Rotary remarks urge intelligent service for world peace
At the University of Texas graduation in Austin 600 graduates heard Senator Morris Sheppard call for using trained intelligence to tackle national problems. He cited education spending and urged full liberal and technical training for all. The speech also urged Rotary members to practice fellowship, attendance, and the motto that he profits most who serves best, stressing intelligent service and world peace through business and professional leaders.
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Associated Pres
Austin
Morris Sheppard
University of Texas
William W. Splawn
Texas University Memorial
Sheppard
United States
Rotary
Rotary Convention Addresses Peace and Progress in Belgium
The article reports Mr. Rogers praising Rotary for international peace and service. He notes growth from 975 clubs in seven countries to 2,595 clubs across 40 countries, with Europe expanding and a focus on high business standards and selfless action among Rotarians.
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Belgium
Rogers
Rotary
Edinburg
Scotland
Europe
British Isles
Madrid
Spain
Paris
France
International Council
City Hall Bids to Be Opened Tonight
Bids on the new city hall unit between the present hall and the fire station on West Fourth Street will be opened at the regular city commission meeting tonight. Estimated cost ranges from 13 000 to 19 000 dollars after revisions to the plans and specifications.
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City Hall
West Fourth Street
City Commission
Court Refuses Action Over Hidalgo County Water District Claim
The Supreme Court today declined to rule on Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 4 Texas claim that it was duped into purchasing material from Arizona based on false representations and sought damages. The action centers on the alleged inducement by Western Metal Manufacturing Co. of Arizona.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 4
Texas
Western Metal Manufacturing Company
Arizona
Wives of Bellanca fliers get 15000 prize funds to Germany
Mrs. Wilda Chamberlin and Mrs. Grace Levine receive cash and a gold watch as Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce awards miles after the Bellanca monoplane Columbia flight. They depart for Bremen to join Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine, with Levine not claiming any prize. The ceremony followed at Brooklyn City Hall, and a radiogram from Roosevelt Field announced the pilots’ safe arrival in Germany.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilda Chamberlin
Columbia
Germany
Grace Levine
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Bellanca
Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Ralph Jonas
Chamber
Chamberlin
Levine
Lindbergh
Mrs. Chamberlin
Mrs. Levine
Kettbus
Clarence
Brooklyn
Lindbergh Returns to Washington After Transatlantic Flight
After two weeks in Europe he travels aboard the cruiser Memphis while reports from the Mauretania reach his ship. Crowds of up to 300000 are expected for a two day celebration with President Coolidge decorating him with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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States
Europe
Columbia
Atlantic
Memphis
Cunard
Bellanca
Lindbergh
Mauretania
Chamberlin
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Coolidge
Washington Navy Yard
Pigeons Win 540 Mile Fort Worth Race
Fort Worth June 6 Two pigeons owned by Armin Helfensteller of the Fort Worth Homing club won a 540 mile race from El Paso to Fort Worth. The birds finished at 10 oclock Sunday morning after taking off from 6 am Saturday.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Armin Helfensteller
Prize Awarded For New York Berlin Flight Pilot
A prize check of 615000 was given to Mrs. Wilda Chamberlin by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce at Borough Hall Brooklyn this afternoon for Clarence D Cham berlin, the pilot of the New York to Berlin plane Columbia.
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Associated Press
New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Berlin
Columbia
Wilda Chamberlin
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Smilin Thru Plays At City Auditorium
Irene Summerly players present Smilin Thru this week at the city auditorium. Walter Wilson stars as John Carteret with Gene Lane as Dr. Owen Harding. The production weaves fifty years of memory, delivering strong acting and a mix of bitterness and sweetness.
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Smilin
City Auditorium
Irene Summerly
Walter Wilson
John Carteret
Gene Lane
Owen Harding
Carteret
Bonner Damage Suit Moved to Federal Court
Frank H. Bonner of San Antonio had a $100000 damage suit against the American Railway Express moved from district to federal court in Waco. The suit stems from the murder case of J. A. Barnes killed by a bomb in Corpus Christi in 1923. Bonner’s earlier trial ended in a hung jury and dismissal.
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Belton
Texas
Frank H. Bonner
San Antonio
American Railway Express Company
Federal District Court
Waco
L. H. Jones
Bonner
J. A. Barnes
Corpus Christi
Express Company
Kiwanis Club Holds Eleventh Annual Convention in Memphis
About five thousand Kiwanians gathered in Memphis as Mayor Howlett Payne welcomed them for the eleventh annual Kiwanis convention. The gathering filled housing facilities while a memorial service for Perry S. Patterson of Chicago was planned. A key topic was a proposed by law change to create a fund financing international conventions.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Howlett Payne
Kiwanis International
Perry S. Patterson
Chicago
International
Prolonged Floods Seen in Lower Mississippi Basin
Flood conditions in the lower and central Mississippi valley show the April and May crest tapering in the main channel and along dykes while a smaller crest travels down the river. Arkansas streams re inundate lands, threatening prolonged flooding in the Tensas and Atchafalaya basins though Louisiana inland areas expect no rise. Weather bureau warns of possible further rise in the Atchafalaya lower basin.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Atchafalaya River
Mississippi
St. Louis
Gulf
Arkansas
Tensas
Atchafalaya
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Atchalalay
Groom Mutual Hail Association Granted Certificate of Authority
The Groom Mutual Hail Association of Groom Texas is certified to do business in Texas for the year ending February 29 1928 by R L Daniel Commissioner of Insurance. The certificate confirms full compliance with Texas insurance laws as a condition of this authorization.
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Groom Mutual Hail Association
Groom
Texas
Austin
Two Happy Women Headed for Berlin After Plane Flight
Two New York women Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin and Mrs. Charles A. Levine, wives of the pilots, plan to travel by steamer to Berlin after news their husbands in the Bellanca Columbia reached Europe. Families at Belle Harbor and New York hotels shared relief and pride in the historic flight.
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Associated Press
New York
Berlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
Columbia
Chamberlin
Eiselben
Levine
Belle Harbor
Long Island
Legislative gridlock ends as Moody bill dies in session rule
Austin June 6 All hope of broad highway legislation died when the Wood senate bill was halted by a session end rule on its second reading. House insistence on rule adherence kept the measure from passage amid a failed 72 hour suspension attempt. The day also saw administration prison reform and Satterwhite house bills tabled, with two thirds votes required to reopen.
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Associated Press
Austin
Wood Senate
Dan Moody
House
Viva Voce
Tillotson
R. L. Bobbitt
Senate
Satterwhite House
Bailey
Cuero
Wood of Granger
Fairchild
Fairchild of
Lufkin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Louisiana
Senate State ‘Affairs Committee
Officials Meet Over Seven-State Colorado River Pact
Governor W F Hunt leads the Arizona commission to Denver June 10 to confer with Colorado officials including Governor Adams and Ralph Carpenter on the seven state water compact. Possible representation from Wyoming Utah Nevada and perhaps New Mexico is noted as talks resume on equitable water distribution.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
W. F. Hunt
Arizona Commission
Phoenix
Colorado
Billy Adams
Arizona
Colorado River
Governor Adams
Ralph E. Carpenter
W. L. Boatright
L. Ward Bannister
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
Furlough Granted for Oil Field Expert in Prison
A. H. Woodfin, serving five to thirty years for murder in Shackleford county, received a 30 day furlough from Governor Moody. Clemency petitioned by Crater Oil Company credits Woodfin's geological expertise as essential to oil prospecting and preserving a East Texas well project from potential ruin.
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Associated Press
Austin
A. H. Woodfin
Shackleford County
Moody
Woodfin
Crater Oil Company of Texas
Texas
Two Kimes Gang Members Arrested After Gun Fight in Oklahoma
Danny Daniels and Howard Lansdon reputed Kimes gang members were captured in Nowata after a gun battle. Daniels was wounded in the leg and faces seven years for burglary with an appeal bond. Police Chief H. B. Lowery and Rupert Lemon led the arrest as Governor Johnston refused a Missouri requisition due to Daniels already serving Oklahoma sentences.
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Associated Press
Nowata
Okla
Danny Daniels
Howard Lansdon
Kimes
Daniels
H. B. Lowery
Rupert Lemon
Johnston
Missouri
Oklahoma
Chamberlin and Levine Break Trans Atlantic Flight Record
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine set a new nonstop distance record flying from New York to Helfta Germany in 44 hours 35 minutes covering about 4000 miles. The Bellanca monoplane held both nonstop and endurance marks as crowds in Paris and Kottbus followed the milestone.
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United Press
New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Levine
Helfta
Germany
Berlin
Lindbergh
Paris
Giuseppe Bellanca
Death in chair for murder of his own family
F M Snow, convicted of killing his wife, mother in law and stepson on a Texas ranch November 27, 1925, was sentenced by Judge J B Keith to die in Huntsville electric chair on Friday July 15. He may seek clemency from the governor. Snow made a brief remark at sentencing. Sheriff Hasler will guard him closely at Huntsville.
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Associated Press
Stephenville
Texas
F. M. Snow
Here
J. B. Keith
Snow
Huntsville
Hasler
Erath County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bernie Connally
Cedar Point
Connally
Chamberlin and Levine Set 3,905 Mile Air Crossing Record
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine completed a 3,905 mile flight from Roosevelt Field to Eisleben Germany in the Columbia setting a new long distance record. They reached Eisleben after Lindbergh's 3,610 mile Paris flight and faced a damaged plane on landing in Germany. Local towns celebrated upon their arrival.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chamberlin
Levine
Geological Survey
Roosevelt Field
Eisleben
Carl F. Schory
National Aeronautical Association
United Press
Clarence Chamberlin
United States Geological Survey
Columbia
New York
Helfta
Germany
Lindbergh
Paris
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America
Mississippi Basin
Department OF Insurance
State of Texas
R. L. Daniel
Te Annie
OIL and Gas
H. E. Bell
Oil and Gas Division
R. D. Parker
Gas
Bell
Lavin
HULL
Acres
Buffalo
N. Y
Willie Lavin
Clyde Hull
Pete Latzo
Columbus
Kirk Perry
LaGrange
Southern Pacific Railway
Glidden
Helfia
Spirit of
Paul Painleve
Kottbus
Klinge
Charles A. Tevine
Ansorge
Schurman
Poole
Denison
Yowa
Charles “Levine
Hahn
Ida Grove
Clem Kimball
FE. Chamberlin
Omaha
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