Brisbanes Columns On Dikes Flight And Andorra Trade
Arthur Brisbane notes Mississippi valley flood damage with Atchafalaya dike breaks homeless numbers and calls for federal action beyond Red Cross relief. He recalls New York stock exchange origins, then discusses Standard Oil’s plane purchase and auto production trends. He mentions Prince Galitzine and Andorra tribute, ending with a glance at American attention to Europe and small nations.
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Mississippi Valley
Atchafalya Dike
Red Cross
Town Mourns After Kehoe Blast That Killed 42
The Bath Michigan tragedy ends with the discovery of Andrew Kehoe's wife murdered near the farmhouse ruin. Forty two dead from the schoolhouse blast, 36 of them children, as hospitals take in many more. Kehoe killed himself at the scene. The town confronts widespread loss across nearly every family.
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United Press
Bath
Mich
Andrew Kehoe
Kehoe
Bat i. Mich
Sonia and Joe Carter caught in a kiss at Stockton High party
Mrs. Maine recounts a kiss between Sonia and Joe Carter at Sidney Maine’s farewell party for the senior class. Sonia, from a modest background, faces community judgment as Stockton mothers label her “wild.” Sonia’s confrontation with Sidney’s mother ends with embarrassment for all involved.
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Sonia
Stockton
Samia
Sidney
Mrs. Maine
Hex
Pige
Elec
Joe Carter
Nightfall in a California town a bold romance unfolds
Sonia and Joe Carter drift toward a first kiss amid summer streets and stars. She admits her first kiss was tonight in Sidney's room and declares she hates her mother's sewing life and the family's pin cushion symbol. Sonia envisions a future beyond washing dishes while Joe worries about his place.
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Sonia
Joe Carter
California
Dad
Joe
Sidney
Weather update forecast and temperatures by hour
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Temperature extremes from a year ago were 76 and 51 degrees. Today readings show 7 am 61, 8 am 59, 9 am 61, 10 am 64, 11 am 66, noon 67, and 1 pm 70 degrees.
Sugar Bowl Exodus Underway as Flood Spreads in Evangeline
The new Atchafalaya flood channel cuts through Evangeline lands driving thousands from homes into camps. River gauges show 20.4 feet in New Orleans with evacuations ongoing in Pointe Coupee and Iberville parishes as Hoover coordinates emergency boat response.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Bayou Des Glasses
Tensas
United Prefect
Atchafalaya
Iberville
Assumption
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Pointe Coupee
Melville
Sugar Bowl
Hoover
Old River
Coolidge May Call Session For November
President Coolidge may call an extra congressional session in November to speed flood relief legislation. Republican sources say the move could give Congress time to address the disaster, though the president has not yet decided and has previously said an extra session is not warranted.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Mayor Bivins Pushes Lower Utility Rates in Amarillo
The Globe reports Mayor Lee Bivins will press for reduced water gas and electric rates in Amarillo with broad public support. Water cuts are certain as the city owns the plant, while gas and light rates may drop for commercial users. domestic consumers should receive equal consideration as the city grows.
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Lee Bivins
Amarillo
Light
Bivins
Gas and Light Company
City to regulate official vehicle speeds with new ordinance
Mayor Bivins and the city commission plan an emergency ordinance to curb the reckless driving of ambulances fire trucks and police patrols through the city core. The measure would limit speeds amid warnings that rushing vehicles endanger lives and red lights are sometimes ignored.
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Bivins
City Commission
Fk Wit Cele
Tack
Globe
Bertaud Declines Paris Flight with Chamberlin Backers
Lloyd Bertaud will not join the Paris flight in the Bellanca monoplane with Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine announces a successor has been chosen. Levine, head of the backing company, disclosed the update to the Associated Press in New York on May 19.
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Associated
New York
Lloyd Bertaud
Paris
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Associated Press
Bandits Bury Priest and Girl Alive in Mexico
A delayed report to the Nogales Herald says banditas attacked a train in Jalisco on May 16, burying alive a priest and a young girl from Tepec. The note appears in the May 19 edition. Dine at Club Lido, 6 til 9, $1.50.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Nogales Herald
Bandita
Jalisco
Tepec
Work Begins On New Light Unit At Southwestern Plant
Work is under way on the second unit of Southwestern Public Service's super power plant. The new unit, a duplicate of the recently opened one, will supply Amarillo and surrounding area with additional electric service.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
New light rate schedule planned for Amarillo region
Enginesia of Southwestern Public Service prepares a new light rate schedule to be effective by September 1. General manager L. L. Ferree says the cuts will cover commercial and domestic users and apply to Panhandle, Pampa, and other points on the Amarillo high line.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
L. L. Ferree
Aid
Panhandle
Pampa
Panhandle Gains 5000 KW, New Plant Unit Underway
Amarillo officials announce receipt of 5000 kilowatts and a large workforce is dispatched this week to build the Panhandle plant. General manager L. L. Ferree states confidence in Amarillo’s continued growth as the project moves forward and the second unit is expected to cost more than 1.9 million dollars.
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Standard Oil
Indiana
Henry
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Panhandle
Amarillo
the Panhandle
L. L. Ferree
Marilyn Miller and Jack Pickford seek divorce in Paris court
Marilyn Miller and Jack Pickford, a musical star and a motion picture actor, will pursue a divorce in Paris early in June. Pickford said Miller is in Chicago and will sail to France, with both planning to attend the Paris tribunal. He attributed incompatibility and noted a year of separation failed to heal their differences.
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Los Angeles
Marilyn Miller
Jack Pickford
Paria
Pickford
Chicago
France
Paris
Mins Miller
Beggs Bandits Escape After Bank Robberies Across Oklahoma
Nine bandits led by Ray Terrell and Matthew Kimes fled after robbing Warmers National and First National Banks in Beggs Oklahoma, killing Chief W. J. McAnally and wounding Mrs. Charles Campbell. A widespread manhunt spanned Bristow Shamrock Yale and Cushing with no solid capture by late Wednesday night. Witness Garrett Rameey identifies the two leaders and notes Kimes’s strong ties to Beggs.
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Beggs
Okla
Southwest
Ray “Terrell
Matthew Kimes
Begs
W. J. McAnally
Charles Campbell
Quay
Joe Bayless
Bristow
Shamrock
Yale
Cushing
Warmers National
First National Bank
Garrett Rameey
Kimes
Terrell
Namacy
Bivins presses for utility rate reductions in Amarillo
Mayor Bivins pushes for lowered gas water and electric rates within 60 to 90 days. Water charges to be city controlled with tests next week. water delivery expected around 4 cents per thousand gallons. Lighter rates promised by Southwestern Public Services by September 1, aided by a new $1.5 million power plant.
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Amarillo
Bivins
Bivinate
Amarrillo
Southwestern T Public Services Company
Biving
Bivina
Viving
Amarillo Gas Company
Telieves
Blyine
Arcarillo
Bivins Ia
Moody declines to submit pay bill changes
Governor Moody virtually refuses to submit to the special session the question of repealing or modifying the judges salary raise bill passed by the regular pension. House economy bloc members Veateh and Snelgrove support repeal or amendment to cut the 1.5 million dollar extra appropriation for the coming biennium.
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Associated Press
Austin
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