Henry Phipps Plans Working Girls Hotel Venture
Henry Phipps intends to spend part of his fortune on a working girls hotel offering rooms from ten cents to one dollar weekly, with seven meals daily. The article notes a contrast between wealth and poverty, mentions Phipps’ early working life, and references Carnegie as a partner in a small venture. It discusses tax and bookmaker movements, a Darwin teaching indictment in Ayton Tennessee, and critiques U.S. big business versus British control of rubber, plus Ford’s rubber experiments and an insect garden national lesson.
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Henry Phipps
Henry Ford
Florida
Egypt
Weather outlook with showers and mild temperatures
Tonight and Friday expect occasional showers under a mild spell. Today’s high reached 70 and low 59 while the year ago values were 73 and 47. Williams Sign Co. and Sudden Service Station provide local car services and signage.
Glimmer of Hope Fades in Carolina Coal Mine Tragedy
Four more bodies were recovered at the Carolina Coal mine in Coal Glen North Carolina raising the death toll among entombed workers to at least six with many still missing. Rescue crews labored through the night to reach the main shaft as after damp and debris blocked passageways.
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Pres Coal Glen
N. C
Carolina Coal Company
Oal Glen
West Virginia
Pardon policy praised by visiting pardon board member
W P Sebastian, pardon advisory board member visiting his son J C Sebastian, says Governor Ferguson’s clemency policy rests on thorough prison record checks. He notes no released prisoners have returned to prison and stresses justice tempered with mercy under Ferguson. The piece also mentions local businesses in Texas.
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Associated Press
Rveryerson
Miriam A. Ferguson
W. P. Sebastian
J. C. Sebastian
Sebastian
Texas
Ferguson
Want Ad Geraniums Offer Free Plant With Ad
A newspaper promotion offers a free geranium plant with every paid want-ad submitted on Saturday. The offer highlights porch flower care and the plants as a pleasant result of using the Globe's want ads.
White Still Fruitless in Search for Witness and Jury
Chicago May 28 The Shepherd murder case threads through two stalled efforts. A New York search for state witness Robert White yields no progress while officials probe a Philadelphia letter allegedly by White as to his disappearance. Jury selection for William D Shepherd faces delays with only three acceptances in the third 100 men panel. John J Kelly an insurance agent and chiropractor is linked to White inspired admissions to prosecutors.
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Associated
Chicago
Shepherd
New York
Robert White
White
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
John J. Kelly
Philadelphia
Beine
Potter county oil surge as Amarillo Oil plans eight wells
Potter county to see extensive oil development as Amarillo Oil, part of Prairie, locates in Bivins section a mile south of the Warrick well. Lee Bivins leases eight and a half sections, reportedly paid a six figure sum with eight wells planned. Miles Bivins and Bill McSpadden lease 140 acres nearby and expect drilling soon. Officials optimistic the Warrick find will grow into a large, profitable field.
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Potter County
Amarillo Oil Company
Prairie Company
Bivins
Warrick
Lee Bivins
Miles Bivins
Bill McSpadden
Warrick Well
Amarillo
Panhandie
Dumas Road
O's
Amarillo Declares Clean Up Week June 1–6
Proclamation by Mayor Lee Bivins designates June 1 to June 6 as Clean Up Week in Amarillo. Citizens urged to place rubbish at property edge for alley pickup. city wagons will remove some debris. Signed May 28 with city seal.
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Lee Bivins
Amarillo
Amariillo
Avery
Labor label campaign replaces strikes in Texas union drive
The Texas State Federation of Labor ends strike emphasis at its convention in Houston adopting a union label and shop card department aimed at placing the label on all labor produced goods. Leaders say education replaces strikes as the dominant tactic and Houston chosen for the 1926 meeting site with officers reelected or reaffirmed.
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Associated Press
Lebel
Texas
State Federation of Labor
George A. Wilson
Houston Labor Council
Houston
Municipal Auditorium
Wichita Falls
H. Rachel
Denison
George H. Slater
Dallas
William J. Rielly
American
Wahter to Build a New Refinery at Lela
Shamrock reports builder J W Wrather, who operates the Big Four refinery near Panhandle, will construct a 1000 barrel refinery at Lela twelve miles from Shamrock. A pipeline from Lela to the Whittington well will begin Monday, with materials on site and work to start soon. Sally will be at the Fair June 22 that year. Charlie Hoover, International Life.
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Globe
Shamrock
J. W. Wrather
N Panhandle
Shelby, Mont
Lela
Wrather
Whittington
Sally
104 Amarillo graduates to receive diplomas tonight
The largest Amarillo high school class to graduate will receive diplomas tonight at the Municipal Auditorium. 104 graduates, 54 girls and 50 boys, will hear Congressman Marvin Jones deliver the commencement address. Superintendent W. A. Melitoah will preside, with principal C. M. Rogers giving scholarships and T. W. Cotten presenting diplomas. An estimated 2,000 to possibly 2,500 guests are expected.
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Amarillo
Amarillo High School
Municipal Auditorium
Marvin Jones
Jones
Eighteenth Congressional District
W. A. Melitoah
C. M. Rogera
T. W. Cotten
McIntosh
Glee Clus
Bruce Ashcraft
William Meredith Baker
Edgar Charles Brizaldi
W. Robert Browne
William Addis Charless
William Henry Childress, Jr
Powell M. Combs
Joseph Andrew Crossett
James Owen Curtis
Teel Curtis
Milburn W. Basia
Robert E. Elkins
Charles A. Green
Johnnie James Halley
Elmer R. Herrington
Frank W. Higinbotham
Noman S. Hopkins
Eugene Lawier
John Hugh Lawler
Francis Leachman
Paul K. Lefforge
Eldon Young Lewis
Charles R. McAfee, Jr
George S. Mc“Lellan
Theodore Hermon Niclaus
Sam Nutting
James Eddie Parr
Charles Alfred Pederson
Ilbur I Pittman
Richard Roberts
Milton B Rosenblum
Tamer L. Sellars
Two Boys Accused in Baby’s River Death
An Associated Press report from May 24 states Mary Hudson, 20 months, drowned after two boys, aged 4 and 9, threw her into the Mer rimac River. Police detained John Veres and Miltiades Karas, who gave similar stories with differing admissions. Veres remained in custody for examination while Karas was returned to his parents.
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Associated Presa
Larwellass
Viewn
Mary Fudson
Merrimac
John Veres
Miltiades Kyritos
Amarillo to Dallas Train Schedule Changes Effective June 1
Fort Worth and Denver Railway announces new timetable starting June 1 with revised Train No 2 and No 5 routes. Departures from Amarillo shift to 6 04 mornings and new Dallas arrival times, while Train No 7 moves to a 1 05 p m departure from Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Dallas
W. F. Land
Fort Worth
National official to chair realtor program in Amarillo
Lewis H. Tandy of Fort Worth acts as personal representative of Charles G. Edwards of New York, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, to speak at noon tomorrow to the Amarillo Real Estate Board at the Hotel Palo Duro. Tandy is a vice president of the national board and will discuss topics of interest to Realtors.
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Lewis H. Tandy
Fort Worth
Charles G. Edwards
New York
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Amarillo
French Losses Reported in Riffian War
Paris May 28 Premier Painleve told the chamber that French losses reached 400 killed 1100 wounded and 5 missing in the Riffian campaign one third of the casualties were French with the rest Senegalese, according to the Associated Press.
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Presa
Paris
Painleve
Chamber
Routine Work in County Court Buckles Under Probate Dockets
County court this week disposed of many routine matters as Judge Sam B Motlow notes. Probate cases and default judgments consumed most time while criminal docket awaits next week. One Year to Live. E P Hubbard Steinway Pianos.
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Sam B. Motlow
Marile Smith and Weleti Witzgall to Wed at Deandi
On the Deandi theatre stage tonight at nine Miss Marile Smith and Mr Weleti Witzgall will be married. The Deandi and The Globe combine for a grand Amarillo wedding. Admission remains free.
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Deandi
Marile Smith
Weleti Witzgall
The
Globe
Amarillo
Dallas Negroes Sentenced to Death in Two Trials
Frank and Lorenzo Noel two Dallas brothers pleaded guilty to the criminal assault that led to Mary Steer’s death and were sentenced to die by electrocution on June 28. Trials lasted under two hours with juries returning verdicts without incident amid tight security at the Dallas criminal court.
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Gyr
Agandated
Praea
Dallas
Frank
Lorenzo Noel
Negro Brothers
Dallas Criminal Court
Mary Steer
Hubisville
Associated Press
Ryan Adkins
Steer Wa
Shelby Cox
Eafd
Frank Noel
Trial of Mrs Collier Nears Verdict in Haskell
In Haskell on May 28 state and defense rested in the case of Mrs Frank Collier of Wichita Falls charged with killing her son in law Elzie Robertson. The jury instructions were to be announced later, possibly tomorrow morning. The defense presented one witness Frank Collier, her husband, who is serving three years for manslaughter in Robertson’s death.
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Associated Press
Haskell
Frank Collier
Wichita Falls
Elzie Robertson
Tomorow
Robertson
Collier
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