Amarillo to Host 28th State Labor Convention
Amarillo welcomes hundreds of labor delegates for the 28th state convention to begin Monday at 10 a.m. in the municipal auditorium. O. Fie presides, with J. W. Culwell introducing speakers and Rev. R. Thomson giving the invocation. The event marks the first Northwest Texas city to host the meeting, with entertainment planned including theatre outings, a West Texas barbecue at Box Canyon, and tribute services with the American Legion.
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Amarillo
Texas
Arminal
Labor
Railway Brotherhoods
Central Labor Union of
J. W. Culwell
R. Thomson
I.de Bivins
Ernest O. Thompson
George H. Slater
Dallas
Testa Federation of Labor
Herman Ketehe
Denison
Mission
Deandi Theatres
Convention
Box Canyon
Bivins Ranch
Canyon
W. Trent
Ed Tull
Ruling of Appeals Court Is Upheld by Women on Texas Court
The first all female Texas supreme court, appointed by Governor Neff after disqualifications, sat briefly and upheld a lower ruling. Justice Ward wrote that a trust agreement is not within deeds recorded, affirming the Woodmen of the World case. The three women, including Miss Pennberg and Miss Brazzill, concurred in separate opinions.
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Associated Press
Austin
Woodmen of the World
Neff
Regular Court
Trial expected in Collier murder case at Haskell
Wichita Falls May 23. With most witnesses subpoenaed the murder case of Mrs. Frank Collier against Buster Robertson appears ready for trial Monday in Haskell. District Attorney Allred will lead the prosecution as Judge Bryant calls the case. Mary Frances Collier, widow of Robertson, is summoned again as a witness.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
Buster Robertson
Haskell
James V. Allred
30Th Judicial District
State of Texas
Bruce W. Bryant
39Th District Court
Mary Frances
Collier
Wichita County
Gepaslek
Mexican Official Arrested for Overstepping Authority
El Paso May 23 A Jaurez court issues arrest orders for Nicolas Perez supervising immigration on charges of abusing authority. Perez has led a campaign against gambling with early bridge closing strict passport rules and deportation recommendations aimed at Juarez.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Nicolas Perez
Juares
Manuel Ayala
Jaarez
Perez
Panhandle enters a new development era amid wheat shortfall
T B Johnson reports the Panhandle region faces a wheat crop only about one third normal yet enjoys a thriving boom. Amarillo accelerates building with nearly $2 million in four months and a new water system planned. Rail routes, oil growth, and irrigation projects fuel optimism as diverse farming expands beyond wheat.
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T. B. Johnson
Panhandle Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Swammer
Randall County
Santa Fe
Burlington
South Plains
North Plains
Carson
Hutchinson
War Department
Earthquake Believed To Have Killed 200 In Japanese Town
Unverified reports from Tajima district northwest of Osaka say KinoSaki Springs suffered the heaviest loss with all buildings wrecked. Fires aided the ruin and Toyo-Oka reported 100 to 200 dead. Two thirds of the town destroyed, including large structures, as funeral plans surface for the Earl of Ypres in London.
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Associated Press
Osaka
Japan
Tajima
Here
Kinosaki Springs
Toyo-Oka
Tennessee Evolution Theory Test Begins in Dayton High School
Dayton prepares for the first phase of the court challenge to Tennessee's ban on teaching evolution in public schools. John T. Scopes faces indictment before the Rhea county grand jury after a peace hearing held at the courthouse. bonds set at 1000 dollars. The case, sparked by Dr. George Rappleyea, centers on whether evolution belongs in science or education.
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Associated Prea
Dayton, Tenn
Dayton
Bib
Tucker
Tennessee
Rhea County Grand Jury
Eady
Ution
John T. Scopes
Rhea County
Scopes
George W. Rappleyea
Iron and Coal
Rappleyen
Justice of Peace
Perjury charge lodged against Representative Austin
May 23 Travis County news reports Representative John T. Smith was indicted for perjury tied to an annual report filed for 1922 by the Texas Title Insurance and Trust Company. He posted $600 bond and the grand jury claims the company overstated capital, surplus, real estate loans and deposits. The indictments are noted as among the county’s longest grand jury records.
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Associated Press
Austin
John T. Smith
Sheriff's Department
Travis County Grand Jury
Texas Title Insurance and Trust Company of Austin
State Commissioner of Insurance
Smith
W. H. Richardson, Jr
W. M
Austin Aggureties
Texas Title Insurance and Truat Company
Travis County
Bones Found At New Mexico Mine Likely 2000 Years Old
In Santa Fe on May 23 a mining geologist, Prof Fayette A Jones, reports bones of a man about five and a half feet tall were unearthed at a Cottonwood mining camp in Rio Arriba county. The remains were dug from eight feet of hard clay deposits, unchanged by river action.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
N. M
Cottonwood Guich Rio Arriba County
Fayette A. Jones
Jones
Steamship disaster near Constantinople claims forty four lives
A small Turkish coastal steamer foundered at the Bosphorus entrance with forty four aboard, as a violent Angora gale damaged homes and crops and cut communication to Angora. In Washington, President Coolidge leans toward a national defense test this year per war department guidance. In San Angelo, the Davenport murder trial ended hung jury after lengthy deliberation. retrial likely in September.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Angora
Angola
Washington
Coolidge
War Department
Dwight Davis
Major Hines
San Angelo
Gratton Davenport
Lrnon County
Sam Rodgers
Rancher XY T Morris Is Dead In Accidental Daze
The body of XY T Morris 48 a Coke county ranchman was found late Friday on his ranch sixteen miles northwest of Robert Lee He was buried Saturday at Sance The coroner ruled accidental death The widow three sons and one daughter survive
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Associated Press
San Angelo
XY. T. Morris
Coke County
Robert Lee
Sance
Earl Evans
Morris
McAllen Lawyer Appointed Hidalgo District Judge
Governor Ferguson announced the appointment of J. D. Losile of McAllen Texas to succeed I. J. Polk of Pharr as judge of the ninety third district court, Hidalgo County, to serve out Polk’s unexpired term.
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Associated Press
Austin
J. D. Losile
McAllen
Texas
I. J. Polk
Pharr
Ninety Third District Court
Ferguson
Hidalgo County
Unclear Weather Update From A Remote New Mexico Town
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a weather outlook for a New Mexico location with scattered terms. No clear entities, dates, or events emerge beyond geographic hints.
Witness Testimony Shapes Murder Case in Chicago Family
Mrs. Marie Shaw Ayres of Chicago may be responsible for sending her wounded brother George Shaw to the gallows. She testified she saw him seize a saber and stab their father to death and will be a witness for the state.
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Marie Shaw Ayres
Chicago
George Shaw
Painters Report Conditions Over State Improve
State Conference of Painters reports six month improvement with unemployment down. Jack Banta of San Antonio reelected president and F W Trent named second vice president. Brownwood chosen as November meeting site as the semi annual conference will be held. Delegates plan to attend the Texas Federation of Labor convention starting tomorrow.
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State Conference of Painters
F. W. Trent
Amarillo
Brownwood
Texas Federation of Labor
Jack Banta
San Antonio
Painters’ Organization
C. K. Camp
Sam Doherty
Dallas
C. H. Hughes
Houston
C. P. Thomason
el Paso
Texas Federation
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Banta
Aged Civil War veteran Dr W M Bailey dies at Bowling Green
Waco May 23 Word reached here of the death at Bowling Green Kentucky of Dr W M Bailey aged 92 at 8 30 this morning Born at Clarksville he served as aide de camp to General Bedford Forrest during the Civil War The funeral will be Monday at Bowling Green He is survived by his widow three sons and five daughters
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Associated Press
WACO
Bowling Green
W. M. Bailey
Bailey
Clarksville
Bedford Forrest
Pioneer Railroad Man Dies at Sherman
J H L Morshon aged 68, longtime Houston and Texas Central railroad agent, died suddenly at his Sherman home this morning. He had 40 years of service and had relocated from Van Alstyne three months ago. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Sherman
Tenia
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Road
van Alstyne
Sousa Sues Cigar Maker Over Use of His Name and Image
John Philip Sousa, famed bandmaster, sues the Lorillard Company for 100000 dollars claiming his name and likeness were used to advertise cigars at five for 15 cents. His attorney says Sousa has been ridiculed by friends. Lorillard representatives admit papers were served but decline comment.
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Tew Press
New York
John Philip Sousa
If’. Lorillard Company
Woman's Body Found After Maine Kidnapping Case
In Winthrop Maine on May 23 192X Miss Aida Heyward who was abducted from her Lake Marancook cottage after a man shot her aunt Mrs Smma L Towns and set the site ablaze has been located in a second floor room of Jennie Gray's Pine Point cottage.
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Rosa Winthrop
Aida Heyward
Lake Marancook
Smma L. Towns
Jennie Gray
Pine Point
Young heiress vanishes from Oklahoma home in estate case
Maude Lee Mudd, 16, heiress to a estate worth over 1.2 million dollars, disappeared from her Miami Oklahoma home. Police seek clues while probate guardian William Simms asserts the mother Mrs Susan Bomberry may know the girl’s whereabouts. State court actions block interference by the parents in guardianship matters.
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Associated Presse
Miami
Oklz
Maude Lee Mudd
Susan Bomberry
State Supreme Court
J. J. Smithrs
Bomberry
le Bomberry
William Simms
Vinita
United States
Railroad Commission Allows Discontinuation of Trains
Austin May 23 The railroad commission granted permission to discontinue passenger trains number 16 and 16 between Dallas and Big Spring. The Texas and Pacific Railway will consolidate these trains with numbers 56 and 6 between Texarkana and El Paso, effective tomorrow.
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Austin
Dallas
Big Spring
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
The
Railroad Commission
Texarkana
el Paso
Attorney General files suit to forfeit Equitable Co. charter
The Texas attorney general seeks to forfeit the charter of the Equitable Company Inc of Fort Worth alleging false representations to obtain the charter and failure to engage in legitimate business. A receiver may be appointed to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to stockholders. The suit names lands held in several counties and linked trustee-director J C Vonarx, alleging acquisitions not tied to business needs.
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Attorney General
Equitable Company OF
FT. Worth
Dy Associated Press
Austin
Don Moody
Waquitable Company, Inc
Fort Worth
Southweat National Bank of Dallas
Peti
Bexar
Harris
Dallas
Tarrant
Hidalgo
J. C. Vonarx
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