Dallas golfers pace Southern Kern tourney at Brook Hollow
J R Robertson of Lakewood Dallas won medalist honors with 72 in yesterdays qualifier and today defeated Fred Golding 3 and 2 to start match play in the Southern Kern association championship at Brook Hollow. Frank Dyer of Memphis eliminated Roger Parker 5 and 4 as Dallas players again sweep early rounds.
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Dallas
Texas
J. R. Robertson
Lakewood Country Club
Fred Golding
Brook Hollow
Frank Dyer
Memphis
Roger Parcer
Dennis Lavender
Stamford
Darden Hampton
Chattanooga
Ena
Arly
Holmes
Robertson
Dallas Spanglestar
Watts Gunn
Atlanta
Gunn
Glen Crisman
Selma
Ala
Georgia
Dyer
Parker
Vance Norfleet
Charles Cawthorn
Howard Wynne
Medal Crest
Bridewell
Arkansas
J. J. Ballard, Jr
Fort Worth
Gibson Payne
Emmett Spicer, Jr
Emphis
Crisman
Arkansas Cities Seek Air Mail Lines Amid Enthusiasm
Arkansas cities push for new air mail routes as Little Rock hosts a banquet with W P McCracken assistant secretary of commerce. Proposals include a route from Oklahoma City to Memphis via Little Rock and another from Waco to Shreveport Little Rock and St Louis, potentially serving El Dorado Pine Bluff Jonesboro and Monroe.
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Monroe
Little Rock
W. P. McCracken
Department of Commerce
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Waco
Texas
Hreveport
St. Louis
Yéonroe
Birmingham
Second Negro Dies After Auto Wreck In Louisiana
B A 4 Greenberry an aged Black resident of Bastrop Louisiana died at a local hospital on Tuesday from injuries suffered Saturday when struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train at a crossing between Collinston and Melrose. His son was fatally injured and died within hours. Another Black man was injured as an automobile carrying them was demolished. Greenberry was a leading local figure owning substantial property.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Greenberry
Missouri Pacific
Collinston
Met Rouge
Nobile Guided Fliers By Radio To Stranded Party
North Cape survivors seek land aid after gondola crash. General Nobile injured, Natale Cecciani severely helped by radio signals from Major Maddalena. Party members include Vigliera Behounek Biggi Ceciani Troiani. About 650 pounds of provisions and medical supplies dropped to the camp.
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Nobile
Natale Cecciani
Cecciani
General Nobile
Lieut
Alfredo Vigliera
Prof
F. Behounek
Giussippe Biggi
Natale Ceciani
Filippo Troiani
Rome
Maddalena
Stefani
Amundsen Missing After Polar Rescue Flight
London reports Roald Amundsen, famed polar explorer, left Tromsoe for Spitzbergen in a French airplane to aid the Italia rescue party. He has been missing over forty eight hours as Major Maddalena locates the stranded men and drops supplies. Guilbaud and Amundsen may have landed in Spitzbergen with faulty wireless gear amid hazardous flying conditions.
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London
Roald Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Spitzbergen
Maddalena
Italia
Rene Guilbaud
Cotton Oil Mill Bill Beaten in Senate Narrow defeat
Baton Rouge June 20 The bill by Senator J Hugo Dore Avoyelles prohibiting cotton oil companies from operating gins was killed when the senate voted 29 to 8 to indefinitely postpone the measure The purpose was to prevent cotton oil companies from controlling the price of cotton seed A similar bill was defeated in the house
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Baton Rouge
J. Hugo Dore
Avoyelles
Senate Today
Dore
House
Mexican Blast Brings Ruins as Rescue Teams Seek Victims
Rescue workers feared other victims were buried beneath the debris after a boiler part toppled across the street, killing a mother and her two children. Walls collapsed, trapping passersby. An automobile near the bath house was buried, its driver killed as glass windows shattered in surrounding houses.
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Auto
Explosion devastates bath house as engineer and family die
Police say a bath house explosion followed by an overheated boiler occurred when an intoxicated engineer left the boiler to eat lunch elsewhere. He returned to find the boiler overheated and did not open safety valves. The engineer, his wife, and son were found amid the ruins along with a severely injured attendant who survived.
Louisiana severance tax debate echoes in senate
Governor Long engages lawmakers in a tense senate session over a proposed severance tax on oil. He defends his position against Standard Oil critics while outlining tax impacts on schools and state revenue. Proponents argue the tax funds free text books and public schools, while opponents warn of industry shifts to out-of-state crude.
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Mouton
Louisiana
Long
McConnell
J. B. Fournet
Senate
J. Hugo Dore
Pike Hall
Senator Hall
Senate Finance Committee
Governor Long
Wildcatter
Pine Island
Standard Oil Company
Clark
Standard Company
Standard Oil
Harris
J. R. Parten
Shreveport
Mr. Parten
Tam
New Orleans
McFarland
Public Accounts
McClanahan
Fournet of
Committee of
Independent Oil Producers
W. K. Henderson
Racing Bills Move Through Louisiana Committees
Louisiana racing enthusiasts pressed for bills as the house appropriations committee backed a 175000 dollar annual tick eradication appropriation under the Louisiana livestock sanitary board. A Roberts bill to set a uniform statewide speed limit advanced after amendments, raising from 40 to 45 mph on long stretches and removing municipal limits. an unfavorable report failed to pass on a measure granting chiropractors licenses in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Jockey Club
New Orleans
House Appropriations Committee
Geo. J. Ginsberg
Louisiana
Louisiana Livestick Sanitary Board
Roberts
Senate Committee On Public Roads and Highways
House
Senate
Flood danger rises as White River and tributaries push floodfronts
White River continues to rise through Peach Orchard bluff area and Jackson bayou as Missouri inflows worsen flood risk along St. Francis river levees. State and Federal relief mobilize with National Guard readiness and Red Cross on ground. About 700 families in distress, Newport and White counties hardest hit. Congressman Frank Reid of Illinois planned to tour Stephens levee breach and urge river governance reforms before aid.
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Peach Orchard Bluff
Jackson Bayou
St. Francis
Missouri
National Guard
Harvey Parnell
National Red Cross
Reid
Newport
White County
Red Cross
Frank Reid
Illinois
House Flood Control Committee
Memphis
Stephens Tevee
Arkansas
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Delos R. Johnson
Washington
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Senator Holcombe
Frank H. Peterman
Senator Peterman
Peterman
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Nore
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Star
Gillette
America
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Premier Malt Sales Company
Masonic Temple Bidg
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Miller & Hart
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