Peace at any price dominates Texas Democratic convention
In Waco Texas leaders work to keep party peace as the big state convention nears. The plan favors McAdoo loyalists with a hand picked 24 at large delegates and 36 district delegates all male. Governor Neff looms as a possible fight while the party braces for雨 rain and thousands arriving to watch the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
Neff
$150000 OS Refinery Looms for Amarillo
J D Wrather of Long Beach says he can build a $150000 refinery in Amarillo within 90 days if he gains a contract for 1000 barrels of crude daily. He arrived to assess oil conditions and seeks only crude supply, not a promotion scheme.
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Amarillo
J. D. Wrather
Long Beach
Cal
J. R. Wrather
Wrather
Denver
Dorset Carter
Pan-Tex Pipe Line Company
Carter
Oklahoma City
Spokane
Wash
California
Mammoth Battle Opens at Lawton Peacetime Artillery Show
Lawton Oklahoma May 26 observers from the National Editorial association and visitors gather at Fort Sill for what is billed as the largest peacetime artillery demonstration in US Army history. Regular army troops Oklahoma National Guard units airmen from Fort Sill Fort Riley and Fort Sam Houston participate as editors view a hill assault behind a live shell barrage with planes dropping bombs.
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Lawton
Okla
National Editorial Association
Fort Sill
United States
National Guard
Oklahoma
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Army Reservation
Flood washes car. three Lockett children drown near Abilene
A sudden wall of water from a creek swept away an automobile near Abilene Texas overnight. Three children of Dr and Mrs B L Lockett and a Simmons college student Miss Willie Rogers were drowned.
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Abilene
Tex
B. L. Lockett
Simmons College
Willie Rogers
Bennett Woman Held as Booze Witness
The county grand jury questioned Louise Bennett who smashed jail windows andescaped from North West Texas hospital. She was ordered held in the county jail as a witness in the district court regarding liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Bennett
North West Texas
Marriage of Rita De Acosta Lydig and Rev. Grant Refused
New York May 26 The engagement of Mrs Rita De Acosta Lydig and the Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant rector of the Church of the Ascension has been terminated because Bishop William Manning refused consent to a marriage in the Protestant Episcopal church The announcement was made to the press by Mrs Lydig The engagement had been publicized since August 1921 and drew attention to Mrs Lydigs social prominence and Dr Grants role as a modernist leader in the church The bishop cited a church canon prohibiting the marriage of a divorced person unless specific conditions are met The divorce of Mrs Lydig from Philip Lydig occurred in Paris in 1919 on grounds not meeting church requirements.
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New York
Rita de Acosta Lydig
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
William T. Manning
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lydig
Grant
Episcopal Church
Phillip Lydig
Paris
House Approves New Tax Measure
Washington May 26 The conference tax bill already passed by the senate was approved by the house. It provides a 25 percent reduction on income taxes this year a permanent revision downward of income rates and a 25 percent cut on earned incomes of 10000 or less. The measure includes repeal or lowering of most miscellaneous and excise taxes while raising estate taxes remains debated. The vote was 376 to 9 with Republican leaders and Democrats backing the bill despite treasury opposition to publicity of tax returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Cooldee
Coolidge
Treasury Department
High School Seniors Plan Garden Fete in Amarillo
Amarillo high school seniors of 1924 will host a Garden Fete in the Municipal Auditorium with 82 seniors and several hundred guests. Winfield Nicklaus and Marjorie Neely lead the event. Cora Avery spearheads the program featuring class history, prophecies, songs, poems, and musical numbers.
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Winfield Nicklaus
Amarillo High School
Marjorie Neely
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Cora Avery
Eesse
Bartlett Juanita Henderson
Margaret Harris
Vivian Adams
Pat Whittington
di Capua
Annabel Allen
Hallie Adams
George Ray
Royce Mary Elizabeth Ledford
Regene Gilvin
Southern Memories
SSS Plantation
Carl Miller
Alvin Davies
Frank Howard
Wave Westbay
Thieves Steal 250000 in Cigarettes and Cigars
In Brooklyn, bandits gagged two watchmen and looted cigars cigarettes and smokers novelties valued at 250000 from the United Cigar Stores warehouse. They loaded the property into four company trucks and fled, with two trucks later found abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Cigar Stores
Brooklyn
Panhandles Playground Grand Opening At Harding Ranch
A throng estimated at 8 000 to 10 000 gathered for the grand opening of Harding's ranch as the Panhandle's playground at Palo Duro canyon. Traffic snarls persisted for hours, but the crowd enjoyed barbecued beef, buns, and bread while Dave Derden's band played. Devil's Kitchen and the Grand Falls drew the crowds as Harding pledged road widening to ease access and prevent vandalism.
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Harding
Palo Duro Canyon
H. C. Harding
Grand Falls
Mr. Harding
Canyon
Panhandle Plains
Dave Derden
Grasshopper plague looms near Abilene
Abilene Texas May 26 a grasshopper plague threatens local crops. Farmers mobilize an extermination crusade and have purchased arsenic to apply before June 1 to avert crop damage as the insects swarm fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
Court Rules Cities May Restrict Prescriptions
Washington May 26 The Supreme Court ruled that cities under police power can limit the amount of intoxicating liquor physicians may dispense on prescriptions. The decision grants municipalities latitude to regulate prescription quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Supreme Court rules Kansas Natural Gas Company exempt from utility regulation
Washington May 26 The Kan sas Natural Gas company was held by the supreme court today to be not subject to regulation by the publc utilities commissions of Missouri and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Supreme Court
Publc Utilities Commissions
Missouri
Kansas
Unsettled Weather Forecast for Amarillo Area
The weather man predicts unsettled conditions with probable showers for Amarillo and nearby tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures today ranged from 69 degrees at 7 AM to 82 degrees by 1 PM, similar to May 26 last year when the range was 66 to 83 degrees.
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Amarillo
Mirage blamed for wreck of plane in Alaska flight
Maj. Frederick L. Martin and Staff Sergeant Alva L. Harvey arrived after an Alaska stopover to report that a mirage diverted the U S army around the world plane from its course near Port Moller on April 30. The aircraft struck a mountain slope. Martin suffered a broken nose while Harvey was unharmed.
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Bellingham
Wash
Frederick L. Martin
United States Army
Port Moller
Martin
Alaska
Catherine D
Alva L. Harvey
Pacific
Chignik
Harvey
Ten Thousand Japanese Reservists Rally At Tokyo Shrine
Tokyo on May 26 saw ten thousand former service men now army reservists gather at the national military shrine to adopt a resolution uniting reservists nationwide. Publicist Shinchisa Uyesugi warned of an inevitable Pacific clash with America over immigration and urged resolve to honor Japan. Lieutenant General Bunjiro Horinouchi urged readiness to endure hardships to avenge what was called an American insult.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Shinchisa Uyesugi
America
Japan
Pacific
Bunjiro Horinouchi
Tsing Tao
Rain and wind storms sweep Texas causing damage
Heavy rain and high winds hit Texas with lightning disturbances. Central and Northeast Texas saw the heaviest rainfall, about three inches. Corpus Christi reported 60 mph winds. Dallas lines damaged delaying streetcars. In Hubbard area four houses and a church were destroyed by the cyclone level wind, with additional damage nearby.
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Dallas
Texas
Corpus Christi
Waco
Hubbard
Coolidge Signs Immigration Bill Despite Opposition
President Coolidge signed the immigration bill today. He approved the measure to keep the law on the books as the current statute expires June 30, but he criticized Congress for not delaying the Japanese exclusion date and stated he would have opposed the exclusion clause if it stood alone.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
No Contests at State Republican Convention in Texas
Dallas May 26 The Republican state executive committee ended all contests for the convention set to open tomorrow widely expected to be the party’s largest in Texas history Eugene Nolte state chairman said delegates numbering over 1000 would attend President Coolidge is favored for reelection and Creager is expected to be endorsed for vice president Meanwhile the rival black and tan Republican faction led by Harry Beck of Dallas meets in a separate hall under S D Lyon secretary news notes the split within the party and the tense climate around the event.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Democratic Party
Texas
Pat M. Neff
New York
Cato Sells
Thomas Love
Frank C. Davis
Dallas
Republican State Executive Committee
Eugene Nolte
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Coolidge
Creager
Harry Beck
S. D. Lyon
Italian to quit ironing and sing opera for night
Giuseppe Argentino a New York laundryman with a natural tenor and trained by John Duval will perform Neapolitan songs at Vanderbilt Theatre in Paradise Alley tonight. He leaves shirt pressing to sing but must return to laundry work to support his family while continuing his studies.
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New York
Giuseppe Argentino
John Duval
Paradise Alley
Vanderbilt Theater
Giuseppe
Psychologist Haynes Draws Crowd At Demonstration
Charles F. Haynes noted psychologist and entertainer drew a large crowd outside the City drug store at 3 pm to witness his “miracle man” stunt. He is slated to perform tonight and tomorrow at the Mission theater in a series of psychological experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Haynes
Mr. Haynes
Mission Theater
Republicans of Potter County Meet Tonight
Potter County Republicans will meet at 8 o clock tonight in the county courthouse to organize a Coolidge club. The county organization will be perfected and precinct committeemen chosen, announced J L Van Natta chairman.
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Potter County
Coolidge Club
J. L. van Natta
German sculptor commissioned to honor Sweden
Berlin reports that Professor Hermann Hahn, the Munich sculptor behind the Chicago Goethe monument, has been commissioned to create a new monument. It will express Germany’s gratitude to Sweden for relief provided after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Berlin
Hermann Hahn
Munich
Chicago
Germany
Clarke Barred from Testimony in Mayfield Senate Probe
Edward Young Clarke once a Ku Klux Klan leader testified in the Mayfield senatorial investigation but was temporarily barred from further statements by Mayfield's counsel. The proceedings occurred in Washington on May 26.
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Washington
Edward Young Clarke
Mayfield
Dublin Port Idle as Larkin Supporters Arrested
Dublin's port was completely idle today after an unexpected strike following the arrest of forty five James Larkin supporters in a raid on Liberty Hall.
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Dublin
Associated Press
James Larkin
Liberty Hall
Officials prepare to reopen Forbes case in veterans bureau probe
Federal officials in Chicago prepared to reopen the grand jury investigation into the veterans' bureau administration under Col. Charles R Forbes. Subpoenas were drafted for many witnesses from the original February proceedings. Forbes and J H Thompson, Chicago and St Louis contractors, were indicted by the February special grand jury tied to nine months of senate inquiry.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
Forbes
J. H. Thompson
St. Louis
Senate
Shrine special to K. G. convention assured
Workers in the sign up campaign report a sufficient number of checks to fund the Khiva Shrine special to Kansas City. Members urged to sign up at Shrine headquarters before lists close likely tomorrow night. The group departs Amarillo on June 1 and returns June 6, bunking in Pullmans to avoid hotel costs.
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Kansas City
Shring
Amarillo
Pullmans
Four A d Club Aims Outlined By Adams
W M Adams of the Amarillo Associated Advertising and Salesmanship club outlined four main purposes: education of businessmen in profitable advertising education of the community in the value of advertising and the promotion of civic development through advertising. He praised newspaper advertising at the club luncheon at the Amarillo hotel.
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Associated Advertising and Salesmanship Club of
Amarillo
W. M. Adams
Transportation meeting called by City Development board
A special meeting of the Transportation committee of the Board of City Development is set for 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Traffic manager S. J. Cole urges all members to attend.
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Transportation Committee of the Board of City Development
S. J. Cole
Cole
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Fla
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U. S
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