Congress Set to Adjourn Saturday After Week of Sessions
Washington plans quick retreat with House Ways and Means fixing 3 oclock Saturday for adjournment. Senate consent pact ends rivers and harbors fight and enables night sessions to wrap up Radio Control commission and deficiency bills before Christmas. Heflin signals fight over Muscle Shoals in December session.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
House Ways and Means Committee
Eaders
Heflin
Alabama
Ferguson denies rumors on governor race and health
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson dismissed reports of withdrawal from the governor race and rumors about her husband's health as utterly unfounded. She told the Associated Press the accusations are political lies designed to disintegrate her campaign and said she will continue her race despite missing a Denton speaking engagement.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Denton
El Paso Fugitive Arrested in San Antonio
F. W. Lawson, wanted in El Paso on a mortgaged property charge, was arrested in San Antonio by Deputy Sheriff Sam Jones after a cattleman identified him at the stock yards. The case stems from him selling a carload of cattle two years ago and taking the money into Mexico.
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Associated Press
Gan Antonio
F. W. Law
el Paso
Sam Jones
Lawson
Mexico
United States
Hearing for aviator held in airplane theft
Oklahoma City June 30 The Associated Press reports a hearing for Robert Cantwell a local aviator extradition charged with stealing an airplane from Wichita will be held tomorrow Cantwell says there was a misunderstanding over disposal instructions from H Carter Harrison owner of the plane
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Oklahoma City
Robert Cantwell
Wichita
Cantwell
H. Carter Harrison
Two Papers For $1 A Month
The News and Globe offer a combined subscription for $1 a month paid in advance to Amarillo city subscribers. Regular rates are 70 cents for The News and 66 for The Globe, saving readers 35 cents monthly. The offer excludes payments at month end or after three months. Call 883 to enroll.
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Amarillo
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Ponzi Plans Fight On Return From Jail
Charles Ponzi, held in Harris county jail, plans to fight extradition to Boston for a sentence of seven to nine years as a common and notorious thief. He says southern friends would deposit cash if the amount is set. Boston officials travel via Austin to seek extradition from Governor Miriam Ferguson. Ponzi, captured Monday on an Italian steamship, studies law to aid his bid for freedom.
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Associated Press
Houston
Charles Ponzi
Harris County
Boston
Ponzi
South
Austin
Miriam Ferguson
Rattlesnake Bites Prove Fatal Across Texas
Two Texas rattlesnake incidents ended fatally and two near fatalities were reported. Edith Thorton of Abilene died after a snakebite and first aid failed. Two year old Ima Burkett died in McKinney from a bite. In San Antonio a mother saved her child with prompt serum treatment, and another child near Lytle recovered after serum administration.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Edith Jane Thornton
Abilene
McKinney
Ima Low Burkett
San Antonio
Lytle
Alamo City
Year ends with large surplus on US Treasury books
Washington June 80 The fiscal year ended with Treasury surplus near the $390 million estimate by President Coolidge. The year’s balance, higher than last year but below two years ago, came despite tax cuts on the most recent payments. The surplus will reduce America’s war debt to about $19.685 billion, shaving $860.9 million from the debt that year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Coolidge
America
Congress Acts on Farm Relief Bill Nearing Enactment
Washington June 30 Final congressional action on the administration cooperative marketing bill leaves it ready for the president. The measure to create a cooperative division in the agricultural department carries an appropriation of 225000 dollars and would aid farmers cooperatives. The house approved two senate amendments after rejecting a motion to confer.
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Washington
Congress
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Senate
Jardine
Agricultural Department
Bel
Coolidge
Representative McDuffie
Alabama
Washington Day Highlights in Senate Actions
Edward P Warner of Massachusetts nominated as assistant secretary of the navy in charge of aviation. Senator Edwards proposed a constitutional amendment to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions. LaFollette pressed to reopen the Continental Baking trust case. The campaign funds committee probed the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. A Saturday forecast awaited a rivers and harbors plan at the next session. Wheeler urged investigation into alleged secret relations between cabinet secretaries and grain interests.
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Edward P. Warner
Massachusetts
Navy
Edwards
Continental Baking Corporation
LaFollette
Senate Campaign Funds
Congress
Senate
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce
Wheeler
California Hit By Light Quake Early Wednesday
Two light earthquakes struck the lower San Joaquin valley with the first awakening sleepers and the second, in Kern river canyon, proved stronger. No damage reported. UC geologists note a fault in Kern canyon and that earthquakes east of the valley are rare. Towns Porterville Visalia Tulare felt the tremor for about twenty seconds.
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Associated Press
Bakersfield
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
California
Kern River Canyon
Niehtre
University of California
Porterville
Visilia
Tulare
Edith Wilmans Seeks Texas Governorship on Press Freedom Platform
Mrs Edith Wilmans of Dallas addressed Ellis county voters advocating a strictly business administration and no tax increases She urged liberal interpretation of libel laws to aid press freedom and reduce liquor issues while endorsing personal liberty including choice of doctor lawyer and religion
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Wahactie
Texas
Edith LE. Wilmans
Dallas
Ellis County
Wilmans
Nator
Belton Murder Case Concludes Testimony Night Session
The Associated Press reports testimony in the W Sledge murder case in Bell County texas ended late Wednesday after the longest criminal court trial in Bell County. The trial began Monday June 21 with arguments to resume Thursday morning.
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Associated Press
Belton
Texas
W. Sledge
Houston
Garrett White
Bell County
Amarillo Leads South in Building Permits for June
Amarillo tops the South for building permits with $2,644,412 in June and $3,200,978 for the year as of noon with three days remaining in June. Dallas and Fort Worth contrast with about $10,000,000 yearly. San Angelo reports $1,568,804 for the first half of 1926. Fort Worth totals $11,974,214 year to date.
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Siatmi
Florida
Associated Press
San Angelo
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Shut down well near San Antonio to erect storage tanks
The Associated Oil Company of California reports No. 2 Webster in the Carolina Texas field near Web County has a 1 600 foot oil column at 86 gravity and is halted to build storage tanks before restarting. It lies on lease held by Asher Cason and is among the largest finds in the Laredo area with 36 gravity oil from a distinct sand.
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San Antonio
Associated Oil Company of California
Carolina-Texas
Web County
Webster
Discovery Gas
Carolina- Texas
Asher Cason
Oklahoma Oil
Laredo
Carolina-Texas Oil and Gas Trust
Scott Field
Injunction Granted Against Packer Oil Well Cementing Firm
Judge James C. Wilson in Fort Worth grants a federal injunction for Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company and Erle P. Halliburton against Packer Oil Well Cementing and named officers M. E. Inskeep Frank Meadows J. E. Trouth and W. A. Bohning. The suit accuses six years of patent infringement in cementing wells using a barrier separated cement under fluid pressure. Location details place the Packer firm office in Borger Hutchinson County Texas with residence details for Inskeep and Meadows unknown.
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James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company
Erle P. Halliburton
Packer Plug Oil Well Company
Packer Oil Well Cementing Company
M. E. Inskeep
Frank Meadows
J. E. Trouth
W. A. Bohning
J. E. Grouth
Packer Company
Borger
Hutchinson County
Texas
Haliburton
Delaware
McLean poised for oil boom as town reports strong trade
McLean enjoys an oil boom with $250000 in deals in two days. The city sits on the Rock Island line, 73 miles from Amarillo, with rising property values, new brick buildings, a $35000 high school under construction, and expanding sewer and utility works. The farming trade thrives with crops in good condition and truck produce moving to Amarillo, Panhandle, and Borger.
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McLean
Wheeler County
Wilcox
Rock Island Railroad
Amarillo
Gray County
Panhandle
Borger
Texas banks in good condition say Austin officials
The Texas banking commissioner told the Associated Press that despite 1925 drought effects banks statewide are in their best condition since 1920. He credited stricter compliance with banking laws, careful credit judgments, and a cleaner industry as reasons for stability.
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Austin
Associated Press
Charles O. Austin
Hoe
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Update
A fragmented forecast notes partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and West Texas with cool to mild temperatures. It mentions high pressure over the lower Mississippi Valley and low pressure over the Rocky Mountain region, with unsettled weather across the region and upper Mississippi valley.
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Missianippi
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