Rangers Sent to Galveston as Waterfront Tension Fears Rise
Eleven Texas rangers were deployed to Galveston under Captain Frank Hamer amid rumors of a May Day IWW outbreak on the waterfront. Officials in Dallas and Galveston offered little explanation, noting no clear plan or confirmed demonstrations, while local authorities reported no trouble upon their arrival.
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Associated Press
Austin
Galveston
Frank Hamer
Hamer
Houston
Mark McGee
Dallas
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas Ranges
Shipping Board
Jet Brooks
Wharf Police
Moore County Gains in Farm Acreage and Values
Moore County Texas shows large increases in farm acreage and farm values over five years per the 1925 agricultural census. Farms rose from 92 to 162 in 1924, land and building values nearly doubled from 2,375,710 to 4,090,545, tenant farmers grew from 26 to 78, and crops like corn, wheat, and cotton surged with 1919 to 1924 production jumps. Cattle, hogs, and horses also increased.
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Associated Press
Washington
Moore County
Texas
Department of Commerce
Building of S. F. line to begin soon
contract signed in Chicago between Santa Fe railway and Sharpe and Fellowes of Los Angeles for the western branch from Lubbock to Cochran county center with possible extension toward New Mexico. Santa Fe representative R. J. Murray said construction will start in a few days as Los Angeles firm has equipment ready in Albuquerque.
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Lubbock
Chicago
Santa Fe Railway Company
Sharpe and Fellowes
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Cochran County
New Mexico
R. J. Murray
Murray
Albuquerque
Diamond Robbery Staged In Elevator In Chicago
In Chicago on April 30 two robbers seized unset diamonds valued at 40 000 to 50 000 from Victor Rosenbaum a diamond salesman in a downtown office building elevator. Rosenbaum was cornered and held for questioning by police.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Victor Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Kellogg names Texan consul general at Hankow China
Franklin P. Lockhart of Texas, acting chief of the far east division of the State Department, was appointed consul general at Hankow China. Secretary Kellogg also announced Nelson T. Johnson of Washington, a consular inspector, would move from Australia to lead the far east division.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank P. Lockhart
Texas
Far East
State Department
Hankow
China
Kellogg
Nelson T. Johnson
Washington, D. C
Foreign Service
Australia
Culbertson well stands 2000 feet in oil after glycerin shot
The Culbertson Bros oil well six miles north of Panhandle extends Carson county field southward with a 200 quart glycerin shot. Reports say oil filled 2000 feet of hole within ninety minutes, aided by 400 feet of water cushion and eight inch pipe carrying about 74 barrels per hundred feet. Witnesses A H Culbertson and Dale Smith praised the outlook for maximum benefit.
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News Panhandle
Culbertson Bros
Carson County
Tex” Thornton
U. S. Torpedo Company
A. H. Culbertson
Albert Lea, Minn
Armstrong Ranch
Dale Smith
Culbertson
the & Burk Burnett Estate
Gall Made by Distressed Ship on Atlantic Waters
Halifax Nova Scotia April 30 C H Harvey local agent of the Department of Marine and Fisheries received a wireless from the Red Star liner Zeeland bound for New York stating an SOS from a ship at latitude 44 and longitude 64. The Zeeland located the position at 9 pm Atlantic standard time but could not raise any message from the distressed vessel. Dense fog and the Zeeland remained on standby.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N. S
C.H. Harvey
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Red Star
Zeeland
New York
Flapper Wife serial taps Dallas society and romance
The Daily News continues the modern Dallas based novel The Blapper Wife as Gloria Gregory hosts her former lover and two friends at home while her husband is away. A generous installment appears daily. Seven weeks remain in the publication.
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The
Daily News
Dallas
Gloria Gregory
Communist Meetings Dispersed in New York City
Ten communist meetings were broken up by bomb squad detectives in Manhattan and the Bronx. Fifty detectives herded members into the street and confiscated May Day literature.
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Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
The
Bronx
Traffic League Backs Freight Rate Autonomy in Session
INDIANAPOLIS April 20 The national industrial traffic league met in two day session and adopted a resolution opposing congressional or executive interference with the freight rate structure.
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Traffic League
Indianapolis
Ind
National Industrial Traffic League
Prosperity for Armstrong Seen This Year in Claude
Claude and Armstrong county expect prosperity due to open rains improving a large wheat area and cotton land, with a modern water works system under construction and brick business buildings rising. Claude voted 80,000 dollars in bonds for water and light plant updates, with ongoing work and plans for more development.
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Claude
Armstrong County
Wichita Boosters Return Home After Amarillo Stop
The Wichita trade trip group will arrive in Amarillo at 7 42 tonight and be greeted at the Santa Fe depot by the Drum and Bugle corps of the American Legion. They will march to the auditorium where Amarillo business leaders will host a reception and a subsequent dance at the American Legion home. M G Howes of Johnston Larimer Dry Goods leads the local program.
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Kansa
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Drum and Bugle Corps
The
American Legion
Legion Corps
Board of
City Development
Three Held On Charge Escape Prison In Sofia Bomb Case
An indictment seeks the death penalty for those tied to the cathedral bombing in Sofia. Charged are Sacristan Freedman, former communist deputy Grantchareff, and leaders Petrini Kosovski Koeff Diminitroff. Most have escaped. one accused was killed. The bomb is blamed on an engineer Abadjieff. About fifty witnesses are summoned.
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Associated Press
SOFTA
Sofia
Petrini
Kossovski
Koeff
Diminitroff
Freedman
Grantchareff
S. Minboff
Abadjieff
Evangelist Hogg to discuss The Flapper Wife at Polk Street Church
Evangelist Will Hogg will present The Flapper Wife as the revival topic at Polk Street Methodist Church Monday night. Rev. J. Williams says the novel’s popularity in The Daily News has drawn wide interest and may fill the small church well beyond capacity. More than 600 heard a recent Wichita Falls campaign on the same topic, suggesting a packed crowd here.
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Will Hogg
Polk Street
J. T. Williams
Daily News
Evangelist Hogg
Floral Heights Methodist Church
Wichita Falls
Polk Street Methodist Church
Williams
Don’t Wait to Get Your Dictionary
A limited time offer from The News and Post promotes a newly updated dictionary ideal for crosswords. Readers can obtain it for three coupons plus a nominal amount. The piece urges swift action before final dates are announced and supplies run out.
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News and Post
Million-Dollar Blaze Destroys Birmingham City Hall
A devastating fire in Birmingham Alabama destroyed the city hall causing extensive damage and injuring several firefighters. The blaze also consumed the public library located on the building’s top floor, resulting in a total material loss estimated at one million dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Guilty conscience prompts preacher to confess arson
Otis Averill, 25, of Ragen Neb and Minnesota preacher, confessed after eight years that he was hired for ten dollars to burn an implement store at Huntley Neb. The blaze damaged several other buildings. Averill implicated 8 H Cape, owner of the store, who was arrested in Long Beach Calif.
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Alma
Neb
Minnesota
Otis Averill
Ragen
Huntley
Averill
H. Cape
Cape
Long Beach
Calif
Three Men Executed at Sing Sing in 1928 Murders
Three robbers convicted of the 1928 Brooklyn bank messenger murders William Barlow and Willian McLaughlin were electrocuted at Sing Sing. Brothers Joseph and Morris Diamond and John Farina died in succession after shocks begun at 11 07 pm. Anthony Pantano to be executed in the week of June 8. Rabbis and chaplains accompanied each to the chair. all denied guilt.
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Hy Associated Press
Ossining
William Barlow
Willian McLaughlin
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Joseph
Morris Diamond
John Farina
Anthony Pantano
Morris
Diamond
Farina
Jacob Katz
Waring
John J. McCaffrey
Five mandamus petitions filed in Texas book case
In Austin April 80 petitions pending in the state supreme court seek permission to file mandamus suits against the state superintendent of schools. The aim is to force recognition of repudiated textbook contracts. Two more companies joined the applications, bringing the total to five.
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Austin
State Supreme Court
State Superintendent of Schools
Weather brief for Amarillo and West Texas region
Amarillo and vicinity will see Friday as partly sunny and warmer. West Texas and eastern New Mexico expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with warmer conditions by afternoon. Local hourly observations are unclear from the fragment but suggest variable winds and rising temperatures into the afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Bribery charges tied to inquest on millionaire orphan
Chicago April 20. Inquest into death of William Nelson McClintock resumed with bribery claims against an attorney and a detective employed by foster father William Darling Shepherd. Charges include murder of McClintock and alleged attempts to frame witnesses with large bribes to hide the case.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Nelson McClintock
Willian Darling Shepherd
Young McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Earl P. Clark
Charles C. Valeth
School of Athe Stanera
Shepherd
McClintock
Clark
William Scott Stewart
John Tonsa
Charles Cutting
Momhinteck
Aleck
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