eet before him.
The letter wae written to Bernard
M. L Ernst, who reprenented both
men aa a legal ndvisor, and it con-
tained Cenan Doyle’e permission for
publication of the letters be bad ex-
ehanged with Houdint over a doxen
years or more to diseussion of the
"F" " ““ Ma S
Polls open in the eight precincts of
Amarillo at 8 o’elock this morning
fer a special election, called to fill a
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Lester Stone as city commissioner.
The polls elose at 7 o'clock tonight.
There has been no pronouneed in-
tercet in the election.
M. N. Twaddell, H. Ernest Smith
and J. W. Goff are the candidates,
their names appearing en the ballot
ia the order named as the result of
a drawlag one week ago at a elty
commission session.
Amarillo voters who have paid the
county aad state poll tax are quali-
fied to cast a ballot. Aceording to a
recent ruling of the attorney general
paymeat ef the elty poll tax la net
one of the requisites for a voter at
a city election.
Complete unofficial returns ef the
special election will be known with-
in a short time after the polls close,
it has been estimated, in view of ths
light vote expected.
Three election officials, a presiding
judge, assistant judge and clerk, will
be on duty at each of the precinets.
Two absentee ballots were cast at
the county clerk's efflee in the
courthouse before Saturday, the last
day oa which such a vote might be
cast.
FOES OF NAVA MI DEMAN TO SEEDOOUMENTS
2070 ( t
Harvest is all ever on the South
Plains, is 90 per eeat over ia the
territory * immediately surrounding
Amarino and SO te 85 per cent over
on the North Plaine, according to
information received from local grain
Wheat ta still coming in very slow,
Indicating that the farmers are bold-
lag for higher prices. The Central
Grain A Elevator company has bought
only three carloads ef grain this year,
whereas, under normal conditions
and with a reasonable price for
wheat, they would have received by
thia time at least M oars.
Information from the Spearman
territory indicates that they are only
about half through in, that seetion.
They are about M percent through
at Dalhart, Stratford, Texhoma and
Perryton.
A total of 1M ears of wheat were
inspected Sunday at the efflee of Ftd-
oral Grain Inspector John F. Rom.
Another lit care were inspected
Monday, making a two-day total at
278 earn, er approximately 417,000
bushels.
Another wheat weight record has
been broken, according to informa-
tin from the office of Federal Grain
Inspector John F. Roee. A sample
of wheat was received from Hereford
that tested 64.6 pounds to the bushel.
Thie is the highest aample ever to
be received at the office ia Amarillo.
The wheat aample was sent by J.
L. Brooks, elevator maa at White
Deer, who has another elevator at
Hereford. He sent the sample to
prove that he had wheat that would
test that high, though he had esti-
mated it would test M.
A bushel of thio wheat is to be
sent in to the office of the federal
grain inspector to be eleaned up snd
will be forwarded to Chicago for ex-
hibit at the International Livestoek
Show ia the grain divieioa.______
ihEl
Aenoctated Presa Phote
Juanita Burns ef El Paso has en-
tered the Lon Angelen to Chicago
women’s air derby. She attracted
attention a year ago whoa she aid-
ed federal offleers la capture of
flying rum runnern,
Amarillo han made a bid fer a
night stop of the women’a air
derby, which will atari August 17.
"r—"
RESOLUTION MAY HAVE BIG
EFFECT ON CHANCES OF
ACREEMENT
down again and then took off on one
wheeL
The piano was unable to gala alti-
tude to elear a pier that extended out
ever the water. The fliers awerved
the piano out over the ocean aad
around the ead of the pier.
The plane was only a few inches
above the water and several times
the tall ekid splashed late the waves.
Official observere said they saw the
filers damp gasoline, bet ether spee-
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arillo Daily News
the rally.
Two or more speakers of state-
wide prominenep will oppear ea the
program. Numerous prominent moa
down-state have offered te vialt the
Panhandie la behalf of Senator
Small’ campaign, and the local eom-
mittee will make Ite neleetions from
the list, probably today.
It la probable that both Lyach Da-
vidson of Houston and Walter Clino
of Wichita Fella will appear ea the
program.
According to reports te Grover
Hill, Ray C. Johnson and other mem-
bore of the Small committee yester-
day, large delegations will be la
Amariilo from practically every city
, aad the loeal committee yesterday se-
looted Friday aight at the date far
(By The Aaaoriatod Prema)
CHICAGO, July 7—A project for
constructing 380 miles of new rail-
roads at aa approximate eeat »t $15,
000,000 will be started immediately
(By VeHcd Fnae.t
ST. LOUIS, Joly 7—The plane
"Greeter St. Louis," a counterpart
of the "St. Leela Robin," to being
rushed to eompletion at Lambert St.
Louie field bore la preparation far
the takeoft next Sunday of Forent
O’Brine and Dale Jeckeon wke plan
to recapture the world’s refueling
endurance record.
One year from the day when they
started the flight in which the Robin
centinoed for 420 hours end brought
the record te St. Louls, the two fliers
will attempt to break the Mt-hwr
record established by the Heater
brothers ia their plane, “The City
of Chicago."
dent ef the road. The lines will be
XUMOR HE WILL WITHDRAW
APPARENTLY FALSE; SEN.
FESS MENTIONED )
(Br The Amoeiated Prene)
WASHINGTON, July 7—Construe-
tion work eg the $165,000,000 Boulder
Canyon dam project was begun today.
Elwood Mead, eommissioner of re-
clamation, received a telegram from
R. F. Walter, chief engineer of the
bureau of reclamation, at Denver,
that Walter R. Young, resident en-
chip between them Interrupted four
yeas ego with Houdinfa death.
------ In his last letter to an American
(Continued on Page 11, Col. 1) I frtoed, writtea Mac "
(Br The mpelated Pre)
CHICAGO, July 7.—Leland
Attorney General Robert Lee Bob.
bitt will epeak here Thursday night
in his campaign for reelection to
efflee. aceording to announeoment
made by the local committee la
charge ef arrangementa.
The address will be delivered ea
the courthoune lawn, begihning at •
e’eteek. From here Mr. Bobbitt goes
to Canyon where he will spesk Fri-
day eight
The local committee to composed
of: H. G. Hamriek, Col. K O. Thomp-
son, E. C. Nelson, Jr. aad James O.
Guleke
(Br The Asnoclated Pres)
TARRYTON, N. Y., July 7. —John
D. Rockefeller will be Pl years old
tomorrow but there lent going to
be any particular fuss er bother
about it.
He will pass the day in the quiet
and pleasant routine that has filled
most at his days siace he retired
from active business life almost SO
years ago.
In the morning, nine holes of golf
with his neighbors as companions.
In the afternoon an automobile ride
through the Westchester bills.
In the evening, probably a family
dihaer and a birthday cake, although
nothing was said about either to-
day.
It • was merely announeed Mr.
Rockefeller expected to spend a quiet
birthday at Pocantico hills la his
usual routine of work, play and rest.
Birthday Statement.
Through the Stand Oil offices in
New York, Mr. Rockefeller issued a
birthday statement.
"It gives me great pleasure to say,"
the statement read, “that I have had
more kindness shown mo during the
pest year from every part ef the
country thaa ever before in my life,
ead it is needless to state that I am
unspeakably grateful.
“I am ia the best ef health, sur-
rounded by dear friends, aad have
naught but good will toward alL”
As exact ae the schedule of aay
active besiness executive to the daily
routine Mr. Rockefeller has worked
eet for himself and by which he baa
lived for many years.
He will be up at 7 tomorrow morn-
lag, make the rounds of his big
Georgian granite house at Pocantiee
hills, giving each servant a bread
(Br The Amsoelated Presa)
WASHINGTON, July 7.—Claudius
Huston is standing by his chairman-
ship of the Republican national com-
mittee, at leaat temporarily, despite
a whirl of agitation in Republican
ranks over hit leadership.
Proeident Hoover, after hearing
numerous complaints in recent weeks
against his party chairman, called
him to the White House last night
and conferred with him for an hour
and a half.
Today, Mr. Huston said he was go-
ing ahead with his meeting of com-
mittee officers here Thursday. He'
answered no questions about the fu-
ture but it was made plain in his be-
half he is not resigning now Mr at
Thursday's session. He recelved
newspapermen late in , the day and
after a bombardment ef questions
permitted himself to be quoted only
as remarking “I have aothing to My."
Te Mr. Hoover has fallen the un-
happy teak of arbiter ia the Republi-
can quarrel over Huston. Apparently
he has not called for Huston's resig-
nation and apparently Huston is not
going to get out until Mr. Hoover
does call for it.
Fund Row Started it
It haa been freely stated ia ianor
Republican cireles for weeks Huston
would withdraw. Party leaders have
booa basy looking for a suecessor.
The suceessor kae not booa chosen
although it is known the presideat
has been looking ever a list lately.
Agitation against Huston started ia
the houee shortly after testimony waa
when he wee aware the heart ailment
which caused his death today might
soon prove fatal. Mr Arthur wrote
of that friendship aad ef hit hope
of resuming It in the spirit world
la which be believed at earnestiy.
“I expect to talk it all over with
Houdini to person before very tong.”
be wrote. “I view the prospeete
with perfect eguanimity; that to what
HOME EDITION TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON,
(Associnted Frees Staff Writer.)
WASHINGTON, July 7- President
Hoover opened the special nesnion of
the senate for consideration of the
London novel treaty today with a 2-
too word measage calling far Ito rati-
fication as “an important atop la dis-
armament and in world peace."
Hardly had the presidential mes-
sage been read to the M nenators who
answered the first rollcall whoa Sen-
ator MeKellar, Democrat, Tennensee,
ottered a resolutioi requesting the
documenta relating to the London
conference which President Hoover
had refused to taro over to the sen-
etc foreign relutiong eommittee.
Senator Reed, Republlean, Pennayl-
vanla, a member ef the American
delegation, replied the documents
were in the possession of members
of the retegation and be offered them
in confidence to any senator who
wished to see them. Ha Mid “the
senator who accepts my suggestion
will readily bm the renson why the
eorrenpondenee Mght act to be made
publie."
However, Senator Johnson, Repub-
Ilcan, Callfornia, who with MeKellar
to one of the chief opponents of the
pact, ecu med the Reed otter and de-
manded the papers “far the United
States senate aad fer every member
of it, ead fer my government here."
Hesolution Up Today
MeKellar will call up his resolution
tomorrow after Senator Swanson,
Democrat, Virginia, has delivered
the opeaiag adrens Ip behalf ef the’
paet. There was doubt tonight over
the outeome of a veto oe the r eosin
tioa and what effort Ha adoptios
would have.
la his message to the aenate, Presi-
dent Hoover touched’on thia subjeet.
He said “every solitavy fact which nt-
foote judgment upon the treaty to
kaewa, aad the document ituelf eom-
(By The Amu rioted Prema)
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FIs, July
7.—With a thrilling take off that
nenrly ended in disaster, George Hal-
deman and Stewart Chadwick, veteran
pilots, late today began an attempt
to establish a new world’s non-refuel-
ling endurance flight record.
The present mark, held by two Ital-
ians, to 67 beers and IS minutes.
Haldeman and Chadwick hope to re-
main aloft from 70 to 75 hours. They
started with 1,850 gallons of rasoline.
Speeding fer a mile and a half down
a bumpy bench, the* siagle metered
monoplane “Thirteen,” with a gross
weight of approximately 14,000
pounds, twice rose a few feet, settled
Ptalaview authorities yesterday
notified Max Long, Third and Pieree,
that the Plymouth eoupe, rented last
Friday night by Paul Biddle, misaing
aight helper of the Shamrock Produes
Company ef Amarillo, had been re-
eovered. Long, who epereiao a
“drive-it-yourself" company, left at
onee to get the ear.
Police today still were working on
the theft of more than $450 from the
office of the produce company, re-
ported at the same time it wae re-
ported Biddle wm miesing. No trace
of Biddle has been found. It warn said.
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Money
for year vacation . . . money
for the now porch furniture .. .
EXTRA MONEY ... «b all
need aad waat eome (especially
at vacation time). Here’s a
tip. Take inventory of those
"White Elephants" yen have ia
your attie, basement, ole. Ml
.them for CASH through the
"Nant Ado. Hundreds daily
wateh these eolumns fee bar*
galas.
Globe-News
Went Ad Hendquarters
(By The Aseociatad Pram)
HOUSTON, July 7—A former
navy yard worker who used to handle
a rivet gun aad a 29-year-old eta-
dent pilot today were declared the
unofficial vietors ia the national
elimination balloon race which got
under way here Friday.
The last report from the IS con-
testants that trickled late head-
quarters established—aa far m head-
quarters was concerned— R. J. Blair
aad Prak Trotter, in the Akron, O,
entrant, Goodyear-Zeppelin, an hav-
ing traveled the greatest disteaeo -
Mme 850 milee. Blair, whe need to
work ia the Bremerton navy yards,
wired that the Goodyear-Zeppelin
had come down late yenterday at
Greensburg bey. Nothing had been
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