Brisbane column surveys world tensions and private rail stance
The piece surveys Japan China Britain and the United States with notes on Sir Miles Lampson and Coolidge. It critiques Hoover's rail and postal service confidence and warns about foreign debt and war costs. It highlights Greece sending Broadcaster pigs and comments on prohibition and the Volstead act.
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Britain
Miles Lampson
Peking
Japan
China
President Coolidge
Hoover
United States Post Office
Weather forecast and temperatures for tonight and Saturday
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Saturday. Temperatures range from mid 50s to mid 70s with readings by hour and a high near 76 degrees by afternoon. Historic daily highs around 71 degrees are noted from past records.
Evacuations under way as tensions rise in Hankow
The dispatch reports deteriorating conditions in Hankow under Cantonese government control with increasing lawlessness. Admiral Williams says evacuation of foreigners is being rushed and Americans are urged to base near ships. Chiang Kai Shek leaves Shanghai for Nanking amid ongoing crisis.
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Hoover
Associated Press
Washington
Hankow
China
Admiral Williams
Navy Department
Chiang
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Man who slew doctor faces electric chair
Francesco Caruso, 35, a longshoreman and father of five, killed Dr Casper S Pendola after believing the antitoxin he administered caused his six year old son's death. jurors found him guilty of first degree murder. judge sets April 18 for mandatory death sentence.
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Associated Press
New York
Francesco Caruso
Casper S. Pendola
Caruso
McLaughlin
Wife slayer changes plea to guilty in Houston trial
Arthur Adkins who killed his wife on February 2 changed his plea to guilty at trial Friday and agreed to accept a life sentence instead of seeking the death penalty. The report notes the Essex Super-Six.
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Associated Press
Houston
Arthur Adkins
On to Peking Map Shows Future War Area in China
A map outlines a future war zone in China as Nationalist forces push north from Canton. The report highlights strategic positions and advances by the victorious Nationalists toward Peking, signaling potential shifts in the regional conflict.
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China
Canton
Nationalist forces push toward Peking under Chang Kai-shek
Northern Chinese armies retreat as Chang Kai-shek leads Cantonese troops southward from Canton toward Peking. A map shows current positions with Cantonese forces advancing and Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin’s Pekinese troops retreating.
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Peking
China
Chang Kai-Chek
Canton
Chang Tso-lin
General Kai-chek
Bathtub Girl Aims to Aid Carroll in Prison Plea
Joyce Hawley known as the bathtub girl is in seclusion in New York planning to seek a meeting with the Attorney General and perhaps President Coolidge to help Farr Carrell, a theatrical producer, avoid prison. She visited Federal Judge Goddard in New York and asked for aid, claiming the bathtub wine party story was erroneous.
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Associated Press
Chicago
The
Chicago Journal
Joyce Hawley
New York
Sargent
Coolidge
Farr Carrell
Journal
Goddard
New
York
Carroll
Rangers Move Toward Borger Amid Gambling Crackdown
Governor Moody orders extra Rangers to Borger as tension rises over gambling devices seized in the oil town. He warns local officials to cooperate or face replacement, possibly with National Guard involvement. A special prosecutor or district attorney will be dispatched, with Gatewood and Adjutant General Robertson returning to brief officials.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
Borger
National Guard
Dan Moody
Boyd Gatewood
Gatewood
Amarillo
KR. L. Robertson
Mr. Gatewood
General Robertson
Several Injured in Storm Near El Dorado
A report from El Dorado Arkansas says several persons were injured and derricks blown down by a storm near Lamberton in the oil field six to eight miles south of El Dorado. Telephone communication was interrupted as ambulances and officials respond.
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Associated Pres
EL Dorado
Ark
Lamberton
Two Die in Clash With Guardsmen Off Miami
B L Alexich of Miami recounted a coast guard pursuit that left two companions dead aboard a rum runner near Miami. He was brought to a hospital with a neck wound and held as a government prisoner after the landing. Port Lauderdale base had no report of the incident.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
B. L. Alexich
Alexich
Port Launderdale
Six Die As Flood Waters Sweep Rockyford Area
Six Mexican residents are dead and others missing after the Little Washita River flood trapped two families of fourteen at the John Trammell farm near Rockyford Oklahoma. An undertaker reports six caskets ordered. A four month old baby is among the fourteen people affected.
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Chickasha
Okla
Rockyford
Little Washite
John Trammell
John Carter
Police seek three on Oklahoma Texas bank robbery charges
Fort Worth police report Hay Terrell and Matthew Kimes with a woman linked to more than twenty Oklahoma charges and a Texas bank robbery at Pampa. A telegram from Plainview's Chief notes a sedan with their license plate passing through Plainview at 9 30 last night. officers have the car number and descriptive details.
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Associated Prowse
Fort Worth
Hay Terrell
Matthew Kimes
H. H. Murray
Plainview
Oklahoma
Texas
Pampa
J E Williams FormerGray County Judge Dies in Pampa
J E Williams 64 former Gray county judge died suddenly in Pampa on Friday while working as an electrician. Heart failure was listed as the cause of death.
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J. E. Williams
Pampa
Associated Preas
J. BE. Williams
Gray County
Oklahoma mother seeks insanity evidence in bank robbery case
Mrs. H. M. Walters of Blackwell Oklahoma mother of Dave Brown 22 who faces death at McAlester for the Enid bank robbery traveled to Amarillo to obtain affidavits for an insanity hearing set for April 18 in Cherokee Oklahoma The affidavit cites epileptic fits while Brown was jailed here and notes his release into his mother's care He was convicted of the robbery and sentenced to die May 20 after withholding the name of a co culprit.
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H. M. Walters
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Dave Brown
McAlester
Enid
Amarillo
Cherokee
Brown
Cloudburst Causes Double Train Derailments in Kansas
Two Missouri-Kansas-Texas trains derailed by washouts eight miles apart after a cloudburst shut roads near Parsons and St Paul. Nineteen people injured, two killed, many hurt as engines and cars plunged into flooding waters. Rescue teams moved injured to Parsons hospitals while crews cleared submerged wreckage.
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Dave Bail
Cory
Paroona
Walter Davin
al M
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Lampasas
Texas
Jack Gavin
Creston
Iowa
WH. Mack
Chichpo
Conrad Mann
Kansan City
Cooper
Kansas City
J. Corner
Negro Porter
Port Worth
Swifty Walker
Negro
Chef
Kazans City
Kimball
St. Paul
Phmips
Dave Ball
O'Clock
Pullmansa
Flat Creek
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