Mexico Congress considers extending presidential term to six years
Mexico City report says the lower house will begin debate on a bill to extend the president’s term from four to six years after unanimous Senate approval. Calles remains unaffected as his term ends next year, with Obregon as the only declared candidate. The piece notes ongoing revolutionary violence, rebels killed or captured, and expulsion of editor Victoriano Salado Alvarez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Senate
Calles
General Obregon
Serrano
Gomez
Comex
Escobar
Excobar
Huastusco
Vera Cruz
E. Duran
Orizaba
Carlos Terrazas
Totula
Tlanaloco
Viernes
Excelsior
Victoriano Salado Alvarez
U.S. Publishing Output Tops 2 Billion Books in 1925
Census figures show 1925 output exceed two hundred million titles annually with textbooks leading at 78.6 million volumes, fiction 39.6 million, and juvenile works 25.2 million. Industry employed 296,324 workers across 22,725 establishments with wages totaling 502 million dollars and inputs valued at 674 million dollars.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Antarctic Voyagers Study Polar Whales To Avert Extinction
The three masted Discovery docked at Falmouth after two years in Antarctic seas. It collected thousands of deep sea specimens and studied whale life to address threatened extinction, noting humpback declines and whale reproductive questions.
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Falmouth
Eng
Discovery
Falmouth Harbor
Cape Horn
Scott
Shackleton
J. R. Stenh
Falkland Islands
South Seas
England
Woman Freed After Husband Indicted Here
Mrs. Jack Davis, freed after her husband and Clayton Tontz were indicted in the killing of Amarillo druggist Leo J. Latey. No bill was returned against her earlier. she has since left for Borger. Davis and Tontz retain counsel as the murder case awaits next court term.
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Jack Davis
Leo J. Latey
Amarillo
Clayton Tontz
Texas
Davis
Tontz
Old Fashioned Horse And Big Thief Busy
In Kansas City on October 14 a local report notes a stranger rented an old fashioned drive it yourself rig from W. M. Grisby and disappeared. The incident involves a whale tracking device bearing date and coordinates, with a plan to exhibit the Discovery in London.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kans
W. M. Grisby
Grisby
Doubles as Evangelist Judge Luke Hits the Sawdust Trail
Georgia Judge Roscoe Luke of the Court of Appeals moonlights as an evangelist, drawing over 5,000 to sermons in the South when court is not in session. He began about four years ago after a local Thomasville pastor invited him to preach, emphasizing reason and sympathy over sensationalism. Japan's labor troubles are growing.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Roscoe Luke
Georgia Court of Appeals
Luke
Thomasville
Georgia
South
State Capitol
Lillian Butler
Hunters Cut Cards to Decide Bear Kill in Texas Hunt
East Texas hunters cut the cards to decide who would kill bears during a Black Mountains hunt in New Mexico. Dr. R. Bailey of Dallas joined four hunters and freed four bears, a mother with three cubs, after pursuing them with hounds and a pole prod. He won the shooting, while the mother bear confronted the party.
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International News Service
EL Paso
East Texas
Huntsmen
Dr. R. Bailey
Dallas
Dr. Bailey
Black Mountains
New Mexico
Colonel Haines Returns After Convention Efforts
Col Harve Haines vice president and general manager of the Board of City Development and R B Edinburg visited Hot Springs to secure the 1928 Southwest Waterworks annual meeting. Dallas led with 33 votes, Amarillo 16, Houston 10, with Amarillo seeking Dallas unanimity for 1929. Haines also pursued Amarillo bids for the Texas Retail clothiers and Texas Commercial Executives meetings. He departs for further convention efforts in Dallas Fort Worth and Amarillo.
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Col. Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
Hot Springs
Arkansas
R. B. Edinburg
Southwest Waterworks Association
Dallas
Amarillo
Houston
Colonel Haines
Texas Retail Clothiers Association
Texas Commercial Executives Association
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Fort Worth
Giles Hops Off for Hawaii After Delay
Capt. Frederick Giles started his flight from Iowa City at 6 47 a m bound for San Francisco New Zealand via Hawaii after a weeklong weather and oil pump delay. He likely spends the night in Salt Lake City.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Frederick Giles
San Francisco
New Zealand
Hawaii
Salt Lake City
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Congress OF Mexico
U.S
Miller
Fred H. Galle
West Seventh Street
London
Japan
Haines
Giles
OLD
Skookum Time
SPA
Pacific Northwest
Skookum Packers Association
Wenatchee, Washington
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
A. J. Thompson Company
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