Public affairs and scandals mix with jokes and stock tips
A US tax windfall is noted alongside oil scandal chatter about President Harding and a Marion Star link. The piece lampoons finance figures, cites Vanderlip, Du Pont gains from steel stock, and mocks anti evangelism while praising artists. It surveys public figures and current events in a satirical tone.
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Harding
Marion Star
America
E. I. du Pont Nemours
United States Steel Common
du Ponts
Weather forecast for Texas and neighboring states
Dri ve Tonight and Friday partly cloudy with moderate temperature. Temperature extremes today 75 and 46. Texas and West Texas to Friday partly cloudy with little change. Louisiana tonight fair slightly warmer north portion Friday partly cloudy. Arkansas and Oklahoma tonight and Friday fair with little change in temperature. Griggs ambulance, phone 4311.
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Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Governor Moody Praises Texas Cattlemen at Rally
Governor Dan Moody spoke 25 minutes to about 1,200 cattle raisers in Mission theater, praising cattlemen as Texas builders. He urged self-reliance, organization, and constructive problem solving without seeking legislative aid, citing 65 million cattle as a major wealth source and predicting continued prosperity.
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Dan Moody
Texas-Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Mission Theater
Texas
Moody
Austin
Moody Denies Vice Presidential Nominations At Cattlemen Session
Governor Dan Moody told Amarillo cattlemen he desires no national political role and will seek re election. He lauded highway and prison reforms, noted Texas school funding and a lower tax rate, and urged dry candidates as Houston convention delegates. The 1929 Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association meeting in Houston was announced for next year with Richard Kleberg re elected president and various officers picked.
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Dan Moody
Houston
al Smith
Moody
Highway Commission
Texas
Amarillo
Sloan Kruser
Austin
Texas-Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Mission Theater
Fort Worth
Dallas
Gulf City
William States Jacobs
Lee Bivins
Richard M. Kleberg
Corpuns Christi
Association
Asociation
Kleberg
T. D. Hobart
Pampa
W. E F. Connell
Kk. Berkley
Spillers
M. H. Holland
Parm and Ranch
Senate May Seek Cunningham Arrest
The Associated Press reports that a resolution demanding the immediate arrest of Thomas W. Cunningham, a prominent Philadelphia Republican, will be presented to the Senate tomorrow after confirmation by Senator King of Utah.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Senate
King
Utah
Coolidge Refuses Reelect Bid and Smith Hopes Rise
President Coolidge, via Secretary Everett Sanders, again declines to be a candidate for reelection, rebuffing the Wyoming Republican state committee. Senator Walter George, backed by southerners, labels the Senate debate on Governor Alfred E. Smith as political expediency. Smith supporters say New York’s Alfred E. Smith now has at least 84 promised votes from North Dakota at the Democratic national convention in Houston.
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United Press
Coolidge
Everett Sanders
Wyoming
Republican State Committee
Walter George
Geogia
Alfred E. Smith
Senate
New York
Houston
North Dakota
Mexico City Quake Rattles Capital. Pickford’s Mother Dies
Mexico City and surrounding states felt a strong earthquake ending after three minutes with minor injuries. In Los Angeles, Charlotte Pickford 56 mother of actress Mary Pickford, died of cancer after midnight. She influenced her children’s careers and handled their finances, born in Toronto as Hennesey.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charlotte Pickford
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Jack
Lottie Pickford
Movieland
Toronto
Canada
John Smith
Pickford
Smith
Mrs. Pickford
Officers Continue For Slayer's Axe
Martindale Texas March 22 Search for the hatchet or axe used to kill Charles Fossleman 60 at his home Tuesday night remained unsuccessful Thursday The inquest verdict held he was slain by blows over the head with a hatchet and that his wife later died by her own hand in the bathtub, a finding later questioned by investigations.
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Associated Press
Martindale
Tex
Charles Fossleman
Fossleman
Blast on Destroyer Kills Two at Guantanamo Bay
Two enlisted men were killed and five severely burned in a gasoline explosion aboard the destroyer tender Whitney at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Four enlisted men and one chief warrant officer suffered minor burns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Whitney
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Extend Drive for College Extends to Pleasant Valley
Dr. R B L Morgan and Rev. B H Bryant spoke to Pleasant Valley residents at Pleasant Valley school last evening about securing a Methodist college for Amarillo. The meeting, arranged by Mrs. Roy O Bryant, highlighted the college’s community benefits and proximity to Pleasant Valley, with Morgan stressing Amarillo’s need for a local higher education option.
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Methodist College For
Amarillo
R. BE. L. Morgan
B. H. Bryant
Pleasant Valley
Roy O'Bryan
Parent Teacher Association
Morgan
Amarillo College
Parole Granted for Jose Alvarado in Oklahoma City
Ninety day parole for Jose Alvarado, former private detective to Governor Johnston, was to be signed. The action settles a dispute over a stay of execution. Alvarado, under seven year sentence for a Porter Williams store robbery, may defend himself in another case.
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Oklahoma City
Jose Alvarado
Johnston
Alvarado
Jesse Worren
Pawhuska
Porter Williams
Burbank
Mellon Says He Does Not Intend To Quit
Washington March 22 11 Treasury officials stated Secretary Mellon will not resign regardless of senate vote on a resolution seeking his retirement from the cabinet.
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Mellon
Associated Press
Washington
The
Treasury
Senate
Teapot Dome Trip to El Paso Canceled
The Teapot Dome committee calls off its El Paso trip to hear Albert B. Fall explain his ties to the oil affair amid reports from government and personal physicians that Fall is in a feeble condition and cannot travel for the April 2 trial. Senate leaders cite Fall's telegram suggesting delay, note possible influence on his cooperation.
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Teapot Dome
EL Paso
Associated Prensa
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Fall
United Press
Senate
el Paso Post
Lindy Resumes Free Rides for Congressmen
Charles Lindbergh, the famed air chauffeur extraordinary, resumed giving rides to lawmakers in Washington. He has ferried 121 people, including six senators and about 100 representatives, over the last two afternoons and plans to assist 150 to 200 more applicants before noon, likely continuing through Friday.
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Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Air
Congress
Lindbergh
Not Guilty Chief Targeted After Acquittal in Louise Monteabaro Case
In Columbiana Alabama police chief H F Blake was fired at and stabbed in court after being acquitted of murder in the Louise Monteabaro death. Mrs Mabel Monteabaro fired a pistol, aunt Cecil Tubbs stabbed Blake in the neck, court officials restrained the assailants, and Blake's wound was not yet deemed fatal. About 80 people were present as chaos followed the verdict and Blake was taken to a hospital. The shooting occurred while the state attorney general Charlie McCall had prosecuted Blake and Farm er faced indictment with Blake in a separate trial.
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Associated Press
Columbiana
Ala
H. F. Blake
Calera
Louise Monteabaro
Mabel Monteabaro
Blake
Misa Cecil Tubbs
Charlie ©. McCall
Mr. McCall
Monterboro
Monteaharo
Louise Montcabaro
W. D. Farmer
Montgomery
Farmer
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