2500 Men of Gray Arrive in Camp at Dallas Fair Grounds
Old soldiers in gray filled Dallas as 2500 veterans arrived for the thirty fifth reunion opening at the state fair grounds. Dallas mobilized youth and scouts to escort, feed, and guard the guests, with early registrations surpassing all records and plans to accommodate every visitor.
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Associated Press
Dallas
State Fair Ground
Herbert B. Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
Union Terminal Station
Boy Scouts
Fair Park
Fair Grounds Park
Ad Club Head Woodbridge Elected World Advertising President
C. K. Woodbridge of New York was chosen president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World at the annual meeting in Houston Texas. The election solidifies Woodbridge as head of the international advertising body and reflects a shift in leadership within the industry.
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C. K. Woodbridge
New York
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Houston
Tex
Bryan in Brooklyn Attacks Modernism and Evolution
William Jennings Bryan defended Tennessee’s anti evolution law in a Brooklyn speech drawing mixed reactions from the audience including Rev. J E Williamson who argued for religious freedom and majority rule. Bryan insisted modernists cannot mission abroad and warned against scientists running schools.
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Associated Press
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Brooklyn
J. 8. Williamson
King’s Highway Congregational Church
Bryan
Mr. Williamson
Mr. Bryan
Presbyterian Church
Tennessee
United States
Society For the Advancement of Science
Rum Row Shrinks to Seven as Coast Guard Blockade Stands
New York May 18 The rum row has dwindled to seven ships under the U S coast guard blockade begun two weeks ago. Lieutenant Commander Stephen Yeandle said the blockading fleet reported a discouraged retreat after a four day observation tour. Only one bottle fisherman attempt occurred since the start, a Freeport Long Island boat peeking at the lines before retreating.
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Associated Press
New York
Rum_ row
United States Coast Guard
Stephen
Yeandle
Billard
Coast Guard
Freeport
Long Island
Rum Row
State to Seek Death Penalty in Poison Case
Chicago May 18 Three jurors were tentatively accepted as the Shepherd murder trial opened. William Shepherd faces possible hanging on circumstantial evidence after a supposed typhoid germ murder of his wife's ward, aided by C C Farman who supplied germs for $100000. Faiman to stand trial separately.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
Veniremen
C. C. Farman
School of Sciences
Faiman
Stephen Shuben
Shuben
Four Drown in Cumberland River Steamboat Sinking
Nashville residents Captain Ed Bell pilot Jim Phillips and his wife Emma Phillips and Lee Brown a Negro woman drowned when the steamboat Fisk sank near Woodale Grove ten miles from Nashville at 10 30 tonight Five others swam ashore all victims from Nashville were aboard the Fisk at the time of disaster.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland River
Woodale Grove
Fisk
Ed Bell
Jim Phillips
Emma Phillips
Lee Brown
Textbook litigation postponed to Friday in Austin
In Austin on May 18 the oral argument on textbook litigation was postponed until Friday because the state was not fully prepared. Eight book concerns seek to mandamus the state superintendent of public instruction to enforce contracts recently repudiated by the textbook commission.
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Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Mandamus
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Text Book Commission
Youth Ordained Orthodox Rabbi in Chicago
CHICAGO May 18 Chaim Ezra Cohen an 18 year old University of Chicago sophomore was ordained an orthodox rabbi the youngest in the world He began his theological education at eight and will complete his university studies before taking synagogue guidance
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chaim Ezra Cohen
University of Chicago
Cohen
Lester Stone Elected Head Of Panhandle Grain Men
Lester Stone of Amarillo was elected president of the Panhandle Grain Dealers Association at the tenth annual convention with 76 delegates from Texas Kansas Oklahoma and New Mexico present. Other officers named include Burton Thornton as vice president J N Beasley secretary treasurer and directors W A Barlow Ernest Shuman A P Liske Tom Davis and Ollie Harwell as well as arbitration committee members U S Strader H C Adams and Harry L Kearns. The group forecast a 4 000 000 bushel wheat crop and noted near normal conditions around Tulsa Happy and Plainview. W H Fuqua praised national resources and oil and gas output while cautioning no revival until fall. Q D Morris urged regulated motor rates for commercial vehicle operators and road upkeep.
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Lester Stone
Amarillo
Panhandle Grain Dealers Association
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Burton Thornton
Lockney
J. N. Beasley
W. A. Barlow
Ernest Shuman
Happy
A. P. Liske
Tom Davis
Claude
Olie Harwell
Vega
U. S
W. H. Fuqua
Natoonal Bank
Q. D. Morris
Western Railways
Blue Bonnet Belles Named at UT in Austin
The six University of Texas Blue Bonnet Belles were announced after the Cactus year book distribution. Winners include Martha Johnson Austin Bess Tobin Austin Mae Glidden Austin Alice Cooke Dallas Elizabeth Hudspeth El Paso and Gladys Love Jacksonville.
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Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas
Martha Johnson
Bess Tobin
Mae Glidden
Alice Cooke
Dallas
Elizabeth Hudspeth
Congressman Hudspeth
el Paso
Gladys Love
Jacksonville
Spencer's successor chosen but not named in Missouri
Governor Sam A. Baker selected a successor to late U S Senator Selden P Spencer who died Saturday in Washington but will not announce the appointment until after the funeral set for Wednesday in St Louis. The governor stated the decision today at Jefferson City Missouri.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Sam A. Baker
U. S
Selden P. Spencer
Washington
St. Louis
E. J. Wallace
South
Word ranch dam plan could shape Amarillo water future
Editorial argues Amarillo should exercise the Word ranch option for a dam and lake to back wells, contending a visible water supply is vital for growth. It notes $17,000 loss if not exercised, cites engineers endorsing Word site, and says 95 percent of residents favor a dam. The piece urges the city commission to proceed to secure a large water supply.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Daily News
Evening Post
Palo Duro Canyon
Daily News and Evening Post
Dallas couple Col and Mrs Owsley wed in Muncie
Mrs Alvin Owsley and Miss Lucy Ball, daughter of Frank C Ball of Muncie Indiana, were married Saturday night in Muncie. After a wedding trip East Col and Mrs Owsley will reside at 1235 North Winnetka Avenue Dallas principal.
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Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
The
American Legion
Lucy Ball
Frank C. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Delays in DC forgery case loom over Means trial
Washington May 18 A week’s delay was granted by the DC supreme court in the forgery trial of Gaston B Means who may surrender to begin a two year NY sentence. Means is linked to signing the name of Brookhart on records before the Daugherty committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gaston B. Means
Means
Atlanta
New York
Brookhart
Daugherty
Stenographers and wives contest prompts whispering jealousy
A 1920s era call for contest entries in The Daily News invites readers to write 300 to 600 words answering whether Amarillo business men's wives envy their husbands stenographers. Submissions are to be typewritten double-spaced, or legibly longhand, with no entrant names published. The contest ties to The Flapper Wife serial, highlighting Maria Gregory's jealousy of her husband’s stenographer, and the day’s installment explores that angle.
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Amarillo
Daily News
Maria Gregory
West Texas Chamber set first executive meeting place
Cisco Texas May 18 R Q Lee president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce announced Wichita Falls will host the first meeting of the new executive board elected at the Mineral Wells convention with June 11 set as the date J L Nunn publisher Amarillo Daily News and E O Thompson Amarillo Hotel named as local directors expected to attend the meeting
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Cisco
Texas
R. Q. Lee
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
J. L. Nunn
Amarillo
Davis Evidence Admitted False in Parole Bribe Probe
Topeka reports former governor Davis faced cross examination as the state press framed questions about a Peterson Route claim linked to pardons. Oswald testified that discussing pardons led to a $2,500 bribe offer, but Davis denied using that phrase. The case, involving Walter Grundy and parole appeals, continues.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Jonathan M. Davis
Russell G. Davis
Fred Pullman
C. B. Griffith
Peterson
Walter Grundy
A. L. Oswald
Hutchinson
Grundy
Davis
Oswald
Carl J. Peterson
Aged man dies from auto injuries in Dallas
Dallas May 18. S. 8. Kirk, 74, died here today of injuries from being run down by an automobile Sunday. A Negro is charged with driving the car that struck Mr. Kirk.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Kirk
Esthonia to submit definite debt funding proposal soon
Secretary Mellon, heading the American debt commission, expects a concrete Esthonian proposal to fund its US debt of 17.7 million dollars. Minister Piip has been negotiating. a fresh conference with Mellon is planned. Paris reporting France to begin funding talks within fifteen days adds to interest.
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Washington
Mellon
American Debt Commission
Esthonia
Nationa
United States
Piip
Esthenia
America
Paris
France
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