West Texas Chamber Opio n Faces Fort Worth Challenge
Opposition to sending the next West Texas chamber convention to Fort Worth dominates the Wichita Falls gathering. Delegations from Sweetwater Abilene Lubbock and Plainview back Abilene or oppose Fort Worth over rate changes affecting the Panhandle. Amarillo leads large turnout as judges and candidates vie for president amid talks continuing on page two.
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Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
West Texas
Panther City
Panhandle Plains
Sweetwater
Monte E. Owens
Amarillo
Abilene
Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Hill
Lubbock
Plainview
Clint C. Small
Wellington
R. W. Haynie
Walter Cline
Liquor Raids Net Large Hauls and 97 Arrests
Police conducted raids Sunday and Sunday night yielding a fifty gallon still, bottling gear, about sixty gallons of whisky and 600 quarts of beer. Ninety seven suspects were arrested on liquor charges or traffic violations. major haul at 1411 Madison Street tied to Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Cherrier.
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Madison Street
L. B. Cherrier
Grace Duncan
H. Harrellson
Roy Alston
RB. Alston
Mucke
Lindbergh aims for ocean crossing in lone Spirit of St Louis
The article notes Capt Charles F E Lindbergh, famed as the first solo non stop across the Atlantic will fly the Spirit of St Louis in a perilous solo crossing. It recounts his two coast to coast records and describes the slim monoplane and periscope sightlines.
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Atlantic
Charles FE. Lindberg
St. Louis
America
Pacific
New York
Ocean
Udews
Manitoba Flood Claims Life of Another Child
Flood water in Manitoba claimed another victim when Percy Taylor, 9, drowned at Ninga while attempting to swim in a swollen creek. This marks the third drowning of the year. Thursday, Friday and Saturday specials, City Drug store. "Fampus for Food." Amarillo hotel. The Panhandle's Meeting Place.
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Manitoba
United Press
Winnipeg
Man
Percy Taylor
Ninga
City Drug Store
Amarillo Hotel
The
Panhandle
Weather Forecast Tonight and Tuesday Partly Cloudy
The forecast calls for tonight and Tuesday to be partly cloudy. Temperature extremes from a year ago were 85 and 52 degrees. Daytime highs shown by hour reach 60 at 7 a.m. up to 93 by 1 p.m. with a 91-degree noon.
Death of Amarillo business leader F L Higinbotham
F L Higinbotham 61 president of the J E Bryant company died suddenly at his home 1607 Van Buren St. He had served as Amarillo school board member and elder in Central Presbyterian Church. Survived by widow five children and parents Mr. and Mrs L F Higinbotham of Holton Kansas. Funeral arrangements pending relatives’ advice.
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J. B. Bryant Company
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Holton
Kansas
Amarillo
Ridenour-Baker
Oklahoma City
Va Way
L. F. Higinbotham
Clarence
Central City
Nebraska
FE. C. Dunaway
Houston
Frank
Oklahoma University
Robert
New Mexico Military Institute
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Gertrude
Lions’ Club
Khiva Shrine
Baymen of
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J. E. Bryant Company
All night gin and jazz parties to be aired in murder trial
Los Angeles May 16 United Press reports that Jungle the houseboy will testify in Paul Kelly’s murder trial of Ray Raymond. Jungle fled after Kelly’s arrest and is held incommunicado. He will describe late night gin and jazz parties and the content of conversations with Dorothy Mackaye regarding the dispute over Raymond.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Paul Kelly
Screen
Jungle
Kelly
Ray Raymond
Dorothy Mackaye
Raymond
Bootleggers Must File Income Tax Returns
The Supreme Court ruled that bootleggers and others with incomes from illegal business must file federal income tax returns. The maker of the return retains the right to challenge the tax validity on such incomes. The decision was delivered in Washington on May 16.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Brisk Vote Reported In $50,000 Road Bond Election
Fairly brisk voting was reported Monday in the $50,000 road bond election. Officials sought to boost turnout in the afternoon as no organized opposition appeared and Mayor Bivins urged all eligible voters to cast ballots promptly.
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Bivins
President to announce home selection soon
President Coolidge is expected to name a summer vacation site before week’s end. Secret Service attache Colonel Edward Starling, examining options from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains, is in Colorado Springs and will return in a few days to make recommendations. The president’s physician urged choosing the highest altitude possible to ease his nasal disorder.
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Washington
Coolidge
Edward Starling
Secret Service
White House
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Colorado Springs
Balloon record certified as highest altitude by U S officials
Captain Hawthorne G Gray ascended in Belleville on May 4 to 42470 feet. The ascent, authenticated by the bureau of standards, surpasses the 1901 German record and the 1930 world airplane top set by Callizo.
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Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Hawthorne G. Gray
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Gray
Soring
Verson
Callizo
Veteran Newspaper Editor Dies at Home in Houston
Houston May 16 June P Miller aged 60 longtime Texas newspaper man editor of a suburban weekly and former Texas Editorial Association president died at his home Monday. He is survived by a widow and three daughters.
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Amarillo
Texas
Midland
Paul Vickers
Eula Mae McKnight
Houston
P. Miller
Texas Editorial Association
Amarillo Hosts Mrs Chitwood Cooking School Opener
Women flock to Amarillo city auditorium for the opening session of a five day cooking school led by culinary expert Mrs Ida Chitwood. The free event, sponsored by Globe News, features practical demonstrations and recommendations for wholesome meals tailored to family needs and conditions.
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Ida Chitwood
City Auditorium
Amarillo
The
Globe-News
Chitwood
Mother Saves Child’s Life by Timely Arrival
In Oak Cliff Colorado on May 16 Mrs Peggy Ross arrived from Denver despite blizzards to save her 4 year old daughter Irene who had been shot by a playmate last week. Physicians credited the mother’s timely return with calming the child and aiding her recovery.
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United Press
Oak Cliff
Colo
Irene
Peggy Ross
Rosa
Preliminary Hearing Waived for Ramsey in Texarkana Case
Oscar Ramsey, a Bowie county farmer, waived preliminary hearing on a murder charge tied to the fatal shooting of 27 year old Boyd Flannery near the Ward Creek community church. Evidence was turned over to the Bowie county grand jury by District Attorney Wright Patman. Ramsey said Flannery had wronged his daughter.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Oscar Ramsey
Bowiee County
Boyd Flannery
Bowie County
Grand Jury
Wright Patman
Flannery
Ward Creek
Ramsey
Crapo Pleads Not Guilty to Colorado Bank Robbery
Alton Crapo of Wichita Kansas pleaded not guilty in district court to burglary and aggravated robbery in connection with a Manitou Colorado bank robbery. Trial was set for June 80.
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United Press
Colorado Springs
Colo
Alton Crapo
Wichita
Kansas
Manitou
Colorado
Weather Still Delays New York Flight From Roosevelt Field
May 16 in Mineola New York an optimistic breeze and poor conditions keep three Atlantic flight plans grounded. Forecaster Starr reports weather unchanged and hopes for a hop Wednesday morning to open the long transatlantic trail.
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Chicago
Herald-Examiner
General Motors
Netvort
Remy Mineola
New York
Parole Request Seeks Leniency for Ex-Klan Leader
Indiana Governor to review a petition filed by Lloyd O Hill asking a ninety day parole for David C Stephenson former Indiana Klansman serving a life term for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer The petition accuses prison officers Warden Walter Daly and John Moorman of cruel treatment and requests a board hearing.
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Hy United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
David C. Stephenson
Ed Jackson
Lloyd O. Hill
Stephenson
Indiana
Misa Madge Oberholtzer
Jackson
State Board of Pardons
Walter H. Daly
John Moorman
State Prison Board For Trustees
Klan
Another Film Murder Trial Opens in Hollywood
Los Angeles hosts the start of a film colony murder trial. Five defendants and Mrs. Sarah Kerrick face charges in the slaying of Tom Kerrick, a two gun film cowboy, shot at a Hollywood apartment party. The blanket indictment follows a grand jury unable to identify the shooter.
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Hy United Press
Los Angeles
Colony
Tom Kerrick
Cowboy
Hollywood
Sarah Kerrick
Mins Anita Davis
Mins Iria Burns
Henry Tanbell
Joe Hunt
Kerrick
San Angelo Man to Be Candidate for Big Office
Representative J. Herschel Boggs of San Angelo will run for lieutenant governor to succeed Harry Miller. He consented after legislative friends organized a petition during the regular session. He is listed as the second candidate, following Representative H. M. Johnson of Palestine who entered weeks earlier.
Quake in Hungary Kills Several in Hungarian Villages
VIENNA May 16 Six people were killed in Donja Vrbava and Dielo Polje as houses collapsed in Rutnik. The weekend saw 23 tremors with other villages reporting damages and no major injuries.
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Vienna
Donja Vrbava
Dielo Polje
Rutnik
Murderers Snyder Gray Leave for Sing Sing Prison
United Press reports Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray are driven in a public parade toward Sing Sing for their execution week of June 20. A motorcade clears traffic as onlookers stare while reporters recount the doomed couple’s final voyage to the penitentiary.
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WY Alm Segal
United Press
Ossining
N. Y
Ruth Snyder
Sings Sing
Judd Gray
Long Island City
Gilbert Murtha
Leone
Post Haute
Stueen
Malt taxing bill sparks uproar in Texas legislature
In Austin on May 16 the legislature debated Rep. Sam Gates’s proposal to tax every gallon of home brewed malt in Texas. Gates claimed millions of bottles are produced daily and said the 60 cent per bottle tax would fund the state school fund.
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United Press
Austin
Sam Gates
Rune
Texas
Gates
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