Eastman grows from Rochester to push moving pictures
A 72-year-old philanthropist from Rochester, George Eastman, travels from Africa and plans to advance education through cinema, while criticizing European steel trusts and urging large business units to compete with modern methods. He notes immigration limits and Jewish longevity, comments on Moses era laws, prize fighting, and a Sunday exhibit dispute.
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George Eastman
Buffale
Rochester
New York
Eastman
European Steel Trust
Europe
Germany
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Coolidge Keeps Reservations on World Court Unchanged
President Coolidge announces no changes to Senate reservations tied to American participation in the world court. He says he has authority to propose changes but has not received formal government suggestions from Geneva. The White House emphasizes reservations protect U S interests and that the president’s view is they stand as written.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
World Court
Geneva
White House
Abe
Bohwree
Opening Day Fair Crowds Set High Mark
The Tri State Fair opened under clear skies with exhibitions from Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, highlighted by a top dairy cattle display. Attendance surged to a high mark by 2 pm as horse races, vaudeville, and fireworks drew crowds and officials planned parking and crowd flow.
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Miami
Tri-State
Great Plains Country
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
America
Dave Derden
J. W. Crudgington
Plane crash kills two on transatlantic attempt
Westbury New York Sept. 21 Capt Rene Fonck's three engine biplane failed during a 3600 mile non stop flight to Paris. Radio operator Charles Clavier and Russian mechanic Jacob Islamoff died trapped in the cabin. Fonck and Lt Lawrence W Curtin escaped injury. An earlier takeoff was postponed due to a gasoline leak.
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Assocy Pregs
Westbury
Rene Fonck
Paris
Charles Clavier
Jacob Islamoff
Fonck
Lawrence W. Curtin
Racing Action At Amarillo Tri-State Fair Open
Hundreds of racing fans gathered at the Amarillo Tri-State exposition grounds for the first of six daily races. Sixty fast stoppers including several cow ponies arrived for the program, with officials predicting about thirty horses in action this afternoon as six races are scheduled.
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Amarillo Tri-State Exposition
Fair
C. H. McMillan
Grand Jury Returns Fourteen Bills This Week
Fourteen indictments were returned this week by the grand jury including theft swindling liquor violations burglary and forgery. George Hayes was sentenced in district court to one year in the penitentiary on possession of intoxicating liquors. A motion for a new trial in Clifford Taylor liquor case was overruled and a notice of appeal filed. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel known as Famous For Food is highlighted.
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George Hayes
Clifford Taylor
Henry Bishop
Criminal Court of Appeals
Kearns Receives Attachment in Dempsey Fight Purse
Philadelphia report outlines an attachment in Jack Dempsey's purse ahead of his bout with GreTenney. The court action seeks a share of the purse as legal proceedings unfold, with details limited to the pending claim and parties involved.
Man Hurt After Red Light Crash in Grand Saline
S Bradley of Grand Saline Texas was injured about 10 am when he allegedly ran a red stop light at Fifth and Fillmore and hit another car. The other driver, reportedly a new town physician, fled unnamed. Bradley was briefly unconscious, later treated at Northwest Texas hospital for bruises and chest impact.
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S. Bradley
Grand Saline
Texas
Fifth and Fillmore
Bradley
Cooper-Irvin Motor Company
Northwest Texas
Hagen Beats Turnesa In PGA Championship Round
Walter Hagen defeated Joe Turnesa 3 up 2 to play in the professional golf association championship at Garden City New Jersey. In a separate item, Private Charles C. Turner of Auburn New York was killed when a parachute failed to open during a 1500 foot practice jump.
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Associated Press
Garden City
N. J
Walter Hagen
Joe Turnesa
Elmsford
New York
Associated D'resa Mitchell
Saet
Charles C. Turner
Auburn
Governor to seek gas tax bill in special session
In Austin on September 21 Governor Miriam A. Ferguson announced a proposal for a 3 to 4 cent gasoline line tax. The plan would allocate one fourth of revenue to raise the scholastic appropriation to 15 dollars per person and three fourths to highway maintenance and construction.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Mexico threatens to send troops into U S soil
An official note from the foreign office announces that Mexico seeks U S permission to move troops into American territory amid ongoing rebellions. The statement implies possible cross border action and calls attention to regional tensions with the United States.
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Mexico City
Bape
Fereigh
United States
Campo
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