Splendor of Orient Rules in Shrinedom
In Kansas City the Golden Jubilee of North America's Shrine began with a 60 000 seat parade honoring Imperial Potentate Conrad W Dyke man of Brooklyn and Shrine officers. Spectators filled downtown streets as bands and temple groups marched along the highway of the Orient.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
North America
Conrad W. Dykeman
Brooklyn
Imperial Potentate
Imperial Council Chamber
Convention Hall
Shrine
Imperial Potentate Dykeman
Kismet Temple
Showers Boost Panhandle Crops Across Rail Lines
Reports say showers from Amarillo to Slaton and along Santa Fe and Ft. Worth and Denver lines bring 0.25 inch totals to areas east of Amarillo while Abernathy to Hale Center saw 1 inch. Destructive hail south of Brownfield bailed over 20,000 acres of cotton. Wheat prospers with cool weather and intermittent showers through Dalhart.
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Amarillo
Slaton
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Ft. Worth
Denver
Abernathy
Hale Center
Sayre
Okla
Frank B. Edwards
The
Brownfield
Fort Worth & Denver
Dalhart
Brookhart Renominated in Iowa Primary Leads Over Sweet
Sen Smith W Brookhart was renominated by Town Republicans in yesterday's primary. Observers say results from about two thirds of the state show Brookhart leading Burton E Sweet by roughly 12 000 votes.
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Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
Burton E. Sweet
Anti-Bonus League Plans Action for Test of New Law
Ex-Service Men's Anti-bonus league considers filing injunctions to test the bonus bill. Captain Knowlton Durham, national president, says a committee of lawyers will assess possible actions against the secretary of the treasury war and navy departments and the Veterans bureau to block cash payments or insurance certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ex-Service Men's Anti-bonus League
Knowlton Durham
League
Secretary of the Treasury
War and Navy Departments
Veteran's Bureau
Whisky dealers ordered to halt sale by Klandriven resolution
Amarillo druggist Dr W G Fly and partner T D Barton led a Texas Klan faction meeting in Dallas on May 21 to push a bone-dry agenda. The resolution denounces whisky prescriptions and urges Texas to end liquor dispensing by doctors and druggists, aligning with anti liquor reforms nationwide.
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W. G. Fly
Amarillo
Ku Klux Klan
Marvin
Globe
Dallas
Texas
Knights of the
Newspaper Conspiracy Against McAdoo Charged
A national conspiracy claim alleges the Republican and reactionary Democratic press suppressed favorable coverage of W. G. McAdoo. David Ladd Rockwell, head of the McAdoo for president committee, says front pages push unfavorable views and depict him as unavailable.
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Los Angeles
W. G. McAdoo
David Ladd Rockwell
McAdoo
Fall of Villa Hermosa Denied by War Official
War Secretary Serrano arrived in Mexico City from the south last night declaring that Villa Hermosa, the last rebel stronghold, has not yet been taken by the federals. He said the campaign remains difficult due to the surrounding country.
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Mexico City
Serrano
Villa Hermosa
Two Killed as Lightning Strikes Balloon Flight
Dr. C. L. Meissinger of the U S Weather Bureau and Lieut. James T. Neely of Philadelphia died when a Army balloon exploded and caught fire near Monticello and Bement Illinois after a test flight from Scott Field. The wreckage showed evidence of a lightning strike and a parachute and silk bag were found nearby.
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Belleville
Ill
C. L. Meissinger
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
James T. Neely
Philadelphia
Scott Field
Bement
Neely
Dr. Meissinger
Monticello
United States
Weather Bureau
Witness denies Klan funds aided Mayfield campaign
F G Van Valkenburg testified before a senate committee that Ku Klux Klan funds raised in Dallas in 1922 were not used for Senator Earle B Mayfield s Texas race. He asserted all money he handled went to local activity and rejected demands to contribute to the state campaign. The Mayfield camp pressed the charge of Klan backing as George E B Peddy challenged the senator s election. He noted he was summoned to Washington on behalf of Peddy but his testimony was not sought by Peddy interests.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Dallas
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas
Senate
F. G van Valkenburg
Mayfield
George E. B. Peddy
van Valkenberg
Peddy
Tax Bill Signed Despite Presidential Protest
Washington reports a new federal tax law is on the books as President Coolidge signs it and vows to fight for a politically less charged, economically focused revision next session. He calls the bill a temporary relief though it has obvious defects.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Funeral of John Miller to be held in Clarendon
Funeral services for John Miller age 66 will be held tomorrow in Clarendon. The body rests at Griggs undertakers. Miller died yesterday afternoon at his home from a heart attack while sitting in his automobile. He leaves his widow two sons and ten daughters and was a Baptist Church member and Odd Fellows lodge attendee.
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John Miller
Arthur Street
Clarendon
Griggs Undertaking Rooms
Miller
Baptist Shurchand
Odd Fellows Lodge
Louisiana House passes secrecy and mask bills
Baton Rouge July 3. The Louisiana house passed three bills abolishing secrecy and the mask. One requires all organizations to file sworn membership lists with the Secretary of State. A second makes masked public wear unlawful except on Mardi Gras. A third makes masked assault a felony.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fuqua
Louisiana House
Farmers Sale Draws Hundreds for Conditional Planting Talk
More than three hundred farmers, wives and children attended the monthly sale in the municipal auditorium. O B Burnett spoke on cotton planting windows and shallow cultivation. West Texas Auctioneers association members spoke, with auction items displayed outside. A late business meeting was planned as farm implements and equipment awaited the hammer.
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O. B. Burnett
Panhandle
West Texas Auctioneers’ Association
Congress Sets Adjournment Date Amid Farm Relief Debate
Congress will adjourn next Saturday after a Senate approved plan. The vote was 53 to 86 with La Follette group protesting to seek farm relief and other measures before adjournment. La Follette objected to any farm relief plan during the session.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
la Follette
Wonderful Field of Wheat East of Amarillo
Friends of Earl Jewett describe his farm seven miles east of Amarillo with a thousand acres in wheat. They say rain or shine the harvest will be satisfactory and praise him as one of the best farmers in the Panhandle and Texas for his model farm and house.
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Earl Jewett
Amarillo
Jewett
Mr. Jewett
Panhandle
Texas
Weather forecast hints at warmer days ahead
The surface view shows summer approaching and lighter clothing. The Ama fine and Titinity forecast promises fair skies Wednesday with warmer weather. today’s high hit 80 degrees and low 53, about nine degrees cooler than a year ago both ways.
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Gsr Tostskasd
Three Major Oil Acreage Deals Close in Amarillo
The Maryland Oil company completed three large acreage purchases in the Amarillo Panhandle area. Sold were 80 acres from W H Fuqua and P H Landergin and Mayor Eugene Blasdel, a two short sections lease from J O Whittington, and another from Max Sanford of Panhandle. Total value exceeds $100,000 with part cash and part paid in oil.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Maryland Oil Company
W. H. Fuqua
P. H. Landergin
Eugene Blasdel
J. O. Whittington
Max Sanford
Fuqua
Landergin
Blasdel
Burkburnett Ranch
Maryland Company
National Convention of Realtors Opens in Washington
The seventeenth annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate boards opened with a general session and eight division meetings. Discussions focused on a program of credit, advice and aid for cooperative community action to help men buy farms, presented by Mead, M. D. Arnold Jr. of Knoxville as chair of the housing loans committee.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Reclamation
Mead
M. D. Arnold, Jr
Knoxville
American Party Seeks Ku Klux Klan Support in National Convention
Columbus Ohio June 3 The American party formed in Pennsylvania three months ago holds its first national convention and plans to seek support from the Ku Klux Klan and the prohibition party Temporary secretary W M Likins Uniontown Pa says the party aims to field a full state and congressional ticket in the fall and expects about 100 delegates to attend.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Party
Pennsylvania
Prohibition Party
W. M. Likins
Uniontown
K. Likins
Postal Bill Instruction Attempt Fails in House
Washington June 3. Democratic leaders failed to instruct house conferees on the postal salaries bill to accept the Borah amendment for campaign contribution publicity. Republicans won guidance to press a Cable substitute proposing a scheme to regulate contributions.
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Washington
House
Representative Cable
Ohio
McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill Defeated in House
Washington June 5. The McNary Haugen farm relief bill was defeated today in the house. Last minute efforts of its supporters to pass a less drastic measure also failed.
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Washington
U S Birdmen Rest Up Before Next China Sea Hop
American aviators halted in Kagoshima after a night flight from Kushimoto. They plan a 500 mile hop across the China Sea to Shanghei aided by American destroyers stationed in a line about sixty miles apart.
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U. S
Associated Press
Kagoshima
Japan
Kushimoto
Shanghei
China Sea
Tokio Stores Boycott American Goods Propaganda
Tokyo stores display signs reading No American goods sold here as a boycott movement spreads among middle and lower classes. The protest stems from anger over the new immigration law excluding Japanese, despite government efforts to curb the campaign.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Wealthy youths Leopold and Loeb tied to Franks case
Chicago reports that Dr Joseph Springer connected the fatal bullet to a pistol found in Nathan Leopold's room. Leopold and Richard Loeb, both millionaire heirs, have confessed to kidnapping and killing Robert Franks 14. The same pair is linked to the mutilation of Charles Ream and the Tracy murder near their South Side mansions. Robert E Crowe, the states attorney, plans to seek indictments from the June grand jury.
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Chicago
Freeman Louis Track
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Joseph Springer
Groner
Leopold
Loeb
Young Franks
Charles Ream
Tracy
Franks
Jacob Franks
Ream
South Side
University of Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Thousands Gather in Memphis for Confederate Veterans Conclave
Memphis, Tenn on June 3 thousands of Confederates and visitors from the South arrived for the 34th annual United Confederate Veterans reunion and the annual meetings of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Confederate Southern Memorial association. The program featured a Memorial Day service to honor Confederate dead and Jefferson Davis birthday observance with leaders from UCV SCV UDC and local officials delivering addresses. Memorial services followed by gravesite decorations.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
United Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Memorial Association
Jefferson Davis
W. B. Haldeman
McDonald Lee
Frank D. Harrold
Rowlett Paine
Austen Peay
Minority report upholds Ford bid for Muscle Shoals
A minority report from the Senate agricultural committee supports Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals. Signed by Senators Ladd and Smith with Caraway Harrison and Heflin, it accuses opponents of exaggerating objections after extended hearings.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agricultural Committee
Ladd
North Dakota
Smith
South Carolina
Caraway
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Heflin
Alabama
Amarillo Oil Leader Bets Population Will Double
Dorset Carter told Amarillo Real Estate Board members last night that the city will reach 50,000 residents within two years as a vast Panhandle oil field and new gas use spur rapid growth. He urged passage of favorable state laws to allow burning gas for carbon black making, claiming Arkansas and Louisiana already permit it. He cited miles of casinghead and carbon black plants and predicted big refinery interest once Amarillo pipelines bring in oil.
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Dorset Carter
Amarillo
Carter
Mid-Continent
Panhandle
State House
Arkansas
Louisiana
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Brookhart
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Klan
M’adoo
Plunge
Marland
National Convention OF Realtors
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Tokio Stores
Minority Report
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San Francis
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