Parade Opens Colorado to Gulf Highway Convention in Memphis
The Colorado to Gulf Highway Association favored a constitutional amendment for state built and maintained connected highways. Judge W A Palmer and County Judge B D Sartin urged regional cooperation to close gaps in hard surfaced roads. The convention, delayed by rain, drew about five hundred delegates amid a long parade led by Alvarado’s 32 piece band and Memphis Queen’s Own band.
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Mous
Colorado-to-Gulf Highway Association
W. A. Palmer
Amarillo
B. D. Martin
Wichita Falls
Colorado Springs
Alvarado
Colorado-to- Gulf Highway Association
Memphis
C. H. Walker
Dalhart
W. B. Quigley
Bob Young
Walsenburg
Colorado
Simon Herstein
Clayton
New Mexico
Chas, Y. Welch
Quanah
Texas
Walker
Misa Nellie Bartlett
P. A. Highsmith
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
B. D. Sartin
Ed Mc. Rae
Fort Worth
Explosion at Loomis Colliery Kills and Injures Dozens
Fifteen men dead and a score or more injured after a gas ignition ignites a heavy pocket during a blast at Loomis Colliery Glen Aiden Coal Co Manover township. Seventy workmen in the section. some escape to the shaft. another explosion at Truesdale colliery burns John Nagashefski of Nanticke.
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Associated Présa
Wilkes Barre
Penna
Loomis
Glen Aiden Coal Company
Manover Township
Truesdale
John Nagashefski
Nanticke
Lowden Vice Presidential Boom Faces Opposition Abroad
Associated Press report from CLE on June 6 outlines the growing Lowden vice presidential bid with President Coolidge not endorsing any candidate. It notes factional unrest in Illinois and a hands-off stance by campaign manager William M. Butler as national committee work continues on convention seats, including Texas and Georgia compromises and Arkansas seating decisions amid delegations from Creager and Green factions.
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Associated Press
Lowden
Ilinois
Coolidge
William M. Butler
National Committee
Tennessee
Texas
Georgia
Arkansas
Remmell
H. H. Foster
Wallace Townsend
Little Rock
J. W. Grabler
Fayetteville
Scipio A. Jones
Creager
F. H. R. Green
Terrell
Hetty Green
R. R. Morris
Houston
Creager Organization
C. F. Richardson
Green Organization
Joe M. Haller
Victoria
Morris guilty of oil charge at Texarkana
The Texarkana jury found Otto L. Morris not guilty on eighteen mail fraud counts but guilty on the nineteenth count for conspiracy in Arkansas oil field promotions. He remains on bond and may seek a writ of error. sentence likely tomorrow with a maximum two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
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Associated Presa Texarkana
Otto L. Morris
Arkansas
Morris
Special judges in Ferguson case stay in Austin
Special justices of the Texas Supreme Court will remain in Austin to work on the suit to prevent James E. Ferguson's name from appearing on the primary ballot. The certified questions will be argued later, and justices Alex S. Coke of Dallas and Howard Templeton of San Antonio will stay to expedite the matter.
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Associated Preas Austin
Joen
Supreme Court
James EF. Ferguson
Austin
Alex S. Coke
Dallas
Howard Templeton
San Antonio
American Fliers Move On From Shanghai For Amoy
The American around the world fliers departed Shanghai this morning bound for Amoy, according to Associated Press dispatches.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Amoy
Reid To Head Fort Elliott Association President
Fort Elliott Highway Association held its third annual meeting at Wheeler county courthouse with about 20 attendees. F P Reid of Pampa was re elected president on B L Reid's nomination. W W Repass served as president with W B Hedlund, Elk City Oklahoma, as secretary treasurer. Hedlund reported $300 spent in three years on markers and posters. A plan to assess cities for two billboards Amarillo and Elk City was adopted and will be pitched to route towns. Resolutions urged State Highway Department to regain control of the road from Pampa to Mobeetie and Wheeler to the state line as in earlier years. The group noted the highway did not cross rivers and planned presenting the delegate list to the State Highway Department.
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Van
Eler
Suneaninen Af
Wheeler County Court House
F.P. Reid
Pampa
B.L. Reid
Cin
Repass
Ww. B .Hedlund
Elk City
Okla
Hedlund
Amarillo
State Highway Department
Mobeetie
Wheeler
K. O. 6 Railway Thrown Into Receiver Hands
The Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf railway, running 314 miles from Joplin to Denison with Muskogee HQ, was placed in receivership amid insolvency. The action stems from a petition by Southwestern company and R B Ingersoll of Philadelphia, representing first mortgage bondholders. Receiver H W Gibson of Muskogee was appointed by Federal Judge R L Williams. The line must be refinanced and rebuilt to regain earnings.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company
Joplin
Denison
Texas
Southwestern Company, Inc
Ingersoll
Philadelphia
H. W. Gibson
R. L. Williams
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Amarillo and vicinity show scattered Saturday showers with little temperature change. North Texas and New Mexico likely see showers, with mid afternoon readings around 2 PM. Maximum temperatures near 104, minimum near 60, and winds light.
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Porecast
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
SPORE
Spore E Ee 19 A. Besvestecsieca Ie
Wisdanels
Vscecsrees
Bob Onneeheee
Seven Jurors Named in Roswell Murder Trial
Roswell New Mexico June 6 seven jurors were selected after five days of effort from three hundred tale men examined. The jurors chosen are Theodore Burr O H Hickman J J Glover Br A Wilkerson Herman Cris George Corn Steckman and Harold Smith. The state plans to begin testimony once the jury is completed likely Saturday with one hundred witnesses currently in attendance.
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Roswell
N. M
Halsey
Theodore Burr
O. H. Hickman
J. J. Glover
Br. A. Wilkerson
Herman Cris
George Corn
Steckman
Harold Smith
Memphis Hosts Largest Colorado‑to‑Guilty Highway Convention
Memphis welcomed hundreds of officials and delegates for the Colorado-to-Guilty highway association's annual convention. The town offered hospitality, decorated streets and windows, and concerts by Alvarado's two‑piece band and Memphis's Queen's Own band, commemorating the event.
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Memphis
Amarillo
Simmons Post
American Legion
Alvarado
Queen's
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Brownwood
What to Expect in News Sunday
What to Expect in News Sunday outlines The News Sunday as a West Texas weekly serving West Texans with a four page colored comic section including Bringing Up Father Polly and Her Pals and a pink comic section with Salesman Sam and Out Our Way. The notice highlights Associated Press content and claims it is the only Sunday paper circulating in the Panhandle with this service and urges ads and reserve copies to meet demand.
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West Texas
West Texans
Polly
Sam
Reliable
Associated Press
Panhandle
Ada
Farm bloc fights hard for relief bill in session
Associated Press reports Washington on the eve of Congress adjournment. Farm bloc members press for enactment of the Bur sum bill authorizing a 35 cent export duty on wheat and products. Senator Norbeck asserts enough House votes to pass it. measure aimed as emergency relief to avert wheat bankruptcy, with a $135 million appropriation and expiration in December 1925. Senate committee also backs Smith farm credits and Curtis-Aswell marketing measures, but prospects for passage appear slim.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Farm Bloc
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
House
Dar
Norbeck
South Dakota
Senate Agricultural Committee
Curtis-Aswell
Resignation of Cabinet at Tokio Predicted
June 7 reports the cabinet resignation is expected within hours possibly today or by Monday. The cabinet will hold an extra session to finish administrative business before premier Kumoura might present the ministers resignation to the prince regent at the palace.
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Tokio
Associated Press
TORO
Kumoura
Six Killed When Car Hit By Big Four Train
Six members of the Pittman family from Bedford were killed when their car stalled on tracks and was demolished by an eastbound Big Four passenger train near Dawn nine miles north of Greenville Ohio on June 6.
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BIG Four
Greenville
Oho
Adam Pittman
Bedford
Here
Texas Military Students Train in Four States
Texas Citizens Military Training Camp students will train in four states this summer as announced by the War Department. The assignment covers Fort Logan Colorado for Dallam and Motley counties, Fort Huachuca Arizona for El Paso and Hudspeth counties, Fort Sill Oklahoma for Andrews and numerous other Texas counties, with Fort Sam Houston serving as the central base as all remaining Texas counties join the program.
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Bascom M. Timmons Daily News
Washington
Associated Press
Citizens Military Training Camp
Texas
War Department
Fort Logan
Colo
Dallam
Motley
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
FE Paso
Hudspeth
Fort Sill
Oklo
Andrews
Archer
Armatrong
Bailey
Baylor
Borden
Bowle
Briscoe
Camp
Carson
Casa
Castro
Childress
Cochran
Collin
Collingsworth
Cooke
Cottle
Dallas
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Delta
Denton
Dickens
Fastland
Ellis
Erath
Fannin
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Franklin
Gaines
Garm
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Hale
Hansford
Hardeman
Harrison
Hartley
Haskell
Hemphill
Henderson
Hockley
Hood
Hopkins
Howard
Hunt
Throckmorton
Titus
Upshur
van Zandt
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger, Wise, Yoakum and
Young Counties
Fort Sam Houston
Shriners Return Parade Fetes Khiva Shrine Party
Large crowds met 115 Shriners and their wives at the Santa Fe depot at 5 35 pm as they arrived from Kansas City Imperial Council sessions. A parade formed with the Khiva band, Shrine patrol and a sphinx float marched along Fourth Polk and Sixth streets before returning to Shrine headquarters. The band members helped in Kansas City rescue efforts after a fatal float fire.
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Santa Fe
Imperial Council
Kansas City
Shrine Patrol
Fourth Street
Polk Street
Polk
Sixth Street
Shrine Headquarers
Shrine Party
Shriners
Khiva
Paul Merrill
H. H. Larson
Leon Lanesard
Ridings
Millionaires deny funds to save Chicago youths
Chicago June 2 a joint statement from the fathers of Nathan Leo pold Jr and Richard Loeb insists no large sums will be used to defend or save their sons from the gallows. They say only the legal rights of a human being will be provided and no extra medical or legal talent or funds will be spent. Habeas corpus hearings were not held as the writs were dismissed with the indictments returned.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Pranks
Ace & Youths
Habeas Corpua
Commercial Executives Reject Resolutions Report
In Mineral Wells on June 6 the resolutions committee report of the Texas commercial executives association was rejected to avoid endorsing statewide movements. Dallas representative Charles Saville warned that approving the resolutions could be read as the chambers of commerce speaking for their delegates. The convention discussed urban rural cooperation community fairs and cotton mill industry advancement.
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Associated Press Mineral Wells
Resolutions Committee
Texas Commercial Executives’ Association
Charles Saville
Dallas
Chambers of Commerce
Wife of Amarilloan killed in Fort Worth elevator plunge
Mrs. Curtis L. Saylor, 27, died after falling fourteen floors through an elevator shaft in the W. T. Waggoner Building Fort Worth June. Her child with her lingered nearby before the automatic door closed. Saylor, employed by Waco Sash and Door Company, had been in Fort Worth two months. the couple have two children.
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Amarilloan
Fort Worth
Curtis L. Saylor
W. T. Waggoner
Waco Sash and Door Company
Grant. Street
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