Explosion at Memphis oil plant kills ten and injures score
Ten Black residents are dead and about twenty wounded after a casing head gasoline explosion at Colgar Reese company in North Memphis. The blast leveled a block of frame houses, caused extensive property damage, and drew investigation from the U S Bureau of Explosives.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Colgar Reese Company
L. C. Scott
Reese
L.©. Wilder
Colgar Reese
Oil Company
Kelleyville
Oklahoma
United States Bureau of Explosives
Andrew McKinley
McKinley
Mob attacks jail in Warrenton amid racial violence
In Warrenton County North Carolina a mob broke into the jail, killed two Black detainees and freed others. Nine prisoners remained in custody were moved to Raleigh for safety and five more arrested. Guards and local officials prepared for further unrest. The coroner’s inquest labeled the deaths as by unknown persons.
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Warrenton, N.C
Warrenton County
Raleigh
Aleigh
Warrenton
Henderson
Here
Norlina
John Green
Crane lectures delight Amarillo amid home decor talks
Joss Crane head of the Better Homes Institute spoke at the First Baptist church in Amarillo with an afternoon intro and an evening interior decorating lecture. Crowds praised his simple principles focusing on color form line and text as key to making homes beautiful.
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Joss Crane
Better Homes Institute of the Art Institute of Chicago
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
Ross Crane
Mr. Crane
Harding Enjoying Florida Visit Aboard Houseboat
President-elect Harding arrived in Rockledge Florida aboard the Victoria during a Florida coast cruise and spent the night with Mrs Harding's brother Clifford Kling. He and companions played a round of golf before dinner after a leisurely day on the Indian River sail.
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Associated Press
Rockledge
Florida
Harding
Moonshine ties crime rise says Milwaukee judge
Milwaukee judge Judge August C. Beckus called moonshine whiskey a higher crime source in municipal court today while accepting pleas from three milk wagon bandits who said they had been drinking moonshine. The report also lists other items including a shooting of a state senator in Arkansas and oil price cuts in Louisiana.
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Milwaukee
Wis
August C. Beckus
Fighting in Ireland grows more severe after Sunday attacks
Civilian assaults on police and military posts continued across Ireland. In Bandon County Cork about a hundred civilians attacked police and barracks, a hourlong battle ended with no police casualties but one civilian killed. At Glenbower near Clonmel a large armed group fought police, with no reported casualties. An assault near Keils Meath left one civilian killed and one wounded as attackers withdrew after seizing a motor car and arms.
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Dublin
Bandon
County Cork
Crown
Glenbower
Clonmel
Onn
Keils
County Meath
Allies weigh German reparations role and Austrian fate
Paris reports the supreme council, including Britain France Italy, weighs how to enforce Versailles disarmament and whether Germany should sit in reparations talks. Austrian crisis dominates agenda while pending German offers and council understanding shape final decisions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Japan
Germany
Austria
David Lloyd George
Aristide Briand
Council
Herr Bergmann
Louis Loucheur
Bergmann
M. Loucheur
Greece
Treaty of
Serres
Quarrel Over Money Linked to Dartmouth Student Death
In Philadelphia the trial of William P Brines unfolds with the motive given as a money quarrel in the Dartmouth case. James Gordon Jr cites the killing of Mimner Drew a Dartmouth College governor by William Brines a Penn sophomore as the central event. Drew's body was found on the city outskirts October 17 with a bullet wound in the forehead.
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Philadelphia
Mimner
Drew
Dartmouth College
Gaernor
James Gordon, Jr
Wilam P. Brines
Brines
University of Pennsylvania
Drews
Youth, 21, Charged With Murder of Girl
Janet-Charle King, 21, arrested in Philadelphia and charged with the murder of 17 year old Arline May Stout. Stout was found dead in her home October 10 from a bullet wound to the shoulder.
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Philadelphia
Janet-Charle King
Arline May Stout
Heiress Smith Found After Police Searched State
Mrs Glen Davia Smith heiress of the Little estate vanished from Springfield driving her car and was found today at a Peoria hotel. Her husband had prompted a statewide police search aided by her three year old sow and her aunt who accompanied the trip.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Glen Davia Smith
Peoria
Smith
O Callaghan Plans Visit to New York for Irish Relief
Seaman Donald O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork leaves Norfolk for New York where he will attend a meeting of the Irish relief committee. Immigration officials say he may sign on any foreign bound vessel. He reaffirms faith in the American people and recalls Benjamin Franklin seeking aid for the colonies.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Secretary of Labor
State Department
Donald O'Callaghan
Cork
New York
Irish Relief
O'Callaghan
Ireland
Benjamin Franklin
Automobile Style Show Attracting Attention In Amarillo
Ed Roos of Roos Johns Company and vice president of the Amarillo Panhandle Automotive Association predicts 1921 and 1922 will be the best years for the industry. The group discussed preparations for the upcoming automobile style show and approved annual treasurer appointment of O W Moore, with thanks to Mr Moore and Mr Chism.
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United States
Ed Roos
Roos.Johns Company
Amarillo-Panhandle Automotive Association
Amarillo Hotel
Roos
Roy Rutherford
The
Christian Church
O. W. Moore
Chism
Chi
Reduction of Representatives for State Proposed in Texas
In Austin on January 24 Representative Newt B. Williams introduced a bill licensing cotton buyers and classers requiring buyers to obtain a license from the agriculture commissioner. Other measures included hotel rate regulation, creation of a state real estate commission, and a constitutional amendment to cut the house from 142 to 62 members with two reps per senatorial district. A federal amendment proposal and a bond district for cotton warehouses were also discussed amid late afternoon debate on delaying delinquent tax list publications to 1922.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Newt B. Williams
McLennan County
Commissioner of Agriculture
B. P. Walker
Newton County
Texas Railroad Commission
C. B. Black
San Antonio
T. T. Thompson
Red River County
Senate
United States
John Davis
Dallas
Union
Congress
House
T. M. West
Bexar County
J. M. Nelson
Hopkins County
Amarillo Automotive Show Tied to City Convention Plans
The Amarillo Panhandle Automotive Association with the so called gloomkillers plans an auto show alongside the Buyers and Sellers Association convention in Amarillo on February 22 to 24. Dealers astronomically funded the event, offering show spaces at premium rates and visiting merchants to gain support for a city wide effort to demonstrate Amarillo’s resilience and civic spirit.
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Amarillo
Plains
Texas
Senate approves meat packers regulation bill in 46 33 vote
In Washington on January 24 the Senate passed by 46 to 33 a bill creating a federal livestock commission to regulate meat packers and related industries. Most Democrats supported, Republicans largely opposed. bill moves to the House with a rule to expedite action sought.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Agriculture Committee
Federal
Livestock Commission
The
Pom
Neinast case heard in Texas Legislature investigation
A Texas House committee led by Speaker Thomas began hearing evidence on Representative H. J. Neinast of Washington County over allegations of conspiring against the country during wartime and obstructing the draft. Neinast admits paying a $50 fine but says it was to avoid court procedure. witnesses from Washington County testified as the probe continues for several days.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Thomas
H. J. Neinast
Washington County
Robert B. Thrasher
Travis County
Thomas G. Pollard
van Zandt
Neiast
Nemast
John Matthews
Houston
Joe Burker
Engtland
United States
Secretary Colby to Return Home Aboard Florida
The battleship Florida with Secretary of State Colby and his party on board reached Hampton Roads after a South American visit and will arrive at the navy department Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Florida
Colby
South America
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
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