Red Cross Life Saving and Swimming School Opens At Gem Lake
The fourth annual Red Cross Life Saving and Swimming School starts at 3 P M today at Gem Lake Pool under Marvin J. Paul. Assistants include Maj C A Grover Bill Cazzell Clifford Flanders Walter Mellor and Miss Marjorie Allen. Fees are five cents per person daily towels cost three cents. Classes cover Beginners Swimmers and Lifesaving with specific age group times through June 27 28 and July 5 9.
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Red Cross
Gem Lake Pool
Marvin J. Paul
Amarillo
Boy Scouts
Potter County
Paul
Maj. C. A. Grover
Bill Cazzell
Clifford Flanders
Walter Mellor
Marjorie Allen
Mrs Parkinsons Tour Of France Leaves Amarillo
Mrs W W Parkinson and her daughter Miss Ruth Parkinson depart Amarillo for New York to sail June 28 on the Leviathan to Europe. Mrs Parkinson, a Gold Star mother, will visit the grave of her son Phil Parkinson in the Aisne Marne cemetery and join other Gold Star Mothers touring French battlefields and cemeteries. Ruth Parkinson will visit Paris Versailles and other sites and take a week in England before sailing back on July 21 aboard the President Harding arriving July 29 in New York.
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W. W. Parkinson
van Buren Street
Ruth Parkinson
Amarillo
New York
Europe
Parkinson
Phil Parkinson
Marne River
France
Young Parkinson
Aisne- Marne
Miss Parkinson
Paris
Versailles
England
Cherbourg
Harding
Tom B. Gallaher
The
Santa Fe
Roosevelt Confident in Albany Routine Amid Campaign
Franklin D. Roosevelt stays with his governor routine in Albany and seeks support from New York Mayor James J. Walker amid unfitness charges. Alfred E. Smith arrives in Chicago pressing for repeal and endorses a concise platform and his nomination for Democratic victory.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
Basison
Chicago
James J. Walker
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Baker Honors Yale Degree Speech Critiques American Intellect
Newton D. Baker, after receiving an honorary Yale degree, delivered a speech admitting occasional discouragement about American intellect after college. John C. Garner, in Washington, presiding over the House, received many telegrams praising his recent statement on national issues including a call for repeal.
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Newton D. Baker
Yale
America
John C. Garner
Washington
House
Former Virginia Governor Byrd presses repeal plank submission
In Chicago, former Virginia governor Harry F. Byrd reiterates his stance that a repeal plank be submitted to the states. Governor William H. Murray is reported to have left Oklahoma City.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Chicago
William H. Murray
Oklahoma City
Wofford Rites at Plainview
Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Wofford will be held in Plainview. Final arrangements will be announced later. She died in her apartment here Tuesday night from self administered poison after teaching at St. Francis and preparing to enter Canyon for the summer session. no motive was given.
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Pauline Wofford
Plainview
No Dog Response During Pat on the Back Incident
A state employee slapped the traveler on the back at the convention route he was bound for. He retorted firmly, I am no dog, don’t pat me on the back, rebuking the gesture.
James A Reed Seeks Quick Volstead Act Repeal
Former Missouri senator James A Reed outlined his stance on prohibition before leaving Kansas City for Chicago. He called for prompt modification of the Volstead Act and swift repeal of the 18th amendment.
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James A. Reed
Missouri
Kansas City
Chicago
Child Fatally Shot During Encounter Near Cisco
Steve Rogers held on $2,000 bond after a three year old child of Clyde Custer was shot and killed in an apparent accident during a dispute with Lee Custer uncle of the child. Rogers resides west of Cisco. Lee Custer recently finished a two year prison term for a felony conviction.
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Cisco
Steve Rogers
Liberty
Clyde Custer
Rogers
Lee Custer
Cane Patch Feud Revival Turns Fatal Near Birdville
Fort Worth reports Jim Rocha aged 28 is dead and George Pena aged 38 in jail after a renewal of the Rocha Pena feud. Pena says he fired buckshot when Rocha tugged at his belt, as officers recovered a pistol Rocha had just used. The gun had been returned to Rocha after Fred Pena, George’s brother, was previously no-billed in an assault to murder case following Rocha's wounding.
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Fort Worth
Jim Rocha
George Pena
Rocha-Pena
Birdville
Pena
Rocha
Fred Pena
Dixon White Wins Meet at Cleburne County Club
J Dix on White a 19 year old student at John Tarleton Agricultural College in Dublin won the Cleburne County Club fourth annual invitation tournament defeating Ben Johnson of Dallas in the final match yesterday.
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Dixon White
Cleburne
J. Dixon White
Dublin
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Cleburne County Club
Ben Johnson
Dallas
Thousands in Men's Choir at Catholic Meet
In Phoenix Park Dublin on June 23 a massed male choir will perform before the high altar as part of the Eucharistic Congress. About a quarter of a million men are expected to sing under the stars in a men only event. Cardinal Lauri will preside and a pontifical high mass is scheduled for 12 30 A M with another at 11.
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Dublin
Phoenix Park
Cardinal Lauri
Eucharistic Congress Focuses on Blessed Sacrament
Thousands of visitors spent the day in meetings for each nationality and general sessions exploring the doctrine of the Eucharist the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament as the Congress theme.
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Christ
Ladies Store Offers New Dress Sale
New white pastel and stripe sport dresses reduced to 10.00 daily and on Saturdays.
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Majestic
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