Turbulence Marks Close of Congress
Congress adjourned sine die amid turbulence with no action on the deficiency bill for soldiers relief and naval reconditioning. A filibuster and last minute maneuvers shaped the closing minutes as the House signed bills while the Senate stalled over bonus and reclamation measures.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Gillett
Nevada
LaFollette
Spencer
Missouri
Robert M. LaFollette
Thomas J. Walsh
Pittman
Cummins
Robinson
Longworth
Fess
Ohio
Walsh
Massachusetts
Youth Sprinter Hussey Falls in Final Olympic Trials
Frank Hussey of Brooklyn failed to win the 100 meter final at the eastern Olympic tryouts as Jackson Scholz of New York A. C. beat Leconey of Pennsylvania A. C. and Hussey. Scholz clocked 10.6 seconds and set an Olympic record by one fifth of a second. Hussey showed strong performance amid cheering crowds.
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United Press
New York
Frank Hussey
Brooklyn
Jackson Scholz
Hussey
Mile o Beauty clubs urged along highways by Miss Hamner
Miss Laura Hamner county school superintendent urged creation of Mile O Beauty clubs every mile along principal highways to beautify the roadside with trees shrubs and flowers. She spoke at the Colorado-to-Gulf Highway association convention in Memphis Texas and to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce district meeting.
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Laura Hamner
Memphis
Tex
Hamner
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Federal Find Seizes Huge 100-Gallon Still
Federal agents report a 100 gallon copper still on the running board of a motor car seized near Amarillo. The still, said to be the largest in the district, was found in a camouflaged cave on Gid Landis’s farm eight miles west. Tenant John Mickleson, arrested on liquor charges, is held in connection with the discovery after a 72 hour search by O B Chessir A M Holman Ed Davis Branch Anderson and Fred K Welpton. If operated continuously it could yield 100 gallons of whiskey daily.
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Amarillo
Globe Office
Gid Landis
O. B. Chessir
A. M. Holman
Ed Davis
Branch Anderson
Fred K. Welpton
Fereral
John Mickleson
Mickleson
Ferguson's Name Not To Be On Candidates List
In Waco on June 7 the state Democratic executive committee plans to certify candidates for state offices in Dallas. Former Gov James E Ferguson will be excluded because of ongoing Houston court proceedings. His wife Miriam A Ferguson will be certified as a candidate for governor along with others seeking that office.
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Waco
Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
James E. Ferguson
Houston
Miriam A. Ferguson
Senator Heflin Slams Administration Over Jobs
Alabama Democrat Senator Heflin accused the Republican administration of forcing over a million workers from their jobs and said the policy amounted to murdering the nation’s business needs.
Japanese Ruffians disrupt U.S. dance in Tokyo hotel
In Tokyo clashes occurred as twenty Japanese trouble makers interrupted a American guest dinner dance at the Hotel Imperial. Swords waved, pamphlets attacked U.S. exclusion laws, and guests fled as the event was broken up. The incident alarms U.S. relations with Japan amid immigration debates and drew embassy officials.
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Tokio
Hotel Imperial
Japan
Cita
Ambassador Woods
London
United States
Singapore
Outlook
China
India
Australia
Curtain Falls on First Act of Daugherty Inquiry
Washington June 7 curtain lowered on the senate Daugherty investigation after three months of allegations of official misconduct and the resignation of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. The committee adjourned subject to call with reopening tied to court battles over testimony by the Daughtrys. Stone plans to appeal Judge Cochran's Cincinnati ruling as the fight shifts to higher courts. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision could settle congressional investigative power.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Brookhart
Stone
Harry
Mal Daugherty
Daughterty Brothers
Cochran
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Congress Will Probe Booze at Next Session
Senate committee announces a full probe of prohibition enforcement for the next session. The investigation will expand from tax questions to include the prohibition angle, with ground work laid over the summer by a corps of investigators.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Mellon
Psalm Quoted on Title Page of Railroad Brief
In Austin on June 7 the brief filed with the interstate commerce commission cites Psalm 127: Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it. The Waco Beaumont Trinity Sabine railway seeks to extend from Livingston to Beaumont and to Port Arthur, aiming to open a new cotton growing outlet to deep water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway Company
Livingston
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Texas Railroad Commission
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Passing of Lodge in G O P seen by biographer
Massachusetts delegation to the minimum convention will remove Senator Henry Cabot Lodge from influence at Republican events. Governor Cox to chair the delegation and Frederick H. Gillett to head the resolutions committee. Lodge’s leadership fading with Coolidge favoring Butler Stearns Slemp Warren and Gillett. Warren appointed ambassador to Mexico. Lodge’s chairmanship to be relinquished as the party reshapes its leadership.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Cleveland
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Cox
Frederick H. Gillett
Lodge
Senate
Republican Party
Murray Crane
Boise Penrose
James Watson
Harry M. Daugherty
Reed Smoot
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Frank Stearns
Massachussetts
C. Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Gillett
Frank Mandel
Congress
Warren
Mexico
Tokio
White House
Final Efforts Made To Avert Cleveland Street Car Strike
Cleveland June 7 final efforts to avert a street car strike will be made by officers of the international union during the Republican national convention city officials report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
International Union
College Survey Planned in West Texas
Dr. G A Works head of Texas educational survey commission will visit Canyon on June 12 to confer with J A Hill on the survey of the West Texas State Teachers college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
Tex
G. A. Works
Educational Survey Commission of Texas
J. A. Hill
West Texas State
Weather forecast warns of showers and cooler Sunday
The Weather Bureau predicts a settled yet threatening Sunday with showers and cooler tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 88 and the low 56, compared with last year’s 57 and 71.
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Weather Bureau
Sphinx Heist Confuses Kansas City Shriners
A giant Sphinx replica vanished from Convention Hall as Shriners joined a jubilee. It reappeared aboard the Khiva temple train and was confirmed to be returned after telegram exchanges between Ararat temple in Kansas City and Khiva temple in Amarillo. The statue weighs several hundred pounds and is stored by Lindsay-Doubleday Drug.
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Convention Hall
Kansas City
Amarillo
Union Station
Sphinx
Fred O. Wood
Ararat Temple
Roy Thompson
Wood
First Express
F. R. Wood
Ararat
Masonic Temple
Carpenter
Khiva Temple
Lindsay-Doubleday
Polk Street
Coolidge vetoes postal salaries increase bill
President Coolidge vetoed the 68 million postal salaries rise, halting a plan to lift annual pay for 800,000 postal clerks and carriers by over 200. The veto drew praise from officials wary of government waste and disappointment among postal workers and their leaders, who warned of demoralization and mass resignations.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Senate
L. B. George
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
U S Birdmen Arrive Amoy Ahead of Hong Kong Leg
Amoy China June 7 The American round the world fliers reached Amoy from Shanghai and prepare to depart next week for Hong Kong. All planes landed without trouble and weather was perfect Lt Smith announced.
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Amoy
China
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Smith
Millerand Names Marsal to Form New French Cabinet
Paris reports President Millerand chose Francois Marsal a left wing figure and former finance minister to form a cabinet. Marsal, after meeting Millerand at the Elysee, accepted the commission and began consulting with leading statesmen on a ministry as opposition labeled Millerand a traitor.
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Francois Marsal
Poincare
Millerand
the Elysee
Marsal
Tourist Camp 10 Opens Open House for Amarillo Visitors
The city tourist camp near the Rock Island viaduct on West Sixth street prepares to open to the public tomorrow. A 50 cent car admission buys shower bath access gas and a cooking stove and a camping space within a fenced one block grounds containing sixteen kitchens and a central reading room for men and women. W L Rippey is the appointed keeper overseeing the setup.
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Amarillo
W. L. Rippey
Rock Island Viaduct
West Sixth Street
Panhandle Bankers Meet Opens in City
The Panhandle Bankers association begins a two day session tomorrow at 10 AM with welcome by Mayor E S Blasdel. Co W Carson Jr will respond to the mayor. R L Thornton of the Texas Bankers association will speak. Over 200 delegates and guests arrive for the event. A chicken barbecue and dance at Amarillo Country Club tops tonight’s social program.
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E.S. Blasdel
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
American Legion
Co. W. Carson, Jr
First National Bank of
Spearman
Blasdel
R. L. Thornton
Texas Bankers’ Association
Amarillo Country Club
Panhandle Preparing for Big Daily Oil Shipments
Panhandle, Yex., June 7 special to The Globe reports twenty five to thirty tank cars of oil will be shipped daily from Panhandle beginning about June 15. Empty cars are being brought in for loading and fifty three are sidetracked there at present.
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Panhandle
Yex
State to Probe Loomis Mine Explosion
Wilkes Barre Pa June 7 The state will launch a thorough investigation starting Monday into the Loomis mine gas explosion of the Glenn Alden Coal company at Hanover that killed fourteen miners and seriously wounded four J J Walsh head of the state department of mines announced. Most bodies were not recovered until today.
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Wilkes Barre
Loomis
Glenn Alden Coal Company
Hanover
J. J. Walsh
State Department of Mines
Flames Raze 14 Buildings in Lamesa
Fire of undetermined origin broke out in Cicero Smith Lumber yards then swept downtown Lamesa Texas. By midnight the blaze had razed virtually the entire downtown, with damage estimated at 680000. 260 firefighters from several towns tackled the blaze as trains and water tankers aided efforts. Significant losses included the Rix Furniture company and multiple shops and the Majestic theater.
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Lamesa
Tex
Cicero-Smith Lumber Company
Slaton
Tahoka
Lubbock
Santa Fe
Rix Furniture Company
Higanbotham-Bartlett Lumber Company
Simpson and Bennett Motor Company
Economy
H. G. Gray Harness and Saddle
Reliable Dry Goods
Payne Grocery
McDade Dry Goods Company
Bodzin Dry Goods Company
Style
Bob's Candy Kitchen
Wilson Barber Shop
Majestic
Sveral
Simpson and Bennett
U S and Mexico Join Hands Across Boundary
Nogales Ariz June 7 The republics of Mexico and the United States joined hands across the border with a friendly parade inviting President Obregon to a three day visit. Twenty fifth United States infantry and Mexican soldiers marched together on the American side while Gov George W P Hunt of Arizona and Col Woodson Hocker attended. The presidential party was accompanied by the marine band of Mexico and the de La Torre orchestra reputed to be the finest in Mexico.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
United States
President Obregon
Southern Republic
Twenty-fifth
United States Infantry
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Woodson Hocker
Coolidge
Marine Band of
de la Torre
Guadalajara
Caldwell to speak at Llano Confederate memorial services
Dr. A. J. Caldwell will be the principal speaker at memorial services for Confederate dead at Llano cemetery. The event at 3 o clock this afternoon is under the W. B. Plemm ns Camp Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy. Veterans needing transport can catch motor cars at the courthouse square before 3.00.
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A. J. Caldwell
Llano
W. B. Plem
Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Court House Square
Liang Cemice
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Big Sphinx
K. C
Khiva
U. S
Man
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Panhandle Association
the Globe
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Caldwell
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