Methodists Expand College Bishopric at South Conference
The Quadrennial General Conference in Dallas voted to enlarge episcopal supervision by adding three new bishops, bringing the college of bishops to 16. Names floated include Gilbert Rowe and Dr. Paul B. Kern among others as candidates. A unified church funds proposal was set as a special order for next Tuesday amid cost concerns. The church also grapples with spiritual renewal and threats to the home.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
General Conference
College of Bishops
Committee On Episcopacy
Gilbert Rowe
Duke University
Paul B. Kern
San Antonio
Arthur Moore
Birmingham
C. C. Selecman
Southern Methodist University
Forney Hutchinson
First Church
Oklahoma City
T. D. Ellis
Nashville
A. Frank Mitch
Houston
Special Committee On
General Board of Missions
Golden Ross
General Hospital Board
Women’s Missionary Society
Epworth League
Judge rules in favor of teachers whipping endangering school order
Texarkana May 17 judge Pratt Bacon dismissed assault and battery charges against W C Brasheers North Heights school superintendent. He said teachers must maintain classroom order or the educational system is doomed. The case arose from the whipping of Jimmie Jones 12 a ward of an orphanage who objected to a dental exam noting he told the truth about A T Wilson an orphanage superintendent instructing non submission.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Texas
Pratt Bacon
W. C. Brasheers
North Heights
Jimmie Jones
A. T. Wilson
Wilson
James
Evansville to host Cumberland Presbyterian 1931 convention
Evansville, Ind., won the bid to hold the Cumberland Presbyterian Church's 1931 convention. Dr. C. A. Galloway announced the selection as delegates met in Olney Texas. Rev. R. H. Jackson of Tennessee and Rev. J. E. McCluney of Mississippi spoke, with committees updating on resolutions, future work, and constitutional changes.
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Associated Press
Olney
Texas
Evansville
Ind
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
C. A. Galloway
R. H. Jackson
Tennessee
J. E. McCluney
Mississippi
Woman’s Board of Missions
Slaton Car Inspector Killed Under Freight Car
W. E. Dobbins a 34 year old car inspector for the Santa Fe Railway Company was instantly killed late Friday while working under a freight car in Slaton's railroad yards. He failed to post a warning light and an engine moved two cars over crushing him. Survived by a wife and three children. Burial planned for Sunday at Commerce.
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Slaton
W. E. Dobbins
Santa Fe Railway Company
Dobbins
Commerce
France's Lindy Pursued by Ill Luck in Plan to Fly Here
Rene Couzinet, dubbed the un luckiest man in aviation, pursues an Atlantic crossing from Paris to New York to repay Lindbergh's 1927 visit. A fire at Meudon destroyed his Arc-en-Ciel hangar and absent funding. officials considered aid, but he remains determined to rebuild and fly the route.
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France
NEA
Paris
Rene Couzinet
Atlantic
New York
Lindbergh
Cousinet
Meudon
Air Ministry
Couzinet
America
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Germany
Levine
Maurice Drouhin
Bellanca
Drouhin
London
Arc-en-Ciel
Conzinet
M. Bokanowski
Air
Bokanowski
Toul
Laurent Eynac
Areen-Ciel
Lindy
Floods Cause State Highway Damage in Northeast Texas
In northeast Texas heavy rains caused between 30000 and 56000 dollars in highway damage, per J B Early state maintenance engineer. No single road suffered major loss though four routes were blocked: 81 Athens to Kerens, 40 Athens to Jacksonville, 15 Mineola to Gladewater, 42 Gilmer to Marshal. Delays hit road and bridge construction projects statewide.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
J. B. Early
Early
Highway Department
Athens
Kerens
Jacksonville
Mineola
Gladewater
Gilmer
Marshal
Girls decipher ancient documents in French archives
Paris reports French women increasingly enter careers once male dominated. At the Ecole de Chartres sixty six pupils study deciphering historical documents, eighty percent are girls. They excel in exams, come from middle class families, and work as careful, concentrated researchers despite limited access in provincial libraries.
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Paris
Ecole de Chartres
National Libraries and Archives
Oklahoma Gusher Efforts Lag in Containing Sigmon Well
Oklahoma City May 17 Associated Press oil men reported only slow progress in sealing in the wild Sigmon number 1 well in the South Oklahoma City field. Since yesterday noon the well has mirrored the Mary Sudik number 1 as it flowed unconstrained for eleven days. A dozen nearby leases were shut down due to fire risk, and workers expected to gain control by tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Sigmon
Mary Sudik
UT Beauties Chosen for Cactus Yearbook
Two San Antonio students, Marion Jannin and Elizabeth Kercheville, join eight figures in UTs beauty section for the Cactus yearbook. Other selections include Hilda Wofford Athens Dorothy Kramer Austin William Simpson Flora Kathryn Horn Brownwood Margaret Moore Houston Mamie Bullard Madisonville chosen by Bruno Loreplore Fort Worth artist.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
San Antonio
University of Texas
Cactus
Marion Jannin
Elizabeth Kercheville
Hilda Wofford
Athens
Dorothy Kramer
William Simpson
Flora
Kathryn Horn
Brownwood
Margaret Moore
Houston
Mamie Bullard
Madisonville
Bruno Loreplore
Fort Worth
California crude price cut praised by oil official
Tulsa May 17. The Standard Oil Company of California cut crude prices in the Santa Fe Springs field after operators refused to curtail output. E B Reeser president of the American Petroleum Institute called the move drastic and predicted it would bring good results.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Standard Oil Company of California
Santa Fe Springs
California
E. B. Reeser
American Petroleum Institute
Reeser
Farmer shot near Waco by young man
Lloyd McCollum, 45, was shot to death today on his farm five miles south of Waco. H R Jones, 23, a filling station employee, surrendered to the sheriff shortly after the shooting. One pistol bullet pierced McCollum's heart and he died instantly. Some trouble was alleged to have arisen over an automobile deal.
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Associated Press
Waco
Lloyd McCollum
H.R Jones
McCollum
Siler Drilling Company Borger Receives Charter
Special to The Sunday News-Globe reports Borger based Siler Drilling Company granted charter with capital of 15000 dollars. Officers include Earl F. Siler as president and Mrs Siler with Mrs Eva Trene Neill as members. Firm formed to drill Texas Interstate Gas leases on 1200 acres in Moore and Hutchinson counties.
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Sunday News-Globe
Borger
Siler Drilling Company
Earl F. Siler
Siler
Eva Trene Neill
Texas Interstate Gas Company
Moore
Hutchinson
Dawson Man 100-Year-Old Preacher to Deliver Sermon
In Lamesa on May 17 1830 born Reverend T A Boycan Dawson County's centenarian preacher will speak at First Methodist Church He arrived from Belfast Ireland at age five and has preached 82 years He reads without glasses and has traversed about 17000 miles on preaching tours and baptized 11000 people
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Sunday News-Globe
Lamesa
T. A. Boycan
Dawson County
First Methodist Church
Boycan
Belfast
Ireland
America
Two Steamer Wrecks Reported With Seven Missing
In Woods Hole Massachusetts the freighter Kearny ran aground near Nobska Point as the crew remained aboard. In Rio Grande Brazil the steamer Scaraby grounded while leaving harbor and foundered with seven missing and 28 rescued.
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Associated Press
Woods Hole
Mass
Boston
Baltimore
Nobska Point
Coast Guard
Rio Grande
Brazil
Owen Roberts A Plainspoken Lawyer of Integrity
Friends describe Owen Roberts as a lawyer who values honesty over sport and fame. His early education shaped by Dr. William Kershaw, he chose law to stay true, later earning trust through landmark cases and a restrained public life with Coolidge naming him a government prosecutor in the oil lease scandal.
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Roberts
Willam Kershaw
Germantown Academy
Coolidge
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Philadelphia
Teapot Dome
Owen Roberts
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
Maine
Philadelphia lawyer Owen Roberts named to Supreme Court vacancy
Washington reports President Hoover nominates Owen J. Roberts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice Sanford's death and Parker's rejection. The Philadelphia attorney is described as a sharp, plainspoken figure famed for untangling complex cases and his earlier role as a government prosecutor in the Teapot Dome affair.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Supreme Court
Edward T. Sanford
Senate
John d. Parker
North Carolina
Roberts
Population Densities Compare Galveston Houston Dallas
The article notes Galveston covers 7.8 square miles with 51,939 residents, yielding 6,657 per square mile. It compares Houston at 72.8 square miles with 290,811 people (4,088 per sq mi) and Dallas at 45 square miles with 260,397 people (5,786 per sq mi). It also lists Navarro and Freestone county precinct figures with increases and decreases.
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Houston
Dallas
Galveston
Cities with 100 percent population rise in 1930 census
Thirteen cities with populations over 25 000 show over 100 per cent increases in the 1930 census led by Dearborn Michigan Glendale California and Orlando Florida The list also includes Amarillo Greensboro High Point Long Beach San Angelo Santa Monica Durham Jackson Houston and Monroe The 1920 count named 23 cities with over 100 per cent growth in the prior decade.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dearborn
Michigan
Glendale
California
Orlando
Florida
Amarillo
Texas
Greensboro
North Carolina
High Point
Long Beach
San Angelo
Santa Monica
Durham
Jackson
Mississippi
Houston
Monroe
Louisiana
Census Bureau
Census figures show Bexar County population 43 217
United Press reports from San Antonio that A R Holzschuher, census bureau district director, announced the county population excluding San Antonio is 43 217. He said the city report is not ready before next Wednesday.
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United Press
San Antonio
A. R. Holzschuher
Census Bureau
Bexar County
Ruling on Nicholson case upheld against ejectment
The court avoided the merits and ruled the district court should have sustained the executive committee’s general demurrers to Nicholson’s petition. It found Nicholson had no justifiable cause for action while an injunction had barred the committee from ejecting him and others.
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Scurry
Hoover
District Court
Executive Committee
Nicholson
Texas Senator Love Comments on Ballot Supreme Court Ruling
Dallas May 17 Senator Thomas B Love said the state supreme court sustained his right to have his name printed on the Democratic primary ballot He called the decision far reaching and noted it upholds the constitutionality of an act allowing candidates to seek writs of mandamus directly to the supreme court.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
State Supreme Court
Thomas B. Love
Supreme Court
Mayor Mercier Defeated After Prolonged Dance Marathon
A five week dance marathon blamed for the mayor A J Mercier loss in Calexico California with complaints about a continuous program broadcast from the dance hall interfering with other stations reception Mercier finished a distant third despite his active booster work for the town and personal expenses.
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Calexico
Calif
A. J. Mercier
Mercier
Prohibition Act Violations Seem Across Several Texas Jurisdictions
The report lists multiple defendants charged in federal cases: Marvin H Hinchee Lennie Hinchee and James Leonard Patton face true bills in Lefors for Prohibition Act violations. Other defendants include W B Richardson Amarillo for liquor sale and possession, C W Henderson for cigarettes theft from interstate shipments, and Whitnack charged with potato theft in Lubbock.
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Lefors
Marvin H. Hinchee
Lennie Hinchee
James Leonard Patton
E. W. Herman
Vernon Herman
Lubbock Federal Court District
W. B. Richardson
Amarillo
C. W. Henderson
Walker- Smith Grocery Company
Plainview
J. M. Radford Grocery Company
Fatheree Drug Store
Pampa
C. C. Whitnack
Lubbock
Wilbur Thompson
Guy R. Miller
Fort Worth
Kansas City
L. H. Crowell
George R. Watkins
United States Veterans’ Bureau
James Dennis Hurley
Dalhart
Hurst
Sam H. Thomas
Ernest A. Lee
J. A. Andrews
Oakland
California
A. L. White, Jr
Herman Crow
J. T. Young
Fred C. Coleman
Coleman
Texas
Fort Yuma
W. E. Busbey
Fannie Chambers
Roswell
Panipa
Colorado Boy Killed by Lightning While Irrigating
Fred B. Wilson Lamar Colorado aged 15 died when lightning struck him as he worked to irrigate farmland. The incident marks the first lightning fatality reported in the state this year.
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United Press
Lamar, Colos
Fred. B. Wilson
Colorado
Amarillo Junior College Plans May 30 Commencement
Amarillo Junior College will hold its first graduation exercises starting Sunday with a Baccalaureate Sermon at Polk Street Methodist Church by Dr. J A Bays. Commencement is set for Friday night May 30 with address by Dean T B Shelby of Texas University. Between ten and twelve students are expected to graduate, all transferring in for the second year.
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Amarillo Junior College
Polk Street Methodist Church
J. A. Bays
T. 8
Shelby
Texas University
B. E. Masters
Tornado Damages Oil Field North of Breckenridge
A small tornado swept through an oil field north and west of Breckenridge Texas Saturday night toppling half a dozen derricks but causing no other property damage. The storm's path extended to Crystal City where uprooted trees and a 1.5 inch rain were reported. Breckenridge itself saw no wind damage.
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Associated Press
Breckenridge
Texas
Crystal City
Lightning sinks Cruz Solis in Sequin yard tragedy
In Seguin Texas on May 17 a 10 year old Mexican boy named Cruz Solis was killed when lightning struck him while standing in his front yard. The area reported three inches of rain through Friday night and into today.
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Associated Press
Seguin
Texas
Cruz Solis
Campaign HQ Opened for Clint Small in Fort Worth
May 17 Fort Worth campaign offices opened for State Senator Clint C Small of Wellington as Democratic candidate for governor. Lee Satterwhite of Odessa, former House speaker, will head the headquarters operation.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Clint C. Small
Wellington
Lee Satterwhite
Odessa
Texas Rivers Rainfall Update
Texas rivers have received nearly 10 inches of rainfall in the past two weeks, prompting ongoing flood concerns and water management efforts across affected counties.
Amarillo Weather: Rain Ends as Warm, Partly Cloudy Skies
After a week of cool rain the forecast predicts warmer, partly cloudy weather in Amarillo. Yesterday brought a final trace of moisture with mist and drizzle totaling six one-hundredths of an inch, according to Weatherman H. T. Collman.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Spring Blizzard Roars Across Rockies Delaying Pass Openings
A south to north storm wall hits the Rocky mountain region with heavy wet snow and strong winds. Denver reports driving snow while Cheyenne Valentine Leadville Estes Park Boulder Loveland Longmont see snow and passes may delay opening as precipitation extends from Seattle to New Orleans.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne
Wyo
Valentine
Neb
Leadville
Broken Ridge
Loveland
Boulder
Longmont
Spearman Rain Promises Wheat Crop Boost
Rain has fallen in Spearman for 48 hours with no clear weather in sight. If it lasts another day, wheat yields in the Spearman country may reach ten to fifteen bushels per acre, roughly a half crop, supporting about two million bushels of grain shipped from Spearman this summer. In McCamey on May 17 heavy rain and hail interrupted conditions.
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Sunday News-Globe
Spearman
Baptists End Session With A Dry Decision
The Southern Baptists adjourned in New Orleans with a vow to fight for a dry nation and to oppose any political candidate who does not defend prohibition. They urged churches to fund state papers and to launch a private soul saving campaign. The gathering avoided controversy and did not move toward uniting with the Northern Baptists, except for a revised committee to explore common grounds in Washington.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Southern Baptists
J. H. Anderson
Knoxville
Tenn
South
A. L. Miller
Northern Baptist Convention
W. J. McLothlin
Furman University
Northern Baptist Group
Washington, D. C
Gee
Cost of new Las Animas line to Texas routes outlined
The commission notes the Las Animas extension will offer a short route to Texas points and Gulf ports benefiting producers and shippers. The plan anticipates increased grain tonnage for eastern and southern markets and a direct system line for Atchison. Passenger travel between southern Texas and Colorado would gain a shorter, convenient route via Atchison lines.
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Las Animas
Texas Points
Gulf Ports
Texas
Atchison
Colorado
Atchison Lines
Jury convicts John W. Brady of murder without malice
The jury finds John W. Brady guilty of murder without malice and sentences him to three years in prison. Two jurors say it was a hard case and they did what they thought was right. C M Rogers, supervisor of high schools, will address the San Jacinto Methodist church adult class as guest today.
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John W. Brady
San Jacinto Methodist Church
C. M. Rogers
Me Rogers
Rain-Soaked South County Deluges Close Roads
Record rainfall by night drives total precipitation to ten inches. Heavy floods sent rivers and creeks roaring while all highway traffic was halted across Fentress and Prairielea areas southeast of town.
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Fentress
Prairielea
Here
Piles Treatment Claims Cure After Eighteen Years
Mrs. F. E. Keith of La Cygne Kansas credits Dr McCleary for curing her piles in a month after suffering over eighteen years She urges others with rectal trouble to write for the tea book Piles Treated Without Surgery and notes 20000 patients treated nationwide and free reference list
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F. E. Keith
la Cygne
Kansas
Dr. McCleary
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Keith
McCleary
United States
Canada
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