Curtain Descends on Senate Naval Oil Lease Hearings
The Senate oil committee tentatively adjourned its hearings on naval oil leases with no new witnesses planned unless compelled to call Harry F Sinclair back. Senator Walsh noted no further testimony, while Senator Spencer hinted at adding testimony to the record and denied quotes from New York remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Walsh
Montana
Harry F. Sinclair
Spencer
Missouri
New York
Harding
Senator Spencer
Fall
Congress to Adjourn on June 7 Agreed by Leaders
Washington May 14 Agreement reached by Republican and Democratic House leaders with President Coolidge to adjourn Congress on June 7. The discussion covered bills that could be disposed of in time or set aside for the national political conventions.
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Washington
House
Coolidge
Congress
Longworth
Ohio
Garrett
Tennessee
Snell
House Rules Committee
Garner
Texas
Poincare Will Lose French Reins as Premier Resigns
May 13. Premier Poincare Paris and his reorganized ministry will step down June 4. He called the resignation after a Left majority in Sunday's elections. Cabinet decisions at the Elysee make a May 19 meeting with MacDonald impossible. Briand is favored to form a working majority for a new government amid a chamber closely split.
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Poincare Paris
Min Try
Council of Ministers
Palace of the Elyse
Millerand
Poincare
MacDonlad
Dawes
Briand
Herriot
Camp Humphries Pair Wed in Bonham Nuptials
Mr James Camp and Miss Viva Humphries wed Tuesday evening in Bonham at eight o clock. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Humphries of the city. The groom is the son of Mrs J C Camp of Durant Oklahoma and is business manager of Lindsey Ice Cream Co Bonham. They will reside in Bonham after visiting Oklahoma.
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James Camp
Viva Humphries
Bonham
Will Humphries
J. C. Camp
Durant
Okla
Lindsey Ice Cream Co
Oklahoma
Denison appoints postmaster succeeding H L Piner
Mike Sharp, who moved from Van Alstyne to Denison in 1898 and engaged in general insurance, is named postmaster of Denison to replace H. L. Piner who has held the job for eight years.
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Mike Sharp
van Alstyne
Denison
H. L. Piner
Pierce and Sons Promote New Ice Cream Line
P J Pierce and Sons announce a stronger prepared program to offer superior ice creams and refreshing drinks aimed at boosting trade and customer satisfaction.
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P. J. Pierce & Sons
Hailstorm Kills Child in Spur Area
Destructive hail and windstorm yesterday near Spur in Dickens County with paths through Kent and Stonewall Counties. A child of Mr and Mrs Curley was killed returning from school. two siblings in sanatorium. widespread crop and stock damage. fruit trees stripped. storm spanned about forty miles with 4 to 16 mile width.
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Clairemont
Texas
Dickens
Kent
Stonewall
Spur
Dickens County
Stonewall County
Gilpin
Girard
Jayton
Peacock
Kent County
Curley
T. and P. Railroad Out of Bankruptcy
Dallas May 14 After years under receivers, the Texas and Pacific Railway will resume management by its board and officers. An order by the U S Court in the Western District of Louisiana discharged the receivers at midnight May 14 and restored control to the company.
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Dallas
Texas & Pacific Railway Company
J. L. Lancaster
United States Court For
Western District of Louisiana
Langley Gets Two Year Prison Sentence
Covington Ky May 13 Congressman John W Langley Kentucky was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Atlanta penitentiary by Federal Judge A M Cochran after his conviction on conspiracy tied to a 1921 whiskey deal. Milton Lipschutz Philadelphia Walter Carey Canton and M E Huth Alliance Ohio were also sentenced to two years each. Carey and Huth pleaded guilty. Langley Lipschutz plan appeal and were released on bond pending the October term.
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Covington
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Atlanta
A. M. Cochran
Milton Lipschutz
Philadelphia
Langley
Walter Carey
Canton
Ohio
M. E. Huth
Alliance
Carey
Huth
Cochran
Langley and Lipschutz
Langley and
Lipschutz
Carey and
Huff
Local Modern Woodmen Campaigns for Recruits
Whitewright Camp M W A plans a big recruitment event for fifty goat riders to meet Billy in the open forest next Saturday at 8 oclock at the Odd Fellows hall. Monday night meeting featured wood chopping, music by the string band, Forester drills, Woodcraft talks, and a social supper by Woodmen and Royal Neighbors.
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Whitewright
J. M. Cochran
Tioga
Billy
Mrs Enna Perry Returns Home From Visit
Mrs Enna Perry and her young son John returned to their Purcell Oklahoma home last Saturday after spending a month with her parents Mr and Mrs S H Montgomery in town.
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Enna Perry
John
Purcell
Okla
S. H. Montgomery
Pension Bill Veto Upheld By Senate
President Coolidge’s veto of the Bursum bill was sustained by the Senate in a 53 to 28 vote. The measure would have granted pension increases to veterans of several wars, but the override failed by one vote. Sixty Republicans and two Farmer-Labor Senators backed override. sixteen Democrats supported sustaining the veto.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Harding
Senior Class Play Set For Friday Night at Grammar School
The senior class presents a four act comedy titled Miss Somebody Else at the grammar school auditorium on Friday night May 16. Written by Marion Short the play promises laughter from start to finish and marks the final dramatic production by this class.
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Grammar School
Marion Short
Miss Montgomery Guest of Dallas Teachers
Miss Marguerite Montgomery, a Dallas public school teacher, was the weekend guest of local homefolks and friends.
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Marguerite Montgomery
Dallas
Baby brother arrives for Gillett family
Sarah Belle Gillett, nearly three, is now a big sister as a baby brother was born at the Gillett home on Monday of this week to Mr and Mrs R A Gillett.
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Sarah Belle Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Gillett
Legion Will Sell Poppies for Orphans
The American Legion launches its annual drive to aid war orphans. Poppies will be sold locally on Saturday May 24 to support the National Children's Welfare Committee and provide for education and care of fatherless children of war.
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American Legion
Legion
The
Legion's National Children’s Welfare Committee
Baby dies after Bonham car crash injures two women
A car driven by Mrs. J. S. Brown overturned west of Bonham at a road curve, pinning her, Mrs. Homer Robinson, and a baby under the wreckage. The two women were injured and taken to a hospital, where the infant died. the vehicle rolled three times before wrecking.
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Bonham
J. S. Brown
Homer Robinson
Visiting Methodist Program Delights City Congregants
Churches invited members to hear a program at the Methodist Church by Travis Street Methodist Church Sherman. A large audience enjoyed sacred songs instrumental music and readings guided by Mrs S A Hayes with solo by Miss Lucy Webster. The visiting party included Mrs W E Crutchfield Virginia Louise Nancy Byrd Crutchfield Auditor A Noble Foshee Luck Shock Lora Evelyne Crutchfield Mason and others.
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Travis Street Methodist Church
Sherman
S. A. Hayes
Lucy Webster
W. E. Crutchfield
Virginia
Louise
Nancy Byrd Crutchfield
A. &. Noble
Foshee
Austin College
Cary Luck
C. A. Shock
Lora Evelyne Crutchfield
Mason
Veterans Visits West Hill Cemetery and Prepares for Memphis Reunion
J R Andrews and T J Mize attended decoration services at West Hill Cemetery Sherman for Confederate and Union graves. Rev O T Cooper gave the memorial address. Ex Confederates plan to attend the Memphis reunion starting June 3. Railroads offer one cent per mile, round trip fare from Whitewright about $9.20. Cotton Belt expected to carry North Texas veterans.
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J. R. Andrews
T. J. Mize
West Hill Cemetery
Sherman
O. T. Cooper
Memphis
Tennessee
Whitewright
Cotton Belt
North Texas
Water hose sale at Manning and Clark's
Water hose available in any length at Manning and Clark's inviting gardeners to ease flower raising with durable equipment.
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Manning & Clark's
Mr and Mrs Ernest Ownby Visit from Durant Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs Ernest Ownby of Durant Oklahoma visited relatives here on Wednesday.
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Ernest Ownby
Durant, Okla
Wheeler Cleared by Senate Probers on Wheeler Exoneration
The Senate investigating committee voted four to one to exonerate Senator Burton K. Wheeler Democrat of Montana from any charges in a federal indictment. The report says Wheeler did not receive compensation for services and confined his work to state court matters in Montana with careful adherence to the law. Senator Sterling plans a minority report.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Sterling
South Dakota
Borah
McNary
Oregon
Swanson
Virginia
Caraway
Arkansas
Justice Department
Interior Department
Burton K. Wheeler
United States
Gordon Campbell
Student Reporter elects 1924 25 editors at high school
At the high school chapel on Thursday morning the Student's Reporter elected Maurine May as editor in chief Robert Cantrell as business manager and Lester Short as circulation manager for 1924 25. The staff acted as nominating committee and the selection was well received.
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Maurine May
Robert Cantrell
Lester Short
Deputies Recover Stolen Walker Car With Suspect Held
Sherman dispatch May 18 deputies Bart Shipp and J H Walker returned from Ennis with a car owned by J Walker that had been stolen days earlier. A 17 year old boy named Tom Allen is jailed at Waxahachie in connection with the theft.
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Sherman
Bart Shipp
J. H. Walker
Pilot Grove
Ennis
Walker
Tom Allen
Waxahachie
Near Miss At Cotton Belt Crossing In Ford Crash
Lee Norris narrowly avoided serious injury Saturday afternoon when his Ford coupe diverted and struck a sign post at the Cotton Belt Bond street crossing. The car overturned, but Norris escaped without injuries.
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Lee Norris
Cotton Belt
Bond Street
Lee
Stuckey Family Receives Certificates at Sherman Institute
Mrs. W. A. Stuckey and her daughter Miss Christine attended the Sunday school institute at Travis Street Methodist Church in Sherman last week and received proficiency certificates for completing the required course.
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W. A. Stuckey
Christine
Travis Street Methodist Church
Sherman
Church of Christ orders 216 opera chairs for new church
Building committee places an order for 216 opera chairs and additional furnishings for the under construction church edifice. Work will resume in a few days and be rushed to completion.
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The
Church of Christ
Manning and Clark Stock Complete Line of Tools
Manning and Clark advertise a full stock of hoes files and related hand tools ready for immediate purchase with varied sizes and prices.
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Manning & Clark
Funeral Held For Monroe Bryant
Monroe Bryant and Ed Lankford are central to a fatal shooting outside W T Nicholson’s store. Lankford surrendered and posted bond. Bryant’s funeral was held at his home, with a large crowd attending and pallbearers named.
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Ed Lankford
Monroe Bryant
W. T. Nicholson
Lloyd Moore
C. W. Bryant
Lankford
Sherman
Bryant Homestead
W. A. Stuckey
J. F. Fender
James Monroe Bryant
Monroe
J. R. Pennington
W. P. Vaughn
C. W. Hampton
Mark Montgomery
J. B. Hamilton
Bob Sears
T. E. Sears
J. L. Kirkpatrick
J. M. Simmons
Ed Nicely
Muncy Hood
R. H. May
R. P. Gordon
J. H. Graves
W. F. Sanders
Recitals by Grammar and Music Pupils Featured This Week
Mrs. Mary T. Ryan will present grammar school expression pupils in a recital Thursday evening at the grammar school auditorium. On Monday evening Mrs. J. D. Harp will present her music pupils, and Tuesday evening Miss Tommie Chenoweth will showcase her music pupils. All programs take place in the grammar school auditorium.
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Mary T. Ryan
Grammar School
J. D. Harp
Tommie Chenoweth
Radio program at WBAP honors Whitewright guest Mrs Church
Fort Worth Star Telegram notes WBAP program Wednesday at 7 30 under Mrs Herman Church. The show delights Whitewright radio fans and recalls her as former local girl Miss Magdalene Stone daughter of W N Stone.
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WBAP
Fort Worth
Local Radio Prospects Pick Up For WBAP Program
The receiving sets of local radio voters were cleared for WBAP's 9 30 to 10 30 program last Friday night. Miss Elizabeth May of this city who attends CIA in Denton sang several vocal numbers with the college choral club and orchestra. May received many complimentary telegrams as Arlington youths asked about the car fare to Whit Wright.
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Viva Phillips
Kentuckytown
F. E. Vittitoe
Whitewright
F. T. Harris
Jack Lewis Yeager
Leslie Holland
Bob Montgomery
Ebb Young
Mark Montgomery
B. Hunter
T. Montgomery
Maggie Montgomery
Jessie Thrift
Ruth Montgomery
Miss Wright
Miss Phillips
WBAP
Fort Worth
Greenville Visitors Horace Gordon Claud Willis Lefevre Gordon
Horace Gordon Claud Willis and Lefevre Gordon visited Greenville on Monday. The trip involved local sightseeing and meetings with residents during the one day visit.
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Horace Gordon
Claud Willis
Lefevre Gordon
Greenville
Strawberries for Canning Sold by Gordon Bros Grocers
Gordon Bros. grocers advertise the sale of strawberries suitable for canning. Limited stock available for home canning needs.
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Gordon Bros
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Hailstones
T. & P. Railroad
Kentuckytown Club
Senate Prothers
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