Torrential Rains Sweep Five States Killing Four
Four people died as torrential rains and electrical storms hit Kansas Arkansas Colorado Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota. Two men and a woman were struck by lightning near Omaha while a Pittsburg Kansas woman perished from lightning. A coal mine foreman was electrocuted during the storm and Kansas wheat crops suffered heavy damage from cloudbursts ahead of a hail sweep in eastern Colorado. Widespread property damage and wrecked homes occurred in Wichita.
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Arkansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Omaha
Pittsburg
Wichita
Ex-President Li Yuan Hung Seeks Return to Power
Pekin dispatch reports Li Yuan Hung, who fled and resigned after army mutiny threats, plans to recall his resignation and resume the fight to reestablish himself in power. In Texas, the House adopts the emergency school bill conference report, cutting appropriations from six to four million dollars, likely averting another special session as the governor gauges revenue adequacy.
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Chna
Li Yuan Hung
Lo Yuan Hung
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Austin
House
Agricultural encampment planned by Panola Shelby groups
Center Texas June 12 More than 300 visitors are expected to attend the agricultural encampment for the Boys and Girls clubs of Panola San Augustine and Shelby counties which will be held here July 6 and 7 A program has been prepared for the occasion.
Rev J Jay Cook to Preach at Berrendo Church
The Rev J Jay Cook pastor of the First Baptist church will preach next Sunday afternoon at 23 oclock at the Berrendo school house. Sewing Trene Santheson, 408 WN, Penn Phone 496. Advertisement. 14130.
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J. Jay Cook
First Baptist Church
Ex-Premier Stamboulisky Shot and Captured Rumors Fly
Reports from Sofia, London, Athens, and Vienna claim ex Premier Stamboulisky was shot by peasants near Belgrade and later various dispatches say he is free, captured, or in flight, amid conflicting accounts of a plot to place him on Bulgaria’s throne under the Zankof regime.
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Serbia
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Sofa Staad
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Soig
Zankof
Boris
Athens
Greece
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Vienna
Austria
Stamboutisky
Bankof
Bulgaria
Sheriff urges feeding husbands well in domestic court
In Brownsville Texas on June 14 Sheriff Robertson presided over a domestic affairs court. A Mexican woman seeking divorce accused her husband of neglect. the sheriff advised her to go home, kill a goat, boil frijoles, and invite him to a real dinner to win his affection, noting that feeding him well is the best way to retain love. The divorce case was suspended.
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Texas
Robertson
Tod
Nickson Family Visit Causes Local Business Day
Guy Nickson returned from a short trip to the Nickson cabin on the Ruidoso. Mrs B B Gibson and Miss Erma E Gibson traveled from Dexter to spend the day on business.
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Nickson
The
Ruidoso
B. B. Gibson
Erma E. Gibson
Dexter
Five Thousand Chinese Smuggled Here Prompting Legislation
Washington reports five thousand Chinese coolies have sneaked into New York as sailors and must be deported at government cost. Secretary Davis told President Harding and the cabinet that the Mary Beatrice crew smuggled Chinese into the United States, using the incident to urge immediate alien registration laws.
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New York
Davis
Presdent Harding
Cabinet
Four escape death as Dallas fire damages home
In Dallas on June 15 four persons narrowly escaped death when the home of Mrs Gordon Davis burned. Three women were rescued from an upper sleeping porch by firemen. One woman and a 23 month old girl were lowered into a rug held by volunteers. Two women and a fireman suffered slight burns. Damage estimated at six thousand dollars.
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Texas
Gordon Davis
Fromen
Finger prints lead to arrest in Dallas police murders
In Dallas two Negro ex prisoners Ernest Lawson and Blaine Dyer were jailed after fingerprint evidence tied them to the killings of motorcycle officer J. C. Gibbons on April 18 and special officer J. R. Crain on May 24. Lawson confessed to killing Crain and accused Dyer of gun crimes. Dyer named Lawson as the other killer. Police report Dyer accuses Lawson of both murders.
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Blaine Dyer
J. C. Gibbons
J. R. Crain
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Crain
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Gibson
Roswell to Clovis as Giants open four-game series
The Roswell team will depart for Clovis after the final game with Lubbock this afternoon. Tomorrow the Giants begin a four-game series with the Clovis Cubs. A double header is scheduled today at Lubbock and will be played unless the clubs engage in a long extra innings contest.
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Lubbock
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Mrs Johnson Returns From City Trip To White Mountain Inn
Mrs Johnson returns to her White Mountain Inn home after several days in the city on a combined business and pleasure trip. The item notes a festive fireworks theme and mentions Cobean's as a place selling items for the event.
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White Mountain Inn
Rotary Day Observed with Patriot Theme Dance
The Rotary luncheon featured a patriotic program as Mrs Annette Jacobson's pupils danced. Col Atwood chaired since President Einhart was absent. Messages from Carl Einhart and H B Smyris en route to St Louis announced their progress toward Kansas City. Humor over horse shoes sparked activity while Henry Westerfield served as bodyguard to the committee. Notable guests included Misses Wilkinson Turner Carter Judge Mechem Col F W Thompson and architect C R Carr. Will Lawrence and Ross Malone led the Sunday Rotary drive amid four absentees. Jud ge Mechem urged a home for neglected children in the state.
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H. B. Smyris
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Kiwanis Club
Wil Robinson
Rotary
Clarence Brown
Gi Annis
Henry West
Col
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Mosses Wikinson
Carter
Judge Mechem
Old Jonny Bull Still Plays The Golf Game
New York June 14 Johnny Bull remains a top jest about his athletic range yet he still excels at go The British golf scene showed the Americans strong runner up Francis Ouimet did win the St Georges Cup though the amateur crown stays Johnnys pride The American team suffered from Chik Evans absence and Luis Firpo injury affected several matches Jimy DeForest explains Firpo avoided damage Kendall a midshipman at Annapolis received a gold watch for trying He is praised as a model drudge who kept spirit alive for the Navy crew and the non varsity oarsman tone of dedication
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New York
Johnny Bull
John
Francis Oumet
Oulmet
Chick Evans
England
Chick
Richard C. Kendall
West Virginia
Annapolis
Kendall
United States Naval Academy
Judge Mechem Returns Home From Special Term
Judge Edwin Mechem came home to Alamogordo after several days in town for a special term of court held in Judge Charles R. Brice's absence. The White Line carried him back to his residence this morning.
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Edwin Mechem
Alamogordo
Charles R. Brice
Starts New Home For H O DeShurley Corner Alameda Kentucky
Morning work began on the new home of H O DeShurley at the corner of Alameda and Kentucky. The dwelling is described as modern and up to date in every detail.
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H. O. DeShurley
Thij Corner
Alameda
Kentucky
Roswell Oil Development Company Pays 103% Dividend
Roswell Oil Development company stockholders may receive another dividend after the firm already paid 103 percent. Directors reported a lucrative series of investments including an eighty acre Johnson ranch lease near Amarillo bought for 15 per acre, now offered at 50 per net acre, and a Whittington well flowing 500 barrels daily. A. E. Humphreys is drilling two wells near the Roswell lease. the company also holds small interests in Louisiana royalties and wells on the Hawkins, Roswell-Buffalo, and Riverside properties, plus forty acres near the Illinois Producers well. The board expects further solid profits and future dividends.
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Roswell Oil Development Company
Johnson Ranch
Amarillo
Whittngton
A. E. Humphreys
Mex
Roswell
Hagen shoots 71 at Troon to stay near Open leaders
Walter Hagen, holder of the British Open, played brilliantly at Troon scoring 71 in the afternoon round. His two round total reached 147, placing him two under par and one stroke behind British leaders A. G. Havers and C. A. Whicomb who posted 146.
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Troon
Scoland
Hagen
A. G. Havers
C. A. Whicomb
Americans Should Sing National Anthem Properly
President Harding urged Americans to learn to sing The Star Spangled Banner and stop mumbling the words in a Flag Day address to the American Legion flag conference. He backed a proposed code for proper patriotic use of the flag and to express American patriotism in song.
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Washington
Harding
Uic
Weather forecast for Roswell Pecos valley and New Mexico
Generally fair weather tonight and Saturday for Roswell and Pecos Valley. Warmer conditions, especially in the northwest, with a 12 percent precipitation chance in the next 36 hours. Highs near 97, lows around 68, records show 108 as a historic high and 48 as a historic low. Cleve Hallenbeck, Meteorologist.
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Pecos
Don't Forget Father Father’s Day Greeting Cards Ad
Don't Forget Father. Next Sunday June 17th is Fathers Day. Come in and look the greeting cards we have the one that will suit him at Cobean Stationery Shop. Home from Fishing Trip Hall and Luther Kersey returned last night from a several days fishing trip on the lower Pecos with a big bag of real wild vatfish.
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Fathers Day Greeting Ad From Stationery Shop
An advertisement urges readers to send greetings for Father's Day, touting an unusually attractive assortment of greeting cards from COBEAN Stationery Shop. R B Wilkinson and Howard Prater traveled from their Carlsbad home to visit in town for several days on business.
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Carlsbad
R. B.wilkinson
Howard Prater
St Carlsbad
TAMEAN FIGHT CONQUER DISEASE IN MODERN SCIENCE
In New York three major advances mark progress against disease. Chemist Donald C A Butts of Philadelphia offers a cancer theory tied to excess energy in body cells. A woman endured13 hours under a 240000 volt x ray piercing rays that damaged abdominal cancer cells, surpassing prior voltages and times. A newborn baby near death due to breathing failure was saved when X rays stimulated the thymus to restore respiration.
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New York
Donald C. A. Butts
Philadelphia
Arthur Havers Wins British Open Championship
Troon Scotland June 15 Arthur Havers British professional won the 1923 British Open from a field of seventy two with a total score of 295 the lowest in the event. He fired three perfect rounds and finished with 76 under poor weather Hagen the defending champion was one stroke behind the winner.
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Scotland
Arthur Havers
Walter Hagen
Uncle John Merriweather Aids Oil Boom On Texas Farm
Austin June 12—Uncle John Merriweather, a former slave and longtime porter in the Texas state senate, recounts his wish to visit Tennessee's white folk. His 50 acre farm lies under prospectors who recently struck two 500 barrel oil wells, disrupting his farming work and drawing public attention to his unique place among Texas public figures.
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Texas
John Merr
Tennessee
John
State Senate
John Meriweather
Cholea Cat Flowers and Floral Designs Ad
Roswell Floral Company offers free delivery with floral designs by Cholea Cat Flowers. Call 196 for advertisement details and services.
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Roswell Floral Company
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Scouts Enthuse Over Camp at Pine Lodge
Scouts show strong enthusiasm for the summer camp at Capitan mountains near Pine Lodge, 55 miles NW of Roswell. The site offers cabins, tents, athletic grounds, and a council ring with mountain climbing and nature study, plus a swimming hole, clean water, and well-equipped kitchens. The camp operates in three ten day periods from July 4 to Aug 4, with specific troops assigned to each period and options to attend full thirty days.
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Pine Lodge
Roswell
National
Boy Scout Camping Committee
Seth Named On Rio Grande Commission
Governor Hinkle appointed J. Q. Seth former assistant United States district attorney to represent New Mexico on the Rio Grande commission to draw up a treaty on use of water between New Mexico and Colorado.
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Santa FE
N. Mex
Hinkle
J. Q. Seth
United States District Attorney
New Mexico
Colorado
Paris City of Dead Reopens Underground Tombs for Tourists
Paris revisits the catacombs after wartime closure. The vast stone corridors house remains of millions of Parisians, arranged in artistic skull mosaics and bone piles. Scores of American visitors tour the subterranean site, famed as a showplace of death and memory.
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Paris Catacombs
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