Senate approves reservations in World Court policy vote
Senate backs Swan son resolution on world court adherence with reservations aimed at keeping US out of legal ties to the league of nations and limiting advisory opinions. Opponents warn today’s almost unanimous votes may render US membership meaningless. final adoption slated for tomorrow as 48 states must accept reservations.
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Washington
Senate
Swanson
World Court
Tribunal
United States
League of Nations
Connally Urges Probe in Mitchells Case Trial and Conviction
Air Colonel flags major issue as Connally calls for a fuller investigation into the Mitchells case, pressing for truth in the trial and conviction amid ongoing controversy and high public interest.
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Connally
Mitchells
Texas Representative Calls For Special House Panel Inquiry
Texas Representative Connally proposed a special House committee to probe the Mitchell court martial and urge possible revision of military court law. The inquiry aims to address questions about Army and Navy court martial procedures and the Articles of War. Col. William Mitchell temporarily holds his rank and pay during suspension amid ongoing discussions.
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Mitchell
Representative Connally
Texas
House
Wm. Mitchell
Connally
Congress
Army Washington
Friends
William Mitchell
Army
Coolidge
Frank. St., Reid
Mwllinois
War Department
Africa
Guards Watch Over Skagit Power Plant After Wreck Attempt
Around the Seattle Skagit power plant guards have been stationed following an attempt to wreck the facility. An Emery dust found in a million dollar generator caused several hours of shutdown. J D Ross, supervisor, heads plant amid public ownership dispute.
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Skagit
Seattle
J. D. Ross
Inset
Monkeys cut out of fashion prompts camouflaged bob
Boston January 26. Members of the Ladies Hair Dressers Association of New England in convention advise a shift from the monkey cut to longer hair. They say bobbed hair will not vanish but be camouflaged for many occasions and fashion trends favor length. Miss Elizabeth Olds of Worcester presides.
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Boston
Ladies’ Hair Dressers Association of New England, Inc
Elizabeth Olds
Worcester
Carson May Pave Oil Field Highway If Fund Granted
Carson county seeks state highway aid to pave a Amarillo to oil fields route. Requests include an 8 mile segment between Panhandle and Burnett ranch and a 22 mile stretch between highways 88 and 4. If approved, this would start a paved road toward the oil fields.
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Carson
Carson County
State Highway Commission
Amarillo
Potter Couny
Potter County
Gray County
Highway Commission At
Austin
Panhandle
Burnett Ranch
Hansford
Ochiltree
Dawson County
Dawson Eed
New Mexico State Inc
Coolidge Considers Aliens’ Return Proposals
President Coolidge expresses sympathy with ideas to ease the return to the United States of aliens who fought with the American army during the war and stayed in Europe after the armistice. He favors special provisions to admit them.
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Coolidge
Washington
United States
Europe
$100000 School Building Planned in Southwest City
The school board unanimously approved a new two story school at 21st and Hughes streets costing about 100000 with room for 22 classrooms and future expansion. Plans include a bond election likely over 200000 and an expanded North Amarillo addition. A site near the North Highway area is eyed for 1927-1928, with a four room building expected by then.
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21St
Hughes Streets
A. J. Crow
H.S. Milholland
E. F. Rittenberry
Rittenberry
T.W. Cotten
Amarillo
Buchanan Street
Cotten
North Highway
River Road
Know Amarillo Series Highlights City Institutions
The Sunday News Globe announces a Know Amarillo educational campaign within the next two weeks. It will publish a series on Amarillo institutions starting with the Santa Fe railway, Amarillo’s largest industry. Subsequent pieces will cover railroads manufacturers wholesalers and distributors.
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Sunday News Globe
Amarillo
Know
News-Globe
Texas
Santa Fe Railway
Secs
Kansas City Hearing Ends on Rate Increase Plea
The Interstate Commerce Commission wrapped up hearings on a 5 percent freight rate increase request by western railroads after fifty one days and two and a half million words of testimony across Chicago St Paul Dallas Denver San Francisco and Kansas City. Briefs are due March 4 for railroads. shippers and state commissions by April 8. railroads reply by April 24. A decision is anticipated about three months after briefs are filed.
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Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Railroads
Chicago
St. Paul
Dallas
Denver
San Francisco
Fate of Go Men in Shipwreck Unknown
New York dispatch reports sixty sailors aboard two British registered steamers in a severe mid ocean storm. The Antinoe sailing from New York to Queenstown and the Laristan bound for New York with coal are distressed. The tug Roosevelt is assisting, while the President Roosevelt battles mountainous seas to reach the crews.
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New York
Antinoe
Egypt and Lavant Steamship Company
Queenstown
Laristan
Swansea
Roosevelt
Balboa
Canal Zone
Europe
States
Bremen
Oklahoma Under Sheriff Sues Church Pastor For $75,000
Oklahoma County undersheriff C. W. Friss sues Rev. Lincoln McConnell for 75000 over slander alleging a sermon claimed officers did not enforce laws and that a confiscated car returned to a young businessman bribe with liquor. Friss notes only undersheriff in the county and says he was misquoted.
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Oklahoma City
C. W. Friss
Oklahoma County
Lincoln McConnell
McConnell
Friss
Mr.en
Doheny Oil Interests Fight to Save Elk Hills
The E L Doheny oil interests filed a petition in the U S circuit court of appeals seeking a rehearing of the case that struck down their Elks Hills Naval oil contracts. The Pan-American companies were deprived of contracts. the appellate court had affirmed a Los Angeles lease ruling and the government was not reimbursed for $12,000,000 in improvements at Kern County and Pearl Harbor.
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San Francisco
E. L. Doheny Oil
Elks Hills
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
McCormick
Los Angeles
Dohen
Noted Educator Dies in New Orleans at Home
Col on George Soule, author and educator, died at his New Orleans home tonight. Soule, a noted educator and veteran, was 72, leaving behind a legacy in literary and military circles.
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New Orleans
George Soule
Cooking School Event Nearing in Amarillo
The Amarillo paper announces a free cooking school for housewives starting Monday Feb 1 at 2 PM in the Panhandle Motor Co salesroom 710 712 Taylor St. Lecturer Mrs Chitwood combines science and practical kitchen experience to teach appetizing balanced meals with eye appeal and palatable presentation, urging women to seize this opportunity.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Motor Company
Taylor Street
Rum Running Ring Busted as 61 Indicted in Prohibition Era
New York dated January 26 federal grand jury indicted 61 men for conspiracy and violation of the national prohibition law. The group linked to William V Dwyer, former racetrack owner, and alleged head of a large liquor syndicate operating eighteen ocean steamers with a $26 million bootlegging network. Indictments name members of the coast guard, agents in Canada and London, and a pilot accused of guiding ships to unload liquor. The case marks a major crackdown on a global rum running operation tied to suspected bribery of government employees.
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New York
Coast Guard
William V Dwyer
Dwyer
John J. McCambridge
G. Paul
Chartier
Equor
Canada
Lou Stakovitch
London
Walter L. van Dyke
Ring
Montreal
Edward Capteron
Ferguson Name Figures In Suit Involving Governor
A Texas road contract case reaches a dramatic point as testimony links James E. Ferguson to decisions on the Hoffman Construction suit. Frank V. Lanham, former highway commissioner, may testify for the defense, while Gov. Mir am Ferguson and other officials are cited in cross examination. The state hints at one more witness before resting its case on the $421000 matter.
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Austin
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Hoffman Construction Company
Frank V. Lanham
W. T. Montgomery
San Antonio
Lanham
Jim Ferguson
Ferguson
C. B R. Starnes
Starnes
United States
Farle B. Mayfield
Ferguson Administration
Betansa
Joe Burkett
Highway Commission
Dan Moody
Eugene Smith
Smith
Moody
Montgomery
Saunders assault case against Piggly Wiggly head dismissed
Memphis Tenn January 26 The charge of assault and battery against Clarence Saunders in a clash with John C. Burch secretary of the Piggly Wiggly Corporation was dismissed for lack of prosecution Saunders did not appear and had earlier signaled he did not wish to prosecute the charge The court announced the dismissal before the hearing was to begin
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Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
John c. Burch
Liggly Weesly Corporation
Church
Saunders
Six Men Rescued From Disabled Freighter Laristan
The British freighter Laristan, stranded in a raging sea off Laristan harbor, was saved tonight by the German steamer Bremen. Bremen reports six men picked up while twenty four remain aboard, and it cannot aid further due to heavy seas.
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Laristan
Halifax
Bremen
Department of Marine and Fisheries
S. Laristan
Argument in Snow trial opens today
In Stephenville on January 28, the trial of M Snow for the murder of his 19 year old stepson Bernie Connally opens tomorrow in district court. State alienists deemed Snow backward mentally while defense psychologist Sheppard, of Dallas, rated his mental age as nine.
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Stephenville
Kf. M. Snow
Bernie Connally
Snow
W. J. Allison
J. T. Bogeman
Port Worth
House Passes Haugen Bill Amid Rubber Price Drop
In Washington the House approved the Haugen cooperative marketing bill as rubber prices fell sharply. Senate reservations on world court terms and Secretary Hoover noting the decline were reported. A Mitchell court matter was proposed by Representative Connally of Texas.
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Washington
House
Haugen Co- Operative Marketing
Senate
Hoover
Representative Conniuly
Texas
Waggoner Case Held Signals Tax Legislation Plan
Washington January 26 The Treasury Department will consider a remedial proposal to prevent an adverse ruling on community taxes after hearings by 16 taxpayers from Texas Louisiana and other states The move follows a conference with Representative Garner and a request from Texas and Louisiana advocates to file briefs The goal is a revision of the 1919 DOJ ruling on the legality of the community property return and to defer Wagoner and related cases until DOJ decides The effort faces serious doubt from Texas Congressmen about obtaining legislative sanction and Garner expresses limited hope for passage this session.
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Bascom N. Timmmons
Houston
Texas
Charles E. Dunbar
New Orleans
Louisiana
Treasury Department
Sargent
Department of Justice
Treasury
Board of Tax Appeals
Wagoner
Congress
Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Santa Fe Eyes New South Plains to Fort Worth Rail Line
Santa Fe officials touring Lubbock expect an announced link from the South Plains to Fort Worth after third local surveys near completion. The project would connect Snyder and Post lines with an eastward run from Crosbyton toward Lubbock, with Lubbock viewed as a likely division point for the new line.
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South Plains
FT. Worth
Lubbock
Man
Fort Worth
Snyder and Post
Crosbyton
W. J. Black
Chicago
Texas Technological College
North Texas
Panhans Dle Plains
Amarillo Weather Forecast Showers and Cold Front
The Amarillo region faces colder air today with fair skies this Wednesday. A low pressure system moved into the Lake Region, bringing higher temperatures to parts of the upper Midwest while Texas Panhandle sees temperature shifts and lighter winds.
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Texas
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Lake
Mateau
Valeley
Plaing
Tighest
Wus
Los
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