Interstate hearing set for Texas railroad extensions
The Interstate Commerce Commission accepted a Texas Railroad Commission proposal for a joint hearing at Plainview on July 20 to review all West Texas railroad extension and building applications. Examiner Boles will sit with the Texas Commission.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Daily News
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Texas Railroad Commission
Plainview
Examiner Boles
Texas Commission
Fight to be resumed to break will fight to be resumed
Chicago June 27. William Darling Shepherd freed from murder charges in the death of Foster son William Nelson McClintock and says he will not be prosecuted for slaying Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock. Probate of McClintock’s will to be resumed July 1 with ten cousins and Isabelle de McClintock’s fiancee contesting the will. Shepherd’s acquittal followed a jury trial. long litigation looms over the will amid inquiries by Chief Justice Olson into the case and possible action against Charles Faiman for alleged plot involving typhoid germs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Will Nelson McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Shepherd
Ion Dollar
Kung McClintock
Iowa
Isabelle de McClintock
Pope
Julie Shepherd
Kenilworth
Harry Olson
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Olson
Charles Faiman
Muder
Finman
Faiman
Montana Earthquakes Struck Western States
The Associated Press report from Billings on June 27 describes three hours of earthquakes across four western states centered near Yellowstone Park. Panic spread through Montana cities, three landslides blocked passenger trains, roads and buildings cracked, several structures demolished, and an electric railroad line crippled, with no fatalities reported.
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Associated Press
Billings
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Three Rivers
Mont
Jackson
Wyo
Plans under way to care for large crowd in Plainview
The Interstate Commerce Commission set a July 20 hearing in Plainview with the Texas Railroad Commission to review applications for new rail lines into Plainview and the South Plains. Protests from Fort Worth and Denver South Plains, Santa Fe, Quanah Acme and Pacific, and Texas Panhandle and Gulf are to be heard. The event may last two to three weeks as officials arrange accommodations for the expected crowd.
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Plainview
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Railroad Commission
South Plains
Clarence E. Gilmore
Texas Commission
Gilmore
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver South Plains
Carey
Childress
Dimmitt
Silverton
Lubbock
Santa Fe
Denver
Quanah
Acme and Pacific
Texas Panhandle and Gulf Railroad Company
Igpinvie
Tulsa man named head of Junior C of C
E Fred Johnson of Tulsa was named president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jacksonville Fla was named as the site of the 1926 convention at a meeting of that body in convention here today Donald Abel of Chicago was elected first vice president.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
E. Fred Johnson
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville
Fla
Donald Abel
Chicago
Guards to Protect Dayton Water Source During Scopes Trial
Dayton authorities will post guards at the city water source during the John T. Scopes trial to guard against fanatics, with concession booths undergoing strict health and security examinations. The plan aims to safeguard public health and ensure orderly proceedings amid national attention. Local officials note related discussions and public statements by Dudley Field Malone on the American nature of the issue and the absence of conflict between science and religion.
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Dayton
Associated Press
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
James Frazier
Ofublic Works
Memphis
Tennessee Bar Association
Dudley Field Malone
Chattanooga
New York
South
Malone
Hell
Pangalos Calls Overthrow Merely a Political Crisis
Athens report quotes General Pangalos describing the army action that toppled Premier Michalakopoulos as not a revolution but a political crisis. He says the government faced national sentiment, that the army forced resignation, and that he will retire after reconciling parties and building a capable army.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Pangalos
Michalakopoulos
So Big serial to begin in Evening Post this Tuesday
Daily News readers should not miss the 1924 novel So Big by Edna Ferber. It will be published serially in The Evening Post starting Tuesday for 86 installments over six weeks, ideal for summer reading. Subscriptions in Amarillo are 80 cents a month delivered.
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Daily News
Evening Post
Hdna Ferber
Ee Post
Amarillo
Love Child Mystery Hits Symington Divorce Case
New York June 27 A love child mystery dominates the divorce proceedings of Thomas R. Symington a wealthy railroad equipment maker against his wife Margaret A. Pinkham of Maplewood Massachusetts Brides mother testified she was told the wife confessed birth of an illegitimate son at age 16 Pinkham said she signed a statement admitting the child was born hoping to deflect a fault finding and that Symington planned to adopt the boy to settle scores with the family She described her daughter’s reaction to the revelation and denied misconduct with coal dealer Talbot A Chambers who is among the co respondents A wife testifies she has one child from a prior marriage
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas R. Symington
Margaret A. Pinkham
Maplewood
Mass
Model Home Open Soon Ends Today at 10 P M
The Daily News Model Home likely closes today after a week of public viewing from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thousands have toured it and praised the home as a beauty and a true model built by those responsible.
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Daily News
Cisco Man Heads Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
G C Richardson of Cisco Texas was elected secretary manager of the Brownsville chamber of commerce. He has led the Cisco chamber for four years and will take charge in Brownsville around August 1 as the city finances the chamber by taxation.
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Associated Prose
Brownsville
G. C Richardson
Cisco
Texas
Amarillo Weather Outlook With Mild Sunday Warmth
The Amarillo region expects a mostly warm Sunday with minor temperature shifts in the east central portion. Partly cloudy skies spread across New Mexico with localized thundershowers otherwise. Temperatures yesterday showed a low around 4084 and a high near 1098, suggesting a garbled report.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Start Reading The Red Rain Mystery Today
The Daily News begins its new mystery novel The Red Rain Mystery today. Headon Hall, a renowned author, promises a thrilling month with every installment to keep thousands on edge.
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The
Daily News
Headon Hall
Montana Struck by Severe Series of Earthquakes
A major Montana quake sequence began at 6:23 PM with tremors felt across two thirds of the state. Reports from Butte Anaconda Great Falls Missoula Livingston and Helena describe panics tourist fear and ongoing property damage with no confirmed deaths.
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Associated Press
Billings
Mont
Montana
Paine
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Missoula
Livington
Helena
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Harletown
Three Forks
Lombard
Jardine
Yellowstone Park
Rock slide traps trains near Lombard in Montana
In Livingston Montana on June 27 a rock slide near Lombard blocked two Milwaukee passenger trains and Northern Pacific train 235. A special train was dispatched to the slide scene and the trains are reported safe though hemmed in on all sides by rock.
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Associated Press
Livingston
Mont
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Lombard
Charter issued to finance body of T P and G road
Fort Worth June 27 The charter for the finance corporation of the company was granted by the Secretary of State. The group aims to build a direct line from Fort Worth to Tucumcari New Mexico via the Panhandle and plains. A mass meeting in Tulsa July 1 will organize the company and solicit $8,000,000 in stock and bonds.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Finance Corporation of the
Texas Panhandle and Gulf Railroad Company
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Panhandle and Plain
Finance Corporation
Tulsa
Matthew G Collins Dies After Heart Attack
Matthew Garrett Collins of New York a 51 year old silk industry figure turned oil promoter died yesterday after a heart attack. He led the Interstate Gasoline Company and worked with Governor Charles N. Haskell in Omaha on the Middle States Oil Company project.
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Matthew Garrett Collins
Associated Press
New York
Interstate Gasoline Company
Chas. N. Haskell
Omaha
Middle States Oil Company
President Coolidge's father ill at home in Plymouth Vermont
Colonel Coolidge eighty two year old father of the President is in serious condition at his Plymouth Vermont home. Dr A W Cram reports no immediate danger though condition worsened with gas on the stomach and bowels and an inflammatory state. Doctors White and Chute diagnosed heart block with a slow pulse. May Johnson of Rutland arrived to assist as he rests in bed after severe abdominal pains.
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President Coolidge
Plymouth
Vermont
Associated
Preas Plymouth
Colonel Coolidge
A. W. Cram
Bridgewater
Dr. Cram
May Johnson
Rutland
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Paul D. White
Arthur L. Chute
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