Governor Orders Troops to Prevent Oklahoma House Session
Governor Walton orders Adjutant General Markham to mass the state militia and have all able citizens ready to disperse the Oklahoma House of Representatives session. He warns of shooting to kill if needed to stop the meeting called by impeachment foes and alleges it would be an unlawful assembly led by the Ku Klux Klan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Markham
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma
Walton
State Capitol
Markham
Waiton
W. E. Disney
Tulsa
Disney
House of Representatives
McBee
Free Attractions At Tri-State Fair Week Enthrall Visitors
A week of free entertainment at the Tri-State Fair includes daily attractions after general admission. Highlights feature vaudeville programs, aerial acts, parachute drops, nightly fireworks, a 20 piece band, a tight wire glide by Petite Marguerite, and daily aeroplane flights. The program lists multiple acts, schedules, and rides across the fairgrounds with tentative show times.
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Fifth Street
San Juan Hill
Maine
Panhandle
Texas
Coliseum
Crown of Plains Queen Opens Amarillo Exposition
Amarillo hosts a five day Tri-State Fair Exposition with coronation tonight. Royal party arrivals from surrounding counties include Princesses and a grand pageant detailing Plains industries and development. Exhibits from thirty counties, an extensive automobile display, and livestock shows fill the grounds as crowds surge into the fair.
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T. E. Johnson
the Plains
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Association
Plains
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Dallas
A. N. Olver
Minnie
House of Madden
Horace Lindsay
Margaret
Arthur Ware
Wirl
House of Wolfith
Oy Saunders
Sadie Claude
House of Curtis
H. K. Standfield
Nell
Horsebrugh
Will A. Smith
Amatillo Country Club
Fair Program Details Gates Open Early For Press Day
Today's fair features exhibits in agriculture poultry horses and mules hogs and jams displays in fine arts automobile show and merchants exposition with amusements on parade route at 10 am airplane stunts parachute drop 2 15 pm band concert 2 45 pm Petite Marguerite performs free exhibition 8 pm Pageant of Plains and Queen crowning 7 15 pm band concert 9 30 pm fireworks Maine sinking admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children Pageant tickets 75 cents and 25 cents on sale at Duke Pool and Auditorium
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Marguerite
Maine
Exposition Grounds
Duke Drug Store
Pool Drug Store
Germany abandons passive resistance in Ruhr Rhineland
Berlin chancellor Stresemann announced the government would abandon passive resistance in the Ruhr and Rhineland and resume activities immediately. He said the move is unconditional and not contingent on deportees or prisoners, with terms to be negotiated with France and Belgium. The conference with 300 representatives from the Ruhr district ended in agreement that further opposition is futile and resistance must end.
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Berlin
Streseman
Chancelor
Ruhr
Rhineland
Almes
Rhur
Stresemann
Reichstag
France
Belgium
Wih
Hugo Stinnes
Fritz Thyssen
Married Woman Backs Up On Getting License Without Divorce
A married woman backed away from a Saturday night marriage when told she could face bigamy charges. County officials rushed to the courthouse to issue a license, questioned the couple about her marital status, and learned she had not lived with her husband for three years. The bride-to-be then decided against marriage.
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Butt
Hibs
Court House
J. L. Shea
EB. M. Pittman
Sam FR. Motlow
Pittman
Winelly
Man Sought for Slaying Found Dead Near Sweetwater
The body of 1. B. H. Martin was found in a draw near Sweetwater after a 24 hour manhunt by multiple county officers. A pistol and powder burns suggest suicide rather than surrender after Mrs. Lela Beall was slain on the Clyde area highway. Martin’s body was sent to Colorado, Texas for burial.
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Associated Press
Abilenh
Martin
Sweetwater
Lela Beall
Clyde
Survivors recount Yokohama quake scenes in San Francisco
Survivors arriving on the President Pierce share harrowing escape tales from Yokohama Bay with refugees describing flames, collapsed bridges, and packed routes of escape. George Warn recalls calming hotel guests with jazz as tremors raged. Dr Roscos Etter and others describe family peril and the long trek to safety amid destruction.
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San Francisco
Yokohama Bay
Pacific Mail
Pierce
George Warn
Imperial Hotel
Tokyo
Roscos Etter
Hubbard
Texas
United States
Eugene
Weather Forecast for aoe and surroundings Tuesday
The forecast predicts Tuesday partly cloudy for aoe and vicinity and West Texas with cooler conditions. Eastern New Mexico sees generally fair weather with possible showers northeast and frost in the north central region. Temperatures vary with a cool to cold trend in the Plateau and freezing in southern Utah, while the eastern region remains moderately high and stable.
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Aoe
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Serrener Rey
Minerereneenes OB
Mivncenasenens Mob
Northwest
Wyoming
Dakotas
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Missiral Valley
Middle Atlantic
Rainfall Sweeps Panhandle Plains Spurring Delays
A weekend storm drenched Amarillo and surrounding Panhandle towns with pockets of heavy rain. Reports show Goodnight receiving 0.62 inches, Claude around 24 inches along the Denver line, Canyon City about 5 inches, and Santa Fe and Texico affected by washouts. Officials note totals exceed typical September averages for the region.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Fort Worth
Canyons
Santa Fe
Tulsa
Weather Bureau
Explosion Traps Two Aiden Anderson Deck Crew in Drydock
An explosion aboard the Alden Anderson, an Associated Oil tanker, ripped through a Moore's yards drydock in Oakland. Two men were trapped in a burning hold while workers attempted to submerge the dock and pull the vessel into the stream to avert a wider blaze.
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Oakland
Calif
Associated Oil Company
West Texas Fair Opens in Abilene With Pageant
Abilene hosts a six day West Texas Fair with visitors from across the region. The opening day features a grandstand pageant titled West Texas in which hundreds participate, culminating in tonight’s final opening event.
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Abilene
West Texas
Freak golf play at Pelham Manor shocks crowd
In Pelham Manor New York on September 24 Walter Hagen and George Griffin executed a remarkable par four 12th hole. Hagen's approach rested inches from the cup Griffin's second was about ten feet from the cup. Griffin's subsequent putt struck Hagen's ball and dropped it in while Griffin's ball remained on the cup line securing Hagen the hole.
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Vaken
Pelham Pelham Manor
New York
Walter Hagen
George Griffin
Hagen
Griffin
Amarillo Daily News Gives Better Service Here
Texhoma Times notes Amarillo Daily News provided prompt coverage of the Dempsey Firpo fight with papers arriving the morning after, praising the paper’s fast service and reliability.
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Amarillo Daily News
Tha Amarillo News
Texhoma Times
Publishers to Increase Size of New York Papers
Publishers plan to raise New York morning papers to 14 pages tomorrow as striking pressmen stay firm. George L Berry of the International Union says reinforcements are arriving from other cities and editorials plus more department store ads are expected. A committee was named to secure enough newsprint for the largest edition since the strike began a week ago.
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Preas
New York
Publishers’ Association
New Yorks
George L. Berry
International Union
Sa &A
Arizona Opposes River Pact Ratification in Current Form
Washington dispatch reports Arizona refuses to ratify the Colorado River agreement as drafted. Governor George H. P. Hunt led a state committee and told the Federal Power Commission that Arizona will help draft a new pact. Arizona seeks a revised arrangement while offering cooperation.
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Washington
Arizona
Federal Power Commission
George H. P. Hunt
Corsicana Tank Fire Damages Oil Field Assets
Corsicana on September 24 reports a deep field fire on the 8. D. Ramsey lease of E. L. Smith Oil Co. It burned out Sunday morning causing about 40000 dollars in damage. About 10000 barrels of oil, twelve 1000 barrel tanks and three 600 barrel tanks, two derricks, two standard rigs and derrick tools were destroyed. Origin of the fire is undetermined.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Tri-State Fair Opens Thanks to Amarillo Builder Bob Emmett
The Tri-State Fair opens with strong support from city builders and Dempter Company of Texas figure Bob Emmett. Emmett served as general superintendent of building construction overseeing all pavilions and structures. He dedicated two weeks of his time, staying late and sacrificing business to ensure exhibits flourish.
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R. T
Bob) Emmett
Dempter Company of
Texas
Bob Emmett
Amarillo
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