New Outbreak in China Spurs Riots and Turmoil
Reports from Shantou and Hong Kong describe rioting against foreigners in several districts. Bombing at the commerce house and machine gun clashes near Canton Vox indicate rising instability in China. In Bulgaria and Sofia police crackdowns target communists with mass arrests. A Sofia dispatch notes King Boris commuting a death sentence in a cathedral bombing case.
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Vienna
Boris
Madama Nicol Jove
Prison Commission to Get Funds on Cotton Prospects
An arrangement for a $200000 loan to the Texas prison commission has been made with Weatherford Crump and Co for this year's cotton crops. The loan will be issued once approved by the Attorney General. Roxana Oil Company has leased 2000 acres of the Clemons prison farm and will start prospecting immediately.
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Austin
June S
Texas Prison Commission
Weatherford, Crump and Co
Houseton
Roxana Oil Company
Clemons
McCarty on Trial for Dual Slaying in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth today the trial opens for Robert McCarty accused of killing G. W. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers. McCarty claims he fired in self defense after Rogers made a threatening move. Mrs. Rogers died in the incident near the city several weeks ago.
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Fort Worth
June
SA Ventre
Robert McCarty
G. W. Rogers
McCarty
Rogers
Coolidge Honors Norse At Centennial Fair In Minnesota
President Coolidge praised Norse daring and Amundsen’s polar voyage during a Minnesota speech at the Norwegian Centennial Celebration. He urged world cooperation, lauded America’s polyglot origins, and noted Norwegian immigrants’ contributions to education, the military, and national unity.
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President Coolidge
Coolidge
America
Earth
Middle of Babel
New York
Heat Wave Ends as Death Toll Tops 800 Across Regions
Relief followed a seven day heat wave that caused more than 800 deaths and thousands of prostrations. Temperatures plunged by up to 80 degrees with widespread damage from storms in Oklahoma and Kansas. Tornadoes in Wray and Wilson caused fatalities and property loss, while Oklahoma City and Ardmore reports include lightning deaths and collapsed homes.
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Fiort
Boston
New
Alleghonnes
Mississippi
Oklanoma City
Charles McQuilkin
Enid
Guthrie Country Club
Audrey Killian
Ardmore
C. R. Howard
Howard
Vina
Mary McConnell
Wilson
Wray
Cole
Nebraska
Texarkana Man Charged Over Fatal Dance Hall Shooting
Luther Malone held on murder charges after a country dance shooting near Texarkana Arkansas left Howard Johnson dead and two others wounded. Charles Fout and James Frost were hit by bullets as doctors warned four may die. Allen Gillespie of Prendergast Smith Bank had returned from a Dallas vacation.
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Texarkana
Ark
Luther Malone
Howard Johnson
Charles W. Fout
James Frost
Allen
Gillespie
Smith National Bank
Dallas
Limestone county to pave 40 miles of roads in Read District
County commissioners set July 9 as bid opening date for a 369000 project to pave 40 miles of Read District No 1 roads in Limestone County. Bid to cover the entire job, with gravel and asphalt surfaces. Separate contract for concrete and newhall top highways, under a 1109000 program, awaits state aid agreement.
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Mein Distriet
Limestone County
Asate
Lene
Comanche Road
Datura Road
Pin Oak
Tehuresna Crossing
Tehuacena Valley
Beene
Bess, Suttle
Moxia
Engher Boyett
Arthur Germany Jr. Killed in Los Angeles Accident
Warren Steele received a telegram from his daughter Mrs. Arthur Germany in Los Angeles stating their eldest son T. A. Jr. was killed and another son Jinks severely injured in an auto accident Sunday. The family had lived in Dallas before moving to Los Angeles, with few details available on the crash.
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Warren Steele
Arthur Germany
Los Angeles
T. A. Jr
Jinks
Dallas
Heat Wave Is Broken by Rain
Heavy stifling heat in Fort Worth ended as a heavy downpour began before 1 PM. The rain cooled the city and was reported to have started almost simultaneously in Port Arthur, Houston, and San Antonio.
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Fort Worth
International News Service
Port Arthur
Houston
San Antonio
Chas W. Bryan to headline Mexia chautauqua talk
Governor Charles W. Bryan arrived in Mexia from Waco to deliver a Monday night public affairs address at the chautauqua. Organizers promise a large crowd and a prelude art exhibition by Chicago Institute staff ahead of the lecture.
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Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Mexia
Waco
Chautauqua
Bryan
Majestic Hotel
Lacqua
Chéries
Staples
Chicago Art Institute
la Joya Guatemala
George D Alden
W. J. Bryan
Ruth Bryan Owen
W. J
Sir. Bryan
Two Die, Two Hurt in Banana Room Gas Blast
A gas explosion in the banana room of a Ranger produce company Sunday afternoon left Cris Wheeler dead and Vernon Mitchell and J M McClesky badly injured. Authorities say escaping gas lit by a cigarette likely caused the blast.
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International News Service
Cris Wheeler
Vernon Mitchell
J. M. McClesky
Three Die in Dallas Mishaps
Three people died and two were seriously injured in motor mishaps near Dallas over the weekend. Victims were A. J. Proctor, 31, Enoch Hinson, 11, and Emmett K. Hinson, 33.
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Dallas
Here
A. J. Proctor
Enoch Hinson
Emmett K. Hinson
Rat Aes Eae
Night watchman slugged. Bond Clothing safe robbed
In Cleveland on June 8 two gunmen knocked the night watchman to the floor at Bond Clothing Company, forced the safe combination, and escaped with ten thousand dollars in cash.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Bond Clothing Company
President Coolidge in Minnesota for Norse Centennial
President Calvin Coolidge visits St Paul and Minneapolis for the Norse-American Centennial. A thunderstorm cooled the day, a navy dirigible Los Angeles trip was canceled, and he addresses 100000 at the Fair Grounds after a morning of receptions and meetings with Republican leaders.
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William J. Lolit
United Press
ST. Faul
Minn
Coolidge
Twin Cities
Navy
Kellogg
Swere
Minneapolis
Fair Grounds
Christianson
Minnesota
Mississippi River
State Capitol
Washington
Cotton Near Total Loss Across Texas Districts
The Texas State Department of Agriculture reports the 1930s style drought and boll weevil damage have put cotton at near total loss in all districts. Corn yields are also expected to be poor as rains and pests threaten crops statewide.
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International News Services
Austin
Texas
State Department of Agriculture
Violent Death Toll Reaches Twenty One in Chicago
Chicago reports 21 violent and accidental deaths over the weekend including four murders and four traffic fatalities. The violence includes bootleg related deaths, a cafe gun battle, an unidentified Italian killed in hijack hijack clash, and a police officer mortally wounded after exchanging fire.
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Chicago
Harry
Haseymiller
Walter O'Donnell
Clance Kinsley
Indianapolis
Hand Prints Sought as LSU Seeks Murder Clues
Baton Rouge reports LSU plans to print all students fingerprints today to aid the murder inquiry into Prof. Oscar B. Turner whose mutilated body was found in a university building. Police note an imprint on a small axe handle resembling a palm print. Turner had been pursuing a stolen list of exam questions.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Oscar B. Turner
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