Americans Leaving Shanghai Refugees Flee Anti Foreign Tensions
Refugees, mainly Americans, evacuate southern Shantung Anhwei and southern Hunan as anti foreign agitation spreads north. British and Japanese officials clash with Chinese authorities in Changsa while Shanghai defenses tighten. Evacuation of Hankow continues with 350 Americans leaving the city over four days.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Shantung
Anhwei
Hunan
Changsa
Siang-Hiang
Woodcock
Nanking
Hankow
John Duncan
Uyematsu
Duncan
Kamao Araki
Araki
Tone
Haakow
30 Day Extension for Amarillo Campus Fund Drive
Amarillo received a 30 day extension to raise funds for the university project after the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist church voted to remove the college from Clarendon. The extent aims to boost funds from 410000 to 650000 for a 500000 building program and campus improvements.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Witness Tells Story Of Fatal Shooting In Dalhart Trial
In Dalhart March 29 a crowded court heard the trial of Joe Bill Inman charged with the murder of Billie Patterson after a quarrel in Dalhart. Key testimony covered threats and a shooting as witnesses described enmity between the youths and Inman's possession of a pistol.
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Dalhart
Inman
Joe Bill Inman
Billie Patterson
Father
C. D. Patterson
Channing
Billie
Patterson
Ray Mitchell
Mitchell
Joe Inman
Sheriff's Office
Fred Matthews
Fire insurance rates raised in San Angelo area
San Angelo Texas was charged an additional seventeen percent on fire insurance policies today due to a bad fire record over the past three years, according to the state fire commission.
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San Angelo Austin
San Angelo
Texas
State Fire Commission
Rush on New Highway To Oil Fields
Potter county speeds grading of a dirt road to the oil fields from the east Potter county line at Willton within thirty days J R Gant Amarillo Real Estate Board highway committee chair said J L Duncan of Deal discussed rapid highway construction to Borger with Mr Gant The Potter county 500000 road bond election date will be set later this week by County Judge Sam Motlow after legal form is prepared by Ray Johnson city attorney The election will be scheduled at the earliest date this spring with 30 days of legal publication required.
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Potter County
Amarillo
Borger
Carson County
East Potter County
Wilston
New
Willton
J. R. Gant
The
Amarillo Real Estate Board
J. L. Duncan
Deal
Mr. Gant
Sam Motlow
Ray Johnson
Bank Holdup In Arkansas Bank Robbery In Jasper
Five unmasked men robbed the Bank of Newton County at Jasper Arkansas seizing cash estimated between five and seven thousand dollars. A telephone message reported the heist and noted all cash in sight was taken.
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Associated Press
Harrisonburg
Ark
Newton County
Jasper
Maiden Eloped with Lover Sparks Missing Millie Narharkey Theory
Muskogee Oklahoma March 29 Government investigators pursue a theory that Millie Narharkey missing since Saturday did not get kidnapped but eloped with a youth from Kansas she knew from childhood. The 20 year old heir to a $400000 fortune vanished after a movie with an “old acquaintance.”
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Muskogee
Okla
Millie Narharkey
Millie
Kansas
Rhinelander quits bid for marriage annulment
Leonard Kip Rhinelander, heir to a New York family, ends his fight to annul his marriage to Alice Jones Rhinelander after appeals were denied. The case shifts as Alice seeks separation on cruelty and abandonment grounds while the $300 monthly alimony continues. This follows multiple defeats since their October 14, 1924 marriage.
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Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice Jones Rhinelan
Knickerbocker
New Rochelle
Philip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrica Jones
Shakeup In Highway Department April 1
River levees threatened as the Mississippi rose to a fifty foot stage flooding 14000 acres of Delta land in Desha county near Knowlton. Residents fled toward Helena as more than 1000 families faced displacement. A Missouri Pacific work train was ordered to move people to safety after the Laconia levee break.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
Mississippi River
Knowlton
Desha County
Laconia Circle
Helena
Circle
Act
Missouri Pacific
Laconia
Mississippi River levee near Laconia Landing threatened flood
A late message to Major D. H. Connolly said the Mississippi river levee near Laconia Landing Arkansas had caved in half and could be breached tonight or tomorrow. Residents in the basin were warned and given time to move stock to higher ground.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Dollar Day Moves Up In Amarillo For Special Bargains
The Globe News sponsors a city wide Dollar Day on Thursday April 7 with local merchants offering many special bargains. The event was moved up one week from April 1 and nearly all merchants will participate.
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Amarillo
The
Globe News
French Plans Major Shakeup of Highway Officials
A broad reorganization of the highway department under W. A. French will take effect April 1. The division will expand to eleven sections with foremen appointed for each, replacing the prior seven sections. Maurice Blohm will become maintenance supervisor in the Panhandle area, succeeding Eugene McBride.
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Highway Department
W. A. French
Panhandle
Dick Cosby
Rudolph Douglas
P. B. Kelly
H. S. Pond
Glenn Lane
Maurice Blohm
St. Augustine
Tex
Eugene McBride
R. W. Thompson
McBride
State Highway Commission
GG. W. Hodges
Canadian
J. E. Shoemaker
Shamrock
W. Y. Buchanan
Tulsa
Frank Brown
Spearman
C. C. Bell
Childress
Claude Johnson
Hereford
Amarillo
Merchant Found Dead in Pullman Berth
Edward A. Holden a 65 year old Northside merchant was found dead in his berth aboard a Chicago and Alton train arriving in Chicago from St. Louis His throat was slashed a razor lay by his side A coroner's investigation was planned and passengers in the car were held after the discovery Holden had been returning from Kingsville Texas where he held realty holdings
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edward A. Holden
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Kingsville
Texas
Federal Highway Aid Restored To State Projects
Federal road aid returns to the state program after four months of suspension. About 6.5 million dollars will be available in 1927 and 4.5 million in 1928, with funds to be re entered within weeks. W. R. Ely notes the commission’s efforts to repay debts and meet aid requirements.
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Associated Press
Ferguson Highway Commission
W. R. Ely
Federal Road Board
Highway Department
New
Highway Commission
Ely
Highway Department Treasury
Sapiro Claims Articles Hit Annual Income in Ford Libel Case
Detroit March 29 Aaron Sapiro testified in federal court that anti Jewish articles in the Dearborn Independent caused libel damages and a drop in his income He detailed earnings from 1916 onward noting years with income between 10 000 and 61 551 21 while Ford challenged admissibility of the figures stating some income derived from states where he was not licensed to practice.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Automobile Manufacturer
Dearborn Independent
Independent
Sapiro
Ford
Fred M. Raymond
William Henry Gallagher
Organization of Farmers Co-Operatives
Judge Remits Fines for Absent Witnesses in Sweetwater Case
In Abilene on March 29 Judge Fritz R. Smith remitted all fines except four from district court in Sweetwater. The 42 absent witnesses in the L. Paul Kirk murder case faced fines ranging from $250 to $500, totaling $12,300.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Sweetwater
L. Paul Kirk
Fritz R. Smith
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