Tornado Destroys Lindley and Gainesville Structures
A tornado swept through Gainesville and Lindley in Cooke County causing estimated damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. No lives were reported lost though several people were injured lightly. In Lindley the Catholic Church steeple survived while homes and a store were demolished. Gainesville saw damage to a cotton oil mill, seed sheds, residences, and school windows with widespread property destruction.
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Cooke County
Gainesville
Tex
Lindley
Myra
Munster
Coton
Devastating Lindsey-Gainesville Storm Wrecks Towns
A severe cyclone near Lindsey and Gainesville causes extensive property damage with no fatalities. Catholic sisters survived inside a new church as it collapsed, a rocking chair saved about a dozen people, and a baby was found unharmed yet stripped of clothing in a nearby field. Myra and Munster report about $10,000 in losses each, with the storm spanning ten by twenty miles and hail up to eighteen inches deep in places. Agricultural damage is heavy and debris clearing has begun as losses may reach over a million dollars. A Katy foreman lost an ear and two railway workers were badly hurt when five cars toppled at Lindsey.
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Gainesville
Lindsey
Myra
Here
Munster
Cooke County
Charles Jenkins
Katy
Wind storm kills three in Oklahoma near Pittman
In Love County near Marietta, a nighttime wind storm struck Pittman and Marietta. Velma Higgins, 9, daughter of Joe Higgins and Mrs. George Godfrey, plus one other unnamed person, died. Two others were seriously injured as the storm passed through Love County with reports incomplete.
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Ardmore
Okla
Velma Higgins
Joe Higgins
George Godfrey
Pittman
Marietta
Here
Love County
Tornado Toll Rises Across Missouri and Illinois
A southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois tornado Friday left 79 dead, hundreds injured and homeless. St Louis relief efforts include clothing and food convoys and nearly $4000 in funds from local papers. Damage runs to several million with Bollinger County hit hardest, Zalma reporting at least 25 dead and Wayne County 14 dead.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Illinois
Bollinger County
Zalma
Globe Democrat
Marble Hill
Wayne County
Oil Tanks Burn in Healdton Field Storm
Three 55,000 barrel oil tanks in the Healdton field burned during a severe electrical storm last night. The estimated loss is $180,000.
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Ardmore
Okla
Healdton
Tornado Hits Viola Near Paducah Kentucky
Relieft teams moved to Viola thirteen miles from Paducah after a tornado early today damaged several homes. Initial reports claimed seven fatalities.
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Kentucky
Paducah
Viola
Tornado Fatalities Reported Near Marietta Oklahoma
A tornado swept south central Oklahoma killing three people near Marietta, ten miles south of Ardmore. The storm struck last night causing multiple fatalities in the area.
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Oklahoma
Ardmore
Okla
Marietta
Here
Mexico Nearing Recovery After Revolutionary Upheaval
Jose T. Cantu of the Mexican Congress said Mexico City is active and recovering rapidly from revolutionary conditions. He noted land cultivation is resuming, factories and mines are reopening, and peace will bring prosperity, as outsiders are urged to refrain from interfering. He spoke in San Antonio en route to Los Angeles and to visit his brother A. C. Cantu, governor of Lower California.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jose T. Cantu
National Congress of Mexico
Menger
Cantu
Los Angeles
A. C. Cantu
Lower
California
Mr. Cantu
Chamber of Commerce Receives 50000 Cans Shipment
The Chamber of Commerce announced a shipment of 50 000 cans arrived in San Antonio through the Allenworth Carnahan Company. The cans will be offered to Bexar County housewives at cost price. Canning demonstrations will begin next week at five Chamber plants to teach conservation of surplus food locally.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Allensworth- Carnahan Company
George J. Roark
Chamber
The
Food Commission
Bexar County
Carrington heads to Washington for Hoover food talks
John B. Carrington secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will depart San Antonio Saturday for Washington to confer with Herbert Hoover and others on food and feed production. He will then go to St. Louis for the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention where he will present a paper on Tourists How to Get Them. The trip, planned after a request to discuss food matters, will last about three weeks with a June 20 return. An exhibition of Chamber advertising material will be shown at the World clubs meeting, largely arranged by Robert P. Schermerhorn.
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John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Herbert Hoover
National Food Conservator
St. Louis
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
San Antonio
Associated Advertising Clubs of
Robert P. Schermerhorn
Cathcart Arrest Tied to Conspiracy Charge in Dallas
G W Cathcart was jailed in Dallas after transfer from Thurber where he was arrested last night. District Attorney Odell cites a conspiracy to oppose U S authority and notes Cathcart’s involvement in the anti conscription movement.
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Dallas
Tex
G. W. Cathcart
Thurber
Odell
Cathcart
United States
G Troop Texas Cavalry Organized With 131 Recruits
In Dallas Texas on June 1 Captain Tom C Harry announced that G Troop Texas Cavalry has reached full strength with 131 men signing the roster before rosters closed Major Stockton United States Army is due to muster the unit into service tomorrow at the local post yard
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Dallas
Harry
Tex
Texas Cavalry
Tom C. Harry
Stockton
German Troops Described As Lacking Spirit At Ypres
Associated Press correspondence from London recalls Canadian veterans in France noting reduced resolve among German troops. Descriptions include surrendering en masse at dugouts near Arras and Vimy Ridge, with praise for Allied gunnery, staff work, and tactical coordination that mark a notable shift from 1915.
Knife on Corns Causes Lockjaw Warned in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a treatment for corns, claiming a few drops relieve soreness and lift the entire corn with fingers. The sticky substance dries quickly and allegedly harms surrounding tissue not at all. A quarter-ounce costs little and cures all corns or calluses. Cutting corns is discouraged as a dangerous habit.
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Cincinnati
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