Mid-Continent Refinery to Shut Down Aug 10
In a decision reported in Chicago, the Mid-Continent refinery will suspend operations on August 10 cutting daily gasoline output by about 112 000 barrels in the territory. A commission to study costs and a report were appointed by a large meeting in the city.
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Aport
Big Meeting
H-id
Chicago
Associated Press
Mud-Continent
Mid-Continent
Kansas City
Brookhart Urges Special Session to Avert Farm Calamity
United States Senator Smith Brookhart of Iowa presses a Farmers Union picnic call for a congressional special session to avert agricultural crisis through rapid government marketing agency action. He says lasting relief lies in cooperative farmer control of production and markets. A.P. report.
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Mrese Eldon
Iowa
United States
Smith Brookhart
Farmers Union
Congress
Mexican Killed in Mirando City Shooting
Sheriff Condren and County Attorney Neblett were summoned to Mirando City by Deputy Williams after George Guernsey, a Texas-Mexican Railway Co. agent, shot 18 year old Silverio Saichez in the Mexican quarter at about 2:30 AM. Saichez died six hours later. Guernsey, intoxicated, fired on the sleeping man and was held on murder charges to face the Webb county grand jury.
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Joe Condren
Neblett
Mirando City
John Williams
Condren
Silverio Saichez
George Guernsey
Pexas- Mexican Ry. Co
Guernsey
Williams
Times
Miranda City
Justice of the Peace Sterling
Miranda Ciy
Young Sanchez
Sanchez
Webb
Laredo
Justice of the Peace
Sterling
Monroe Dinner Plate Exhibit At Doctrine Centennial
The Monroe silver dinner service will be used by President Harding during his visit to Los Angeles for the Monroe Doctrine Centennial and Maim Picture Exposition. Mrs Jose Hoes, Monroe’s great granddaughter, lent the service and relics for display and will allow the loan for the president’s dinner at the hosting hotel.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Monroe
Tislding
Jose Hoes
Harding
Intruder Catches Hair of 14 Year Old Daughter
An intruder in the home of E G Warly in Lubbock Texas last night cupped the hair of his 14 year old daughter. She awakened and screamed causing the intruder to flee.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
E.G. Warly
American Forum to Publish in San Antonio Texas
The American Forum, a new San Antonio newspaper, received a secretary of state charter today. Capitalized at $5,000, it lists J. S. Bonner Charlie Biggs and L. D. Biggs among its incorporators.
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Ho Apsociated
Austin
Texas
American Forum
San Antonio
J. 8. Bonner
Charlies Biggs
L. D. Biggs
Three Convicted In Mail Defrauding Case
The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction of Dr Edward Rumeley former publisher of the New York Evening Mail Walter Kaufman and Norman Lindheim for defrauding the alien property custodian on a report about the paper ownership. They are ordered to serve one year and a day in Atlanta prison.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals Today
Edward Rumeley
New York Evening Mail
Walter Kaufman
Norman Lindheim
Mails
Atlanta
Red Flag Torn Down At Hoboken IWW HQ Riot
A crowd stormed the Hoboken IWW headquarters during a longshoremen strike and tore down the organization’s red flag. The flag was burned after being torn down as the IWW alleged members of the International Longshoremen's Association led the attack that pulled back its own walkout workers.
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Associated Preen
New York
Hoboken
Industrial Workers of the World
International Longshoremen's Association
Storing Wheat for High Price Signals Farm Pause
A surge of Nebraska farmers hold wheat off the market as prices rise. Dispatches from across the state report farmers delaying threshing and storing grain, aiming to await better returns.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Gibbon
Three Deaths From the Heat Hit Texas Areas
Three fatalities attributed to heat prostration occurred in Texas within 48 hours with J C Dendy and an unidentified Mexican dying in Dallas hospitals and L Fillschmidt dying on Thursday. Small showers cooled parts of the state while Sherman reported over three inches of rain causing wind damage and a mill plant blaze with losses between forty and fifty thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
J. C. Dendy
L. Fillschmidt
Sherman
Pittman- Harrison Company
Dempsey to Fight Firpo for World Title at Polo Grounds
Promoter Tex Rickard announced Dempsey will meet Luis Firpo in a 15 round heavyweight championship bout at the Polo Grounds on September 14. Admission prices range from 3 to 26 dollars, the lowest on record for a heavyweight fight. A crowd of about 80 000 is expected after a new ringside stand is completed.
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Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Argentina
Polo Grounds
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Officers Call for Texas Guard Meeting in Houston
Wil Jackson, president of the 36th division Texas National Guard association, issued a call for a meeting of all division officers in Houston on August 2. The officers will greet General Gouraud, the French commander, who is slated to visit Houston next week.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas National Guard
Houston
Wil Jackson
Division Association
Gouraud
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