Chinese tensions rise near American colonies in northern China
The Resncrated Press reports grave anxiety over Cantonese advances toward Pek ing and Tientsin threatening large American communities. President Coolidge and officials monitor reports from Minister McMurray and Admiral Williams as danger to foreign lives grows near Shanghai and Nanking.
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Washington
China
Peking
Tientsin
Nanking
Coolidge
Minister McMurray
Williams
Shanghai
Kellogg
Americans flee China as Cantonese advance threatens capital
The AP reports Americans and British evacuating Peking amid Cantonese offensives from the south and possible northwest thrust by Feng Yu-Hsiang. Exoduses reach Dairen as officials quit Chungking and missions stay behind. protests and reparations demanded over the Nanking incident.
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China
Associated Press
Peking
Dairen
Gulf of
Pechi-Hli
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Feng
Cantonese Military Council
Chinese Tensions Rise as Anti Foreign Sentiment Aggressive
Admiral Williams reports that Cantonese forces and agitators target Hankow and Tientsin while Japanese areas face violence. The Hankow attack is described as organized and pre arranged. Labor unrest speeds evacuation of Changsha and Amoy sees growing strike activity among post office workers and customs officers. Two Japanese killed in Hankow riot. a vice consul wounded and a business house burned.
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Tientsin
Admiral Williams
China
Hankow
Navy Department
Changsha
Balmer
Amoy
General strike seen as treason against national welfare
Today commentary argues that while individual or group strikes are lawful, a general strike cripples the nation and should be illegal. It labels such action treason against national welfare and compares it to a general lockout, urging public measure and law to curb it.
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Great Britain
Amarillo Citizen Reflects On Crime Watch And Personal Candidacy
A reader recounts patrolling South Plains towns for bank robbers, describes encounters with deputies in Plainview, and jokes about a mayoral bid. He notes plans by Amarillo policemen to study machine gun use and shares a tale of narrowly avoiding a fall from a hotel roof. He muses on job prospects and a potential future mayoral run.
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South Plains
Plainview
Herring Hotel
O. W
Peaches Tests Songwriting Idea In Vaudeville Act
New York date April 5 reports Peaches credited as author of the song When Flaming Youth Marries Old Age. She says the tune will be sung in her vaudeville act as an object lesson rather than to earn money.
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Associated Press
New York
Peaches
Tin Pan Alley
Flaming Youth
Son of Victin Points Out Hen at Their Trial
Mexican news reports say seven men were executed by firing squad in Guadalajara after a summary court martial for the kidnapping and murder of Edgar M. Wilkins. The 10-year-old son of Wilkins identified Mariano Calzada as the band leader, with Calzada and two others said to have confessed.
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Associated
Preae
Mexico City
Edgar M. Wilkins
Juuralajara
Wilkins
Mariano Calzada
Guadalajara
Calzada
Isidro Peere
Vicente Perollado
Ferreidra
Daredevil Hobson to Drive Blindfolded Car in Amarillo Stunt
Daredevil Jack Hobson will pilot an Oakland sedan with sixteen layers of cloth over his eyes as crowds gather in Amarillo tomorrow at 2 PM and a second run is planned Thursday at 6 PM. Hobson, a World War II era aviator and stunt flier, says he has driven through crowded streets in many cities without an accident.
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Jack Hobson
Oakland
Amarillo
Polk Street
Hobson
San Diego Marines Ready for Shanghai Expedition
San Diego naval base hastens warlike preparations as it loads the transport Henderson with airplanes guns artillery and supplies for the sixth marine regiment to Shanghai. Sixteen trains carrying troops will complete the transit with ten already arrived and six more leaving tomorrow from Quantico and New Orleans.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Shanghai
Henderson
Quantico
New Orleans
Dry Goods Men Convene in Dallas for Eighth Annual Session
Merchants from many sections attend the eighth annual Texas Retail Dry Goods association convention in Dallas. President J M Dyer of Corsicana presides. Dr Arthur Frederick Sheldon discusses human engineering on man power development. E P Carpenter of Stores Mutual Protective Association reports on Texas store crime and fraud and calls for tighter merchant police cooperation.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Retail Dry Goods Association
J. M. Dyer
Corsicana
Arthur Frederick Sheldon
E. P. Carpenter
Stores
Mutual Protective Association
Texas
Believed Cash in Stockings Led Man to Kill Wife
Edward de Mars confessed that a few hundred dollars he thought his wife Helen de Mars hid in her stockings prompted him to beat her to death with a hammer. The 60 year old woman’s body was found on a bed with a crushed head. stockings were torn from the tops. He said no money was in the stockings.
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Associated Preas
New York
Helen de Mars
Edward de Mars
de Mars
Moody Signs Salary Hike for Officials in Texas
Gov. Dan Moody approved five bills including raises for railroad commissioners and judges. The railroad post will be $6000 a year with $1000 from department fees. supreme court justices get $8000, appellate $7000, and district judges $5000. An $10000 emergency appropriation aided Tech, A&M, and livestock commission, plus a broad zoning bill.
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Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Dan Moody
Texas Tech College
Texas A. and
M. College
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Appellate Court
Moody Signs Manslaughter Defense Bill In Austin
Governor Moody signed a bill removing manslaughter from criminal defense statutes and said he would seek a special session to add a savings clause. The law takes effect in June and may be amended to address pending manslaughter cases to prevent freeing homicide defendants convicted only of manslaughter.
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Moody
Associated Press
Austin
Attorney General's Department
Moody vetoes sixteen measures from 40th Texas Legislature
Governor Dan Moody blocked sixteen bills from the 40th Texas Legislature including the Pollard measure restricting department heads from retaining special counsel and local road proposals seeking special penalties, declaring them unconstitutional.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
De Pinedo Held Back by Calm Waters in Flight
Hot Springs New Mexico April 5 For the second time in three days Commander Francesco de Pinedo was prevented today by dead calm on a body of water from continuing his four continent flight.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Francesco de Pinedo
Rock Island Official leaves to join Seaboard Life Insurance
Tom B. O'Brien traveling freight agent for the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf lines resigns after fifteen years with the company. He will become district manager for Seaboard Life Insurance with offices in Amarillo and Houston headquarters guiding agencies across Texas Panhandle counties. William Conway and A J Denman assume his former Rock Island duties. O'Brien will travel to Houston for conference before announcing further plans.
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Tom B. O'Brien
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Lines
Amarillo
Seaboard Life Insurance Company
Mr. O'Brien
Amarillo Building
Third and
Polk Streets
Texas Panhandle
Seaboard Company
Houston
Tom O’brien
Rock Island
City
William Conway
Dallas
A. J. Denman
Dalhart
O’brien
Panhandle
Texas
Waltonites Debate Palo Duro Trout Feasibility
Izaak Walton league members met at Medlroy's market to discuss whether Palo Duro creek waters can support trout. They plan a fry experiment and heard from FE T Martin about a prior 11 inch steelhead catch north of Canyon. The group also noted a Panhandle fish hatchery project and urged strict adherence to game and fish laws amid earlier dead fish investigations.
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Palo Duro Creek
Izaak Walton League
Medlroy’s
Panhandle
FE. T. Martin
Ash Grove Cement Company
Canyon
Martin
New Mexico
Bob Ames
The
League
Chicago
Ames
Bill Tucker
Tucker
W. C. Egger
W. P. Matthews
Egger
State Department
Palo Duro
C. C. Conkling
Earl Shelton
Mr. Ames
Harve Avery
Gene Howe
Ed Harris
Lee Williams
Mansel Merriman
Merriman
Amarillo
Potter County Farmers Seek Agricultural Station
Potter county farmers signed a petition for an agricultural experiment station in the Panhandle. The Rural Advisory Board of the Agricultural Department of the Board of City Development approved the move during a session at the Amarillo hotel. Petitions will be mailed to Representative Lee Satterwhite in Amarillo and Senator J. W. Reid in Canyon.
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Potter County
Panhandle
The
Agricultural Department of the
Board of City Development
Amarillo Hotel
Lee Satterwhite
Amarillo
J. W. Reid
Canyon
Conqueror of Wild Horses Refuses Police Offer in Borger
Hackberry Slim also known as Hugh Johnson a rodeo promoter famed for conquering wild horses bulls and more declined a Borger police post He refused the bloody Dixon street beat choosing safer work driving a nitro glycerine wagon instead The Globe Borger Tex April 5
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Borger
Hackberry Slim
Hugh Johnson
Slim
Dixon Street
Capitol Hotel Work Resumes As Seven Story Structure
Construction of the $750000 Capitol hotel at Fourth and Pierce has resumed with Brennan company of Amarillo and Dallas as general contractors. Fifty men work toward a September 1 completion. First floor marble will be Tavernelle and grand antique imported marble, a costly material in limited supply.
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Capitol Hotel
Fourth and Pierce Streets
Brennan Company
Amarillo
Dallas
Southwest
Ed R. Mayer
Capitol
Telephone Exchange
Ninth and
Tyler
Medical Arts
Fighth and
Polk Streets
Talmadge Place
Fourteenth and
van Buren
Legion Post to Hold Important Session Tonight
The American Legion Ladies' auxiliary will present the national colors and standard at its meeting at the Legion home. The session starts at 8 o'clock with an exceptional program and a full attendance urged by legion officers.
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Legion Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
Tencht
Legion
Markets Wheat Katir Mile Oats Amarkillo Produce
Kansas City and Chicago livestock and grain markets show Hogs steady to higher with top hog prices around 11.30 to 12.15 in major markets. Cattle and calves firm to steady with Colorado and Illinois feeding and veal values noted. Chicago grain notes mention crop damage reports in Western Kansas and a firm wheat tone with corn and oats also edging higher.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Chicago
ST. Louis Livestock
ST. Louis
Kansas
Long distance golfer arrives in San Antonio to rest days
Dec Graham of Mobile and his caddie Happy Harry Kirby reach San Antonio en route to Los Angeles. He marks his 30 930th shot on the Old Spanish Trail and plans 36 holes a day at Willow Springs Golf Club to recover from the long journey. He has lost 10 balls and bought four so far.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Graham
Mobile
Harry Kirby
Los Angeles
Salado
Willow Springs Golf Club
Cotton and Stocks Rally on Rain Forecasts and Market Activity
Reports of rain in the southern U S and eastern port areas spurred buying in New Orleans and New York cotton as prices advanced several points early trading. Stocks rose with Erie reaching multi-decade highs and O S Steel lifting markets while rail equities showed strength amid optimism about freight rates.
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New Orleans
Rai Today
New York
Port Louisiana
Arkansas
Wall Street
Erie
Pacific
West Maryland
S. Steel Common
Remington ‘Typewriter
Snoawens
General Motor
Western Maryland Co
Pennsylvania
Bangor
Aroostook
Gulf, Moll
Wesleyan
Northern
Colorado
General Mo
Mack Trucks
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Pi Shu- Chen
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Mr. Farley
Farley
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Glenn D. Farley
Kansas City, Missouri
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Hen
Daredevil
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O'Brien
Canyon Creek
Oklahoma City
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Poultry Alive
Wisconsin
Idaho
Florida
Pauld ” Rose
Texas Bliss
Wioe
DR. Gilkerson
Oliver-Eakle Bldg
Res. Herring Hotel
Wright Printing Co
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