Resignation of Captain Hamer Updates Texas Rangers Command
The Texas Rangers undergo leadership changes as Captain Frank Hamer resigns, replaced by W. M. Ryan D. D. Lindsey and J. M. Fox while Captain R. W. Aldrich is reappointed. Hamer’s departure ends a storied era marked by his long service since 1907 and high-profile law enforcement. the force remains at thirty after legislative cuts.
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Associated Press
Austin
Frank Hamer
Texas Rangers
Mark McGee
W. M. Ryan
Laredo
D. D. Lindsey
Marathon
J. M. Fox
Corpus Christi
Rangers
R. W. Aldrich
Hamer
W. L. Wright
Jerry Gray
Texas
Ranger
Body of Marshall Lays Rest in Hoosier Home Indiana
Thomas R. Marshall, former Indiana governor, lay in state at his Hoosier home tonight in Indianapolis. The simple ceremony reflected the life and era he shaped during his years as chief executive of the state.
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Marshall
Hoosier
Indiana
Associated Tress
Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshall
Right to Cancel Certificates of Teachers Upheld
The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state superintendent of public instruction's power to cancel teachers certificates when unworthy. The ruling ends over a year of litigation after eight Hopkins County teachers were cited to show cause for certificate cancellation following alleged fraudulent exams. Matthews had sought relief from the order canceling, but the injunction was dissolved on appeal.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Supreme Court
F. E. Matthews
Hopkins
Matthews
District Court
Hopkins County
Texarkana Court of Civil Appeals
Marrs
Kirby Confesses to Slayings in Winthrop Maine
Augusta Maine June 3 Harry A Kirby confessed to county attorney Frank A Southard to murder ing Miss Aida Haywood shooting her aunt Mrs Emma Towns and setting the Haywood cottage at Lake Maranacook Winthrop on the night of May 19 in a suspected triple crime leading to formal charges and arraignment plans.
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Harry Kirby
Aida Hayward
Winthrop
Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Harry A. Kirby
Frank A. Southard
Aida Haywood
Emma Towns
Haywood
Lake Maranacook
Students condemn S M U conditions after resignations
In Dallas on June 38 ex students adopted a resolution condemning conditions at Southern Methodist University that led to five professors resigning. The measure passed 57 to 1 after a barbecue attended by about 500 former students.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Odd Fellows to Build $30,000 Temple on Fifth Street
The Odd Fellows plan a two story brick temple costing about 30000 dollars on the southwest corner of Fifth and Pierce streets. Plans nearly complete with contract expected within ten days and construction to start soon. The Texas M and M Co will lease the main floor and basement for five years. the second floor will house Odd Fellows activities including a 40 by 60 lodge room. Architects are Smith and Townes.
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Odd Fellows Temple
Fifth Street
Odd Fellows
Fifth and
Pierce Streets
Elks Lodge
Texas M. & M. Co
J. C. Dickie
Presi
Bizzell Successor Not Yet Considered
WACO June 3 No one is yet under consideration to succeed Dr W B Bizzell as president of the A and M College it was stated Wednesday afternoon by Walter G Lacey of Waco board of regents and a committee member Several names well known may be considered Dr W E Cantwell Wichita Falls superintendent of public schools and Dr R L Marquis president of North Texas State Teachers College at Denton are among those mentioned here
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Associated Press
WACO
W. B. Bizzell
A. and M. College
Walter G. Lacey
Board of Regents
Bizzell
W. E. Cantwell
Wichita Falls
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
R. L. Marquis
North Texas State Teachers’ College
Denton
Ku Klux Klan Charter Bid Set Aside in Kansas
The Kansas state charter board denied the application of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Atlanta for a Kansas charter, ruling the group were described as mystic. Kansas law provides no chartering for mystic orders and the bid was rejected.
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KLAN
Kansas
Mystic
Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
State Charter Board
New Universities Dictionary distribution ends June 18
Amarillo residents race to secure copies from The News and Post with a closing date fixed for Saturday June 18. Orders by mail or in person at The News-Post building ensure receipt, as late requests cannot be fulfilled.
Peace through reason and defense at Naval Academy
President Coolidge urged peace through reason and sufficient military preparedness as he addressed 433 Naval Academy graduates. He said officers are ambassadors of citizenship and righteousness, and warned against arms racing and inciting national hatred. Navy should be instrument of righteousness and defense.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Coolidge
United State Naval Academy
Navy
Harry FE. Hubbard
Baltimore
Louis Nurton
Academy
Wilbur
Ritchie
Maryland
Oil Underground Held Property of No One by Fourth Appeals Court
Federal grand jury returns 12 indictments-joint cases against doctors in Lubbock and Panhandle, plus charges of counterfeiting, transporting stolen cars, white slavery, and obscene mail. no narcotics violations among indictments. In San Antonio, a fourth court ruling states oil in ground is not owned by landowners and an offset well may drain oil from adjacent tracts, overturning a lower court decision in the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company versus Comanche Duke Oil Company.
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T. G. Bates
Lubbock
O. York
Panhandle
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
James Wilson
Plainview
Tom Martin
O. D. Duval
Clarence Hawkins
Bennie Lee Wright
Lindsey Clark
Jesse Black
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Erby Sanford
O. L. Sanders
James Keyton
Denver
Roy T. King
Guymon
Oklo
Wichita Falls
James L. Riding
C. T. Hill
U. S
Jessie Martin
Associated Press
San Antonio
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
District Court of
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
Comanche Duke Oil Company
Texas Pacific Company
Conditions at Shanghai Described as Exceedingly Serious
Washington dispatch reports conditions at Shanghai described as exceedingly serious in a cablegram received late today from a government source. The message notes unrest could spread within the international settlement and references the ongoing trouble in the area.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
Washington
Aly
Bape Eral Cunningham
Storm Death Toll at Minneapolis Stands at Five
Minneapolis Minn June 3 Gradual restoration of wire communication and automobile surveys shows the storm left five killed in the wind and rain. Hopkins Carver Chaska and Spakopee also hit as barns trees and poles toppled. Two more died in auto accidents believed storm related and over thirty injured with property damage exceeding 2 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Here
Hopkins
Carver
Chaska
Spakopee
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Summary for Thursday
Weather forecast for Amarillo and eastern New Mexico calls for Thursday to be partly cloudy with little temperature change. Hourly observations from yesterday show daytime readings around the mid 80s to low 90s, with a warm afternoon and cooler evening expectations.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Bloodstained gloves key clue in Brooklyn woman slaying
Blood stained work gloves found near Florence Kane's body in a Brooklyn lot emerged as the police's strongest lead. Dr. Alexander Gettler disclosed the discovery while William Brassfield, a Black janitor and ex convict, was held without bail on suspicion of murder.
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Associated Press
New York
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
Alexander O. Gettler
William Brassfield
Express Messenger Killed by Officer in Chicago
June 8 a former Express Messenger Wilbur Johnson, while on business, was shot in the jaw by a Chicago policeman Waldo Baston at a filling station after allegedly saying give me the money. Johnson died from the wound as Baston learned Johnson worked to collect at stations and that he was hired to watch the place amid prior holdups.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wilbur Johnson
Express Company
Johnson
Waldo Baston
Rain Cancels Shrine Outdoor Events in Los Angeles
Rain halted all Shrine outdoor functions in Los Angeles on June 3, forcing a rain parade of babies in bathing suits and umbrellas. The Imperial Divan elected to hold the 1926 convention in Philadelphia June 1 to 3 with officers advanced, including imperial potentate James C. Burger of Denver and other re-elected or new officers across the imperial line.
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James C. Burger
Denver
Imperial Council
Los Angeles
James E. Chandier
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Los Ageles
Broadway
Colo
Imperial
James BE
Chandler
Daniel W. Crosland
Montgomery
Ala
Clarence M. Dunbar
Providence
R. I. Imperial
Rabban
Frank C. Jones
Houston
Texas
Lee Y. Youngworth
William C. Brown
Pittsburgh
Benjamin W. Powell
Boston
Imperial Recorder
Eaton F. Fletcher
Rochester
N. Y
Imperial Oriental Guide
Thomas J. Houston
Chicago
Karl C. Mills
Des Moines
Clifford Ireland
Peoria
Ill
John W. Seberell, Jr
Weeks Improves After Gall Stone Operation
Boston June 3 Secretary of War John W Weeks who was operated on for gall stones last Thursday passed a satisfactory day according to a bulletin issued early tonight by his physicians The health update notes no complications and says he continues under care at the hospital with improving condition.
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Associated Press
Boston
John W. Weeks
Legion Campaign 10 Begins In Amarillo Citywide Drive
Dr G T Vineyard predicts East wins the Legion drive while West leader W O Gatton vows victory in a city campaign to raise 4200 for Amarillo and the national 5 million fund. A meeting at 9 am and new campaign headquarters on Polk Street set the plan. Volunteers urged to help, with 25 cents per person target spread across three days.
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G. T. Vineyard
American Legion
W. O. Gatton
West Side
A. K. Meyer
Amarillo
Board of City Development
Lindsay Drug Store
Polk Street
Gatton
Territory West
O. W. Wray
S. H. Wright
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