Amarillo Whips Up Rain Driven Baseball Echoes
A colorful, crowding Panhandle weather and sport note describes Amarillo’s rainstorm and a big home run by Goodfortune. It blends playful farm imagery with reports of hail and rainfall across the region from Amarillo to Texline, Shamrock, and Canadian. Wheat and oats prospects rise as crops revive amid the wet spell.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
South Plains
Amarillo Country Club
Mike Hollander
Denver
Childress
Texline
Rock Island
Erick
Okla
Soncy
Shamrock
Glen Rio
Endee
N. M
Tucumcari
Wildorado
Vega
Santa Fe
Canadian
Canyon
Beer Famine Threat Hits Berlin as Breweries Idle
Berlin faces a beer shortage as 28 breweries shut down due to an 8000 worker strike seeking higher wages. The strike began Monday and reserves are exhausted, with cafes and beer halls importing Munich and Württemberg brews to cover Whitsun holiday demand.
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Berlin
Bavaria
Boys in Gray pass in review at Confederate reunion
In Memphis the thirty fourth reunion of aging veterans moved toward a grand review led by Gen. W B Haldeman in Court Square near Jefferson Davis house. Gen John P Hickman led as grand marshal as two hours of marching loomed. Re-elected leaders included Haldeman and Mrs A M Wilson with Dallas chosen for next year’s gathering. A $1 000 000 policy backed by Bank of Commerce insured the event and bond with City of Dallas. A chance reunion between Ed Bailey and J M Chandler sparked memories of Pat Cleburne’s death.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cavalry Corps
Guard of Honor
W. B. Haldeman
Court Square
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
John P. Hickman
Tennessee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
General Haldeman
D. S. Etheridge
Chattanooga, Tenn
The
Sons of Veterans
A. McD. Wilson
Atlanta
Memorial Association
Dallas
United Confederate Veterans
Bank of Commerce and Trust Company of
J. M. Chandler
Texas
Ed Bailey
Fourth Cavalry
Bailey
Chandler
Cabinet Likely Resigns at June 9 Meeting
The Associated Press reports Premier Kiyoura plans a cabinet resignation at an extraordinary meeting set for June 9. The move follows ongoing political pressure and signals a potential reshuffle after the cabinet’s current stance.
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Kiyoura
Cate
Mexico seeks facts on Whipple seizure aboard
Mexico City June 6 Foreign Minister Saenz asked the war department for information after the United States embassy sought details on the seizure of the Nicaraguan motor ship Whipple. The crew was taken to Vera Cruz for trial due to no district judge at Frontera. Earlier reports said the captain and crew faced alleged mixing with rebels.
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Mexico City
Saenz
United States
Frontera
War Department
Vera Cruz
Abandon the Ship Is Gay at Day Meet
In Columbus Ohio on June 6 the Prohibition party debates its future after dwindling support and aging leaders. Robert H. Patton proposes a plan to sink the old ship or launch a new vessel under Law Enforcement to attract allies from major parties. The convention will decide on a free discussion of the proposal.
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Gay
Columbus
Prohibition Party
Robert H. Patton
Illinois
Patton
H. C. Faris
Resolutions Committee
Bandits Loot Main Street Bank in Kansas City Hold Up
Four bandits today held up F. J. Lodde paying teller and Charles G. Haake cashier of the Main street bank as they returned from the First National bank and robbed them of 26000 dollars in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
F. J. Lodde
Charles G. Haake
Main Street Bank
First National Bank
Prince Viggo Arrives in New York for Green Wedding
Prince Viggo of Denmark lands on the steamship Estonia for his marriage to Miss Eleanor Margaret Green next Tuesday. At the license bureau he lacks funds, and Miss Green loans two dollars to cover the charges.
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New York
Prince Viggo
Denmark
Estonia
Eleanor Margaret Green
Miss Green
United States
Farm Bloc Backs Bursum Bill for Wheat Relief
The farm bloc in the Senate and House pledge support for the Bursum bill authorizing a 36 cent per bushel export bounty on wheat products. The Senate agriculture committee favorably reported it and Senator Norbeck urged immediate action. Supporters call it temporary relief to prevent wheat growers bankruptcy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Norbeck
Republican
South Dakota
Decision in Mayfield Case Expected Today
The Senate elections committee will rule on whether hearings in the Texas Senator Mayfield election contest should finish this week. Counsel for contestant George E. B. Peddy urges continuing to probe Ku Klux Klan activities and voter intimidation in Texas. Former Fort Worth Klan secretary Earl B. Willy is set to testify at the executive session.
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Washington
Mayfield
Texas
Senate Elections Committee
George E. B. Peddy
Earl B. Willy
Fort Worth Klan
Canada and U S Sign New Liquor Pact
Washington reports a treaty to curb liquor and narcotics smuggling at the Canadian border was signed by Secretary Hughes for the United States and Ernest La Pointe for Canada. The pact takes effect ten days after ratifications, lasts one year, and can be terminated with thirty days notice. Both nations will share cargo clearance details and vessel clearances to suspect ports.
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Washington
United States
Hughes
Canada
Ernest la Pointe
Bathing girl revues sparks protest at federation meeting
Delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial session expected to debate bathing girl revues and beauty contests. Mrs. Clayton D. Lee of New Jersey urged that such displays misrepresent womanhood and lower respect, calling for resolutions against the trend.
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Los Angeles
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Clayton D. Lee
New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs
Weather Forecast and temps from yesterday to today
The forecast calls for tonight and Saturday to be somewhat cloudy with possible showers. Yesterday evening brought a warmest reading of 65 and a low of 57, while a year ago highs reached 82 and lows around 63.
G. O. P. Members Submit Minority Dome Report
Five Republican members of the oil committee submitted a minority report to the Senate dissenting from portions of the majority report drafted by committee prosecutor Senator Walsh.
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Washington
Oil Committee
Senate
Walsh
Beergarden of O Henry Era Becomes Delicatessen Shop
In Austin Texas a Bohemian era saloon and beer garden once frequented by O Henry and the literati has become Zerschansky’s Delicatessen on Congress Avenue. The shop preserves its archaic interior and tables, bar and decor, with seven cowboy portraits on the walls, while the owner George Zerschansky, a German immigrant since 1891, claims a long, uneventful career.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
George Zerschansky
United States
Zerschevsky
Bradstreet
S “Zerschausky
Congress Avenue
O. Henry
William Sidney Porter
Henry
Zerschansky’s
Zerschauskys
Zerschansky
San Antonio
Falstaff
John Barleycorn
Mr. Zerschansky
Musicians save tots trapped on flaming float in jubilee parade
In Kansas City on June 6 the Khiva Shrine band from Amarillo Texas rescued eight children from a burning float named Tenderfoot Trail during a civic pageant. One child, Jellya Dunkle eight, died later from burns. Fire started by a defective light wire as the float neared Eighteenth and Main.
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Globe
Kansas City
Khiva Shrine
Amarillo
Tex
Khiva Band
Jllyana Dunkle
Paul Merrill
Khiva
H. H. Larson
Leon Linesard
Y. Ridings
Mr. Ridings
Tower of
Tenderfoot
Khiva Shrine Special Heads to Amarillo After Kansas City Run
On board the Khiva Shrine special 115 Shriners travel from Kansas City to Amarillo, expected to unload at 6:30 this evening. The group, praised by General Manager Grover C McDaniel, enjoyed a festive trip with lights, parades, and a bustling rail departure.
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Grover C. Mecdaniel
The
Globe
Khiva Special
Woodward
Okla
Khiva
Amarillo
Shriners
Kansas City
Old Horse Town
Amarillo Delegates Rally in Memphis Colorado Gulf Highway Meet
Amarillo's delegates arrive in Memphis after a delayed morning start for the Colorado to Gulf highway convention. Judge W A Palmer urges regional cooperation for better roads. Paul James and Alvarado bands provide music as Clarendon sends a large delegation. Amarillo promotes the Tri-State exposition while many delegates plan to stay for tomorrow's races.
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Globe
Memphis
Amarillo
Colorado
W. A. Palmer
Gulf Highway
Paul James
Alvarado
Clarendon
Reichstag backs Dawes plan in June vote
Berlin June 6 the Reichstag approved by 247 to 182 the government position of Chancellor Marz in favor of the Dawes report.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reichstag
Marz
Dawes
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Marx
Bill Goodloe
J. W. Ross
S. R. Cox
Knights of Buckingham
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