Mother and daughter meet after nineteen years in Fort Worth
Beatrice Beasley, a Sherman nurse, and her Dallas mother Mrs. O C Taylor met outside the Tarrant county courthouse after Beasley sought help from County Clerk Hollis to locate relatives. Beasley was one of six children left in 1910 when the Tarrant County Orphans Home burned records, delaying reunion.
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Fort Worth
Beatrice Beasley
Sherman
O. C. Taylor
Dallas
Tarrant County
Hollis
Miss Beasley
Beatrice King
Air Features Tonight at Warc and City Concert Chain
The listing notes an air feature schedule with Associated Press details for Prom Warc New York and Chain at 4 10 1. It lists a Marine Band concert after 7:00 with stations including WADC WKRC WOH and WOWO and mentions a 7 20 segment with Famous Recording Artist and a balanced program across multiple stations. George Olsen and His Dance Orchestra appears at 8 00 with additional stations listed.
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Associated
Presa
New York
Chain
S. Marine Band
Alkeo
KMOX
WFBM
WADC
WKRC
Warp
KMBC
Krol
Ward
WCCO
George Olsen
Prosperity Is Natural Says Brisbane In 1929
Arthur Brisbane argues prosperity is natural and unthreatened by predictions of decline while noting public appetite for news on Mars or a boxing upset sells papers. He cites Forbes Speyer and rising consumer wants, listing Louis H. Smith and the Cowdrey Brake Testing Machine.
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James Speyer
Louis H. Smith
Day in Congress: tariff bill and farm relief debate
The House meets at noon to take up the tariff bill while the Senate continues farm relief debate. The House ways and means committee reports on State delegations in the tariff bill. The Senate interstate commerce committee holds hearings on a proposed federal communications commission. The Senate manufacturers committee adds witnesses on a probe of working conditions in the southern textile industry.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Senate Manufacturers Committee
Opposition of Demo Leaders Is Overridden in Tariff Vote
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee moved to override Democratic opposition and formally report a new tariff revision bill. Fifteen Republicans supported. of ten Democrats nine opposed, one voted present. Proxies were used by Treadway and Canfield. Hull signaled a minority report within two days.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hill
Treadway
Massachusetts
Canfield
Indiana
Hull
Tennessee
Killed in fall from high bridge in San Antonio
A man about 22 believed Archie L. Bickle was found dead at 6 am on the Quintana road near Leon Creek after being forced to cling to a railroad trestle as a train passed. He had a broken skull and arms, a class ring from Abilene college, and a YMCA membership board bearing the name Are'to L. Bickle.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Archie L. Bickle
Quintana Road
Leon Creek
J. M. Dominguez
Abilene College
Cleburne Y. M. C. A
L. Bickle
False Friends Charged With Death of Chicago Gangsters
Chicago reports a police theory that seven men including Scalisi Anselmi and Guinta were slain by four companions after a dispute over booze and vice profits at an Indiana roadhouse near the Illinois border. The case centers on a supposed friendly gathering that led to a triple murder.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Scalisi
Anselmi
Guinta
Hammond
Ind
John Scalisi
Albert Anselmi
Joseph Guinta
Indiana
Illinois Line
Violinist Macmillen Steps For Panhandle Music Festival
Francis Macmillen America’s leading violinist appears as second artist on the Panhandle Music Festival program. He plays for school children in the matinee and offers a regular tour concert tonight. Don Jose Mojica closes the festival tomorrow with a special Amarillo program attracting a predicted record crowd.
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Francis Macmillen
America
Macmillen
Don Jose Mojica
Amarillo
Mary Garden
Mojica
Nurses Elect Heads Friday
Officers for the private duty section of the Graduate Nurses Association of Texas were elected yesterday: Geneva Landers Amarillo as chairman Metscar Houston as vice chairman and Penny Beaumont as secretary treasurer. The convention continues with Nursing League of Education programs and sessions today and tomorrow.
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Graduate Nurses Association of Texas
Geneva Landers
Amarillo
Metscar
Houston
Penny
Beaumont
Nursing League of Education
E. L. Brient
Lewis N. Stuckey
Polk Street Methodist
H. A. Shaw
Harvey Crudgington
Killough
F. P. Miller
el Paso
Texas Medical Association
R. 8. Killough
Textile workers plan Washington appeal from North Carolina
A convoy of 13 textile strikers sped toward Washington to seek a congressional investigation into mill working and sanitary conditions in North Carolina. Carl Marx Reeves led the group while banners lit the night. At Manville Jenckes Loray, 62 families faced eviction with belongings in the streets as deputies stood by.
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United Press
Gastonia
N. C
Washington
Congress
North Carolina
Carl
Marx Reeves
International Labor Defense
Manville
Local Men Hear Grain Rate Report in Fort Worth
Texas grain and traffic men met at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth to hear the examiner's report on the general grain and rate investigation. Expections were noted for grain and milling interests across the state and will be argued at a Washington hearing on May 27 led by Frank A. Leffingwell of Dallas. accompanying officials included W. H. Sparrow of Great West Mill and Elevator and R. F. Cooke of the Texas Wheat Growers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Grain and
Texas
Fort Worth
J. Cole
Board of City Development
Morrow to Visit United States for Daughter's Marriage
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow plans to leave Mexico City for the United States between May 20 and May 30. He is expected to attend his daughter Anne’s marriage to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
Anne
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Straw Hat Day Declared in Amarillo May 11
Saturday May 11 is official straw hat day in Amarillo. City officials merchants and Mr Amarillo promote trading felt for straw. Men's stores display latest straw styles and residents may choose by browsing shop windows. After Saturday felt will be passed and a new straw Katy will be necessary for the well dressed man.
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Amarillo
Railroads to Limit Rate Cut in Farm Relief Plan
Eastern trunk line railroads announce to the Interstate Commerce Commission they will restrict the freight rate reduction aimed at farm relief to wheat and wheat flour. The decision was made at a New York meeting of eastern rail executives and millers, led by Robert N. Collyer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eastern Trunk Line Railroads
Western Trunk Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert N. Collyer
Eastern Trunk Line Association
New York
Eastern Railway
Warning Against Killing Doves In Season Court Fine Issued
Game Warden Sam Turner warns against out of season dove shooting and cites a court fine of 24.70 for Amarillo grocer J. S. Griffis who pleaded guilty to killing doves. Turner notes setting season runs September and October. Additional arrests for bird shooting, including song birds from a car, are expected soon.
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Sam Turner
Turner
J. S. Griffis
Amarillo
Canyon
Bricklayers Set Next Texas Convention in San Antonio
The Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union of America chose San Antonio as the next meeting site during the closing morning in Amarillo. The four day Texas session will move to Austin in May 1930, with committees to be appointed and reports read. A $400,000 union owned brick plant was approved as a convention highlight, joining another plant in El Paso. 1,238 chapters are now recognized nationwide, with 35 Texas towns represented and officers present.
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San Antonio
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America
Amarillo Hotel
Austin
Bricklayers Union
America
Texas
Grand Jury Expected in Federal Court This Afternoon
The grand jury was expected to report in Federal court this afternoon. Trial of law and equity cases has occupied the court this week. The criminal docket will be called Monday morning and several important cases are expected.
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Trial of Law
Equity
Dallas School Child Attacked By Mad Dog
A mongrel dog with foaming mouth broke into Rosemont school in Dallas Texas and attacked pupil J. T. Nichols age 11. The child received severe leg lacerations at Emergency hospital and rabies precautions were advised. A policeman shot the dog and its head was sent to Austin for rabies testing.
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Hy United Press
Dallas
Tex
Rosemont
J. T. Nichols
Austin
Jury selected in assault trial of R B Rhodes
Ten jurors were chosen from a pool of 100 men for the trial of R B Rhodes on charges of criminal assault on his nine year old daughter. More than two dozen veniremen were examined with many disqualified over capital punishment. Testimony likely to begin later today after remaining jury seats are filled in Judge A J Fires court.
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R. B. Rhodes
A. J. Fires
Childrens
Henry
Bishop
Youth Gets 99 Years in Prison
Dallas May 9 Jim Braddy 24 pleaded guilty to robbery with firearms and was sentenced to 9 years in prison Braddy admitted robbing Alva F McKnight of his automobile and 5 dollars in cash on April 1.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Jim Braddy
Braddy
Alva F. McKnight
Navy searches for missing plane over sea route to Nagasaki
The navy announced four destroyers are hunting a naval plane en route from Nara to Nagasaki on a 600 mile flight. One accompanying craft was forced down in a storm, and two planes are missing. A separate ad lists Boxwell Bros. Ambulance and Berry's rug cleaning services.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Navy Office
Nara
Loochoo Islands
Nagasaki
Truett Again Heads Baptist Convention in Memphis
Dr. George W. Truett of Dallas was unanimously elected president of the Southern Baptist convention for the third straight year before about 6,000 messengers. The session saw Norris attend quietly amid debt relief reports from foreign and home missions, though the home board faced embezzlement fallout. Several cities, including Richmond New Orleans Tampa Washington San Antonio Tulsa and St. Louis, campaigned for the 1920 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Memphis
Enn
George W. Truett
Dallas
Texas
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern States
Truett
South
J. Frank Norris
Norris
Foreign Mission Board
Home Mission Board
Clinton 8. Carnes
Richmond
New Orleans
Tampa
Washington
San Antonio
Tulsa
St. Louis
Hamilton in cell confers with lawyer on murder indictment
R. H. Hamilton, former supreme court appeals commission judge, remained jailed in Potter county after being indicted for murder in the Walton slaying. Judge Reeder, his attorney, conferred with him. bond action was expected later. Hamilton shared a crowded jail tank with other inmates and slept poorly after a heavy breakfast.
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R. H. HamiLton
Supreme Court Appeals Commission
Potter County
Grand
Tom Walton
D Jr
C. B. Reeder
A.J. Fires
Childress
Henry S. Bishop
Reeder
Hamilton
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Bill
Morrow
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Griggs Ambulance
The
Union At
U.S
Mad
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
Berry's
W. 10Th
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Triggs
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