Nationalists Enter Peking Under Calm Compliance
Peking was taken over by nationalist forces at 10 am, with complete order reported. Shansi troops led the entry as Mukden garrison departed, amid a dramatic civil war sweep from Canton northward through Nanking and Shanghai.
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Associated Press
Peking
Washington
Mukden
China
Canton
Kuomintang
National Peoples’ Party
Sun Yat Sen
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Shanghai
Nanking
Yangtse Valley
Michel Borodin
J. E. Williams
Nanking University
Chiang Kai-Shek
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas New Mexico
Saturday forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico trend mostly fair with cooler northern parts. showers are reported across Kansas to Minnesota, with warmer in the northwest and cooler in the upper Mississippi valley.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Minnesota
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Mississippi Valley
Directors Plan Plainview Dairy Show Next Spring
The Texas Panhandle Plains Dairy Show association met in Plainview to set plans for the 1929 Panhandle Plains dairy show. Officers and directors named an executive committee and appointed standing committees for catalogue judges publicity sales and membership drives.
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Plainview
D. Frank Eaton
Lubbock
Oscar Stansell
Floydada
Maury Hopkins
J. Underwood
Mrs Elihu Root Dies After Two Years Ill
Mrs Elihu Root wife of former Secretary of State died at her New York home after a two year illness. The passing ends a long marriage and she had been a prominent social figure in the capital and New York society.
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Associated Press
New York
Elihu Root
Secretary of State
Plan paving Amarillo to Albuquerque 260 miles road project
A New Mexico Texas coalition launched a movement to pave 250 miles from Amarillo to Albuquerque at Ft Sumner with 125 delegates. County commissioners in Texas will seek bond elections to fund paving. Don Weatherford and Col. Harve Haines lead NM and TX efforts. If completed, 260 miles of hard surfaced highway would link Amarillo and Albuquerque.
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Amarillo
Albuquerque
N. M
Ft. Sumner
New Mexico
Texas
Harve H. Haines
Farmer County
C. S. Melton
Don Weatherford
Clovis
Colonel Haines
Albuqueraus
Hoover foes urge pacific path at Republican convention
tensions ease as Hoover backers and anti Hoover allies in Kansas City clash over nomination. leaders deny a party bolt while Lowden and other hopefuls push a reform platform with McNary Haugen farm relief. Mellon and other powers loom as pivotal in the undecided delegation.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Watson
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Hoover
Middle West
Andrew Mellon
Pennsylvania
Pleas of Wheeler and Gray Defendants Overruled
In Wheeler and Gray counties the court overruled pleas that the defendants were improperly sued in the state action for title to land. The land sought belongs to the North Fork of the Red River bed and is claimed vacant of ownership by Assistant Attorney General W. Truehart. Trial of the original litigation will be taken up later.
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Associated Press
Austin
Wheeler
Gray Counties
Farmer Shot At Plainview In Fatal Altercation
Plainview Texas June 8 O J Thompson a Leisher county farmer was fatally wounded after an altercation with Chief of Police H H Murray who was badly bruised Thompson reportedly fired at Murray while fleeing after accosting the officer s daughter Thompson was chased shot at by officers and left in a ditch seven miles north of town before being taken to a hospital in a semi conscious condition
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Associated Press
Plainview
Texas
O. J. Thompson
Leisher County
H. H. Murray
Thompson
Murray
Here
Mayfield 10 Talk Planned At Municipal Auditorium
Senator Earle B. Mayfield seeks a second term with a 8 o'clock address at the Municipal auditorium. A. S. Stinnett and local businessmen back the candidate highlighting rail rate relief, agricultural aid, and labor support. An informal banquet precedes the talk at Amarillo Athletic club.
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Earle B. Mayfield
United States
Mayfield
Stinnett
Senator Mayfield
Senate
Texas
Senate For Relief of Agriculture
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Legion
John
RAF pilot and sergeant die in crash near Mosul
United Press reports a Royal Air Force pilot and a sergeant were killed when their aircraft crashed near Mosul in Iraq. The announcement was issued today.
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United Press
London
Royal Air Force
Mosul
Iraq
Santa Fe to buy all Orient system in 15 million deal
Unofficial reports say Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe aims to purchase the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad for 15 million dollars. Orient president Kemper backs the plan, while Santa Fe executives declined comment amid a wave of reorganization and road-improvement plans reaching to Topolobampo and Chihuahua in Mexico.
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Associated Press
Wichita, Kan
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Hines
W. B. Storey
Santa Fe
Chicago
W. T. Kemper
Orient
Kansas City
Federal Court of Appeals
The
Kemper
Clifford Histed
Topolobampo Harbor
Mexico
Arthur E. Stillwell
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Middle West
Texas
Rio Grande
Chihuahua
Italia Gave Position On Polar Zepplin Rescue
The Citta Di Milano, base ship for General Umberto Nobile's expedition, maintained radio contact for 20 minutes with the dirigible Italia lost in polar wastes since May 25. The Italia sent bearings 20 miles north of Cape Leigh Smith in North East Land. Messages began about 7 p.m. Greenwich time and the Citta Di Milano planned to sail with Hobby to reach the indicated position using sledges dogs and guides. The commander of Citta Di Milano believes the transmissions are genuine after receiving the proper recognition signals.
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Associated Prong
Rome
Stefani
Citta di Milano
Umbreto Nobile
Italia
Cape Leigh Smith
Southern Cross Reaches Brisbane After 1762 Mile Pacific Flight
Violent storms menaced the Southern Cross as Captain Kingsford-Smith Charles Ulm Harry Lyon and James Warner battled gales over 1762 miles from Suva to Brisbane. The monoplane headed toward Sydney then full Pacific crossing history.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Charles Ulm
Sons of
Australia
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
America
Southern Cross
Galen
South Pacific
Sydney
Lyon
Warner
Moreton Bay
Pacific Ocean
Oakland
Calif
Fiji
California
Hawaii
Fijis
San Francisco
Suva
Fuji Islands
Chas, Kingsford-Smith
Brisbane
Ulm
Miss Boll Plans Hop-Off For Europe Direct From New York
In CURTIS FIELD New York arrangements with Charles A. Levine and Henry B Clarke indicate Mable Boll will attempt a nonstop flight to Europe rather than a preliminary hop to Old Orchard Maine. Runway repairs begin at dawn and may take into Sunday. Amelia Earhart faces delays at Trepassey Newfoundland due to rain fog wind and a fuel leak as she and crew await better conditions.
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Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miss Earhart
Boston Society
National Aeronautical Society
Lindy
Miss Boll
Europe
New York
Associated Press
Curtis Field
N. Y
Charles A. Levine
Henry B. Clarke
Roosevelt Field
Mable Bell
Old Orchard
Maine
Levine
Columbia
Miss Bell
Clarke
Associated
Proas
Trepassey
N.F
Friendship
England
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Stultz
Lamesa Youth Takes Own Life With Revolver
Wade Pratt 21 son of L M Pratt groceryman died in the rear of the estate where he worked after a 22 caliber pistol shot. Coroner's inquest found depression cited by the father as cause. Two notes expressed remorse and inability to endure life.
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Lamesa
Wade Pratt
L. M. Pratt
Wade
Wale
Romanian Royalty Divorce Suit Set for Hearing
Princess Helen seeks divorce from former Crown Prince Carol of Romania. Hearing set in secret for June 21 in Bucharest. Carol, in Belgium after England invitation to leave, is not expected to contest. Princess Helen mother of King Michael, cites profound affronts and desertion.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Helen
Prince Carol of
Carol
Karl Karaiman
Belgium
England
Michael
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Goff
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Ghent
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