Five Made Big Oil Deal Testimony In Senate
Roxie Stinson testified before the Daugherty committee that five men profited about 33 million dollars in a Sinclair oil deal, while Jesse Smith fled. She linked Smith’s death to pressures from Daugherty’s circle and described Smith’s finances and estate, noting a handwritten will and discrepancies in probate.
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Amarillo Hears Call for 100000 Highway Fund Share
Judge J W Crudgington and Ernest G Albright of the Texas Highway Association urged the city to appropriate 1000 for Amarillo's share of a 100000 fund to aid passage of the highway system amendment. No vote was taken at yesterday's meeting.
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Amarillo
J. W. Crudgington
Ernest G. Albright
Texas Highway Association
Bandit, But Never Had Cabinet Post Says Al Jennings
Al Jennings, once a bandit, tells Senate oil committee he was not Secretary of the Interior. The Sinclair contempt case goes before a federal grand jury tomorrow with indictment expected before March 31 as Peyton Gordon prompts action. Jennings confers with Senator Walsh and refuses further interview.
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De La Huerta Ship Lost Reported From Mexico
New Orleans report says Adolpha De La Huerta fled Mexico on a steamship last week bound for the United States. Widespread mystery surrounds his location with rumors of a hurricane wreck unconfirmed. His wife has waited here five weeks and the Mexican consul general has no word.
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New Orleans
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Mexico
de la Huerta
Galveston
United States
Fire kills twenty Orientals in Los Angeles rooming house
Police and fire crews search the Chinatown rooming house ruins after a morning blaze. One body recovered. cremated remains of at least twenty others believed missing. Thirty five slept on the lower floor, fifteen on the upper. Eight escaped. Joseph Lemoine arrested after seen fleeing with a kerosene can.
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Chinatown
Joseph Lemoine
Oil Men Plundering Treasury Claim Sparks Probe
Washington March 26 The statement from Senator King Utah a senate committee member accuses American oil men of annually plundering the treasury by exploiting tax law depreciation loopholes. He cites millions in losses and calls for tightening the internal revenue bureau rules.
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Paved Road 10 Canyon Boosted In Big Meeting
A Canyon meeting urged approval of a constitutional amendment to fund designated highways. Ernest Albright spoke on the Amarillo to Canyon road with about 100 in attendance. Judge Motlow praised cross city friendship as Amarillo leaders joined Canyon boosters.
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Pearl Musselman Convicted in 1922 Husband Murder
Center Texas March 26 Mrs Pearl Musselman was found guilty as an accomplice in the 1922 murder of her husband Tom Musselman. A jury sentenced her today to fifteen years in the state prison.
Woman Autoist Held In Killing of Child
Mrs J Kirkpatrick charged with negligent homicide after hitting Roland Ferguson seven who died instantly in Dallas Justice Fly court she posted 10000 bond and was released.
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Mch
College Official Aids in State Survey Work
Miss Helen B. Burton head of home economics at Teachers' College spends a week on survey work directed by Dr. C. A. Works of the state educational survey committee. She will observe home economics teaching in Friona Farwell Plainview Lubbock Amarillo Clarendon and other Panhandle towns.
Mrs Thomson Beaten in Race for Congress
New Orleans March 26 Mrs James M Thomson daughter of the late Champ Clark lost in her first congressional bid. Returns from the second district primary show J Zach Spearing winning the nomination with 1369 votes more than both opponents Mrs Thomson and T Zemnies Walmsley.
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James M. Thomson
Champ Clark
J. Zach Spearing
Thomson
T. Zemnies Walmsley
Fight erupts in Dallas court as man identifies alleged assailant
In Dallas on March 26 a free for all fight broke out in city court after Houston Nichols named Leon Hale as part of a group of ten men who attempted to abduct and flog him. The clash drew in witnesses and Nichols, taxi fleet owner, said ten men attacked him in his garage last night, with his drivers aiding in beating them off before police stopped the fracas.
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Amarillo
French Premier Poincare and Cabinet Resign
Paris reports Premier Poincare presented cabinet resignations to President Millerand after the failure of the pension bill. The defeat came after long criticism over his policy toward Germany and fiscal plans, with the government’s measure rejected by seven votes.
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Mrs Jessie Ross May Run for Potter County Sheriff
Town talk says Jessie Ross deputy sheriff and desk sergeant at the police station will announce her candidacy for sheriff of Potter County.
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Potter County
Jessie Ross
Ross
Weather Forecast: Clouds Tonight and Tomorrow in Amarillo
The government weather bureau forecast clouds tonight and tomorrow. The report notes no return of winter conditions and references Amarillo enjoying several days of springlike weather.
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Amarillo
Notorious Bank Bandit Slain by Deputy Sheriff
Tulsa Oklahoma March 26 Ed Lockhart outlaws bank robber was shot and killed today by Deputy Sheriff Mont Grady of Muskogee after Sheriff Bob Sandford and six deputies cornered the bandit at the Fred Walker farm. Lockhart fired at deputies from a pocket pistol Grady then seized the revolver and killed him. Lockhart a companion of Al Spencer Oklahoma’s worst desperado who was killed last winter near Bartlesville by U. S. Marshal Alva McDonald.
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Muskogee
Bob Sandford
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Quast
Pal
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Oklahoma
Spencer
United States
Alva McDonald
Bartlesville
Okla
Senators Agree on Land Case Evidence
The senate post office committee moved toward a smooth investigation of alleged Texas land frauds after Chairman Moses and Senator Heflin reached an agreement on introducing evidence. The panel had been split by a row, but Heflin announced the probe would pause for a while longer.
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Texas
Senate Post Office Committee
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Heflin
Senate
Final Arguments in Blackburn Murder Trial
Final arguments were presented in Joe Blackburns trial for the killing of Charles Bonham last May in Benjamin Texas. The state contends a quarrel over land deals led to the shooting and a gun found near Bonham was not his own. The defense portrays Bonham as having a questionable reputation and cites a witness claim that he sold the gun found at the scene.
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Joe Blackburn
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Meeting Tomorrow Night by City Development Board
The Board of City Development will meet tomorrow night to discuss urban plans and potential projects for the city. Officials urge attendees to review proposed agendas and arrive promptly for the session.
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Board of City Development
True Story of Woodrow Wilson by David Lawrence
The narrative notes Woodrow Wilson's deep strain from war breaking in 1914 and his personal losses. It recalls his seclusion, longing for companionship, devotion to family, and the moment England declared war when Wilson reflected on Germany and Moltke as the world pressed for U.S. involvement.
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Ellen Axson Wilson
Amarillo Nears Final Bits in Panhandle Pipeline Talks
Amarillo nearly completes negotiations to build a six inch pipeline from the Panhandle field. Oil from Texas No 1 flows 1150 to 1200 barrels daily into a 55 000 barrel tank while the field expands with ten producers and no dry holes.
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Amarillo
Texas No. 1
Panhandle
Yoke marriage ends in bigamy charges in Kansas City
Mrs. Florence Lytle recalls that Mrs. George V. Shaw never lived with Paul Hardman as his common law wife. Hardman sought New York authorities to press bigamy charges after divorces, while Mrs. Shaw claims she signed the pact as a joke in law class and never intended marriage.
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Kansas City
George V. Shaw
Paul Hardman
Florence Lytle
Shaw
Hardman
New York
Bonus bill must be changed, decision reached
Washington March 26. A complete change must be made in the house bonus bill, the senate finance committee agreed today. A third cost estimate showing a range of one billion dollars from two earlier figures was presented by Herbert Hiess, an American Legion official. Committee members said the form cannot be sent to the senate in its present state.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Herbert Hiess
American Legion
Senate
Coolidge Leads in South Dakota Ballot Count
In Sioux Falls on March 26 President Coolidge holds about a 3000 vote lead over Hiram Johnson from 491 of 1740 precincts in the South Dakota presidential primary. Both campaigns claim victory by 10000, while Governor McMaster leads Senator Sterling by 2000 for the Republican U S Senate nomination.
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S. D
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
California
South Dakota
W. H. McMaster
United States
Thomas Sterling
Twenty three sailors drown in collision off Dungeness
In dense fog off the Kentish headlands the German steamer Heimdal struck the Japanese cargo boat Tokusuku Maru at midnight. Twenty three Japanese sailors are believed drowned while sixteen of Tokusuku Maru’s crew were saved.
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England
Kentish
Amarillo to Let School Building Contracts April 15
William A. McIntosh superintendent of Amarillo schools told the Kiwanis club that contracts for a new school building will be let on April 15. The announcement outlines planned construction as part of the district’s latest expansion project.
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Amarillo
William A. McIntosh
Kiwanis Club
Cotton spindles in place and operated in February
U S census reports 37,742,143 cotton spinning spindles in place on February 29. Of these 32,683,784 were operated at some time during February, compared with 33,339,808 operated in January. Daily Globe.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
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