Blood, Brains, and Brawn in 1920s Headlines
A辟 eclectic 1926 Globe roundup features Arthur Brisbane on topics of the day, U.S. farm bill veto questions, Wall Street shifts, and musings on blood as life. It cites Dempsey and Tunney, Mikado's death, and a Catalina Channel swim with moral and social echoes.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
The
Globe
Brisbane
Myrtle Huddieston
Ifornia
Re‘uce
Catalina Channel
Industry Inquiries Answered by B C D
Inquiries about curing possibilities are being answered at the Board of City Development. Departments have drafted letters replying to requests for more information about a tannery trunk factory electro plating plant and a washing machine manufacturing plant.
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Board of City Delopment
Weather report for Marillo with forecasts and readings
Weather notes show fair conditions tonight and Saturday with temperature changes. Recorded extremes include 76 and 29, with morning readings from 29 at 7 and 8 am and 81 later in the day.
Former Oklahoma banker linked to multiple killings
J M Saunders, ex Oklahoma Bankers Association official, admits killing eighteen people he would not name fearing revenge. Oklahoma officers doubt his claims while his wife cites additional slayings. He says he faced nine murder trials and would need protection if returning to Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
J. M. Saunders
Oklahoma Bankers’ Association
Oklahoma
Gladys Saunders
Saunders
Memphis
Bud Ballou
Wichita Falls
Ballou
Road system reform bills withdrawn in Texas
The entire highway reform program is withdrawn with Gov. Moody's concurrence. Effort will aim for one comprehensive bill to cover patchwork proposals for introduction at an inevitable special session.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Gary Denies Resignation Rumors At United States Steel
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, today stated that his resignation has never been discussed or considered, dispelling public rumors of retirement this year. The report appears in a New York dispatch dated February 11.
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Associated Press
New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Farmer Ended Life by Tying to Horses Near Youngstown
Ed ward Warner a 55 year old prosperous farmer near Youngstown Ohio anchored his body to a barn with a chain tied to a horse and then urged the animal forward. The horse pulled free causing Warner's neck and back to break. he died before relatives arrived.
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Associated Press
Youngstown,o
Edward Warner
Wenner
Rail Executive Edward Chambers Leaps to Death in San Francisco
Edward W. Chambers 68, vice-president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, died after leaping from a hospital window in San Francisco. He had entered for a minor operation ten days earlier and reportedly suffered a sudden mental disturbance. Chambers, a longtime railroad executive, began with the company as a freight handler in Pueblo, Colorado, and served 49 years.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Edward W. Chambers
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
J. H. West
Flo Yates
Cruikshank Leads In South Central Golf Tourney
Bobby Cruickshank of Progress Country club Purchase New York led the South Central golf tournament at Hot Springs Arkansas at the 54 hole mark with 80 71 73 224 half the field completed Frank Walsh of Appleton Wisconsin who led after yesterday finished second with 74 74 77 225.
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Tis Associated Preas
Hots Springs
Ark
Feb
Bobby Cruickshank
Progress Country Club
Purchase
New York
Frank Walsh
Appleton
Wisconsin
Japan to accept Coolidge naval arms proposal
Tokyo reports Rengo states the Japanese government has decided to accept President Coolidge a proposal for a new conference on naval armament reduction. A reply to the president is expected to be sent to Washington soon. In Rome, Italian circles foresee talks with England France and likely Japan on the same proposals.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Rengo
Coolidge
Washington
Rome
Edison on Immortality and Politics on Birthday
West Orange New Jersey February 11 Thomas A Edison on his eightieth birthday states the word God has no meaning to me yet believes a supreme intelligence pervades the universe He calls spiritualism bunk and doubts science producing life He also comments Coolidge should be reelected and sees Bolshevism as a menace to the United States and other nations
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edigon
Menlo Park
Mr. Edison
Coolidge
United States
Crichton man aims to drive golf ball to Los Angeles
Dec Graham twenty one of Crichton Mobile bound for Los Angeles starts Sunday from Mobile Country Club driving a golf ball as he crosses rivers and restarts on the far shore accompanied by Happy Kirby nineteen who will act as caddy. He expects a journey of thousands of miles and hopes to finish in years if needed.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Graham
Crichton
Sky Iron
Los Angeles
Happy” Kirby
Eaddy
Mobile Country Club
Rivers
Noted U S links architect here not ed
John R. Van Kleek of Stiles and Van Kleek Boston and St. Petersburg is in Austin this week to plan an eighteen hole golf course at Castle Cliffs for Lamb Land Co. A committee of fifteen inspected the site after a preliminary survey, with expectations high for the project.
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John R. van Kleek
Stiles and van Kleek
Boston
Massachusetts
St. Petersburg
Florida
Olf
van Kleek
United States
Lamb Land Company
Castle Cliffs
House Takes Up Pen Relocating Problem
In Austin on February 11, the Fortieth Texas legislature opened debate on reorganizing and relocating the state prison system. The house pursued the issue as a major topic, with the noon recess interrupting consideration of a committee substitute for four prison bills.
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House
Leany Austin
Texas
Wife Trading Revealed At Hearing In Kansas Blast Death
The coroner's jury in Pittsburg Kansas heard a sordid tale of wife trading as it probed the death of two Mayberry children killed by a dynamite blast in their bed. Confessions tied two married couples in long running affairs, with Mary Davis and Mrs Mayberry testifying to mutual intimacies. Mayberry, a Kansay Gas and Electric employee, faced questions while maintaining a troubled but sympathetic bearing as details of the marital entanglements emerged. The hearing adjourned to February 24 for further testimony from Mrs Mayberry.
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Kansan
Globe
Pittsburgh
Kan
Mayberry
May
Mayberrys
Davises
Mary Davis
Davis
Prisoners Saw Way to Liberty Warned in Panhandle
Six convicts escaped Gray County jail between 1 and 6 am smuggling a steel saw into the jail. A posse searched the North Plains from Pampa to White Deer, while authorities issued warnings across the Panhandle and western Oklahoma. One stolen Oakland sedan found abandoned 18 miles south of White Deer. six men at large with only vague descriptions.
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Panhandle
Oklahoma
E. S. Graves
Pampa
Gray County
Oakland
White Deer
North Plains
Wayne Thomas Wmall
J. B.D. Cromwell
Lloyd O Whitney
Amooth
Kay Colling
G. C. Pittman
Sayre
Cowboy and Two Indians slain on New Mexico reservation
A cowboy and two Navajo Indians were killed in a battle on the Indian reservation near Pueblo Alto. Sheriff officers from Sandoval and McKinley counties are en route to the scene. Persistent reports indicate the clash arose over range cattle.
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Associated
Albuquerque
N. M
Pueblo Alto
Albuquerque Journal
Sandoval
McKinley
Congress Debates McNary-Haugen Bill In Spotlight
Congress meets at noon as the House takes up the McNary-Haugen bill while the Senate under an agreement to vote. A Senate subcommittee opens an inquiry into Oregon timber contracts. The Smithsonian holds a conference to decide its future work. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is Famous For Food. For garbage service call 2044.
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Associated Press
Congress
House
McNary-Haugen
Bo Doys
Senate
Oregon
Smithsonian Institution
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Will Rogers
John DD
Ormond Beach
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Paris
U.S
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Berlain
I’resa
W W. Chamberlain
Houston Optometrist
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H. H. Moore
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House Committee On State Affairs
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