Gun squad formed to stop oil field hijackers in Panhandle towns
A Panhandle group led by Kitten berg from Borger Whitten berg Isom and Dixon Creek declares war on hijackers. Citizens stockpile Winchester rifles, organize patrols, and vow to fire on hijackers found in any town. Chappy Henderson at Pantex cited as causing hijacker avoidance.
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Panhandle
Kittenberg
Borger
Whittenberg
Isom
Dixon Creek
Chappy Henderson
Pantex
Labor strife and global unrest shadow 1926 Britain and Europe
The feature surveys post strike labor infighting in Britain with leaders blaming rivals as capital benefits, and notes a church quarrel in Washington over modernism and Rockefeller philanthropy. It also reports geopolitical tensions in Szecho-Slovakia, the rise of fascists and communists, and a tragic case of a father who killed his paralyzed daughter and himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szecho-Slovakia
Woodrow Wilson
Czzecho-Slovakia
Woman's Intuition
A brief item notes a woman relying on intuition in a local matter. The text references a person named Ree and a hint of a community event or decision. Details are limited. the piece appears fragmentary and lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
Train collision injures two men in Arkansas
Two Kansas City Southern passenger trains collided head on north of Mena Arkansas early today injuring fireman WA Tlartman and express messenger F L Linsecott seriously. Other crew suffered minor injuries. Officials said traffic would not be delayed and the wreck occurred before Acorn.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Mena
Arkansas
Port Arthur
Texas
WA Tlartman
DeQueen
Court Proceedings Describe Peer Entitlement Case Proceedings
The document outlines a legal session involving a peer entitlement matter and the presiding court. Details reference the peer group, the prime mover, and the involved entities in a formal judicial context.
Walker Challenges Latzo For Return Ring Bout
Local boxing notes report Walker plans a comeback bout against Latzo after a tense weigh-in and promoter chatter. The matchup aims to spark renewed interest in the division with a potential title implications and a televised undercard.
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Walker
Latzo
Playwright Testimony Highlighted Carroll Bath Tub Case
In New York on May 26 the perjury trial of Earl Carroll heard Augustus Thomas testify to Carroll’s good veracity as the defense prepared to call Al Jolson. The scene resembled a theater green room as Carroll’s entourage awaited further witnesses in the grand jury bath tub party inquiry.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl Carroll
Augustus Thomas
Carroll
Vanities
Herbert C. Smyth
Thomas
al Jolson
Mr. Thomas
Weill
Cobb
Irving Cobb Yertentay
Joyce Hawley
Bath
Mie Hewley
Che Wee
Electric signals for Amarillo traffic under way
City commission approved the purchase of twenty two traffic signals from Essco Manufacturing of New Orleans for 5000 dollars. Southwestern Public Service Co began stringing cables and installing poles so the units can be set up promptly in 22 intersections.
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Uptown
Amarillo
City Commission
Southwestern Public Service Company
Essco Manufacturing Company
New Orleans
Light Company
Essco
Three U.S. agents arrive in Amarillo for undisclosed work
Three federal prohibition agents arrived in Amarillo this morning from Wellington and Childress where raids in recent days netted seven men and one woman arrested for liquor law violations and whisky was seized. Officials gave no details on how long they will stay or the nature of their work here.
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Amarillo
Wellington
Childress
Federal Building
Riff Leader Abd El-Krim Enters French Lines
Abd El-Krim, the Riffian chief, comes into the French lines at Fez and will be taken to Taza where French resident general Joes Steeg awaits instructions. Krim and his family and property seek protection of France.
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Presa
Fez
French Morocco
Abd El-Krim
Krim
Taza
Joes Steeg
Ams
Vrance
Baptists Consider Immersion Rule Change by Law
News brief reports the Northern Baptist church convention voting to table an amendment that would require immersion as a prerequisite for church membership. The May meeting details include motion handling and procedural steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptists
Northern Baptist Church
Te- 407
Evans and Quimet Fall In British Amateur Tourney
At Muirfield Scotland on May 26 Chick Evans of Chicago and Francis Quimet of Boston were eliminated from the British amateur championship. Evans lost to J. B. Beck while Quimet went down to Jess Sweetser in a one up match. The two former American champions failed to recapture their former form as the field tightened.
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Associated Press
Muirfield
Scotland
Chick Evans
Chicago
Francis Quimet
Boston
Evans
J. B. Beck
Oxford
Cuimet
Jess Sweetser
New York
Beck
Stet Ouimet
Bereteer
Tetty Jonen
Ameres
Murder hijackers claim Lubbock man in Amarillo case
Homer Dick Smith 31 moved from Lubbock with his wife and four children to Panhandle to open a drug store. His body was found beside his car on the Amarillo Panhandle highway with a bullet wound, signs of a struggle, and a pistol at hand. authorities report no clear clues and several arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lubbock
Homer Dick Smith
Amarillo
Panhandle
H. B. Stratton
Stratton
Smith
Amarillo-Panhandle
Homer Lyman Smith
Wiley Pollard
Paria
Texas
Townsend Motor Company
Stamford
N. & Griggs
Neo
D. M. Banith
Ivahes
Teaae
Wreck Survivor Whispers Name in Panhandle Crash
Amarillo reports identify a third victim of the Amarillo Panhandle highway wreck as possibly Bartlett who spoke two words before lapsing into unconsciousness at St Anthony's hospital. W Renshaw of Mannington West Virginia and J W Massner of unspecified fate died at the scene. Bartlett remains unable to confirm further details.
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Harry Bartlett
Fort Worth
St. Anthony's Samitarium
Aften
Panhandle
Amarillo
W. C. Renshaw
Mannington
West Virginian
J. W. Massner
Automyti
Bile
Bartlett
N. B. Grigge
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Commission
Whittenburg
Arsenal
the Star Co
Cook
J. H. Thomas
MacDonald
Northern Baptist Convention
Washington
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Fosdick
Paul
Dwight Witherspoon Wylie
C. Everett Wagner
Cornell
Greater
Teterter Triers
Cannreaer
Poe
Ain Fe
Mikey Wakter Tetas
Ieagnet
Pete Lanter
Robert McCaul
Brooklyn, N. Y
Benjamin Tuthill
Tuthill
IRV
U. S
Beth Crockett
Little Rock
Davy Crockett
Tennessee
Chick
Quimet
Armar
Texas Solon
Geode
Gabe
Homer Smith
Ers
Nt Gte
Massner
Clovis
New Mexico
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