Floods Raze Texas Farmlands As Death Toll Rises
Texas reels from severe floods as Trinity River crests at Dallas 36.5 feet and leaks across thousands of acres. Levees break near Rowlett Creek and Mud Creek intersection, trapping a 70 year old man, with two more deaths reported in Washington County. Flooding devastates Rockwall and Navarro County farms, with extensive property damage, repairs estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Trinity River
Trinidad
Trinity Bottom
Weather Bureau
East Fork
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Rowlett Creek
Rowlett
Marion Bryant
Keener
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Washington County
Hugo Kyle
Farmersville
Pilot Creek
Rockwall
Trinity
Navarro County
Liberty
Big Cypress
Pittsburgh Coal Operators Plan Reply to Conference Call
The Pittsburg coal producers association discussed inviting Chairman Nolan of the House labor committee to the April 10 Washington meeting with Central competitive field operators and United Miners workers to discuss the Bituminous strike. An answer to Mr Nolan would be sent tomorrow. The group released a letter from B M Clark alleging the United Mine Workers broke the wage agreement by striking on April 1.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Penn
Pittsburg Coal Producers Association Today
Nolan
House Labor Committee
United Miners Workers
Washington
Laver Davis
B. M. Clark
Association of Pituminous Operaters
John L Lewis Sets New Strike HQ in New York
John L Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, established temporary strike headquarters in New York to await the House labor committee's invitation to Bituminous coal operators to join miners in a wage conference at Washington.
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Associated Press
New York
John l Lewis
United Mine Workers
House Labor Committed
Washington
Reward Offered On All Robbers Killed
In Omaha Nebraska on an April day Police Judge Wappiech declared in police court that he would pay 25 dollars out of his own pocket for every man who kills a highwayman during a crime. The statement came during a robbery case hearing as part of a push to deter crime.
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Omaha
Neb
Obama
Wappiech
Man and wife arrested on booze charges
Pp J Johnson and Mrs P J Johnson of 2004 Jaer Street were arrested last night on liquor law violations. Johnson released on 1500 dollar bond and Mrs Johnson on 500 dollars. Officers on the North Side found 10 gallons of liquor in the car and another 10 gallons in a Taylor Street house. Five barrels of mash and a still were also found in the kitchen and a closet. Johnson is a Santa Fe engineer.
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P. J. Johnson
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Santa Fe
Dallas League Forms to Oppose Ku Klux Klan
Dallas County Citizens League formed to stamp out masked Klan activity in Dallas county. The group, not a secret or political body, aims to restore home and jury box sanctity with planned campaigns and future councils. Mayor Aldredge notes Park board refused coliseum rental for an organization, citing building repairs.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Dallas County
Crane
Lawnie Aldredge
Park Board
First Duty of Nation Is to Self
Vice President Coolidge declared in Lansing that the nation’s highest duty is to itself and to its townspeople, stressing health and prosperity at home before aiding other nations. He said the administration’s first thought has been domestic welfare.
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Associated Press
Lansing
America
Coolidge
Casing Head Gasoline Plant Explodes Wounds Seven
Seven men were burned in a cascading tank explosion at the casing head gasoline plant of the Phillips Petroleum Company ten miles southwest of Bartlesville Oklahoma. Foreman Steve Haynes suffered burns that may prove fatal and losses were estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Steve Haynes
Seven Firms and Individuals Indicted Over Oil Stock Scam
New York April 5 seven firms five men and one woman were indicted by a federal grand jury for using the mails to defraud in sales of Century Consolidated Oil Company stock. Indictments were returned secretly last week and announced today.
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Associated Press
New York
Century Consolidated Oil Company
Two Killed as Crazed Ex-Employee Forces Shooting
In Chicago on April 5 a former W. A. Jones Foundry employee armed with two pistols killed Charles Salenfeld and Chester Borgstrom and wounded three coworkers, F. H. Page, J. A. Sizer, and Joseph Bender, before the plant superintendent shot and killed the assailant. Salenfeld had hunted revenge amid a business dispute and court case.
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Chicago
W. A. Jones Foundry and Machine Company
Concern
Charles Salenfeld
Chester Borgstrom
F. H. Page
J. A. Sizer
Joseph Bender
Salenfeld
Irish constable slain in own home at Ballyhaunis
Two armed groups arrived in Ballyhaunis County Mayo last night entering the homes of two ex Royal Irish Constabulary members named Cranna and Butler. Cranna was killed and Butler seriously wounded according to the Dublin Herald report.
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Dublin Herald
Royal Irish Constabulary
Cranna
Butler
Kranna
Validity of State's Land Claim Upheld
Austin April 5 The Supreme Court upheld the state's title to about six million acres of land by refusing to grant a mandamus in the case of Clements versus J T Robinson land commissioner.
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Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Clements
J. T. Robinson
Heart of former Emperor Charles shipped in glass jar
In Funchal Madeira on April 6 the heart of former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary was removed and will be sent in a glass jar enclosed in a silver casket to Austria. The body is planned to go to Hungary as the funeral year begins. All business was suspended today for the funeral of Charles.
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Madeira
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Hungary
Lloyd George Wins Censure Motion Defeated in Commons
In London on April 5 the censuring motion by Sir William Joynson-Hicks was defeated overwhelmingly after a lengthy acrimonious debate in the House of Commons. Several Laborites and Independent Liberals joined the opposition, but the government retained support.
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Lloyd George
London
William Joynson-Hicks
House of Commons
Soldier fatally shot by Mexican river guards at El Paso
El Paso April 5 Mexican river guards opened fire on Corporal W W Whyte of the 82nd Field Artillery Fort Bliss as he attempted to cross the river on horseback. Whyte, a Salt Lake City, Utah native, was killed and his body found on the Mexican side after the guards ordered him to halt.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
W. W. Whyte
82Nd Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
Corporal Whyte
Salt’ Lake City
Utah
Contralto Mary Jordan Broadcasts Across Southwest
San Antonio reports Mary Jordan American contralto delivered a radio concert today heard in El Paso and Denver with listeners at several other points, broadening her live broadcast reach across the region.
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San Antonio
Mary Jordan
Radio Here
el Paso
Denver
To Replant Cotton
Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley obtain new cottonseed to replant land devastated by a heavy windstorm. Clouds of sand and small stones ruined hundreds of acres in Banquete and Aguadulce neighborhoods and thousands of acres in the valley. County Commissioner Ben D. Lee reported today.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Rio Rande Valley
Banquete and
Aguadulcee
Rio Grande Valley
Ben D. Lee
Corpus Christi Bride and Sherman Lawyer Wed
Miss Anne Louise Stayton of Corpus Christi married Birge Holt of Sherman Texas county attorney of Ward county here today. The couple, both UT graduates in the same class, are well known across the state.
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Corpus Christi
Anne Louise Stayton
Birge Holt
Sherman
Texas
Ward County
University of Texas
Planing mill owner found dead in his shop
Eastland April 5 J E Snave owner of a planing mill was found dead with a bullet wound to the heart in his place of business. A rifle and small iron rod lay near the body. Justice of the Peace Horn conducted an inquest and ruled death by his own action.
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Associated Press
Eastland
J. E. Snave
Justice of the Peace
Texas and Pacific to Rebuild Freight Cars in Marshall Shops
Marshall April 5 The Texas and Pacific railroad today announced a shop force increase of 150 to 200 men and immediate start of rebuilding freight cars at Marshall shops, in addition to ongoing general repairs. Building of freight cars had halted here for over two years.
Stamford Rotary Opposes Redistricting Question
The Stamford Rotary Club today went on record as opposing the redistricting proposal raised by the International Association. The stance was announced in Stamford on April 5.
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Rotary Division
Associated Press
Stamford
Stamford Rotary Club Today
International Association
Fire destroys building and cars on Crockett street
Sherman April 5 A morning blaze nearly wiped out a single building and 10 to 12 automobiles on North Crockett street and endangered an entire block. Local responders contained the fire to the affected lot after rapid action by firefighters and police. No injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Sherman
North Crockett Street
Blood Test Law Upheld In Dallas Case
In Dallas on April 5 Judge R R Watkins sustained the city ordinance requiring feo handlers to submit to a blood test for communicable diseases twice a year. The decision upheld the city's right after Langley challenged the ordinance, calling it unreasonable and seeking an injunction to block enforcement.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Feo
R. R. Watkins
Fourteenth District Court
W. H. Langley
Governor Neff to Discuss Commutation for Hornsby Case
Governor Neff will meet Willie Carter in Austin to decide on commuting the death sentence of George Hornsby, a Bell County murder convict. Carter is being brought to Austin by a state ranger sent from Brownwood on Neff’s orders.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Neff
Willie Carter
George Hornsby
Bell County
Carter
Autin
Brownwood
Proposal to change marriage vows to remove obedience pledge
The commission on revision of the Book of Common Prayer proposes removing the bride’s promise to obey her husband and ending the bridegroom’s pledge to endow with worldly goods. The report, detailing over 250 changes, will be submitted to the general convention in Portland, Oregon, this September.
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Associated Press
New York
Commission On
Portland
Ore
Fatty Arbuckle says he helped Virginia Rappe amid manslaughter trial
Roscoe C Arbuckle testified in his third trial that mercy rather than violence led him to aid Virginia Rappe after she fell ill at the Hotel St Francis party He described carrying her to a bed and calling a physician while denying knowledge of her being in his room He recounted threats and actions during the gathering and noted he danced afterward despite her condition
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Miss Rappe
Arbuckle
Bambina Maud Belmont
Gasoline Sales Tax To Be Hotly Fought
Kansas City, Mo April 5 Opposed to a sales tax on gasoline and a push for repeal where it exists were voiced by the National Petroleum Marketers Association at its convention. Delegates argued such a tax is class legislation and that gasoline should be exempt, with calls to tax all other fuels if gasoline is taxed.
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Kansas City
National Petroleum Marketers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Fordney Tariff Bill Rates Rewritten By Committee
Washington April 5 The Senate Finance Committee Republicans completed rewriting the 100000 tariff rates in the Fordney Tariff bill and began examining technical features. Chairman McCumber hopes to finish the bill by Saturday with the main issue the valuation question and whether foreign valuation will be accepted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
Found Guilty of Fraud in Oil Lands Case
In Omaha Nebraska on April 6 Rachel Ce celia Strickland and her business associate Samuel B Musser were found guilty by a federal jury of using the mails to defraud in the sale of Montana oil lands.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Rachel Cecelia Strickland
Samuel B. Musser
Montana
Ford Curse 10 Own Employees Charges Evans for
In Chicago on April 5 Henry Ford was blamed for advancing factory specialization and accused of cursing his workers during a wage hearing before the United States Railroad Labor Board. Edward J. Evans of the IBEW condemned excessive specialization and railroads seeking lower rates, calling it a crime against humanity while protesting selective shop wage data.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry, Ford
Detroit
United States Railroad Labor Board
Edward J. Evans
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Henry Ford
Mr. Evans
Evans
Tremblay Axe Murder Shoots Family Fire Destroys Farm
In Goncora Kansas a youth Theo dore Tremblay 18 dies using the family axe as a weapon. Four younger brothers are hacked, the father is injured, and a house and barn are burned. Police have no clues about the killer and note two cars were seen leaving the Tremblay home late last night.
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Associated Press
Goncorda
Kans
Theodore Tremblay
Theodore
Tremblay
St. Joseph
Man Slays Wife Over Protecting Strayed Stock in Illinois
In Carmi Illinois on April 5 Aaron White shot and killed his wife at Springerton after she attempted to protect stock that had strayed into his farm yard. He fired a second time as she fled, killing her almost instantly. A posse surrounded the house and White, 70, was wounded and arrested after a following battle.
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Associated Press
Carmi
Aaron White
Springerton
White
Oil Lease Fever Grips Amarillo Market
Oil lease selling was feverish in Amarillo yesterday with brokers reporting sharp gains. One broker cleared about 600 dollars in commissions in a half day as oil men speculate the rush followed an unconfirmed report that Gulf No 1 had shut down awaiting a high official. The shutdown was said to be due to drilling in a promising formation.
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Amarillo
Gulf No. 1
House Passes Bill Deporting Aliens Convicted Under Prohibition Laws
The House voted decisively to authorize deportation of aliens convicted in state or federal courts for narcotics or Volstead Act violations. Prohibition supporters hailed the measure as law enforcement progress, while critics warned of overreach and potential juror reluctance to convict. The controversy connected to Wayne Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League drew broad debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Late
Prohibition
Graham
Pennsylvania
Reepublican
Judiciary Committee
Immigration Committee
Representative Mann
Ilinoig
House
Antisaloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Representative Hill
Union
League
Blunt Navy Warning Against Soviet Influence Issued
Secretary Denby issued a blunt warning to Navy officers and sailors to guard against Sovietism communism and anarchy both ashore and afloat. He ordered no leniency for disloyal acts after citing sinister propaganda from foreign societies aimed at undermining morale and injecting disloyalty and disorder into personnel.
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Washington
Denby
Shipping Board to Put Offices in Middle West
The Emergency Fleet Corporation of the Ship pine Board will within a month or six weeks open offices across the Middle West to develop ocean freight trade. Current offices remain in Cincinnati Memphis Kansas City Detroit Chicago and Minneapolis as managers cover the region and connect importers and exporters with nearest agents of American lines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shippine Board
Middle West
Love
Cincinnati
Memphis
Kansas City
Detroit
Chicago
Minneapolis
Shipping Board
Wife cheap but car dear says Ling Ary Ardmor e
In Ardmore Oklahoma on April 1 Chinese restaurant owner George Ling declared wives are cheap but cars cost much. Ling and police chased his wife who fled with another man in Lang's motor car. Ling shouted in Chinese then paid $5 for rail fare to fetch another wife, remarking he could not afford the car. The couple returned to the restaurant after the incident.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
George Ling
Lang
Ling
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