President Coolidge Vetoes Farm Relief Bill Amid Debate
President Coolidge vetoed the McNary Haugen farm relief bill as unconstitutional and deceptive. He returned it to the senate with caustic remarks and urged a farm bill along his preferred lines. Reaction split in Congress with governors and senators weighing overriding action as supporters praised and farm leaders showed disappointment.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Congress
Haugen
House Agriculture Committee
Senator McNary
Oregon
McNary
Agriculture Committee
New Jersey
Robinson
Arkansas
Worn Out Looking for Houses
A weary reader complains about the exhausting search for a suitable home and is urged to use Want Ad columns to quickly find a house that fits. The ad highlights ease and immediacy of locating listings through the classifieds.
Italia Over North Pole. Nobile Aims to Land
Oslo dispatch reports the Italia dirigible crossing toward the north pole with General Umberto Nobile aboard and plans to descend by rope for magnetic observations. The crew, likely including Professor Pontremoli, will land if conditions permit, with safeguards for possible separation and the pope’s oaken cross carried to the pole.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Umberto Nobile
Pole
Amsterdam Island
Italia
Citta di Milano
Rome
Nobile
Amarillo Faces 900 649 32 Bank Indebtedness and Bond Plan
City records show warrants issued by bond houses for sewer, fire truck, and general fund items totaling 557 853 02 with outstanding warrants from 1983 to 1928 of 158 796 30 plus refunding warrants issued 1927 01 01. The grand total expenditures reach 900 649 32, with proposed 40 year bonds to clear indebtedness and raise total bonded debt to 4 958 006 88. Cash on hand in interest sinking fund stands at 518 972 09 and general fund cash around 8 000 to 10 000.
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Wagner
Wolflin
Seagraves Corporation
Ereeseres
General Fund
St. Sia
Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo
Renee Evew
Een
Eee
E Cence Eh BT Ange
Amarillo to issue 40 year bonds to cover 1926 27 costs
Amarillo plans a 900000 bond issue spread over 40 years to retire warrants incurred during the 1926 27 building boom. Major costs include paving water plant city hall and sewer extensions. City officials say bonds will lower interest and keep the city cash based if the boom does not recur.
Bomb Explosions Kill 12 in Buenos Aires Passport Office
A first blast at the passport bureau of the Italian consulate in Buenos Aires killed 9 and injured about 41, with several dying later. A second bomb was thwarted at a pharmacy owned by a prominent fascist leader, as police called it the most violent anti fascist action in years.
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Buenos Aires
South Docks
Aubrey Ray Sentenced to 99 Years in Wildorado Robbery
Dalhart May 23 Special to The News Aubrey Ray a 21 year old bank robber was found guilty of the daylight holdup of the Wildorado State Bank last fall and sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary The trial lasted one day with the jury deliberating three hours The state sought the electric chair and defense urged 99 years Ray’s total bank robbery sentences have reached 327 years with more cases pending He will be moved from the Dallam county jail to Huntsville next Saturday The state called five Wildorado witnesses including W E O Neal and Mrs O Neal the bank’s president and cashier and several posse members The defense presented Rays sister Oleta Ray who testified he is not yet 22 years old
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Dalhart
Aubrey Ray
West Texas
Wildorado State
Wildorado
Ray
Dallam
Huntsville
W. E. O'Neal
O'Neal
H. H. Elam
L. B. Fowler
C. G. Kellogg
Oleta Ray
North Chinese Armies Defeat Southern Forces
In London on May 23 the nationalists push the northern front in eastern China recapturing Hokien and pursuing Feng Yu-Hsiang toward the south while Paotingfu remains a focal point on the railroad to Peking. Tokyo reports heavy combat near Hokien, 100 miles south of the capital, where Feng Yu-Hsiang had earlier driven out northern forces.
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Associated Press
London
Peking
Lindbergh Heads Transcontinental Air Transport Plan
New York May 23 Col Charles A Lindbergh plans to dedicate time to his role as chair of the technical committee for Transcontinental Air Transport. He avoids questions on his status and salary and will keep Guggenheim Fund ties. The venture, formed by major railways and aircraft companies with $5 million capital, aims to deliver coast to coast passenger service using airplanes by day and trains by night.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ped Transcontinental Air Transport
Sonal Matters
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc
Paris
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
National Air Transport, Inc
State supreme court upholds city pension law validity
In a Dallas case the Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law authorizing cities to pension retired employees is valid. The decision strengthens municipal retirement powers and clarifies eligibility requirements.
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Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Dallas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
The forecast through 7 PM Thursday calls for fair and warmer conditions in Amarillo and west Texas, with warmer readings in the southeast New Mexico area. Generally fair in New Mexico with unsettled northern parts, slight temperature changes overall. Pressure rose slightly over the upper Mississippi valley, with rain in the southeast and showers in southern Rocky Mountain areas. Temperatures are up a bit in the upper Missouri valley and generally seasonal elsewhere. Data includes yesterday's hourly Amarillo temperatures.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Action Taken Toward Paved Road to Clovis
A dozen New Mexico and Texas towns joined AMARILLO businessmen and the Golden Sand storm band in Clovis on May 23 to push for a paved road project. Delegations met local businessmen and agreed on steps toward paving the road linking Clovis with regional trade centers.
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Clovis
N. M
Amarillo
New Mexico
Texas
Wheat belt in Curry county eyed as major future wheat producer
The Clovin trade territory north of the city covers about forty miles square with over 1,000,000 acres, 85 percent tilled. This year’s estimated yield ranges up to 2,000,000 bushels, amid a historically poor year and only one third of arable land in cultivation. Substantial new land is being broken for fall planting, with 1929 acreage forecast to rise 20 percent and 500,000 acres in wheat within five years, aiming at an 16,000,000 bushel annual output.
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Clovin
Curry County
Clovis Hosts Tour Aims for Amarillo Highway Pact
Visitors toured Clovis wheat belt after a noon luncheon at the high school. Clovis expects to market over 1 1/4 million bushels of wheat this season with many fields averaging above 20 bushels per acre. Delegations from Texas and New Mexico towns formed a highway association to promote paving of the Amarillo Clovis highway. Clovis women aided the entertainment, presenting guests with freshly grown roses.
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Amarillo
Clovis Chamber of Commerce
Clovis
Acre
Canyon
Herford
Bovina
Friona
Farwell
Texas
Portales
Fort Sumner
Melrose
Estancia
Roswell
Carlsbad
Willard
New Mexico
Amarillo-Clovis
Delegates Named By Committee in Beaumont Meet
In Beaumont on May 23 the Texas Democratic convention named sixty delegates to the national convention to vote for a dry platform and presidential candidate. Governor Dan Moody was elected chairman of the forty at large delegates with one-sixth of a vote, joining twenty-six district delegates to form the national delegation. Alternate delegates and a long list of named individuals from cities across Texas followed in the announced slate.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Tex
Dan Moody
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Myron G. Blaylock
Marshall
Walter ©. Woodward
Coleman
W. A. Tarver
Corsicana
Bryan
W. D. Wilson
Bay City
Forrest Farley
Austin
Fannie Campbell Womack
Palestina
Florence Floore
Cleburne
Mary Jagoe
Denton
W. R. Chapman
Stamford
Lee Joseph
San Antonio
Wilmot Odell
Port Maas
Minn Margie Neal
Carthige
F. F. Weymouth
Amarillo
Hal Greer
Jessie Daniel Ames
Georgetown
R. le Bobbitt
Laredo
H. H. Sevier
P. Brooks
Waco
A. Y. Baker
Edinburg
Mary Lee Henderson
Cameron
Ernor Dan Moody
Moody
Smith
Moody shifts to block Smith in Texas at convention
Governor Moody pressed a dry plank at the Texas convention, opposing Governor Al Smith. He backed a resolution for selecting national delegates by a committee appointed by the chairman, ensuring only dry delegates. Moody defended his stance as a clash with Smith forces while facing floor heckling and a drawn out roll call.
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Smith
Moody
Texas
al Smith
W. L. Thornton
Dallas
Thornton
Hornsby Becomes Braves Manager
Boston May 23 The Associated Press reports President Emil Fuchs announced the resignation of Manager Jack Slatter was accepted and Rogers Hornsby would succeed him as manager of the Boston Braves.
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Associated Press
Boston
Emil E. Fuchs
Boston Braves
Jack Slatter
Rogers, Hornsby
More Hoover Expenditures Revealed in Senate Testimony
Testimony by Claudius H. Huston placed known expenditures on Herbert Hoover at 312745 dollars. Huston said he collected 52500 and spent 32204 to promote Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination. The session, before the senate campaign funds committee, sought details on funds raised to back Hoover amid political controversy.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Claudius H. Huston
Chattanooga
New York
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Commerce
Huston
Hoover
Frank J. Hale
Prohibition
The
Treasury
Trans-Continental Oil Company
Associated Bond and Share Company of New York
Harry M. Blair
Hale
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Dirigible Italia
Galls Farm
Reuter Agency
General Nobile
Oslo
Norway
Reuters
Jeff Bartlett
Bartlett
Lindbergh
Hammond
J. W. Cantwell
Wichita Falls
Cantwell
Hornsby
Braves
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