Legislature approves 600000 for river survey dams and districts
The Texas House passed a 600000 bill to fund topographic and hydrographic surveys of Brazos Colorado Rio Grande Trinity and other rivers to form districts for impounding dams irrigation and levee projects. The measure moves to the Senate as other actions include a separate insurance department bill and debates on textbooks commissions and adoption of heirs.
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Austin
Texas
Brazos Colorado
Rio Grande
Trinity
Senate
Department of Insurance
Department of Banking
Melson
Westbrook
Board of Regents of Texas University
House
Senator Borah Calls Ruhr Invasion Ruthless Militarism
U S senator Borah condemns French policy in the Ruhr as ruthless militarism and a violation of armistice terms. He criticizes the state department for silence and urges a formal protest, arguing the United States must uphold its founding ideals and protect its life when attacked. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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Washington
Ruhr
Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
United States
Wilson
Germany
Mer Rouge Probe Promises 50 Arrests in Masked Band Case
An open hearing into masked band activity in Morehouse parish is expected to produce 25 to 50 arrests on murder and assault charges. Attorney General Coco said the Ku Klux Klan is tied to disorder and the Daniel and Richards murder. Witnesses named several Klan members and leaders. Weather hampered testimony as rain and wind closed highways and kept witnesses away.
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Associated Press
Watt Daniel
T. F. Ricards
Met Rouge
Bastrop
Lake la Fourche
Parker
Baton Rouge
Jones
Kim Harp
Smith Stevenson
Fred Higginbboam
J, N. Newt’ Gray
R. L. Thomas
A. Ll. Smith
Sam Broadnax
Hugh Clark
Henry Pipes
Henry Jones
Leah Ashcraft
Harlie Rogers
Frank Filewellyn
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
B. M. McKain
Rouge
Newt Gray
Burnett
Oliver Skip- With
Skip With
Stevenson
Smith
Daniel
Richards
Eastland Wins Suit On Guarantee Fund
Judge Davenport handed Eastland county a verdict for about 650000 against the state guarantee fund over the 1921 failure of Security State Bank, the county depository. The state noted an appeal. The suit arose from transfers from an interest earning account prior to the bank’s collapse.
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Lastland
Tex
George T. Davenport
Ninety First D
Whch
Eastland County
State Guarantee Fund
Security State Bank
Arbuckle films banned by Southern Enterprises in South
Roscoe Arbuckle moving pictures will not be shown in southern theatres under Southern Enterprises Inc. a statement from the company said that prohibition was ordered for southern states due to policy concerns issued in Atlanta Georgia on January 22.
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Atlanta
Roscoe Arbuckle
Southern Enterprises, Inc
Reward Offered in Waco Double Murder Case
Waco Texas January 22 reward offers of 2500 and rising to aid investigation into the murder of W F Holt and Mrs Ethel Denecamp. Two men held in jail as suspects and Miss Helen Jacobs sister of the murdered woman questioned repeatedly. Bodies found six miles out of town after a search sparked by a dream claim. Holt allegedly killed and dragged behind his car then Mrs Denecamp shot and both moved a quarter mile to the discovery site.
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Waco
Tex
Waco Comenient
W. F. Holt
Ethel Denecamp
Helen Jacobs
Miss Jacobs
Tehuacana
Holt
Mr. Denecamp
Move machinery from Southwest State Insane Asylum
Austin Jan 92 Contracts for the removal of machinery from the Southwest State Insane Asylum at San Antonio were let today by the board of control. The contracts total 27200 dollars and were let to a Dallas firm. Five bids were entered for the work.
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Austin
Southwest State Insane, Asylum
San Antonio
Board of Control
Dallas
Homebuilders Move Headquarters From St Louis to Portland
United Home Builders of America will transfer its headquarters from St Louis after relocating from Dallas a year ago. Secretary C W Perryman announced the move to Portland Indiana planned for tomorrow to cut office expenses and streamline operations.
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ST. Louis
United Home Builders of Ameca
Dallas
Portland
Indiana
C. W. Perryman
Perryman
Oklahoma man jailed as car thief hijacker alibi fails
Amerillo police arrested Don Prenton Sunday night on a Chalmers touring car with no clear ownership. A pistol and blackjack were found. Oklahoma officials later linked the car and man to a Ponca City theft and hijacking case. Two others were jailed last Saturday on suspicion of possessing a car tied to El Paso assault charges.
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Oklahoma
Amerillo Police Department
Don Prenton
Sloan and
Taylor
Chalmers
Tle
Ponca City
Keeton
el Paso
Fear of lynching prompted guilty pleas in Harrison case
Two strikers known as Red Orr and Luther Wise testified before an Arkansas committee that they pleaded guilty to arson, fearing mob violence if tried. They claimed high railroad Brotherhood officials were forced to flee Harrison by a mob after a strike above the Missouri North Arkansas line. Orr and Wise, who received seven to ten year penitentiaries, said a court told them their lives were in danger and both denied setting the bridges on fire.
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Little Rock
Ark
Red” Orr
Luther Wise
Brotherhood of Railroad
Harrison
The
Arkansas
Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
Orr
Wise
Circuit
Shinn
Court House
Building Collapse Kills Four in Pittsburgh District
The Allegheny County coroner and city building inspector investigated after a Lawrenceville boarding house collapsed during foundation digging on an adjacent lot. Four men died and five were injured as the two story dwelling caved in on workers.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Lawrenceville
Senate moves to probe martial law in Texas
In Austin on January 22, Senator Burkett announced a Senate hearing set for tomorrow before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. The session will examine open port law activities in Texas centers amid the railroad strike. Burkett backs repeal of the open port law and would bar the adjutant general from appointing railroad-serving rangers.
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Austin
Tex
Wed Joe
Denison
Texas
Burkett
Senate
Adjutant General
Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Educator Flags Change of Books
Temple Texas January 22 P A Horn president of Southwestern University Georgetown and former superintendent of the House public schools called the public books charge a tremendous mistake He said the waste of nearly two million dollars will shorten rural terms by twenty one days while addressing the Lions Club and criticizing the textbook committee's action
The Panhandle's Greatest Newspaper Grows Reach
The Daily News in Amarillo reports rising net paid circulation in the Panhandle with 35 percent higher daily figures and 63 percent more for Sundays than the afternoon paper. Audited by the Audit Bureau, the paper invites advertisers to inspect records and promises broad Panhandle reach for both readers and ads.
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The
Daily News
Amarillo
News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
the Panhandle
Associated Press
Dismissed clerk surrenders over embezzlement charge
Arnold C. Dolde former clerk of the U S District Court Western Oklahoma who had been missing since last Thursday turned himself in at Oklahoma City and was secretly arraigned before U S Commissioner Ernest Chambers on a charge of embezzling court funds He posted a 3000 bond and was bound over to the federal grand jury meeting next month His current whereabouts remain unknown and federal officers would not disclose details of the surrender
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Arnold C. Dolde
United States District Court For
Western Oklahoma
Ernest Chambers
United States
Dolde
Woman slayer of journalist in France held
Paris reports that Mile. Berthon, a 20 year old anarchist, shot Marius Plateau at L Action Francais offices. Plateau, 46, led the Kings Camelots and was general secretary of Action Francais. Berthon wounded herself and was hospitalized not seriously. The case links to prior anarchist activity and a past arrest linked to wartime collaboration.
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Associated Prey
Paris
Papera F
Geriamine
Anetohiet
L'Action Francais
Marius Plateau
A. Naudin
Millerand
Borvet
Mile
Berthon
Plateau
Kings’ Camelots
League &’Action Francais
Berth ‘On
Offces
Leon Daudet
Paul Meunier
Bird Craft Sanctuary Enclosed by Cat-Proof Fence in CT
A ten acre tract is enclosed by a cat-proof fence well inside an old wall, creating a bird refuge for the Connecticut Audubon Society. The setup designates the area as a sanctuary to protect local avifauna within a historic landscape.
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Connecticut Audubon Society
Bankers chase man over forged check attempt in city street
National Bank of Commerce staff tackle a man who tried cashing a forged $10.76 check signed Carl Brask. Rune Brohlin, accused of forgery, is jailed after a chase that ended with police at Tyler Street. Other bank employees aided, and the suspect admitted the name on the check.
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Bankers Chase
National Bank of Commerce
Rune Brohlin
Krohlin
Harold Knupp
Carl Brask
Brohm
Harold
Fifth Street
Fifth
Daily News
Tyler Street
Douglas O’brien
Mesars
Cook
Wells
Nnapp
Embry
Keeton
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Self
France
Mlle
Brohim Lagt Seck
Str. Brask
Mr. Brask
Broblin
Brask
Labor Temple
Harold Knipp
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