Reparations plan now up to officials
Orders prepared to dispatch two more marine battalions to San Diego for service in China. The plan would assemble 800 to 900 Marines from Quantico Norfolk and other Atlantic bases, held at California port until needed to reinforce detachments at Shanghai to protect American lives. The Fifth and Sixth Regiments are one battalion short of full strength, and the two additional battalions would fill these vacancies.
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Washington
San Diego
China
Quantico
Virginia
Norfolk
Atlantic
California
Shanghai
United States weighs policy on Nanking outrages and China guarantees
The American government contemplates a formal policy on reparations for the Nanking outrages and for guarantees to protect Americans in China. State Department remains reticent while London dispatches report talks among powers and White House officials. Nationalist leaders Chang Kai-shek and Eugene Chen regret the incidents and promise reparation if Cantonese are to blame.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nanking
China
State Department
London
White House
Shanghai
Chang Kai-Sh@k
Eugene Chen
United States
London denies cabinet ultimatum on Nanking reparations
The British government spokesman denied reports that the cabinet planned to issue an ultimatum to the Cantonese over reparation for British subjects harmed in Nanking. Downing Street says negotiations with Washington Tokyo and Paris continue as powers insist responsibility lies with the Cantonese.
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Associated Press
London
Nanking
Downing Street
Washington
Tokyo
Paris
“Rather Be Broke Here” Says Green Home From East
Charley Green has returned from a three weeks trip through the East with his daughter Roberta on vacation. They visited Washington D C Philadelphia and New York and said they would rather be broke in Amarillo than rich in the East. They enjoyed the vacation but are glad to be home.
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Charley Green
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Amarillo
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Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York
Fie
Dr. Parcells
San Francisco
Noted Kansas City Lumberman Is Dead
W. R. Pickering, 77, chairman of the board of the Pickering Lumber company, died in Kansas City. He was a leading manufacturer of yellow pine in the southern states.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
W. R. Pickering
Thee Pickering Lumber Company
Parma Town Quiet After Donkey Jo Jo Yodels
Parma Missouri returns to calm after a period of unrest as Jo-Jo the donkey repeatedly yodeled from morning to night. Public opinion grows, leading to a ban order by authorities and residents reacting to the unusual resident.
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Parma
Jo-Jo
Water, wind, and fire woes hit Borger's streets
The column laments Borger Texas hazards from high winds and fire readiness. It urges funding for the fire department and calls for ordinances against sprinkler use in strong winds. It recalls local anecdotes and a humorous note about a birthday gift from O W Cason and a Lucky Strike carton.
Building an Industrial Amarillo series kickoff
James Z. George opens a multi article look at how Amarillo can develop as an industrial center. He argues cities grow through planned effort, balanced communities, and local capital, detailing steps for attracting and retaining industry and aligning agriculture, trade, and living conditions with growth.
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James 2. George
Amarillo
George
American Society of Civil Engineers
Society of Industrial Engineers
American Management Association
American Statistical Association
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Rockefeller
New England
Board of C
Aftsarillo
Board of City Development
Markets Report From Chicago and Other Markets
March 1 market notes cover Chicago livestock hogs cattle and sheep with prices or ranges for heavy medium and light hogs and sows. Kansas City and Oklahoma City livestock show varied hog and cattle figures while St Louis reports higher hogs and steady cattle. Grain futures ease with wheat dropping sharply while butter eggs poultry and potatoes show mixed moves. Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York edge with sessions buoyed by acreage and demand signals and New York stocks slip on rail and oil weakness.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City
Texas
New York
Liverpool
Interstate Commerce
Borger Slaying Ties Five Men to Bank Robbery and Killings
Borger recounts a violent period with five men linked to a First National bank robbery near Pampa and the killings of Kenyon and Terry. Whitey Walker Matthew Kimes and Ilo Terrill sought after photos identify three suspects. two others unnamed faced charges and a deputy sheriff was among those shot in a separate incident. The town’s history includes hijackings and fatal explosions as authorities pursued the gang.
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Dixon Creek
Sam Williams
Hugh Walker
Ed Bailey
Whitey Walker
Kenyon
Terry
Buchanan
Charles Hamby
Charles Norton
Borger
Matthew Kimes
Ilo Terrill
Connese
Pampa Yeste
First National Bank
Poop
Sibieu
P Kimes
Ray Shoma
Lioch
Bank Phs
Matthew
Okla
Trail of blood follows Terrell and Kimes in Oklahoma
George Fly profiles Ray Terrell and Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma outlaws linked to Al Spencer’s gang, notorious for bank robberies in the 1920s and 1930s. The duo escaped custody near the penitentiary, sparked a statewide hunt, and remain at large amid a spree that included Covington and Sapulpa bank robberies and a deputy sheriff’s murder.
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Kimes
Oklahoma
George Fly
Globe News
Ray Terrell
Matthew Kimes
Cookson Hills
Federal
Fort Smith
Terrell
al Spencer
Spencer
Osage Hills
U. S
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Four Winds
Arkansas
Jeff Duree
Saba
Cay Pawnee
Liberty
Ardmore
Joplin
Missouri
John Johnston
Sallisaw
Lee Pollock
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Sherrfe Johnston
Sequoyah
Sequoyah County
First National Bank
Covington
Enid
Sapulpa
Perry Chuclotte
Ozark Mountains
Wall Street Stocks Rise Amid Rate Hope As Rails Drop
1914 costs cited. steel opens at a new high of 16744 while rails show early declines of 1 to 21 points. Atchison Reading Delaware and Hudson and Missouri Pacific preferred hit hard. Talks on rate questions push to Supreme Court with no near decision. Norfolk and Western climbs as Pennsylvania holdings rise. Jersey Central peaks in years. Oils slide on financing needs with Marland Standard Oil and Union Oil soft. Colorado Fuel rises to multiyear highs and Commercial Solvents touches 800. Italian lire hits a fresh high since 1923 and Spanish pesetas rise. sterling around 4.85816 and French francs 8.91 cents.
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Reading
Delaware and Hudson
Missouri Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey Central
Marland
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Union Oil
California
Colorado
Wall Street Responds to I C C Rail Decision
Wall Street sees a mixed reaction to the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling in the St Louis and O Fallon case. Leading railroad shares fall 1 to 2 4 points then rally, many recouping losses and some hitting record highs as investors digest the shift to 1914 cost-based valuations for rate making.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis and
O'Fallon
Honolulu courtesy earns world trips for two hotel clerks
Ernest Ching and Harry Nolan, Waikiki hotel staff, received invitations to travel the world after their cordial greetings to traveler Charles D. Clinch, a wealthy Californian visiting Honolulu. Clinch rewarded their courtesy with world trips.
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Honolulu
Ernest Ching
Harry Nolan
Waikiki Beach
Charles D. Clinch
Monkey runs ticket booth at London Crystal Palace station
A 2 year old monkey named Babs escaped its cage on the Southern Railway high level platform at Crystal Palace and took control of the ticket office. Travelers could pay any price for a ticket as the creature acted as clerk during the incident.
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Monkey Business
London
Southern Railway
Crystal Palace
Babs
Former wife testifies in Harris murder case at Marshall
Mrs J H Hunt formerly Mrs W A Harris testified at Marshall about the slaying of her former husband Walter Davis charged with the death. She wept on the witness stand describing the cotton weighing and saw Day fleeing the scene. The defense argued Davis was nearby with a family at the time, as the Harris and Davis farms lay adjacent.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Uushaw County
J. H. Hunt
Dallas
W. A. Harris
Walter Davis
Day
Davis
Harris
Upshur
Court of Criminal
President Coolidge and China War Avoidance
The piece argues European powers have interest in China and that war with China would be unwinnable. It praises President Coolidge for preferring prosperity and avoiding conflict, likening a hypothetical Sino war to Australia’s rabbits.
Judge Dearth Acquitted in Senate Impeachment Trial
Indianapolis report states Judge Clarence W. Dearth of the Delaware circuit court was acquitted on all seven impeachment counts by the Indiana state senate after today’s trial.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Clarence W. Dearth
Delaware Circuit Court Today
Indiana State Senate
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