Lampasas Proposes Site for Texas Tech College Center
The Texas Technological College locating board tours Lampasas proposing a 2000 acre site with 20 acre building area, river frontage, irrigation, dams, and abundant water. Lampasas argues central location and climate justify selection alongside Brady and Menard visits planned. Local mayor as spokesman touts access to water, soil, and timber resources for the forthcoming college.
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Associated Press
Lampasas
Texas
Texas Technological College
Austin
Boerne
Kendallunty
Cowell
Lampasas hosts West Texas Technological locating tour
Dr Sutton and committee members visit Lampasas on July 16 for city tour and park luncheon. Mayor Roy Walker outlines Lampasas advantages while offering 1950 acres of nearby farming and grazing land. The delegation, minus chairman B Cowell, plans to proceed to Brady and Menard that evening.
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Sutton
Associated Press
Lampasas
West
Citizens Committee
Brady
Menard
Master Criminal Beginning in The News
July 20 issue previews a sharp feature on the rise of a master criminal archetype in popular culture. The piece traces early portrayals and evolving public fascination, framing the subject against contemporary crime reporting trends.
Baldwin Addresses Key Points In Reparations Talks
Premier Baldwin in the House of Commons clarified two points. The British note to Germany will be relayed to Washington and no new reparations communications have occurred between England and the United States. Talks resume in London with Curzon, McKenna, and several ambassadors involved, signaling potential joint settlement plans on reparations and inter allied debts amid French notes aimed at Paris.
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Associated Press
London
Baldwin
House of Commons
Germany
Washington
England
United States
Lord Curzon
France
Japan
Reginald McKenna
Paris
Poincare
Night air mail service to start August first
Chicago July 16. Night air mail service will be realized by August 1 according to Assistant Post Master General John H Bartlett who arrived in Chicago from San Francisco where he attended the State Convention of Postal Officials with third assistant Post Master General W Irving Glover. The service is beyond the experimental stage and plans for a specialized air mail service and night airplant operations were discussed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John H. Bartlett
San Francisco
W. Irving Glover
Body of Entombed Miner Found After Four Day Search
After nearly four days and three nights, the body of James Greer was recovered from Wasson Coal Company mine number 1 near here. He was entombed by an explosion and found about six feet from where coworker Steve was recovered last Thursday morning. Greer had severe burns. rescue teams, about to stop, expanded a search and located him.
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Associated Press
James Greer
Wasson Coal Company
Steve
Greer
Flood Swamps Towns in Colorado Killing Rancher
Flooding in Port land Colorado reached five feet with communication cut off and extensive damage. rancher Frank Stevens was killed by lightning while attempting to rescue cattle from flood waters on Hardscrabble Creek near Florence. Bridges at Florence were carried away and two more weakened, blocking western railroad lines. Two thirds of Florence area flooded with water reaching basements and first floors, many houses moved from foundations as creeks overflowed. Waters arrived with little warning around five o clock and receded to mud by nightfall.
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Associated Press
Pueblo
Colo
Portland
Florence
Frank Stevens
Chandler Creek
Farmer-Labor Candidate Wins in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota on July 16 Governor Preus conceded the election of Magnus Johnson as U S Senator from Minnesota after precinct returns showed Johnson leading by about 18 thousand votes. Johnson 107978 Preus 389499 James A Carley 8875.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Magnus Johnson
Farmer
James A. Carley
Democrat
Husband of Amelita Galli-Curci Sued for Alleged Slander
New York July 16 Homer Samuela husband of Amelita Galli curi Met opera soprano was sued for 50000 dollars for alleged slander by William Thorner vocal teacher who claims to have discovered Galli Curci voices Thorner lists Rosa Ponselle and Anna Fitziu among his pupils and accuses Samuels of advising Cameron Baer Reading Pa not to hire him and to seek a real teacher Franz Proschewsky as alternative.
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Associated Press
New York
Homer Samuela
Amelita Gallicurel
Metropolitan Opera
Wiliam Thorner
Gallicard
Thorner
Rosa Ponselle
Anna Fitziu
Samuels
Cameron ©. Baer
Reading
Franz Proschewsky
Magazine Editor Siddall Dies in Ardsley on Hudson
John McAlpine Siddall, prominent editor of an American magazine, died at his summer home in Ardsley on Hudson after a period of ill health. He was a leading figure in literary journalism and had a long tenure shaping editorial direction.
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Associated Press
Ardsley
Hudson
John McAlpine Siddall
American
Davidson Plea for Uniform Public School System
Acting governor T W Davidson urged uniformity and businesslike methods in Texas school finance at the Austin Kiwanis Club, advocating a system to determine school needs and per capita funding. He praised the state wide education survey approved last session to aid the effort.
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Associated Press
Austin
T. W. Davidson
Austin Kiwanis Club
German Printers Work Overtime on Big Money Issue
Berlin reports forty one printing plants produced rapid paper money output in the first week of July. Fresh paper money circulation neared 20.24 trillion marks by July 7, with a gain over June. Aluminum coinage also rose from 1 billion to 20.2 billion marks in the same period.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Downey Knocks Out King in New Orleans Bout
Anthony Downey of Cleveland knocked out Jimmy King of New Orleans in the seventh round of a scheduled 15 round middleweight bout. Downey scored a decisive victory in New Orleans.
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Downey
New Orleans
Anthony Downey
Cleveland
Jimmy King
Agreement Reached in Near East Conference Lausanne
July 16 report says all outstanding issues in the Near East conference are resolved and peace signatures are imminent. Ismet Pasha and allied delegates debated concessions and foreign troop evacuations as sessions resumed at 11 with tense, electric atmosphere.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Lord Curzon
London
Session Opens as Ismet Pasha negotiates treaty terms
Ismet Pasha and allied delegates began talks at four p.m. in Lausanne amid pressure from Joseph C. Grew to keep Turkish petroleum concessions out of the treaty. Allies drop demand for preferential rights for British and French firms, while Turkey agrees to invite great powers to station a warship in the Dardanelles and ensure Black Sea passage.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
Ismet
Turkey
Naval officer averts air crash at Chanute Field
At Chanute Field in Rantoul Wisconsin on July 16 a navy plane on a photographic tour dropped a landing wheel early rescuers chased another plane carrying a wheel and waved it down. Lieutenants Ray F. Harris and L A Hope guided a safe low descent landing and escaped injury despite damage to their craft.
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Associated Press
Moore County Picnic Set For Dumas July 21
Moore County plans a big event at Dumas on Saturday July 21 with about fifteen hundred attendees expected. The event on the courthouse lawn features six barbecued heeves, speakers Hon. Marvin Jones of Amarillo the eighteenth district congressman, and Judge Reece B. Tatum of Dalhart. Baseball games rough riding and other amusements are on the program.
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Dumas
Moore County
Court House
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Reece
Tatum
Dalhart
Condemned Negro Baptized in Texarkana Pool
Texarkana July 16 Sol Johnson a condemned Negro murderer set for execution Friday in Bowie county jail at Boston received his request to be baptized by immersion. The service occurred in a pool near the jail. Johnson was sentenced for the murder of G W Landres near Texarkana on February 28 1922.
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Texarkana
Sol Johnson
Bowie County
Boston
Johnson
G. .W. Landres
Claims Commission Makes First Award
In Washington on July 16 the mixed claims commission granted International Harvesters Company an award of 8 916 765 92 dollars for property seized in Germany.
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Associated
Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Germany
International Harvestes Company
Firpo Dempsey Fight May Be in Argentina
New York, July 16 The boxing outlook shifted as Tex Rickard proposed a Dempsey Firpo title bout in Buenos Aires around November 1. Firpo has accepted terms and Jack Kearns discussed details, with a final answer expected Wednesday. The deal reportedly aims to net near $500,000 for the champion and his manager.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Buenos Aires
Firpo
Rickard
Jack Kearns
Economic farm methods urged by wheat wen
Wichita Kans July 16 Midwestern delegates urged smarter farming to cut wheat acreage raise yields and foster diversified farming plus a substantial cooperative marketing system John A Whitehurst Oklahoma agriculture chief called the conference and said no single remedy exists Carl Williams editor said wartime production pushed output and the world now holds a large wheat carryover We are producing too much wheat and will not fetch fair prices while this continues.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kans
John A. Whitehurst
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Carl Williams
Oklahoma Daily
Williams
Woman on Death Row Hopes as Petition Drive Grows
Sabelle Nitti Crudelle, condemned for murder to kill her husband for marriage to Peter Crudelle, finds new hope as petitions from women’s groups urge Governor Small to spare her. The Italian prisoner, a national figure, stays cheerful while doing chores in the county jail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sabelle Nitti Crudelle
Small
Mrs. Crudelle
Peter Crudelle
Smiling Woman Bandit Indicted on Murder Charge
The Associated Press reports Chicago July 16 that Fred G Thompson, jailed over the killing of insurance man Richard C Tesmer, was named in a grand jury true bill for murder. Thompson wore female clothing and posed as Frank Carrick's wife, later found to be a man and married to Marie Clark while acting as Carrick's spouse.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Fred G. Thompson
Richard C. Tesmer
Thompson
Frank Carrick
O Marie Clark
Carrick
Cartridge Explosion at Alton Declared Accident
A coroner's inquest found the Alton plant explosion at Western Cartridge Company an accident with no person held responsible. Twelve employees died last Tuesday in the incident. the inquest concluded by Coroner Mercer of Madison County.
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Associated Press
Alton
Western Cartridge Company
Sane Vases
Mercer
Madison County
New Mexico Governor Vindicates Carl Magee
Carl C. Magee editor of The New Mexico State Tribune was pardoned by Governor J. F. Hinkle for sentences in San Miguel county on criminal libel and contempt charges totaling two and a half years in jail and fines of 1050. Hinkle called the proceedings persecution and a blot on the state. Magee planned to continue his fight to reform courts and politics and expected further relief when facing Judge Leahy on July 21 in another contempt case.
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United Press
Albuquerque
Carl C. Magee
New Mexico
J. F. Hinkle
San Miguel County
The
New Mexico State Tribune
Hinkle
Magee
Leahy
Governor Grants Surprise Pardons to Magee in Libel Case
Santa Fe New Mexico July 16 Governor Hinkle issued pardons for Carl C Magee editor of the New Mexico State Tribune convicted of criminal libel of Chief Justice Parker and contempt of the Eighth Judicial District Court. Sentences ranged one year to eighteen months in prison and 360 days in San Miguel county jail. The governor called the indictment and trial a conspiracy and persecution. He also remitted fines and costs totaling 7 and 4050 dollars against Magee and his publishing company.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
N. M
Hinkle
Carl C. Magee
New Mexico State Tribune
Parker
State Supreme Court
Eighth Judicial District Court
Magee
San Miguel County
D. J. Leahy
New Mexico
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