Strickland Named Secretary of State in Texas
Former State Senator Jeff Strickland of San Antonio was appointed secretary of state by Governor Neff. He will travel to Austin to qualify on Monday. He succeeds S. L. Staples, who moves to state treasurer as Vernon Terrell joins the railroad commission. Strickland formerly represented the Palestine district in the state senate.
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San Antonio
Jeff J
Rickland
Neff
Strickland
Austin
S. L. Staples
Vernon Terrell
Railroad Commission
Palestine
State Senate
Globe Circlers End World Flight With Boston to New York Hop
Boston dispatch reports six Army airmen completing a five month around the world journey by air. The flight covered 23,000 miles from Seattle to the East Coast, with two of four planes reaching Boston after Alaska and Atlantic diversions. The crew signals relief and plans to fly with wheels.
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Boston
Atlantic
United States
Mere Point
Flers
Seattle
Lowell H. Smith
Leslie H. Arnold
Chicago
Erick H. Nelson
John Harding, Jr
New Orleans
America
Tropics
Globe
Alaska
Fee
Scotland
Iceland
Leigh Wade
Ogden
Pictou
Air Port
Home
Maine
Mason Patrick
Air Service
Dwight ¥. Davis
General Patrick
South Boston
Smith
Boston Harbor
Honor Banquet Planned for Dorset Carter in Amarillo
Amarillo businessmen to honor Dorset Carter, PanTex pipeline founder, at a Friday night banquet at the Amarillo Hotel. Tickets sold quickly. money refundable if attendance is not possible. Committee leaders are J Ray, J R Gant, and O V Vernon. Carter is praised for building a six inch line to the Panhandle oil field without city funding.
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Dorset Carter
Pan- Tex Pipeline Company
Amarillo
Panhandie
Board of City Development
Carter
J. Ray
J. R. Gant
O. V
Davis outlines relief program for winning of the west
John W. Davis, in Omaha, launches his campaign platform emphasizing readjustment and lowering of rail and water freight rates, tariff and tax reform, and government aid to boost cooperative marketing and export marketing. He attacks Republicans for farmer discrimination and insufficient action to restore foreign markets for U S farm products.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Export Marketing Commission
John W. Davis
Navid Expresa
Dawes Plan Critique Dominates Democratic Address
The speaker denounces belated attempts to capitalize reparations and argues Americans bore blame for delays. He endorses Dawes style nonpartisan study but calls for explicit principles. The program aims to restore economic equality, boost export markets, adjust tariffs, cut taxes, and lower transport rates to revive national and global trade. Continued on page thirteen.
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Hig
Charles G. Dawes
Davis
Democratic Party
Europe
Coolidge Delivers Warning At La Fayette Monument Ceremony
President Coolidge praised La Fayette as a true son of world freedom and warned against attempts to erode fundamental laws. He urged Americans to oppose moves to empower Congress at the expense of the courts and to defend American ideals now.
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Baltimore
la Fayette
Coolidge
America
Supreme Court
Congress
Funeral for Albert A Wortham Held in Corsicana
Funeral services for Albert A Wortham editor and publisher of the Daily Sun were conducted at his Corsicana residence at five o clock. The service was led by Rev J W Fort a Methodist pastor from Greenville Texas and former pastor of the First Methodist church in Corsicana.
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Corsicana
Tex
Albert A. Wortham
The
Daily Sun
J. W. Fort
Greenville
Texas
First Methodist
Man signs own insanity complaint in bid to prove sanity
Theodore Marks, who filed an insanity complaint against himself to show his sanity and avoid railroadment to an asylum, faced a jury trial in Los Angeles. The jury deliberated briefly and found him insone.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Theodore Marks
Defendants in $10,000,000 suit hire attorneys in Texas case
Representatives for 97 defendants in a $10 million Johnson Ranch oil leases lawsuit met in conference in Amarillo and hired lawyers for a district court trial in Plemmons set for Monday October 6. The case, filed by Johnson entities and Johnson Ranch Royalty Co, names Gulf Production Sinclair Vacuum Dixon Creek Canadian Pool Pacific New Domain Shelley and others. The Gulf, Sinclair, Pure and Vacuum oil interests are among those defending leases on the 17339 acre Hutchinson County Johnson ranch, with trial expected to last over a week.
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Johnson Ranch
Hutchinson County
Plemons
Underwood
Jackson and Jonson
Amarillo
Otis Trulove
H. Bs. Hoover
Canadian
Cottingham and McInnis
Oklahoma City
Gulf
Sinclair
Vacuum
Dixon Creek
Canadian Pool
Pacific
New Domain
Shelley
Dorset Carter
E. E. McInnis
John R. Gregg
Fort Worth
Gulf Production Company
E.L. Shepherd
Mexia
Pure
Bandits Rob Express Truck in Fort Smith
Two unmasked white men held up an American Railway Express company truck in a downtown Fort Smith street. They escaped with about 4250 dollars in currency and paper, leaving 5000 dollars in silver behind.
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Aevertates
Fort Smith
Ark
American Railway Express Company
Dog Is Given Prison Term Dog Is Given Prison Term
A governor sentenced his dog to life imprisonment in a feature story in the Western Weekly. The piece recounts the governor and his dog and mentions Carlsbad Cave near the Texas line with speculation that the cave may extend into Texas.
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Western Weekly
Warner
Carlsbad
Texas Line
Texas
Amarillo Public Schools Set to Open Monday Morning
Amarillo Public Schools begin Monday at 9 o clock with about 4 000 students. Tuesday schedules start after a day of orientation and class placements. A strong faculty and strict compulsory attendance are emphasized, with detailed division assignments for East Ward Johnson McKinley schools and grades allocation.
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Amarillo Public
W. A. McIntosh
East Ward
Amarillo Independent School
Johnson Street
Johnson School
Johnson
Tyler School
McKinley
Amarillo Independent School District
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region Sunday
Partly cloudy and warmer in Amarillo and nearby areas on Sunday with unsettled conditions to the north and generally fair conditions in the south. Temperatures show little overall change with a cloudy to sunny trend across the Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Ma Ferguson Takes Rocking Chair Vacation
Temple Texas September 6 Associated Press Mrs Miriam A Ferguson Democratic nominee for governor of Texas plans a rocking chair vacation after the recent primary and state convention. She has avoided daily camera attention while reporters continue to seek interviews at Ferguson headquarters with no speaking engagements arranged for the candidate.
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Associated Press
Temple
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson Political
James E. Ferguson
GIN MEN SIGN CONTRACT FOR AMARILLO COTTON GIN
The Northwestern Cotton Company of Hominy Oklahoma signed a contract with the Amarillo Cotton Gin Committee for a new gin in Amarillo. Construction began with stakes set on Block 10 Holland addition on Third Street just south of the Fort Worth and Denver roundhouse.
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Northwestern Cotton Company
Hominy
Oklahoma
W. L. Willams
Amarillo
Block
Holland Addition
Haat Third
Fort Worth
Denver Roundhouse
Caude
Prairie Well Reported as Big Producer in Hutchinson County
The Prairie Oil Company well in Section 28 Block 1 Hutchinson county is expected to produce over 600 barrels daily in current swabbing condition. Swabbing began yesterday with 135 barrels recovered by 5 PM and depth at about 3120 feet amid plans to continue. Local oil men say the Panhandle field gains prominence as a proven producer attracting operators nationwide.
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Prairie Oil Company
Block 1
Hutchinson County
Nion
Panhandle
United States
Kansas Capitalist H Har binson dies after philanthropy surge
H Har binson, noted capitalist with unique philanthropy, died in Fort Scott Kansas on September 6. He was known across southeast Kansas Missouri and Texas for his public spirited efforts and business leadership.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Fort Scott
Kans
H. Harbinson
Missouri
Texas
National Delegations Back Plan to End War by Arbitration
Premiers MacDonald and Herriot led forty six delegations in Geneva to endorse a resolution creating a compulsory arbitration system linked to armament reduction talks. The plan seeks a League of Nations framework with guarantees backed by force, to settle disputes pacifically and promote security worldwide. Latin American nations stressed the need for enforcement guarantees with arbitration.
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Associated
Prena
Geneva
MacDonald
Herriot
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Pacific
Latin-America
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Edwards
Faye Underwood
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TriState Fair
Hudson
Pearlan
West
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Wortham
the News-Post
Ma” Ferguson
Oklahoma Company
Prairie Well
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