Lubbock Accepts Denver Line Proposal for South Plains Rail
Fort Worth and Denver Railway proposes the South Plains line from Childress through Silverton and Lockney into Lubbock with a $175000 terminal and 85 acres of land. Local committees plan fund raising and state permission has been obtained. A large Lubbock crowd backed the two day parley led by B O McWhorter.
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Denver
Lake
Fort Worth
B. O. McWhorter
Oscar L. Slaton
George R. Bean
Pink L. Parrish
J. D. Hutchinson
R. A. Sowder
Floyd RB Friend
W. K. Dickinson
Sr. Kemple Wiis
A. C
L. Klett
Sam Co. Arnett
O. Maedzen
A. B. Weaver
J. A. Rix
R. W. Black
Rilanta Chosen For 26 Meeting Pt Convention
Austin May 2 After agreeing on cooperation with the general federation of women's clubs the twenty ninth annual session of the national congress of parents and teachers set the 1926 national convention dates for May 3 to 8 in Atlanta and scheduled an Omaha fall meeting. The board voted 24 to 19 to select Atlanta over Omaha after Norte Detroit Swamp Root Mass withdrew to avoid deadlock. The plan calls for joint efforts on home training child welfare citizenship training mobilization and improvement of motion pictures.
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Associated Press
Austin
Genrral Federation of Women's Clubs
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Board of Managers
Atlanta
Omaha
Norte
Detroit
Swamp Root
Mass
Eeneral Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sand Sucker capsizes off Point Pelee after rough seas
A Sand Sucker vessel went over in Lake Erie about two miles off Point Pelee as rough seas and shifting sand cargo caused it to roll. Nine of sixteen crew drowned, including captain William G. Stackford. Seven survivors were rescued by the Cassie B. near Point Pelee, with an investigation by Canadian and American marine authorities planned.
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Detroit
Kelley Island
Lake Erie
Point Pelee
Cleveland
Flossie
Buffalo
Bandusky
Kelly Island
Point Peles
Cassie B
William G. Stackford
Sandusky
Frederick Holder
Oak Harbor
Paul Everett
Oscar Dill
Everett Martin
Rolland Wills
Olly
William Myora
Tom My
One Girl Killed As May Day Gathering Is Fired On
May Day violence in Mexico City leaves one girl dead and another severely injured when five workers opposed to the regional federation of labor opened fire on a motor car carrying seven girls en route to the May Day parade. The attackers fled the scene.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Amt
Regional Federation of Labor
National Elimination Balloon Race Narrowed to Two
The national elimination balloon race from St Joseph, Missouri, narrowed to two contestants, Captain H E B Honeywell and Captain Herbert V Thaden, after two pilots were disqualified for delaying the start. One entry, the Goodyear, landed near Crenshaw, Mississippi, while the St Joseph balloon and S-14 army entry were still aloft or landing in distant states as officials debated rulings.
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St. Joseph
H. EB. Honeywell
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van Orman
Honeywell
Herbert V. Thaden
Selma
Kans
A. B. Lambert
Lambert
Carl H. Wolfley
Reese
Wolfley
Maurice
Smith
Crenshaw
Mise
Groun
Lower
Aransays
Missouri
Cotton Plant
Ark
Memphia
Regents to decide mandamus suits on Texas royalties
Austin May 2 Preparations of mandamus suits to compel State Comptroller H Terrell to issue a deposit warrant for about $96 000 royalties to the University of Texas will be left to the regents land committee headed by R G Storey of Dallas The committee will meet as a test of the bills constitutionality twice held unconstitutional by Attorney General Dan Moody The treasury official W Gregory Hatcher sought Terrell’s certificate for immediate use of funds but Terrell refused pending court direction
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Associated Press
Austin
H. Terrell
University of Texas
University Board of Regents
R. G. Storey
Dallas
Walter Splawn
Storey
Dan Moody
Moody
Terrell
S.tate
W. Gregory Hatcher
Mr. Terrell
Air pilot dies after Boston harbor crash during safety award day
Lieutenant Alexander V. MacAulay of the Massachusetts National Guard, chosen by Boston’s Army and Navy club for safety honors, died after his plane plunged 800 feet into mud flats near Boston harbor. Private Angus D. MacPhee, the passenger, was severely but not fatally injured. MacAulay, a World War I pilot, lived in Beverly.
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Alexander V. MacAulay
Massachusetts National Guard
Angus D. MacPhee
ed.cAulay
Beverly
Masa
Flapper Wife Sensation Grips Amarillo Panhandle
The News-Post reports Amarillo readers are buzzing over The Flapper Wife a Texas novel set in Dallas. The tale explores flapper culture through implied scandal and local color as Gloria evolves from parasite to troubling protagonist across a seven week installment.
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Texas
Dallas
Mar
Gloria
Plains Lumbermen Plan Profitable Convention May 14 16
The Plains Retail Lumbermen's Association schedules its annual convention in Amarillo with registration at the Amarillo Hotel and sessions at the W O W Hall. The May 14 program includes an invocation, welcome address, speeches by officials, and discussions on damaged material. A Hoo Hoo Concatenation is planned May 15 with emphasis on receptions for members and sisters.
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Plains Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Amarillo
W. O. W. Hall
Taylor Street
H. W.raith
F. W. Malr
Christiurch
Arles A. Fisk
Hill
J. B. Hill
Panhandle Lumber Co
A. N. Olvar
Roberts & Olver
Fred Lyons
Clovis
D. Ribble
Portales
Dan Sanders
Yon
J. B. Morris
Carlsbad
Mr. Wilson
Shamrock
R. Cox
K. ©. Childers
A.buttler
Littlefield
W. B. Atkins
Wooldridge
Plainview
Pampa
W. T. Wilson
McLean
DB. Parks
B. F. Gray
Lemesa
C. I. Gray
Hartley
J. B. Cocarillo
Bari Jones
Reecroft
Dalhart
R. T. Westerfield
Weather report fragment from yesterday
Fragmentary weather note suggests activities tied to yesterday with unclear location or times. No definite forecast or measurements available in readable text.
L A Student Hurt In Horse Fall In Dallas
Miss Julia Watkins, 18, of Lockhart, a student at the College of Industrial Art, Denton, is hospitalized in Dallas with a fractured skull after being thrown from a horse. Her condition was reported unchanged this morning. In other news, the U S Ship President Van Bunge refloated after running aground off Kobe. the Dollar Steamship liner serves the round the world route.
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Dallas
Julia Watkins
Lockhart
Denton
College of Industrial Art
U. S
Torr
United States
van Bunge
Kobe
Yest
Dollar Steamship Company
Dictionary Offer Closing Soon
Hundreds have obtained copies of the New Universities Dictionary distributed by the Daily News and Evening Post. The up to date, revised dictionary features a large binding and extensive vocabulary. Act quickly to save coupons and send the nominal amount or pay postage for mail orders. Home owned and edited.
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Universities
Daily News and Evening Post
Mineral Wells Readies for West Texas Chamber Convention
Mineral Wells braced for the seventh annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention opening May 4, with Mayor Chariton Excwn and officials pledging full arrangements for a large turnout. The program, described as the strongest ever, aims to welcome attendees from across West Texas and Texas.
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Panhandle
South Plains
West
Associated Press Mineral Whills
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Frown
Chamber of Commerce
Wreet Texas
West Texas
Mineral Weils
Texas
Chariton
Allen Guinn
General Arrangements Committee
Ray Leeman
Porter A. Whaley
Chamber
Girl Fatally Injured When Airplane Crashes Near Champaign
Florence Elizabeth Feist, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Scott Feist, was fatally injured when an airplane she rode in fell about 100 feet in the Feist farm barnyard two miles south of Champaign Illinois.
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Associated Press
Champaign
Florence Elizabeth Feist
Scott Feist
Feist Farm
Here
Possible twelve percent cut in federal income taxes
Unofficial treasury estimates suggest a twelve percent reduction in income taxes may be possible as a step to ease the federal tax burden. Notes hint at a potential two hundred million dollar total reduction in 1924 taxes, with Treasury officials awaiting the next Congress for formal proposals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Peete Cannery
Treasury Ognente
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