Racial ties in Hawaii jury fight over Kahaha wai lynching case
In Honolulu on April 6, jurors for the Granville Fortescue and three navy men lynching case were selected amid racial debates. Clarence Darrow and John C Kelley used peremptory challenges to shape the panel, favoring Orientals for the prosecution and Nordic blood for the defense. By session’s end the box included Americans, Hawaiians, a Swede, and several Asians as both sides claimed advantage.
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William H. Ewing
Associated Press
Honolulu
Granville Fortescue
Navy
Joseph Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
John C. Kelley
Kelley
Darr
Chicago
Darrow
Garner to share plains ham with House colleagues
A prize Panhandle ham, grand champion at the Panhandle South Plains Fat Calf Pig and Meat Show, was sent to Speaker John N. Garner in Washington. The gift from Lubbock friends includes a letter signed by A. B. Davis, manager of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, and Garner will share the ham with Texas colleagues in the House.
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Washington
Texas Panhandle
Capitol
John N. Garner
Texas
Panhandle South Plains
Lubbock
A. B. Davis
Knife slips wounds Public Market butcher at East Fifth
Sam L. Taylor a butcher at the Public Market 113 East Fifth Avenue suffered an eight inch cut below his right knee when the knife he used slipped shortly after noon yesterday He was rendered unconscious from loss of blood and was reported somewhat improved after treatment at St Anthony's Hospital last night He had been cutting meat when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam L. Taylor
East Fifth Avenue
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Taylor
Amarillo and West Texas Thursday Weather Outlook
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas on Thursday shows partly cloudy skies and cooler southeast portions. New Mexico remains generally fair and colder with regional temperature shifts from 56 at noon to midwestern highs around 68 and 56 in the evening.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Probe Gains Optimism
A fresh contact with kidnappers fed unconfirmed optimism for the Lindbergh baby's safe return. John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk intermediary, said the child was well and he had seen Col. Lindbergh. Curtis claimed to have met the flier during a Virginia trip, tying new details to earlier sightings near Martha's Vineyard.
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Hopewell
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Virginia
Lindbergh
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Curtis
Dean H. Dobson Peacock
Guy H. Burrate
Falmouth
Robbery and gunfire as thieves flee with goods in escape
Thieves robbed a ready to wear store in ESTELLINE early today valued at about 1000 dollars. A night watchman fired at two fleeing men who fled in a small car, which was later found afire after running off a bridge. No suspects or traces located after a night-long manhunt. possible second car abandoned across the creek.
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R. R. Eddleman
Baylor Creek
Variety marks recipes given by Chitwood at cooking school
Miss Teen Chitwood lectured the Globe News Cooking School second class yesterday afternoon teaching cake custard corn chicken coffee and carrots. She demonstrated baking a white cake and shared a recipe including 2 cups flour baking powder 1 2 teaspoon salt 1 2 cup shortening 1 1 2 cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk egg whites vanilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
Christeen Chitwood
Two Chinese Cities Shaken by Earthquake in April Thaw
An earthquake lasting several seconds shook Hankow and Nanking this evening. No casualty or damage figures were available immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hankow
Nanking
Hereford Elects E B Black Mayor In Heavy Vote
Hereford on April 6 saw furniture dealer E B Black elected mayor by a large majority on a platform of lower utilities rates. He tallyed 210 votes to N M Bartley 187, with former Judge John P Slaton at 88. The city set a record 490 ballots cast, while N E Gass and J D Buchanan led the commission race with 343 and 215 votes respectively. J A Pitman 198, R Smith 130, C M Hicks 134 further filled commission totals.
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Hereford
E. B. Black
N. M. Bartley
John P. Slaton
N. E. Gass
J. D. Buchanan
173 Delegates Now Pledged to Roosevelt
Roosevelt's delegate drive gains Georgia's 28 and raises his total pledged and claimed delegates to 175 of 338 selected. Wisconsin GOP returns split between Progressives and Conservatives, with Hoover at 231 of 269. Connecticut to name 19 more Republicans tomorrow.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Georgia
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Hoover
New York
Connecticut
Athletes assault strikers at Columbia protest
Columbia University athletes clashed with striking students during a one day protest over the expulsion of Reed Harris editor of The Spectator. A 15 foot crepe strip was torn from a statue as organizers planned to gag the university library. Minor injuries were reported. Harris had been ordered expelled by Dean Hawkes after editorials criticizing the football program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Reed Harris
Spectator
Nicholas Murray Butler
Herbert E. Hawkes
Harris
Dean Hawkes
Britain snubs Manchouko recognition move in Commons
In London on April 6, the House of Commons was told that Great Britain will not recognize the new state of Manchouko established under Henry Pu-Yi.
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London
Great Britain
Manchouko
Henry Pu-Yi
House of Commons
Ceremony Over Cornerstone Is Dad It’s Empty
Question swirled around the old courthouse cornerstone deposit as workmen pried it open yesterday. Spectators watched rumors about money newspapers builder lists and a bottle of spiritual beverage, wondering if an inside job erased the treasure. Scores of old timers and newcomers witnessed the unfulfilled mystery of the cache’s whereabouts.
Falsifications of Kreuger books uncovered by auditors
Stockholm April 6 reports auditors audit findings on the Kreuger and Toll Company. Falsifications erased substantial balances owed to parent Kreuger and subsidiaries while liabilities to other subsidiaries were removed, according to the auditors' just issued report.
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Stockholm
Kreuger and Toll Company
Ivar Kreuger
Paris
Kreuger
Ugly Girls Go To College Statement Sparks Debate
NEA Service reports James Montgomery Flagg, famed artist, clarifies his controversial remark that ugly girls go to college. He says it was a flippant line in a letter, not a serious verdict, noting most college women are attractive but not beautiful. He cites Ruth Wenter of Wilmette, a Northwestern sophomore, as among the few true beauties in a college group.
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NEA Service
New York
James Montgomery Flagg
America
Syracuse University
Ife
Ruth Wenter
Wilmette, II
Northwestern University
Evanston
Peguline Chase
Duke University
Women College
Durham
Virginia Carlyle
University of California
Margaret McAlister
University of Kentucky
Newfoundland Premier Hides Amid Mob Uproar in St John’s
In St John’s Newfoundland Sir Richard Squires hid from an angry crowd as 600 former World War I veterans and municipal police repulsed a mob of about 10,000 outside the government depot. The rioters stormed the House of Assembly, looted documents and menaced Squires before he fled. Survived ordeal reportedly, with thousands involved and unemployment noted.
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John's
N. F
Richard Squires
Newfoundland
Sir Richard
House of Assembly
Squires
Pampa Slayer of Constable Given Sentence of Life
William H. Bybee of Pampa was convicted of murdering Deputy Constable Ollie Parks during a March 16 disturbance at a dance hall. He received a life imprisonment sentence. District Attorney Ben J. Dean said Harry Roberts of Throckmorton, charged with murder in the Parks case, would be tried May 16.
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Breckenridge
William H. Bybee
Pampa
Ollie Parks
Parks
Ben J. Dean
Harry Roberts
Throckmorton
Denver Line Is Laying Steel Between Childress And Pampa
Fifty Amarillo division workers of the Fort Worth and Denver Rail road, idle months, are replacing 85-pound rails with 90-pound steel along a 25 mile stretch north of Tascosa. Project cost about 300000 dollars, with 125000 for labor, and engineers expect completion in six to seven weeks. Twenty miles of 85-pound rails will be used on the Childress Pampa line for side and industrial trackage.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Childress-Pampa
Showers Forecast for Amarillo Panhandle Cooler Weather Ahead
An extended dry spell may break with possible light showers in the Panhandle late last night. Weatherman offers little encouragement for rain today with cooler temperatures and cloudy skies. H. T. Collman notes any overnight moisture would be slight and maps show no strong rain indications. Panhandle moisture has been scarce for two weeks. City highs and lows yesterday were 78 and 56 degrees.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Childress Gas Hearing Opens In Texas City
In Childress a Texas Railroad Commission official began a hearing on the city’s request to cut gas rates from 75 cents per thousand cubic feet to 50 cents with a $1 minimum. United Gas System owns the plant. city attorneys Aynesworth and Davidson present. Gas firm counsel Coats and Williams and Bell appear. several executives attend. The case could span days and may reach the highest courts if decided against the company.
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Childress
Laten Stanberry
Gas Division
Texas Railroad Commission
United Gas System
J. H. Aynesworth
Borger
J. C. Davidson
Refuse to Bar Other Duties From Measure
Washington April 6 A tariff dispute over a billion dollar tax bill unfolds as the Senate finance committee rejects a bid to exclude additional import duties. Mills defends administration policy, while Democrats Walsh and Tydings push to keep levies out. Debate highlights partisan tensions over oil coal and other levies amid cost-cutting fights with Hoover’s administration.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Walsh
Massachusetts
Tydings
Maryland
Senate
House
Gore
Dem. Okla
Treasury
Hoover
Congressional Democrats
Harrison
Mississippi
Congressional
Magnolia Oil Hikes Prices in Louisiana and Arkansas
Magnolia Petroleum Company announced an increase in oil prices in Louisiana and Arkansas, raising rates by 10 to 15 cents per barrel in selected fields. The April 6 statement notes the new schedule applies to specific oil regions in the two states.
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Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
End Testimony in Amarillo High School Jaw Break Case
Testimony closed in county court at law in an aggravated assault case against 17 year old Amarillo high school sophomore Bill Mac Williams charged with breaking 16 year old Charles Bates's jaw in a March 12 dance altercation. Court heard from classmates friends and doctors. arguments set for tomorrow morning.
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Amarillo
Bill Mac Wiliams
Charles Bates
Fiddles At Funeral For Turbeville Family Heroic Violin
Eight year old Winston Turbeville bravely played his father Charles C. Turbeville’s favorite Schumann Traumers at the Fort Worth funeral. Lips quivered and eyes filled with tears as the boy performed the mournful piece.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Winston Turbeville
Schumann
Charles C. Turbeville
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Chitwood
Britain
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Childress Gas Hearing
Railroad Commission
Levies
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