Endowment Fund Drive Leads Hanson Post Pledge
Three hundred dollars was subscribed by Hanson post members at their monthly meeting for the American Legion Endowment Fund. A campaign team was named with A. E. Meyer as general chairman and Walter Irvin as general. duties planned, downtown headquarters to open Thursday at 9 am to canvass the business district. The drive stresses the fund’s permanent nature and aid for disabled veterans and orphans.
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American Legion Endowment Fund
Hanson Post
Endowment Fund
Allen
A. E. Meyer
Walter Irvin
W. O. Gatten
G. T. Vineyard
Cochran County Courthouse Work May Be Enjoined
An injunction seeks to stop Cochran county commissioners from continuing construction of the Morton courthouse amid objections to a $126000 project. Plaintiffs, residents of other states, claim the tax levy is illegal and challenge both the $54000 bond issue and $90000 warrants. The case, B M Devitt et al versus J D Caldwell, is before Judge James Wilson in federal district court.
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Cochran County
Morton
James Wilson
Federal District Court
Hockley County
B. M. Devitt
Lockney Baby Dies After Car Crash
Special to The News from Lockney reports the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Medlin died at 2 p.m. yesterday at the Plainview Sanitarium from injuries sustained when the family car collided with another on Lockney streets Saturday evening. Other occupants escaped serious harm.
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Lockney
O. R. Medlin
Plainview Sanitarium
Prosecutor declines to file in Pickford plot case
District Attorney Asa Keyes refused to file a conspiracy complaint against three men arrested by city police on a Mary Pickford kidnapping plot. The case will be aired before the county grand jury and defense attorneys claim a frame up by police informers. Suspects named are C. Z. Stephens Claude A. Holcombe and Adrien J. Wood.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Asa Keyes
Mary Pickford
Keyes
Grand Jury
C. Z. Stephens
Claude A. Holcombe
Adrien J. Wood
Ten Mile Shrine Parade in Los Angeles
A ten mile parade through Los Angeles features the Shrine organization with six divisions and the imperial council escorted to the coliseum where the keys of the vy are surrendered by Mayor George W. Cryer. The conclave gathers for ceremonies and the first business session with an address by James HE Chandler of Ararat Temple Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Shrine
Imperial Council of the Shring
George W. Cryer
Amundsen Relief Party Planned to Aid Polar Expedition
Oslo June 2 Lieut Lutzow Holm to lead relief flight for Amundsen Ellsworth north pole expedition awaiting final confirmation from Horten commander. Holm plus Lieuts Bru and L Eliassen and two mechanics to depart next Friday for Spitzbergen aboard modified Hansa Brandenburgh machines with OX pedition gear.
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Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
Horten
Lutzow Holm
California
Amundsen
Ellsworth North Pole
Holm
Mechanicians
Hansa-Brandenburghs
Nates Grens
North Amarillo Petition Pushes White Way on Fillmore Street
City commission heard a North Amarillo Civic Club petition urging a white way on Fillmore Street from Second to five blocks north, potentially adding 44 such standards citywide. Rev. G. H. Bryant led the delegation. The body also discussed city warrants, water works plans, and bids for a test well with routine matters filling the remainder of the meeting.
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City Commission
North
Amarillo
Johnson
City Health Department
City Water Company
Health Department
Send Off Smoker for National Guard Planned by Legion
Hanson Post scheduled a send-off smoker for the Amarillo National Guard on June 17 before the annual maneuvers. Dr. R. P. Parcells, Louis Fields, Roy Chase, R. O. Greenhill and Harry Meyers will run the event, part of a series honoring guard units. The evening features sports and stunts for guardsmen Legion men and friends. Eligible young guardsmen may gain physical and financial benefits from a trip to training camp and drill.
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National Guard
Hanson Post
Amarillo Guard
R. P. Parcells
Louis Fields
Roy Chase
R. O. Greenhill
Harry Meyers
Legion
Guard
Bitaein
Attorney General Asked Opinion on Mines Authority
Washington June 2 Attorney General Sargent has been asked for an opinion whether President Coolidge has authority to transfer the Bureau of Mines from the Interior to the Commerce Department If he holds that there is no need for congressional action the change is probable The patent office another of the Interior bureaus recently was transferred to Secretary Hoover s jurisdiction in the Commerce Department in furtherance of the plan for re organization of government departments
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Washington
Sargent
Coolidge
Bureau of Mines
Interior
Commerce Department
Patent Office
Interior Bureaus
Hoover
Lad en Tommies Lull Boy Scouts Delegation Looms
A late page one item lists 87 boys and four leaders forming the Memphis contingent for a Boy Scouts event, with an 18 piece band directed by Paul James arriving Wednesday. Other delegations include Hereford, Dalhart, Tulsa, Wellington, Amarillo, Hooker, Saibbock, Clarendon, Forgan, Stratford, Perryton, Texhoma and Claude, with respective leaders.
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Tulsa
R. CG. Nichols
T. K. Morris
P. Atchley
Vernon Lane
Wellington
Otto Berger
Groom
J. M. Stubblefield
Amarillo
W. H. King. Hooker
Okla
Ross Neff
R. H. Mayer
Saibbock
H. B. Palmer
South Plains
Clarendon
C. M. Lowery
Forgan
Doyle Davis
Stratford
B. F. Garst
Perryton
Davis Shanks
Texhoma
A. L. Wilson
Claude
Glenwood Civile Club Offers Prizes for Clean-Up Drive
The Glenwood Civile Club announced four prizes of 4 3 2 and 1 dollars for the child or group that collects the largest pile of rubbish. Teams will meet at Glenwood Baptist church tonight to compete in gathering the trash as residents praise the street improvements.
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Glenwood Club
Glenwood Civile Club
Glenwood Baptist Church
Glenwood
Dixon Creek Well Tubing Completed
A test of the Dixon Creek Oil Company Smith No. 1 well was made after installing 24 inch tubing but the flow is not yet determined. Rumors put the flow between 800 and 1000 barrels, but Mellroy could not confirm or learn any definite figures.
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Dixon Creek
Smith No. 1
8. D. Mellroy
Oil Briefs Ties Fire Contained At Marland Lease
A 200 barrel crude oil tank burned at the Marland lease early Monday, causing $400 in losses. Skelly lease workers aided Marland crews in holding the fire. Marland Oil No 1 Burnett in section 107 block 6 north Carson has produced for about 100 days and now flows 670 barrels daily. Maitland No 2 Burnett in the same section prepares to drill Saturday. James Martini, a tool dresser on the Mailand well, injured himself Sunday night and was hospitalized Monday, undergoing surgery and resting well.
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Marland
Skelly
Marland Oil Company
Burnett
Block 6
North Carson
James Martini
Northwest Texas Hospital
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Schilling
Palo Duro Lumber Co
J. B. Bechtel, Mgr
Lincoln
Doan
J. H. Shaffer
W. 7Th St
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chemists
Buffalo, N. Y
Adolph Tukor
Jesse L Lagry Veneer
Andy Gump
Andy In
Hollywood
Sidney Olcott
Pickford
Amundsen Relief Party
Mines Authority
Texas
Texhoma Distributors
Texhoma Oil and Refining CO
Maitland No. 2
Bellans
Deandi
Rusty” Scott
Man
Baby Irma
Rusty” and
Bud
The
Fun Makers
Harmony Quartette
U.S
U.S. Royal Balloon
United States Rubber Company
United States
Jones Bros. Tire Service
Midway
Sixth and
Madison
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