We Should Match Britain Then Go Beyond in Defense
In a debate on national defense the piece argues America must outpace Britain by building superior air and submarine fleets, warning against reliance on UK power and asserting the U S can threaten rival nations if provoked. It notes police killings in Chicago over extortion and highlights medical and aviation feats including Jean Mermoz’s Atlantic flight and French air strength.
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Eter
Jean Mermoz
Atlantic
Rio Janeiro
Europe
Great Britain
Washington
Lost ad boosts locating missing items this weekend
The notice urges readers to place a Globe News Lost ad to recover items. it emphasizes that discovery relies on the eyes of readers scanning want ads and offers a phone line to place the ad.
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Globenews
No Neutral Ground Urged to Oppose Prohibition Rebels
The Southern Baptist Convention commission on social service urged opposition to any political candidate who does not support current prohibition laws. It condemned neutral or impartial movements and framed the issue as a war between sobriety and liquor against law and order.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Commission On Social Service
Southern Baptist Convention
Down
New York
Chicago
A. J. Barton
Anti-Saloon League of America
Thaw Plans to Crash Gate of Great Britain
Harry K. Thaw aboard the Ile De France seeks admittance to England in a renewed effort to gain entry. He directs questions to playwright William Glynnion who says Thaw need not fear British officials under the new ministry. Thaw’s earlier exclusion centered on an act that could have led to extradition as a foreigner.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry K. Thaw
England
Ile de France
William Glynnion
Thaw
Fined on Drunk Driving Charge
W. T. Campbell was fined $10 and costs by a district court jury for driving while intoxicated. Earlier in the week he received a $100 contempt fine, which Judge Henry S. Bishop remitted.
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District Criminal Court
Henry S. Bishop
Morrow
Alex Mood
M. H. Boynton
Arnold Davis
Helen K. Beck
Albert K. Beck
Robert E. O'Keefe
James C. Wilson
Women Smokers Increase Texas Fire Losses
The Texan fire loss has risen with more women smokers, according to Eugene Sanders of the State Fire Insurance Department. He cites smoking in bed as a growing fire menace in Austin.
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Texas
United Press
Austin
Tex
Eugene Sanders
State Fire Insurance Department
State Official Says Arson Rings Exist in Texas
An official reported organized arson rings in Houston, Fort Worth, and Breckenridge, with one ring broken up in Dallas. James Byrne, special investigator for the state fire insurance commission, urged mayoral support for harsher penalties on arson and attempted arson. Devices for starting delayed fires were shown.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Houston
Fort Worth
Breckenridge
Dallas
James Byrne
State Fire Insurance Commission
Texas League of Municipalities
Byrne
Amarillo Boosters Return After Friendly NM Tour
Amarillo’s goodwill delegation of 100 business men and the high school band returned at 8 this morning after a three day trip between Amarillo and Carlsbad. They toured Carlsbad Caverns and ended with a mass meeting and band concert on the courthouse square in Cavern City. Officials praised hospitality along the route and credited the trip as Amarillo’s most successful goodwill venture.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Cavern City
Courthouse Square
Mr. Herring
Hardin
Herring
Mr. Hardin
Chamber of Commerce
Plainview Census Reports Population of 8834
Plainview records a population of 8834 as of the latest census data released by the district supervisor. The city shows a 121 percent increase since 1920, when the population was 3989.
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Plainview
Labor Federation picks El Paso for next convention
The Texas Labor Federation closed its annual session in Abilene naming El Paso as the next convention city after Waco withdrew. Final committee reports were heard as the selection was made unanimously.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Texas
el Paso
Texas Labor Federation
Waco
Austin postmaster under investigation amid demoralization charges
Washington reports 53 Austin post office employees accuse Lynn Hunter postmaster of demoralization and overwork. An investigator is being sent after the Senate Postoffice Committee forwarded the complaint during Hunter’s reappointment consideration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lynn Hunter
Austin
Texas
Post Office Department
Senate Postoffice Committee
Hunter
Postoffice Department
Tornado Injures Five Near Wichita Falls and Floods Hit Texas
Storms and floods sweep Texas as a twister injures five Mexicans near Wichita Falls, a drowning reported near Longview during high water, eight houses blown at Pittsburg, and Trinity River flooding threatens Paris Texarkana and Wichita Falls as crest nears.
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Associated Prose
Texas
Wichita Falls
Longview
Pittsburg
Trinity
Dallas
Trinidad
Paris
Texarkana
Mist and Rain Sweep Panhandle Plains with Light Showers
A storm bringing mist to three-fourths inch rainfall spread across the Panhandle with the eastern sector most affected. Texline and Dalhart saw nearly one inch last night while other areas reported light drizzle and showers. Weather forecaster H T Coleman warned unsettled conditions to continue into Sunday with possible light rain tomorrow.
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H. T. Coleman
Texline
Dalhart
Fort Worth
Denver
Destructive Texas tornado damages farms and towns
Heavy rains and a violent tornado struck the Wichita irrigated valley east of Diversion dam injuring five Mexican laborers. The system damaged power lines and wrecked farm houses across Holliday Dundee Mankins and Pittsburg where eight houses and barns were blown down.
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Pittsburg
Dundee
Mankins
Holliday
Clarksville
Bagwell
Wichita
Diversion Dam
British naval parity denied under treaty debate in Senate
Rear Admiral Mark L Bristol testified before the senate foreign relations committee that the naval board favors building 8 inch gun cruisers rather than a mix of 6 and 8 inch ships. He asserted parity with Britain is not established by the pact.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Board of the Navy
Senate
Mark L. Bristol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Army of 20 000 To Invade Wheat Empire
Kansas City dispatch notes a northward march from Texas to Nebraska as farms deploy combine harvesters for winter wheat. Labor demand remains high across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Nebraska with harvests starting in Texas in early June and sweeping northward by mid June.
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Texas
Kansas City
Nebraska
Combine Harvester
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Panhandle
Ozarks
South
el Dorado
Mutiny and Riots Sweep British India Map
A list of cities on a map shows Peshawar with suspected mutiny by native troops, Lahore with an 18-prisoner riot, Simla with civil disobedience volunteers, Chittagong with deadly riots, Calcutta recalling the Black Hole episode, Purandah with Gandhi imprisoned, and Sholapur amid riots with British police deaths and mass casualties.
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Peshawar
Lahore
Simla
Chittagong
Calcutta
Purandah
Sholapur
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Irwin
Fallowera
Cannon Surrenders Place as Methodist Conference Head
Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington, D C surrendered his presidency of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to Bishop W J Beaucamp of Atlanta due to matters before the conference He asked Beaucamp to take the chair after two statements on the work of the church were made and received with applause from delegates in the meeting in New York.
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Associated Press
Dallas
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. J. Beaucamp
Atlanta
Beaucamp
New York
Senator Caraway
United States Senate Judiciary
Charles H. Tuttle
Federal
Charles Goldhurst
Kable and Company
Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
Dwight Morrow
Bishop Cannon
Cannon
Sigmon Gusher Running Wild Near Mary Sudik Well
The No. 1 Sigmon well operated by Prairie and Slick Companies in the Oklahoma City field was delivering an estimated ten thousand barrels of oil and 75 million cubic feet of gas daily. It lies about a half mile east of the No. 1 Mary Sudik well, which had blown wild for 11 days before being shut in.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Sigmon
The
Prairie and Slick Companies
Mary Sudik
Brady murder trial opens as crowd fills Dallas courtroom
The murder trial of ex judge John W. Brady for slaying Lehlia Highsmith opened with Judge Charles Pippen instructing the jury and allowing defense objections to more state testimony. Prosecutor Lamar Seeligson arrived as Maury Hughes argued delays. witnesses described the accused as a man who allegedly charmed his victim before killing her.
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Associated Press
Dallas
John W. Brady
State Court of Civil Appeals
Lehlia Highsmith
Austin
Charles A. Pippen
Lamar Seeligson
Bexar County
Maury Hughes
Pippen
Brady
Andrew J. Priest
Charles Pippen
Texas to be split into five states, Garner argues
In Washington on May 15 Rep. Jack Garner renewed his call that Texas be divided into five states each with two senators. The boost came as Pampa Texas reported a 959 percent population rise to 10,453 from 987 in 1920, ranking high among booming Texas cities.
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Texas
Pampa
Tex
Jack Garner
Lone Star
Little Pampa
Dearborn
Mich
Beverly Hills
Calif
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