France to link reparations talks to debt to United States
Washington reports France will allow the economic conference to discuss revising the reparations figure only if the debt France owes the United States can be reviewed. The plan signals France’s response to Secretary Hughes’ objections to limiting the conference scope. Hughes is expected to refuse to include the debt issue.
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Washington
France
Economic Conference
United States
Hughes
Poincare
Oklahoma federal probe noted in House committee findings
Oklahoma City November 5 federal investigators hold evidence from a House committee on alleged misuse of a federal truck fund and the mails to solicit funds against the Ku Klux Klan. J G Findlay asked for data from the western district. Defense claims governor had no direct control over the highway department actions.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
House Committee
J. G. Findlay
Western District of
Highway Department
Personal rise of Tulsa mother to first woman oil operator
Washington reports that President Coolidge and Republican leaders face pivotal elections. in Tulsa a housewife and mother, Mrs. Charles Murray, becomes America’s first woman oil operator. She scouts, finances, and directs drilling, bringing in a 2000 barrel well within two months and expanding interests across Oklahoma and Texas with plans to scout in South America.
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Washington
Coolidge
Vermont
Kentucky
Maryland
Tulsa
Okla
Charles Murray
America
Murray
Oklahoma
Bristow
Dutcher and Bartlesville Pools
Mexia Texas
South America
Sheep Bring High Price at Vaughn Sale
Arthur E. Ingham arrived from Vaughn with a shipment of sheep sold to a Beloit Kansas firm. The lot brought the highest price in recent years, reflecting strong demand despite reporting errors in the original dispatch. The event was marked by market enthusiasm and notable prices for the breed.
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Arthur E. Ingham
Vaughn
Beloit
Kansas
Louisiana Mob Outrages In Court Once More
In Bastrop Louisiana the third attempt to try those linked to the Morehouse Parish reign of terror opens. Judge Fred M. Odom presides as about twenty defendants face misdemeanor charges not directly tied to the August 24 1922 murders of Wat Daniel and Thomas F Richards. The state plans to finish the lesser charges first to set a groundwork for the major trials.
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Bastrop
Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
Wat Daniel
Thomas F. Richards
Fred M. Odom
District Court
Mrs Moore to be Taken Back on Kidnapping Charge
Governor Neff granted a requisition for the return to Chicago of Mrs. Clara Moore an actress appearing in Corsicana on a kidnapping charge. She is alleged to have kidnapped her nine year old daughter during a Chicago visit last summer. The divorced husband Victor Moore filed the charges and obtained custody at divorce. Mrs Moore will be taken back to Chicago by a court officer.
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Austin
Texas
Neff
Chicago
Clara Moore
Corsicana
Farm Woman Speaks At Sixth Annual Country Life Meet
St Louis will host the American Country Life Association conference November 9 to 11 focusing on farm home issues. Noted leaders including James R. Howard Clemons Jr and Kenyon Butterfield will address topics from cooperative marketing and rural education to farm health and family life.
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ST. Louis
American Country Life Association
James R. Howard
Clemons, Jr
American Farm Bureau
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Amherst Mass
Sarah Louise Arnold
Lincoln
C. J. Galpin
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau
Caroline Hedger
N. P. Colwell
Chicago
Julia Wade Abbott
New York
Bradford Knapp
Fayetteville Ark
Alma Binzell
Minneapolis
Alvah W. Taylor
Indianapolis
Ind
Church
Katherine M. Cook
Washington
Tait Butler
Memphis
Britain pays final tribute to Bonar Law
In London on November 5 Great Britain laid the ashes of former prime minister Andrew Bonar Law in a Westminster Abbey tomb. The funeral drew representation from the empire and many governments while tens of thousands lined the processional route.
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London
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
Westminster Abbey
Navy halts air speed trials after world marks
Washington Nov. 5 The Navy department stopped further aerial speed tests by Lieutenants Brow and Williams who had been shattering records. Admiral Moffat praised them by telegram but ordered no further attempts to exceed yesterday’s world marks, citing unnecessary risk and little purpose.
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Washington
Navy Department
Brow
Williams
Moffa‘t
Navy Air Service
Two Men Dead in Blue Springs Pistol Duel
In Blue Springs Missouri on November 5 marshal Alon zo Hertis and visiting stranger W S Young shot and killed each other after Young allegedly attacked witness Daisy Lee Raymond. Raymond witnessed the exchange. Hertis fatally wounded Young with a final shot to the heart.
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Blue Springs
Alonzo Hertis
W. S. Young
Daisy Lee Raymond
Young
Hertft
Forest Service to aid New Mexico timber sales
Federal officials will loan trained Forest Service timber inspectors to New Mexico to appraise and supervise state timber sales. The cooperative plan, approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, lets Forest Service personnel examine timber bodies, administer sales, and ensure sustainable forestr y practices. Arizona has had similar success for a decade, overseen 100,000,000 feet of timber.
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Albuquerque
Secretary of Agriculture
F. C. W. Pooler
Forest Service
District ‘Forester
State of
Arizona
Pooler
New Mexico
Olin
Manzano Natio al
Salvation Army appeal notes Roswell hunger appeal
A local plea describes a sickly mother and two hungry children on a Roswell street. It urges residents to donate money so the Salvation Army can investigate cases and supply food fuel and clothing, stressing community funding without cost to the needy.
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Roswell
Salvation Army x
Roswell Salvation Army Drive Seeks Local Donations
Roswell volunteers begin a fundraising push to raise 3000 for local charity work with 2700 earmarked for Roswell programs. Solicitors will visit homes or accept pledges at the Chamber of Commerce, while residents are urged to contribute despite recent economic hardship. A contributing resident shared a $5 donation, expressing a desire to give more when able.
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Salvation ‘Army
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Adams Rib Triumph by Cecil B. DeMille at Paramount
The article extols Cecil B. DeMille as a premier film producer and lauds his Paramount picture Adams Rib as a remarkable cinema creation. It praises DeMille for handling big themes with artistic value and notes his past successes with Manslaughter and other triumphs.
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Demille
Paramount
Adams
Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount Picture
Mr. DeMille
Screen
Adam’s
Children swarm Roswell Hardware for mysterious gift box
A large crowd of children crowded Roswell Hardware Co last Saturday as excitement built over a mystery box that yielded twenty four Mama Dolls. Gifts were given to Mary Belle Pratt and Harry Mulroy amid shop promos for wedding gifts and glassware.
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Roswell Hardware Co
Dnd
Mary Belle Pratt
Harry Mulroy
Forest Policy Referendum Debated At Chamber Meet
The Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday night at 7 30 offers a second public ballot on the national forestry policy referendum from the United States Chamber of Commerce. Members will hear both sides on vital national questions and receive quick insights into complex issues.
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Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Fall Term of District Court Opens in Chaves County
The fall term of district court in Chaves County opened with Judge Charles R Brice presiding. The grand jury was empaneled at 9 this morning with Marion W Hodges as foreman and Marie Baldy sworn as stenographer. Bailiffs J A Norman and G C Vaughn and interpreter D A Calderon were named. The petit jury will report in a week on November 13 after Armistice Day observance on November 12. The grand list includes Floyd Ogle Arthur Robinson Walter B Jones D L Flood J A Fontaine B J West M W Hodges foreman BE Malone Joe Wilcox W R Jacobs F W Crain Charles Michelet B N Muncy Leslie Carle Aaron F Clark Henry Chewning John West Soland Spence E C Latta L B Craig John Tweedy.
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Chaves County
Charles R. Brice
Marion W. Hodges
Marie Baldy
J. A. Norman
G. C. Vaughn
D. A. Calderon
Floyd Ogle
Arthur Robinson
Walter B. Jones
D. L. Flood
J. A Fonatine
B. J. West
M. W. Hodges
Foreman
BE. P. Malone
Joe Wilcox
W. R. Jacobs
F. W. Crain
Charles Michelet
B. N. Muncy
Leslie Carle
Aaron F. Clark
Henry Chewning
John West
Soland Spence
E. C. Latta
L. B. Craig
John Tweedy
Rum runners surge on Niagara border amid Prohibition
Runners increasingly active along the Niagara frontier with three smuggling bands operating between Canada and U S points on Lake Erie Lake Ontario and the Niagara River A fourth group plans daily shipments to Buffalo from Windsor Ont Inspectors report night watches and swift navy gray boats hinder seizure as authorities seek two fast boats to pursue smugglers.
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N. Y
Fred Bradley
Canada
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Grand Island
Port Colborne
Ont
Belleville
Olcott
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Port Stanley
Port Dover
Windsor
Detroit
Erie
Cleveland
Ohio
Dover Phillips Attends Official Business At Court
Dover Phillips assistant district attorney came from his home at Carlsbad last night to attend to official business before the Chaves county district court here. For sale stock of groceries fixtures building and jet good location on paved street priced to sell full particulars ad.
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Dover Phillips
Carlsbad
Chaves County
Institute 19 Miners 7 A real battle on the gridiron
The Institute swept the Miners early taking a 14 0 lead and scored again late to finish 19 7. Expert cadet passing and Texans fumbles fueled Institute scores while the Miners lone TD came on a second quarter drive. Cox led the cadets with Ragsdale and Woodside star for the visitors. The crowd saw brisk play as the Cadets improved since Wayland game with a strong line and smashing backs.
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Miners
Cox
Ragsdale
Woodside
Wayland
Brookshire SE
Mitchell
L. T
Blair Co. White
Gibson
J. L
Faces Legal Death For The Fourth Time In Savannah
In Savannah Georgia Le Curry, condemned for the fourth time to be hanged, is set for execution November 16 after four murder convictions in the Phillips case. The supreme court ordered new trials in three instances as juries rejected insanity pleas. Phillips, a taxi driver, was killed when Curry struck him and buried him alive after a demand for liquor.
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Savannah
le Curry
Curry
Burleigh Phillips
Supreme Court
Phillips
Found Victims of Dearborne Massacre in Chicago
Skeletons of two Indians were uncovered by workmen digging at the Fort Dearborne massacre site in Chicago. M. G. Chandler of the Chicago Historical Society identified the remains as Indian, noting facial bones typical of the red man and estimating burial about a century ago. He opined the two were killed during the Fort Dearborne massacre.
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Dearborne
Chicago
Fort Dearborne
M. G. Chandler
Chicago Historical Society
Chandler
Chandir
Kerr to Succeed Wilson in North Carolina District
John Kerr will be elected to Congress in North Carolina's second district to succeed the late Claude Kitchen. The race is expected to be a formality with no Republican opposition due to the district's Democratic majority. Kerr will quit the Superior Court bench, where he serves as judge of the Warrenton district, to assume duties in Washington. He led in a special primary on October 6, narrowly beating Richard Allsbrook and N J Rouse. Allsbrook did not pursue a secondary primary. The district includes Karen, Fairfax, Edge, Lenoir and others.
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John . Kerr
Claude Kitchen Wilson
N.C
North Carolina
Claude Kitchen
Kerr
Washington
Warrenton
New Mexico Assessments Down Amid System Weaknesses
The Taxpayers' Association of New Mexico reports a sharp drop in assessments since 1920, citing economic conditions and widespread under and non assessment. It warns that omissions and delinquent taxes require stricter administration, urging full fair and uniform valuations by officials and boards.
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Taxpayers’ Association of
New Mexico
State Tax Commission
Boards of Equalization
New York hosts Southern Women's Educational Alliance event
A New York branch of the Southern Women's Educational Alliance will be organized at the Vanderbilt Hotel on November 7. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson announced that Mrs. George Gordon Battle will represent Virginians in New York, Mrs. Jouett Parker Singleton will host Kentuckians, and Mrs. Ernest F. Malcolm will sponsor Georgians, with the national headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
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Jolns Alliance
New York
Southern Woman's Educational Alliance
Vanderbilt Hotel
Charles Dana Gibson
George Gordon Battle
Jouett Parker
Singleton
Ernest Fe.malcolm
Georgias
Southern: Women’s Educational Alliance
Richmond
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