Patronage charged in Louisiana impeachment inquiry
Witnesses in Baton Rouge described Governor Huey P. Long offering patronage and using intimidation to influence lawmakers and a newspaper editor. Publisher Charles P. Manship testified Long warned him to stop editorials and hinted at exposing relatives in an asylum. The impeachment grand jury grilled officials about jobs and bank favors offered to Gueymard and Schwing during meetings in March.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana House of Representatives
House
Charles P. Manship
Long
Capitol
C. P. Liter
Baton
Rough State Times
Manship
Agin
Jackson
Adolphe Gueymard
Calvin K. Schwing
Berville
Gueymard
Schwing
Charlie Schwing
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair conditions until 7 P M Thursday. West Texas and New Mexico show partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Pressure remains high east of the Mississippi and low over the Rockies and northern Plains. Temperatures rise in the southern Plains with generally moderate readings elsewhere. Yesterday's high was 83 and low 56. 1928 figures show 184 and 44 respectively.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain Region
Plains States
Montana
Plains
Amarillo Men Back Santa Fe New Mexico Rail Project
Amarillo business leaders testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on the Santa Fe line extension into southeastern New Mexico. E. W. Hardin of Amarillo Hardware, W. H. Barlow of General Mills, and John E. Hill of Panhandle Lumber described expected regional benefits and increased sales to Lea County and Pecos valley.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
H. C. Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
Texas and New Mexico Railway
New Mexico
E. W. Hardin
Amarillo Hardware Company
Southwest
Lea County
Hardin
Santa Fe
Seagraves
Texas
Lovington
Sea County
W. H. Barlow
The
General Mills, Inc
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
John E. Hill
Panhandle Lumber Company
Panhandle Sash and Door Company
J. Cole
Texas and Pacific
Associated Press
West Texas
Santa Fe Systems
Two Trains Collide in Denton Rail Yard Fatalities Reported
Two freight trains sideswiped in Denton Texas killing engineer Fred Werline and young Mary Lynn Church while her father Herbert Church remained in critical condition. The girl died near the impact site as box cars collapsed, with the other passengers sustaining minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Denton
Texas
Fred Werline
Dallas
Mary Lynn Church
Herbert Church
Werline
Fort Worth
Verline
Charges Dropped for LeFors Driver After Crash
W B Huddleston of LeFors had charges dismissed after a motor crash with a motorcycle officer responding to a fire alarm. Judge S D Ridings ruled Huddleston had a green light and should not be held responsible. Officer Curtis Crays was hospitalized with a broken foot and severe bruises.
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W. B. Huddleston
LeFors
Curtis Crays
S. D. Ridings
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Plane carrying Carnation Badger Aero Lone Star arrives in Dallas
A plane bearing the registered bull Carnation Badger Aero Lone Star from Oconomowoe Wisconsin lands in Dallas for ground breaking ceremonies at Schulenburg Texas. The bull travels 1200 miles well and will be shown to Texas dairy farmers during the event. Governor Moody is to turn the first spade for Texas first condensery. Also note Texas Ginners Association meets here April 3 to discuss regulation of price and service in the ginning industry.
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Dallas
Carnation Badger Aero Lone Star
Oconomowoe
Wis
Schulenburg
Texas
Dairy Farmers of
Forbes elected mayor in Perryton vote
Perryton voters chose C. E. Forbes as mayor in the city election held yesterday. Clyde Cofer and M. R. Coffee were elected to the council, with R. T. Correll named city attorney and J. C. Beever chosen city clerk.
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Perryton
C. E. Forbes
Clyde Cofer
M. R. Coffee
R. T. Correll
J. C. Beever
Girl Immigrant Reunited With Liberty Salute Passport Loss
In Pittsburgh on April 8 Secretary James J. Davis ordered temporary admission to the United States for Mary Callaghan of Queenstown Ireland after a newspaper report said her passport fell into the water while saluting the Statue of Liberty from the Baltic. The document notes she lost her passport and funds but may rejoin the immigration process if verified.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Department
United States
New York
Davis
Mary Callaghan
Queenstown
Ireland
Washington Society Awaits Stimson Edict On Dinner Seats
Washington vibrates over a clash at the state department as Vice President Curtis protests Kellogg's ruling that Mrs Cann must rank with diplomats' wives at official dinners. Secretary Stimson weighs reversal while White House hosts a dinner with the Hoovers, Curtis, and Mrs Gann without a firm seating plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Curtis
State Department
Edward Everett Cann
Kellogg
Esme Howard
Diplomatic Corps
Henry L. Stimson
Mr. Stimson
Gann
White House
Swisher County Tops Jersey Awards at Plainview Show
In Plainview a record Jersey day drew 15 000 visitors for the Texas Panhandle Plains Dairy Show. Swisher County won senior junior and grand championships in females, claimed the county herd and the Bennet trophy, and Robert Smith a 9 year old from Lockney won first prize with his senior yearling heifer.
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Henry Ansley
Plainview
South
Jersey Day
Texas Panhandle Plains
South Plains
Swisher County
Jersey County
Texas
County Herd
J. C. Bennett
Robert Smith
Lockney Boy
Heifer
Joe Ridgeway
Mothers congress opens in Pampa with 100 officers present
In Pampa the sixth annual conference of the eighth district of the Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations opened with more than one hundred officers delegates and visitors registered. State president Mrs Noyes Darling Smith and Humane Education chair Em manual Toomim attended along with district officers from Claude Amarillo Panhandle and Perryton. A luncheon at First Methodist church kicked off three days of sessions with officers sharing one sentence on the meaning of parent teacher work.
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Nida Martin
Pampa
Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
Noyes Darling Smith
Austin
Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teacher Associations
Emanual Toomim
Ft. Worth
State Humane Education
J. S. Crain
Claude
T. J. Pege
W. &. Ellis
Panhandle
J. R. Leach
Childress
John T. Simms
Clarendon
J. W. Sanders
Amarillo
W. D. Westhay
Endowment Fund
O. E. Long
J. M. Bull
Perryton
W. B. la
First Methodist Church
Ing
Parent-Teacher Association
A. H. Doucette
R. B. Fisher
C. E. Hutchins
Heins
Clyde Ives
Thomas Fannell
Minnetonka
Lieurance
Fannell
Ives
Pigeons Used in Gotham Blackmail Plot Foiled by Police
Police failed to trace two carrier pigeons released from a Midtown roof in a blackmail scheme targeting Dr. Louis Alofsin. Detectives watched the birds fly across the Hudson to New Jersey, then the pigeons disappeared into haze. A threatening letter followed from the general post office area warning of arrest and family harm if the money was not paid.
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Associated Press
New York
Louis Alofsin
Hudson River
New Jersey
Dr. Alofsin
General Post Office
Junior College Moody Clears Move Started Desk Nears
A Texas movement to establish a municipal junior college in Amarillo is presented by J O Gulekie a lawyer and regent of Texas Teachers College who argues a junior college is essential for sound banking and civic welfare. He cites a modern legislative bill authorizing independent districts with high valuations to create junior colleges.
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Junior College
Moody Clears
Amarillo Independent School
J. O. Gulekw
Board of
Regents
The
Texas Teachers College
Amarillo
Texas State Teachers College
Texas
Teachers’ College
Gulekie
Tacoma Tokyo Nonstop Flight Aims For Record Pace
Lieutenant Harold Bromley of Tacoma and investors announced a planned nonstops flight from Tacoma to Tokyo as soon as weather allows. The 4700 mile journey would be the longest single flight and ocean crossing in aviation history.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Tucona
Tokyo
Harold Bromley
Bromley
Pacific Ocean
Dollar Day Opens With Record Savings For Amarillo
More than fifty Amarillo merchants sponsor a city wide Dollar Day starting at 8 o clock this morning. Businesses prepared spring value offers since January and expect a large out of town crowd. A merchant notes shoppers can save more than travel costs regardless of where they live.
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Amarillo
Murder warrants in Tulsa murder to be filed today
Tulsa on April 4 John Doe and Mary Roe murder warrants to be filed in connection with the death of William B. McCray Tulsa oil broker. County Attorney Byron Kirkpatrick after a conference with W S Coffey said three questioned people provided valuable evidence Miss America 1927 Maud Gilcrease’s mother Mrs M A Dickerson and J O Denton Jr are among those questioned.
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Associated Arena
Tulsa
John Doe
Mary Roe
William 8
McCray
Byron Kirkpatrick
W. S. Coffey
Coffey
Annette Abrams
New York
M. A. Dickerson
Normal Smallwood Gilcrease
J. O. Denton, Jr
Mexican and U S war updates from Fort Bliss to Mexico City
Dispatches detail the release of 300 Mexican troops from Fort Bliss to Mexican consul general in El Paso and 325 federal soldiers to Mexico City. Secretary Stimson warns Americans about joining rebel forces as renewed battles near Jimenez and La Reforma report heavy losses for the rebels.
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Hoover
Fort Bliss
Juarez
el Pano
Associated
Prom
EL Paso
Mexico City
Associated Prean
Stimson
United States
Prema
Jimenez
la Reforma
Chapultepec
Almazin
Caleles
Portes Gil
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