Survivors recite Panay attack claims and gunning
Shanghai dispatches quote Panay survivors claiming wounded were machine-gunned as Japanese planes sank the Yangtze gunboat. Officers cite a naval inquiry’s rapid start while Oahu carried bodies to the Augusta, with many Standard Oil crew and Chinese employees killed or missing.
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Shanghai
United States
Panay
Yangtze River
J. W. Geist
Altoona
John Mender
Standard Oil
Meiping
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naval Board
Whamegpoo
Oahu
Charles L. Ensminger
C. H. Carlson
Meian
Sandro Sandri
Mender
Standard Oil Company
Ensminger
Augusta
Colin MacDonald
The
Times
London
Lieut. Geist
Japan protests Soviet detention of nationals in Russia
Tokyo protests to Moscow over Japanese held without trial in Russia and seeks a prompt release. The note cites multiple cases including Daiji Takahashi of Vladivostok and accuses Soviet authorities of failing to provide information on health or investigations. Yomiuri reports strengthened Soviet forces at Vladivostok and moved pilots and planes there.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
Russia
Japan
Daiji Takahashi
Vladivostok
Takahashi
Yomiuri
Moscow
Shanghai
Far Eastern At A Glance Highlights Panay Sinking
Survivors reaching Shanghai describe planes and surface craft machine gunning a gunboat and wounded in the Panay incident. Eyewitnesses in Nanking report the fall of the city with mass executions and looting. Tokyo defends delay in reply. Hull and Saito seek to resolve charges. Britain prepares to reinforce fleets as Vladivostok airfield expands.
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Far Eastern
Associated Press
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Tokyo
Japan
Washington
Hull
Saito
Admiral Leahy
London
Britain
Far East
Charge Delays Tokyo Reply Over Panay Sinking Claims
Tokyo says the U S note demanding redress for the Panay sinking will be delayed by American accusations that Japanese surface ships machine gunned the Panay after bombing. A Japanese army surgeon testified to counter the charge as naval officers seek to support the waterborne attack narrative.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
Yangtze River
Nanking
Panay
The Fighting Plainsmen Never Back From Dust Battle
A profile of the Plainsmen defending soil and moisture in the High Plains. The piece traces their rugged heritage from early settlers to modern farmers and ranchers, highlighting fortitude, endurance, and ongoing conservation efforts.
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Lewis Nordyk
High Plains
Three Men Shot and 100 Arrested in Ford Plant Strike Disturbance
Investigators press on in the Ford plant strike disturbance as three men are shot and more than a hundred people are jailed. The slaying case of Evelyn Lucille Taylor enters a new phase with repeated questioning of a Latin American suspect and the recovery of her missing shoe in a Santa Fe tunnel.
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Ford
Evelyn Lucille Taylor
Taylor
Santa Fe
Tommie Solano
Ralph Quintero
Bill Adams
Bob Underwood
W. R. McDowell
Train overturn injures twenty near Detroit
Twenty persons were injured when three Pere Marquette passenger coaches bound from Detroit to Bay City overturned sixteen miles west of Detroit.
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Detroit
Pere Marquette
Bay City
Mich
Soil and Water Conservation Necessity Stressed at Meet
HEREFORD Dec 17 Special Farmers from six counties in Texas and New Mexico demand soil and water conservation measures at a large meet led by H H Finnell. Delegations from Randall Deaf Smith Castro Palmer Curry and Quay counties cite dust storms flood damage and waning irrigation as proof of need for contour furrows terraces strip cropping and impounding and diversion dams.
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Hereford
Texas
New Mexico
Red River
H. H. Finnell
Randall
Deaf Smith
Castro
Palmer
Curry
Quay
Curry County
W. L. Cowan
K. C. Lea
Clovis
W. H. Upchurch
Alex R. Bateman
J. Todd
Jim E. Hill
Geo. Brumley
A. O. Thompson
W. E. Upchurch
Canyon
Hereford Breeders Set Limit Of 75 Head For Auction
The Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association limited the number of Herefords to 75 head for the Amarillo Fat Stock Show auction. They allowed up to 15 heifers per consignment, four per individual breeder, and 12 for carrot consignments. The show opens March 7 with a concurrent Panhandle Livestock Association convention.
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Hereford
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
Globe News
Association
Panhandle Livestock Association
Mother and Child Killed in Gasoline Blast
An explosion of gasoline at a Winters home killed Mrs. Troy Peters 28 and her four year old daughter Darlene. Flames from a nearby cookstove ignited spilled gasoline as Mrs Peters cleaned clothing. The blast tore through a four room house, gutted it, and hurled glass across the street. Dorothy 7 was at school. husband a barber was at work. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon.
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Winters
Troy Peters
Darlene
Dorothy
Hardin Services Set for Sunday
Funeral services for John G. Hardin 83 year old philanthropist who died in Dallas yesterday will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock in Burk Burnett announced today services earlier had been set for the same time tomorrow
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Wichita Falls
John G. Hardin
Dallas
Burk-Burnett
Representative Resigns in Texas Over Unemployment Board Work
Rep. Byron England of McKinney resigns to join the Unemployment Compensation Commission. He sent his resignation to Governor James V. Allred on December 17.
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas calls for partly cloudy skies and a fair, stable day with little temperature change. New Mexico also expected to be fair with minimal temperature variation. yesterday’s recorded temperatures in Amarillo ranged from the upper 30s to low 50s with highs near 45 and lows around 26.
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Amarillo
SeeUreay
West Texas
New Mexico
Ford strike erupts in Kansas City violence and mass arrests
At a Ford assembly plant in Kansas City police clash with striking workers from the United Auto Workers. Tear gas and gunfire injure officers and bystanders as about 300 workers are escorted home amid mass arrests and renewed violence.
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Kansas City
Ford Assembly
Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Dan Mustaine
Bob Scott
Russell Williams
Stander
Fifteenth and
Blue Ridge Road
Hugh Dougherty
Daugherty
Lawrence Damiano
Ford Company
Senate backs ever normal granary farm bill amid wrangling
The Senate approved the administration's ever normal granary farm bill 59 to 29 after four weeks of clashes. It moves with a House farm measure to a conference committee to resolve differences before congress adjourns. Four regional labs receive funding and debate limits are set as measures to hasten passage amid ongoing opposition to price fixing and production controls.
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Senate
House
Wallace
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
Fariler
Bilbo
Vandenberg
Midwest
Lee
Seven Dories Missing near Grand Manan Banks
Seven dories, each likely crewed by two men, were reported missing today from the schooner Richard Nunan of Portland Maine, while fishing near Grand Manan Banks. Coast Guard headquarters reported the loss.
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Boston
Richard Nunan
Portland
Coast Guard
Grand Manan Banks
Escaped Alcatraz duo may have perished at sea
Warden James A. Johnston says Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole likely escaped only in death after vanishing from Alcatraz. He notes they had little chance in water, but investigators patrol bays and landing points while fearing possible outside help via a boat in fog.
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Ralph Roe
Duncan
Okla
Theodore Cole
Stroud
Oklo
Alcatraz
Roe
Oklahoma
Cole
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Alcatraz Taland
James A. Johnston
Johnson
Johnston
Farwell Burglary Suspect is Held
Sheriff Karl Booth of Farwell reported two suspects in custody in Tucson on December 17. Duncan McKinney, wanted for robbery and burglary, surrendered December 14 and told officers he was tired of dodging the law.
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Tucson
Ariz
Karl Booth
Farwell
Duncan McKinney
McKinney
GE to Distribution Funds for Schenectady Plant Workers
The General Electric Company announced a profit sharing distribution of 1,050,000 dollars to 16,072 employees at its Schenectady plant. This marks a significant payout reflecting the firm's profit sharing plan.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Panhandles Duty to State College Stressed at Banquet
Amarillo leaders at the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet urged Panhandle citizens to fulfill a contract with West Texas State College. Senator R A Stuart of Fort Worth said the pact is a common law partnership, urging public support and local investment to keep the college strong and affordable for regional students. He noted Panhandle students spend money locally and argued education is a wise public investment.
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Panhandle
State College
State Board of Regents
R. A. Stuart
Fort Worth
Citizens of the
West Texas State College
Stuart
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J. J. Hughes
U. S. S. Panay
Globe-News
Dial
Tokyo Reply
M. Peden
Dalhart
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