Fear for safety of foreigners as Shanghai nerves rise
Shanghai residents fear a Cantonese attack as troops gather in northern Chekiang while British and American warships reinforce the city. Foreigners are urged to evacuate inland as mobs attack mission properties and Chinese violence spreads from Foochow to other coastal zones.
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Chekiang
Shanghai
England
Punjab
British India
South
China
Paris
Orient
Foochow
Fukien Province
Tax Credit Proposal Aims Ten Percent of 1926 Income
Senator Reed of Missouri proposed a flat tax credit equal to ten percent of 1926 income assessments as an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill. The move would reduce tax burdens and reshape the fiscal plan pending approval.
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Washington
Reed
Democrat
Missouri
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The forecast shows Thursday partly cloudy with little temperature change for Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas, while New Mexico trends generally fair with minimal temperature change. A high pressure system over the upper Mississippi valley brings colder air from Wyoming Nebraska and Kansas toward the Lake region with light snow in the Missouri valley and light rain across Texas and Oklahoma.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
West Texas
New Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Lake Region
Missouri Valley
Texas
Oklahoma
Yale Student Takes Life After Parents Reprimand Him
Yale sophomore Richard Starr Untermyer son of notable literary figures Richard Untermyer and Jean Starr Untermyer died by hanging in his dorm room. Dean Mendell found a letter from his mother reproaching him for exhausting his allowance and writing a check with no funds.
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New Haven
Conn
Richard Starr Untermyer
Yale
Louis Untermyer
Jean Starr Untermyer
New York City
Clarence W. Mendell
Congress to Start Farm Relief Debate After Appropriations
The rules committee agreed to bring farm relief legislation to the house immediately after the current supply bills. Timing hinges on progress on three appropriation measures, with a mid next week target in view. Chairman Haugen will seek ten hours general debate split between McNary Haugen and Curtis Crisp bill supporters.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Haugen
House Agriculture Committee
Crisp
Georgia
Move for New System Seen in Appointment
An appointment signals a push for centralized penology as an advocate within the system seeks reform. The reformer pledges a unified approach to inmate administration and prison oversight.
Regents Named in Texas Prison Relocation Plan
Governor Dan Moody appointed R H Baker to the prison commission, promoting a central Texas location for the system and backing a Teer Relocation bill. Will C Hogg and R L Batts were named regents of the Texas University, both graduates. Baker led a Texas prisoners survey cited to justify selling Huntsville and Brazos river farms for a centralized Texan system.
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Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
R. H. Baker
Houston
Prison Commission
S. G. Cranberry
Texas Committee On
Baker
Will C. Hogg
R. L. Batts
Regents of Texas University
The
State University
Texas Committee On Prisons
Huntsville
Brazos River
Law Balks at Youth Hypodermic Attack Tale
Swift & Co. worker F G Pearce, 21, testified at a courthouse hearing that he was drugged and robbed in the basement at 9 pm Monday. Doctors doubted the claim, noting no needle marks and questioning the event, while officials called the tale implausible.
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F. G. Pearce
Court House
Pearce
Swift & Co. Employe
Mist Blamed for Round Rock Bus Train Crash
Round Rock Texas January 26 investigation into the grade crossing collision that killed ten Baylor University students aboard a bus found no definite blame beyond an act of providence. Rain mist and fog were cited as factors.
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Round Rock
Tex
Providence
Missouri-Pacific Railway
Baylor University
Browning Separation Trial Intermission Ends Week
In White Plains New York on January 26 the Browning divorce case pauses for four days. Frances Browning nicknamed Peaches ends her testimony as Marian Tushey testifies in support. The trial resumes Monday with Edward W. Browning’s witnesses rebutting cruelty allegations.
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Browning
Mrs. Browning
Browning Divorce Hearing Details Suppressed by St Petersburg Times
The St Petersburg Times will publish no more details of the Browning divorce hearing in White Plains New York serving as a sanitary measure. Browning allegedly pressured Frances Heenan to recall acts to ruin her friend before the marriage but she could not remember such acts. Another witness was called and the report notes one male witness remains.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
St. Petersburg Times
Browning
White Plains
New York
Cold Weather Lingers in Amarillo After Wet Day
After a cold wet spell in Amarillo the night brought a slight moderation while a partly cloudy forecast promised warmer days ahead. The day saw temperatures nearly steady around 25 to 28 degrees with muddy streets and lingering chill.
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Amarillo
Grant Extradition for Man Held Here
Austin January 26 Governor Moody issued a requisition on Wyoming’s governor for the extradition of A G Wilsey. Wilsey is indicted in Potter county for unlawfully and fraudulently converting a truck to his own use and benefit.
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Associated Press
Austin
Wyoming
A. G. Wilsey
Dan Moody
Wilsey
Potter County
Senate trims bill raising jurists pay in Texas
The Texas senate finance committee on January 26 rejected a Love of Dallas proposal to fund a $300,000 A and M dormitory and cut a higher court salaries bill. Supreme court justices would drop to 10 000, Court of Criminal Appeals 10 000, Civil Appeals 7 600, and district judges 5 000, with increases effective September 1, 1928. A.P. Chappell, Choctaw county treasurer, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Austin
Senate Finance Committee
Love of Dallas
A. and
M. College
Bone Yard
Barry Miller
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Courts of Civil Appeals
Senate
Muskoger. Okla
A. P. Chappell
Choctaw County
Oil Worker Convicted of Statutory Assault in Okla
Barto Gray an oil field worker from Seminole was found guilty in a federal court of statutory assault against a 16 year old girl in Baldhill Okmulgee county. He faces sentencing by Judge R L Williams next Friday morning after an 18 month state penitentiary term for kidnapping a girl then 14 in 1925. The trial noted the evidence could support a charge punishable by death or life imprisonment. Noted banking authority Lyman J. Gage dies in San Diego at Point Loma home after 12 15 AM tonight.
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Associated Press
Musgeogeef
Okla
Barto Gray
Seminole
Gail
Baldhill
Okmulgee County
R. L. Williams
Gray
State
Okmulgee
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Williams
San Diego
Calif
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
President McKinley
Point Loma
Alimony Club Men Pay More in Denver Court Records
Denver alimony club payments rose sharply as district court records show members paid more for single status. Total alimony payments exceeded 132000 dollars last year, up about 16000 from 1923. In 1922 dues totaled 80811 dollars and 19 cents.
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Denver
Arital
Mile High
Denver District Court
Norris Returns to Fort Worth Church Amid Roaring Welcome
Rev. J. Frank Norris arrived back at First Baptist Church Fort Worth after being acquitted of murder in Austin. A packed auditorium greeted him as he stood at the altar and read from the Bible before delivering remarks and announcing a citizenship talk for Sunday.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
J. Frank Norris
First Baptist Church
Austin
Mr. Norris
Marvin RB. Simpson
Lee Joyce
Norris
J. M. Gilliam
Canada
W. A
Bill) Sunday
Three Die In Oil Tanker Blast Near New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 26 a gas tank in the O. T. Waring’s pump room exploded while the tanker lay midstream below the city. Three men were killed and six injured, all the dead men being negroes, with one injured possibly facing death.
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New Orleans
O. T. Waring
Indian Youth Arrested for Dodging Subpoena
Muskogeer Okla Jan 26 Berlin Jackson first husband of Exie Fife was arrested at his home near Eufalfa this afternoon by Sampson Wyers deputy federal marshal and is being brought here to testify in the suit in which seven Eufalia lawyers and T A Chandler former congressman are charged with fraud Taking of testimony will start when Jackson arrives probably late this afternoon
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Associated Press
Muskogeer
Okla
Berlin Jackson
Exie Fife
Eufalfa
Sampson Wyers
Eufalia
T. A. Chandler
Jackson
Measure Sends Back for More Consideration in House
A vigorous debate in the House focused on a proposal to add an additional levy. Members pressed for amendments and a clearer plan before voting.
West Texas land tax, secretary of state elective debated
The Texas House debated two constitutional amendments on January 26. The land tax measure would subject 2,000,320 acres in 17 West Texas counties to county taxation, facing strong opposition as a burden on rural schools. A separate bill seeks to make the secretary of state elective, with supporters arguing for merit and public scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Austin
House
Texas
West Texas
J. Herschel Boggs
W. M. Fry
Gonzales
Boggs
Texas University
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
University of Texas
McCombs
Fly
East Texas chamber delegates rally despite bad weather
Delegates at the East Texas chamber of commerce regional meeting in Jacksonville voiced strong enthusiasm for the program, though attendance was trimmed by bad weather. The report mentions 10 percent and a Panhandle Building and Loan Association reference.
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C. of C
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Tex
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Arrests Made In Federal Prohibition Agent Attack Case
Aubrey Sharp, sought on federal assault charges for attacking a prohibition agent in front of a local hotel about a year ago, was captured at 1306 West Thirteenth Street and jailed in Potter County. Red Campbell and W. A. Tolbert were also arrested at the same address after notices and warrants. Tolbert had been accused of possessing 264 quarts of liquor since last May.
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Aubrey Sharp
Prohibition
Sheriff's Office
West Thirteenth Street
Sharp
Leavenworth
Potter County
Red” Campbell
W. A. Tolbert
Tolbert
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Peaches) Heenan Browning
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