Europe Must Unite For Free Trade Against Competition
The article discusses Mons Locheur urging League of Nations action to curb American economic competition, favoring free trade among Europe’s nations and markets. It contrasts with European protectionism and questions naval power as a comic obstacle versus statesmanship. It notes Sze’s library gift and shifts to U.S. prohibition politics and Sacco and Vanzetti cases.
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Mons Locheur
League of Nations
Europe
League
Atlantic
Pacific
Four Dead As Tornadoes And Rain Continue
Oklahoma City faced fresh onslaughts of wind and rain as floods rose in the southwest and Canadian River swelled. Four deaths were reported, including Mrs. Frank New of Mustang, with others in Alfalfa and Eakley. Police and fire crews evacuated residents and aided a nine-person family by boat as Guthrie fears of 500 displaced households grew, marking continued disaster after a week of deadly weather.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
OkLahoma
Frank New
Mustang
Alfalfa
Eakley
Caddo County
Guthrie
Cotton Wood Creek
Borger Chamber Plans Sewer Warrants Sale
A Borger chamber committee will ask the city commission to issue about $30,000 in warrants to be sold to residents within six days. The funds will finance construction of 32 blocks of sewers, with work to be completed in 30 to 40 days.
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Associated Press
Borger
Borger Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
Wind and Hail Storm Sweeps San Antonio
A severe wind rain and hail storm hit San Antonio on April 12 with hail up to an inch in diameter. The attack damaged small tree limbs unroofed several shacks and the storm ended after about nine minutes. Local businesses reported in the business district and city drivers cooperated with emergency services.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Weather forecast: Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy
The forecast notes partial cloudiness for tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures are listed by hour from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. with ranges around the mid 60s. Historical highs and lows from a year ago are 49 and 34 degrees.
Tombstone Trade Dispute Prompt Habeas Corpus
Nello Bocci, tombstone merchant of Lawnsdale near San Francisco, seeks to enjoin enforcement of a Sunday closing ordinance. After arrest by the town's blacksmith police chief and appearance before a justice of the peace, Bocci asks the superior court for relief to protect his best business day.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Nello Bocci
Lawnsdale
Nello
Justice of the Peace
Showers Fall in Panhandle Rains Push Wheat Hope
Scattered showers drenched the Panhandle with Shamrock logging the heaviest rainfall at one inch. Amarillo saw two hundredths of an inch while Dalhart Channing Clarendon and Memphis had about twice that amount. Syre Oklahoma reported heavy rain. Rain from Shamrock to Amarillo was lighter. Wheat farmers, though hopeful rain will slow deterioration, remain wary of continued dry weather as crowds departed the Spring Festival grounds where the Wortham shows played.
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North
East Panhandle
South
West Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Channing
Clarendon
Memphis
Syre
Oklahoma
Shamrock
Wortham
Four more Borger police resign in wave
Borger police see four more officers quit today and two yesterday, bringing total resignations to six since Police Chief Fred Williams quit on Saturday amid governor Moody's suggestion. Rangers now oversee the force.
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Associated Press
Borger
Fred Williams
Moody
Intimidation Case Up in Brownsville
Jesse Rose former Willacy county chief deputy sheriff John Swanner former deputy Lee Calloway and Arcaie wrain farmers face federal witness intimidation charges following a Willacy peonage trial. They were arrested on a bench warrant two weeks ago and released on $5 000 bonds pending arraignment before US Commissioner KE Goodrich.
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Associated Preas.t
Brownsville
Jesse Rose
Willacy County
John Swanner
Lee Calloway
Arcaie Wrain
United States
KE. K. Goodrich
J. C. Hutcheson
Federal District Attorney
West Texas city honors first lady with flowers
The Board of City Development received a letter from Mrs Mildred Paton Moody wife of the governor thanking the organization for a bouquet of flowers sent for a special dinner honoring the first lady of the state. West Texas citizens and Abilene native Miss Pexton participated in the event.
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Board of City Development
Mildred Paton Moody
West Texas
Pexton
Abilene
1927 Diamond Battle Opens With Major League Changes
Opening day of the 1927 baseball pennant races brings a flood of lineup changes across all 16 clubs. New managers, veterans in new uniforms, and bold winter trades forecast a season of drama as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Connie Mack, and eight new skippers set the stage. The Cardinals defend their title against the Cubs as Coolidge prepares to throw first ball in Washington amid a slate of fresh managers and star-player movements.
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Associated Press
America
K. M. Landis
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Connie Mack
Washington
Boston
Bill Carrigan
Philadelphia Athletics
Die Collins
New York
Rogers Lornsby
New York Giants
Philadelphia Nationals
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Ray Schalk
Chicago White Sox
Jack McCallister
Donie Bush
Pirates
Cincinnati
Ed Roush
U S Fliers Off On Attempt To Set New Record
Hert Acosta and Clarence D Chamberlain started from Roosevelt Field at 9 30 am aiming to beat the 46 hour duration flight record. The existing record is 45 hours 1 minute seconds set by Drouhin and Landry at Frampechar toce in August 1925. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is Famous For Food. Steinway BE Hubbard Ph 2569 Hotel Moore corner Sixth and Pierce.
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U. S
Mineola
N. Y
Hert Acosta
Clarence D. Chamberlain
Roosevelt Field
Drouhin and Landry
Frampeschartoce
Amarillo Hotel
Doctors Open Norfleet District Meet Speaks Tonight
Panhandle District Medical Society holds sessions in Amarillo with 36 doctors registered including 17 from out of town. Tonight at 7:30 at the Amarillo hotel they will banquet, while tomorrow extends a program on Ophthalmic, Pediatric, and Gynecology topics led by Dr. W L Baugh and others. Norfleet, a local speaker, warns of confidence men following a 1919 land fraud case involving $75 000 to expose public vigilance.
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Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
A. J. Caldwell
W. L. Baugh
Lubbock
J. V. Lattimore
Wydy Baugh
Allen T. Stewart
Lateon
Amarillo
Malone
A.D. Hardin
Dallas
8. P. Miller
Armarillo
J. Frank Nerfleet
Hale Center
Alety
Audtorium
Amaplees
Presbyterian
Dome
Norfleet
Del Rio Tornado Strikes City and Surrounding Counties
Del Rio and Kinney Maverick and Val Verde counties faced a sixty mile gale last night. Homes were unroofed and plate glass shattered as a twister tore through the country toward Mexco. Two inches of rain fell in fifteen minutes causing swollen creeks and rivers, followed by severe hail. No injuries or livestock fatalities reported despite widespread damage.
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Associated View
S del Rio
del Rio
Countios
Kinney
Maverick
Val Verde
Debria
Mexco
Five Killed and 120 Hurt in Moravia Train Wreck
Five people died and about 120 were injured in a collision of two passenger trains at Brunn Moravia. Both trains suffered major damage with many coaches destroyed and emergency crews responding to the scene. The incident occurred in Moravia as authorities investigate causes and casualty details.
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Moravia
Pragu de Czecho-Slovaka
Vive
Brunn
Three Die in English Collier Accident
Three men were killed when the roof of the Wharncliffe colliery near Barnsley York England collapsed during mining operations on April 12. Fire and rescue crews responded but all three men died at the scene. The tragedy highlights dangers in deep coal mining in the region.
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Barnsley
York
Eng
Wharncliffe
Dance Hall at Borger Burns in Total Loss
Bomnc er April 12 The Palmadew dance hall in Borger burned at 4 am today. The frame building valued at 6000 dollars was a total loss. It had been closed and dark since rangers cleaned up the town last week.
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Bomncer
Rangers
Crowder May Request Leave to Quit Cuba
The Associated Press reports Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder may seek leave to quit his post as ambassador to Cuba. The move is expected to gain approval from President Coolidge.
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Crowder
Cuba
Associated Press
Washington
Enoch H. Crowder
Reelief
Coolidge
Disastrous Blaze Sweeps Ohio Plant
A large fire at the Berger Manufacturing Company plant in Canton, Ohio, caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. An explosion ignited by a spark from a machine dropping into a vat of paint injured two workers.
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Associated Wiren
Canton
Berger Manufacturing Company
Guardsmen Capture Rum Runner in Fight
In Sandusky Ohio on April 12 coast guards fought a pitched battle on Lake Erie in which they shot a man and captured a rum runner craft. Fifty cases of whisky and beer were seized.
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Sandusky
Coast Guards
Lake Erie
Amarillo power plant to double capacity with second unit
L L Ferree of Southwestern Public Service announced at a luncheon that work will begin immediately on a second unit of Amarillo's $15 million super power plant. The first unit, a 5 000 kilowatt installation east of the Great Western mill, was opened yesterday and will be open for inspection until 1 pm. The company serves Amarillo and surrounding areas and plans to supply water pumping power for the city water system.
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Amarillo
L. L. Ferree
Southwestern Public Service Company
Herring Hotel
Ferree
Philadelphia
New York
Day and Zuinerian Eagineering and Construction Company
Zimmerman
Vanhandle
Whiel Ia
Great Weet Mill
Ball Park
Southwestern Public Service Conpany
Panhandle
White Deer
Kingsmill
Pampa
Kay County
Word Ranch
Wo OW
Flenniken
Pampa Delegation to Drainage Meet Announced
Pampa will send a delegation to the National Drainage and Reclamation congress April 21 through 24, led by Scott Barcus secretary of the Pampa chamber of ecommerce. Panhandle elites will also attend as delegates per reports.
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Pampa
National Drainage and Reclamation Congress
Scott Barcus
U. S. Good Will Fliers Arrive in Porto Rico
The United States army Pan American fliers arrived in San Juan Porto Rico at 9 30 this morning coming from St Thomas Virgin Islands a short hop of about eighty miles The Associated Press reports the arrival of the goodwill flight marking a brief stop in the Caribbean theater
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U. S
Porto Rico
Ban Juan
United States Army
St. Thomas
Virgin Isands
Man Dies in Fire. 11 Families Homeless in Maine
South Paris Maine April 12 Elinhe Turner 48 died in a fire that destroyed four storefronts and tenement houses in Market Square. Eleven families were left homeless as the blaze caused about 100000 dollars in losses.
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Associated Prem
Paris
Maine
Elinhe Turner
Market Square
Cantonese Factional Fighting Spurs Crisis Across Cities
Factional clashes erupt as Cantonese moderates clash with labor union extremists backed by Hankow. In Shanghai Hangchow Nanking and Amoy raids by plainclothes forces kill and arrest, while troops mobilize near Jukow and Kiangyan. Foreign offices report occupancies and anti British sentiment grows amid five power demands.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
Nanking
Amoy
Radica
Hundi
Canton
Hongkong
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