Mellon May Seek Presidential Veto Of New Tax Bill
Washington May 22 Strong indications exist Secretary Mellon will recommend a veto when the tax bill reaches the president He calls the measure very unsatisfactory and says reform provisions are omitted and estate tax increases lack justification The conference report on Senate and House differences was drafted and will be presented to the Senate soon Early Senate action is expected to align House passage after which the bill goes to the president Simmons proposal remains in the bill with limited changes approved by the House and Senate leaders
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Senate
House
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Coolidge
North Carolina
Representative Longworth
Jurors Questioned on Merger Reports at Ranch Creek Suit
In Amarillo this morning in the Ranch Creek Oil & Gas versus Amarillo Oil case for 750000 jurors were asked if they read merger headlines. Judge Joiner safeguarded voir dire while witnesses including Lorin Driscoll and H Smith testified on the gas well log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmil
Ranch Creek Oil & Gas Company
Amarillo Oil Company
R. C. Joiner
Lorin Driscoll
Amarillo Gas Company
Panhandle Pipeline Company
H. Smith
Ranch Creek Company
W. O’brien
Ranch Creek
U S Concludes Liquor Treaty With Sweden
Washington May 22. Secretary Hughes and the Swedish counsellor signed a liquor treaty at the state department similar to those with Britain and Germany. Earlier Hughes and Sir Esme Howard exchanged ratifications with Great Britain to complete that pact’s operation.
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Washington
Sweden
Great Britain
Germany
State Department
Hughes
Legation
Esme Howard
Neff Refuses Plea to Commute Cardena Death Sentence
Austin Texas May 22 Governor Neff declined to respite the death sentence of Frank Cardena of San Antonio, condemned to be executed at Huntsville tomorrow.
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Neff
Austin
Tex
Frank Cardena
San Antonio
Huntsville
Americans Make First Landing in Japan by Air
In Kasumigaura on May 22 the U S Army aviators reached Japan after a long global flight. Crowds cheered at Minato as the squadron, circling in perfect formation, landed on the bay and moored amid flags and schoolchildren.
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Associated Press
Kasumigaura
Japan
North Pacific
Minato
Giant Texas oil merger looms under Prairie headship
Amarillo Oil and Amarillo Gas with Panhandle Pipe Line Producers & Refiners and Mountain States Oil & Gas all sign on to a plan to merge into a $10 million company led by the Prairie Oil & Gas in control. The deal would reshape the Panhandle field and expand Wells under Standard Oil influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Oil Company
Amarillo Gas Company
Panhandle Pipe Line Company
Producers & Refiners Corporation
Mountain States Oil & Gas Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Prairie Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Panhandle
Consolidated Company
Producers and Refiners Company
Albert R. Jones
Kansas City
Perry A. Little
Amarillo
T. J. Driscoll
Crim Defends Daugherty While Proposing DOJ Reforms
John W. H. Crim testified to the senate Daugherty committee praising Harry M. Daugherty as honest and loyal while criticizing the Justice Department. He urged drastic cuts to the number of assistants and agents and called for depoliticizing district attorneys offices nationwide.
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Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Senate
Daugherty Committee
John W. H. Crim
Department of Justice
Crim
Marty M. Daugherty
Jess Smith
Justice Department
Amarillo High boys to tour city plants Saturday
Rotary sponsors Boys Week with tours of Santa Fe railway shops Western Union plant and telephone plant for Amarillo high school boys. Senior class luncheon today featured a short program. City takeover rescheduled to 10 o clock Saturday morning due to Shrine ceremony. Field and Sports day for the boys set for Saturday afternoon.
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Amarillo High School
Santa Fe Railway
Western Union
Rotary Club
Princeton alumni seek liquor ban at reunion
Sixty Princeton graduates from all classes since 1890 urged abolition of intoxicating liquors at upcoming alumni reunions in Trenton New Jersey next month. The committee said the 18th Amendment and Volstead Act were not at issue and most attendees oppose both measures.
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Trenton
N. J
Princeton University
Semaate Council
Mayfield Election Hearing Postponed Again
The Mayfield election contest hearing in Washington is postponed for a second time due to the absence of key witnesses. George B. B. Peddy’s counsel said the witnesses would appear on the following day.
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Mayfield
Washington
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas
George B. B. Peddy
Eleven of 44 Convicted in Mobile Rum Conspiracy
A Mobile federal court jury found 11 of 44 defendants guilty in a conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act case. The remaining 33 defendants were acquitted.
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Mobile
Ala
Miller Named Bishop by Methodist Conference on Fourth Ballot
Springfield Mass May 22 George A Miller of South America was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church by the general conference on the fourth ballot.
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Springfield
Mass
George A. Miller
South America
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Millionaire Kid Champion Spender Loses Third Wife
New York May 22 Miss Timella Gear third wife of Byron Chandler known as the millionaire kid has been granted an interlocutory divorce decree. Chandler, after inheriting 2 million dollars from grandparents, faced multiple suits including a breach of promise claim by actress Joan Sawyer and earlier divorces from ace Stecher and Grace La Rue. He later reconciled with Gear, whom he wed in 1918.
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New York
Timella Gear
Byron Chandler
Broadway
Chandler
Alice Booth
Joan Sawyer
Ace Stecher
Miss Stecher
Grace la Rue
London
Miss Gear
Editors urged to respect law at Oklahoma convention
Wallace Odell editor of the Daily News and NEA president told Oklahoma City editors that newspapers bear responsibility for upholding law and morality. He defended prohibition, urged refusal to publish offensive jokes, and urged front page emphasis on community leadership and local uplift.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wallace Odell
Tarrytown
N. Y
Daily News
National Editorial Association
Odell
Alleged Kidnap Ring Leaders Held on Border
Brownsville Tex May 22 Working with three Mexican National police operatives local officers arrested Ernesto Lopez and Pedro Lavanzar alleged leaders of a major kidnapping gang. Victims include the son of a Tampico oil man whose ransom was 50000 and a Spanish millionaire whose head reportedly brought 1000. One member remains at large.
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Brownsville
Tex
Javo
Band of Ten
Weather outlook for Amarillo amid Shrine Parade showers
Amarillo and vicinity expect scattered showers and light rains starting tonight. High temperature reached 69 degrees today during the Shrine Parade, with a low of 52. A year ago, highs were 81 and lows 55.
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Amarillo
Masons Lay Cornerstone for Khiva Temple in Amarillo
Grand Lodge of Texas and Amarillo Masons laid a Texas gray granite cornerstone for the Khiva Temple Masonic Lodge building in Amarillo. The ceremony featured W H Fuqua, N H Mohler, and T M Bartley among speakers, with a parade of Shriners in color and music.
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Panhandle Masons
Amarillo
Grand Lodge of Texas
Amarillo Commandery
Masonic Lodge
Khiva Temple
Panhandle
Fifth Street
Polk
Temple
W. H. Fuqua
H. A. Nobles
Masonic Builders’ Committee
N. H. Mohler
Bartley
Stanley W. Hayne
Masonic
Sixth and
Polk Streets
Texas
Masonic Temple
M. W. Grand Lodge of Texas
Wealth as obstacle to church progress in Presbyterian report
In San Antonio on May 22 the stewardship committee of the sixty fourth general assembly warns wealth blocks church progress. The report says modern life dulls personal responsibility and that social and business pressures make men judge duty by their group standards.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles F. Wishart
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Chicago
San Antonio
United States
Associated Press
Sixty-Fourth General Assembly
Railroads May Cut Shop Week To Five Days Countrywide
New York May 22 The New York Times reports major railways may shorten shop weeks to five days with wage cuts. The Reading has adopted the shorter week and Baltimore & Ohio will move 20 000 Montclair shops to five days. Surveys show 5 000 locomotives and 330 000 freight cars awaiting business. Traffic decline prompts lines like New York Central and Pennsylvania to cut operating expenses.
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New York
New York Times
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio Today
Montclair
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma protest over Texas-Oklahoma boundary report
Oklahoma filed a protest in the supreme court challenging the boundary commission report. The state argues the boundary was not fixed per the court's decree and contends the decree should follow the Red River cut bank at its average water level.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Texas-Oklahoma Boundary Commission
Red River
Seventeen Russians Sentenced to Death for Banditry
In Zhitomir Ukraina seventeen persons including two women were sentenced to death for banditry related to two years of terror in the Kiev region. Ten others received ten years in prison.
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Kiev
Russia
Zhitomir
Ukraina
prbe @ang
Ring Candidates Spur Spring Ceremonial
A Khiva Temple pamphlet voices a provocative political message. It targets local voters with joking aside about prohibition and prescriptions, pledging support for right wing views and dark beer.
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Khiva Temple
Amarillo Masonic Bodies List for May 22 1924
A. F. and A. M. May 22 1924. A. L. 6924. Amarillo Lodge No 731 A F and A M. Amarillo Chapter No 196 A A M. Amarillo Council No 134 R and Ss M. Amarillo Commandery No 48. Bonita Chapter No 184 C E B S Khiva Temple A A O N M and
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A. F
A. M
A. L
Amarillo
Amarillo Council
Ss. M
Bonita
C. EB. S. Khiva Temple
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Secretary of Treasury
U. S
Daugherty
Department
Control City
Miller
News Association
Wishart
Presbyterian
King Solomon's Temple
Mr. Fuqua
T. M. Bartley
Waco
Masonic Order
Khiva
Mystic Shrine
Mecca
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