Japanese Avenges Losses with Major Manchurian Offensives
Reports from Mukden quote official communiques claiming hundreds of Chinese were killed as Japan’s forces, backed by artillery and air power, struck Yan tai Tungliao and Yingkow in retaliation for last week’s Chinese victories. New warlord groups arrive to negotiate a new Manchurian state free of Chinese control. General Honjo cites ridding South Manchuria of “the curse of banditry” to protect farmers.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Japan
Yantai
Tungliao
Yingkow
Shigeru Honjo
Inland Sea Threat Expands Across Mississippi Farmland
A vast inland sea covered thousands of acres along a 125 mile front in northwestern Mississippi, threatening more territory as relief workers report about 45,000 people affected. Eight counties have flooded with two more at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendora
Miss
Mississippi
Dr Paul W Horn Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Lubbock January 18 Dr Paul W Horn president of Texas Tech nological College underwent an emergency appendectomy this afternoon. Under spinal anesthesia he remained conscious for about 22 minutes of surgery described as entirely successful by the attending physician who said the appendix was acutely inflamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Paul W. Horn
Texas Technological College
Horn
Pioneer Woman of Miami Dies in Port Arthur
Special to The News Miami Jan 18 Mrs L C Heare a longtime resident of Miami since 1900 died tonight at Port Arthur at her son Dr L C Heare home Funeral services will be held Wednesday or Thursday and burial will be in Miami Surviving sons Clayton Heare Shamrock B C Heare Miami and Joe L Heare Tahoka and daughter Mrs Grace Mc Cuistion Miami
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
L. C. Heare
Port Arthur
Clayton Heare
Shamrock
B. C. Heare
Joe L. Heare
Grace McCuistion
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Tuesday forecast for Amarillo and West Texas calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures with the northern portion of the region showing the greatest rise. New Mexico expected to see fair weather and little temperature change. Hourly temperatures from yesterday show a warm morning with varying readings through the day, despite a generally stable trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ieee
Thousands Visit New Courthouse On Opening Day
Potter County opened its new $420,000 courthouse with thousands visiting on Monday. Cadets from Amarillo ROTC guided guests as they rode elevators to sixth through eighth floors to inspect jail and court facilities. Flowers, music, and patrol antics provided entertainment while officials received congratulations from visitors.
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Potter County
Panhandle
Amarillo R. O. T. C
Amarillo College of Music
Khiva
Amarillo Merchant Nathan M. Cohn Found Dead In Store
Nathan M. Cohn a 36 year old Amarillo merchant was found dead in his Polk Street shop at 4 30 Monday afternoon. He appears to have died in his sleep the coroner's office citing heart disease as the cause. Survivors include his widow Leah and his father J D Cohn with three brothers. Funeral services will be held at Boxwell Brothers funeral home and burial will be Llano Cemetery with Blue Lodge Masons supervision. He was a Hanson Post American Legion member.
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Nathan M. Cohn
Amarillo
Polk Street
Mr. Cohn
Benzona
Miss
Leah Cohn
J. D. Cohn
Leonard
Ford Cohn
Melvin Cohn
Jackson
Mich
Cohn
West Tenth Avenue
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Llano Cemetery
Blue Lodge of the Masons
Hanson Post
American Legion
Railway labor seeks 10 percent hike in employment
Chicago January 18 Organized railway labor asked management to accept 10 percent wage reductions for one year and inquired if carriers would increase employment by about the same percentage. Labor representatives had originally requested an average force be assured employment for one year during talks with rail presidents and union heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Laval Seeks U S Stance on Lausanne Reparations Delay
Premier Laval of France has engaged in diplomatic steps to gauge the American position on possibly extending the inter government debts moratorium. Paris notes a provisional postponement of the Lausanne reparations conference due to upcoming elections in France Germany and the United States.
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Washington
Laval
France
Paris
Lausanne
Germany
United States
Planes Drop Food to Navajo Snowbound Tribes
In Winslow Arizona on January 18 six U S Army bombing planes resumed their mercy mission and dropped about four tons of rations into snowbound Navajo communities in northern Arizona and New Mexico. The food parcels included beans flour coffee sugar salt pork and dried fruit and were eagerly accepted by disinterested recipients eager to reach the supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ariz
United States Army
Arizona
New Mexico
Six Men Feared Dead In Pulaski Mine Explosion
An explosion at 5 30 in the Pulaski Anthracite mine in Parrott Virginia trapped six men 3000 feet inside while the night crew of 24 escaped. Rescue crews work tonight to reach them and determine the cause of the blast.
Lubbock Man Improves After Prolonged Hiccups
Isaac B. Greer, 52, hospitalized in Lubbock with persistent hiccoughs, was taken home after noon today. His condition has steadily improved since last Friday, marking the start of his second week of hiccoughs.
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Lubbock
Isaac B. Greer
Shoe Campaign Aids Amarillo Needy Footwear Drive
The Globe News Shoe Headquarters faces closure risking hundreds of Amarillo residents lacking proper footwear. Donations of one dollar shoes two men's pairs, fifty cents covers two children’s pairs, and five dollars supports ten men through winter. About 1,000 people have already been helped. Contributions to The Globe News office or by phone 6262 or 8052 will trigger a call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Amarillo
Globe News
Probers May Call Mellon Before Them
Secretary Mellon may be asked to testify in person to the House judiciary committee about business affairs Rep Patman says may bar him from office. Hearings into Patman’s impeachment resolution continue as several committee members consider such a request. Patman alleges Mellon helped Gulf Oil obtain concessions from Colombia and pressured Colombia by opposing U S credit extensions.
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Washington
Mellon
House Judiciary Committee
Patman
Texas
Gulf Oil Company
Republic of Colombia
Texan
United States
Goldfish Deaths Attributed To Privacy Myth Debunked
Carl Thompson of a New York fish hospital debunked the theory that goldfish die from embarrassment in glass bowls. He explained mortality stems from inadequate water. each inch of fish length needs a full gallon of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl Thompson
Roosevelt Confirmed Governor General of Philippine Islands
The Senate confirmed Theodore Roosevelt as governor-general of the Philippine Islands, effective in Washington on January 18. This action names Roosevelt to lead colonial administration in Manila and surrounding territories.
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Washington
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippine Islands
Amarillo Issues Brake Testing Notices to Motorists
Motorists in Amarillo began receiving police notices to have car brakes tested under a city ordinance in effect since 1923. Tests are required every 30 days and motorists failing to heed the notice will be tagged for court. authorized testing stations display inspection certificates on windshields.
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Amarillo
Murray lauds prohibition in talk to days
Oklahoma Governor Murray addressed the anti saloon league at its biennial convention praising prohibition as an improvement over saloon days while noting no personal plan. He proposed joint state and federal commissions to address the issue and spoke before hundreds of delegates. Earlier Dr James M Doran urged the slogan No step backward for any group or individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murray
Oklahoma
Anti-Saloon League
The
League
James M. Doran
Industrial Alcohol
Murray Pleads for Old Bank System in Congress Hearing
Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray testified before a House committee urging a revival of the Scotch banking system. His remarks came during a Washington session dated January 18 as part of national economic debate.
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Murray
Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
House
Bandits Loot Actress Carmel Myers Home in Beverly Hills
Two armed men forced entry at Carmel Myers home in Beverly Hills early today. They threatened Myers and her maid, took jewelry valued at $20,000, and fled without tying Myers who later revealed she is about to become a mother.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Carmel Myers
Miss Myers
Ralph Blum
Court to hear nonjury challenge to Texas acreage law
Franklin Texas January 18 The legality of the Texas cotton acreage reduction law will be tested in 85th district court before Judge W C Davis without a jury. Attorneys for both sides say they are ready to proceed Wednesday morning as scheduled and prefer a nonjury trial in the test suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Texas
W. C. Davis
85Th District Court
Dixon Nominated to Tariff Commission by Senate
The Senate approved the nomination of Lincoln Dixon of Indiana as a Democratic member of the tariff commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lincoln Dixon
Indiana
Tariff Commission
Senate
Mrs Judd Prepares Finery for Arizona Trunk Slay Trial
Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd, accused of murdering and dismembering two women in Los Angeles and Phoenix, selects about $100 worth of finery for an all male jury in her life case. Defense plans claim of hereditary insanity and possible mother fixation as experts testify ahead of the trial.
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Ralph 0. Brown
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Trunk Slayer
Breken Perpetratur
Southwest
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
San Francisco
Joseph Catton
Judd
Edward Huntington Willams
Los Angeles
George L. Stephens
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Harry L. Goss
Floyd J. Andrews
Legislature Meets in Special Session for Radical Legal Reforms
Honolulu reports the territorial legislature opens a special session in January to push sweeping reforms. Prosecution says it traced Miss Helen Fortescue’s movements around the time of the Kahahawai abduction and slaying but found no ties to the crime.
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Honolulu
Helen Fortescue
San Francisco
Miss Fortescue
Joseph Kahahawai
Thomas H. Massie
Thalia Fortescue
State Option Bill Filed in Senate
A proposed constitutional amendment to permit states to choose prohibition or keep it as is was introduced in the Senate by Senator Tydings of Maryland. He said it was prepared by a group of standing organization with top Maryland lawyers and attached a memorandum from the Local Self Government League of Baltimore. If adopted it would provide state option by popular vote.
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Washington
Tydings
Maryland
Local Self Government League
Baltimore
Amarillo Man Gets Further Sentence in Escape Case
Federal Judge Benson W. Hough sentenced nine men for escaping from the Chillicothe federal reformatory in Columbus. Palmo Omtiveros of Santa Fe New Mexico drew an additional 24 months while the other eight received 15 months each, including John C. Moody of Tulsa Oklahoma Ernest P. Blair Jr of El Paso and F A Langford of Amarillo.
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Columbus
Benson W. Hough
Chillicothe Federal Reformatory
Palmo Omtiveros
Santa Fe
N. M
John C. Moody
Tulsa
Okla
Ernest P. Blair, Jr
el Paso
F. A. Langford
Amarillo
Tate Convicted in Dallas Over Fishing Laws
J Waddy Tate, former Dallas mayor, was found guilty of violating state fish and game laws for fishing with artificial lure without a license. He was fined $1 and costs.
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Tate
Dallas
J. Waddy Tate
Costa
Bright Spots Lift Texas Trade and Construction in December
Texas turkey shipments for December rose to 547 cars from 431 last year, a 37 percent gain per University of Texas figures. Texas construction contracts reached 5.857 million dollars in December, up 30 percent from November per F W Dodge data, with Texas leading 37 eastern states in contract value. Detroit Edison reported 1931 net income of 11,420,136, up from 11,116,667 in 1930. Continental Can Co plans a 400 thousand dollar Houston plant on recently bought ground per H Hulbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Dallas
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Detroit
Detroit Edison Co
Houston
Continental Can Co
8. H. Hulbert
W T C C Drive Begins In Amarillo
Amarillo starts its West Texas Chamber of Commerce drive at 10 am with a solicitation committee meeting at the chamber offices. Wilbur C. Hawk and directors John B. Gilvin and Fred H. Galle head a committee including Tom Cotten, Louis H. Smith and others as Amarillo’s 1932 budget share is set at 3200 dollars and aims for a 1933 convention with full membership.
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Amarillo
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur C. Hawk
John B. Gilvin
Fred H. Galle
Tom Cotten
Louis H. Smith
Griggs
Charles Gordon
Fred Pool
Jess Smith
Harvey Allen
Cal Farley
Makeig
Wade Brymer
N. O. Glenn
P. O. Purdum
Howard Federer
O. L. Taylor
Judges to pick winner in slogan contest here
Fort Worth residents await decisions as the West Texas Chamber of Commerce judges gather Thursday to evaluate 2 500 slogan entries. Frank P Holland of Dallas leads the committee announcing the proceedings.
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Fort Worth
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Frank P. Holland
Dallas
Supreme Court Announces Three Week Recess After Session
The Supreme Court will recess for three weeks after a noon session next Monday and resume on February 15.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Six Die As Launch Sinks After Collision Near Dacca
A launch carrying 150 people sank after colliding with a steamer near Dacca Calcutta January 18. Six bodies recovered, others feared lost as search operations continue.
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Calcutta
India
Dacca
Federal Land Banks bill gains path to conference
Conferees on the Federal Land Banks bill agreed on provisions as the House joined the Senate in approving a $25 million earmark, expanding the capital to $125 million to tighten farm loan pressure. A reconstruction bill for cities and other Hoover measures faced delays as the Senate action arrived after the House adjourned.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Land Banks
House
Senate
Hoover
Panhandle cattle breeders win five prizes at Denver show
Texas Panhandle breeders dominate the Fat Stock Show in Denver with five prizes. Julian Bivins of Amarillo won first in the Hereford steer herd, Elliott Moran IX judged grand champion steer, and D. L. McDonald of Amarillo took senior Hereford yearling first prize.
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Denver
Julian Bivins
Amarillo
Elliott Moran IX
Super Superior
ITI
D. L. McDonald
Dead Man Seeks to Live Legally in Missouri
J T Kelley aged 71, declared legally dead recently, plans to ask a district court to set aside the verdict and restore his civil status. He had been missing from Liberty for a decade, found in a Houston hospital suffering rheumatism, then brought home by his son William J Kelley secretary of Costello Lumber Company who had long searched for him.
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Liberty
U.P
J. T. Kelley
Kelley
Houston
William J. Kelley
Costello Lumber Company
Burglars Knock Safe at Gaston Motor Company
In Tyler on the weekend robbers forced open a strong box at the Gaston Motor Company after tampering with a sign saying the safe was unlocked. They obtained 75 dollars and a total loot from two other motor companies increased the amount seized.
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Tyler
Jan
U.P
Gaston Motor Company
Geggs
For Rent Ad Promises Quick Tenant via Paper Columns
Local Want Ads tout timely occupancy with a witty Poor Richard quote and a call to place rent signs in the paper. A duplex on Mississippi is described as modern and ready, with bills paid and inquiries noted, though OCR garble limits clarity on the landlord and dates.
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Joy
Mississippi
Suni
Arrison
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Hiccougher Home
Drys
Prohibition
Governor Murray
Morris Sheppard
F. Scott McBride
Probers
Roosevelt
Philippine
Dixon
Hawaii
Steel
W.T.C.C
Panhandle Gattle Breeders
Richard
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