Japs Stick to Guns in Manchuria Call
The tariff bill debate in the House labeled the Democratic proposal a political gesture yet showed party strength in a test vote. The measure, aiming to end tariff wars and create an international economic conference, passed 214 to 174 on the method of consideration with nine Republicans and one Farmer-Laborite supporting the Democrats. A White House veto was anticipated if it reaches the president.
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Manchuria
Washington
House
Senate
Farmer
White House
Senate House
Democratic Policy Committee
Tariff Commission
Attempted assassination of Hirohito triggers Japanese cabinet resignation
The article reports a Korean attempting to assassinate Emperor Hirohito, prompting Premier Inukai's government to resign. A bomb hit the emperor's carriage but caused no injuries. Prince Saionji resumes control as the crisis tests Japan's stance amid US pressure over Kellogg Pact and Manchurian policy.
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Associated Press
United States
Japan
China
Tokyo
Manchuria
Hirohito
Inukai
Sainoji
Washington
Stimson
Nanking
Council
Prohi Change Sought by Smith Cox Davis Leaders
Al Smith Cox Davis press for modification of prohibitions. The group urges national action and plans a Jackson Day dinner drawing supporters from across the country. The gathering aims to build momentum for policy change and unite temperance advocates nationwide.
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al Smith
Cox
Davis
Democratic leaders urge victory to curb Hoover era 1929
Alfred E. Smith John W. Davis and James M. Cox denounce Hoover administration in a Washington dinner honoring Andrew Jackson They urge repudiation of special privilege call for prohibition change and federal relief to be matched by state and local support They warn private funds will not suffice and liken unemployment to a state of war
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Washington
Democracy
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
James M. Cox
Hoover
Andrew Jackson
Smith
Wickersham Commission
Cox
Davis
United States
Reed Seeks Missouri Backing With Seven-Point Platform
James A. Reed, former U S senator and 1928 Missouri favorite son, asks for Missouri delegation support for the Democratic presidential nomination. He unveils a seven-point victory platform emphasizing government simplification, decentralization, withdrawal from European disputes, repealing federal duties, and pruning boards, bureaus, and spies. Continues on Page 9, Col. 5.
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Springfield
James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
Reed
Hoover Administration
Snowbound Plains Thaw as Sun Rises in Amarillo
After a 15 inch region wide snow blanket that paralyzed traffic, warmer sun and a 30 degree rise lifted Amarillo temperatures from 15 above zero to 45 by Friday afternoon. Uncertain weather persists with partly cloudy skies and continued icy highways, though routes reopened except U S 385 between Four Corners and Channing.
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Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Four Corners
Channing
Stock market extends third straight rise on strong buying
New York on January 8 reported continued gains as afternoon orders pushed stocks higher for the third session. Bonds rallied with railroad shares showing notable strength. Principal issues rose one to five dollars, closing at top quotations of the day.
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New York
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Highlights
Partly cloudy and continued cold Saturday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico forecast fair Saturday. Temperature by hours at Amarillo yesterday is noted in the report.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Paul Young Held by Cops in Houston
Paul Young, brother of two Missouri desperadoes, was held in Houston while police questioned him about a threatening letter to J F Tomlinson. Authorities from Springfield sought his detention, though police determined he had nothing to do with the letter or the brothers massacre.
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Houston
Paul Young
Missouri
J. F. Tomlinson
Young
Harry
Jennings
Springfield
McKee and Jackson Die In Texas Electric Chair
In Huntsville on January 8 Ira McKee a 32 year old farmer prayed for mercy as the death cap was strapped on and he died in the state penitentiary electric chair. Alfred Jackson a 48 year old San Antonio man followed him to the chair. McKee had killed W R Billingsley at Sparkenburg and Jackson had slain a San Antonio woman.
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Huntsville
Ira McKee
Farmer
State Penitentiary
Alfred Jackson
San Antonio
McKee
W. R. Billingsley
Sparkenburg
Jackson
Gifford Opposes U S Help Funds In Senate Testimony
Walter S. Gifford, head of Hoover relief, told a Senate committee that federal appropriations for the destitute are unnecessary. He argued communities counties and states can handle winter relief efforts without federal funds.
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Washington
Walters
Gifford
Hoover
Senate
Fordney, Longtime Michigan Congressman, Dies at 78
Saginaw Michigan January 8 Joseph W Fordney who served 24 years as congressman from the eighth Michigan district died at his home after a period of illness He was 78 years old
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Saginaw
Mich
U.P
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
Police arrest boy burglar after $160 loot
Police captured a youth burglar in Vaden Brothers service station at 2600 West Sixth Avenue after a spree Thursday night. Four other burglaries yielded total loot under $160 including $117 cash from Blue Jacket shine parlor on Taylor Street and losses at Dyche Pharmacy and Shoe Hospital.
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Vaden Brothers
West
Sixth Avenue
Blue Jacket Shine Parlor
Taylor Street
Dyche
Shoe Hospital
Gulf
Monroe Street
Continental
Jackson Street
Apple Cart Tickets On Sale For Shaw Comedy
Tickets are available for THE APPLE CART at CITY AUDITORIUM on Saturday January 16 with matinee and evening shows. Prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars 50 cents. bargain matinee 50 cents to 1 dollar 50 cents. Obtainable in person at News-Globe office or by calling Miss Eva Lewis at 6262 or mailing remittance to Wilbur C Hawk News-Globe Amarillo Texas with a stamped envelope.
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Bernard Shaw
City Auditorium
News-Globe
Eva Lewis
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Texas
Culbertson Wins Bridge Match In Tight Series
New York January 8 Ely Culbertson defeated Sidney Lenz in a monthlong contract bridge contest finishing the 150th rubber with 8 980 more points and leading 77 rubbers to 73. The session opened with Winfield Liggett Jr bidding two diamonds and making four, narrowing Culbertson’s overall plus to 8 630 as hand 845 began.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Sidney
Lenz
Culbertson
Tom O'Neil
Associated Press
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Fate of Buffalo Herd to be Decided Today
A. C. Nicholson, head of Great Southern Life Insurance investment dept, said that the disposition of the buffalo herd on the Goodnight ranch in the Texas Panhandle would be decided tomorrow at a meeting in Dallas. The mortgage holders, including Great Southern and City National Bank of Wichita Falls, hold the bulk of claims on the property sold Tuesday at foreclosure.
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Dallas
A. C. Nicholson
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Goodnight Ranch
Texas Panhandle
The
Life Insurance Company
City National Bank of Wichita Falls
Money in Circulation Rises by 758 Million in 1931
Washington reports a Treasury circulation statement showing the nation’s money in circulation increased by 758,180,985 over the prior year ending December 31 1931. The per capita circulation stood at 45.35 dollars, up 5.94 dollars from December 31 1930, with total circulation reaching 5,648,304,333 dollars.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Court order makes two sisters into men in Indiana
In Summitville Indiana Geneva and Nola Armstrong long known as sisters at a farm were legally renamed to Gene Douglas Armstrong and Noel Lee Armstrong after a court granted their petition to change gender identity. The judge called it a pioneering case in the state with onlookers observing the quiet ceremony.
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Summitville
Ind
U.P
Geneva
Nola Armstrong
Here
Gene Douglas Armstrong
Nola
Noel Lee Armstrong
Escaped Texas Convicts Nabbed in Ponca City
Jimmie Nash and W. H. Duke, fugitives from Huntsville Prison, were arrested in Ponca City on January 8. Police say they escaped and are being held for Texas authorities. Extradition not arranged yet.
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Ponca City
Jan
Jimmie Nash
W. H. Duke
Huntsville
Texas
Duke
Doctor self-operates inguinal hernia in Kane
Dr. Evan O'Neil Kane performed a self operation for an inguinal hernia in Kane Pennsylvania after a good night. This was his second such procedure following a past appendix removal ten years ago. Both operations used local anesthesia and occurred without outside assistance.
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Kane, Pa
Evan O'Neil Kane
Kane
Shoes Campaign Opens With Donation For City Feet
The News-Globe launches a shoe drive to keep Amarillo residents' feet dry and warm amid snow and slush. Donated building at 214 East Seventh Street backs the effort. residents urged to donate unused footwear. The Donaldson family donated the building, now managed by Gilvin and Gilvin realtors, with page 9 continuation noted.
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News-Globe
Amarillo
East Seventh Street
Post Office
Seventh Street
News-Globe Shoe Fund
Elizabeth Donaldson
J. M. Donaldson, Jr
R. 5
Dawes to quit as Britain ambassador after Geneva talks
Charles Gates Dawes, noted statesman and former vice president, announced at the National Press Club that he will retire as ambassador to Great Britain at the end of the Geneva arms limitations conference. He plans private life after years in government and has dismissed presidential speculation as nonsense.
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Washington
America
Charles Gates Dawes
Great Britain
Chicago
Dawes
Two in Death Case Involving Fortescue and Massie
Honolulu police sworn murder complaint names Mrs. Granville Fortescue and Lt. Thomas H. Massie in the kidnap slaying of Joseph Kahahawai, the Hawaiian who helped attack Mrs. Massie last September. Enlisted man E J Lord also named. Kahahawai was lured from a courtroom, shot through the heart, body found in a car with the suspects.
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Honolulu
Granville Fortescue
New York
Washington Society
Thomas H. Massie
John H. McIntosh
Massie
E. J. Lord
Navy
Lieut
Kahahawai
Flood Drives Hundreds From Mississippi Farms
In Glendora Mississippi hundreds of farmers flee rising floodwaters as one of the worst floods in Northwestern Mississippi drives plantation owners and tenants from homes. Levees breached across three counties with thousands of acres under water, heavy livestock losses, and shortages of food and feed reported. As waters recede in the Tallahatchie River valley, residents warn of potential levee undermining in the retreating flood.
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Glendora
Miss
Mississippi
Tallahatchie River
Pair Loot Konawa Bank Flee in Car
Two bandits robbed the Oklahoma State Bank in Konawa Okla and fled in a small coupe. Police believe the suspects are the same men who robbed the First National Bank nearby weeks earlier.
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Konawa Bank
Konawa
Okla
Jan
Oklahoma State Bank
First National Bank
Yale Dean Favors Four Percent Beer Reform Stance
Dean Clarence W. Wendell of Yale urged legalization of four percent beer in a Senate hearing. He argued beer fosters team play, uniting diverse people, and that students seek beer before turning to hard liquor, a path he sees as harmful to youth.
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YALE
Washington
Clarence W. Wendell
Senate
Half Shot at Sunrise shown at Fair Theater matinee
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, noted nitwits, appear in their comedy Half Shot at Sunrise at the Fair Theater special matinee. The News-Globe Publix urges audiences to bring a dime for admission and arrive before 9:30 AM for the morning showing with blues likely to be defeated.
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Fair
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
News-Globe Publix
Coast Guardsmen Face Bribe Trial
Twenty enlisted men of the coast guard will be court martialed on charges of accepting bribes from Long Island rum runners. Coast guard headquarters announced to Commandant F. C. Billard, and no commissioned officers were implicated.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Long Island
F. C. Billard
Mooney Billings Case Criticized in Unpublished Report
A hitherto unpublished report to the Wickersham Commission accuses California police and prosecutors of flagrant violations in the Mooney-Billings case, highlighting alleged legal misconduct.
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Washington
California
Mooney-Billings
Wickersham Commission
Amarillo Oil Pumper Burns in Pump Fire
Ed Ely 31 year old pumper for the Amarillo Oil Company suffered facial and hand burns when a pump caught fire Friday afternoon about 3 30 oclock. He is listed in satisfactory condition at St Anthony's Hospital.
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Ed Ely
Amarillo Oil Company
Mr. Ely
St. Anthony's Hospital
Briand Asks Laval To Name New Premier Minister
Paris January 8 Aristide Briand weary and sick today asked Premier Laval to designate a new minister to head the government. The veteran statesman said ill health made it his duty to yield the portfolio he has held for seven years to M Laval.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Laval
M. Laval
Teachers to Discuss Proposed 10 Percent Salary Cut
Teachers meet this morning at the High School to discuss a voluntary ten percent salary reduction. The board recommended the cut Wednesday and it applies across public schools and Amarillo College, but cannot be enforced without consent of under contract teachers.
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TODA
Salaria
Sys
Amarillo College
Man Found Slain Near San Angelo Inquest Hears Murder Claim
J Calhoun, 50, was found dead by the roadside four miles north of San Angelo. His face showed severe battering and authorities believe he was murdered. Physicians testifying at an inquest indicated death resulted from the beating.
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San Angelo
J. Calhoun
For Sale or Trade: swap ads in Globe-News Want Ads
In the Globe-News Want Ads readers are invited to swap items and property: live stock for farm machinery home for farm farm for home business property for a ranch acreage for a grocery store automobile for real estate. Classifieds offer quick, economical exchanges via the For Sale or Trade columns and a contact number 6262.
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