Presbyterians Buy 210 Feet on Harrison Street for New Church
The Central Presbyterian Church will erect a new building at Eleventh and Harrison streets after purchasing 216 feet facing east on Harrison including the Humpreys and Phillips home lots. The deal is $29,000 with possession on demand and transfer effective June 1. A Monday meeting of the men’s association will discuss plans, but construction is expected to take several months.
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Harrison Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Eleventh
Harrison Streets
Harrison
Robert Humpreys
F. F. Phillips
Humphreys
Phillips
Taylor Street
R. Thomson
President Coolidge Recovers From Slight Illness
Washington May 23 President Coolidge recovered from a slight attack of indigestion that prompted him to cancel morning engagements. He left for a Sun day cruise aboard the Mayflower with Mrs Coolidge and friends. White House physicians accompanied him. The yacht is expected to return to Washington early Monday.
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Associated Washington
Cool Tge
Potomac
Coolidge
White House
Sanders
Mr. Coolidge
Washington
Pampa High School closes term with 6000 programs
Special to The News Pampa May 23 large graduating class marked the closing of the Pampa high school and the programs rendered were exceptionally good. Superintendent Levin and his faculty received congratulations for efficient work during the year. Large crowds greeted each program including plays on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday nights.
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Pampa
Pampa High School
Levin
Galhart Cemetery Officers Elected
Dalhart May 23 The Cemetery Association has elected officers: Mrs F E McDowell president Bits Guahwa vice president Bh ros secretary treasurer Mrs N A Seait appointed chairman of the Phance committee Mrs Batlard chair man of the out of town committee and Mrs Starnes chairman of the local cemetery committee.
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Bordah
Dalhart
F. E. McDowell
Bits
Guahwa
Bhros
N. A. Seait
Phance
Batlard
Starnes
Dempster Company Manager Succession Pending
A successor to RB. T. Emmett, who has resigned as manager of the Dempster Company, has not yet been selected. B Dempster of Trice, Nebraska, and possibly his son H L Dempster of the same place, are expected here the first of the week and a choice may be made then.
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RB. T. Emmett
Dempster
B Dempster
Trice
Nebraska
H. L. Dempster
Humble Oil adds geologist in Lubbock office
Joe Cannon of Atkin will arrive in Lubbock early June to join Humble Oil and Refining as general reconnaissance geologist for West Texas. Robert R. Campbell, in charge of West Texas geology, stated Cannon will cover from the New Mexico line to Dickens county, Beth line to Lubbock, and west to El Paso. The company currently has four employees in Lubbock with offices in the Leader Building.
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Ihe Ney
Lubbock
Joe Cannon
Atkin
Humble Oil and Refaing Company
Geological Department
West Texas
Robert R. Campbell
Campbell
Cannon
Humble
New Mexico
Dickens County
Beth Line
Aoe Cher County
el Paso
Humble Company
Leader
Ohio University President Resigns at Seventy
The resignation of Dr. W. O. Thompson as president of Ohio State University was formally presented to the board and accepted, effective November 5, when he is 70 years old. He was elected president emeritus at his present salary.
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Associated
Columbus
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Thompson
Venue Change for Klan Dragon Trial Granted by Judge
In Indianapolis on May 23 Judge James A. Collins granted a motion for a change of venue in murder cases against C. Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan dragon Earl Klinck and Karl Gentry. The move aims to delay the trials as the court directs counsel to confer on the county for trial.
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Preaw
Cupid Feels Laws ARREST BRIDEGROOM
A Plainview couple on a honeymoon staged a playful ruse in Amarillo. The Plainview police chief alerted by a false telegram pursued a man and a woman as possible suspects. The couple were found and the man was taken to the city guard house before learning no arrest was warranted. He vows revenge on some friends.
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Plainview
Amarillo
Cain
Worse cataclysm than world war warned by Howard
Sir Esme Howard British ambassador warned of a worse catastrophe than the first world war unless Europe restores confidence credit and normal trade. Speaking before the American Iron and Steel Institute he depicted a bleak British industrial outlook and appealed for American help to enable Britain to meet its debts.
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Associate Press
New York
Esme Howard
Europe
American Iron and Steel Institute
Great Britain
United States
Rockefeller church calls Fosdick amid objector fainting
The Park Avenue Baptist Church in New York ratified trustees action to call Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, amid a heated debate in which a woman objector fainted. Seventeen of 400 attendees dissented. Mrs. Marshal Clarke fainted after urging adherence to creeds. Rockefeller Jr. and family attended.
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Asaociaid Press
New York
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Fosdick
Annie Peck
Columbia University
Marshal Clarke
Mrs. Wilson Sails for Cherbourg with Eleanor Collins
Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the late president sails from New York on the Majestic for Cherbourg at 1 AM with traveling companion Miss Belle Baruch daughter of Bernard Baruch. She wears mourning and carries white gardenias and plans to travel by motor through France and possibly visit Belgium after the voyage.
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Associated Prews
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Majestic
Eleanor Collins
Cherbourg
Wilson
Belle Baruch
Bernard M. Baruch
Wav Isdustries Board
Unusual 1898 Polk Street Photo of Amarillo Area
A rare January 1898 image shows the blocks between Third and Fifth streets in Amarillo with the Bivins building foreground housing Smith Walker Co mercantile. The second floor held the old opera house and Waylon Bailey's weather observatory equipment tops the scene.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Third
Fifth Streets
Bivins
Smith, Walker & Co
Opera House
Oklahoma graduation address by Dr Bizzell sparks campus anxiety
Associated Press reports President W. B. Bizzell of A. and M. College plans a trip to Stillwater Oklahoma to deliver the graduation address then meet the Oklahoma University board possible departure fuels unease among professors and students at College Station who fear loss of leadership and speculate on staff followings.
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Associated Press
College Station
Tex
W. B. Bizzell
A. & M. College
University of Oklahoma
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Norman
Bizzeli
South Texas
Oklahoma
Bizzell
Hizzell
Oklahoma University
Rum Shipped as Fish Is Captured Plot Unearthed
A vast liquor distribution plot framed around fish labels has been cracked in Boston. Sixteen people detained, liquor valued between 250000 and 450000 seized in Boston and New York, revealing a new overland route from Canada to Maine seaports. Investigations could involve up to a thousand liquor dealers, rum runners, and agents in New England, New York, and Canada. A 50000 cargo on the steamer Van sparked the crackdown, with additional seizures on the steamers Boston and Herman Winter in New York.
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Associated Press
Boston
New York
Canada
Maine
New England
Prohibition
Main Coast and Canada Steamship Company
Herman Winter
Arizona Governor Refuses to Return Prisoner to Texas
Governor W. P. Hunt in Phoenix on May 23 refused extradition for J. Allen Ginn alias Jack Williams to Harrison County Texas to face liquor manufacturing charges. Hearing leaves case in abeyance six months while Ginn refunds 1500 dollars to Texas bondsmen. Petitions from Harrison county residents and 800 Phoenix residents protest extradition citing fair trial concerns and local religious political feuds.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
W. P. Hunt
J. Allen Ginn
Jack Williams
Harrison County
Texas
Ginn
Lineman Killed by Live Wire at Alvin
Alvin May 23 Joe Allen 22 lineman was accidentally electrocuted while climbing a pole at the first cross arm his foot slipped and he fell catching a live wire beam he died soon after despite being alive at ground his wife and family to be notified his Baptist minister father in attendance
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Associated Press
Alvin
Joe Allen
Allen
Armed Guardsmen Still Watch Jail After Attack
Dallas May 23 Armed national guardsmen supported by federal state county and city officers guarded the Dallas county jail tonight where Frank and Lorenzo Noel two negro brothers charged with slaying Ryan Adkins and W L Milstead and attacking two women are confined in death cells Only about a hundred watching for developments Mark McGee adjutant general of Texas said four Texas rangers will stay until after the trial One of the negroes faces trial Thursday Funeral for Dwight Stewart who died Friday after a mob stormed the jail was held today.
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Dallas
National
Frank
Lorenzo Noel
Ryan Adkins
W. L. Milstead
Mark McGee
Adjutant General of
Texas
Texas Rangers
Dwight Stewart
Average minister salary trails ditch digger, Hays says
Will H. Hays, head of the motion picture industry committee, told the Presbyterian general assembly that the average minister’s pay in America is lower than that of a ditch digger. He chairs a lay committee implementing a new pension plan for ministers and dependents aimed at raising 15 million dollars.
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Ty Associated Press
Columbus
May
America
Will H. Hays
General Assembly of
Presbyterian Churches
United States of America
Hays
Tidal Wave Sweeps 26 Mile Lake Coast
A tidal wave struck twenty six miles of the Lake Ontario shore causing heavy damage to a village and several resorts. No deaths were reported as the wave carried wreckage and small boats inland in places up to 150 feet. Local authorities investigated the unusual surge along the coast near Rochester New York on May 23.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Former Judge jailed after refusing to sign bond
St Louis May 25 Former Circuit Court Judge Daniel G Taylor was jailed in a police cell after refusing to sign his bond on a careless driving charge He said he would stay in custody until Monday police court appearance and called the arrest an outrage He had offered to buy a new car for the damaged owner.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Circuit Court
Daniel G. Taylor
Taylor
Reagan County Moves County Seat to Big Lake
Reagan County voters approved moving the county seat from Stiles to Big Lake. Three precincts including Big Lake and Stiles cast 290 in favor and 283 against with 11 votes left to count in the remaining box.
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Associated Tress
San Angelo
Reagan County
Stiles
Big Lake
Deaf and Dumb Man to Die for Murder in Tarnopol Court
Uy Associated Press reports from Warsaw dated May 23 that Karol Ceaupura, described as deaf and dumb, has been sentenced to death by a Tarnopol court for murder. The decision was reported amid historical context of the case.
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Uy Associated
Can
Warsaw
Karol Ceaupura
Tarnopol
Ettve
Ity
Pottah
Pro Officer on Trial for Slaying in Oklahoma
Wiley Lynn a federal prohibition officer faces murder charges in the death of William Tilghman, a deputy sheriff. Defense witnesses claim Tilghman fired multiple shots at Lynn, who allegedly faced threats over liquor and vice crackdowns in Cromwell.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Wewoka
Okla
Wiley Lynn
William Tilghman
Tilghman
Lynn
Cromwell
Boom Oi Town
Mary Watkins
J. W. Bothwell
Bothwell
Five Year Penalty for Slayer of Dr Holton
Marlin, May 23. A verdict of guilty was returned today in the case of J. T. Person charged with the murder of Dr. J. O. Holton at Prairie Hill on April 2, 1924. Punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.
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Associated Press Marlin
J. T. Person
J. O. Holton
Prairie Hill
Rum ship Certrude sails for calmer seas after farewell note
The rum ship Certrude left the southern California coast and sailed northward with no plans to return. The Vaughn cutter in San Pedro reported finding an empty whiskey case with a white flag and a note reading We are going away. You won't see us again. Good bye and good luck.
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Calif
California
Coast Guard
Vaughn
Wood
Business Men At Post 10 Organize Rotary Club
In Lub bock on May 23 business men from Post City discussed forming a Rotary club. H G Smith attorney and C F Lockridge Garza county official met with Lubbock Rotary directors to plan the charter process. Local members pledged support and cooperation to Garza county visitors.
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Lubbock
Post City
Garza County
England Studies Routes for Aviation Over India
Sir Sefton Braneker, director of civil aviation, returned to London after a four month 17 000 mile air journey to India and back in the same plane. The trip tested commercial aviation feasibility and route planning without a single mechanical breakdown.
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Py Associated Press
London
Sefton Braneker
Civil Aviation
India
Amundsen Might Have Crossed Pole Says Steffansson
New York reports Vilhjalmr Steffansson, Arctic explorer, believes Ronald Amundsen and his party may have crossed the Arctic rather than reached the pole. He notes news could be months away and urges cautious optimism about the expedition’s fate.
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Associated Press
New York
Ronald M. Amundsen
Theorth
Alaska
Vilhelmer Steffansson
Artic
Amundsen
Pole
Arctic
Point Barrow
Pension plan urged by Presbyterians in report
In Columbus on May 23 the General Assembly endorsed a pension plan for ministers and dependents involving 15 million dollars and backed plans for a Presbyterian center in Washington. Will Hays announced Mellon accepted the laymen’s treasurer role. The assembly also supported Capitol-center plans with broader participation. In Lexington, Ky., 456,885 Southern Presbyterians were enrolled, with 24,200 new members and 3,500 churches reported in a year.
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Columbus
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Washington
Will H. Hays
Mellon
Hays
Presbytery of
Presbyterian National Capitol Commission
Associated Press
Lexington
Southern Presbyterian Church
J. D. Leslie
Chattanooga
Tenn
German Singers Invade London for Grand Opera Season
Sixteen German operatic stars depart in late May for London to perform two months at Covent Garden in German, conducted by Bruno Walter directing the Munich orchestra.
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London
Grand Opera
Dresden
Germany
Convent Garden
Munich
Bruno Walter
Amarillo Water Problem Deepens as Bonds Move Forward
A May Evening Post item notes danger of too many cooks in settling Amarillo's water issue. Progress has followed a step by step path from initial surveys years ago to the bond issue and the forthcoming election.
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Amarillo
Weather movement brings fair conditions with slight warms
The western trough of low pressure moves east from the Lé region to western Texas. Pressure remains high in the southeast and northwest. Warmer weather appears east of the Mississippi with minor changes elsewhere. Eastward pressure shifts forecast fair skies tonight and Sunday with small temperature changes.
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Texas
Mississippi
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