Law evaded in oil deals says Walsh
A Senate report charged flagrant disregard of the law in Sinclair and Doheny oil leases. It condemned the Harding executive order transferring reserves, noted secret negotiations by Fall, and urged competitive bids and tighter controls to protect reserves. The document exonerated Denby and Roosevelt and criticized the justice department in limited aspects.
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Washington
Sinclair
Congress
Denby
Roosevelt
Fall
Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
New Mexico
Navy Department
Sinclair and Doheny
Edward B. McLean
Harding
Department of Justice
Naval Reserve No. 1
California
United States
Comptroller General
Planes Collide as Three Aircraft Crushed at Kelly Field
June 5 report from San Antonio details a midair crash involving two Kelly Field planes and a student pilot Lieut Stewart L Thomson. Jose Ramos an 11 year old Mexican boy died as he chopped cotton nearby. Lieut W W White escaped by parachute after jumping from the wreckage.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Field
Lieut
Stewart L. Thomson
Jose Ramos
Fliers Reunited Across China Sea After Relay Flight
The American round the world air expedition regrouped in Shanghai after a Tokyo stop. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and his mechanician Lieut. Lesilie P. Arnold completed the China Sea hop in six hours twenty minutes, beating earlier fleet times. Secretary Weeks praised Japan for the welcome given to the fliers. Sergt. Henry H. Ogden and Sergt. Alva L. Harvey were recommended for officer promotions in the reserves.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
America
Lowell H. Smith
Chicago
Kagoshima
Japan
China Sea
Smith
Lesilie P. Arnold
Amoy
Washington
Weeks
Ugaki
United States Army
Henry H. Ogden
Mississippi
Alva L. Harvey
Cleburne
Tex
Frederick L. Martin
Martin
Negroes win seating of delegates in Republican contest
In Cleveland on June 5 M J Mulvihill Republican national committeeman lost his seat as the Republican national committee accepted delegates led by Perry W Howard a Negro lawyer of Jackson Mississippi The move to seat the Howard delegates was presented by Hilles of New York and the vote was unanimous with 38 ballots cast The Scipio A Jones faction in Arkansas seeks to unseat at large delegates while disputes in South Carolina and Tennessee concern scattered district seats only
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Associated Press
Cleveland
M. J. Mulvihill
Republican National Committee
Perry W. Howard
Jackson
Misa
Mulvihill
Howard
Hilles
New York
Scipio A. Jones
Arkansas
H. L. Remmel
South Carolina
Tennessee
Eligible Postmasters Named for Texas Posts
Washington June 5 The postal service commission announced eligibility for postmasters in Beaumont and Feagleee Pass Texas. Beaumont names A B Seale C P J Ledwige and C L Rutt. Feaglee Pass lists F N Dolck A T Monroe Jr and C E B Kelly.
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Washington
The
Postal Service Commission
Beaumont
Tex
A. B. Seale
C. P. J. Ledwige
C. L. Rutt
Feaglee Pass
F. N. Dolck
A. T. Monroe, Jr
C. EB. Kelly
Insurgents Sweep Toward Tirana in Albanian Uprising
Reports from Durazzo say an American destroyer arrived to protect lives and interests but will not interfere in Albania. Dispatches from Belgrade note civil war and spread of conflict with Berat and Elbasan at risk. Scutari rebels advance on Tirana. government faced ultimatum while Yugoslav Foreign Minister cites support for Albanian independence yet opposes external interference. The Milan backed view says the revolt aims to implement a real democratic constitution delayed by feudal power. observers see long brewing tensions fueled by feudal barons.
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Rome
Durazzo
Albania
Belgrade
Berat
Elbasan
Redjeb Chali
Alessio
Scutari
Tirana
Ninchitch
Jugo Slavia
Ralston Declines White House Candidacy
Indianapolis June 6 United States Senator Samuel Ralston urged Indiana Democrats at their state convention not to consider him a presidential candidate. He said the exalted position carries grave duties and that he has never aspired to the presidency. He asked delegates to remain uninstructed for the New York convention.
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Indianapolis
United State
Samuel Ralston
Indiana
Ralston
New York
Suit halts development of 17339 acres in oil
Contemplated oil production on the Johnson ranch in Hutchinson county involving 17 339 acres will be stopped pending a Hutchinson county suit against 97 defendants who own leases. Fifteen plaintiffs seek title and restitution of the leases arguing the leases have expired. Ed R Mayer and J W Coker are named as principal owners in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Ranch
Hutchinson County
Ed. R. Mayer
J. W. Coker
Cotton matures in five months in Africa
A Douglas district South Africa experimental cotton crop yielded 120 pounds per acre and matured in five months, faster than the seven months typical in America. The Daily Mail correspondent in Capetown reports optimism that Africa may soon become a leading global cotton producer.
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London
Douglas
South Africa
America
Daily Mail
Capetown
Mexicans hold U S crew at Vera Cruz
Galveston Texas June 5 Capt H Nilson of Galveston and sixteen crew members of the Nicaraguan motorship Whipple are being held at Vera Cruz by the Mexican government for alleged mixing with rebels. The state department has demanded their release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
H. Nilson
Whipple
Vera Cruz
State Department
Coolidge Urges Real Estate Men to Benefit Both Sides
President Coolidge told the National Association of Real Estate Boards that transactions must favor both buyer and seller. He described realty brokers as middle men who should promote service over brokerage fees, stressing home ownership as a civic duty and a driver of national optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
National Association of Real Estate Boards
White House
French flyer tests speediest plane for record shot
Paris June 5 Sadi Lecoigte pilots a claimed fastest aircraft at 280 mph hoping to beat the world speed record held by Lieut A J Williams. Williams has a record of 429.025 kmh or about 267 mph.
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Paris
Sadi Lecoigte
Lieut
A. J. Williams
Williams
Weather Forecast Brings Fresher Air After Rain
The report says rain caused issues for the weatherman and casualties among farm chicks. Tonight and tomorrow should be partly cloudy and cooler. Today’s high reached 79 while the low dropped twenty degrees from the peak. A year ago highs and lows were 82 and 66 respectively.
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Weather Bureau
Prohibition Party Convenes In Columbus With Disbandment Talks
The Prohibition party met in Columbus opening its national convention with credentials filed and about 100 delegates present from 23 states. Temporary officers were chosen and keynote remarks by H P Faris praised the party’s history while criticizing major parties and debating federal reforms.
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Prohibition
Columbus
Take Religion 10 Ballot Box Is Plea
Columbus June 6 Law will be flouted while voters back liquor controlled parties says H P Faris temporary chairman at the national prohibition convention Casting a ballot for Republican or Democratic party is throwing your vote away He urges carrying religion into politics to elect a party with the fear of God and not the fear of man to enforce the eighteenth amendment.
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Faris
Prohibition Party
United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Essex County
New Jersey
Dr. Butler
America
Columbus
Prohibition
H. P. Faris
Clinton
Churches of America
Dawes Plan Called Germany's Last Chance of Salvation
Chancellor Marx presented the reconstituted cabinet with the Dawes Plan report to the Reichstag calling it Germany's last chance of salvation. The plan was approved by middle parties forming the government coalition and the Socialists. Marx said the government would accept the report as an unalterable and indivisible whole.
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Berlin
Dawes
Chacellor Marx
Reichstag
Dr. Marx
Water system expansion under way in Amarillo
Amarillo’s water department advances a major extension with 14 new fire hydrants and 4 000 feet of 8 inch pipe on Polk Taylor alley. Six inch main add ons total 7 000 feet with hydrants on Washington Van Buren and South Taylor. A new 1 500 gallon pump at the Second Fillmore station supports peak usage.
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Amarillo
City Light & Water Company
Polk-Taylor Street
Twelfth
Twenty-second Streets
Washington Street
Eighteenth
Twenty-first
van Buren Street
Twenty-second
San Jacinto Heights
Taylor Fillmore Alley
Tenth
Houston Streets
South
Taylor
Fillmore Street
Woods Amid Ovation as He Leaves Tokio
In Tokyo crowds estimate 10 000 greet retiring American Ambassador Cyrus E. Woods as he departs by train for Yokohama. He sails at 3 pm tomorrow aboard the President McKinley, accompanied by his mother-in-law Mrs. Marchand. The wedding of Prince Regent Hirohito and Princess Nagako Kuni coincides with the scene and reflects volatile anti American sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Cyrus E. Woods
Amercan
McKinley
Yokohama
Banzafed
Marchand
Hirohito
Nagako Kuni
Woods
Mass Meeting Denounces Japanese Immigration Barrier
In Tokio twenty five thousand people attended a rally opposing the immigration ban into America, delivering fiery speeches and strong resolutions expressing intense anti immigration sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
America
Fairy Tale Rain Brings Crops Hope Across Panhandle
Large areas report rainfall from Amarillo to Ramed Hill with amounts from a quarter to over one and a half inches. Farmers call the rain a godsend for oats, barley, cotton and row crops, with calls for more rain soon to keep crops advancing on schedule.
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North Panhandle
Harmon Benton
Glen Rio
Panhandle
Amarilion
Ramed Hill
Rock Island
White Deer
Shamrock
Amarillo
Vega
Adrian
Embee
Glenrio
Fort Worth
Pampa
Glazier
Santa Fe
Higgins
Corben
Oklahoma State Line
Shattuck
Aynoka
Canyon
Plainview
Shrine installation marks final event of Kansas City meet
Imperial council prepares to rule on charter requests for new temples as Los Angeles is chosen to host the 1925 Shrine convention. Kansas City outlines a carnival finale with a huge civic pageant to close the golden jubilee and welcome visitors from across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Imperial
Petertate James E. Chandler
Imperial Divan
Shrine of
Woman Harriet Taylor Upton Retires as GOP Executive Vice Chairman
Cleveland Ohio June 5 an announcement of the retirement of Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren Ohio as vice chairman of the executive committee of the Republican national committee was made by William M Butler manager of President Coolidge s pre convention campaign
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G. O. BP
Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Harriet Taylor
Upton
Warren
Republican National Committee
William M. Butler
Coolidge
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Daily Globe
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W. W. White
Negro
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U. S
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Prohibitionists
James Gibbert Mason
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Maryland
Kentucky
West Virginia
Connecticut
Michigan
Iowa
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Virginia
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Alabama
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Clinton, Mo
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Rockville
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