Thirteen Killed as North Texas Wind Storm Rips Through Area
Associated Press reports a sweeping wind storm across West Texas to North Central Texas and Oklahoma left thirteen dead and numerous injuries. fatalities occurred at Rowena Cisco Electra and Lawton with heavy property damage and disrupted communications.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Rowena
Ballinger
Cisco
Electra
Lawton
Jee Hohutek
Frank Kratl
San Angelo
Callahan County
Workers suspend talks as strike persists in coal fields
New York reports union representatives and coal operators pause wage talks and plan to resume Tuesday to push for a settlement. In Kansas City no conference Monday as Provisional President Peck meets Missouri's President Hdmi to discuss operator invitations. Weeks declines to send federal troops to Gallup where martial law followed coal strike unrest. Idle miners begin receiving last pay, estimated at 30 million dollars, as fund for the strike.
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Associated Press
New York
Pittsburg
Xan
Southwest
Kansas City
Peck
Kansas
Hdim
Missouri
Washington
Weeks
New Mexico
Mecham
Gallup
Indianapolis
Denby orders naval radio stations closed to public use
Denby announced that he ordered naval radio stations shut to public reception for speeches lectures and non official communications except musical programs to be picked up by radio telephone.
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Washington
Denby
Denied Censorship Over Opening Prayer At Arms Conference
Secretary Hughes rejected charges that censorship removed Christ from the opening prayer at the arms conference. He informed Representative Fess of Ohio that the Japanese knew of the omission and that no censorship was exercised, addressing the repeated accusations during the four power treaty debate.
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Washington
Hughes
Fess
Ohio
Senator Borah Pushes Deportation of Anti Bolshevik Leader
Washington April. Chairman Borah of the Senate labor committee says he will seek deportation of the anti Bolshevik leader held on bail in New York related to a civil suit. He cites charges that American men women and children were butchered in Siberia by General Semenoff.
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Washington
Siberia
Semenoff
Borah
Senate Labor Committee
New York
Bureau Closes for Inventory at Engraving and Printing
The U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing divisions printing banknotes hands and postage stamps will shut tonight for an indefinite period to take an inventory repair machinery and transfer to the department the bureau issue of new steel plates. The upgrade aims to prevent counterfeiting as old plates wear and prints become easier to counterfeit.
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Ansociateda Press
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Jamea L Wilmeth
Department of the Bureau
One Killed at Electra
One person is reported killed in Electra as of April 8 with sparse details from Wichita Falls dispatches. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Electra
Wichita Falls
Unwritten Law to Be His Plea in Beck Killing
Jean P Day and his wife prepared to address a coroner's jury in Oklahoma City to claim self defense in the killing of Lieut Col Paul Ward Beck. The six jurors will hear sworn statements and other evidence to determine responsibility for the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Stew Cole
Oklahoma
Jean P. Day
Paul Ward Beck
Day
Storm Claims Lives in Southeast of Electra
Reports say a person was killed and another severely injured southeast of Electra during a rain and wind storm. Early details describe hazardous conditions and ongoing emergency response as authorities investigate the incident.
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Electra
Windstorm claims Lawton resident and injures infant
Lawton Oklahoma reports one death Mrs Sands and a likely fatal injury to her baby from an eight o clock morning wind event in Mountain Hill addition. Injuries and property damage noted with widespread reports of harm. In Oklahoma City damages around ten thousand dollars from a storm that tore the auto building roof and collapsed the liberal arts building at the state fair grounds.
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Lawton
Okla
Mra. Sands
H'll
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Fair
Automobile
Liberal Arts
Wind Storm tears through Cleburne injuring resident
A wind and rain storm struck Cleburne Texas on April 3 damaging several buildings including the home of Mrs Walter Baker which was demolished and seriously injuring her. The fair grounds and local telephone and light wires suffered extensive damage.
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Cleburne
Texas
Walter Baker
Humble Refinery Cuts Gasoline Price Again to 18 Cents
By Associated Press Houston April 8 the Humble Oil Refining Company again reduced gasoline by two cents within a week setting a new price of 18 cents. The Galena Signal Company met the cut.
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Houston
Texas
Humble Oil Refining Company
Galena Signal Company
Judge Orders Three Witnesses Remanded for Grand Jury Refusal
Wichita Falls Texas April 8 Judge Napier of the 80th district court remanded three witnesses to jail for refusal to answer grand jury questions on the Ku Klux Klan. Each faced a one hundred dollar fine and were held until they would answer fully.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Napier
80Th District Court
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Richter
STYLE
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Caddo
Oplin
JK. Beretta
Prasivent
B. M. Alexander
M. W. Brennan
Sam W. Brown
A. L. Videurri
Laredo National Bank
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United States
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A. Deutz & Brother
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