Missouri Storm Toll Grows in Southeast Region
Associated Press reports a deadly wind and electric storm in southeast Missouri near Poplar Bluff. Two confirmed dead, about fifty injured, many critically, with thousands in property and livestock damage as crews struggle with crippled lines and incomplete casualty tallies. Names linked to fatalities include G Anderson and other family victims from Gray Side Sikeston and nearby areas.
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Poplar Bluff
Missouri
G. Anderson
George Anderson
Gray Side
Adam Burnett
Cecil
Sikeston
Anderson
Thei
Four Workmen Die in Building Collapse on 46th Street
A construction site near Broadway in New York collapsed after timber supports gave way during dynamite blasting. Forty men were at work when the concrete mixer and wooden runway fell, burying workers beneath gravel and dirt. Four men killed, ten injured, three bodies recovered after hours of search.
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New York
Forty-Sixth Street
Broadway
Tew
Pepper plan for American world court membership approved
The Senate foreign relations committee approved an amended Pepper plan to admit the United States to the world court with conditions. It seeks to divorce the tribunal from the League of Nations and reserve the Monroe Doctrine, with reservations to prevent questioning by other courts. The measure advances to the Senate calendar for quiet consideration.
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Washington
World Court
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League of Nations
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Nt Coolidge
Lore Lodge
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Marine Obragiaber
Ales Jay Delors Tae
Hughes
Lenrcot
Wisconsin
Lodge
Swanson
Virginia
United States
Contracts Set for Text Books by Commission
Contracts for over half a million dollars of public school text books were let by the state text book commission in Austin. Twenty nine publishers bid. samples will be sent to the penitentiary library. Governor Neff urged donations and warned bids must be regular and approved by the attorney general and state superintendent before signatures.
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State Text Book Commission
Supreme Court
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Commerce
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Baldwin Runs for State Senate in 30th District
R A Baldwin Slaten attorney and third term representative announced candidacy for state senate in the 30th district covering 24 counties. He pledges to appeal to merit not prejudice and cites support for Texas Tech and the state’s institutions. Incumbent W H Bledsoe of Lubbock seeks reelection amid a likely heated race.
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R. A. Baldwin
Baldwin
Texas
Senate
West Texas
Texas Technological College
W. H. Bledsoe
Lubbock
Students Raid Club Ends With Unauthorized Dance
San Angelo high school pupils allegedly broke into the San Angelo Country Club early today and held a late night dance, looting the refrigerator for soft drinks after club president Charles W. Hobbs denied permission at midnight. The escapade followed the annual junior senior banquet at a local hotel and the club was barred from grounds for a month.
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San Angelo
Dabney Gifts 388 Acre Legion Site For Children Home
A 388 acre tract donated by D A Dabney of Independence to the American Legion for a children home serving Nebraska Colorado Iowa Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas will be dedicated in Independence tomorrow. Dabney also gave 25000 dollars, contingent on the Legion raising 50000 dollars for building funds. national commander John L Quinn will accept on behalf of the Legion.
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Independence
Kans
D. A. Dabney
American Legion
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Legion
John L. Quinn
Dabney
Amarillo to Host State Press Meet June 18 to 20
The state press association gathers in Amarillo June 18 to 20 with a lively program. A special train carrying hundreds of delegates departs Fort Worth June 17, arriving in Amarillo by 10 PM for a depot reception. Activities include band concert, welcome addresses, business sessions, a Country Club tea, and a large Amarillo Hotel dinner hosted by Dr. R P Parcells, followed by a Thursday barbecue.
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Amarillo
State Press Association
Fort Worth
Childress
Brown
D. Rogers
O. V. Vernon
Country Club
R. P. Parcells
Jury Returns Verdict In Oil Case On Issues
The Ranch Creek Oil and Gas company versus Amarillo Oil company yielded a jury verdict after 6 hours 30 minutes of deliberation. The nine issued findings state Ranch Creek bound to deliver one quarter of gas to the pipeline and Amarillo to pay, with findings on readiness, obstruction of pipeline access, and long term supply and costs totaling $1,670,860.60 to Amarillo and expenses of $12,800 for Ranch Creek.
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Amarillo Oil Company
J. A. Nobles
D. 8. Kruser
Ranch Creek Company
Amarillo Company
Ranch Creek
Kruser
Nobles
Panhandle
Governor Neff to Speak in Portland and Seattle
Governor Pat M. Neff announced he will leave Texas for speaking engagements in Portland Oregon on June 5 and Seattle Washington on June 6. He accepted an invitation to address the Citizenship Congress in Portland starting June 8, called by Washington Idaho and Oregon. In Seattle he will speak at the invitation of the Municipal League of Seattle aimed at improving social conditions.
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Austin
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Seattle
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Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Municipal League
A Day With Candidates Sen Robinson Featured in Series
The Events Post Monday launches a series on presidential candidates. Each party’s man will be described in concise human interest pieces. The first profile covers Senator Robinson of Arkansas with more nominee previews to come.
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Robinson
Arkansas
Baccalaureate Services Held for Amarillo High Graduates
Amarillo High School conducts baccalaureate in Civic Auditorium at 11 AM led by Pastor of First Baptist Church with W A McIntosh in charge. Dr Herbert Whiting Virgin to become Chicago pastor, born May 29 1872 in Mandeville Louisiana. service ends by noon with music by Mrs Dana Harmon and High School Orchestra. Commencement week continues with class day garden party Tuesday and address by Dr Paul W Horn president Texas Tech.
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Georgetown College
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Kansas City
Jackson, Tenn
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Wells L. Allston
Orientale
Virginia Kiug
King
Herbert Whiting
Pspc Berry High School
Paul W. Horn
Texas Technological College
El Paso Editor Elected National Association President
Edgar Bronson publisher of the El Reno American in El Reno Oklahoma was chosen president of the National Editorial Association at the close of its 89th annual convention in Oklahoma City.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Edgar 8. Bronson
el Reno American
el Reno
Okla
National Editorial Association
Oklahoma Woman Found Dead With Son
In Howe Oklahoma the body of Mrs. Nate Carrington aged 44 was found in Briton Springs with her three year old son Keith clutched in her arms. The child died hours later. Carrington left a note under his pillow saying she could do no more on earth. The body was snagged in about ten feet of water.
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Okla
Nate Carrington
Briton Springs
Keith
Chilren
Carrington
Slow Progress on Farm Relief Bill in House
Washington May 24 Slow progress marked today's House debate on the McNary Haugen farm relief measure as amendments flooded in and were rejected on points of order. In four hours the reading of only two of the bill’s twenty eight pages was completed and action rolled over to next week with leaders planning to tackle other bills first.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
McNary-Haugen
Breckenridge Banker Dies on Golf Course
Breckenridge Texas May 24 Chenn Russell cashier and former mayor of Breckenridge National Bank of Breckenridge prominent churchman collapsed and died on the Breckenridge Country Club golf course late today.
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Texas
Chenn Russell
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One Year To Live Contest Prompted By The News
Readers in the Panhandle are invited to share views on living a final year. The Daily News offers over 800 words on the typewriter with a cash prize of 5 dollars for the top essay, plus smaller awards for runners up. Submit by 6 p.m. Monday to the One Year To Live Editor.
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Man gets life term for slaving wife and baby
Independence Kans May 24 Harley Etter a young farmer charged with murdering his 18 year old wife and their baby girl whose charred bodies were found in a burning barn on the Etter farm Monday night pleaded guilty tonight and was given a life sentence on each of the two murder charges.
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Associated Press Independence
Kans
Harley Etter
Etter
Tokio Welcomes 0.5 Fliers in Cordial Ceremony
Tokio received the three American aviators and their mechanics with extraordinary cordiality as they circumnavigated the globe by air. Crowds shouted Ban zais while officials praised the crossing of the Pacific. Lt Gen Genio Nagao ka lauded the fliers as heroes of the air at a formal welcome and the group then visited Ambassador Woods at the American embassy.
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Kushimoto
Kagoshima
Shanghai
China
Genio Nagaoka
Imperial Aviation Association
Lowell H. Smith
Takio
Cyrus E. Woods
Vaneil Appeal Filed in Fort Worth Murder Case
The court of criminal appeals received the appeal of R. G. Vaneil of Fort Worth regarding his forty year sentence for murdering his baby on November 11, 1923, in Austin.
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Associated Press Austin
R. G. Vaneil
Fort Worth
Court of Criminal Appeals
Threats and confession deepen Franks murder mystery
Two letters arrived in Chicago amid the Franks case. One threat warned the financier’s daughter would be next, prompting guards at the home. A second letter signed a sorry man claimed to be the killer and hinted at suicide. Two instructors at Robert Franks’s private school are under surveillance, with a third former instructor sought.
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