Train robber suspect John Story faces $25,000 suit
John Story, once jailed by the American Railway Express company, sues for $25,000 in federal court alleging reputational damage from removals. An appeals court freed him after affidavits, including one by Rev. W. S. Feazel, supported his claim of innocence in a Texas matter.
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John Story
American Railway Express Company
Story
Express Company
Austin
Potter County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Warren McCray
Indiana
W. S. Feazel
Baylor University
Theobbery
Rankin urges wars be outlawed in peace speech
Miss Jeanette Rankin the first woman congresswoman told the International Congress of the Women’s League for Peace and Freedom that war should be unlawful under a new international order. She urged declaring war a crime and applying moral laws to nations as to individuals.
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Washington
Jeannette Rankin
Congress
Women’s League For Peace and Freedom
Miss Rankin
Najada Surowzowa
Ukraine
Lottie Heller
Austria
League of Nations
Oil well near Artesia shows strong flow
Artesia reports a Illinois company well at 1966 feet stood full of oil with a pump to be tested after tanks are ready. Nearby Texas and Oklahoma operators purchased 160 acres for 40000 dollars and plan drilling within ninety days. In Vernon a new grandstand for 5000 seats is planned, while cattle movement prompted 2000 Hereford yearlings to be summered on a Midland to Hereford route. Canyon notes school leadership changes and cultural events including a piano recital and sociology professor plans.
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Artesia
N. M
Illinois Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Hereford
Tex
W. W. Brunson
Midland
Texas-New Mexico
Commission cuts ratess on horses and mules shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled railroad rates on horses and mules from Kansas City to Texas and Louisiana unjust and ordered a new reduced schedule. The action reflects ICC efforts to curb overly high freight charges and ease transportation costs for agriculture and commerce.
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Washington
Kansas City
Jto
Texas
Louisiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Local Business Trips and Radio Contest Highlight Day
B Brands of Shap leigh Hardware departs for Pecos Valley on business. E W Grogan returns to 1931 Harrison Street from Strong City Kansas with a cattle train. WDAP Chicago starts a three day radio contest at 6 pm with sweaters nightly and a Bradley garment prize Saturday. W D Trueblood Corpus Christi visits en route from Clovis to Childress in cotton trade. J M Strike of the Doherty company inspects local property.
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BE. W. Grogan
Harrison Street
Strong City
Kan
Drake Hotel
WDAP
Chicago
W. D. Trueblood
Corpus Christi
Clovis
Childress
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J. B. Gray
Bog East
Amarillo Art School
Polk
Alex M. Mood Lawyer
Appeals Court
Daily Globe
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M. Cammack
Puckett Bldg
Amarillo, Texas
Milady
J. W. Collins
Jack Keefe
Weil
Edna
Rye
L. Sound
Central Pk
By Ring Lardner
Dicer i Oy
Ally
Wiss Rankin
Vernon
Guy Caglander
Amarillo
Fair Park
Canyon
J. J. Wilson
Lockney
Floydada
Canyon, Tex
Lawrence Ledbetter
Bureau of Child Hygiene
State Department of Health
M. Moss Richardson
Ledbetter
The
Teachers College
Lola McGuire
Tulsa
Will Kerr
Miss McGuire
Hazel Allen
J. L. Duflot
Amarillo High School
University of Chicago
Blackburns
Blackburn Bros
HAR Schaffner & Marx
B. Brands
Shapleigh Hardware Company
Pecos Valley
J. M. Strike
Doherty Company
Russell Jewelry Company
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