Loree rail consolidation rejected by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected Loree's plan to unify Missouri-Kansas-Texas with Kansas City Southern and St. Louis Southwestern. The majority opposed control by a small railroad over larger systems, warning it would lessen competition and endanger minority stockholders in St. Louis Southwestern.
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Associated Press
W.ashington
Interstate Commerce Commission
L. F. Loree
Flashes of Life Aboard and Beyond Across Cities
Across cities AP reports a mix of fleeting life notes. Ban Johnson weighs 22 pounds of new clothes in Excelsior Springs. John Rockefeller Prentice joins Skull and Bones at Yale after scholarships and oratorical prizes. William Bade shifts from Princeton painting to finance buying a seat on the stock exchange for 217000. Sheridan veterans gain 2000 tax exemption including German veterans. Mount Athos Holy Mountain bans all women and animals as Greece grants autonomy.
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New Haven
John Rockefeller Prentice
Yale
Skull and Bones
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Princeton
William H. Bade
Stock Exchange
Sweden Uses Lighter High-Strength Concrete Mixture
Researchers force gas into a mixture of sand gravel and cement to produce a concrete that matches the strength of standard mixes while significantly reducing weight. The technique aims to improve construction efficiency and reduce material loads.
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Sweden
Negro Dies in Electric Chair at Huntsville Prison
Matthew Briscoe, a Black man, died in the electric chair at Huntsville state prison at 12:16 a.m. He was sentenced to death in San Antonio for criminal assault and maintained his innocence to the end.
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Associated Preas
Huntsville
Matthew Briscoe
State Prison
San Antonio
City Development Board Aids Fight for 1928 State Convention
The Board of City Development will aid the local Christian Endeavor society in its bid for the 1928 state convention to be held in Fort Worth June 8 through 12. A large Amarillo delegation is expected to attend.
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Board of City Development
Christian Endeavor Society
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Bennett Visiting in Claude for Conference
P. C. Bennett head of the agricultural department of the Board of City Development attends a poultry and dairy conference in Claude. Rev. John Wordsworth, Wordsworth's grandson, has died in England. In Beersheba Palestine drought, Jamba sold at six cents each.
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Bennett
Claude
P. C. Bennett
The
Board of City Development
John Wordsworth
Poet Wordsworth
England
Beersheba
Palestine
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Clarence Chamberlin
Nettie R.clary
Iola
Texas
Ellen J. Buckland
KOTEX
Cid
the Merchants Biscuit Company
News-Globe
Taylor Street
Amarillo, Texas
Phon
San Jacinto Furniture Company
West Fifth St
Amarillo Furiure Co
Taylor ST
Amarillo Furniture Co
Broadway Plainview
Furniture Supply House
Main’ and
Dixon Creek
Orger, Texas
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