Big Men Get What They Want In Politics And Finance
In New York a court order compels spending on a subway fare deal, while elections show Hoover leading in California with 477,000 votes and Smith drawing 26 more. A wall street burial site costs 87 million, and May Day sees few protests as Moscow parades a massive fighting force. Noting Aristotle and Lindbergh, the piece contrasts governance, democracy, and aviation ambition.
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New York
United States Court
Emerson
Hoover
California
Smith
Reed
Walsh
Wall Street
Smwith
Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Butler
Columbia University
Aristotle
Ambulance service contact line continues
(Continued on page two) Blackburn ambulance. Phone 5211.
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Blackburn Ambulance
Weather Forecast Summary for Texas and Arkansas Regions
Tonight partly cloudy with frost possible if skies clear. Saturday fair and warmer. Temperatures range 66 to 40 degrees, with hourly readings from 7 am to 1 pm. West Texas and Panhandle frost likely, Panhandle frost. Northwest warming later. Arkansas sees clouds and showers east and south tonight, cooler Saturday and generally fair conditions thereafter.
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West
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Arkansas
Potter County Precinct Conventions Set Tomorrow
Political clash between Smith and anti Smith factions as dry and wet Democrats meet to elect delegates to the county convention. Amarillo precincts select most delegates. three outside city choose three. Resolutions favor harmony and prohibition enforcement while pledging support to Democratic nominees in the fall. Precincts convene at 2 o clock.
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Houston
Polar Airship Italia Reaches Vadsee On North Cruise
A snowstorm damaged the Italia hangar at Kings Bay Spitzbergen delaying departure from Vadsee. Commander Umberto Nobile completed the second leg of the North Polar cruise, arriving at Vadsee around 7:30 am, refueling then to proceed to Kingsbay Spitzbergen as base for the expedition.
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United Press
Kings Bay
Spitzenbergen
Weather Bureau
Umberto Nobile
Vadsee
Vadsor
Norway
Italia
North Polar
Kingsbay
Spitzbergen
Nobile
Missing Ella A limps into Waimea Bay Honolulu bound
The four masted schooner Ella A limped into Waimea bay Maui with seven feet of water in her holds. Captain Killman says the ship endured 148 days at sea after leaving New Castle Australia and a leak after a long battle with rough seas. One man was lost overboard and provisions ran low. The crew survived on bread and potatoes as water neared depletion. The vessel now awaits tow to Honolulu.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Ella A
Waimea Bay
Island of Maui
D. C. Killman
New Castle
Australia
Callao
Peru
Maui
Two Tulsa Women Slain in Domestic Murders
In Tulsa on May 4 two women, Lucille Fray 25 and Laura Fray 35, were shot to death in a domestic murder case involving Charles Fray 37. Fray was wounded resisting arrest after a confrontation with Marshal Curtis following the Jenks killings.
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Tulsa
Charles Fray
Fray
Lucille Fray
Laura Fray
Cafe Proprietress
Jenks
Here
A. C. Cur
Empire Gas Co Officials Tour Amarillo Properties
Officials from Empire Gas Co and Newton Kansas guests inspected four Empire properties in the area after breakfast at Amarillo Hotel. The group met Mayor Lee Bivins and local business leaders before touring the city on a rainy morning.
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Kansas
Breakfast
City
Empire Companies
Panhandle
Kansas City
Newton
Amarillo
Empire Properties
Lee Bivins
John Hill
The
Panhandle Lumber Company
Frank Turner
Charley Fisk
R. M. Stuntz
Empire
Former New Orleans Mayor William J. Behan Dies
General William J. Behan 87 former mayor and postmaster of New Orleans and commander of United Confederate Veterans died at his residence after a brief illness. He led the city in earlier decades and served in veterans groups before passing away in New Orleans on May 4.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
William J. Behan
United Confederate Veterans
Bacchus Sinks After Collision With Greek Vessel Ioannis
The British supply ship Bacchus was reported sinking off the south coast after colliding with the Greek steamer Ioannis Fafalios. Ioannis Fafalios, 3122 tons, sank rapidly. 22 crew, all saved. The admiralty ordered Tiger and two salvage tugs to assist 30 miles east of Portland Bill off Dorset. Salmon prepared to sail.
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United Press
London
Bacchus
Ioannis Fafalios
Admiralty
Tiger
Portland
Portland Bill
Dorsetshire
Salmon
Four Hurt In Panhandle Highway Car And Wagon Crash
Four persons were injured last night near St. Francis on the Panhandle highway in a collision between a car and a wagon. Leroy Carhart of Panhandle was the most seriously hurt and did not regain consciousness until this morning. Anna Bell Morris of 902 Taylor Street suffered cuts bruises and a wrenched shoulder and remained at St. Anthony hospital. W. D. Robinson of 708 Polk Street and Camille Cadwallader of 1503 Lincoln Street were also injured.
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St. Francis
Panhandle
St. Anthony Hospital
Leroy Carhart
Anna Bell Morris
Taylor Street
W. D. Robinson
Polk Street
Camille Cadwallader
Lincoln Street
Rain brings brighter prospects for Panhandle crops
Rainfall across the Panhandle improves wheat planting prospects and promises abundant pasture for cattle. Amarillo totals reach .55 inches in 48 hours with light to moderate showers reported from Spearman to Roswell and from Amarillo to Childress, raising hopes for a warmer, frost-free period ahead.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
South Prairie
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Spearman
Perryton
Follett
Booker
Carrourett
Higgins
Glasier
Canadian
Hereford
Texico
Canyon
Clovis
Artesia
Roswell
Plainview
Abernathy
Lubbock
Rock Island
Tucumcari
Jericho
Fort
Trial of Church Head Gets Underway at Methodist Meet
A jury of seventeen churchmen will hear the Bishop Anton Bast case on charges of misapplication of church funds and imprudent conduct. Bishop Francis J. McConnell was chosen as presiding judge. Delegates prepare to attack church leaders at the Kansas City conference amid calls to enforce prohibition planks in party platforms.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Tte
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United Press
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh
E. C. Dixon
Western Wisconsin
Farm Relief Bill Fails Over Veto Power Clash
Washington authorities report the McNary Hagen farm relief bill failed to secure a two thirds House vote to override President Coolidge. The measure fell 204 to 121 and now heads to conference to reconcile differences before possible veto.
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Washington
McNary- Hagen
House
Coolidge
Senate Farm Bloc
Doc
Aswell
Farm Bloc
Cotton Bloc
Commodity Council
Pageant 10 Set Tonight at the Auditorium Crowd near 3000 to attend
Tonight at the Auditorium nearly 3,000 children will take part in the annual Child Welfare pageant directed by Mrs. Vernon Hogan. Juanita Hollingshead is health queen and Curtis Johnson is king, replacing the 1927 court with a colorful ceremony.
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Vernon Hogan
G Roberts
William Durham
Curtis Johnson
Bob Ricks
James Domer
Russell McKinley
Paul Skillman
Dewitt Vaughn
Dixie Ricks
Juanita Hollingshead
King
Sixty One Marriage Licenses During April
Potter county issued sixty one marriage license certificates in April, announced by the county clerk. The April total exceeds March by one, as the previous month reported sixty licenses.
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Potter County
School pageant features dances and plays
A year long effort by Mrs Slogan's department yields a pageant with a main event and a program of dances and playlets by various schools. An admission charge of 35 cents for children and 50 cents for adults defrays costs. The program starts at 8 o'clock with the balcony reserved for the pageant parade and audience seated downstairs.
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Slogan
Japanese Chinese clash near Tsinanfu reported heavy losses
Dispatches from Tokyo and Shanghai describe Chinese and Japanese forces clashing at Tsinanfu Shandong with heavy casualties on both sides. Japanese arrive reinforcements from Tsingtao while Chang Tso Ling expresses regret and offers aid to the Japanese side.
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Tsinan-fu
Shantung
Vince
Nanking
Nese
China
Japan
Tokyo
Shang
Janese
Tsina
Tsingtao
Yangtse
South China
Tsinan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shantung Province
Chili Province
Tsinaneu Shanghat
Tientsin
Nanfu
Chang Tso-Line
Magician Dunninger Outshines Houdini Mediums in Seance
New York May 4 A magician with his bag of tricks defeated medium claims by producing a luminous portrait of Houdini a voice and other effects under test before Mrs Houdini and reporters Dunninger bound hands and feet was searched and wax sealed yet a card slate writing a tambourine and prints on wax appeared while he denounced the medium Pecoraro as a put up job and insisted no sham aid was used
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Houdini
Joseph Dunninger
Nino Pecoraro
Pecoraro
Houdini
Dunninger
Danninger
Charles E. Davenport
Ninger
Dunning
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Trinity Church
Stock Exchange
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America
London Express
Lindbergh
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Polar Airship
Vadose
John Maynard Lumber Co
Fifth and Jefferson
Griggs Ambulance
Royal Court IN Welfare
Okla
Empire Gas CO
Methodist Meet
Greenfield
Northern New York
Brook
New
Jeremy
R. B. Army
J. M. M. Gray
Wyoming
T. HW. Campbell
Ohio
A. FE. Kirk
Southwestern Kansas
B. Schreckengast
Nebraska
J. R. Magee
Puget Sound
Arlo A. Brown
Holston
W. T. Murray
Erie
Weallock H. Finch
J. E. Skillington
Central Pennsylvania
L. ©. Wright
Northeastern Ohio
Herbert Keck
Illinois
L. H. Bugbee
Northern Minnesota
Kansas City, Mo
Tsinetao
States
Paring
Japa
Legation
Tsinanfu
Victor
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