SAS SS automotive body to hold exhibit before March 31
The SAS SS automotive body announces an exhibit before March 31 with a forenoon meeting at 10 o'clock in the office of Chairman Chisum. Officers elected for the ensuing year include C. H. Dixon as president BE. E. Roos as vice president J. W. Timmons as second vice president Robert Keirsey as secretary and Geo. M. Waddill as treasurer.
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O. E. Erwin
Chevrolet
Amarillo
Organization For Final Action
Ten Jurors Picked For Sammons Trial In Canadian
Ten jurors were agreed for the trial of T B Sammons charged with killing Carl Brooks in Shamrock on September 23 as court recessed in Canadian Texas. Nine veniremen were examined to select the ten with Sheriff Stickney to pick two more when court resumes. The trial, before District Judge Ewing, is moved on venue from Shamrock. Prosecutors include Pickens Reeder Willis and Allen. defense by Willis Small Clark. Sammons, former Shamrock city marshal, allegedly killed Brooks in a Shamrock restaurant.
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Steff
Canadian
Texas
T. B. Sammons
Carl
Cutey
Burton Reach
Amarillo
U. S
L. J. Bolton
Ewing
Shamrock
Ve. 7. Pickens
C. B. Reeder
Newt P. Willis
Walter Allen
Perryton
Frank Willis
Clint Small
Wellington
J. B. Clark
Sammons
Brooks
Shipping Officials Attacked Over Subsidy Stance
In Washington on January 16, Senator King of Utah labeled Shipping Board officials propagandists and urged President Harding to keep them on the job. He accused them of stirring sentiment for subsidies and said stump speaking should stop.
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Washington
Bower
King
Utah
Harding
Eleven Die as Vesta Explosion Claims Crew and Chief Officer’s Wife
London reports eleven crew members of the German steamer Vesta bound from Hamburg to Lisbon died in a Sunday night explosion after a fire. The Chief Officer’s wife was among the dead. Ten survivors were landed at Lowestoft by a trawler.
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London
Vesta
Hamburg
Lisbon
Lowestoft
Eastman Found Dead in Texas Farm Shop
W T Eastman a 65 year old farmer was found shot in a blacksmith shop on Tom Bullard s farm south of Waxahachie Texas The inquest by Justice of the Peace Lee Wray ruled accidental shooting with the gun lying nearby on a workbench his son discovered the body this afternoon
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Associated Press
Waxahacie
Texas
W. T. Eastman
Tom Bullard
Here
Justice of the Peace
Lee Wray
Eastman
Fire Damages Mexia Telegraph Office. Long-Distance Restored
Mexia Texas January 16. The city quickly recovers from Saturday night’s fire but officials say telephone service cannot be restored until a new building is erected. Long distance lines were back within an hour and stations will be set up around the city for fire and police protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Texas
Thirty six pure bred horses ship for Antwerp from Texas
In Galveston on January 16 a British steamship Man chester Castle carries thirty six pure bred racing horses from Crosby, Texas. The stock is bound for Antwerp where a revival in racing is reported.
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Galveston
Jan
Manchester Castle
Ghent
Antwerp
Crosby
Texas
West named district attorney for 28th district
Associated Press reports Governor Neff announced the appointment of Milton West of Brownsville as district attorney for the 28th judicial district to replace W. R. Jones who resigned. The district includes Nueces, Wallace and Cameron counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Milton West
Brownsville
28Th Judicial District
W. R. Jones
Neff
Neuces
Wallace
Cameron
Gas well blaze near Woodsboro Texas lights sky
A huge gas well with capacity estimated at 25 to 35 million cubic feet burned tonight near Woodsboro on the Texas coast. The flames rose hundreds of feet, visible from Victoria, 63 miles away. The Lincoln Oil Company owns the well and steps have been taken to control the blaze.
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San Antonio
Texas
Woodsboro
Victoria
Lincoln Oil Company
Chicago Attorney Harol Mulke Follows Home After Attack
Associated reports Harol Mulke a Chicago attorney who was kid raped from a hotel lobby in Shreveport Friday night and severely beaten by unmasked men left a sanitarium in Dallas on January 16. He heads to Chicago. attendants say his wounds are healing rapidly.
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Dallas
Texas
Harol Mulke
Chicago
Shreveport
Battle over river improvement to link lakes and sea
Washington reports a heated, drawn out clash in Congress over the St Lawrence River project to create an ocean going vessel channel to the Great Lakes. The split House leadership faces proposals on where to send the International Joint Commission report, with hearings likely. The Senate backs including the Welland canal upgrade with St Lawrence as a joint effort and proposes US and Canada share costs proportional to benefits during the initial five years then by freight tonnage thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
House
International Joint Commission
Gillett
Persident Harding
Merchant Marine, Foreign Affairs Or Ways and Means Committee
Merchants Marine Committee
Senate
Welland Canal
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
St Lawarence River
Montreal
Foreign Relations Cieantitee
He Commission
United States
Canada
Mystery surrounds Whitnack injury near Santa Fe tracks
Unconscious 68 year old W H Whitnack found one block south of the Tenth street crossing on the Santa Fe tracks at 5 30 p m Sunday. Relatives doubt whether a train engine strike or indigestion caused the incident. He is hospitalized in Amarillo with slight bruising and has lived there about ten years. He has three daughters in Amarillo and two sons in El Paso and Oklahoma City.
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W. H. Whitnack
Tenth Street
Santa Fe
Whitnack
Amarillo
W. F. Fairchild
Buchanan
F. W. Cox
Monroe
Brown Wilson
East 15Th
el Paso
Oklahoma City
Evacuation of Southern Ireland Begins at Once
London Jan 16 The war office announced that the evacuation of Southern Ireland will commence forthwith. Battalions to depart are named and more units will follow as transport and conditions permit. Army stores are being moved concurrently with the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
War Office Today
Southern
Ireland
Plane Crash Kills Man in Guthrie Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma January 16 Edward Bruce 28 killed and Frank Heims 25 fatally injured when a commercial airplane fell 200 feet Heims had been operating the plane here for months Both men leave families
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Guthrie
Okla
Edward Bruce
Frank Heims
Heims
Montha
Hereford Show Opens With Swine Breeders Meet
Hereford Poultry Show and Panhandle Swine Breeders Association convention near start in Hereford. Earl Lewis arrived to supervise preparations. Day one features speakers at Star Theater with about 300 expected for banquet at First Christian Church. Poultry entries exceed 500 with 400 already in. judge H W Duke of Amarillo to oversee show.
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Hereford
Panhandle Swine Breeders Association
Earl Lewis
Hog Association
Star Theater
Poland
China
Duroc Jersey
First Christian Church
H. W. Duke
Amarillo
Jury fails to reach verdict in Burch case
Los Angeles January 16 The trial of Arthur C. Burch of Evanston Illinois for the Kennedy murder near Los Angeles last August ended in a hung jury after 71 and a half hours. The ten to two vote favored conviction and Judge Sidney N Reeve discharged the panel scheduling a retrial.
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Associated
Los Angeles
Cali
Arthur C. Burch
Evanston
Ilinois
J. Belton Kennedy
Burch
Sidney N. Reeve
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Madalynne Obenchain
Hermit Found Hidden Cash After Penniless Recluse Dies
NINBOLA New York residents report more than $1,000 uncovered today in a shack where 94 year old Thomas Baldwin, a penniless recluse, died last Saturday. Some bills were so old they fell apart when lifted.
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Associated Press
Ninbola
N. Y
Thomas Baldwin
Farmer Will Be Voted Place On Federal Reserve
Senators debated a compromise measure on the Federal Reserve Board with Harding support. Senator Glass defended the board against charges of price declines and demagoguery while Senator Norris warned farmers could be misled. Glass cited figures showing 1920 price declines and rising bank discounts and currency in circulation, denying banks were delinquent or oppressive.
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Farmer
Federal Reserve
Harding
Reserve Board
Glass
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Tam
Bulgaria Ordered to Disarm All Forces
Sofia Jan 16 The allied council of ambassadors ordered Bulgaria to be completely disarmed within one month. The government must dismiss its general arms and frontier guards, about 4700 volunteers, but officials say the move would throw the country into anarchy and cannot be executed.
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Associated Press
Sofiia
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Bulgaria
Hall rails at banks over system changes in Texas
Austin January 16. Commissioner Ed Hall warned Texas banks to notify depositors and creditors by written notice or advertisement before changing their business system. He cautioned that changing from guaranty fund to bond or from state to national requires consent or knowledge of the public and warned against midstream swaps unless essential for community and overall banking interests.
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Austin
Bank of Texas
Ed. Hall
Insurance and Banking
Texas
Hall
San Jacinto Booster Club Organized in Heights
About 11 residents of San Jacinto Heights met at Grover B. Hill's home and formed the San Jacinto Civic Club with temporary officers Grover B. Hill as president and W. W. Lynch as secretary. A Friday meeting will elect permanent officers and hear a by laws report. A women’s auxiliary or membership is under discussion as plans for a census of the area begin today, led by Glenn Kendrick.
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San Jacito Heights
Grover B. Hill
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Heights
Glenn Kendrick
Poincare Clearing Up British Treaty In Paris
Paris January 16 Premier Poincare after taking control of the Foreign Office began amending the Anglo French pact. He conferred two hours with Lord Curzon and Lord Harding to prepare the amended accord for presentation with the government declaration due Thursday.
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Paris
Poincare
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M. Briand
Lioeyd George
Lord Curgon
Lord Harding
Chamber of Deputies
Million sought to establish memorial
New York crowds welcomed Woodrow Wilson at the opening of a million dollar campaign by the Woodrow Wilson foundation. The fund aims to create annual awards for meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought and peace through justice. Speakers included James W. Gerard, Henry Morgenthau, Mrs. Carne Chapman Catt, Augustus Thomas, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
James W. Gerard
Germany
Henry Moratheau
Turey
Carne Chapman Catt
Augustus Thomas
Franklin , Roosevelt
Gerard
Wilsom
Hupe
Woodow Wilson
Thomas
Far East arms talks enter final decision phase
Washington report from January sixteen notes Far Eastern arms conference delegates near a standstill with key issues including open door policy the twenty one demands Manchuria and Japanese occupation in Siberia. Japan's position remains central as discussions pause pending further shuttle diplomacy and collateral talks.
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Washington
Shan Jung
Manchuria
Siberia
Japan
Far East
Tokio
Far Eastern Committee
Hughes
Ats
China
Shantung
Health as a purchasable city asset from Dallas talk
Dr John Dill Robinson Health Commissioner of Chicago told the Dallas Public Institute that health is a purchasable commodity and with a sufficient appropriation cities may lower their death rates to about 10 or 11 per 1 000. He spoke at the first annual Dallas Public Institute event under the United States public health program.
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Dallas
John Dill Robinson
Chicago
Dallas Public Institute
United States
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Ieee
Cullum
Dixon and Waddell
West
Mulks
Gore's Daughter
Is Bride
Eugene Luther Vidal
Nina Gore
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
U. S. Air Service
Morgenthau
America
Wooden Wilson
Parley
Torio
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