Foreigners Safe As China Turmoil Drives Evacuations
AP dispatch from Canton reports all foreigners moved to safe locations. Shanghai notes easing waterside strike while Yunnanese troops dig in at Canton for a siege. Peking students rally with anti foreign handbills amid rioting cases before a mixed court hearing. Canton battles continue despite efforts to relocate fighting outside the city.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
China
Far East
Canton
Cunningham
Shanghai
Peking
Protocol Adopted At Geneva On War Gas Ban
Geneva hosts an international arms control conference adopting a protocol sponsored by the American delegation prohibiting poison gas and bacteria in war. The pact opens for signature with a Sept 30, 1926 deadline and binds signatories upon ratification. Armored cars and aircraft export disclosure rules are also debated and set for later action.
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Associated Press
Geneva
International Conference On the Control of
Coolidge
Washington
Jury Completes Panel for Shepherd Murder Trial
Chicago June 10 The jury to try William Darling Shepherd for the alleged murder of his millionaire foster-son William Nelson McClintock by typhoid germ exposure was completed after three weeks and three days of voir dire. The final four jurors were accepted by both sides after a reluctant series of challenges, with opening address delayed to tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Charles Edelstein
Edelstein
George EF. Gorman
William Scott Stewart
Thomas J. Lynch
Axe murder may have been meant for another man
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 10 authorities and private investigators probe whether the fatal axe blows at Oscar B Turner a Louisiana University agronomy instructor were intended for another man An instructor from the college of agriculture says he has faced trouble from outsiders who might have mistaken him for the victim Police refuse to name the instructor and an inquiry into Turner s finances is in progress with his safety deposit box to be opened upon court order
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Oscar B. Turner
Louisiana University
College of Agriculture
Agronomy Hall
Rebels Killed in Morocco Fighting Near Maraisau
Native reports say more than 400 rebels died in clashes near Maraisau in Mellila Spanish Morocco. French airplanes aided the operations as fighting continued on June 10.
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Morocco
Mellila
Spanish Morocco
Maraisau
Fight to Possess Canton Continuing with No End Near
June 10 report from Canton describes ongoing fighting between Yunnanese and Cantonese troops for control of the city. Battles persist day and night with no slackening, raising fears that food supplies will not meet the population’s needs. Yunnanese recruits sent from Hong Kong are reported captured by Cantonese forces on Honan Island.
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Canton
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Honan
Wheat experts tour Santa Fe train arrives in Amarillo
J F Jarrell and J D Tinsley promote a Better Wheat Farming Special touring the wheat belt to help farmers overcome slim margins. The plan includes better seedbeds seed rotation disease control and livestock to support family expenses. The program claims increased yields and profits even in lean years.
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Santa FE
Texas
J. F. Jarrell
Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad
the Earth
J. D. Tinsley
Amarillo
Jarrell
Tinsley
Texas A. and M. College
Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association
Americans defend 17 Chinese riot defendants in Nanking road clash
In Shanghai on June 10, two American witnesses led defense at the trial of seventeen Chinese tied to the May 80 riot outside Souza police station in Nanking road. A police order to fire came as students stormed the station. missionaries Anderson and Clince supported claims the firing was unjust. The hearing opened with discussion over Bolshevik literature seized earlier, and resumes tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Souza
Nanking Road
Shanghai University
E. W. Everson
Sidney R. Anderson
Anderson
J. W. Clince
Soochow University
North Texas Crops Good Across State Varies in Quality
North Texas reports the best crop conditions in years with good prospects. Elsewhere, conditions are irregular, ranging from good to poor across the state according to the monthly Weather Bureau statistician.
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North Texas
Houston
North
Texas
H JO Wader
Three Days Left on Our Offer for New Universities Dictionary
The News and Post urges Amarillo residents and non residents to obtain copies of the New Universities Dictionary at 80 nominal cost before the sale ends Saturday. The dictionary will be withdrawn that day and only a limited supply remains. readers are advised to act quickly to ensure a copy by mail or in person at the newspaper building.
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News and Post
Amarillo
News- Post
No Law on Spooning on Roadside Judge Says
Five men were charged with flogging after a roadside assault on Oak Hill Road. The case names Frank Pond Ed G Ross Fred Gehart Jim Pond and C A Pond with no arrests as of Wednesday night. Local officers expect arrests soon as more victims may come forward. Judge Hornsby stated there is no law against couples spooning on a road verge as long as the peace is not disturbed.
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Associated Press
Austin
Spoonery
Oak Hill Road
Justice of Peace
R. Tannehill
T. O. Fox
Frank Pond
Ed G. Ross
Fred Gehart
Jim Pond
C. A. Pond
Harvey Maddox
Grand Jury
John W. Hornsby
Foreign Bond Offering Set By Belgium on $50 Million
New York June 10. J P Morgan and Company announced a $50,000,000 Belgium loan with 30 year maturity and 7 percent interest. Bonds priced at 98 yield 7.15 percent. Friday public offering planned. Austin June 10. Community property ruling says homestead use by both spouses remains community estate during marriage per Supreme Court opinions. Cincinnati June 10. Three acres around the late Mrs Charles Fleischmann home to become a public flower garden funded by $160,000 from heirs and associates. Lancaster June 10. Capt John Richmond Eddy, author of an official history of American Indians, found dead with a self-inflicted head wound in Paradise office. suicide due to business worries.
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Associated Press
New York
Kingdom of
Belgium
J. P. Morgan and Company
Austin
Cincinnati
Children Land
Charles Fleischmann
Fleischmann
Avondale
Betty Fleischmann Holmes
Major Fleischmann
Henry Reiser, Jr
Julius Fleischmann
Ihivete
Lancaster
John Richmond Eddy
Paradise
Here
Lamedeer
Montana
Rural Students Win Right To Attend City Schools
In Austin on June 10 the third court of civil appeals ruled that rural residents may send their children to Austin public schools without paying tuition. The decision reversed a Travis County district court ruling and sets up an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.
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Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
E. R. Huck, Et al
Public Free Schools of
Travis County District Court
State Supreme Court
Weather Forecast For West Texas And New Mexico
Thursday partly cloudy across en and vicinity. West Texas and Eastern New Mexico see generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Forecast covers Amarillo and surrounding areas with expected quiet conditions and no significant precipitation.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Yesteray
Governors Explain Veto Not Nullifying Federal Aid
Austin June 10. Former Governor James E Ferguson and State Superintendent 8 M Marrs told the board of education that Texas still qualifies to receive about 312000 a year in federal aid for vocational education despite the executive veto of the state appropriation for the coming biennium.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Board of Education
James E. Ferguson
M. Marrs
Crowd disrupts county sale to halt tax land foreclosures
In Nashville Tennessee crowds estimated at 1500 to 2000 blocked county official readings of a public sale of lands over due land improvement taxes. Circuit Clerk R W Smith retreated as people shouted. A similar disruption occurred the previous day preventing another sale. Lands in Sevier County were sold on Monday despite farmer protests.
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Associated Tress
Nashville
Tenn
Howard County Court House
R. W. Smith
Dance Hall Owner Killed in Matamoros Shooting
In Brownsville on June 10 Jesus Cardenas dance hall proprietor of Matamoros was killed and Luis Rendon former mayor of Matamoras was slightly wounded when an unknown assailant fired on their car near the city market.
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Py Associated Press
Brownsville
Jesus Cardenas
Matamoras
Luis Rendon
Law License Grades Reduced in Texas Supreme Court Order
In Austin on June 10 the Texas supreme court reduced the average passing grade on all law licensing exams from 75 percent to 65 percent. The change will affect 100 applicants currently taking the examinations in the capitol.
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Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Capitol
Train hits car near Opelousas kills four
Four people die when a St Louis and San Francisco train strikes an automobile near Opelousas Louisiana. Clifford Dihm about 42 is hospitalized with critical injuries. Others killed include Mrs E J Genzelin 45, Ida Genzelin 32, William Dihm 45, and Lee Dihm the grandson.
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Okleans
Opalquiaz
Clifford Dihm
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Opelousas
Painleve Arrives in Rabat After Long Flight From Toulouse
Premier Painleve of France lands in Rabat after an all day journey from Toulouse with stops in Barcelona Alicante Malaga and Tangier. General Jacquemot Lyautey and officials greet him and discuss the general situation in the French protectorate with emphasis on the Riffian invasion.
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Associated Press
Rabat
Morocco
Painleve
France
Toulouse
Barcelona
Alicante
Malaga
Tangier
Jacquemot
Marshal Lyautey
French Morocco
Mohammed Fl Mokrai
M. Painleve
Bitter church split ends as United Church forms in Canada
Toronto June 10 700000 Methodists Presbyterians and Congregationalists join to form the United Church Canada at midnight by act of parliament dissolving the three denominations. A Presbyterian faction opposes the merger and a general council signs the basis of union. The new church numbers about 652800 members across 88106 churches with 4467 ministers and a total property value of 74951. The process marks a historic religious consolidation in Canada.
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Toronto
Church In
Canada
United Church Canada
General Council
Itew
James Endicott
Secre
Tary
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Methodist Church
George C
Pidgeon
Samuel D. Chow
Dent
Waeringers
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