Brisbanes Lumnis and Nation in Curious Telegraph of Views
A wide ranging column features Arthur Brisbane and editorials on American prosperity driven by brains and industry. It cites Sir Ernest Benn and Sir George Paish urging tariff changes, discusses European trade, and mocks prohibition’s permanence while noting a curious tale of head hunting in Borneo and a Giza tomb dwarf wife.
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Arthur Brisbanes
America
Globe
Brisbane
the Globe
Ernest Benn
Brazil
Liberia
Iceland
Ernest
Britain
George Paich
Coolidge
Sam
Europe
Man Made Levees Along Mississippi Give Way
Deep spring blizzard cripples Wyoming and Colorado with three foot snowdrifts paralyzing traffic and endangering livestock. Dozens marooned in cars and buses as cattle rush to feed lots and lambing losses rise. One death reported near Greeley when a bus blinded by snow struck a man from Stephenville Texas.
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Associated Press
Denver
Wyoming
Colorado
Palmer Lake
Greenland
Mountain States
New Mexico
Montana
Canada
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
H. T. Higginbotham
Stephenville
Greeley
Train wreck injures sixteen near Natchitoches Louisiana
Alexandria April 15 railroad officials said none of the sixteen shaken up when Texas and Pacific passenger train No. 20 derailed three miles west of Natchitoches due to a washout was seriously hurt. Only one coach turned over. Local casualty totals and exact injuries were limited to quick hospital checks.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Texas and Pacific
Natchitoches
Weather forecast and temperatures for today
The forecast calls for warmer tonight and Saturday. Historical note shows yesterday's high 68 and low 39 degrees. Today’s hourly temperatures began at 7 a.m. with 36 degrees and rose through 1 p.m. to 59 degrees.
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Jeremes
Nebraska towns cut off by record drifts in April storm
Western and northwestern Nebraska faced the worst storm in years with drifts up to fifteen feet stranding residents and closing schools and Chadron College. Floods also threatened as Elk Horn and North Fork rivers rose after continuous rains. Traffic halted, trains and buses suspended, cattle losses anticipated, and continued snow forecast.
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Nebraska
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Chadron
Elk Horn
O'Neil
North Fork
Minnesotan stands by Texas land boom claim
Paul Minn April 15 Oscar H Smith Minnesota immigration commissioner said he had nothing to apologize for regarding his charge that land gamblers sought to boom Texas lands. He noted a Texas chamber of commerce request for retraction and reaffirmed that Minnesota farmers face risk from group of land boomers selling Texas land at high prices.
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Associated Press
Paul
Minn
Oscar H. Smith
Minnesota
South Texas
South ‘Iexas Chambers of Commerce
Dan Moody
Texas
Minnesota Immigration Bulletin
Twin-Cities
Immigration Department
Barnett Freed In Court Today
L A Barnett a merchant at 326 Fast Fourth street was arrested Monday April 11 for violating the Sunday closing law. A Potter county jury under Justice C G Landis acquitted him this morning, finding no sale and recognizing his residence and right to keep his door open. He was free on his own recognizance bond after arrest and claimed he was whipped in a kangaroo court while jailed.
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L. A. Barnett
Fast Fourth Street
Potter County
C. G. Landis
Barnett
Destroyer Ford Engages Chinese Forces at Sea
Washington April 15 The destroyer John J Ford fired four inch guns with shrapnel shells at Chinese northern troops after they opened fire on the Standard Oil vessel Meirun The encounter occurred as the warship returned the Chinese fire and engaged their positions at sea
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Associated Press
Washington
John J. Ford
Meirun
PEXAN IS BLIND AFTER DRINKING GLASS OF WINE
New Orleans April 15 Sidney de Wolf of Streetman Texas became blind after drinking wine from friends and unaware of its source He fell ill after returning to his boarding place and doctors had not determined if the blindness would be permanent The incident highlights a possible poisoning risk but details remain unclear and investigations were ongoing.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sidney de Wolf
Streetman
Texas
de Wolf
Spanish Beauty To Sail for U S Test
Senorita Maria Casajuana of Barcelona will sail tomorrow on the French liner Suffren to carry Spain’s standard in an international pulchritude pageant here May 21 28. Cables to Willett L Roe pageant director set the plans in motion.
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Galveston
Senorita Maria Casajuana
Barcelona
Spain
America
Willett L. Roe
Tilden Wins United North and South Singles Title
William Tilden of Philadelphia, a leading American player, defeated George Lott Jr. of Chicago in the finals with scores of 6 2, 7 5, 7 2 to claim the championship. The matchup marks the sixth meeting this season between Tilden and Lott, with Lott winning once.
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Associated Press
William T. Tilden
Philadelphia
United North and South
George Lott Jr
Chicago
Tilden
Lott
First train on new U S Mexico schedule departs
The first through train from the American border to Mexico City left Nogales Sonora at 9 pm over the Southern Pacific of Mexico. The line recently completed 103 miles of track between Tepic and La Quemada as part of a $14 000 000 project begun in 1923. The train heads to Guatamano Jalisco, where it will connect with Mexican national lines toward Mexico City.
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Presa
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
Sonora
Southern Pacific of Mexico Railroad
Tepic
Nayarit
la Quemada
Jalisco
Guatamano
Mexican National Lines
Plane rushes anti-toxin to Rock Springs
Dr Livingston Anderson of the state health department prepared to fly 300 doses of typhoid anti-toxin to Rock Springs in response to a plea from Edwards county health officer. The plane was supplied by the American Legion and a typhoid epidemic was feared.
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Associated Press
Austin
Edwards County
Livingston Anderson
State Health Department
Rock Springs
American Legion
Mississippi Flood Forces Mass Evacuations Across States
As the Mississippi swells to record crests, families flee lower valley towns from Plaquemine to Memphis. Levees crumble and barriers rise with sandbags and earth used to shore walls. In Columbus Kentucky 490 homeless as water floods streets and breaks threaten towns along White and St Francis rivers. Sixteen hurt when a Texas and Pacific train hit a washout near Nachitoches.
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Associated Presa
New Orleans
Plaquemine
Burnaldo
College Point
Donaldsonville
Giesmar
Mississippi River
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Columbus
Kentucky
St. Francis
Truman
Big Lake
Arkansas
Tador
Fort Smith
van Buren
Grand Tower
Linds
Popular Bluffs
Missouri
Texas and Pacific
Nachitoches
Louisiana
Oklahoma Flood Claims One More Victim
The storm and flood outbreaks in Oklahoma have claimed another life. Francis Tearson, 14, is reported among the more than twenty dead or drowned in the two weeks of violent weather. Continued on page two.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Francis Tearson
Strange pranks of Texas tornadoes described by storm survivors
In Dallas on April 15, storm survivors recount bizarre tornado damage across Texas. Feathers ripped from mudhens, a baby carried three miles uninjured, a dog's head severed, barbed wire shredded, and a water-tipe faucet torn from a tank. Descriptions include a Denison lake nesting mudhens, a half mile of Pence posts splintered, and other odd wind acts across Bell and Rock Springs regions.
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Texas
Associated Press
Dallas
Denison
A. G. Gilbert
Oklahoma
Enoch
Hughes
Rock Springs
Bell County
Dee Cox
Dunn's Canyon
Cox
Must Have Bathing Suit in Rio Grande
In Laredo on April 1 the mayor Senor Amado Gonzales Palacio bans swimming without a bathing suit in the Rio Grande. He enforces the rule due to many youths polluting the riverbanks seeking relief.
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Rio Grande
Associated Press
Laredo
Senor Amado Gonzales Palacio
Canton Note Big Surprise in Nanking Reparations Debate
Washington reports a Cantonese foreign minister Eugene Chen proposed an international commission to probe the Nanking outrages prompting immediate American speculation. Chen refused to admit Cantonese troops caused the killings, drawing concern and varied reactions as officials withhold comment.
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Praga
Washington
Eugene Chen
Nanking
Chen
State Department
China
Presa
Canton
Japan
Italy
Legion Post Would Locate E. B. Biswell
Ira C. Barend of the eighteenth district American Legion asks readers to aid in locating Mr. E B Biswell believed near Amarillo Texas. Any information should be given to Hanson Post 54 Amarillo adjutant.
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Ira C. Barend
Eighteenth District
American Legion
Globe
B. B. Bla
Amarillo
Biswell
Hanson
Texas
Gale Strikes in Louisiana Tornado Kills Negro
A tornado hit LaCamp near Glenmora late yesterday killing one Black man, demolishing ten houses and damaging eight other buildings. The storm paused during a three day regional rain, and wire communication with the town was cut.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
LaCamp
Glenmora
Freak Weather Leaves Vast Areas Homeless Across States
Frigid storms from Colorado to Mississippi valley bring tornadoes blizzards floods with death tolls over 100 in five days. Texas reports over fifty dead and dozens hospitalized as Rock Springs Oklahoma Arkansas suffer heavy damage and mass displacements. Red Cross coordinates relief amid widespread agricultural losses and ruined crops.
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Rocky Mountain States
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Rock Springs
Lone Star State Toll Way
Civic Club Plans Big Field Day Revival in Amarillo
The American Business club met at the Amarillo hotel and voted unanimously to revive a city field day competition against all civic clubs. They invited Kiwanis to rejoin and compete for the annual trophy, the showpiece of past events.
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Civic Club
American Business Club
Amarillo
Kiwanis Club
Victors
Business Seanloty
Oil Firm In Texas Pays Large Dividends In 1926
The Big Lake Oil company operating in Texas paid dividends totaling 7.6 million dollars to stockholders in 1926, as disclosed in the third annual report released by the Plymouth Oil company of Pittsburgh which controls the Texas outfit. This compares with 40 thousand in 1924 and 2.56 million in 1925.
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Charleston
W. Va
Big Lake Oil Company
Texas
Plymouth Oil Company
Pittsburgh
Texas Company
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Tdtel Moore
Corner
Pierce
Blackburn
Amarillo Hotel
Pexan
U. S
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Steinway
F. P. Hubbard
Dymond Poultry
North River Road School
Brodt
the Panhandle
Lower River Valley
Dasher
John Smalley
Neal Messer
International Commission
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peking
Legion Post
E. B. Biswell
Rockies
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National Red Cross
Oil Company
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