20 May 1922
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1922
Page
1
Washington May 19 delegates from Chile and Peru held a joint session at the Washington conference and adjourned without resolving major points. Discussions focused on Article three of the Ancon treaty and alleged Chileanizing in Tacna Arica. A possible arbitration path was noted as under consideration.
TEXT describes a mob in Texarkana Texas Arkansas dragging Helen Owens after a fatal clash with Officer R C Choate. Owens had been arrested for auto theft and public safety incident. The mob severed, strangled, and burned the body at Front and Vine Streets as thousands gathered.
Seven men including six former post office workers were arrested after a bearded informant exposed a plan to raid a City Hall registered mail section and seize Liberty Bonds. Key figure Morris Sternberg allegedly knew shipment timing. arrests followed wiretap led by inspector Doran. Bail set from five thousand to twenty five thousand.
The Amarillo Daily News started broadcasts last night from its station using a temporary watt set, with a larger two tube antenna system planned. Evening concerts 8 PM daily will include musical numbers, news, weather, and scores across the Southwest as parts for the new outfit arrive.
New York crowds reported May 19 as the jury heard the American Cotton Exchange charged with bucketing orders. Assistant District Attorney Winter described the exchange as mainly hundreds of credulous southerners paying 200 to 300 dollars for membership. He named a core group of fifteen brokers, with six linked to the organization, calling them a buccaneering crew operating on the sea of commerce.
Chicago May 19 Six more suspects were taken into custody in connection with labor bombings that killed two policemen and set fire to an unfinished seventy room apartment building. Police work to determine if workers or terrorists carried out the attack as a habeas corpus petition sought bail for labor leaders Big Tim Murphy and Fred Mader and six others connected to the slayings. returnable Tuesday in Superior court.
The impeachment case against Sheriff T. H. Gara of Beaumont County was postponed on the court's motion until June 5. District Judge Kh. AS McDowell said he would seek another judge willing to exchange benches during the trial.
At Genoa on May 18 delegates packed and left as the economic conference concluded. Leaders hailed potential pacification and reconstruction of Europe while noting unresolved issues with Lithuania and Bolshevik territories. Lloyd George returned to England upbeat, hoping Russia proves reasonable amid lingering tensions among 34 nations.
New York May 19 reports that Babe Ruth may return from exile for a game at the Polo Grounds tomorrow afternoon against the St Louis Browns. Tickets sold out as fans await the Bambino, Kenneth Williams and Bob Meusel also to debut. Williams leads with 11 four-baggers. Ruth topped with 59 last season. Williams says he will swing for distance, while Ruth projects calm. Manager Lee Fohl weighs Williams could hit 75 homers if given 77 Polo Grounds games. Meusel, likewise a homer ace, hit 24 last year.
Proposals to found a great Baptist university for the Southeast and a new theological seminary were referred to committees at the Southern Baptist Convention. A Nashville 2021 conference will aim to raise 75 million dollars by 2024 for Baptist expansion. Hospitals and laymen’s movement were also on agenda as Mercier University trustees proposed using it as a nucleus for both institutions with asset transfer to the convention upon fund completion.
Editorial attacks on the administration tariff bill prompt a Senate exchange led by Senator Simmons. Senator McCumber counters that ads by importers delay the measure. Senator Gooding allies with the fight against farm product tariffs as Heflin denounces high duties on essentials. Simmons claims a deal shaped the bill.
Hot Springs Ark May 19 The College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South announces major reassignment of bishops and new foreign postings. J K Dickey Griffin Ga moves to New Mexico Northwest Texas West Texas Central Texas district. McMurray move etc. Four new bishops sent abroad to Europe China Brazil Siberia Manchuria with Brussels as HQ and Shanghai as Asia base. Funding for mission drive to come from Centenary Funds surplus. evangelists to be employed.
The annual American Automobile Association convention dissolved in a squabble over a parliamentary technicality. Delegates from Ohio Illinois Indiana Kentucky Minnesota Texas St Joseph and Kansas City withdrew to form a new body. The remainder, led by the Chicago Motor Club, continued in session.
May 19 in Little Rock Arkansas the National on Milk Superintendents Association elected A A French of Forrest City Arkansas unanimously as president at the closing session of the twenty ninth annual convention Little Rock was endorsed as next convention city with final site selection to be decided by officers
From Angola word comes that all nations excluded from Genoa will convene in Moscow to discuss eastern affairs. Turkish nationalist Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s followers expect participation in deliberations, signaling a broader regional diplomacy effort.
In Houston on May 19 the convention of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen authorized a joint commission with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to draft a plan for the merger of the two unions. The commission will include the Chicago joint agreement committee members and officers from the beneficiary department. It will work through the summer and then submit the plan for a vote by the two brotherhoods.
Cambridge Mays May 19 Ather ton Kingsley Dunbar of Cambridge a fellow for research in cytogenic engineering at Harvard and William Connell of Cambridge a carpenter were instantly killed today when a tank of liquid oxygen exploded in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. An assistant and six other students were present as an army test experiment in modifying oxygen blew the tank to pieces Condell who was in an adjoining room was killed by the blast.
Aztec New Mexico May 19 Steve Katonka found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of William Kelly and Sam Gray taxi drivers near Shiprock last August Judge Holloman sentenced Katonka to hang on June 18 in the event of appeal or further action.
Arthur C. Burch faces murder charges for the August 1 killing of Belton J. Kennedy in Los Angeles. The judge instructed the jury and the panel retired at 4:50 this afternoon to consider the evidence and reach a verdict.
The Daily News promotes a Sunday edition with a four page color comic section including Slim Jim and the Kelly Kids, a special kids page from Arlington to the river, Doings of the Duffs and other magazine strips, a radio page, full local and wire news, and a comprehensive sports page covering West Texas and major leagues. It highlights AP world news and calls for preordering at news dealers.
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