New Angles In McPherson Case From Officials
Federal and city investigators pursue new angles in the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance. Officials in Douglas, Arizona, report a ransom desert tale, while police seek former temple radio operator Kenneth Ormiston for questioning. Postal inspectors search for a typewriter linked to the ransom letter.
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Assoviated
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Herman Cline
Douglas
Arizona
Evangelist
Agua Lrieta
Mexico
Cline
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Angelus Temple
Cellers
Highway body urges session on road bond validation
The Texas Highway Association opened its two day meeting in Galveston with emphasis on road bond validation. W F Lea of Orange, president of the association, urged immediate validation of bonds voided by the Archer county decision to restore Texas honor and credit. About fifty members attended. Debate focused on bond validation as the key issue for the group with resolutions likely tied to this problem. Lea urged members to avoid political discussion despite a resolution concerning a gubernatorial candidate.
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Texas
Texas Highway Association
Archer County
W. F. Lea
Orange
Lea
Mrs. Wilmans criticizes Ferguson over session call
Edith Wilmans of Dallas attacks Governor Ferguson for failing to call a special session to address district road bonds. She argues a general law is unlikely to pass and urges immediate action to form new districts and issue bonds to retire those struck down by the Archer county case, warning of a setback for women in politics.
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Associated Press
Athens
Tex
Edith Wilmans
Dallas
Miram A. Ferguson
Wilmans
United States Supreme Court
Archer County
Ferguson
Long-Bell completes financial program with new bonds
The Long-Bell Lumber Company plans to issue 8.72 million dollars of first mortgage six percent sink fund bonds, offered at 97 with about 6.25 percent yield. The issue includes 720 thousand due 1945 and 5 million due 1946. Potential relocation of principal plants from Louisiana and Texas to the Pacific Northwest is noted as timber stocks deplete.
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Associated Ppensd
Chicago
Long-Bell Amber Company
Halsey Stuart
Comy
Louisiana
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Southern Mills
Amarillo Barbecue Draws 10000 In Unplanned Feasting
About 10 000 people flocked to Word ranch 18 miles from Amarillo for a large barbecue hosted by John Snider. An estimated 8 000 were fed as rain interrupted plans. 2 000 arrived too late. Cars clogged roads and some rolled into ditches but no injuries were reported. Mayor Lee Bivins and others spoke. band concerts were postponed.
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John Snider
Jeff Barrett
Amarillo
Lee Bivins
Subway Strike Shuts IRT Lines In New York City
Interborough rapid transit motormen and switchmen went on strike at 12:01 a m today. About 750 workers left the Brotherhood of Interborough Employees as the walkout began on IRT lines in New York City.
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Subway
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brotherhood of
Interborough
Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Buffalo
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Loyalty urged by President Coolidge in Sequin centennial events
President Coolidge urged loyalty to American institutions during Sequi centennial observances in Philadelphia and at Independence Hall. He crossed the new Delaware River suspension bridge to Camden and attended ceremonies near the maple tree in Vermont, amid rain and large crowds. The president planned Adirondack rest at Lake Osgood, New York, with details shifting to security and travel notes.
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Prwass
Philadelphia
Coolidge
Washington
Independence Hall
Delaware River
Camden
N. J
New Jersey
Vermont
Associated Press
John Coolidge
Burlington
University of Vermont
John
Tammany Hails Al Smith as Next President at Rally
The Associated Press reports in New York that Governor Al Smith was acclaimed as the next president at a Tammany Hall rally. Chief Sachem John Voorhis, aged 96, introduced Smith and urged a pledge to be with the nation on July 4 1928. Smith accepted the nomination as about 2000 in attendance cheered for him.
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Associated Press
New York
Smith
United States
Tammany Hall
Sachem
John R. Voorhis
Tammany
Board of Elections
Voorhis
al Smith
Indian barred from U S due to emigration act sparks protest
Shapurji Saklatvala, Indian Communist MP barred from the United States to attend the Inter Parliament Conference, writes to President Coolidge praising national freedom and criticizing Kellogg acts. He had been denied entry by Secretary Kellogg as a revolutionist and previously jailed for seditious speech in Hyde Park.
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Associated Press
London
Shapurji Saklatvala
United States
State Department
President Coolidge
Kelloggs
George Washington
Sulakatvala
Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference
Kellogg
Coolidge
Hyde Park
Subway strike avoidance via arbitration rejected in New York
New York transit officials chose arbitration by the transit commission over a metropolitan strike as Interborough Rapid Transit operators demanded higher pay. A large nonunion cast was recruited to replace potential strikers, with trains to gather workers in several cities. The report notes widespread automobile ownership and varied regional ownership rates. Rio Grande Railway directors were reelected in Brownsville with a nine member board.
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Associated Press
New York
Transit Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Subway
Preea
Brownsville
The
Rio Grande Railway Company
W. T. Eldridge
Sugarland
John Gregg
W. A. Ellington
R. B. Creager
W. R. McBride
W. T. Eldridge, Jr
W. R. King
San Antonio
A. Y. Baker
Edinburg
A. L Brooks
Harlingen
Borger Man Allegedly Struck by Deputies After Arrest
A Borger man, F. C. Smith, was arrested on drunkenness charges and allegedly struck by Deputy Sheriff Bob Morris and Sheriff Wiley Pollard during and after transport to the county jail. A crowd gathered outside the Potter county jail after rumors of the assault spread, but dispersed about thirty minutes later. Smith, who no serious injuries beyond a facial gash, paid a fine and was released.
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Potter County
F. C. Smith
Palo Duro
Borger
Bob Morris
Wiley Pollard
Smith
Billy
Polk
Fourth Streets
Pollard
Morris
First Station
Third Street
J W Hill Dies in California
Amarillo resident J W Hill aged 65 died yesterday morning in a Los Angeles sanitarium from paralysis after a two month stay for health. He lived in Amarillo since 1905 working in dry goods and grocery trades. Survived by wife and six children Helen Mellard Carey Hill in Dallas St Louis and Los Angeles. sons M C Hill San Antonio C T Hill and Charles A Hill Amarillo. Body to be brought for burial. Funeral plans pending relatives’ arrival.
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Charles A. Hill
J. W. Hill
Amarillo
Los Angeles
California
Hill
Potter County
Zorn
Longview
Texas
Lawton
Oklahoma
Helen Hill
St. Louis
A. Mellard
Dallas
Cecil Carey
M. C. Hill
San Antonio
C. T. Hill
Moody Sets July 23 For Campaign End
Attorney General Dan Moody will close his governor campaign in the Democratic primaries on July 23 at Lockhart Texas. Speaking dates through the remainder of the campaign were announced ahead of the July 24 election.
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Assoviated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Lockhart
Texas
Last Showing Round Up Today at Tri-State Fair
The Round-Up wild west show returns today at 2 30 p.m. at the Tri-State Fair grounds after rain postponed yesterday. O B Gibson reports 3 500 attended Sunday and about 2 000 Saturday and promises a final best performance with all horses cattle riders and gear taking part.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
O. B. Gibson
Gibson
Earthquake in Sumatra Kills Over 400 at Fort Dekock
A fresh earthquake in PANDING Sumatra kills more than 400 people and wrecks several buildings at Fort Dekock causing panic among residents. The disaster is reported by the Associated Press with details on casualties and damage.
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Associated Press
Panding
Sumatra
Fort Dekock
Fifteenth Independence Anniversary Celebrated at Texas U
About 15000 visitors gathered at the University of Texas Memorial Stadium for a large Independence Day program. Governor Miriam A. Ferguson along with W M Splawn and Dr Frederick E Eby addressed the crowd. The event featured trooper reviews, pyrotechnics, pageants, salutes, musical numbers, and colors presented by the woman chief executive. Ferguson spoke on Liberty and the state, noting nationalism and the banishment of sectionalism as forces shaping independence.
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the Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas Memorial Stadium
Capitol
Miriam A. Ferguson
W. M. Splawn
University
Frederick E. Eby
Ferguson
South
Rock Island line grading bid to advance toward Borger
Walter S. Denison of Cushman Ark wins a nearly 600000 dollar contract to grade from Amarillo to the Canadian river with 300 teams and panhandle labor. Rail laying to begin as grading finishes. trains expected to reach the new Borger townsite by November 10.
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Panhandle
Elk Hotel
Mr. Denison
Denison
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Texico
Lubbock
Crosbyton
Rock Island
Ponca City
Billings
Falls from Third Floor Window but Not Injured
Mary Visantine, 15 months old, fell from a third floor window in Kansas City and was sent home after doctors found no injuries. Separately, two year old Jim Bob Hearne, from Fort Worth, who fell six stories, was discharged from the hospital. The health director noted children's light bodies and elastic bones aid survivals in such accidents.
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Associated Press
Kansas
City
Mary Visantine
General Hospital
Jim Bob Hearne
Fort Worth
Ernest W. Cavaness
New York Planned As Greatest Cotton Port
New York aims to become a leading cotton port with a $5 million expansion at Bay Way Terminal in Elizabeth New Jersey. The plan calls for 1200 feet of dock space for 10 000 ton vessels and berthing for 18 lighters, plus handling 150 freight cars daily and 7 500 bales moved per shift. A dense compress will be installed to press cotton on order.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
New York Cotton Exchange
Board of Managers
Bay Way Terminal
Elizabeth
N. J
Staten Island Sound
Oectober
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