Amarillo Mothers Stand Against Three Weeks Film Stir
Amarillo residents led by Mrs. Percy Rockwell and Mrs. R. H. Stiteler protest the film Three Weeks at Fair theater. The city committee will decide if it can be shown, with First National output, Texas censor board approval, and mixed views from local editors.
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Amarillo
Percy Rockwell
R. H. Stiteler
Carl Sullivan
Fair Theater
G. W. Pennington
Rockwell
Austin
Sullivan
Love
Mr. Sullivan
First National
Texas
Mr. Pennington
Pennnington
Pennington
Amarillo Globe
News
Gene Howe
Let Spooners Spoon Edict In Dallas Park
Dallas authorities under Col. S E Moss ban police harassment of couples in Stevens Park while urging public courtship picnics. The edict says only law enforcement should intervene, not authorities, shaping a casual, old fashioned courting stance in a modern city park.
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Spooners
Dallas
Colonel Moss
Stevens Park
Mammoth Wheat Yield At Tulia and Floydada Reported
Art Arnold reports excellent wheat yields at Tulia and Floydada with 20 to 35 bushels per acre in Floydada and Tulsa producing 29 to 35 bushels per acre. Some fields harmed by hail yield 10 to 15 bushels. A J George harvests first wheat in the county using a 38 foot wide header on a caterpillar self propelled combine, cutting 80 to 100 acres daily.
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Tulia
Floydada
Art Arnold
Arnold
Tulsa
Mr. Arnold
George
Cloudburst Floods Kingsville Texas With Thirteen Inches
United Press reports heavy rain began at noon in Kingsville Texas with thirteen inches in the day flooding cotton fields and roads. Surrounding areas reported lighter showers while towns such as Amarillo Canyon Dalhart Shamrock Canadian Pampa saw little or no rain.
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United Press
Kingsville
Tex
Amarillo
Canyon
Dalhart
Shamrock
Canadian
Pampa
Lubbock
Mangum
Okla
Cummins to cross into United States at Laredo
El Paso reports E Cunard Cummins British government representative in Mexico is ordered out by Obregon government. He will arrive at Nuevo Laredo and cross into the United States at Laredo this morning after private advice received.
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el Paso
E. Cunard Cummins
Mexico
Obregon
Nuevo Laredo
United States
Laredo
Cummins
Foreign Office
Weather mirrors last year with warm, partly cloudy forecast
Yesterday reached 85 degrees with a 62 degree low, matching a year ago. Forecast calls for a partly cloudy and warmer day ahead, continuing the near identical conditions from the prior year.
Allen Plant to Reopen Plains Crude Refinery
The $250 000 Reese Allen refinery will be overhauled to receive Plains crude by Panhandle tank cars. H F Barnett will supervise the crew in Wichita Falls. Panhandle reports the Carson county field line passed water test and will pump oil into Panhandle storage tanks, with full flow expected Monday morning.
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Reese
Carson County
Panhandle
O'Keefe
Heat Kills 48 in Week Across States and DC
Severe heat and humidity across more than a dozen states and the District of Columbia claimed 48 lives this week and left many prostrated. Ohio led with 18 dead and 25 prostrated. Pennsylvania 8 dead. Illinois 4 dead. a dozen deaths linked to drownings during attempts to seek relief. Storms today caused property damage but relief came in part from the weather.
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New York
District of Columbia
United Press
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Smith
Tom Taggart
Indiana
Ralston
Brennan
James B. Cox
John W. Davis
Senator Glass
McAdoo
Virginia
Bernard Baruch
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Wilson
Ae Long
David F. Houston
Butler and Coolidge Confer on Mayflower
President Coolidge and William M. Butler met aboard the Mayflower to smooth party friction after the Cleveland convention. Butler, who arrived with a statement praising the Coolidge-Dawes ticket, planned immediate talks with the president during a White House luncheon and a weekend voyage.
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Washington
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
Coolidge-Dawes
Butler
White House
Birdmen Saved Miraculously in Lake Plunge
Chicago aviators Henry G. Clark and Ben Timm escaped death when their new airplane plunged seventy five feet into Lake Michigan. Both men fought through wires and canvas to surface and clung to the sinking craft until rescue by a Lincoln Park tug.
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United Press
Chicago
Henry G. Clark
Ben Timm
Lake Michigan
Clark
Timm
Lincoln Park
Flaming Gasser to Be Shot to Extinguish Bar num Gas Well
A lightning strike ignited the Bar num gas well derrick in south Hutchinson county. Roy G. Barnum plans to have a local explosives expert shoot the well to extinguish the blaze tomorrow morning. Re drilling will start once flames are controlled and the glow draws many onlookers along the Tenth street highway.
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Barnum
Hutchinson
Roy G. Barnum
Parsons
Tenth Street
Grain Marketing Merger Nearings Five Firms and Cooperatives
Chicago reports a near term merger of five major grain firms with 6000 farmers cooperative agencies. The plan, backed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, could involve 25 million dollars and control about 75 percent of national grain output. President Bradfute leads the federation committee evaluating feasibility.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bradfute
Armour Grain Company
Rosenbaum Brothers
Bartlett Frazier & Co
J. ©. Shaffer & Co
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
Riders Old and Young to Be at Vegas Rodeo Reunion
Omar Barker describes a Las Vegas New Mexico cowboys reunion rodeo with Joe Thompson and Old Man Brite, a July event famed nationwide. Cowboys from states attend. spectators praise brave rides as the July 2 to July 5 program unfolds with rodeo excitement and River fishing lure. The article also notes Las Vegas water system completion by early July.
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Vegas
Bagley
Joe Thompson
Brite
Omar Barker
Las Vegas
N. M
Big Jim Shoemaker
Amarillo
Shoemaker
Rio Grande
Calgary
United States
Ibid Khan Afghan Prince Tamale Vendor in Amarillo
A long profile of Ibid Khan an Afghan prince living in Amarillo born to nobility and a British Indian Army veteran who runs a tamale stand on Seventh and Polk. The piece notes his wealth moral code devotion to Mohammedan faith weekly church attendance and plans to return to his homeland next year with possible role in reconstructing the state.
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Hereford
Amarillo
Ibid Khan
Ibid
Seventh and
Polk Street
Kabler Khan
Afghanistan
Oxford
England
India
China
America
Canada
Alaska
United
Laughing Pat Is Dismal He Can't Talk Yet
New York reports Senator Pat Harrison in a glum mood while in the Waldorf lobby awaiting his keynote speech. He tells reporters he cannot speak until his prepared remarks are delivered Tuesday.
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Pat
New York
Pat Harrison
Harrison
Waldorf Lobby
Amarillo Survey Placed City Population at 25000
W Ransom of Stone r Gallagher Gross Inc reports Amarillo population at 25000 based on 6600 taxable houses and nearby residents. City Commission accepts the scientific tax survey, notes $4500 payment, and plans rapid filing system to value all property fairly.
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Amarillo
W. Ransom
Stoner, Gallagher & Gross, Inc
Ransom
San Antonio
Democrats Unite on Graft Denunciation Platform
United Press reports Democratic leaders hammering a platform pledging to clean house on corruption graft and privilege. The main plank centers on denouncing graft amid oil scandal the Daugherty inquiry and veterans bureau issues as delegates press for a 1924 Democratic year and a candidate aligned with the platform.
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United Press
Hotel Waldorf
New York
Daugherty
Veterans’ Bureau
McAdoo on Defensive as New York Falls in Line
McAdoo faces a tough convention as opponents spark the Klan issue to portray him as anti-Klan. New York press attacks him while his spokesmen deny pro-Klan ties. Glass supporters open a Richmond campaign office and seek a Glass for president committee.
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United Press
Waledorf Hotel
New York
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Glass Room
Carter Glass
Smith
Richmond
Virginia
John Stewart Bryan
Gen. Leonard Wood
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Wood
Chicago
Clark
Woodwrow Wilson
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
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Allen Plant
Plains
Lake Plunge
Baird
Equalization Board
Frazer Edwards
M’adoo
N.Y
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