Exports for Texas exceed New York in 1924 foreign trade
Texas led all states in 1924 foreign sales with exports valued at 737.2 million dollars, per Commerce. New York ranked second at 731.6 million, while Pennsylvania fell to third with 23.3 million. Missouri and others posted smaller totals as states reported major commodity shipments.
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International News Service
Washington
Texas
America
Department of Commerce
Lone Star
United Press
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
New York
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Redpath-Horner Chautauqua Advance Ticket Drive Report
Mexia advance ticket sales for the Redpath-Horner chautauqua show its opening Friday surpassing $300 after five hours of work with $800 expected by Tuesday night. Major Arrington and Major Landrum led two ticket divisions with Carl Davis as general in the drive on Mexia. A pep luncheon at the Topic Cafe drew many workers as Miss Dana Batey and Carl Davis guided the program and discussion.
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Redpath-Horner Chautauqua
Oran Arrington
W. B. Landrum
Carl Davis
Mexia
Arrington
Landrum
Schulz-Bennett Drug Store
America
J. H. Cason
Harry Porter
B. H. Brailes
Lily Savage
Rena Batey
Z Rochelle
M. J. Paul
J. Little
A. H. Berry
Babe Ruth Returns to Yankees for Senators Game
New York June 1 Babe Ruth is set to rejoin the New York Yankees for this afternoon’s game against the Washington Senators after an eight week absence. If fit he will play the full game and become a regular again.
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New York
New York Yanks
Babe Ruth
Washington Senators
Ruth
Police Unravel Kidnap Plot Against Mary Pickford
Three men confessed to a plan to kidnap film star Mary Pickford disguising as Shrines. They intended to hold her for 200000 dollars, targeting a remote shack in Tu junga canyon. A fourth man is being sought as investigators say the plot was well planned and dangerous.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Pola Negri
Jackie Congan
Miss Pickford
Adrian James Woods
Claude Holcomb
Ho Stevens
Pickford Studios
Mary
Tujunga Canyon
Here
Auest
Holcomb
Order World
Senators edge Athletics for 4 3 win behind Harris late heroics
Yesterday Bucky Harris delivered the key blow in the ninth as the Senators rallied to beat the Athletics 4 3. Deberry’s passed ball and Terry’s homer aided a late scoring burst, while other games saw the Giants shut out the Robins 2 0 and the Red Sox triumph 9 6 over the Yankees. Dazzy Vance struck out 13 in a separate performance.
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Bucky Harris
Senators
Athletics
Deberry
Terry
Giants
Robins
Dazzy Vance
New York
Mexia City Faces Bond Crisis Over $40,000 Water Plan
The Mexia city commission plans emergency warrants to fund a $40,000 water reservoir and a 10 inch pipeline project after bond firm objections to the issue. An attorney will draft a resolution under the new charter as a bond issue may follow to relieve overdrafts and fund the urgently needed work.
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Mexia
City Commission
G. A. Walters
Board of Equalization
Rewards Out for Killer of Jews
Houston police sought a gunman who killed two Jewish storekeepers in the past week. Jewish groups and Black residents posted rewards totaling 1500 dollars. Julius Levy and Paul Levy were each shot in their stores under similar circumstances, and the two men are not related.
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Houston
Julius Levy
Paul Levy
Levys
Aviator Among Two Held in Los Angeles Killing Case
SAN ANTONIO June 1 One of two suspects held for the murder of Juan Hernandez and the beating of his companion Miss Carmen Pena 26 is an aviator stationed at the hangar of the Second Division air service The second suspect is a civilian of Mexican descent Miss Pena is rapidly recovering from injuries
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San Antonio
Juan Hernandez
Carmen Pena
Air Service
Secretary of War Weeks Reported Worse After Operation
Boston June 1 The condition of Secretary of War John Weeks who underwent an operation here Thursday was reported not as good as previously noted.
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Boston
John. Weeks
Thinks America on German Side
London diplomatic circles say if France seeks a security pact an impasse will force Britain to expect the United States on Germanys side. American diplomats report Germany is disarmed and allied pressure for more disarmament harms German commerce.
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International News Service
London
France
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Tell Texas Destroyed by Monday Fires
Childress Texas June 1 the greater portion of Tell Texas was destroyed by fire early today seven business houses and a dozen residences burned origin of the fire unknown and loss is estimated at two hundred to three hundred thousand dollars
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Childress
Texas
Tell
Governor Terguson Receives pardon support from church congress
The South western Central Disblick Sunday School and EB. P. U. Congress meeting at Conroe sent Governor Terguson a message congratulating her on her pardon stand urging her to continue. She replied thanking the congress and affirming she would continue.
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Austin
Southwestern Central Disblick Sunday School
P. U. Congress
Conroe
Terguson
Congress
SMU Professor Branscomb Asked to Resign Chair
In Dallas on June 1 Professor Harvie Branscomb a New Testament scholar at Southern Methodist University was asked to resign as chair after a letter he issued opposing Dr G C Selecman action to oust instructor M I Workman. Workman faces criticism over revival methods of the Methodist church.
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Dallas
Harvie Branscomb
Southern Methodist University
G. C. Selecman
Branscomb
Seleeman
M. I Workman
Workman
Methodist Church
City Commissioner J K Hughes III Hospitalized After Ptomaine Poisoning
J K Hughes III, a city commissioner, is confined to bed at home after a ptomaine poisoning Sunday. He remains not critically ill though concerns remain about his condition and recovery.
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J. K. Hughes
Anti-Saloon Man Sentenced for Liquor Law Violations
Herbert Nations former state labor commissioner and Anti-Saloon League supporter was sentenced in Federal District Court to 18 months in prison for liquor law violations. The report also notes cotton market fluctuations with July and October futures cited as open lower and off.
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ST. Louis
Herbert Nations
Anti- Saloon League
Federal District Court
Mutiny and bloodshed grip China as soldiers strike
Six hundred Chinese soldiers at Hung Hai mutinied and killed most officers. Thirty mutineers were jailed. In Shanghai a general strike led to shootings injuring ten to twenty and eleven killed at a Japanese mill. American warships may be deployed to protect nationals.
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International News Service
London
Hung Hai
Central
Shanghai
Nankin Road
Washington
China
Jiggs Popular But Loses To Larger Numbers
Voters favor the NEA service over Jiggs and the Bringing up Father comic. Freckles and friends plus crossword features helped the new service win. Final results will be announced soon with a quick start planned.
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Jiggs
NEA
Freckles
Father
Five Injured in Church Explosion in Oklahoma City
Five people, including 16 year old Virginia Early, were burned when a dynamite cap exploded in a church during an evening service. Two boys were playing with caps causing a disturbance. a fragment lodged in Pauline Wright's neck. Thirteen people sat nearby. the boys found the caps in the street and did not know they were dangerous.
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Oklahoma City
Virginia Early
Miss Early
Pauline Wright
Five in Family Killed by Wreck
In Hamilton Ohio a Cincinnati Indiana & Western Railroad train struck an automobile, killing five members of a Hutchins family and badly injuring Earl Hutchins who is expected to recover. Karl Hutchins, 10, is the sole survivor. The dead are Herschel Hutchins 48 Mazie Hutchins 45 Margaret Hutchins 16 Gladys Hutchins 13 Donald Hutchins 11.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Karl Hutchins
Willow Branch
Ind
Cincinnati, Indiana & Western Railroad
Earl
Herschel” Hutchins
Mazie
Margaret
Gladys
Donald
Thomas Riley Marshall dies in bed reading Bible in Washington
Thomas Riley Marshall former vice president under Wilson died in Washington at 9 40 am after a period of illness following a cold felt to be improved. Born March 14 1854 at North Manchester Indiana he built a legal and political career culminating as Indiana governor in 1908 and later as U S vice president from 1913 to 1921.
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Daniel M. Marshall
John Marshall
United States Supreme Court
Charles Carroll
Marshall
North Manchester
Wabash College
Crawfordville
Ind
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Walter Olds
Columbia City
Tom Marshall
Lois Kinsey
Angola
Congress
Iit
Indiana
Middle West
Baltimore
Grave fears for Amundsen Pole Hunters collapse
London June 1 grave fears grew as Amundsen and party missing for eleven days may have landed planes in a crevice near the pole. The land appeared smooth but wrecked the machines, with nations offering aid while Norway has not accepted.
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London
Amundsen Land
America
France
Italy
Amundsen
Norway
Missing Witness Hunted by Crowe in Shepherd Murder Trial
The search for Robert A. White, a missing prosecution witness, drew Crowe's plea that someone in Chicago wired money to White. Pittsburgh police aided by Crowe's detective oversee telegraph offices as the hunt continues. Jury selection for William D. Shepherd's trial resumes with four jurors seated. hundreds of veniremen have been examined over two weeks, with faster progress anticipated and a possible end-of-week completion.
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Chicago
Robert A. White
Shepherd Germ
Pittsburgh
Robert E. Crowe
White
Western Union
Crowe
Telegraph Company
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
McClintock
Woman Murdered by Negro Burglar in Burlington Kansas
Miss Florence Knoblock was found murdered in her home with a mutilated body after her husband John Knoblock discovered the crime Saturday. Bloodhounds traced the suspect Sherman Stevens to his home where bloodstains were found on lumber near his residence. Stevens, a negro, was taken to Yates Center jail for safekeeping following his arrest.
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Burlington
Kans
Sherman Stevens
Yates Center
Florence Knoblock
Stevens
John Knoblock
Bobbed Hair Raid Closes University in Vienna
Vienna reports the University of Vienna closed the main building after Pan-German undergraduates disrupted the campus. Police intervened as students dragged and shouted at women with bobbed hair, declaring that no respectable German girl bobbed hair.
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Vienna
Sperl
University of Vienna
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J.K. Hughes III
U. S
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