Texas Prison Inquiry Moves to Recover 10000 Funds
The Texas House authorized pursuing the attorney general to recover 10000 allegedly misapplied from the prison system. The report cites check 258 drawn on Houston National Bank for Bassett Blakely related to Blue Ridge farm purchase. The resolution to form a larger investigative panel passed 118 to 1, with accompanying travel expense coverage and witness subpoena powers.
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Associated Press
Austin
Attorney General's Department
Texas
House of Representatives
State of Texas
Huntsville
Houston National Bank
Attorney General’s Department
Bassett Blakely
Houston
Blue Ridgeson
T. K.rwin
Dallas
Stevenson
Irwin
King
Farrar
House
Satterwhite
House Committee
Senate
Jesse R. Smith
Breckenridge
Edgar Witt
Waco
Pierce B. Ward
Cleburne
Senate postal bill faces likely House rejection on rate hikes
In Washington the Senate moved the postal pay and rate increase bill forward with a rider limiting campaign expenditures and requiring reports from committees and contributors. The measure, carrying rate hikes and a review for permanent legislation, faces House rejection over revenue provisions and constitutional origin rules. A Ways and Means subcommittee studied authority over the bill as officials expect passage to draw House scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Curtis
Kansas
Lne
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Moses
Congressional
Governor Ferguson Invited to Presidential Inaugural
Governor Miriam A Ferguson received an invitation today to the inaugural reception honoring President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge in Washington. The announcement was made from Austin and noted the formal invitation came from the federal government.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Calvin Coolidge
Gulf Coast Crude Advances In Price Decline
Beaumont reports Gulf Coast Crude rose 25 cents a barrel. Grade A moved to 1.75 and Grade B to 1.50 as Gulf Pipe Line raises prices today.
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Gu Coast
Beaumont
Gulf Coast
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Littlefield Chamber Banquet Attracts 300 Guests
More than three hundred attended the annual Littlefield Chamber of Commerce banquet in the Littlefield High School gymnasium. Visitors came from Amherst, Lubbock, Sudan, Abernathy and other South Plains cities. Rev C E Matthews Fort Worth Baptist evangelist Judge C H Rogers Lamesa A D Davis Lubbock City nurse Mrs B F Garrett Lamb County agent Birdie Lee Burkhalter spoke. Jess Mitchell is president and C Hartley secretary and Littlefield band director. band provided music.
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Littlefield
Amherst
Lubbock
Sudan
Abernathy
South Plains
Fort Worth
C. H. Rogers
A. D. Davis
Man Arrested for Desertion Has Five Living Wives
Alexandria Louisiana January 29 Associated Press Jesse F McDaniels 45 arrested on wife desertion charge is said to have five wives none divorced. Letter from New Orleans adds two more alleged wives totaling five with a reported marriage in Lufkin Texas and desertions in Pearl River Pineville and McNary Arizona. Mrs Cordie McDaniels alleges to be wife number two.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Jesse F. McDaniels
McDaniels
Sheriff Downs
Bob Lanier
New Orleans
Lanier
Lufkin
Texas
McDaniel
Miss Johnson
Pearl River
J. R. Howard
Cordie McDaniels
Pineville
McNary
Ariz
Governor forwards thirty appointments to Senate for confirmation
A. Ferguson sent to the senate for confirmation names of thirty appointees including five University regents and eleven medical examiners. The list includes Marcellus E. Foster for a six year term as University regent, other regents, and full-term appointments to the College of Industrial Arts and A and M College directors. Also named are the labor commissioner and the Livestock sanitary commission chair.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Senate
University
Board of
Dental Examiners
Medical Examiners
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Livestock Sanitary Commission
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Marcel
McKinney
Earl C. Hankame
Sourlake
8. C. Padelford
Fort Worth
Charles E. Marsh
H. J. L. Stark
Orange
Tucker Royall
Palestine
Mr. Foster
H. A. Wroe
W. D. Cowan
San Saba County
Charles E. Baughmann
Board of Dental Examiners
T. W. Dee
Houston
J. Bert Thomas
Hopkins County
D. C. Johnson
Cass County
H. (. Morrow
Wm. Cantrell
Greenville
W. C. Boyett
College Station
W. A. Worzback
San Antonio
Canadian Chamber Banquet Draws Big Crowd Tonight
A record attendance is expected at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce annual banquet held tonight in the West 2.3 building. Amarillo attendees signaled interest yesterday, with Tom Turner of Amarillo among the speakers. The event marks the twelfth annual banquet, known as the great citizenship gathering, featuring an enticing menu and cut flowers on the tables.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
West 2
Amarillo
Tom Turner
Memphis Chamber Banquet Promises Great Evening
The Memphis Chamber of Commerce annual banquet is set for tonight with Judge W A Palmer among the speakers. Amarillo delegates are journeying to attend, while civic clubs and local businesses pledge support as 1925 begins.
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Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
W. A. Palmer
Amario
Chamber of Commerce
Farrar Kittrell substitute bill favors anti masking measure
The Farrar Kittrell substitute for the Mankin anti masking bill is reported favorably by the house criminal jurisprudence committee. It exempts church festivals mardi gras and Halloween celebrations and bans parades by masked groups. It preserves the death penalty elimination for masked assaults and makes appearing in public while masked a misdemeanor while entering a private dwelling or church or committing assault are felonies. The bill is to be engrossed before the week ends.
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Associated Press
Austin
Farrar-Kittrell
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Death penalty sought for Crawford in O Day slaying
In Dallas on January 29 the prosecution urged the death penalty for William L Crawford in the slaying of Paul M O Day, a young attorney. Jed Adams pleaded for acquittal claiming Crawford acted to protect his mother's name after shooting O Day in a lobby. The trial's session closed with the judge's instructions on murder and manslaughter law. The case could go to the jury late tomorrow or Saturday.
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Associated Press
Dallas
William L. Crawford
Paul M. O'Day
Shelby Cox
Crawford
Jed Adams
O'Day
C. A. Pippen
Heavyweight lifter John Shaw dies at 81 in Ocean City
John W. Shaw once nationally known weight lifter died in Ocean City New Jersey at age 81. His career highlight and affiliations are noted in local obituaries.
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Associated Press
Ocean City
N. J
John W. Shaw
WIDE WATERS CHAPTER I Unrest and Restless Heir of Drake
Alden Drake, restless scion of a stately sea-tinged lineage, returns from golf to a grand house awaiting a society dinner. He longs for the sea as eastward winds tease the river and docks, while the looming party promises flirtatious traps and old hens with flirtatious chicks. His inner discord clashes with polished exterior.
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Alden Talbot Drake
Alden Drake
Alden
Caesar
Bilge
Phah
Celeste
Indignant Feminine Face Haunts a Cynic in Dream Sequence
A youthful cynic in a smoke filled room recalls a vivid vision of a girl with blue eyes and brown hair, angry yet alluring, as he muses on fat old nags and a fat low chariot. He relishes a private fantasy, letting the image sharpen without full acquaintance.
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Alden
Birds of Prey
la Vision
Supreme Court of Women Hear Argument Today
In Austin on January 29 the first case involving a woman's court appearance will be heard by the U S Supreme Court Justices appointed by Governor Neff. The suit by Darren of El Paso Woodmen of the World tests a nonrecorded declaration of trust tied to land valued around 15000 dollars. Attorneys Morrow and Brown, representing Jones and Woodmen, arrived for the proceedings.
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Hy Associated Press
Austin
United States Argumer Supreme Court
Cammo
W.T. Johnson
Carr
Woodmen of the World
el Paso
Pat M. Neff
Hortense Ward
Houston
Hattie Henenberg
Dallas
Ruth Brazil
Galveston
Darren
el Paso Woodmen of the World
F. P. Jones
W. T
Alma Rubens Granted Interlocutory Divorce
Alma Rubens actress was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court from Dr Daniel Carson Goodman whom she married in Greenwich Connecticut in 1923.
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Alma Rubens
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Daniel Carson Goodman
Greenwich
Conn
Tafts Dine With Coolidge In White House Dinner
Washington January 29 The chief justice of the United States and Mrs Taft and the associate justices of the supreme court were the guests of honor at a dinner given tonight by President and Mrs Coolidge.
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