Bank Robbery Report From Shamrock Bankers Reception
Five bank employees were seized and bound on arrival as two masked bandits looted the First National Bank time-lock vault of nine thousand dollars in cash and one thousand dollars in silver. The robbers, described as courteous, escaped after disguising in overalls. Ison Hays and other staff were bound and gagged. no identification of suspects was possible.
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News Shamrock
First National Bank
Ison Hays
Amarillo
Claude McKinney
Collingsworth County
Jim Smith
Charles Perry
Frank Sanders
Earl Roger
Smith
Main Street
Geggs
McLean
Shamrock
Charles H. Sherrill Named Ambassador to Turkey
President Hoover named Charles H. Sherrill of New York as U S ambassador to Turkey. He will succeed Joseph C. Grew, who is appointed ambassador to Japan. W Cameron Forbes, the current ambassador to Japan, plans to return to the United States.
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Charles H. Sherrill
Turkey
Washington
Hoover
New York
U. S
Sherrill
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
W. Cameron Forbes
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas region
Saturday fair with a snow earlier this afternoon panhandle section and colder air spreading north and east. Strong northerly winds poised to bring freezing temps tonight. New Mexico forecast shows generally fair and colder conditions with a southeast cold wave edge and freezing temps in the south.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Soocees
Seeveserdd
Warmer Today Expected After Snow in Panhandle
Cold Panhandle storm fades as U S Weather Bureau predicts clearing skies today. Low near 15 degrees expected between 4 and 5 am with rising temperatures later. Yesterday Amarillo saw 22 degrees at dawn and 31 at morning despite late sun.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Deputy Court Clerk John Sears Struck by Car on Polk Street
John H. Sears a 67 year old deputy in the district clerk's office was struck while crossing Polk Street near the block center at 8 25 last night and is unconscious at midnight He suffered a scalp injury a bruised ear and possible internal injuries and was taken to St Anthony Hospital Norman Jones driver of the car stopped and was questioned then released Sears a longtime local figure came from Waco five years ago and is related to Joe Sears with a son Dean Sears in San Antonio and two sisters in Waco
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John H. Sears
Polk Street
Norman Jones
Harrison
Sears
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Waco
Joe M. Sears
Kentucky
Dean Sears
San Antonio
Jailers and seven trusties indicted in county jail beating case
Grand jury indicted Night Jailer Claude Smithers and seven Potter County jail inmates for aggravated assault following a Wednesday night attack on Harry Snodgrass, a drunk arrestee. Smithers posted 500 bond and the inmates named include Art Harris Frank Barrett Robert Cornelius J R Schwartz George Brown Cecil Porter and Richard Smith.
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Claude Smithers
Potter County
Smithers
Ohio Mother Breaks Under Kidnap Strain
In Rockford Illinois on March 4 two men and a boy abandoned a stolen car and fled after taking another vehicle. Police sought the boy, James DeJust age 12, in Northern Illinois and Eastern Iowa as a possible kidnap victim of a Niles Ohio contractor. A heartbroken father and mother pleaded for word from the kidnapers as authorities continued the search.
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Rockford
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
James DeJust
Niles
Ohio
James DeJute
James
Taitsang Attack Heightens Strain as China Rejects Japanese Peace Terms
Reports from Shanghai say artillery roared at Taitsang as Chinese forces fought a severe battle against the Japanese eleventh division. Nanking announced Beijing’s terms were rejected, labeling them a surrender, while Japanese officials denied fighting near Taitsang.
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Amarillo Daily News
Hartford
China Rejects
Shamrock
Shanghai
U.P
Taitsang
Nanking
Low Wen Kan
San Antonio Storm Blows Down Tent Injuring Crowd
A gale struck San Antonio at 9 30 P M blew a large Exposition Park tent on a crowd of about 3500. Several people were injured and ambulances responded. A falsework on a building toppled injuring Jim Gold the night watchman. Downed wires and hail accompanied the wind.
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San Antonio
Exposition Park
Jim Gold
Wonder Bar Ticket Board Moves to City Drug Store
The ticket board for The Wonder Bar, Al Jolson's musical revue, will be moved to City Drug Store at 517 Polk Street this morning and stay there until the show night. Reserved seats should be collected now. mail orders continue. Tickets cost 1.50, 2, 2.50 and 3 dollars.
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Wonder Bar
al Jolson
City Drug Store
Polk Street
City Drug
Japan's Wealthiest Man Murdered in Tokyo
Baron Takuma Dan, managing director of the Mitsui interests, died after noon from wounds inflicted by an assassin as he exited a Mitsui Bank car in Tokyo. The assailant, 21 year old Goro Hishinuma, was arrested at the scene. Mitsui controls mines banks railroads steamships and factories. the phrase as rich as a Mitsui reflects its power.
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Tokyo
Takuma Dan
Mitsui Commercial
Mitsui Bank
Goro Hishinuma
Ibaraki Prefecture
House of Mitsui
Rockefeller
Mitsui
Postmaster Nominations from Hoover for Senate Review
President Hoover named three Panhandle postmaster nominees for Senate confirmation. Charles H. Bugbee of Clarendon Gustav A. Wulfman of Farwell and William M. Owens of Memphis are the selections sent to the chamber for approval.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Panhandle
Senate
Charles H. Bugbee
Clarendon
Gustav A. Wulfman
Farwell
William M. Owens
Memphis
Revenue bill gains 2.25 percent sales tax approval
Washington March 4 The House Ways and Means Committee advances a broad sales tax plan with a 2.25% rate intended to balance the 1933 federal budget. The panel expects about 625 million dollars from the tax and approved other tax changes while delaying public disclosure of details.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Thy Committee
Senate backs grain aid bill for Red Cross and livestock
In Washington on March 4 the Senate approved a House amendment to a bill allocating 40 million bushels of Farm Board wheat to the Red Cross for the needy and for livestock feed. The action was by oral vote and the bill now moves forward.
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Washington
Red Cross
Senate
Chief Plenty Coos Dies At 85 In Pryor Reservation
Billings Montana March 47 Plenty Coos chief of the Crow tribe who represented American Indians at the burial of the unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery died this morning at his Pryor reservation home. He had been ill, blind and crippled for many months.
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Billings
Mont
Plenty Coos
Arlington Cemetery
Pryor
Here
Hartford Quest Deepens Lindbergh Kidnap Probe
Henry Johnson of Englewood N J is questioned as Hartford detectives find a special delivery letter and a postcard to the Lindberghs. The card warns get things quiet while noting a clue. Johnson is held at West Hartford awaiting New Jersey detectives.
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Hartford
Johnson
Miss Gow
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Case Developments in New Jersey
Reports from Trenton indicate arrest of Harry Johnson in Hartford linked by a milk bottle find and calls to Miss Betty Gow. New postcard descriptions match earlier Newark and East Orange mailings to Col. Lindbergh. Lindbergh’s plane at Newark Airport readied for an unannounced voyage.
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Trenton
N. J
John J. Toohy
Harry Moore
Hugh M. Alcorn
Connecticut
Harry Johnson
Hartford
Newark
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
East Orange
Newark Airport
Anne Lindbergh Shows Fortitude After Son's Kidnapping
Hopewell New Jersey March 4 Anne Lindbergh remains stoic as her stolen son’s disappearance enters a third night. She maintains a tight lip and dry eye while bolstering her flying husband. The household, including Mrs Dwight Morrow and Col and Mrs Henry Breckinridge, says if she can endure so can they.
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Hopewell
N. J
Anne Lindbergh
Anne
Dwight Morrow
Henry Breckinridge
Kidnappers Fail to Respond to Lindbergh Appeal
Report from Trenton says the Lindbergh baby's kidnappers offered no reply to the parents appeal. Betty Gow is exonerated, five men questioned at the Lindbergh home. A WOR radio broadcast repeats the appeal in six languages. A ransom note threatening death for the child and $50 000 is mailed from Newark. Naval aviation facilities offered to aid the search. County prosecutor Marshall guarantees immunity.
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Trenton
N. J
Lindbergh
Hopewell
WOR
Washington
New York Avenue
Washington Street
Colonel Lindbergh
Newark
New Jersey
Cleveland
David S. Ingalls
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