Senate clash over farm relief debenture plan
In Washington on April 26, Senate leaders faced Democratic fire over scrapping the export debenture plan from the farm relief bill. Robinson of Arkansas pressed Watson of Indiana and McNary of Oregon on abandoning earlier principles, while McNary argued for a bill that will pass and benefit agriculture, saying sometimes views must be set aside to secure legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Watson
Indiana
McNary
Oregon
Agricultural Committee
Coolidge
McNary-Haugen
Congress
Dallas Bar Honors Bailey with Eulogizing Resolution
The Dallas Junior Bar Association adopted a resolution praising former U.S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey who died at Sherman several weeks earlier.
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Dallas
Bailey
Associated Press
Junior Bar Association of Dallas Today
Joseph Weldon Bailey
United States
Sherman
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region Saturday
Saturday fair and warmer for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mostly fair and warmer. New Mexico fair. Illinois low pressure moves east, central over New York as Wyoming high shifts to Oklahoma. Central Rockies warms. 1 PM temperature around 71 in Amarillo with rising evening values. past readings show varying moisture values.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Illinois
New York
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Yes- Noor
Ready for Attempt To Fly From Tacoma to Tokio
Tacoma April 26. Harold Bromley 29 year old war veteran plans a 4700 mile flight from Tacoma to Tokio in a Lockheed Vega monoplane christened the City of Tacoma. Backed by local businessmen he will fly via Alaska to Japan carrying 715 gallons of fuel and a 750 mile radio. Bromley is Canadian, married with a five year old son who often flies with him.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harold Bromley
Tokio
Bromley
Alaska
Japan
Morrow party linked to Pueblo fraud case heads East
A special car carrying Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow and her party from Mexico City arrived in Laredo en route to New Jersey. The incident ties into a larger Amarillo Panhandle Development scheme with Pueblo officers indicted for using the mails to defraud. About 500000 dollars were lost by Colorado investors. Federal indictments cover May 1926 to August 1928. state charges are pending at Pueblo.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Dwight W. Morrow
Ann
Elizabeth
Mexico City
United States
San Antonio
Vernon Monroe
New York
Louise Monroe
Sheldon Yates
Monroe
Morrow
United Press
Denver
Colo
Federal Grand Jury
Amarillo-Panhandla Development Corporation
William A. Gamble
Roy Meade
Pueblo
Colorado
United States Finance Corporation
Joel F. Stone
First Judicial District
J. Arthur Phelps
Two Die After Lobby Shootout in Missouri Hotel
In Caruthersville Missouri Alva Moad age 34 and Roscoe Caldwell age 36 fought after a dispute in the downtown hotel lobby. Each man shot the other and died shortly after.
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Missouri
United Press
Caruthersville
Alva Moad
Roscoe Caldwell
Mead
Caldwell
New Zealander Begins 13,500 Mile Flight Test
Frank Mase, a young New Zealand airman, took off from Lympne England in a single-motor plane for the first leg of a planned 13,500 mile journey to New Zealand. He carried fuel for a 2,000 mile nonstop leg in special tanks.
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Associated Press
Lympne
Eng
Frank Mase
New Zealand
Ponca City Girl Held for Attempt to Kill Father
Trilby Rogers fourteen, daughter of E M Rogers, is jailed at Newkirk after shooting her father at their farm near Ponca City. The father survived with his right arm amputated at the elbow and chest wounds. He says the girl shot him while asleep. a four year old slept on his left arm. The girl’s mother died last December and Rogers says she had been unruly and had recently attempted to poison him. She fled to a neighbor's home where officers were notified.
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Associated Press
Ponca City
Okla
Trilby Rogers
E. M. Rogers
Newkirk
Rogers
Casualty List May Mount in Relief Search
A relief operation faces mounting casualties as three tornadoes strike separate points. Rescue teams comb debris for survivors and assess damage across affected areas, with authorities warning of continuing threats and awaiting further reports.
Tornado Toll Climbs Across Georgia and Carolina
A line of tornadoes across southern Georgia and a small part of South Carolina left 72 dead and nearly 600 injured, with property damage running into thousands. The hardest hit area stretched from Cochran to the northeast into South Carolina, notably along an 80 mile stretch between Statesboro and Metter where many fatalities occurred and farms suffered heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Cochran
Statesboro
Metter
Noted Woman Charged By Lela Mae Barnum Ordered Back to Texas
Elizabeth Murray a lecturer and author and daughter of a former Iowa senator was ordered removed to Fort Worth for trial on charges of using the mails with intent to defraud. The San Jose arrest stemmed from an Amarillo Texas case involving promotion of a non existent women’s organization.
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Lela Mae Barnum
Texas
Associated Press
San Francisco
Elizabeth Murray
Iowa
Fort Worth
U. S
Arthur Fisk
Miss Murray
San Jose
Cal
Fisk
Wa J
District Court
Merc
Lela May Barnum
Amarillo
Texan
Justice Stone Urged to Aid Enforcement
Associate Justice Harland Fiske Stone of the U S Supreme Court may chair the national law enforcement commission if President Hoover persuades him to take the post He declined cabinet service to avoid retirement and may be reluctant to direct the study and reorganization of federal judicial enforcement machinery The commission’s membership will be announced only after Stone decides The president is also asking Circuit Judge Arthur C Denison of Grand Rapids Mich to join in Cincinnati A major duty will be a searching inquiry into prohibition enforcement
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Associated Tress
Washington
Harland Fiske Stone
United States Supreme Court
National Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
Yatt
Justice Stone
Supreme Court
Commission
Stone
Texas Army Fliers Chase Stunt Pilot Down and Arrest
In San Antonio on April 26 Private F. Fietz of the 62nd Service Squadron was chased back to Brooksfield by six army airplanes after complaints of low stunting over a residential district. Major S. W. Fitzgerald ordered his arrest. court martial charges would be filed. Fietz lacking pilot rating, reportedly known for acrobatic stunts, landed the plane undamaged.
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Associated Press
San*antonio
Brooksfield
F. Fietz
62Nd Service Squadron
S. W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Fiets
Air Corps
Earth
Fietz
News Publishers End Annual Meet
New York April 26. The American Newspaper Publishers Association held its annual meetings with the Associated Press. Delegates condemned the five day week plan urged by certain printing trades unions as without economic justification.
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Associated Press
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Spain Announces Texas Consulate in Galveston
Spain to establish a Texas consulate with headquarters in Galveston. A. Inglesias Velayos was named by the Spanish government to head the post, announcement made in Galveston on April 26.
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Presa
Galveston
Spain
State of Texas
A. Inglesias Velayos
Leviathan Dumps Liquor Near Docks
The Leviathan docked after its first wet voyage under the American flag and 112 bottles of liquor were dumped beyond the 12 mile limit in compliance with laws allowing only medical stores near the coast. Passengers noted crew inexperience as liquor dispensers led to beer being consumed first then wine or hard liquor.
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Associated Presui
New York
Leviathan
Robinson Attacks Borah Over Religious Liberty Issue
Senator Robinson of Arkansas attacks Senator Borah of Idaho for urging religious liberty in the Senate. Robinson, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, says Borah remained silent during the campaign when the religious issue overshadowed other questions.
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Associated Prebut
Washington
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Exoneration Granted in De King Slaying Case
Kane county special grand jury reports Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith is exonerated in the shooting death of Mrs Lillian De King in Geneva. The Aurora mother was killed after her husband was felled with a shotgun stock during the raid on a prohibition operation.
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Geneva
Kane County
Lillian de King
Roy Smith
Aurora
Judge Hardy Cleared of Impeachment by California Senate
Sacramento April 26 The California Senate acquitted Superior Judge Carlos S Hardy of four articles of impeachment filed by the Assembly board of managers charging misconduct in office. Votes: Article 1 acquittal 37 conviction 2. Article 2 acquittal 21 conviction 15. Article 3 acquittal 28 conviction 16. Article 4 acquittal 26 conviction 12. A two thirds majority was required for conviction. The trial ended after leaders debated timing for a final guilt verdict.
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Associated Treas
Sacramento
Calif
Carlos
Hardy
Tos Angeles
Assembly Board of Managers
State Senate
Senate
Aimee Semple McPherson
Jurie
Quanah Girl Is State Winner In Oratory Contest
Mire Katherine Marehall of Quanah won a state wide oratory contest in Fort Worth, competing against eight other high school pupils. She will represent Texas in the Southern finale in New Orleans on May 10. Second place went to Walter Ely of Abilene and third to Margaret Dawson of Brownwood.
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Associated Press
FT. Worth
Mire Katherine Marehall
Quanah
Texas
New Orleans
Walter Ely
Abilene
Margaret Dawson
Brownwood
Tulsa Banks In Big Developments
In Tulsa on April 26 the merger of the Exchange National and the Central National bank was followed by a second major banking announcement. The National Bank of Commerce plans an increase of capital from 300000 to 400000 dollars, signaling expansion in local banking.
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Tulsa
Okla
Exchange National
Central National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Love Letters of Gangster Dentist Reveal Dual Life
Chicago police described Dr. Frank Brady as a dentist by day and underworld figure at night. Inquest heard his wife Mrs. Cora Brady claim she knew nothing of alleged ties to Scarface Al Capone. Brady was slain in his office by gunmen seeking revenge, as officers outlined an intricate cross between dentistry and racketeering.
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United Prem
Chicago
Frank Hee Brady
Cora Brady
Underworld
Scarface al” Capone
Two city officials sworn into new posts in ceremony
J B Paterson takes office as city manager and EL W Stanley becomes city engineer after J Hanks Jones resigns. Induction performed by W St Paterson with Mayor Ernest W Thompson and Commissioner J N Vernon presiding.
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J. B. Paterson
EL W. Stanley
J. Hanks Jones
W. St. Pattersou
Ernest W. Thompson
J. N. Vernon
Stanley
Jone
Jeff D. Bartlett
Patterson
State Highway Department
United States Army
Fort Myer
Fla
Jones
Blind Drive Today at 1:30 in Amarillo
Today features Hayward Thompson performing a public blindfolded driving demonstration at the Globe-News building at 1:30 pm. The event includes a 30 minute blindfold inspection and a personal story, with a 3:16 pm finish and a planned tour to Amarillo Laundry Kwitoherk plant.
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Hayward Thompson
Amarillo
Thompson
Globe-News
Southwest
Tom Finty Honored as Capitol Flags Half Mast
Austin reports the lone star flag on the Capitol flew at half mast in memory of Tom Finty, the Dallas newspaper man who died last night.
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Tom Finty
Associated Press
Austin
Lone Star
Capitol
Dallas
Escobar plans escape as rebel forces flee to border
Reports from Naco Sonora and Nogales detail a major rebel retreat in southern Sonora as federal air and ground forces disrupt trains and bridges. Insurgent leaders, including General Escobar, seek refuge across the border amid ongoing pursuit and border evacuations.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Navojoa
Ramon Kurbe
Ricardo Topete
R. 8. Polk
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Pacific
CCEAM
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Development Corporation
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LAW Commission ON Crime
Texas Army
Robinson Jumes
Los Angeles
Aimee M’pherson
Escobar
U.S
Pete
Prem
Naco
la Morita
Homba
J.C. Kacobar
Keehler
Liekens
el Paso
Chapultepec
Liekengs
Navajoa
Masiaca
Musinca
Navajora
Navajos
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