Famous French Doctor Emile Coue Dies at 69
Internationally known advocate of auto-suggestion Dr Emile Coue died at 69 in Nancy France. A former druggist turned lecturer he led the Lorraine Society of Applied Psychology and authored self mastery by conscious auto-suggestion. Noted patients included Marquis Curzon of Kedleston.
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Nancy
France
Emile Cove
Cove
Rue
Jeanne’ Arc
England
Spain
Portugal
United States
Coue
Lorraine Society of Applied Psycology
Torres
Marquis Curzon of
Kedleston
Ponzi Appeals for Help as Cash Offers Flow in Jail
Fugitive financier Charles Ponzi in Houston jail faced a flood of aid offers from Italians and others, including cable messages to Mussolini and appeals to Governor Fuller. He warned of self destruction if deportation is denied and said habeas corpus hearings set for July 9 will decide Texas fate.
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Associated Press
Houston
Charles Ponzis
Ponzi
Sid
Order of the Sons of Italy
Grams
Mussolini
Italy
Alvin Tuller
Massachusetts
Texas
May Resign as Prohibition Enforcement Chief
Assistant Secretary Lincoln C. Andrews, in charge of prohibition enforcement, weighs resigning due to Congress not passing his legislative program. He says a failure to act before adjournment would hurt the campaign, despite having funds and men. He will head the American mission to England to boost treaty enforcement cooperation, possibly visiting other European capitals and returning in August.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Lincoln C. Andrews
London
General Andrews
England
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Saturday
The forecast calls for fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas Saturday. New Mexico sees mostly fair skies south with unsettled north, temperatures similar to recent days. High pressure dominates northern regions while low centers linger over eastern Kansas and Arizona. Showers have occurred from Montana to the Lake region with temperatures rising in the central Mississippi Valley.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Arizona
Mississippi Valley
Montana
Wyoming
Lake Region
Round-up at Tri-State Fair opens with wild west show
The Tri-State Fair grounds feature a full wild west Round-up this afternoon at 2:30. World renowned riders, five carloads of cattle, buffalo and Brahma steers headline a ten-event program with $2,000 in cash prizes. Reserve seats cost $1.50 at Ledbetter Drug Store. general admission is $1. Parking is free.
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Tri-State Fair
Red Randolph
Earl Riley
Ledbetter Drug Store No. 1
Moody Hurls Back to Jim Scandal Over Oil Leases
Texas Attorney General Dan Moody in Marlin accuses James E Ferguson of selling oil rights on prison farms to Roxana Petroleum for a song. He cites a 5-year lease and a prior lease to a Ferguson friend for 350,000 dollars, arguing Ferguson scheme mirrors alleged plans and implicates favoritism.
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Marlin
Dan Moody
James E. Ferguson
Texas
Moody
Ferguson
Teapot
Ramsey, Clemons and Retrieve
Roxana Petroleum Company
Albert Fall
Supreme Court
Ramsey
Prison Commission
Thai Big Picnic to Depend on Transportation Monday
Amarillo residents and surrounding territory are invited to the Independence Day picnic at Word ranch with Mayor Lee Bivins leading arrangements. The event marks Amarillo's Fourth observance and aims to showcase city land for a future playground. Success hinges on providing rides. those with cars or trucks should offer transportation and services, with Harve Avery at city hall coordinating today.
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Word
Panhandle
Harve Avery
Reed links voting rights to campaign spending in Senate debate
The Senate Rules Committee debated the La Follette Neely resolutions on campaign finance. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania argued that restricting spending above 25 000 should also bar candidates who helped suppress the electorate, comparing buying votes to denying rights in the South. The issue was referred to a subcommittee for study and reporting.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
Senate Rules Committee
la Follette
Reed
Neely
Plainview Exchange Records 145 Wheat Cars Inspected
Special to The News Plainview July 2 Federal inspection of 145 carloads of wheat in one day sets a new Plainview grain exchange record. J B Wallace chief inspector says shipments surpass his six years there and may be surpassed soon. Over 750 carloads of the 1926 crop have been inspected in the past ten days at Plainview.
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Plainview
Wallace
Bank Robbery Aftermath: Car Found Near Corsicana
Powell State Bank in Powell Texas was robbed of about 250 dollars with 3 000 in cash left behind. Two highwaymen fled in a car found in Chambers creek five miles from Corsicana as posses chase the suspects. Hanks the cashier fired at the getaway car and the older bandit held him while the youth scooped up silver and escaped.
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Corsicana
Powell State Bank
Powell
Texas
Here
Chambers Creek
H. H. Hanks
Hanks
Robbery Trio Tied to Shreveport Arrests
Three escaped Harlem prison farm convicts Robert Pounds Carl Bolton and S C Lewis were charged with firearms robbery in Shreveport after a Tuesday holdup here then a New Orleans area car theft. They were captured Thursday in Shreveport under aliases Jimmie Walker James Calahan and Lonnie Wells and face Texas or local charges.
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Houston
Robert Pounds
Carl Bolton
S. C. Lewis
Harlem Prison Farm
Shreveport
F. H. Chandler
Texas
Jimmie Walker
James Calahan
Lonnie Wells
Davidson favors working convicts on state highways
Gubernatorial candidate Lynch Davidson told a Friday crowd he supports using convict labor on Texas roads. He claimed 2,500 convicts could work, with wages aiding prison discipline and families, and offsetting federal aid of about $600,000 yearly to render the system self-sustaining. He blamed mismanagement for high taxes and said farmers need better sales to profit from production.
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Associated Press
Sco Ol
Lynch Davidson
Texas
Davidson
Eastland
Cisco
Putman
City Plans for Air Mail Route
Amarillo officials heard Lieutenant Robert H. Gray's plan for a Tulsa to Amarillo air mail route linking with St. Louis Chicago and New York. Gray would supply planes if the city provides a hangar and field and cooperates with National Air Transport to add four planes and two reserve ships.
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Amarillo
Board of City Development
Robert H. Gray
Gray
Tulsa
St. Louis
Moline
Chicago
New York
Dallas
el Paso
Texas Companies Exonerated in FTC Advertising Complaints
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed four complaints without prejudice accusing Paramount Royalty Syndicate of Fort Worth Texas Guaranty Royalties of El Dorado Ark Oakseed Oil of Wichita Falls Texas and Texas-Mexia Drilling Syndicate of Fort Worth of false and misleading stock advertising.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Paramount Royalty Syndicate
Fort Worth
Texas
Guaranty Royalties Company
el Dorado, Ark
Oakseed Oil Company
Wichita Falls
Texas-Mexia Drilling Syndicate
Swindling Charges Are False Declared by Governor Candidate
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Mrs. Kate Johnston denied two county court swindling charges filed Thursday as false or politically motivated. She explained a $40 check to decorator George Hammond covered a fiesta parade job and a $45 draft on J D Lowe was for office rent at the Houston building, with disputes over payment terms. Johnston cited unsatisfactory campaign headquarters and disputed settlement attempts, asserting she directed Lowe not to honor the draft.
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San Antonio
Kate Johnston
Johnston
George Hammond
J. D. Lowe
Fort Worth
Frank L. Young
Hounston
Young
Lowe
Federal suit over malicious prosecution by Vermillion
W. F. Vermillion of Des Moines New Mexico sues First National Bank Claude American Surety Co and Sheriff J D Woodburn for 100000 alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution stemming from his May trial and acquittal in the Claude bank robbery case. He and wife Stella seek damages for humiliation injury and hardship including habeas corpus delays and jail abuse. The action names Calwell Calwell and F P Works as lawyers.
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W. F. Vermillion
Des Moines
New Mexico
First National Bank
Claude
American Surety Company
J. D. Woodburn
Armstrong County
Vermillion
Stella
Calwell and Calwell
F. P. Works
C. W. Calwell
Claude Bank
Clifford Walker
Potter
Clagede
Albuquerque
Peter County
Henry Bishop
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lloyd Fletcher
Vernon man named deputy Panhandle oil gas inspector
J. L. Elliott an ex Vernon resident was appointed deputy state oil and gas supervisor for the Panhandle fields. Chief supervisor H. E. Bell announced the appointment at a meeting of fifteen deputies. Elliott succeeds H. H. Fitzpatrick who resigned to enter private business.
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Austin
J. L. Elliott
Vernon
Panhandle
H. E. Bell
Bell
Elliott
H. H. Fitzpatrick
Minority Naval Report Defeated by Military Committee
A minority naval report submitted by the United States Great Britain Argentina and Chile to the military committee of the preparatory disarmament commission was defeated 14 to 4 with Germany abstaining. The report urged comparing naval strength by ship class tonnage rather than total tonnage.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Navel Sub-Comuale Co
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