Farm Sales Meet Draws Good Crowd At Municipal Sale
A steady morning crowd gathered at the Municipal Auditorium for the monthly farmers sale with entries of household goods farm machinery and livestock. Rancher C P Owen from Hereford entered four horses and two mules as Amarillo bidders eyed auctions while equipment and livestock were sold outside and smaller items inside. A meeting on sale purposes and farm questions was planned during the event. H E Boreman oversaw the sale as organizer and clerk.
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Amarillo
C. P. Owen
Hereford
H. E. Boreman
Board of City Development
Coolidge Opposes 10 Tax Bill Amendments
President Coolidge said the Senate amendments to the tax bill are very undesirable, notably those on corporate taxation and income tax return publicity. He ranked them worse than replacing Mellon rates with Simmons surtax rates. Senate Republicans also discussed compromising on Democratic surtax rates, with a fallback to 87 percent if needed.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Republicans
House
Y. W. Forges Line Up in League of Nations Fight
New York May 6 3000 delegates at the YWCA biennial convention prepared for a bitter battle over a national board backed resolution favoring American entry into the League of Nations. The student assembly pledged to fight war as international crime and ruing flapperism as passe amid calls for a more sensible relation between sexes.
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New York
Young Women's Christian Association
National Board
League of Nations
Students Assembly
Y. W. CG A
Rachel Dunaway
University of Texas
World aviators ready to depart for Attu search
Atka Island preparations were under way to depart for Attu Island 530 miles away as three army aviators join the search for Major Frederick L. Martin, missing since last Wednesday, after reports he was seen over the Bering Sea side of the Alaska peninsula.
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False Pass
Alaska
Frederick L. Martin
Atka Island
Attu Island
Bering Sea
Alaska Peninsula
Martin
Mrs Mary Lee dies in Richmond at age
Mrs Mary Tabb Bolling Lee widow of a Lee relative died in Richmond after several days illness. She was the daughter in law of Gen Robert E Lee. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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Richmond
Mary Tabb Bolling Lee
Robert E. Lee
American Woman Slaps Paris Cop in Court
A Paris court fined Mrs. St. Clair Livingston 1000 francs after she slapped a policeman at a fashionable hotel. The American novelist and widow of Col Townsend Dodd said she sought entry, the concierge refused, and the altercation ended with the charge and fine.
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Paris
St. Clair Livingston
Townsend Dodd
Good Will Party Arrives Tonight in Amarillo
The Dallas Good Will tour delegates arrive in Amarillo at 6 45 tonight. A 146 booster delegation will greet them and lead a gala downtown parade. Merchants along the route urged curbstone flag decorations. A Red Hussar band concert and a public reception in the Municipal Auditorium follow.
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Dallas
Amarillo
Boosters
Board of City Development
Municipal Auditorium
Red Hussar Band of
City Commission to hear drafts on minors in domino parlors
A delegation of women from clubs and churches will ask for ordinances banning minors from public domino parlors and for a regulation prohibiting midnight shows in city theaters. Petitions favoring both ordinances are to be presented. Jeff Bartlett will report on the Brodie and Mackey contract for a tourist camp complex and progress of work. The commission may review keeper applicants for the tourist camp, with opening postponed to June 1.
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Jeff Bartlett
Brodie and Mackey
Senator Calls For Vets Bureau Law Revisions
Senator Oddie charges ring control and tyranny in the veterans bureau and pushes codification. A bill passed by the Senate would extend presumption periods for tuberculosis and other diseases to five years after discharge and require surplus sale proceeds go to the treasury. Oddie and Caraway criticize current administration and seek removal of six assistant directors and other officials from the war risk insurance bureau.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Senate
Oddie
Nevada
Bureau
Treasury
Senator Oddie
Caraway
Arkansas
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Russia condemns German police raid on trade delegation
Moscow reports great indignation in Soviet quarters over the raid on the Russian trade delegation in Berlin. Ambassador Krestinsky told to return to Moscow unless the German government offers full satisfaction. The incident is labeled a breach of extraterritoriality and diplomatic norms.
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Moscow
Berlin
Krestinsky
Tchitcherin
Democrats Delay Adjournment Decision Amid Legislation
Democratic leaders in the Senate and House defer verdict on adjournment due to remaining urgent bills. Divisions exist over postponing until after the Republican convention in Cleveland. Republican leaders seek to adjourn by June 1 and have told the president it can be done.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Cleveland
Marshall Says He Would Not Be President
In Youngstown Ohio on May 6 former vice president Thomas R Marshall told the Young Men's Christian Association banquet that he would not accept the presidency if it were offered.
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Youngstown
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Explosion at Brandon's Ferry Leaves Several Men Missing
Buffalo reports say nitro glycerine blast at Brandon's Ferry near Franklin Pennsylvania has left several men missing. Details sketchy as of this afternoon with search under way.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Brandon's Ferry
Franklin
Former Elk Ruler Dies After Operation
Howard Leach aged 58, former grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, died in a New York hospital yesterday following an operation.
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New York
Howard Leach
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Young Doheny Witness Appears Before Federal Jury
Edward L. Doheny Jr of Los Angeles testifies before the federal grand jury probing fraud and corruption linked to naval oil leases. He reportedly carried in a black satchel the $100,000 loaned by his father to Secretary Albert B. Fall on November 30, 1921. Lawyer Frank J. Hogan declined to offer a statement after the session.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Los Angeles
Naval Reserve
Federal Grand Jury
Senate Oil Committee
Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Former Actress Kate Claxton Dies at 73
New York report states Kate Claxton aged 73 died of a cerebral hemorrhage at her home yesterday. Claxton starred fifty years ago as Louise the blind girl in The Two Orphans.
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New York
Kate Claxton
Louise
Weather forecast and temperatures report
Tonight will be generally fair with some clouds and cooler conditions. Tomorrow is expected to be fair. The afternoon temperature at one o clock was 23 degrees and the day’s low was 50 degrees. A year ago the high reached 79 and the low 48.
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Government Weather Bureau
Landis pardon story challenged by Middlekauf Senate aide
Washington reports that assistant US attorney general Middlekauf told the Daugherty committee that former Judge Landis gave untruthful statements about the Grossman pardon. He said only two witnesses testified to liquor sales and disputed a building owner’s role. The Exchange centers on credibility and possible injustice in Chicago liquor cases and the broader anti combination decree on railroads later.
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Washington
C. W. Middlehauf
United States
Chicago
Senate
Daugherty Investigating Committee
Landis
Philip Grossman
Coolidge
Middlehauf
Middlekauf
Ball
Grossman
Brookhart
Wheeler
Middlehays
S Grookheart
Conrad W. Crocker
New Haven
Daugherty
Croker
Boston
Maine
Demands Senate Inquiry Into Lockwood Remarks
Senator Robinson of Arkansas urged the Senate to summon George B. Lockwood secretary of the Republican National Committee to explain his attacks on the body. The demand arose during remarks in Washington on May 6.
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Washington
George B. Lockwood
Republican National Committee
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Amarillo Commits to Charter Trade Trip Train for Brownwood
Col B O Thompson reports 37 merchants have pledged 45 dollars each to fund a special train for Amarillo and Canyon delegates to the Brownwood convention. A total of 72 people is currently pledged with 125 needed to charter. Officials urge immediate action to order Pullman cars, while Lubbock and Plainview tail support.
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Canyon
Brownwood
Amarillo
Col
B. O. Thompson
Board of City Development Trade Extension Committee
West Texas
Thompson
Santa Fe
Marvin McCullough
Lubbock
Plainview
Emmett
Three Firms Ready to Sink New Oil Wells
The Twin Six Oil Company moving drilling gear to Sec 6 block Y with operations to start within 30 days. Dancigar Brothers, Kansas City, plan equipment at Sec 129 Burk Burnett pasture. Western Enterprise Co. at Sec 9 block Y to begin drilling by week’s end, says superintendent C M Spurlock.
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Twin Six Oil Company
Sec. 6
Block Y
J. D. Ward
Dancigar Brothers
Kansas City
Sec. 129
Burk Burnett Pasture
Western Enterprise Co
Sec. 9
C. M. Spurlock
Coolidge States Stand On Exclusion Measure
Washington reports that President Coolidge favors exclusion in principle and regards the current policy under the gentleman's agreement with Japan as in effect. The White House announcement continues to support exclusion measures.
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Coolidge
Washington
White House
Japan
World commerce to expand soon Barnes says at convention
Julius H. Barnes president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States told the twelfth annual convention that world commerce will grow quickly once American business confidence returns amid clearer government business relations. He cited European rehabilitation under the Dawes plan and improving U S agriculture as signs of prosperity.
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Barnes
Cleveland, O
America
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Dawes
Woman Trailed as The Kidnaper of Philadelphia Baby
Philadelphia police seek Ada Keil alias Ada Huff for the kidnapping of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Modell. A four year old photo of Keil matches a woman seen near the Modell home with a baby shortly after the crime. Modell, a hardware dealer, knew of no possible motive or suspect.
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Philadelphia
Ada Keil
Ada Huff
Harry Modell
Body of Infant Found by Police
The body of a baby boy about a day old was found buried in a lot off Fourth Street near the Rock Island viaduct by two police officers. The infant was wrapped in a newspaper dated April 17 and an old shirt. An inquest was held at the discovery scene and the body was reburied.
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Fourth Street
Rock Island Viaduct
A. E. Blitch
W. R. McDowell
Police Department
Clark Cain
H. R. Airheart
Justice of the Peace
N. S. Griggs
Cain
Brewer says he can prove bond duplication at BEP
Charles B. Brewer, special assistant to the attorney general, testified before a house committee that duplicates of government bonds valued around one million dollars exist at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. He rejected claims of hundreds of millions but asserted part are fraudulent and will be proven.
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Washington
House
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Charles B. Brewer
Brewer
Pirates Executed After Kwontak Seizure Near Hong Kong
In Hong Kong on May 5 thirty eight Chinese convicted of piracy in the Kwontak case were shot by Chinese authorities. Police observers were present as pirates captured after seizing the steam launch Kwontak were pursued by a customs cruiser, attacked, and sunk.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
City National Bank of El Paso Closes Doors
El Paso City National Bank, once among the southwest’s largest, failed to open today due to a weakened condition from frozen paper. The bank had been saved three months earlier when $1,000,000 in gold was moved from the Federal Reserve Bank vaults to its own reserves.
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el Paso
Tex
el Paso City National Bank
Southwest
Federal Reserve Bank
Police Battle Bandits At Swetchnikbaum Silk Factory
Chicago May 6 police exchanged 30 shots with six bandits looting the Swetchenkbaum silk factory early today. Three attackers were captured and a truck full of silks valued at 15000 dollars was seized.
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Chicago
Swetschkenbaum
Lions Club state conference opens in Paris with Gov Neff speaker
Election of officers was on the program of the Lions Club state conference in Paris Texas. Governor Neff was one of the principal speakers at the opening session.
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Paris
Tex
Lions’ Club
Neff
McAdoo Favored as County Democratic Picks Go to State
County convention delegates were instructed to back William Gibbs McAdoo at the state convention. The body also endorsed Col. Ernest O Thompson and R A Underwood for national posts, while denouncing Gov. Neff and endorsing McAdoo in multiple resolutions.
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Court House
William Gibbs McAdoo
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
R. A. Underwood
Plainview
New York
Pat Neff
Potter County
Neff
Robert Underwood
McAdoo
Waco
Grover Hill
A. B. Jones
Perry Pearson
T. W. Cotten
E. L. Richardson
O. B. Annis
H. R. Walton
J. R. Gant
W.S. Roberts
Thomas A. Bordeaux
H. G. Hamrick
Earle B. Mayfield
Alvin Owsley
Precinct Delegates 60 Into County Conventions
Dallas May 6 delegates 60 into county conventions reported as continuing on page 2. The note appears in a city edition listing political party delegate activity and upcoming county-level deliberations. The brief item signals reorganizing or confirming delegates within the county political framework.
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Y. W. Forges
League OF Nations Fight
Mary Lee
Russia
Marshall
Young Doheny
Lockwood
Robert Emmett
Colonel Thompson
Europe
City National Bank OF
Uson
M’adoo
Neff Sgore
Harris County
Kendall County
Hunt County
Upshur County
Bexar County
Travis County
Jefferson County
Democratic Party
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