Busiest Man in Houston? Not in London Dispatch
May 15 report from London says Chinese Nationalists expect Yeking’s fall soon as northern ruler Chang Tso Lin appears near end. Kang’s departure from Peking, troops retreat toward Manchuria, and Shanghai reports of a Tsiwan terms demand shape tense Far East diplomacy. Chiang Kai-shek arrives in Nanking for a key conference with leaders and foreign powers.
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Associated Press
London
Yeking
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Kang
Shanghai
Tientsin
Paoting-Fu
Manchuria
Japan
Nanking
Japanese War Office
Tokyo
Fukuda
Tsiwan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Yao-Tsu
Tsinan
Shantung Railway
Chiang Kai- Shek
Far East
China
Geneva
League of Nations
Shantung
League Today
Taiwan
Junkers cancels plan for actress Mile. Dillenz flight
Berlin May 15 The Junkers works cancelled negotiations with Viennese actress Mile. Dillenz for a scheduled trans oceanic flight. The option expired at five o clock today without the actress providing the required financial backing.
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Berlin
Junkers
Lilli Dillenz
Dillenz
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
Wednesday partly cloudy in Amarillo and west Texas with unsettled conditions in the south. New Mexico mostly fair in the south and unsettled in the north. Temperatures near seasonal norms with light to moderate rain from the Rockies to the Mississippi. Precipitation in the last 24 hours totaled .02 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Noruma
Mississippi
Kansas
Rockies
Mississippi River
Fae Rig
Ccceseses
Regulation of Oil Remedies Urged in Amarillo Meeting
Campaigns for Amarillo Methodist college raise funds as new committees may be named to solicit $25 000 leaders. Proposals to regulate oil production and impose imports tariffs were debated at a West Texas Chamber of Commerce Oil and Gas bureau meeting in Amarillo with about 75 operators in attendance.
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Amarillo Methodist College
Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
Haines
Oil & Gas Bureau
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Texas
W. B. Hamilton
Wichita Falls
Hamilton
Panhandle
Bureau
Department of West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Ranger
San Angelo
Homer D. Wade
Fort Worth
Holmes
W. R. Keeble
Abilene
Winkler
West Texas
Tri Motored Fokker May Be Delayed
A large tri motor Fokker costing 80000 dollars making a New York to Los Angeles cross country flight may arrive in Amarillo today but could be delayed until Thursday. It was forced down at Indianapolis by a rainstorm yesterday. Wesley Izzard of The News Globe is in Wichita to ride the plane into Amarillo.
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New York
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Indianapolis
Wesley Izzard
The
News- Globe
Wichita
Kan
Realtor Freed of Swindling Charge Here
Charges of swindling were dismissed against J. H. Clark a Denver real estate man after he was arrested on a Potter county warrant. District Attorney W. J. Flesher moved to drop the case when Clark explained a gas deposit of 2353.50 remained with Amarillo Gas Co. and would be returned to Mrs. Kathleen Hall as assignee once the Gables investment earns 8 percent. Hall had accused Clark of misappropriating the funds while developing the 40 acre Gables tract.
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J. H. Clark
Denver
W. J. Flesher
Clark
Kathleen Hall
Fort Worth
Amarilo
Gables No. 1
Iito
Paul Clark
Flesher
Amarillo Gas Company
Hall
Potter County
Gables
John H. Moore
Lubbock
Tri-Motored Plane Returns to Shreveport After Fault
The Ford tri-motored transport plane of the army air service returned to Shreveport Louisiana after departing with 21 other planes for maneuvers at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Motor trouble surfaced soon after takeoff and a few days will be needed for repairs as pilot Lieut. Eugene Eubanks and crew accompany two reporters.
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United Press
Shreveport
Army Air Service
Fort Sill
Okla
Eugene Eubanks
Eubanks
Panhandle grain dealers meet in Amarillo one day
Panhandle Grain Dealers Association holds a one day session in Amarillo with expected attendance of 150 plus dealers from Texas and Oklahoma. Crop reports form a key feature while general discussion covers industry conditions. Banquet at Herring hotel at 12 30 with J N Beasley as toastmaster. volunteers may attend the Texan Park baseball game.
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Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Mr. Beasley
Texan Park
Texas
Oklahoma
Beasley
Enid
Rock Island
W. C. Cowan
Tulsa
Panhandle Association
Barnett
Miami
G. L. Yates
A. S. Stinnett
L. ©. McMurtry
Pampa
Tulia
J. N. Beasley
Italia Flies Over Unexplored Arctic
A radio message from General Umberto Nobile, received by Stefani News, reports that the dirigible Itelig has reached parts of the Arctic never before explored. No land had been sighted by 9 p.m. Greenwich time according to the transmission.
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Associated Preas
Rome
Arctic
Umberto Nobile
Stefani
Greenwich Time
Lieutenant F R Buse Body Recovered From Potomac
The body of Lieut. F. R. Buse was recovered from the Potomac where he crashed yesterday during practice for the Curtiss marine trophy race.
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United Press
Washington
Lieut
F. R. Buse
Potomac
Three Texas factions claim state control of Democratic convention
Dallas May 15 three Texas Democratic factions each claim sufficient strength to control the state convention at Beaumont next Tuesday. Ultra dry leader Thomas B Love put his group at 42 votes and 330 RIS votes, Moody harmony Democrata at 126, Smith forces at 162. Smith campaign head T F Monroe disputed with 305 votes for his side.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Beaumont
Texas
Thomas B. Love
RIS
Love
Moody Harmony Democrata
Smith
Will Hobby
Moody
Tornado Strikes Childress House Off Foundation
In Childress Texas on May 15 a small tornado felled from a spiral cloud, lifting a house from its foundation and causing heavy furniture damage. John Reynolds and his wife and three children escaped serious injuries, though dishes shattered in the kitchen. Only their home was reported affected.
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Childress
Texas
John Reynolds
Fort Worth
Denver
Reynolds
Avenue FE Nw
Supreme Court rules on filling stations near residences
Oklahoma City May 16. The supreme court ruled that filling stations may be restricted from residential districts. In Champlin Refining Co. v H H Dugan and A B White of Garfield County the court held that if a fuel business at a given location becomes a nuisance it may be enjoined.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Champlin Refining Company
H, H, Dugan
A, B. White
Garfield County
Seven Lives Lost in Romanian Oil Field Fire
Fire at Romanian oil fields near Bucharest killed seven people including two engineers. An explosion at Ploesti started the blaze, spreading to six wells as firefighters could not approach the flames. Villagers fled the Ocuri district while forests were felled and tunnels dug to divert oil.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Ploesti
Ocuri
Astroromano Company
Houston Builder James E. Smith Files Voluntary Bankruptcy
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed Tuesday in federal court for James E. Smith, a Houston builder. The filing lists assets of 461,886.21, mainly real estate and apartments in Houston, with liabilities of 304,800.68.
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Associated Press
Houston
James E. Smith
Accused Car Thief Caught After Escape
After a long day in district court D I Davis 19 fled from the courthouse scene near the sheriff's office and chased through Cliffside creek area with deputies and a civilian witness giving chase. Davis faced two theft charges with partners Speck Roberts Newberry and C A Newell receiving sentences. Newell got two years. Davis vanished then was eventually located after the chase.
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District Criminal Court
D. I. Davis
Cliffside
Davis
Roberts
Newberry
Clarence Williams
Jim Pottinger
C. A. Newell
Newell
Fair Theater
Bob Morris
Ivy Wilkerson
Stokes Leads in New Jersey Voting
In Newark on May 15 the Republican U S Senate race showed Edward Stokes slightly ahead of Joseph Frelinghuysen with 32 districts reporting. Stokes 717 Frelinghuysen 694 Kean 401 Feickert 191 Gray 56.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Edward ©. Stokes
United States
Joseph 8
Frelinghuysen
Stokes
Kean
Feickert
Gray
Pretty Swisher County Widow Pleads Guilty in Booze Case
Florence Rogers a 28 year old Swisher county widow pleaded guilty in federal district court to liquor law violations arising from a kitchen range still at her home in the canyons. She was fined 108 dollars with 50 dollars for possession of property for manufacture and 50 dollars for design of manufacture. A raid March 24 found the still in her ranch house. The case reflects hardship after her husband’s death and notes her bank note due.
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Florence Rogers
Swisher County
James ©. Wilson
Prohibition
Dave Knight
Plainview
Gray County
J. 8. Morse
McLean
Midwest Royalty
Yes
City Delays Action Over Amarillo Gas Talks
The Amarillo city commission delayed approving industrial gas piping permits amid a Prairie Oil and Gas challenge to domestic rates. Prairie officials argued a new contract would raise household prices, while asserting Amarillo Gas, Panhandle Pipeline and Amarillo Oil are not earning profits and have invested heavily in future gas reserves.
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Amarillo
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
City Commission
Jim Whittington
Col
George Montgomery
Lee Bivins
Party of Prairie
W. 8. Fitzpatrick
Nelson K. Moody
Fitzpatrick
Amarillo Gas Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Panhandle Pipeline Company
Amarillo Oil Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Jim Guleke
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Calvin
Jesse Jones
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Genoa Dickson
Colored Musicians Club
Palace Theater
Texas M. & M. Company
W. H. Holmes
Scott Heywood
Mr. Holmes
Fokker
Italia
Flier
New Jersey
Terday
United States Court
Mr. Morse
Underwood
Johnson
Dooley
Bivins
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