Amarillo to Get Gigantic Refinery and Pipeline
Amarillo officials and Prairie Oil and Gas Company executives discussed a planned gigantic refinery with a full pipeline network to move raw materials and Panhandle oil. The project, including an eight-well program on eight leased sections, could cost about 12 million dollars as Panhandle field output nears 4 000 barrels daily with potential growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Prairie Company
Nelson K. Moody
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Nelson
W. F. Gates
Independence
Kans
The
Prairie Pipeline Company
J. J. Linehan
George Coyles
Tulsa
T. R. Lott
Eastland
Lee Bivins
Western Packing company opens in Amarillo with 250 head daily
The Western Packing company begins slaughtering at the Panhandle facility in Amarillo with capacity for 250 cattle per day. First car of hogs to be slaughtered by Gilmore Nunn, son of J L Nunn, planned for Saturday. Wespak brand to be used. plant includes by products line and smoking rooms with 20 to 30 day cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Western Packing Company
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Gilmore Nunn
J. L. Nunn
Panhandle Packing Company
W. H. Batchler
R. T. Emmett
W. B. Douglas
Wespak
Two Die In Colorado Storm Hits Eastern Colorado
A strong afternoon storm in eastern Colorado caused two deaths and multiple injuries along with extensive property damage. The Associated Press reports high winds swept the area near Denver on May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Associated Press
Denver
Proofs of Tech Catalog Submitted to President
Lubbock May 21 proof pages for the Texas Technological College catalog to be opened this fall have been corrected by Dr. Paul W Horn president. Several hundred requests have been made for catalogs of the new institution.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Paul W. Horn
State Answers Text Mandamus Petitions
Austin May 21. State contends it has sufficient textbooks on hand and the board of education acted within its province by repudiating several textbook contracts in response to mandamus petitions filed by eight publishing companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Board of Education
Taylor Banker to Head Body as President in 1926
At the Texas bankers annual convention in Houston May 21 Francis H. Welch of Taylor was unanimously named president for 1926. Treasurer Owen W. Sherrill of Georgetown was the only nominee, succeeding F. C. Pondrom of Dallas who reported a treasury balance of 14 172.18 dollars. The group discussed bond premium reductions and federal taxation amid thanks to Houston hosts.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Galveston
el Paso
R.L. Thornton
Dallas
Francis H. Welch
Taylor
Owen W. Sherrill
Georgetown
F. C. Pondrom
Association
Examination for postmastership at Canadian ordered
The post office department asked the civil service commission to conduct an examination for applicants to the Canadian Texas postmastership. No test date is set yet, but it is expected to occur in early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
Canadian
Texas
Kiersted backs Word site as best water source for Amarillo
Kansas City engineer Kiersted reiterated that Word land is the best source for Amarillo’s water, urging inclusion of a dam for surface-water storage. He cites shallower wells, favorable sand, and location in Palo Duro Creek valley, where groundwater concentrates, as key advantages from his two-year survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiersted
Hoffman
Kansas City
Amarillo
Bartlett
Daily News
Palo Duro Creek
Sweetwater Man Named Manager of Tech College
LUBBOCK May 21 Representative R M Chitwood of Sweetwater accepted the manage rship of Texas Technological College Dr P Horn president was notified Chitwood helped establish the institution and wrote the million dollar appropriation bill for the college H T Kimbro and President Horn praised his appointment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Wos Lubbock
R. M. Chitwood
Sweetwater
Texas Technological College
P. Horn
H. T. Kimbro
Horn
Chitwood
National Air Transport forms to run New York Chicago air line
Chicago hosts LaTee wire note on new venture National Air Transport Inc capitalized at 10 million dollars organizes to operate a night air line carrying express and freight between New York and Chicago along a lighted airway. Also reports Hughes offers help to United Mine Workers against a temporary injunction and Poland debt funding completed with 178.56 million in bonds delivered to the US treasury. Chicago hosts international police delegation trade ties and a dinner led by Dawes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
National Air Transport, Inc
New York
Washington
Republic of Poland
United States
Treasury
Winston
Northwest railways back St Lawrence route plan
Two railroad systems the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific testified at the Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association meeting that they favor the proposed St Lawrence water route to the sea.
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Ichigan
City
Ind
Northwest
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Lakes
Death toll in boat accident narrows to three saved
Associated press report from Newport Beach California states that five people were involved when a canoe overturned and a second craft capsized nearby. Three young men who fell overboard survived and reached shore. A fourth youth remains missing as search continues.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Texas Painters Gather for State Convention in Amarillo
The State Conference of Painters opens at Woodman Hall with 300 delegates and visitors. Banquet at W. O. W. Hall features Rev. F. W. OMalley as principal speaker and E. Rollins as toastmaster. Committees named include auditing, resolutions, Taylor laws, and legislative. Discussions resume Saturday with officer elections.
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State Conference of Painters
Woodman Hall
Taylor Street
W. O. W. Hall
E. Rollins
Amarillo
F. W. O'Malley
First Christian Church
Painters
State Federation of Labor
Jack Banta
San Antonio
C. L. Camp
Brownwood
Vic Dyer
Waco
Sum West
Fort Worth
S. W. Trent
B. Rollins
Fred Hughes
Houston
R. E. Newman
Wichita Falls
C. M. Wordal
Taylor Laws
Ranger Captain Takes Machine Gun To Dallas
A second call from Sheriff Marshall sent Ranger Captain Frank Hamer and Sergeant J B Wheatley to Dallas by automobile at 3 pm to help preserve order amid the incarceration of Frank and Lorenzo Noell indicted for murder and criminal assault. Hamer carried a machine gun for emergency use and the rangers would stay in Dallas until the trial scheduled to begin next Tuesday.
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Associated Pres
Dallas
Schuyler Marshall
Frank Hamer
J. B. Wheatley
Mark McGee
Frank
Lorenzo Noell
Negro Brothers
Hamner
Rangers
Gs Com
Presbyterians name moderators at 3 assemblies
In Lexington and Columbus two moderations were announced for the Presbyterian general assemblies. Reverend George Summey of New Orleans was chosen moderator in the South Assembly, succeeding Thornton Whaling of Louisville. Dr Charles R Erdman of Princeton NJ was elected moderator in Columbus pledging peaceful methods amid modernist fundamentalist tensions, defeating Dr Lapsley A McAfee on the second ballot with 470 to 420 votes.
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Associated Press
Lexington
George Summey
D. Iyte Lane
Third Presbyterian Church
New Orleans
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
South
Dr. Summey
Thornton Whaling
Louisville
Sixty-Fifth
Columbus
Charles R. Erdman
Princeton
N. J
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Harmon
Erdman
Lapsley A. McAfee
Berkeley
Calif
McAfee
ModERATOR Elected by Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
In Nashville on May 21 the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly elected Professor W. E. Morrow of Warrensburg MO as moderator on the second ballot, succeeding D. M. McNaulty of McKensie Tenn. The new moderator accepted duties and addressed Peabody College graduates and former faculty members.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
D. M. Mc.Naulty
General Assembly
The
Cumberlaid Presbyterian Church
W. E. Morrow
State Teachers College
Warrensburg
D. M. McNaulty
McKensie
Morrow
Peabody College For Teachers
Potter county to pave thirty miles of State 10 highway
Joe Burkett of the highway commission announced plans to asphalt thirty miles of State 10 in Potter County at eight thousand dollars per mile. He cited Texas and federal funding totaling sixteen million dollars for the year and suggested a potential eight cent gasoline tax next year. Burkett praised brick with a concrete base as the best long term material and noted dirt roads cannot endure heavy traffic. he spoke during a West Texas road tour with Byron Utecht of the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
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Joe Burkett
State Highway Commission
Amarillo
Potter County
Burkett
West
Texas
Highway Commission
Sweetwater
Lubobck
Austin
Byron Utecht
Fort Worth
Warnings in Dallas as mob gathers after jail riot attempt
Dallas quieted after 24 hours of protests against two negro men jailed for murder and assault. National guardsmen and Texas Rangers guard the jail and courthouse as Sheriff Marshall directs defense, with warnings for residents to avoid storming the jail and avoid further riots.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Marshall
144Th Infantry
Exas National Guard
Texas Rangers
Court House
Louis Blaylock
Frank Noel
Lorenzo
Ryan Adkins
W. L. Milstead
Mary Steer
Marie Berry
Roy Stanley
Criminal Court
Road bonds urged for Lubbock by Burkett
Lubbock residents heard a call for bonds totaling 1 million dollars to fund a highway system, with 800000 in state and federal aid. Hon. Joe Burkett, former state senator and highway commission member, urged the move at a Kiwanis Club meeting as the city plans 400000 dollars in hard surfaced highway work and Burkett continues to Amarillo and Plainview afterward.
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Lubbock
Texas Technological Colleges
Joe Burkett
State Highway Commission
Kiwanis Club
Burkett
Sweetwater
Amarillo
Plainview
Old Soldiers Pursue Reunion Plans Despite Time's Toll
United Confederate Veterans in Dallas tabled a plan to hold departmental conventions instead of a general reunion, aiming to keep gatherings going while at least two live. Birmingham, Alabama, was chosen as next year’s meeting site, with RH McCallum presenting the invitation. General W B Freeman was elected commander in chief, with General James A Thomas as honorary commander in chief for life after Tennessee’s pivotal vote. Department leaders: Edward D. Taylor Richmond, M G Houghton Montgomery, R Sneed Oklahoma City.
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Associated Press
Dallas
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Alabama
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Poland
Mandamus
Taylor Banker
Texas Association
Sweetwater Man
Tech College
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Evan Hughes
United Mine Workers of America
William E. Baker
U. S. District Court
T. C. Townsend
Charleston
West Virginia
William R. Dawes
Association of Commerce
Charles G. Dawes
Pittsburgh
Hearn New
Presbyterians
Potter
State Commission
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