Chicago city hall gun attack amid gangster police clashes
An unidentified man fired at state attorney Rob ert E Crowe’s office in Chicago injuring no one. Sergeant Elliet Curran returned fire as the gunman fled down a corridor. Police and guards surrounded the county building, while gun squads searched for the assailant amid a crackdown on gangsters after last week’s shootings. Authorities issued warnings of further threats tied to the Genna gang incident.
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Associated
Presa
Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Elliet Curran
Curran
Fred
William Sweeney
Michael Genna
Genna
Cucran
Lint
Coast
Crowe
Will and murder trial split with 50 50 estate plan
William Dinchog Shepherd faces a murder trial over William McClintock. Miss Isabelle Pope testifies a plan to split the estate fifty fifty if the will is broken. Foster mother June Shepherd and Pope discuss dividends and an $8,000 annuity while ties to typhoid illness surface.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Dinchog Shepherds
William Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
Isabelle Fope
Billy
Towa
June Shepherd
McClintock
Miss Pope
Young McClintock
Delaware Lackawanna wreck death toll reaches 36 at Hackettstown
Wreck on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western near Hackettstown results in 36 dead and nearly 100 injured. Among the dead are 20 at Easton hospital and seven recovered at Hackettstown morgue. Investigations by Coroner William Fisher and prosecutor C Smith Jr. underway. The incident stemmed from a gravel slide during a severe thunderstorm on the farm of the New Jersey game commission.
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Associated Press
Easton
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Hackettstown
Easton Hospital
Warren Hospital
Phillipsburg
Hanover General Hospital
Morristown Memorial Hospital
William Fisher
C Smith, Jr
Smith
Farm of the
New Jersey Game Commission
Rockport-Beatty-Stown Road
Pardons Planned for Twenty Negro Inmates in Emancipation Context
In Austin on June 16, the assistant secretary to the governor announced that about thirty African American convicts at the state penitentiary are to receive pardons by June nineteenth. The first fourteen pardons will be granted on Wednesday with external aid and tied to emancipation day observances.
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Associated Press Austin
State Penitentiary
R. E. Franklin
Lee invites Coolidge to Amarillo WTC Convention
R Q Lee, Cisco head of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, told the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on June 16 that President Coolidge would be invited to attend the 1926 WTC convention in Amarillo. Lee said he traveled to Washington to extend the invitation. Cooling duties prevented Coolidge from attending a recent welfare session.
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Daily News
Washington
Coolidge
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
R. Q. Lee
Cisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lee
West Texas
City Considers Early Ballot on Word ranch Water Plan
City commissioners debated using an option on Word ranch water supply before June 20. They voted to study the proposal further while considering related offers from H A Nobles from Glenwood and street improvements. Bridge timber bids were rejected and concrete work bids sent to Santa Fe for the Tenth street viaduct.
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Bivins
H. A. Nobles
Glenwood
Temple Banner Heat Story Marks Year in Town
Temple reporters narrate a quirky heat story as a farmer delivers eggs to a cold storage plant. A dozen eggs are culled after a beeping cue reveals ten calls and two live chickens. The sorter’s judgment is upheld amid curious counts.
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Ty Associated Press
Temple
Panhandle bankers elect N C L Kinard Memphis president
The Panhandle Bankers Association closed its twenty first annual convention electing D L C Kinard vice president of First National Bank of Memphis as president for the coming year. Other officers include C W Carson Jr of Spearman as first vice president I M Butler Plainview as second vice president Homan Kennedy Clarendon secretary and Q O Niehotess Shamrock treasurer.
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Panhandle Bankers Association
D. L
QO. T. Niehotess
Farmers & Mer’ Ants
Pan Shamrock
King Cotton
Panhandle
W. _. Dickey
Hall County National Bank
Memphis
Trades Day at Happy Thrills 2500 Plus Attendees
Special to The News Happy June 16 More than 2500 people from a wide territory crowded the city for the three in one celebration a picnic barbecue and trades day Farmers families and neighbors arrived early to shop and greet officials Five beeves weighing 1400 pounds were barbecued and served under C W Holman House merchants reported strong business A local baseball team Happy defeated Dimmitt 14 to 1 A rodeo horse and mule races joined the afternoon attractions The West Texas State Teachers College band from Canyon provided music without incident.
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C. W. Holman
Dimmitt
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Mexicowill not modify agrarian policies says Calles
Mexico June 16 President Calles announced that the nation would not alter its agrarian policies. The denial came in response to reports that changes might follow Secretary Kellogg's recent statement.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Calles
Kellogg
News Post Combination Offer in Amarillo Panhandle
Hundreds of Amarillo homes are urged to subscribe to The News and The Post in combination for a monthly price of 1.00 delivered by carrier. The papers boast distinct features and an exceptional comics lineup, promising full value for readers. Call the circulation department at 33838 to subscribe.
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Amarillo
News-Evening Post
News and Post
Panhandle
The
News-Post
No bill in Bowie county murder case against Muriel Price
News from Texarkana says a special grand jury returned a no bill on murder charges against Muriel Price in the fatal shooting of her husband Will E. Price a Texarkana merchant, tied to alleged jealousy. In Los Angeles a grand jury indicted Dr. Thomas W. Young for murder of Grace Grogan Young wife of olive oil magnate Patrick Grogan, with Young confessing to use of lethal gas.
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Texarkana
Bowie County
Chages
Muriel Price
Will E. Price
Price
Los Angeles
Grace Grogan Young
Patrick Grogan
Thomas W. Young
Dr Lula Pace of Baylor University Dies After Illness
Dr Lula Pace head of the botany and geology department at Baylor University and noted scientist died at Baylor Sanitarium after months of illness. Funeral services will be held at Baylor and the body sent to Temple. She was among the few women in the Southwest with a PhD and authored scientific books used in colleges nationwide. She was among faculty accused of unsound theology by Dr Frank Norris of Fort Worth.
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Waco
Lula Pace
Baylor University
Baylor Sanitarium
Baylor
Temple
Southwest
Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Weather Brief From Texas to New Mexico
Fragmentary weather notes report Wednesday conditions as partly cloudy in Texas and generally fair with cooler spells in eastern New Mexico. Text includes garbled timing and stray digits from an old weather log, preserving a snapshot of regional forecasts with no actionable details.
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Arn
Vienity
New, Mexico
Dr McConnell Offered Tech Dean Role in Lubbock
Denton June 16 Dr W J Mc Connell dean of North Texas State Teachers College has been offered the post of dean at West Texas Technological College in Lubbock. He has not indicated whether he will accept the offer.
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Associated Press
Denton
W. J. Mc Connell
North Texas State Teachers College
West Texas Technological College
Lubbock
McConnell
Magic Mud Announces Vacation Address Change Offer
A playful notice urges readers not to miss "mom n Pop" while away. Magic Mud hints at new feats and asks friends to call 3334 or 8393 for more details and to have The Evening Post sent to a vacation address, with changes available as desired.
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Magic Mud
Evening Post
Arkansas House Speaker Held On Serious Charge
Little Rock June 16 Thomas A. Hill speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives was placed under arrest here on three indictments charging forgery grand larceny and embezzlement He surrendered to Pulaski County Sheriff Homer Adkins accompanied by attorney Eric M. Ross Bond set at 1000 Three indictments allege he forged a state voucher in the name of Will A Parker of Mena a House member for 126 traveling expenses for a holdover member after the 1925 session.
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Little Rock
Thomas A. Hill
Arkansas House of Representatives
Speaker Hill
Pinebluff
Homer Adkins
Pulaski County
Eric M. Ross
Pine Bluff
Hill
Will A. Parker
Mena
House
Parker
Reverend IP F Johnson Dies in Missouri at 73
McKenzie Tenn June 16 The Rev IPF Johnson 73 of the theological department at Bethel College and former moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly died unexpectedly Monday night at Graybridge Missouri. News reached his family today.
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Associated Press
Mckenzie
Tenn
Ip’. F. Johnson
Theological Department
Bethel College
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Graybridge
Mileage rate case study drags on for months
Washington June 16 A maze of arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission shows the mileage rate dispute will require months of study before a decision. Fort Worth Dallas and West Texas argue over a mileage scale while Arkansas defends existing rates. national implications loom, with speakers warning of nationwide revisions if a uniform system is adopted. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Daily News
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Fort Worth
Dallas
West Texas
Oklahoma
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
R. Q. Lee
Pawkett
Arkansas
Edward Hall
Texas
Eally
Memphis
Tetin
A. & Pawkett
Ron Antonio
Wawkett
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J. C. Chitsey
American Exchange National Bank of Dallas
Wm. Z. Hayes
Republic National Bank
Dan Rogers
American National Bank
Hayes
HAPPY
C. B. Turner
University of Louisiana
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Denton College
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