St Patrick Day Reflections and Industry Ideas From Kansas
In Newton Kansas a note on roads muddied beside the Santa Fe line contrasts national highway talk with local travel. St Patrick is remembered worldwide for piety and bravery. The Denver Post reports Colorado Fuel and Iron may make steel with natural gas and gas from coke ovens, hinting at electric steel processes. Prohibition inspectors in Detroit face bribery accusations totaling about 200000 dollars in six months. Victor Berger criticizes and praises in Congress about income tax and nonpayers. Marines are sent to Nicaragua, and farmers near Ellinwood fire shell bursts to deter ducks peering into marshes.
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Newton
Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Ocean
Bonfils
Denver Post
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Weather Outlook With Warmer Temperatures Across Regions
Tonight and Wednesday bring fair skies across East Texas and Oklahoma with rising temperatures. Highs reach 67 today and 38 tonight, with a detailed hourly spread from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the region, and lighter variable winds along coastal areas.
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Texas
Wednesfair
Uisiana
Oklahoma
Marines Bombard Sandino Rebels in Murra Offensive
United Press reports a new Sandino offensive causing heavy rebel losses near Murra mining region, 30 miles north of El Ch pote as Marine fliers strike again. Captain Francis Pierce wounded, rebels attack two planes with rifle and machine gun fire, 50 to 200 insurgents reported.
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United Press
Managua
Nic
Augustino Sandino
United States
Mujra
el Chipote
Ocotal
Murra
Francis Pierce
Pierce
Associated Press
Sandino
Francis E. Pierce
Jalapa
Marine
Reed Forces to Seek Dollar Campaign Fund
Kansas City reports that Senator James A. Reed plans a one dollar subscription club to avoid large contributions due to his role in the senate slush fund investigation. The newspaper notes efforts to refuse big offers including a Chicago proposal to raise up to five hundred thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
James A. Reed
Senate
Missourian
the Star
Star
Chicago
House Passes McNary Fee Bill 18 to 8
Washington reports the House agriculture committee approved the McNary Haugen equalization fee bill, with a vote of 18 to 8. President Coolidge objects, and the bill is slated for a favorable report to the House tomorrow per Chairman Haugen. Griggs and Blackburn ambulances listed with phone numbers.
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United Press
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
House
Haugen
Campaign contributions under Teapot Dome probe
Senator Walsh says two Republican gifts may violate the corrupt practices act and plans further inquiry into a $4000 Corn Products gift and a $2000 Congress Hotel gift. He notes prosecutions unlikely due to statute limits. The Corn Products donor was George W. Lamb and John Burke disclosed the hotel gift.
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United Press
Washington
Chicago Teapot Dome
Walsh
Montana
Corn Products Company
Congress Hotel Corporation
George W. Lamb
Congress Hotel
John Burke
Appeal in Rebecca Rogers robbery sentence unusual
Attorneys for Rebecca Bradley Rogers perfected an appeal from a fourteen year sentence for bank robbery at Farmers National Bank in Buda. The record lists fifty exceptions to trial rulings from La Grange and will be sent to the Court of Criminal Appeals. the appeal includes the exceptions as part of the statement of facts per defense counsel.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
University of Texas
Farmers National Bank Ag Buda
la Grange
Giese
Court of Criminal Appeals
R. EB. Cenfer
Pioneer City Blast Rumor Resident Dies in Flood Probe
Dr. R. A. Blackshear 65 of Amarillo dies at daughter’s home after long illness. Survived by widow, daughter, brother in Brownsville, sister in Chickasha. Born Limestone County Texas, trained at Tulane, moved to Amarillo in 1885, active in oil leases and drug business. member of First Presbyterian. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. LOS ANGELES March 20 The Evening Express reports dam disaster inquiry cites possible dynamite. Authorities seek reasons for St Francis dam collapse. Coroner Nance opens inquest. engineers and geologists to testify. Findings to be released tomorrow.
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R. A. Blackshear
Amarillo
BE. R. Jamieson
Monroe Street
Blackshear
Brownsville
R. E. Mobley
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Dr. Blackshear
Limestone County
Old Springfield
Texas
Tulane Medical College
New Orleans
Emma Williams
Cameron
Panhandle
First
Pres
Associated Press
Los Angeles
The
Evening Express Today
St. Francis Dam
Asa Keyes
United Press
Frank Nance
Bureau of Power and Light
Nanco
Jesse Jones Talks Amarillo Future and West Texas Empire
The Texas South Western Cattle Raisers convention hosts Jesse Jones, Houston Chronicle owner and pioneer in West Texas, who says Amarillo will grow significantly in ten years and that the boom era is not essential. He lauds Amarillo as central to a vast trade empire, notes Corpus Christi similarly thriving, and stresses long term development over short term booms.
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Jesse Jones
Texas
Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Amarillo
Jones
Houston
United States
West Texan
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
Mr. Jones
Texans
Houston Chronicle
Southwest
Ernest O. Thompson
Herring Hotel
West Texas
Ambulance Services Listed with Contact Numbers
Griggs ambulance phone 4311 and Blackburn ambulance phone 5211 are provided as local emergency transport contacts.
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Griggs Ambulance
Blackburn Ambulance
Simmons Cowboy Band to Play Tonight on Third Street
The Simmons Cowboy band will perform tonight at 7 o clock on Third street between Polk and Taylor. The concert promises special musical stunts and novelties and is free to all attendees, with the band praised as one of the finest in the country.
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Simmons Cowboy
Third Street
Polk and
Taylor Street
Monument to pioneer Texan cowman urged in Washington speech
Congressman Marvin Jones called a monument to the pioneer cowman a fitting tribute in Washington while addressing the cattlemen's convention. He was lauded as a real friend of the cowman and received an ovation after introduction by President BR. M. Kleberg.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Jones
BR. M. Kleberg
Chicago gun violence drives Texas trip for relief
Alan F. Wilson of John Clay & Company visiting Amarillo says Chicago conditions are brutal with frequent gunfire. He notes not needing a weapon in Texas and describes bullet proof glass in downtown offices and the intense fear surrounding city shootings. Wilson credits doctors for recommending rest to avert a breakdown.
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Chicago
Alan F. Wilson
John Clay & Company
Amarillo
Sloan Kruser
Goforth
Missouri Pacific
San Antono
Little Jim Reed
Kansan City
Mr. Wilson
Globe
Texas
Michigan Avenue
Wilson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rockefeller to Appear in Coal Inquiry Heads to Subpoenas
Senate Coal Committee will issue subpoenas for John D. Rockefeller Jr. Charles M. Schwab R. B. Mellon and other heads of large corporations Senator Wheeler announced today.
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Rockefeller
Coal Inquiry
Washington
Senate Coal Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Charles M. Schwab
R. B. Mellon
Senator Wheeler
Jones Calls for Tough Graft Fight in Washington Speech
Jesse Jones, hailed as the South’s greatest citizen, urged cattlemen to apply swift justice to grafters in Washington. He lauded Texas for delivering the Democratic National convention to Houston and urged same principles in government to curb graft. He predicted Amarillo’s growth and spoke in support of heifer speying to curb overproduction and raise quality.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
South
Jones
Texas
Houston
Democratic Party
Mr. Jones
Amarillo
Moody to Attend Amarillo Cattlemen's Convention Thursday
Gov Dan Moody missed this morning's program but advices from Austin state he plans to arrive in Amarillo Thursday morning and a place is being reserved for him on the program.
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Moody
Dan Moody
Amarillo
Cattlemen’s Convention
Austin
Kleberg Opens 52nd Texas Southwestern Cattle Convention
R M Kleberg, president of the Texas South western Cattle Raisers association, formally opened the fifty second annual convention at the Mission theater this morning. His address urged a close study of the marketing situation and any legislative efforts to prevent, by government regulation, the marketing of livestock to whom and where the owner pleases.
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Texas Cattle
R. M. Kleberg
Texas-Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Mission Theater
Kleberg
Old Fiddlers All Set for Stunt Tonight
Most of the two dozen entries in the Old Fiddlers contest have filed into the Tri-State Fair office and hotel lobby to confirm readiness. Tickets are on sale in Amarillo, with seats selling fast. 30 cent, 78 cent and one dollar admissions. The 8 pm program features cash prizes totaling 250 dollars plus merchandise from local merchants.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Amarillo Hotel
Feir
Polk Street
R. T. Emmett
Emmett
Amarillo
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Athur Brisbane
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Ireland
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Colorado
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Detroit
Victor Berger
Congress
Berger
Nicaragua
Ellinwood
REED
Dollar
M’nary
G.O.P
AL Smith
Vey United Prece
Harry Sinclair
Nye
Smith
Sinclair
New York
Continental Trading Company
Rebecca Rogers
Pioneer City
Cowman
Sloan Kritser
Fiddlers
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