vanishing bugaboo and calvinists in a brisk editorial
Arthur Brisbane surveys fear of big business and Calvinist currents, notes Holland and John Calvin, cites Sing Sing escapes and jailers as examples, laments Burns and drink, praises talkies, and touches on Russian pole expeditions and the Italia airship tragedy as a mosaic of modern worries and curiosities.
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Star Company
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
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General Motors Company
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Gornor
Democrats
New York
Obregon Assassination Sparks Mexico City Security Clampdown
In Mexico City on July 18, General Alvaro Obregon, president elect, was assassinated by a man posing as a cartoonist. Calles orders strict censorship as police and troops patrol the capital and roads. Saloons and theaters close. many Obregon opponents flee while the army pledges public peace.
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Mexico City
Calles
National Palace
Alvaro Obregon
Republic
War Department
Obregon
Hoover Confers With Midwest Farm Leaders On California Trip
Herbert Hoover met with mid western farm leaders as his train moved toward California. Attending were Iowa Governor John Hammill and Nebraska Governor Adam MacMullen. Other figures including Senator Joseph T. Robinson and Col. Herbert H. Lehman discussed a mid west farm vote campaign and party strategy. Southern Democratic leaders gathered in Asheville to oppose Governor Smith.
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Herbert Hoover
California
John Hammill
Iowa
Adam MacMullen
Nebraska
John J. Raskoh
Gerry
Rhode Island
Herbert H. Lehman
Democratic National Committee
Texas
New York
Asheville
N. C
Smith
James J. Cannon
Nations Rally to Kellogg Anti War Pact
Great Britain accepts the American proposal for an anti war treaty and signals readiness to sign at a mutually agreeable time and place. Sir Austen Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that the note expresses complete readiness to sign, with publication planned for Friday.
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London
Great Britain
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
United States
U S Pays Tribute to Mexico's Air Hero
New York honors Captain Emilio Carranza, killed near New Jersey, with a funeral procession of 10,000 troops and 21 military planes. His body will travel by special train via Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Missouri Pacific, Texarkana to Laredo, where transfer to Mexican authorities occurs at the international bridge. Five officers and sixteen enlisted men accompany the body.
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Associated Press
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New
United States Army
Laredo
Texas
International Bridge
Coniny
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Texarkana
Ark
San Antonio
Belgium replies on treaty text for renouncing war
Belgium informed Secretary Kellogg that the treaty text as submitted for the multilateral pact to renounce war remains under consideration. The move comes as Washington continues to seek formal participation from the invited nations, including Belgium, in the concluding steps of the agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Belgium
United States
Kellogg
Oil Operator Killed in Brownwood Highway Crash
Brownwood Texas July 14 Fosdick 45 a former Brownwood oil operator was instantly killed and his companion Alfred Gooley seriously injured early today when their car struck a bridge railing on the Cross Plains highway and plunged down a 16 foot embankment Blackburn Boxwell ambulance
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Associated Press
Brownwood
Texas
Fosdick
Alfred Gooley
Cross Plains Highway
Western league franchise fund in Amarillo nears target
About 51,000 raised early today with $8,500 of the needed $10,000 in hand to carry the Amarillo Western league team to season end. The business men's committee led by Toney Chisum W W Flenni ken and Wilbur C Hawk met at 2 PM to finish before 5 PM deadline set by league president Dale Gear.
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Business Men’s
Toney Chisum
W. W. Flenniken
Wilbur C. Hawk
Dale Gear
League
Eastland horned frog set to visit Amarillo city
City Detective W. M. McGough reports the Eastland horned frog, famed publicity icon, may come to Amarillo soon. Owned by Will M. Wood, the frog has traveled nationwide and even met the president. Exhibiting status not yet confirmed, but McGough expects possible display.
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John Parrish
Cisco
McGrough
Gough
Jefferson
Reeturn
Wood
Mr. McGough
Frog
Milk from Local Dairies Demanded by Amarillo Stores
The Independent Grocers' association urged that Amarillo stores be supplied with milk from local dairies rather than outside sources. The group noted local dairies support about $500,000 in annual business and argued foreign milk would endanger the local dairy industry, seeking fair pricing to sustain dairy farms.
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Independent
Grocers’ Association
U S to Help Mexico After Obregon Assassination
Washington stated the United States will do whatever it can on this side of the Mexican border to prevent revolution in Mexico following the assassination of president-elect Obregon. Authorities emphasized they want to avoid upheaval and will assist if possible.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Mexico
Obregon
Tax Suits To Be Filed On Delinquent 1927 Taxes
County tax collector J W Collins says 1000 tax suits will be filed on more than 2000 delinquent 1927 taxes totaling about 40000. Attorney Riley Strickland will start filing suits to recover the taxes, urging owners to pay now to avoid penalties and court costs. If suits proceed, an extra penalty of 815,750 per property could be added. about 200 suits were filed recently on 1926 delinquencies.
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Riley Strickland
Leo Sparks
Collings
Amarillo Banks See $5 Million Rise Since June 30
Amarillo five banks report deposits up 32 percent in eighteen days, totaling about $5.5 million more than June 30. Bankers credit the wheat harvest for the surge and predict deposits may exceed 1926 oil-boom peaks within sixty days. Panhandle deposits rise daily with harvest progress. Spearman banks also show sharp gains, as the Panhandle wheat crop, now about 17.5 million bushels, nears completion. Banks in the region enjoy strong deposits and light loans.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Spearman
Governor Richards Withdraws Pardon for Ben Bess
Columbia July 18 Governor Richards revoked the pardon he granted Ben Bess on May 32 and ordered the negro to be returned to the penitentiary. The move sets a precedent in South Carolina and the executive had been informed similar actions had been taken in other states.
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Columbia
Richards Haw
Ben Bess
South Carolina
Obregon Biography Reads Like Adventure Tale
The life of General Alvaro Obregon, assassinated in Mexico City, reads like a late Latin American adventure novel. A farmer turned warrior, he rose to power during the Madero era, aided Carranza, led armies into the capital, faced Pancho Villa at Celaya, and accumulated wealth surpassing a million dollars.
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Obregon
Huatabampo
Sonora
Madero
de la Huerta
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Obre
Obregon's rise in Mexico amid a wave of assassinations
The text lists 18 notable assassinations from 1914 to 1926, noting Obregon's 1920 coup against Carranza, his rapid stabilization of Mexico, and his bid for the presidency after Calles' term. It ends with United Press analysis from Washington on July 15 about Calles possibly wielding military power after Obregon's assassination.
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Alvaro Obregon
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Austria-Hungary
Sophie Chotek
Hoenberg
Sarajevo
Czar
Russia
Khatherinburg
Michael Alexander
Hugo Haane
German
Michael Colling
Dee
Gabriel Nerutowics
Sultan Ishan
Mussulman
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Parral
Mexico
Giacomo Matteotti
Obregon
Carranza
Mexco City
Calles
Washington
James Ans
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