California Public Schools and City Development in 1927
San Francisco and Oakland showcase public schools with new high schools and athletic facilities. The piece lauds education over cost, notes municipal parks and golf courses, and describes a large saltwater swimming pool. It urges investment in land, prune agriculture, and urban progress as a civic duty.
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San Francisco
California
Barstow
Mojave Desert
Bay
Oakland
Don Lee
Golden Gate
Pacific
Gallileo High School
America
Christian Russ
Russ
United States Steel
General Electric
Three-Linkers Storm City for State Meeting
A Mexican rebellion report details revolutionaries burning a major railroad bridge near Nuevo Laredo to disrupt traffic. Casualties and arrests include Captain M Larraga Saldana and troops en route to Mexico City. Officials say smaller skirmishes occur in Tamaulipas as Federals pursue elusive Gomez supporters.
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Laredo
Associated Press
Brownsville
M. Larraga Saldana
Matamoros
Gabriel Cervera
Mexico City
Cervera
Tamaulipas
Pirates Sold to Lew C. Wentz for 3 Million
The New York Evening World reports Pittsburgh Pirates stock sold to Lew C. Wentz Oklahoma oil magnate for about 3 million dollars after eight months of hesitation. Official confirmation expected within 24 hours. Potter County Lumber Co.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Evening World
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lew C. Wentz
Pittsburgh
The
Evening World
Hughes calls for Panhandle state with Amarillo as capital
Sen. Wallace Hughes urged forming a new Panhandle state comprising the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles with Amarillo as capital. The idea drew wild applause at the West Texas chamber of commerce district convention in Perryton, as he argued the regions are joined only for tax reasons.
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Pberryton
Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Wallace Hughes
West Texas
Clashes Rise Between Greek Forces and Bulgarian Comit adjis
In Greece near Gornitsova Greek soldiers clash with Bulgarian comitadji irregulars. Two irregulars die and bombs are found on their bodies as Athens monitors Serbo Bulgarian tensions amid past Bulgarian complaints. In Belgrade a siege ends with two killed and one captured of the Jugoslav group of alleged assassins.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Comitadjis
Gornitsova
Bulgaria
Comitadjan
Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Mount Maleche
Jugo-Slav
Michael Kovachevitch
Young Teens Held in Auto Theft Case Across State Line
A 13-year-old youth and a 17-year-old companion, both jailed after failing bond, were arraigned by Deputy U S Commissioner Jewell Scales. They are accused of stealing a car in Bristow Oklahoma and driving it to Clarendon, where they were arrested yesterday.
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U. S
Jewell Scales
Bristow
Oklahoma
Clarendon
Indictments Dropped Against Two City Officers
Indictments against C. S. Handy and E. E. Griffin former city motorcycle officers charged with robbery were dismissed in district court. District Attorney Flesher said the complainant vanished from Amarillo and was reported to have left the state, making prosecution impossible without the witness.
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C. S. Handy
E. E. Griffin
Flesher
Amarillo
Scott Vindicated as Insane in Jail Death Case
Chicago reports a coroner's jury finds Russell Scott insane when he hanged himself in his jail cell after a career as a promoter and drugstore bandit. Brain not examined due to embalming. body to Windsor, Ontario for burial.
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Scott
United Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
Gearnet
Harold S. Hurlburst
Windsor
Ont
Hulburt
Lilliendahl Widow and Man Deny Charges in Double Indictment
Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach pleaded not guilty to a joint indictment for the murder of Dr. A William Lilliendahl. They were refused bail as the case moves toward a November start in Atlantic county court. Dr. Lilliendahl was found shot to death September 15 in his car on a Hamnnton road with three bullets in his head. Mrs Lilliendahl alleges two Black men robbed the couple and killed him.
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Associated Press
Mays Landing
N. J
Margaret T. Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
A. William Lilliendal
Supreme Court
Campbell
Atlantic County Court
Lilliendahl
Hammonton
Wife of Blake collapses on Winfield street
Mrs Blanche Blake 18 wife of Robert F Blake collapses in Winfield Kansas hospital from nervous strain over his death sentence in Texas for the slaying of Fred Connor Tulsa hardware merchant. She was a familiar figure at the Tulsa trial and has visited since his conviction.
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Associated Press
Winfield
Kan
Blanche Blake
Robert F. Blake
Texas
Fred Connor
Tulsa
Blake
Oklahoma
Tulla
Used pianos sale ad with $10 down then phone contact
Classified notice announces used pianos for sale with a $10 down payment option and a contact phone number 559 for D. W. Owen Fire Insurance and phone 4699 for inquiries.
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D. W. Owen
Fire Insurance
Weather forecast for tonight and Tuesday
Tonight and Tuesday fair with temperature extremes today 81 and 55. Hourly readings start 7 am at 58, 8 am 55, 9 am 60, 10 am 65, 11 am 71, noon 77, 1 pm 81. Year-ago highs 87 and 55.
Police record busy weekend with thirty one arrests
Thirty one arrests were made by the police Saturday night and Sunday. Most arrests were for traffic violations with fines from five to sixteen dollars. A youth accused of whipping his sixteen year old wife was transferred to county officials this morning.
Oil Man Killed by Auto Near Belton
Oil man J. L. Brown of Yoakum was struck and killed while patching a puncture near Salado on the Austin highway. The accident occurred last night and was reported by the Associated Press. Blackburn ambulance was called to assist.
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Associated Press
Belton
J. L. Brown
Yoakum
Salado
Austin Highway
Babe Ruth Lays Record Egg as Royal Mate Planned
In Omaha on October 10 Babe Ruth the world’s champion pullet shows sadness at 645 a m after laying her 16th consecutive egg breaking the all time record. She learns a mate will be chosen for her by A R Lander of Norfolk as part of the royal House of Norfolk. Rival Lady Skyline of Colorado Chickendom claims Babe Ruth is overstated, asserting she has laid 47 more eggs than the Omaha pullet.
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United Pree
Omaha
Babe Ruth
Royal Chamberlin
A. R. Lander
Norfolk
Royal House of Norfolk
Lander
House of Skyline
Lady Skyline
Colorado
Mrs Stratton Case Dismissed in District Court
Two indictments against Mrs. Ben W. Stratton alleging pandering were dismissed in district court after the district attorney could not locate the two young women involved. The case follows her murder trial, where she was acquitted, and her husband Ben W. Stratton remains jailed on a murder sentence under appeal.
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Ben W. Stratton
W. J. Flesher
Flesher
Shanghai Forces in Retreat Advices Say
Advices received by the Japanese News Agency Rengo report a general retreat of the Shanxi forces moving toward Peking from the southwest. The same advices indicate the Manchurian offensive along the Peking Hankow railway has been successful.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Peking
Rengo
Peking-Hankow
Skinner and Eddy Loses War Contract Suit
The Skinner and Eddy corporation lost in the Supreme Court its bid to force the Comptroller General to review a wartime claim with the Emergency Fleet corporation totaling about 9 million dollars.
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Corporation
Washington
Skinner and Eddy Corporation
Eupreme
McCarl
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Supreme Court Cancels Sinclair Teapot Dome Lease
The Supreme Court unanimously rules Harry F. Sinclair's Teapot Dome lease invalid, finding the contract made by Albert Fall without legal authority and marked by fraud and corruption. The ruling affirms the eighth circuit decision and signals upcoming trial for Sinclair and Fall on conspiracy to defraud the government.
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Associated Preea
Washington
Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
Butler
Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Kenyon
Teapot Dome
Ihs
Edward L. Doheny
Kik Hills Naval Reserve
California
Secretary of the Interior
Justice Butler
Fall
Atlantic
Pacific
Justice
Highway head charged with favoritism in state aid plan
Commissioner Cone Johnson accused R and Sterling of Houston and S Sterling of Abilene of favoritism in distributing state and federal aid. Johnson stated that aid for this year and next would exhaust funds, with only 52 counties benefiting.
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Associated Press
Austin
R &. Sterling of
Houston
S. Sterling of
of Abilene
Cone Johnson
Kimes Gang Trials Move Forward Amid Jail Escape Rumors
OKMULGEE Oklahoma October 10 Continued trial of the Kimes gang began as rumors of jail deliveries circulated. Ray Terrill an alleged gang leader was seen in town with aides. Roy Brandon faced the jury while offspring of the gang awaited new trial for Matthew Kimes. Police reported a car abandoned near Weleetka and possible gang activity in Seminole oil fields.
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United Press
Okmulgee
Okla
Matthew Kimes
Terrill
R. W. Stuart
Roy Rawlings
Seminole
Weleetka
Here
Brandon
Clyde
Jack Whitehead
Tro
Beggs Bank
W. J. McAnally
Kimes
State Penitentiary
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