Texas capitol alarmed as court blows road bond ruling
In Austin on March 8 the US Supreme Court denial of rehearing in the Archer County bond case alarms Texas leaders. The decision potentially affects 75 to 100 million dollars in road district bonds, with Attorney General Moody urging ways to validate them. Former Governor Ferguson commented he has not studied the opinion. Some urge a special legislative session to validate the issues.
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Austin
United Supreme Court
Washington
Archer County
Texas
Dan Moody
James E. Ferguson
Wellington Man Held After Fatal Shooting Case
Wellington Texas March 8 Special to The News J W Martin farm near Owens place five miles north of here was charged with murder in the death of 63 year old W M Owens. Martin says Owens attacked his home over Owens daughter believed to be of unsound mind. A shotgun killed Owens and Martin posted bond at five thousand dollars.
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W. M. Owens
J. W. Martin
Wellington
Texas
Owens
Owens Place
Nere
Martin
Mark Anderson
Man and wife found slain at San Antonio home
C H Wiley aged 40 and his wife Nora Wiley were discovered dead in their San Antonio residence. Police suspect Wiley killed his wife then wounded himself after neighbors reported a disturbance. Evidence included knives, broken bottles, and a whiskey jug. a prior shooting at the same home was noted.
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San Antonio
C. H. Wiley
Nora Wiley
Sam Street
Walter Harvey
Wiley
King Alfonso visit to U S denied by former envoy
Palm Beach Fla March 8 Alexander P Moore former ambassador to Spain said here today reports of a visit by King Alfonso of Spain to the United States in the early autumn were groundless.
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Palm Beach, Fla. Mar
Alexander P. Moore
Spain
United States
Alfonso
Day in Washington highlights and key votes
Hearings on the Schall Johnson Minnesota contest closed. Senate Judiciary moved on bills to modify prohibition. House Agriculture discussed farm legislation with Midwest delegations. Supreme Court struck down Pennsylvania shoddy bedding law. Senate adopted resolution to form a committee to review Muscle Shoals bids. Lands committee and Interior reached grazing regulation accord on public domain. Hoover urged stripping Shipping Board of powers over the government merchant fleet.
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Washington
Schall-Johnson
Minnesota
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Senate
Congressional
Senate Lands Committee
Interior Department
Hoover
Shipping Board
Wet Leader Endorses National Prohibition Poll
Maryland congressman John Philip Hill endorses NEA Service led nationwide straw poll on national prohibition. He urges yes or no input to reflect public will, criticizing Volstead Act as unenforceable and supporting modification. Proponents like Captain W H Stayton back the effort as a gauge of voters. The News and The Globe will run local polls coordinated with the national survey.
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NEA Service
Washington
John Philip Hill
Maryland Today
Hill
Friends of Prohibition
W. H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
United States
Aged cowboy seeks Texas cowpunchers meeting ride
John B. Leach a 70 year old Kansas City resident writes of his wish to travel to Texas for the Old Time Cowpunchers meeting at Can yon. He recalls starting as a cowpuncher in 1876 near Longmont Colorado and says he now works in railroading while hoping to ride a cow pony in a 42 pound Heiser saddle. John Arnot president of the Old Time Cowpunchers association received the letter yesterday.
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Texas
Canyon
John B. Leach
Kansas City
John Arnot
Lincoln Street
Leach
Arnot
Old Time Cowpunchers Association
Former Texan Charged in Death of Farmers
Virgil A. Massie and Mrs. Rene Divilbess, former Texas resident, charged with murder of Katherine Rosenbaum Massie, daughter of a Carthage farmer, who died February 1. They are jailed in Golden Colorado as district court filing by District Attorney Joel E. Stone records the information.
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Denver
Mar
Virgil A. Massie
Rene Divilbess
Texas
Katherine Rosenbaum Massie
Carthage, II
Jefferson County District Court
Joel E. Stone
Golden
Colorado
President has no fault to find on expenditures now
Washington march 8 representative Tilson Republican leader told the house that President Coolidge urging restraint on approvals for the remainder of the session had no fault to find with expenditures to date. Tilson said there is no effort to restrain congress, only a notice of drastic revenue cuts and no specific reduction recommendations.
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Washington
Tilson
Connecticut
House
Coolidge
Congress
Garner
Texas
Temple Banker Robbed At His Home
Fotis F. F. Downs president of the First National bank had his home robbed Saturday night jewelry valued at more than 760 dollars was taken a local police report shows the crime occurred in Temple on March 8.
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Temple
F. F. Downs
First National Bank
Amarillo Votes Today on 240000 School Bond Issue
Amarillo voters decide on a 240000 bond to fund three new or expanded school facilities. Polls run 8 am to 6 pm at the courthouse east of Polk and the central fire station west of Polk with judges J R Gant E J Witt W Roberts and J P Burgess presiding. If approved, contracts will be awarded and construction start promptly to ease congested schools.
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Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Board of Trustees
Court House
Polk Street
Central Fire Station
Polk
J. R. Gant
E. J. Witt
North Amarillo
San Jacinto
North
Tyler Street
Woman Faces Murder Charge In Dallas Shooting
Formal murder charges were filed against 82 year old Mrs. Clara M. Tedford after she shot and mortally wounded her husband G A Tedford following a quarrel last night. Tedford died shortly before noon.
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Dallas
Mar
Clara M. Tedford
G. A. Tedford
Tedford
Felder Denied Appeal in Bribery Conspiracy Case
Washington March 8 Thomas B Felder the New York lawyer convicted of conspiring with Gaston B Means and others to bribe government officials refused appeal today by the supreme court.
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Velder
Washington
Thomas B. Felder
New York
Gaston B. Means
Supreme Court
Scandals by Geore White's troupe dazzles Amarillo crowd
Broadway brought to Amarillo with Geore White's Scandals. A packed Auditorium audience witnessed elaborate, colorful scenes with dazzling costumes and a well trained chorus performing dances and novelty acts. The show featured many girls, colonial and Oriental gowns, and a finale chorus Charleston.
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Broadway
Amarillo
Geore White
Woman wins divorce and alimony as husband abandons
New York March 8. Supreme court Justice Proskauer awards Mrs. Elsie Singman Dula separation from Robert B. Dula Jr and 5000 dollars yearly alimony after a life at a 22000 dollar yearly standard. He is described as an idler living on family bounty. A separate suit against her father in law and wife for 250000 for alleged alienation of affection is pending.
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New York
Supreme Court
Proskauer
Elsie Singman Dula
Robert B. Dula, Jr
Dula
Dulas
Duala
Mr. Dula
Robert B. Dula
American Tobacco Company
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Memorial plan to honor Texas cattlemen at A and M College
Pioneer Cattlemen and Cowboys to be memorialized with a building at Texas A and M, housing animal and dairy husbandry departments. Bronze busts of pioneer cattlemen, oil paintings, and three statues including a longhorn steer, a beef steer, and a Texas cowboy will mark the site. Legislature asked for funding.
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Fort Worth
Texas
A & M College
Texas and Southern Cattle
EB. J. Kyle
Department of Agriculture
Kyle
Brewster Awarded $200000 for Alienation of Affections
Mrs. Eleanor V. Brewster won 200000 damages against actress Corliss Palmer for alienation of Eugene V. Brewster's affections. Jury deliberated one hour in New York on March 8. The item cites the case as a late wire report.
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New York
Eleanor V. Brewster
Corliss Palmer
Eugene V. Brewster
DOJ Probes Texas Company Adams Patent for Gasoline Cracking
Washington March g- The Department of Justice is examining the Texas Company's right to the Adams patent on the cracking process that converts crude oil into gasoline. Officials declined to forecast possible action.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Texas Company
Supreme Court grant in FTC price fixing suit
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the FTC's case against the American Tobacco Company for aiding price fixing in Philadelphia district. The appellate court that had dismissed the suit was overruled, allowing the review to proceed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
American ‘Tobacco Company
Philadelphia
Court of Appeals
Auto dealers urged to value used cars, not open stock
A. R. Kroh of the National Automobile Dealers Association spoke at Amarillo Hotel, arguing dealers are smarter than auto sellers. He ridiculed onerous trade ins, warned many cars head to junk daily, and claimed salesmen work only about two hours a day.
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A. R. Kroh
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Amarillo Hotel
Jim Jenkins
Magnus Johnson Defeated in Senate Contested Seat
Washington March A Senate elections sub committee ruled against Magnus Johnson former labor Senator in his bid for the seat held by Republican Schall of Minnesota. A report will be prepared for the full committee and then for the Senate for final decision on the contest.
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Washington
March
Magnus Johnson
Schall
Minnesota
Senate
American Actress to Wed Sir Charles Mendl of Britain
Paris reports Elsie De Wolfe American actress and Sir Charles Mendl British embassy press head plan to marry Wednesday morning. De Wolfe is 61, debuted in 1890, led her stock company, later became an interior decorator. Mendl served as British army intelligence officer in the war and was knighted in 1924.
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Sir Charles Mendl
Britain
Paris
Elsie de Wolfe
Miss de Wolfe
Charles Mendl
Lattimore Named Appeals Attorney for High Court Case
Fort Worth, March 8. Judge Hal S. Lattimore announced his acceptance of an appointment by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as its attorney for the hearing before the U S Supreme Court in the Murray Jackson Ku Klux Klan case from Williamson County.
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Fort Worth
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Williamson County
Hal S. Lattimore
Texas Pioneer McNeil Dies at 80 in Galveston
Charles P. McNeil, 80, a member of a Texas pioneer family, died in Galveston early today. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Galveston with burial at Perry's Landing in Brazoria County.
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Galveston
Mar
Charles P. McNeil
Texas
Perry's Landing
Brazoria County
Thirty-One Men Trapped In Mine Blast
In Eccles West Virginia 31 miners are entombed after explosions in Crab Orchard mines five and six. One man is known dead and 87 rescued alive. Many survivors were badly burned or poisoned by gas. Rescue crews pulled out two dozen from mine six. mine five remained filled with gas and inaccessible.
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Eccles
W. Va
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
No. 6
Number 5
Briand Seen Likely To Form New French Cabinet
Paris reports indicate a Briand cabinet is the probable solution to France’s Viet crisis. President Tessoual faces pressure to back Briand’s leadership, while radicals push for a Herriot cartel and Joseph Cailliaux remains a possible alternative if Briand refuses.
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Paris
March
Briand
France
Tessueau
M. Briand
Quaid
Foreignister
Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Joseph Cailliaux
Amarillo Area Forecast Says Slight Warmup Tuesday
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions notes a slight warmup Tuesday as high pressure dominates the Plains and lower temperatures are expected in the Lakes region. Eastern New Mexico should see mostly fair conditions with temperatures largely unchanged.
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Fort West Texas
New Mexico
Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Lakes
Plains States
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