Bright Spots in Industry Across the Nation
United Press reports steel operations to rise 1 to 28 percent this week as demand broadens. Republic Steel in Warren, Ohio hires back 500 workers. Packard shows 600 percent sales gain at New York show. Crosley reports 1931 nine months net profit of 21,166 dollars. Ontario & Western earns 1,769,353 in 1931. Caterpillar dealers expand sales in 33 states and 4 provinces. Austin Co. wins 500,000 plant contract for Du Pont. Swift & Company opens Ye Be factory producing 2,500 pounds cheese daily.
Grand jury to probe Negro outrages after fatal liquor crash
Platte City Missouri report says a car carrying three men running liquor collided with a bus carrying six schoolbound youths. Benton Deal 14 died. Billy Miller seriously injured. Roman Zielinski and Clarence Fry about 20 held. John Zielinski injured. 60 gallons of whisky found in the liquor car.
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Platte City
Here
Benton Deal
Billy Miller
Deal
Leavenworth
Kan
Roman Zielinski
Clarence Fry
Jack Pennington
John Zielinski
China Accepts Near All Japan Demands After Talks
In Shanghai on January 26 Chinese officials reportedly agreed to most of Japan’s redress demands tied to recent anti-Japanese disturbances, except dissolving anti-Japanese societies. China halted plans to occupy Shanghai for now as Sun Fo and Eugene Chen resign from the Nanking government amid internal splits. The Shanghai mayor secured a further grace period before Tokyo’s troops move, while Japanese forces claim a recovered plane in Manchuria with two airmen killed.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Nanking
Sun Fo
Eugene Chen
Tokyo
Manchuria
Crosby Youth Given Five Year Suspended Sentence
Crosbyton, Jan. 25. Erlie Dyess, Crosby youth charged with murder in the holdup shooting of T. C. Jackson during a dice game on a local farm, was sentenced to five years suspended in 72nd district court. J. D. Boswell’s trial in the same case is set to begin Wednesday.
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Crosbyton
Erlie Dyess
Crosby
T. C. Jackson
Here
J. D. Boswell
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled to partly cloudy Tuesday with slight temperature changes. West Texas mainly cloudy with likely rain in the east. New Mexico Tuesday fair with little temperature change. Yesterday’s Amarillo hourly readings show a mix of low and mid range temperatures. 24 hour precipitation ending 4 PM yesterday measured 10 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Woman Seriously Injured After Car Collision
Mrs. Sarah Ferguson of 316 Belleview Street was struck by a car in the 3600 block of West Sixth Avenue and suffered two fractures of the right thigh along with severe bruising. She is hospitalized at Northwest Texas hospital. Driver was Mrs. J. T. Collier of Adrian. Ferguson is mother of Carl Ferguson, U. S. Helium plant employee.
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Sarah Ferguson
Belleview Street
Northwest
Texas Hospital
J. T. Collier
Adrian
West Sixth Avenue
Ferguson
Carl Ferguson
U. S
Poisoned Tortillas Claim Fourth Nunez Child
In Fresno California a thallium poisoning case worsened with a second death today raising the family toll to four children among the Nunezs and seven others suspected fatally stricken. The victims Lydia 7 Manuel 6 Lupe 5 and Ignacio 10 are all children of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Nunez as investigators seek the source of the contaminated grain used in tortillas.
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Fresno
Calif
Lydia Nunez
Manuel Nunez
Lupe Nunez
Ignacio Nunez
Nicholas Nunez
Supreme Court Affirms Texas Cotton Shipment Law Ruling
The Supreme Court without a written opinion affirmed a federal Texas court order that held the state highway law regulating cotton shipments invalid. The decision comes from Washington on January 25.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Midland taxi driver killed by train collision
Noble Stewart twenty year old taxi driver was killed when a Texas and Pacific freight train struck his cab at five this morning in Midland.
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Midland
Noble Stewart
Texas and Pacific
Chief McDowell On Road To Recovery
Police Chief W R McDowell is reported recovering after a major operation last Friday. Attendants at St Anthony's Hospital said Monday the police chief had a good day.
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McDowell
W. R. McDowell
St. Anthony's Hospital
Power Building Blasted in Borger
Panhandle Power and Light Company office at Skellytown was damaged by explosives last night. A corner of the wooden building was wrecked and office equipment ruined. A bomb appears to have been placed against the structure.
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Borger
Panhandle Power and Light Company
Skellytown
Snow melting unsettled forecast amid Panhandle snow
Light snowfall in the Panhandle faded by dusk while a U S Weather Bureau forecast warned of unsettled to partly cloudy skies and small temperature changes. Amarlro saw a 10 inch total precipitation with lows around 25 to 29 degrees and isolated heavier snow from Canyon to Tulsa and Plainview to Lubbock. Panhandle roads remained slippery but open as regions cleared, while isolated Indian agencies near Gallup faced renewed isolation, subzero temps, and sheep losses up to fifty percent.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
South Plains
Santa Fe
Clovis
N. M
Woodward
Okla
Rock Island
Texline
Sayre
North Plains
Canyon
Tulsa
Plainview
Lubbock
Panhandle Auto Club
Gallup
Senate Approves Beverley for Porto Rico Governor
The Senate confirmed James R. Beverley of Texas as governor of Porto Rico. A second item notes A R Buck Simpson, WWI hero with Croix de Guerre and DSC, arrested in Austin on theft allegations.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Beverley
Texas
Porto Rico
Austin
A. R
Buck” Simpson
Burns Prove Fatal in Oil Field Explosion
Fleming Goren, 32, died from burns after a gas explosion in an oil field. He was injured Saturday night and died Sunday night. His body was sent to Kosse, his former home.
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Henderson
Fleming Goren
Kosse
Judge orders action after girls trapped in Sault case
Judge Henry Bishop opens the Forty-seventh District Court and empanels a grand jury that works late without indictments. He labels the alleged luring of two young white girls by two men and a robbery with firearms a brazen outrage and vows to protect women and youths and crack down on prostitution and hotel involvement.
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Forty-seventh District Court
Henry §. Bishop
Potter County
Bishop
Amarillo School Board to Discuss Bond Refunding Tonight
Refunding of 93000 in bonds will be discussed at the Amarillo school board meeting tonight. The proposal, submitted yesterday, could save about 5 percent in the sinking fund levy for 1932 and might avoid raising the levy from 20 to 25 percent, said business manager George M. Waddill.
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Amarillo
George M. Waddill
Scrivnor to Face Second Death Trial in Houston Case
Houston January 25 A jury acquitted W S Scrivnor of murdering Mrs Jane Jones in the August 31 apartment slaying. Prosecutors had sought to link him to the gangland killings in a case tied to the death of C A Jones and the earlier shooting of John Cherris who had a police record.
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Houston
Shilo
Scrivnor
Jane Jones
C. A
Keggy) Jones
Scrivner
Martial Law Declared in El Salvador Riot
Martial law was imposed in El Salvador to quell an uprising attributed to Communists as rebels burned and looted interior towns with unconfirmed reports of heavy casualties. Early advices to New York cited as many as 1000 deaths in the interior.
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San Salvadore
Republic of el Salvador
New York
Bank suspects held at Dalhart after car stalls
Special to The News Dalhart Jan 25 Robbins and Warner alias ODonnell held in Dallam County jail as suspects in the Louisville Colorado bank robbery that netted about 12000. Colorado authorities seek them for forgery after a $750 forged Boise City check paid for the car they drove when arrested. An airplane mission to Boulder County was diverted by a snowstorm and a Pueblo deputy travels by rail to question them.
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Dalhart
Louisville
Colo
F. B. Robbins
L. B. Warner
O’donnell
Pueblo
Robbins
Warner
Texline
Lon Foust
Dallam County
Bill Randolph
Colorado
Foust
Boulder County
Carlos Reavis
National Guard
Boise City
Riots at Dartmoor Prison Draw 100 Plymouth Troops
An Exch Telegraph dispatch says 100 troops from Plymouth surrounded Dartmoor prison after a riot that wounded 80 inmates, with more units en route. The prison had been quiet following yesterday’s disturbance.
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London
Exchange
Princetown
Plymouth
Dartmoor
Senate OKs 500 million reconstruction fund bill
The Senate approved a bill appropriating 500 million dollars for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and sent it to the House for action on a minor amendment.
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Senate
Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
House
Crazy Quilt Tickets Sell Heavily in Oklahoma City
The sales for the musical revue Crazy Quilt hit one of the heaviest days yesterday at City Drug Store on Polk Street with nearly two thirds of the house sold. Remaining seats vary in price from 1.50 to 3.85 dollars and must be claimed promptly to avoid return to the general lot before the show opens at 8 15 p.m. Thursday. Wilbur C. Hawk urges prompt pickup of laid away tickets to prevent further resale.
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City Drug Store
Polk Street
Wilbur C. Hawk
Crazy Quilt
Oklahoma City
Amateur Ad Contest Opens With $4000 In Prizes
Hundreds of Amarillo Daily News and Amarillo Globe readers enter the amateur ad contest offering $4000 in cash and merchandise prizes over ten weeks. Entries must be in by February 3 at 9 AM and are judged by a panel of local business people.
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
W. J. Kelly
Herring Hotel
Pem Denton
Amarillo News and Globe
Giant scheme proposed to kill Britain’s debt
London January 26 The financial editor of the London Express said he understood a gigantic plan was under consideration to convert all of Great Britain’s national debt.
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Britain
London
The
London Express
Great Britain
Series of Murders Baffles Officers in Chicago
A string of motiveless slayings baffled police in Chicago as dentist Dr. James M. Shaffer, 54, was beaten to death at his office while solving a crossword. Earlier victims Charles Tyrrell, 45, and Charles Pagel, 48, were killed in a rooming house and hotel respectively. All three men had no apparent quarrel or robbery motive and were of limited means.
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Chicago
James M. Shaffer
Charles Tyrrell
Charles Pagel
Tyrrell
Pagel
Oil plant saved from fiery river near Harrodsburg
Flaming oil flowed down a creek toward the Standard Oil plant but was dammed before reaching it. About 40,000 gallons of gasoline were saved while several oil tanks and some small houses were destroyed.
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Harrodsburg
Standard Oil Plant
Interstate Commerce approves SP control of St Louis Southwestern
The Interstate Commerce Commission today approved conditional control by the Southern Pacific Company of the St Louis Southwestern Railway.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Company
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Dentists Hear New York Man at Convention
Dr. Martin Dewey of New York City addressed delegates at the twelfth annual Southwestern Society of Orthodontists meeting held with the Panhandle Dental Association. He urged collective advertising and public health education while condemning misleading ads and supported using beer and light wines for expectant mothers. The Panhandle group planned to conclude its fourth annual meeting today.
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American Dental Society
Martin Dewey
New York City
Southwestern Society of Orthodontists
Panhandle Dental Association
Dewey
Dr. Dewey
Senate
Washington
Panhandle Group
Theory advances on Texarkana murder plot in Reynolds case
Texarkana police pursue a murder theory after G. Z. Reynolds a 58 year old filling station attendant was shot to death. Four men are held without charges as investigators seek a woman rumored to hold a key clue to identify the killers.
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Texarkana
G. Z. Reynolds
Reynolds
Young Mexican Confesses Slaying Girl in San Antonio
A young Mexican arrested by Sheriff W. A. Smith of Live Oak County at Oakville confessed to killing Virginia Martinez in San Antonio. He said he buried her body beneath rubbish after an argument at her home on January 5 and is held in the city jail.
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San Antonio
W. A. Smith
Live Oak County
Oakville
Virginia Martinez
Vice President Curtis Turns 72 Yet Warned He Looks Younger
In Washington the aging Vice-President Curtis marked his 72nd birthday on a day when the Senate noted his apparent youthfulness. Senators commented that, despite age, he presented himself with vigor and sharpness during proceedings.
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Washington
Curtis
Senate
Dean of Fliers Eddie Stinson Dies Attempting Park Landing
Eddie Stinson dean of American fliers was dying after a Stinson DeSoto plane test flight crash near a Chicago park golf course. Three other men were injured, including Clark Field Kalamazoo John Tompkins East Chicago and Frederick Gillies Chicago.
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Eddie Stinson
All Air Pilots
Chicago
American Fliers
Illinois Central Hospital
Clark Field
Kalamazoo
Mich
John Tompkins
East Chicago
Ind
Frederick Gillies
Stinson children called those crazy kids in Detroit
Detroit readers recall the Stinson children Eddie Jack Katherine and Margaret from Alabama and Mississippi as mentioned in a brief item. The note hints at a longer continuation on page 9.
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Stinson
Detroit
Alabama
Mississippi
Eddie
Jack
Katherine
Margaret
Jesse Jones Named for Finance Board
President Hoover named Jesse H. Jones of Texas and Harvey Couch of Arkansas as two of three Democratic directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with a $2 billion capital. The announcement came from Washington on January 25.
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Washington
Hoover
Harvey ©. Couch
Arkansas
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Trotzky Backing Spain Move Alleged by Interior Minister
Madrid Jan 26 interior minister Casares Y Quiroga said the extremist effort to set up a proletarian dictatorship in Spain was promoted by Leon Trotzky the exiled former Soviet leader now in Istanbul Turkey.
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Madrid
Casares Y Quiroga
Spain
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Istanbul
Turkey
Auction Block of the Panhandle
The Globe News Want Ads reach 35,000 readers. Advertise live stock to get results. Two fresh Jersey cows eight heifer calves and 1404 Lincoln Leghorn hens are listed. Call 6262 to place your ad.
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The
Globe News
Jersey
Lincoln
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Eddie Schlee
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Atlanta
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