Satterwhite Seeks Quorum for Texas Special Session
Speaker Lee Satterwhite reports nineteen Texas legislators promising to attend a special session, seventeen paying own expenses and two unable to fund. A Dallas representative telegram arrived, and Satterwhite plans to depart Saturday night for Amarillo then to Austin if a majority assures support.
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Timmons
Daily News
Washington
LeenStterwhite
Texas House of Representatives
Texas
Irwin
Dallas
Satterwhite
Amarillo
Austin
Mine disaster at Overton No. 2 claims twenty two lives
In Birmingham area, a gas explosion in Overton Mine number 2 traps and kills multiple workers. Sixty men were inside with eightyone in the danger zone. rescue teams recover twenty two bodies and continue search for the rest as officials draw gas and plan to resume only after safety. Charles de Bardelben leads response with mine inspectors on site through night.
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Birmingham
Ala
Overton
United States
Charles de Bardelben
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
T. C. Yarbrough
Anti-Saloon League Challenged in Kansas
In Topeka Kansas Dr John G Schaibly the acting Kansas superintendent who was removed yesterday charged that efforts have been made to whitewash the record of Fred L Crabbe whose administration has faced an investigating committee since his resignation months ago.
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Topeka
Kan
Anti- Salooneleague
Kansas
John G. Schaibly
Schaibly
Fred L. Crabbe
League
Mystery Deepens as Head Found in Abandoned Cellar
Stephenville dispatch reports a human head found in a cellar of an abandoned house 42 miles away. State Ranger ordered to assist authorities and residents as efforts to solve the case intensify amid escalating public concern.
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Stephenville
Ville
Drastic Defense Reorganization Aims at $20 Million Aviation Build-Up
Washington reports a drastic defense revamp proposal calling for a plastic reorganization of the national defense setup and an annual $20,000,000 for five years to boost aviation. The plan includes creating a bureau of civil aeronautics and aligns with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. President Coolidge backs the advisory panel noting the U S is not lagging in aircraft tech for military use.
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National
Mense Administration
Special House
Bureau O Civil Aeronautics
Congress
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Coolidge
America
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Fair and warmer conditions give way to slightly colder readings tonight across West Texas and eastern New Mexico. High pressure remains in control from the Northwest, promising generally fair weather with only light precipitation possible in the far northwest portions.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Idaho
Plains
Iskies Roroom
Two Giant Industries Face I C C Rate Hearing in Dallas
At the Dallas hearing before Examiner J B Keeler the American Petroleum Institute presented testimony on the general rate structure. Oil majors argued for lower freight rates while railroads warned of competition impacts. The case examined how oil growth over 25 years makes gasoline central to modern life. The petroleum exhibit underscored oil and gasoline links to daily activity from schools to factories.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
J. B. Keeler
American Petroleum Institute
Hoch- Smith
Southwest Railroad Group
Northwest
LaFayette Dowe
Washington
The
Petroleum Institute
Lacy Walker
New York
Institute
United
Santa Fe Advances New Plains to Fort Worth Survey
Santa Fe officials announced a second or upper route survey from the South Plains to Fort Worth. Engineers are surveying from Floydada and Crosbyton through Dickens, Guthrie, Benjamin, and Seymour while the lower route from Post to Graham has been completed.
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Fort Worth
Santa Fe
Fioydada
Crosbyton
Dickens
Guthrie
Benjamin
Seymour
Gulf, Texas & Western
Salesville
Rock Island
Jacksboro
Post
Haskell
Stamford
Shrockmorton
Graham
Floydada
Officials of Oklahoma Commission Freed on Bonds After Charges
E R Hughes chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and R B Geers former chief of the conservation bureau along with Boone D Hite were released on 5000 bonds after pleading not guilty to three indictments charging conspiracy to steal oil well supplies and to ex tort assignments. Indicted also were J E Amis and J J Gouy who have not yet surrendered.
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Oklahoma City
E. R. Hughes
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
R. B. “Rube” Geers
Conservation Bureau of the Commission
Boone D. Hite
J. E. Amis
J. J. Gouy
Conservation Division
Hughes
Geers
Ed S&s. Vaught
Amis
Jouy
Oklahoma City Times Today
Friends of
Oil and Gas Conservation Bureau
Death Claims Mrs. J. E. Rider in Auto Crash
Mrs Jennie Rider 88 a beloved Ama rillo figure died at Northwest Texas Hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile the night before Witnesses say the driver Ms C H Carl was not at fault but a passerby ran a stop signal at Seventh and Polk Streets causing the collision She died Thursday morning funeral plans await arrival of relatives from Mexico City California and Missouri Mrs Rider active in clubs and cultural events funeral to be at Central Presbyterian Church
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Jennie Rider
Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
C. H. Carl
Rider
Harrison
Carl
Seventh
Polk
Mexico City
California
Missouri
Blackburn
Blackburn Funeral Home
Central Presbyterian Church
Bring in Toys and Dolls for Christmas Drive
The fourth annual Toy and Doll Campaign by The Daily News urges readers to donate dolls and toys for needy children before Christmas. Girls from the high school will dress the dolls, Battery B members will repair the toys, and donations should be brought to The News-Post building or to any Battery B member.
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Daily News
News-Post
Two men jailed after liquor cargo seized near Lake Worth
West Palm Beach authorities arrested two men after seizing a $30,000 liquor cargo from 400 cases aboard the seadog auxiliary cruiser near the Lake Worth inlet. A third man dove overboard and swam to safety amid gunfire as deputies opened fire to capture the suspects.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Seadog
Lake Worth Inlet
Castro County lands given to Baptist school
Hereford telegram reports Mrs Harrison Pow widow of Captain Harrison Trow donated Castro County land valued at 16000 dollars for Wayland Baptist College. Proceeds fund a memorial reception hall and social center in the new girls dormitory to be built after January 1. The hall will be named for Captain Trow, a noted local figure and member of Quantrells band. Reverend W R Hill assisted in arranging the gift with President G W McDonald and Dr L J Mims.
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Hereford
G. W. McDonald
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
L. J. Mims
Texas Baptist General Convention
Harrison Pow
Harrison Trow
Castro County
Captain Trow
Quantrell
Rey. W. R. Hill
Hereford Baptist Church
McDonald
Mims
Hartman Named U.S. Attorney for Western District of Texas
President Coolidge sent nominations to the Senate naming John J. Hartman as United States attorney for the western district of Texas and George C. Butte as attorney general of Porto Rico.
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Hartman
Texas
U.S
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
John JD. Hartman
United States
George C. Butte
Porto Rico
Senate Body Criticizes Oil Tax Case Handling Methods
Senate investigators fault the Internal Revenue Bureau over Gulf Oil Standard California and Sinclair tax settlements claiming millions avoided in taxes from 1915 to 1919 and delays and obstruction hindered by officials. The panel plans to forward full findings to the Treasury as the inquiry nears closure.
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Washington, der
Internal Revenue Bureau
Gulf Oil Corporation
Standard Oil Company of California
Sinclair Consolidated Ol Corporation
Mellon
Internal Revenue
Blair
Bureau
Shamrock Woman Admits Killing Husband in Self Defense
In Shamrock, Mrs J Clem admitted to Wheeler County officials that she shot her husband with a 410 shotgun while he slept, saying she acted to defend herself. The couple’s body is in a local morgue and her arraignment for murder is planned for tomorrow.
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J. Clem
KE. T. Scott
Wheeler County
Clem
Shamrock
Scott
War Department blamed in Mitchell court martial
Washington December 10 The Mitchell court martial heard that army air service troubles increased criticism of the War Department and the administration economy program. The trial moved faster with a ban on cumulative evidence and the prosecution’s examination of Major General Charles T Menoher curtailed. General Menoher was briefly questioned then permitted to return to duty, after defense counsel Frank B Reid made him a witness for the defense in a weather question connected to bombing raids and noted another squadron’s commendable work.
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War Department
Charles T. Menoher
San Francisco
Sherman Moreland
Menoher
Frank BR. Reid
Ilinois
Howard C. Rath
Los Angeles
Calif
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Mender
Tvet
Stath
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