Amarillo to Get Two More Zinc Smelters
The American Zinc, Lead and Copper Journal reports Amarillo Texas will add two zinc smelters, one from American Metal Company and another from New Jersey Zinc Company. The United States Zinc Company operates five blocks in Amarillo, replacing the Sand Springs Oklahoma plant abandoned in 1921. Local officials could not confirm the plan as of midweek.
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American Zinc, Lead and Copper Journal
Joplin
Texas
American Metal Company
New Jersey Zinc Company
United States Zinc Company
Sand Spring
Okla
Sand Springs
Colorado
Amarillo Gas Company
J. L. McMeans
Mountain States Gas Company
Charles E. Sutton
McMeany
Disarmament Conference urged by veterans in Brussels
In Brussels a World peace drive led by inter allied war veterans urged citizens to push governments to convene a successor to the Hague Conference for disarmament in naval and air forces. General Hoffmann proposed the measure, backed by seven nations, though Britain pressed for Germany to pay reparations, risking a split before the plenary session. Col. Alvin Owsley planned a tour of American cemeteries in northern France.
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Brussels
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Roy Hoffmann
Oklahoma
American Legion
Ruhr
Marcel Heraut
France
Committee of Peace of the Congress
Germany
Hoffmann
Giginilatt
Kipling
Jaspar
Belgium
Congress
Alvin Owsley
Post Man Seeks Reparation for Rate Overcharge
Washington dispatch reports Donald Thompson of Post Texas filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a claim for $3155.99 to cover an alleged overcharge on shipping horses from Wyoming to the Texas Panhandle during the 1919 drought. The complaint cites thirty two car loads moved to Amarillo and other Panhandle points.
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Washington
Wyoming
Donald Thompson
Post
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Panhandle
Thompson
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Stork Busy in Amarillo in August Report
Amarillo saw 65 births and 26 deaths in August per City Health Officer A. H. Lindsay. Seven typhoid fever cases were recorded during the period in the monthly health report.
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Amarillo
A. H. Lindsay
Paddy Mullins Seeks Restraining Order Over Fight
Paddy Mullins manager for Harry Wills, heavyweight aspirant, won a Brooklyn Supreme Court order directing Tex Rickard to show cause why a writ should not be issued restraining the Dempsey-Firpo fight set for September 14.
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Paddy Mullins
New York
Harry Wills
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Tex Rickard
Crop Yields Jump in Panhandle After Late Rains
Reports from the Panhandle and Plains of Texas show crop yields rising 30 to 50 percent over August 1 levels due to three weeks of late general rains. Raw cotton and kafir corn, milo maize and sorghum crops recover. rain spurred new cotton bolls and improved forage. Cattlemen note excellent grass growth boosting grazing through Christmas.
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Plains
Texas
Daily News
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Red River
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Donley
Hall and Childress
Missing Klan lecturer Renfro prompts statewide search
Fort Worth reports indicate Reverend J. T. Renfro, a Klan lecturer, remains missing after his luggage was found along the San Antonio River. A statewide search is underway with San Antonio reporting suspected murder and river disposal. He had been touring South Texas and was to speak in Waco on August 22 but did not appear.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
J. T. Renfro
Renfro
San Antonio
Waco
Smiling Woman Bandit to Face Murder Trial
Chicago reports Fred E Thompson, who posed as a woman, will be tried for murder in the June holdup death of Richard C Testmer. Thompson appeared in court in jail denim after being arrested while pretending to be a woman and claiming to be Kareck's wife.
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Chicago
Fred E. Thompson
Richard C. Testmer
Thompson
Frank Kareck
Gasoline Stocks Show 54 Days Supply at August Peak
Interior Department figures show U S refinery stocks on August 1 totaled 1,165,389,340 gallons, a 54 days supply at July consumption rate. This is down about 93 million gallons from July 1, when sixty days were on hand. For comparison, August 1, 1922 stocks could satisfy 42 days of demand.
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Washington
United States
Interior Department
Amarilloans in Japan Face Tide Wave Fears Near Tokio
Grave fears arise for four Amarilloans in Japan near Tokio as a tidal wave and quake devastate coastal towns. Relatives report a mountain resort near Matsuyama with plans to move toward Kobe, about 200 miles away, and a letter claimed they might still be in the area when the disaster struck. One relative, Misa Lena Gilbert, is tied to Amarillo, while another, Miss Gennelle Works, planned to teach in Tokyo. The parties include Joe J. Mickle Jr and Miss Lena Gilbert, with Mickle's family noting his Kobe University role.
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Toklo
Works
Gilbert
Tokio
K Ko Klux Klan Drops Valparaiso University Bid
Indianapolis Sept 5 Negotiations to buy Valparaiso University in Valparaiso Indiana by the Ku Klux Klan have been dropped Mil ton Elrod editor of The Fiery Cross says technicalities in the charter and deeds will prevent the Klan from taking control and no further action will be taken.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Ind
Ku. Kluz Klan
Milton Elrod
Fiery Cross
Elrod
Missing man and girl found dead in Texas
Beaumont Texas Associated Press reports Bessie Carl 16 of Houston and P O Rial shipping clerk of Beaumont were found dead near the abandoned car they disappeared after a Saturday night movi e show. A bullet hole and skull fracture indicate murder. The bodies lay face up near the road, with investigators thinking the slayings occurred elsewhere before being moved to the grassy knoll.
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Associated Preas
Beaumont
Bessie Carl
Houston
P. 0
Rial
Tech President May Be Named at Waco Thursday
A Texas technological college board of directors will meet in Waco tomorrow to name a president. Former governor W. F. P. Hobby left Austin tonight to attend the session called by chairman Amon G. Carter of Fort Worth.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas Technological College
Waco
W. F P. Hobby
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
President Obregon Invited to Visit Texas Officially
AUSTIN Texas Sept 5 President Obregon of Mexico was invited by Governor Neff to pay his first official visit to the United States since Sian to Texas in October during the Texas exposition here An extensive Mexican exhibit will be shown at the exposition and the invitation came at the request of exposition officials
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Texas
Obregon
Mexico
Neff
Sian
Cotton markets surge as New York prices hit high
New York cotton rose to near 4.50 above prior close on Sept 5 as buying renewed after government crop figures and improving Japan outlook. December contracts advanced from 24.61 to 25.51 with a firm close, aided by Japanese buying and credit lines, while trade demand and mill price fixing signaled tighter supplies and a firmer Texas spot market.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Japan
Texas
Kress Store Burns in Gainesville Fire Loss
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the second floor of the S. H. Kress and Company building in Gainesville early today. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
Weather Summary and Forecast for Ameriea West Texas and Calveston
Synopsis notes a low intensity atmospheric disturbance across the western Rocky Mountain slope and southwest. Temperatures remain steady with slight cooling in the Gulf States. Light precipitation expected elsewhere, with heavy rainfall reported at Calveston reaching an inch or more.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Oss
Isesis
Weesseika
Mintroum Engnal
SR Ae
Rocky Mountains
Gulf States
Calveston
Escaped convict returned to prison on police lead
Bennie Lecroix of Austin, who escaped from Eastland county prison farm where he served ten years for theft, was captured in Austin and is on his way back to the penitentiary after nearly a month at liberty. Police also pursuing Bill Jeffries, a two year inmate from Travis county, reported as escaped.
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Austin
Bennie Lecroix
Eastland County
Lecroix
Liberty
Bill Jeffries
Travis County
American Reporter in Japan Safe After Earthquake
A message from RR. Walter Davis of Sutton County confirms his son Wallace Davis, junior UT journalist for the Japanese Advertiser in Tokyo, is safe after the quake and tidal waves. Wallace and Austin University publicity director W. D. Hornaday were in Japan since early August. Hornaday planned to leave Tokyo for Shanghai, while Davis did not specify. The Davis family, returning from a three month northwest automobile tour, received the news via Manila and San Francisco before telegraphing home.
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Japan
San Angelo
Walter Davis
Sutton County
Wallace Davis
Sonora
University of Texas
Tokio
Davis
W. D. Hornaday
Austin
Hornaday
Shanghai
China
Northwest
Manila
San Francisco
Dr. W. W. Battle Named Texas Delegate to Dairy Congress
Governor Neff selected Dr. W. W. Battle head of the Food and Drug Division of the Texas State Health Department to represent Texas at the World's Dairy Congress Association meetings in Washington Philadelphia and Syracuse from October 2 to 10. Delegates from 80 nations are expected.
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Battle
Dairy Congress
Austin
W. W. Battle
Food and Drug Division
State Health Department
Neff
Texas
World's Dairy Congress Association
Washington
Philadelphia
Syracuse
N. Y
Lost Pasco wheel and casing for Ford coupe found
A classified missing item notice reports a Pasco wire wheel and casing for a Ford coupe lost, with a reward offered for return to Dr. L. W. Betourny or by calling 2718 after a finder located the tire.
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Daily News
L. W. Betourny
League of Nations crisis over Italy Greece dispute
At Geneva Italy refuses league intervention in its clash with Greece, shaking belief in the league as a binding mechanism. Some see the pact as binding only on smaller nations, while leaders insist the league remains a force for conciliation and arbitration despite this setback. Signor Salandra argues the issue should be settled by the council of ambassadors, not the league.
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League of Nations
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League
Signor Salandra
Council of Ambassadors
Albania
Corfu
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