United States Inches Toward Recognizing Mexican Government
Washington May 24 United States moves toward recognizing the Mexican government. Secretary Hughes note to Mexico City contains suggested steps for recognition and could be adopted without a written promise. If President Obregon responds satisfactorily, recognition is expected almost immediately.
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United Press
Washington
Hughes
d’Affairs
Summerlin
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Obregon
Major Fire Devastates Dallas Business Block
A massive blaze in Dallas destroyed a large business storage area bounded by Hardwood Olive Elm and Pacific streets. Loss estimated at 500000 with the biggest hit at the Great Hardwood Pacific Storage Company where about a hundred cars burned. No injuries reported. fire began about 2 30 a m and controlled by 7 a m.
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United Press
Dallas
Hardwood
Olive
Elm
Pacific
Winn Furniture
Great Hardwood Pacific Storage Company
Hughes Furniture Company
Supervisors Aim for Helpful Ties With Oil Field Operators
W F Arnold of the Texas Railroad Commission and Deputy Mike McNamara toured the Young county oil field. Arnold stressed a service role to aid development and avoid conflict, noting legal steps exist to plug abandoned wells and secure costs and liens if operators fail to comply.
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Ner
W. F. Arnold
Wichita Falls
Young County
Mike McNamara
Mr. Arnold
Arnold
Roumania
Standard Oil Company
Vernon Sayles
Lesue
One Million a Bay Keeps Sheriff Away From U S Big Debt
Private American investors are grub-staking foreign industry and governments at about 1,000,000 dollars daily. Over the last year roughly 350 million has been loaned abroad for docks, waterworks, tram lines, factories, and elevators, funded partly from wages saved by Americans. Edge Law spurs foreign investment opportunities as the U S seeks to repay European debt.
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Ralph Ford Couch
United Press
Washington
New York
United States
South America
Switzerland
European
Canada
France
Europe
Premier Briand Faces Jeers in French Chamber
Paris May 24 Premier Briand of France was jeered and hooted in the Chamber of Deputies as he declared Germany had shown good faith in meeting Allied demands. The session was among the stormiest in history with Briand’s voice drowned by jeers but he stood firm saying France will go no further except under imperious necessity.
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Paris
Briand
France
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Chamber
Germany vows severe punishment for volunteer corps in Silesia
President Ebert announced a proclamation promising harsh penalties for any volunteer forces organized for service in Silesia. The statement emphasizes the government's determination to enforce order amid regional tensions.
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United Press
Berlin
Ebert
Silesia
Arrest of prominent man in girl's death case
Guyman Oklahoma May 24 State Representative J Q Denny held by sheriff on charge of living immorally with Virginia Lloyd 20 daughter of a Methodist minister who killed herself in Oklahoma City after finding out Denny was married
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United Press
Guyman
Okla
J. Q. Denny
Virginia Lloyd
Oklahoma City
Denny
Sun Defending Mother Killed by Father in Texas
Stewart Keith died from a pistol wound Sunday after a Saturday night shooting. His father Charles Keith is jailed on murder charges with an examining trial not yet scheduled. The killing occurred after a domestic dispute at the Keith family farms near Mount Piasant.
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Sun
Mount Piasant
Texas
Stewart Keith
Charles Keith
Charies Keith
Charles
Ram Attacks Woman in Illinois Farmyard Attack
In Waukegan Illinois on May 24 Mrs T J Stahl fought a maddened ram that had broken her leg with her slipper until neighbors intervened. The animal charged the yard injuring her before she drove it off.
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Ram
United Press
Waukeegan
Ills
T. J. Stahl
Scholastic Census Shows Increase in Young County
County Public Instruction head H. H. Avants completed census rolls and sent them to Austin. The rolls list 4,391 scholastic age children in Young County, a notable rise from last year. Graham Independent School District rose from 900 to over 1,000. South Bend and Flinsville districts also show gains.
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H. H. Avants
Austin
Young County
Graham Independent
South Bend
Flinsville
Germany Promises To Dissolve Her Forces
Paris May 24 Germany has promised to close the Upper Silesian frontier and dissolve their regular forces sent to combat the Poles. The United States began to loan, with loans now totaling about 2 billion dollars in American investments abroad, adding to 13 billion loaned to foreign governments and 10 billion in direct war loans plus 3.5 billion in credit on surplus war and navy materials.
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Paris
Germany
United States
Shrine Club Dance Planned for Next Thursday Night
The Graham Shrine Club announces a dance in the Johnson building on the west side of the square next Thursday night. R. D. Lincoln said all Nobles are urged to attend with their wives for what is described as an enjoyable affair.
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Graham Shrine Club
Johnson
R. D. Lincoln
Mooney 15 Hopeful as Move is Made to Secure Freedom
In San Francisco on May 24 United Press reports Thomas Mooney remains hopeful as a California superior court considers granting a new trial on his 1916 murder case tied to the preparedness day dynamiting. The hearing aims to admit new affidavits to support Mooney and wife Rena’s alibi on the Eilers Building roof, disputing the state’s assertion the couple left the bomb at Stuart and Market Streets.
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San Francisco
United Press
Thos. Mooney
Superior Court
Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
Stuart
Market Streets
Rena
Eilers
French May Occupy The Ruhr Valley
Paris dispatch reports the Chamber of Deputies prepared a resolution demanding immediate French occupation of the Ruhr Valley as punishment for Germany failing to stop volunteers entering Upper Silesia.
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United Press
Paris
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Upper Silesia
Chamber of Deputies
Motion for New Trial Denied for Albert L. Rowan
Dallas news item reports that on May 24 District Judge Ely of Abilene overruled a motion for a new trial for Albert L. Rowan. Rowan's attorneys announced an appeal has been filed.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
Albert L. Rowan
Ely
Abilene
Rowan
Graham school bond vote urged. polls close at 7 p m
Local report shows 74 votes cast in the $65,000 Graham school bond election this afternoon. Citizens are urged to vote in support before the 7 p m closing, citing overcrowded facilities and the need for a new building for the children.
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Graham
Dallas Man Flayed by Masked Men Then Dumped
John T. Moore a 30 year old man recently released on bond after an arrest for enticing a 12 year old girl, was driven to a secluded Dallas county spot at midnight and whipped with a blacksnake by masked men before being dumped from a car at a downtown business corner. No group affiliation or identities of the attackers are known.
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Dallas
Texas
John T. Moore
Dallas County
Judge Sadler to Quit Chief Inspector Post
Austin on May 24 S P Sadler tendered his resignation as chief inspector and gas inspector to the Railroad Commission effective July 1 He will practice law in Dallas and leave the position to return to private life in law practice in Dallas.
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Sadler
United Press
Austin
S. P. Sadler
Railroad Commission
Dallas
Girl Caught in Track Hurts Escaping Car at City Hall
Miss Ora Rice of 918 Fairmount Avenue suffered a sprained ankle and bruises after her heel was caught in a street car track near Fort Worth City Hall on Sunday. She freed her foot as a street car neared, fell to the pavement, and was assisted by passing motorists before being taken home by Robertson-Mueller Ambulance.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Ora Rice
Fairmount Avenue
City Hall
Miss Rice
Robertson-Mueller Undertaking Company
Irish Voters Stabbed in Belfast Election Riots
Seventeen voters were stabbed to death in Belfast on election day riots at the Ballymacraft shipyards, amid labor agitators and Sinn Fein sympathizers.
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United Press
Belfast
Ballymacraft
Sinn Fein
House debate over Ambassador Harvey statements introduced
In Wahington on May 24 a Democrat representative Flood introduced a resolution in the House asking Secretary of State Hughes if Ambassador Harvey’s remarks on the American entry into the war were approved by the State Department.
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United Press
Wahington
Secretary of State
Hughes
Ambassador Harvey
State Department
House
Representative Flood
Cotton contracts pour in as Texas Farm Bureau expands
Dallas May 24 The Texas Farm Bureau Federation marketing department must hire more clerical help to handle the growing volume of cotton contracts. C O Moser executive secretary says 100 counties are organized and signing up contracts as work enters full swing. Communities close on certain days so growers can sign up. Everyone is getting involved and it is becoming a statewide concern.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
C. 0
Moser
Texas Farm Bureau
Forbeses Welcome New Son
Mr and Mrs Frank Forbes announce the arrival of a new son. The birth certifies a family addition, with no complications reported and congratulations pouring in from relatives and neighbors.
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Frank Forbes
Community to raise 1200 monthly for local baseball club
Baseball club officials and business leaders plan a 1200 per month fund to cover current debts on lumber for the grandstand and other expenses. The committee includes Q Wood Dillard Hinson R E Lynch D E Stimson Z Irwin IL K Parker and G B Johnson as Graham shows potential with a strong batting lineup. The schedule runs through July with games in Paris Benham Ardmore Sherman Cleburne and Bonham. R J McCloud and family return from Wichita Falls visit.
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Q. Wood
Dillard Hinson
R. E. Lynch
D. E. Stimson
Z. Irwin
IL. K. Parker
G. B. Johnson
Graham
Classified ad method for renting rooms in Leader
The article promotes placing a classified ad in the Leader to rent rooms, claiming it is simple and effective. It argues that the classifieds are widely read and save effort compared to wandering the city.
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Sherman
Cleburne
R. J. McCloud
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