Ford's New Plan and Global Debates Take Center Stage
A sprawling feature sketches Henry Ford's proposed distribution route and potential canal links as a new plan to boost U.S. trade. It also covers French and British financial strains, calls for political prosecutions, medical opinions on alcohol, and indictments of Elgas, Fall, Doheny and Sinclair in a broad postwar context.
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Enry Ford
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Henry Ford
France
Bismarck
Elsas
FALL
Doheny
Sinclair
Columbia
Falt
Danish Scholar Dr Brandes Seriously Ill in Salzgberg
Vienna May 28 Dr George Brandes eminent Danish philosopher and critic is seriously ill of bronchitis at Salgberg after giving lectures here. His age 83 weighs against recovery and few hold out hope for his return to health.
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Vienna
George Brandes
Salgberg
San Antonians back divorce ruling on marital liabilities
Judge William S. Fly of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals ruled that marriage bonds do not bind spouses for each other’s misdeeds. The decision releases M. D. Brazile of Fort Worth from debt tied to a $11,000 loan to Mrs Brazile and foreclosure on his property. The ruling is hailed as emancipation and a shift toward equal rights and responsibilities, with mixed views on societal decay.
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William S. Fly
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Texas
Asman
Mater
San
Trade Board To Locate Here In San Antonio Oil Center
The San Antonio Petroleum Board of Trade will open early next week at the St. Anthony hotel. Colonel W. E. Hawley announces a chartered organization expected to draw big oil interests and create 30 to 2100 million dollars in annual business. The group aims to standardize petroleum practices and promote trade while boosting transportation facilities. W. N. Robinson Jr and others back the project. Hawley notes arrivals of prominent oil figures and past leadership in Tulsa and Casper, Wyoming.
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San Antonio Petroleum Board of Trade
Wichita Falls
Tulsa
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
St. Anthony
W. E. Hawley
W. N. Robinson Jr
St. Anthony Hotel
S. Powell
San Antonio
First National Tank
Novaia
Okla
QO. C. McKeod
Hawley
Bond Company
Colonel Hawley
New York Bond Mortgage and Holding Corporation
Miami Rum Fleet Birth on a Rum Ship Highlighted
Report from Miami reveals a baby born aboard a rum ship off Miami as the crew celebrates with Little Sally Shruggs as the child’s name. The mother serves as a cook on the vessel while the captain notes the unusual birth without incident.
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Universal Service
Miama
Eta
Sally
Miami
Black Troubles: Two Negras Sentenced to Death in Dallas
In Dallas on May 28, Prank and Lorenzo Noel, described as negrors, pled guilty to attacking Mrs. Mary Steer. They were sentenced to death and to be electrocuted June 28 after brief trials that lasted under two hours. The sole witness, Mrs. Steer, recounted the robbing and murder of Ryan Adkins and her own assault.
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Dallas
Lorenzo Noel
Mary Steer
Charles A. Pippen
Marshall Gaining Ground But Slow Recovery Reported
The Associated Press says former vice president Thomas B. Marshall, ill at the New Willard Hotel from nervous exhaustion and a cold, is improving. Dr. B L Hardin estimates it will take about a week to regain full strength.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas B. Marshall
New Willard Hotel
B. L Hardin
Canadian General Dies After Stroke
Major General Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, commander of the Canadian artillery corps in the later World War years, died at 58 following a stroke. He served in most Canadian campaigns from Ypres II and was knighted with the Distinguished Service Order. A South African War veteran.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison
Canadian Artillery Corps
Ypreson
Big ship deal brewing for Leviathan and liners
Reports from New York say negotiations are under way to acquire the Leviathan and five other trans Atlantic liners operated by United States Lines for the Shipping Board. United American Lines and Moore and McCormack are named as likely participants.
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Associated Firefie
New York
New York Herald Tribune
Leviathan
United States Lines
Shipping Board
United American Lines
Moore and McCormack
Miracle operation cures hunchbacked boy of four
The Robert B. Green Hospital reports four year old Tommy Garcia of Losoya was saved from a life of pain after doctors grafted bone from his shin to straighten his spine. The successful operation followed years of suffering since a fall in infancy left him with a twisted back and reliance on crutches. Tommy now smiles, expects a normal childhood, and looks forward to a strong, useful future.
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Bess Carroll
Hoy
Miracle Men of Medicine
Tommy Garcia
Tommy
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Joe Garcia
Losoya
Robert B. Green Hospital
Shebas Join Sheiks in Mud Tossing Pastime
A mud pie bombardment halted streetcar traffic as sheiks and their shebas threw mud near North Florest Summit avenues and Main Mulberry streets on Wednesday night. Trainmen reported jelly beans and their girl playmates were involved while high power cars sped away.
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North
Florest
Summit Avenue
Main
Mulberry
Border Bridge Swept Away By Sudden Rio Grande Flood
The Eagle Pass international toll bridge on the Rio Grande was washed out after a 15 foot rise from heavy rains in Maverick County. Traffic halted, no casualties, Del Rio floodwaters reached seven feet, and the Del Rio foot bridge had already failed twice this month. The Eagle Pass railroad bridge remained intact.
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Eagle Vass
Rio Grande
Maverick County
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Rains Replenish Water Supplies in Fort Stockton
Three inches of rain in the past 24 hours replenished water supplies in this part of the state. The rainfall arrived after a month of diminishing moisture, providing timely moisture for local reservoirs and creeks.
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Fort. Stockton
New Mexico Day Prohibition Director Resigns
Dudley W. Snyder resigns as prohibition director for New Mexico effective June 2. Samuel Bowman named as acting director until a permanent appointee is announced.
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New Mexico
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Dudley W. Snyder
Samuel Bowman
Pew
Lad Reveals Operations Of Young Robbers
A 12 year old Mexican youth led a gang that robbed the R T Schmidt general store at 116 South Flores and earlier the Charles Davis and Sons store. Detectives say the leader directed four to five accomplices and confessed after interrogation by Detec Dwyer. He knew the areas and sold papers near the Schmidt store, attracting suspicion before his arrest.
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McDonald
R.T. Schmidt
South Flores Street
Iad
Dwyar
Charles Davis and Sons
Northeres Street
Juvenils
Procu Lion
Davis
Schmidt
Long
Harvey
Hutchings Hotel
L Onnge
Big Gang
Woman visits kin of missing 25 years in Bisbee
May 28 report says a woman believed dead for 25 years in Memphis resurfaced visiting relatives in Bisbee yesterday, stunning family members who had thought her gone.
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Bisbee
Memico
Mes
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