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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1926
Page
1
The Senate approved the Watson Parker measure by a 69 to 13 vote with Coolidge backing the principle of the legislation. It is expected to be signed into law.
Senate passed the Watson Parker bill to abolish the spoilroad labor board and create a five member federal mediation board. The measure faces President Coolidge, with amendments including IC C wage-award authority and emergency subpoena powers rejected.
Tri-State Fair executive committee will meet Thursday at 8 pm in the chamber of commerce auditorium to adopt the premium budget for this fall. Supervisors of agricultural and livestock exhibits will join, and officials predict a record attendance as Panhandle and Texas audiences are drawn. The 21 through 27 September fair dates are announced with plans for entertainment and heavy advertising.
The House failed to amend Haugen farm relief. A Senate vote sent the Watson Parker railroad labor bill to the president. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized more railroad facilities in Oregon and California. The Commerce Committee concluded hearings on the American Oriental ship sale and a favorable report on the revamped city enforcement measure was ordered by the Senate prohibition committee.
Funds of 10000 each were posted yesterday after arraignment of three men charged with robbery in a Pantex drug store hold up Friday night. Whitey Hughes and Bob Clark named as suspects were wounded and in Hutchinson county jail, while the two victims were slightly improved. The robbery was described as one of Hutchinson county’s most daring.
The Amalga mated Clothing Workers of America in session here adopted a resolution today donating $156,000 to the strike fund in England.
Kansas City May 11 All members of the board of directors of the Kansas City Southern railroad were reelected at the annual meeting of stockholders held here.
The Associates Press reports Giacinto Serrati, noted Maximalist socialist who followed Mussolini as editor of Avanti, died from an apoplectic stroke at Anne near Lake Como.
Brussels reports Prosper Poullet's cabinet, formed June 17, 1925, has resigned on May 11. The government faced political pressures leading to the resignation after a brief tenure.
Coast Guard cutter Seneca brought the freighter Donnetta into New York Harbor with whiskey, champagne and alcohol valued at 1.42 million dollars. The ship, seized sixty miles southeast of Atlantic City, lacked papers and officers noted piracy classification. Authorities link the vessel to a Port Chester bootleg ring alleged to have assets around 1 million dollars. Emil Wurtson and five others were indicted.
Dallas May 11 The motion picture theater owners association opened its convention reporting a plan to combine song and drama with silent films. Col H F Cole of Marshall announced the move toward vaudeville in theaters and said members may book one act vaudeville acts as part of the public entertainment mix.
Paris Texas May 11 The spirit that rebuilt Paris after a severe Lamar county storm persists as damage tops a million dollars in crops and wrecked homes. A Paris chamber of commerce mass meeting reports a 700 square mile devastation across five counties with crops total losses. Cottonseed is being shipped for replanting and late varieties of crops planned. Four deaths, all African American, are confirmed in the storm area.
J A Kemp of Wichita Falls attends Chicago bond conference with leading bond attorneys from St Louis New York and Chicago The meeting aims to secure final approval of the bond validating bill submitted to Governor Ferguson by the Texas highway association. W P Dumas of Dallas will accompany Kemp to Chicago.
Messages from the airship Norge report steady progress as it leaves Kings Bay Spitsbergen at 10 am toward Nome Alaska via the North Pole. The voyage across the pole to Alaska is expected to take 50 to 60 hours with a stop at Point Barrow if weather allows.
In Aberdage Wales on May 11 striking railway workers in the Aberdare district refused to accept wages due to them. They contend the pay roll was handled by blackleg clerks, raising a dispute over labor practices and pay legitimacy.
Henry Ruhlen of New York was elected a director of the St Louis San Francisco railway at the annual stockholders meeting. He succeeds Frank C. Wright who resigned. The other sixteen directors including president J. M. Kurn were reelected.
Airmail planes hop off from Dallas to Chicago this morning carrying U S materiel to 5315 as the truck convoy to the airfield joins the operation.
Private concerns launch postal air route Chicago to Dallas with a heavy inaugural mail load. The trip includes stops at Moline, Rock Island, Davenport, St Joseph, Kansas City and Fort Worth. Chiefs pilot Paul R Johnson with Edmund Matucha aboard assisting if delays occur. Rotary Club of Chicago contributes mail and photos for 45 clubs along the route.
M Hadly a 49 year old local furniture merchant shot himself at his home two miles from Waco on the Robinson road. Justice Padgett reported the verdict. He borrowed a gun from a neighbor shortly before his wife and neighbors heard a shot and found him dead in his automobile.
In St Louis seventeen directors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company were elected at the annual stockholders meeting. The session featured officer elections and a review of the railroad's latest corporate affairs.
About 290 hardware dealers and Jr H I T club members attended a banquet at the Amarillo hotel marking the second day of the seventeenth Panhandle Hardware and Implement association convention. Dr Rue Varcelli directed a lively program with music by the Tolzien orchestra. Judge Ray Johnson acted as toastmaster and welcomed guests amid upbeat remarks.
Lieutenant Allen N. Walker reports Commander Richard E. Byrd will investigate every foot of real estate at the North Pole for Uncle Sam. The Oslo letter from April 2 notes coal and supplies being moved, daily leg work, and Byrd’s plan to extend beyond the pole while eight expeditions race, with a July readiness target.
A committee is formed to conduct hearings on disclosures amid a South region corruption accusation. The move signals formal scrutiny and potential political ramifications for involved parties.
Washington reports southern members push investigations into alleged federal patronage corruption. Rep Bushy of Mississippi seeks inquiry into rotten Mississippi conditions with hearings planned on two measures to curb patronage and ensure disclosure by appointees. Texas Rep Wurzbach also attacks patronage control in his state.
Prolonged secret discussions at trades union headquarters in Eccleston Square and a late night cabinet meeting in the House of Commons fuel hopes that a major peace move could avert a strike. Prime Minister and Labor officials waited at Downing Street for a message from labor leaders before departing.
Weather report notes a North American high pressure system inland over Montana. Showers observed along the Texas Panhandle to Louisiana while temperatures ease in the central Mississippi valley. Forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Amarillo and western New Mexico with scattered rain in the north and east.
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