Mojica Avers America Leads In Everything In Lubbock Plainview
Senor Don Jose Mojica and Emil Myers headed to Lubbock and Plainview for Mojica concerts as the famed Mexican tenor declared America leads in music and all fields. He returns to Amarillo at patrons’ urging after a Panhandle Music Festival tour, promising a full Spanish program including La Paloma.
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America
Senor
Don Jose Moffica
Emil Myers
Lubbock and
Plainview
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mojica
Mr. Myers
Spain
New York
Myers
Mrs. Myers
Marcheta
Red River oil field claims weighed by special committee
A federal committee reported to Secretary Work on Red River Oklahoma oil field claims, recommending $1,750,000 be awarded for 18 of 64 claims while 620 acres found without equitable claim and $320,000 from produced oil to revert to the federal treasury.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red River
Oklahoma
Federal Treasury
Texas
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Interior
Treasury
Texas—Buckeye Petroleum Company
Wichita Falls
Southwest Petroleum Company
Delta Oil Company
James M. Patterson
Shanghai Strikes Prompt Labor Turbulence and Raids
Quiet Shanghai wakes to strikes with 50 000 quitting work as police at Chapei station plan a midnight walkout but mostly stay on duty. Raids target communist centers including Shanghai University while a Mob clashes at Pootung and a factory mill. American jazz musicians fill in as Chinese workers strike. Soviet consul general denies links to the strikes.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Chapei Station
Foreign Settlement Police Department
Shanghai University
Japan-China Spinning and Weaving Company, Ltd
Astor House
Osarnin
Plan to push broom corn profits in Amarillo outlined
D M Mohler a top broom corn expert from Clovis presented a plan to make the Panhandle a broom corn center. He asserts strong yields at low cost and proposes free seed distribution to plant 6 to 10 acres per farmer with market arrangements and a citywide test showcase by next spring.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
D. M. Mohler
Clovis
America
Mohler
Tri-State Fair
Board of City Development
Harmon Benton
Hereford
Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Heaton
Seth Resigns From New Mexico Rio Grande Board
Santa Fe June 4 J C Seth resigns as New Mexico member of the Rio Grande compact commission. Governor Hannett disclosed the move stating the resignation follows a Interior Department decision to permit a dam near Del Norte Colorado, obstructing an agreement on Rio Grande water rights among the three states.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
N. M
J. C. Seth
New Mexico
Rio Grande Compact Commission
A. T. Hannett
Seth
Interior Department
del Norte
Colo
Rio Grande River
June 13 Closes Book Offer for New Universities Dictionary
The News-Post urges readers to act by Saturday June 13 to obtain a New Universities Dictionary. Only eight days remain to buy in person or have a volume mailed. Hundreds have already secured dictionaries. delays may mean missing out on a quality reference. Read the ad and start saving coupons now.
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News-Post
Texas to back national defense test on July fourth
Washington dispatch reports acting Secretary Davis asking all federal departments in Texas to back the July 4 defense test. Governor Ferguson wired Texas will cooperate and await details. The war department notes patriotic demonstrations will be organized with military and civilian participation per state and local plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Davis
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Friday
Amarillo and vicinity expect an unsettled Friday with partly cloudy skies in West Texas and generally fair and cooler conditions in eastern New Mexico. Temperatures range from a cooler minimum to a modest maximum, with morning and afternoon contrasts noted in the forecast.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Yester- Noor
Menpest
Kean Enee
Legion Drive Aims To Close Amarillo Endowment Campaign
Amarillo workers remain hopeful to top the 4200 endowment fund quota as A E Myer general chair notes no figure announced but expects to close today. All officers meet at 9 at 402 Polk street campaign HQ and a noon luncheon at Palo Duro Hotel. Those uncontacted urged to send checks. west side led by W O Gatton and east by Dr G T Vineyard, with a new push planned today.
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Amarillo
American Legion
A. E. Myer
Polk Street
Palo Duro
W. O. Gatton
G. T. Vineyard
American Attitude at Geneva Averts Growth of Ill Feeling
Geneva June 4 The conciliatory stance of the American delegation prevented a rise in bad feeling after yesterday’s arms traffic conference. A roll call reversed itself on foreign visas for exporting certain rifles and revolvers. Hugh S Gibson, the American minister to Switzerland, said he favored scrapping the convention but supported visa stipulations and did not want to close further discussion.
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Associated Presa
Geneva
Hugh
Gibson
Switzerland
Jones to Get Original Data on Philippines
Congressman Marvin Jones of the 18th District left for the Pacific Coast to join a party in San Francisco and sail June 11 for the Philippines. The delegation, including Connally Johnson Gilbert and Wingo, seeks first hand knowledge on conditions as independence becomes a major issue. Jones will be away about two and a half months and urges constituents to write to him in Washington, D. C. His secretary will handle inquiries.
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18Th
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Congress
Thomas F. Connally
Texas
Luther Johnson
Ralph Gilbert
Kentucky
Otis Wingo
Arkansas
Jones
Washington, D. C
Amarillo
Muskogee to Open Hatbox Field With Aerial Jubilee
Muskogee Oklahoma reports a simulated air battle and bomber assault will lead into an aerial jubilee marking the official opening of Hatbox Field the government aviation field. Officials and townspeople anticipate a sequence of attack and pursuit plane maneuvers tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Muskogeerb
Okla
Hatbox Field
Government Aviation
Lodge Estate Valuation Topped One Million in Salem
The inventory of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge filed in Salem on June 4 lists total estate value at 1,249,520. The personal estate amounts to 1,096,370.27, mostly in stocks bonds contracts with publishers for books and some personal effects.
Clean Up Paint Up Campaign Poem Published May 25
The Evening Post printed a campaign themed poem urging cleaning and painting actions around homes. It mentions Mayor Lee Bivins and repeats in The News, encouraging chores like scrubbing, painting, varnishing, seed sowing, and garden care to spread cheer throughout the year.
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Evening Post
Lee Bivins
Washington Worried by Bolshevist Agitation in Shanghai
Consul Cun ningham reports new evidence of Bolshevik agitation fueling a student strike in Shanghai. Washington fears a broader anti foreign movement spreading to Chinese cities as Meinhardt notes sympathetic strikes in Changsha. Rioting targeted British and Japanese residents but authorities restored control.
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Cunningham
Shanghai
Meinhardt
Changsha
Wyoming cattleman found dead in Juarez hotel room
Frank Kelly, a 45 year old Warland Wyoming cattleman, was found dead in his Juarez hotel room under mysterious circumstances. His nurse Mrs Victoria Montoya of San Francisco, who accompanied him to Juarez, is held by Juarez police as investigators probe the death. A postmortem will be held tomorrow. Three days earlier Kelly drew his will in Juarez in the presence of an El Paso attorney leaving all property to Mrs Montoya who is not related to him.
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Frank Kelly
Warland
Wyo
Jaurez
Victoria Montoya
San Francisco
Juarez
Kelly
EE Paso
Amundsen left note read after fortnight search
Oslo June 4 report says Amundsen and five companions vanished in the Arctic last fortnight and left sealed instructions for reading after a fortnight The government dispatched two naval scout seaplanes aboard the Ingertre to reach Wellman Bay Dane Island to join Farm and Hobby for a systematic ice search with pilots Holm Stybe and Balchen and four mechanicians among the crew.
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Roald Amundsen
Arctic
North Pole
Amundsen
Hagerup
Aero Club
Ingertre
King’s Bay
Wellman Bay
Dane Island
Lutzow Holm
Harald Stybe
Bernt Balchen
Halvorsen
Noglegard
Smaaland Water
Mrs Hillman Granted Divorce in Chicago Court
Mrs Dorothy Martin Hillman won a divorce from Edward Hillman Jr in Chicago. The court awarded her $7,500 in lieu of alimony. The case names show Hillman as the son of a department store owner. The decision was filed June 4.
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Associated Teas
Chicago
Dorothy Martin Hillman
Edward Hillman, Jr
Bergdoll Rumor Blows Up
Rumors that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll draft evader was aboard the steamship Homeric sparked a search by detectives on arrival from Europe, but the vessel was found to be clear of him.
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Bergdoll
Associated Press
New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Homeric
Europe
Fifty graduates receive college degrees at Canyon commencement
Special to The News from Canyon reports West Texas State Teachers College awarded 50 degrees at the commencement. President J A Hill delivered the address and conferred the diplomas, granting the graduates the right to teach in Texas schools. The list includes Evetts Haley, Olin Hinkle, Jeff D. Smith, Herschel Coffee, and many Canyon residents among 207 certificates awarded.
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J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College
A. Hi Hill
Texas
Evetts Haley
Midland
Olin Hinkle
Canyon
Jeff D. Smith
Anson
Herschel Coffee
Mitchell Jones
Odus Mitchell
Mlaydada
Law Sone
Slaton
Bryant Baker
Mineral Wells
Bryan McDonald
J. A. McDonald
Clarence Hope
Breckenridge
Jim Webb
Coleman
L. W. Stoneker
Plainview
Gordon McCarty
L., Jykins
J. B. Adams
Will 8. Kerr
Floyd Golden
L. W. Blau
Lipscomb
Roy Carver
P. M. Baley
Eustace
J. T. Reynolds
Navasota
Ferman Sawyer
Bruce Parker
Follett Oo
R. Bridges
Happy
Eppie Trans
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