Rockefeller Service Voices on Public Good and Competition
Arthur Brisbane discusses John D. Rockefeller Jr and Standard Oil in a Senate Oil Committee session. Edison, Lenin, and Russia are debated with notes on wages, efficiency, and social contrasts. The column surveys tips, experiments, and the human costs of change.
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Arthur Brisbane Rockefeller
Edison
Russia
Newton, Kas
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Senate Oil Committee
Rockefeller
Big Bill Thompson Best Man at Tex Austin Wedding
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson served as best man for Tex Austin, rodeo promoter, and Miss Mary Lou Mac Guire of Albuquerque at a ceremony yesterday held at the hotel housing Thompson's headquarters.
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Big Bill
TEX
Associated Press
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Tex Austin
Mary Lou MacGuire
Albuquerque
N. M
Thompson
City beautification drive launches with survey and prizes
A. N. Olver leads a large volunteer force in a permanent campaign to improve property exteriors. District chairmen will collect data on location occupant owner contact and existing improvements then pass findings to the Board of City Development. Prizes will reward front and back yard efforts across multiple categories.
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A. N. Olver
Olver
Board of City Development
Lubbock ex-city manager Ruby case reversed on misapplication charge
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded former Lubbock city manager Ruby's two year conviction for misapplication of public funds after finding the state failed to prove his responsibility. The ruling also sends back for retry O H Tilley for practicing medicine without a license.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Ruby
Lubbock, Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
O. H. Tilley
Hardeman County
Tilley
Joe Minor
Geo. Wyatt
Hunt County
Wyatt
Earl Asquith Dies at His Home in Sutton Courtenay
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, former prime minister Herbert H. Asquith, died at The Wharf in Sutton Courtenay England at 6:00 am after pulmonary complications. He was 75 and surrounded by family including Lady Oxford and his children. The death comes as Earl Balfour remains ill nearby.
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Associated Press
Sutton Gourtenay
England
Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Herbert H. Asquith
the Wharf
Upper Thames
Liberal Party
Lord Oxford
Earl
Thames
Lady Oxford
Margot Asquith
Princess Bibesco
Bonham Carter
Anthony Asquith
Earl of Balfour
Prestonkirk
Scotland
Earl Balfour
Tom Mix Injured and Ill at Home in Beverly Hills
Screen cowboy Tom Mix is confined to his Beverly Hills home with multiple injuries from a Saturday film shoot. He has three cracked ribs a strained wrist and a stiff leg with a cough and cold developing afterward.
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Tom MIX
Associated
Beverly Hills
Cal
Blame Mexican in Fatal Wreck Near Roswell NM
Authorities search for a Mexican to blame for the Santa Fe train No. 92 wreck near Acme New Mexico. Fireman J W Knight of Clovis was killed and Engineer G Withers injured in the collision. Both train crew from Clovis NM.
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Roswell
N. M
Acme
Here
J. W. Knight
G. Withers
Clovis
Juggernauts Tuned Up for Speed Test
In Daytona Beach Florida two races for inexpensive stock cars were set on the Ormond Daytona course as three juggernauts prepared for a world speed record attempt. Captain Malcolm Campbell entered his "Blue Bird" aiming to surpass Major Ho Seagrave’s 203.79 mph mark. Frank Lockhart pilots a sixteen cylinder Stutz and J M White of Philadelphia fields a 36 cylinder triple motored Tri Ple. Speed trials begin Friday.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Ormond Daytona
Malcolm Campbell
Move To Block Hickman Trial Delayed By Judge
William Edward Hickman and co defendants Tilckman and Welby Hunt faced a blocked move to delay their murder trial for C. Ivy Thome. Judge Carlos Hardy denied the continuance citing the new law requiring absolute proof, sending the case to Superior Judge Elliott Craig for trial with the prosecutor ready. Jerome Walsh pressed for delay as A Gray Gilmer signaled possible acquiescence.
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Hall OF Justice
Loe Angelen
Web
Willian Edward Hickman
Tilckman
Welby Hunt
Ivy Thome
Carlos
Hardy
Elliott Craig
Jerome Walsh
Hickman
Kellogg Called In Treaty Parley by Senate Panel
Washington February 15 The Senate Foreign Relations committee postponed action on the Franco American arbitration treaty and voted to summon Secretary of State Kellogg for interpretation of some of its phrases.
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United
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogge
Weather forecast note with scattered showers
Tonight and Thursday unsettled with rain likely in parts. Temperatures range from 28 to 45 degrees, colder Thursday. West Texas sees rain north and southeast swirls. Oklahoma and Louisiana expect cloudy skies with occasional rain and little temperature change.
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West Texas
Texas
Wwers
Oklahoma
A Modern Sir at the West Virginia August Festival
Peter Justin, admiring his daughter Jill and her handsome guest Tony, contemplates the town’s August festival night in a glass town home. Jill, 20, and Tony, 19, appear in formal attire as Peter muses on heartbreak and the family lineage.
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Jack
Jill
Jillian
Peter
Night Ride to Romance Ends in Hold Up and Abduction
A moonlit drive becomes a crime scene as Jill and her brother Tony are ambushed by two men beside a roadster. A blackjack blinds Tony, Jill is seized and gagged, while a mysterious captor looms over the pair on the roadside as danger unfolds.
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Jill
Tony
Dil
Gasoline Explosion Injures Man and Destroys House
A gasoline explosion in a house at 708 North Buchan Street seriously injured Leslie Kring a filling station operator who was cleaning clothing at the time and lightly burned J Baggs the owner who tried to remove burning fabric. The residence was destroyed and Kring was rushed to St Anthony Hospital in critical condition.
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DPD
Jenkins
R. N. Coyle
Marvin Johnson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Jenkins and Coyle
Johnson
Second
Fillmore Streets
Gus A. Leftwich
Country Club
Mr. Leftwich
Lee Miller
Amarillo
North Highway
North
J. W. Triplett
Deadwiley
Fillmore Street
Joe Mobley
Jenking
Griggs
St. Anthony Hospital
Buchanan Street
Leslie Kring
J. &. Baggs
Kring
Baggs
Groom
Iro
Huma
Rails laid on Fort Worth & Denver City extension above caprock
Steel rails are being laid for the first time on the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad's extension above the caprock. Under the Denver's present program rails are to reach several Northwest Texas towns including Quitaque Turkey Silverton Petersburg Dimmitt and Hart.
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Associated Press
Uplainview
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver City Railroad
Caprock
Denver
Quitaque
Turkey
Silverton
Petersburg
Dimmitt
Hart
Two youths captured after gun battle near St Clairsville
Two 17 year old youths from Youngstown Ohio were captured after a gun battle in the woods near St Clairsville Ohio. Authorities believe they may be John Burns and Samuel Baxter two escapees from a Pendleton Indiana reform school. Sheriff Hardesty says they resemble the escaped prisoners and that two deputies missing since February seventh may have been slain.
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Associated Prensa
ST. Clairsville
Ohio
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
Pendleton
Ind
Albert Jenstings
Frank Fornes
Youngstown
Hardesty
Barnes
Baxter
John P. Grove
Wallace McClure
Lafayette
Reformatory
Noted Movie Player Dies in Hollywood
Lincoln Plummer a 52 year old motion picture character actor died in Hollywood of heart failure He played Cunningham the small town financier in Alias the Deacon which closed at the Fair theater last night
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Hollywood
Associated Pros
Calif
Lincoln Plummer
Cunningham
Alias the Deacon
Fair Theater
Post Surgeon and Engineer Killed in Plane Crash
Dayton dispatch reports Capt. Thomas H. Miller post surgeon at Wright field died in a plane crash near Fairfield east of the post. Capt. Edward Laughlin chief engineering officer at the airport was seriously injured in the same mishap. Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Thomas H. Miller
Wrightfield
Edward Laughlin
Fairfield
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