Religious revival soothes Herrin feuds amid 1926 upheaval
The piece notes a religious revival in Herrin bringing peace after violent Klan and anti Klan bootlegging feuds. It mentions a Bryan Darwin Monkey Trial lighting disruption in Dayton and new airphotography advances by Eastman with military links. It cites Korea floods, Copernican debates, and an editor joke, ending with Greek church dignitary insult by rioters.
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Herrin
J Dayton
Satan
Friends of the Monkeys
Weather Summary for Amarillo With Hourly Temperatures
Foreca says fair weather in Amarillo with temperatures listed by hour. Today highs near 90s and a low around upper 60s or 70s, with a map of temperatures at 11 am 69 degrees and 2 pm 90 degrees. Booster plate ad appears for Tenth Street garage.
Battle Over Scientists in Dayton Scopes Trial
Dayton Tenn July 16 The Tennessee motioned to exclude scientific testimony in the Scopes trial as Dr Maynard M Metcalf resumed testimony. William Jennings Bryan argued for excluding expert evolution evidence while defense contended experts are admissible. Court adjourned after a morning filled with legal sparring and exchange over creationism questions.
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Associated Press
Court Room
Dayton
Tenn
Maynard M. Metcalf
John T. Scopes
Metcalf
Clarence Darrow
A. T. Stewart
William Jennings Bryan
Scopes
Bryan
Tennessee
Mr. Bryan
Arthur G. Hays
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Herbert E. Hicks
Ben T. McKenzie
Dudley Field Malone
Cardinals Manager Homers Against Giants in Fourth
In New York on July 16 the St. Louis Cardinals manager hit his 24th homer of the season in the fourth inning against the Giants, driving in a run behind Smith. The pitcher for the Giants was Dean, and the item ends with references to vendors and a meeting place.
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New York
Rogers
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants
Smith
Dean
No Extradition in Son Kidnaping
San Antonio July 16. Lawyer W. C. Linden said Governor Ferguson will refuse to honor a warrant for extradition of Mrs. Virginia Canaday for alleged kidnaping July 7 in New York of her son Roscoe Jr. Linden noted Canady abducted the child from its mother in April and that New York courts ruled a parent cannot kidnap a child. The boy is with Mrs. Canady who vows to fight the case to the highest court.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Ferguson
Virginia Canaday
New York
Roscoe, Jr
W. C. Linden
Linden
Canady
R Q Lee Speaks On South Plains Farming Policy
R Q Lee of Cisco, president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, urged intensive diversified farming to the South Plains audience in Slaton and nearby towns. He criticized overextension of cultivation, warned of potential bankrupty from continual crop failures, and urged production of feed crops, livestock, poultry, pigs and dairying to sustain Texas farmers. He highlighted recent cotton overplanting and outlined a campaign schedule ending in Abilene Friday.
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Slaton
Tex
South Plains
R. Q. Lee
Cisco
West Texas
Santa Fe Railway
Lee
Old South
Mr. Lee
Texas
Sweetwater
Snyder
Abilene
French Deny Peace Terms in Moroccan Conflict
Madrid reports the Franco Spanish Moroccan conference denied offering generous peace terms to Abd el Krim. Abd el Krim reportedly demanded more concessions and rejected any armistice. The autonomy of some Moroccan regions was discussed, not a partition.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Abd-el-Krim
Morocco
Texas University Oil Land Leases Declared Valid
The Texas university oil land leases are valid the board of regents met today in Austin to decide on the status upon recommendation by Charles L Black Austin attorney. The majority report of the oil lands committee was accepted while the minority report by B G Paddleford of Fort Worth was rejected. The dispute centered on an oil royalty of one eighth reserved from Reagan county production.
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Associated Preas
Austin
Texas University
Board of Regents
Charles L. Black
Oil Lands Committee of the Regents
G. Paddleford
Fort Worth
Reagan County
Reduced Hay Rates Sought for Texas Drought Zone
In Austin on July 16, Senator Earle B. Mayfield urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant reduced hay rates for Central Texas during the drought emergency. He described a drought stretch from Waxahachie to Corpus Christi about 150 miles long where feed crops failed and cotton was poor, leaving farmers needing distant hay for stock. The request asks the commission to consider a ninety day emergency rate period.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Earle B. Mayfield
Clyde B. Atchison
Interstate Commercce Commission
Wax@hachie
Gcorpus Christi
Commission
Bandmaster Wylie Organizes City Band in Amarillo
Wylie from Fort Worth and former war era bandmaster has started forming an eighty piece boys and young men band for Amarillo. He set up in the Board of City Development rooms and will run a band music school. First rehearsal is Monday night with about twelve members signed.
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W. C. Wylie
eCity
Wylie
Fort Worth
Paul James
Memphis
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
San Angelo
55Th
1St Field Artillery
Amarillo
Board of City Development Rooms
Peace Officers Plan Test Of Search And Seizure Law
Texas police chiefs and city marshals opposed a new state search and seizure law. The Texas police association passed a resolution condemning the law, then rescinded it for a substitute calling a test case. J D Reeder urged withdrawal and a test case to challenge the law in court.
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Dallas
Texas
J. D. Reeder
el Paso
Court of Criminal Appeals
Coffee Shop at Amarillo Hotel Promoted as Famous For Food
The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is described as Famous For Food. An American Warehouse company offers merchandise storage with the contact Phone 101. A musical note Kiss Me Again is listed as a fair on Monday.
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Amarillo Hotel
American Warehouse Company
Wilson Culp Still Most Ardent Lover
South Bend, July 16. Wil son Culp former Ohio pastor again deserts his wife and nine children. Mrs Dorothy Culp of Napaunee Ind sister in law disappears. Culp and sister in law fled to Chicago and returned after warrants. Each sought forgiveness but may have broken vows and may have fled to Mexico. A similar case is pending from a prior elopement with a choir singer.
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Associated Prists
South Bend
Ind
Wilson Culp
Mexico
3 Culp
Xenia
Ohio
M Son Culp
Dempsey Signs to Meet Wills for Heavyweight Title
New York July 16 Associated Press reports promoter Tex Rickard signed heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey to fight Harry Wills the negro challenger for the crown with the date left open. Rickard said formal contract was signed and the bout may occur by next September. Col John J Phelan of the athletic commission questioned the move urging Dempsey to apply for a license and agree to meet Wills without restrictions.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex" Rickard
Jack Demperey
Harry Wills
Rickard
Dempsey
Wills
John J. Phelan
The
Athletic Commission
Commission
International campaign to topple Mussolini reported
London papers quote the Daily Telegraph on a worldwide effort to overthrow Mussolini and the Fascist regime. Emissaries allegedly join the Fascists to sow dissension while vast sums are spent by anti Fascists and their backers from Wall Street to Vienna and Milan to Moscow.
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Mussolini
Italy
Wall Street
Vienna
Milan
Moscow
Three Die From Fumes At Tank Car Coating Job
At Niagara Falls three Mathieson Alkali company workers died and two others were seriously ill after being overcome by fumes while coating the interior of a tank car with a rubberized solution.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Mathieson Alkali Company
Postal Man Resigns in White House Acceptance
Swampscott Mass July 16 President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Paul Henderson as second assistant postmaster general. Parts-Navis Auto Parts Co.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Paul Henderson
Soviet Theory Is Charge in Rail Financing Plan
Charles E Hughes will urge the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul receivers' plan for rail rate increases before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hearings begin in Chicago in September. The plan pools western increases among weaker roads and shares excess earnings with a government fund for loans to financially distressed lines.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Integerate Commerce Commission
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Mark W. Potter
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Paul's
Transportation Net
Local option in Germany sought
Berlin July 16 The first fruit of nationwide dry campaigns in Germany reached the Reichstag as a monster petition for local option law. Forty six bundles of cards, each 10 000 inv fidually sized, sum to ten day postal canvass results presented with Reichstag president Loebs consent.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Herr Loeb
Frankfort
Evangelical Womans League
Brazilian Buzzards on Warpath Arouse Protection Appeal
Rio de Janeiro July 16 reports say a tribe of Indians called the Urubus or buzzards has gone on the warpath in Maranhao interior regions. Four people were killed and property looted in the sparsely populated coffee and farming districts. Residents seek federal help as state police cannot fully guard remote farmhouses and settlements.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Maransao
Vera Cruz Terminal Claim Seeks 140000 Dollar Damages
The British owned Vera Cruz Terminal Company filed a claim for 29000 pounds about 140650 dollars for damages from the American occupation of Vera Cruz. The item will be included in Mexican claims against the United States.
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Associated Proag
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
United States
Forest fires sweep across Kootenai Kaniksu Pen O Reille reserves
Fires across the Kootenai Kaniksu and Pen O Reille forests in western Montana and northern Idaho threaten ranches and towns. District headquarters report the situation as the most menacing in recent years. The item ends with an unrelated coffee shop and car rental ad.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
Kootenai
Kaniksu
Pen O’reille
Montana
Idaho
Gang Strife in Chicago Leaves Two Dead
Chicago reports two killed and one wounded in a gangland outbreak. Tony Compagno dies after a drive by shooting as Samuel Ciminelli is wounded and questioned. A taxi driver Burtucci ferries a fatal victim to hospital and a lone officer in plain clothes shoots a would be robber.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tony Compagio
Intetim
Samuel Ciminelli
Deipadis
Burtucci
Texas Utilities Cuts South Panhandle Electricity Rate
Texas Utilities owner T R Kelso announced a one cent per kilowatt reduction effective on the June bill for twenty two south Panhandle towns. He is touring West Texas and New Mexico inspecting plants and noted recent purchases including Crosbyton and Portales NM plant acquisitions with plans to expand holdings toward Amarillo.
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Texas Utilities Company
South Panhandle
T. R. Kelso
St. Louis
Kelso
West Texas
New Mexico
Panhandle
Canyon
Hereford
Ralls
Floydada
Tulsa
Brownfield
Lubbock
Post
Littlefield
Crosbyton
South Plains
Portales
Amarillo
Happy
Kress
Plainview
Hale Center
Lockney
Lorenzo
Idalou
Slaton
I C C Holds Cotton Rates in Texas to be Unfair
The Interstate Commerce Commission found freight rates from southwestern states to Texas gulf ports unfair due to discrimination between water front warehouses and inland plants. Railroads must revise schedules by October 12. Export rates to Texas ports must exceed domestic rates enough to cover wharfage on shipments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Gulf Ports
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Institution Heads to Be Elected Today
Austin reports the meeting of the board of control begins at 2 o'clock today to elect superintendents for 48 state institutions. The session aims to fill leadership positions across multiple campuses.
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Associated Press
Austin
Board of Control
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