Japan Warns League and Soviet Russia Over Manchuria
General Sadao Araki declares Manchuria a Paradise on Earth and vows to resist League of Nations and Soviet interference. He cites Soviet troop buildup on the Manchurian border as a serious threat, while pledging cooperation with the Manchurian regime. Separately, the Soviet trades unions pledge defense of the country amid reports of white guards activity.
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Tokyo
League of Nations
Russia
Manchuria
Sadao Araki
Osaka
Kokuhonsha Patriotic Society
Foreign Office
Japan
League
Soviet
Far East
Siberia
Manchurian
Soviet Russia
Moscow
All-Union Congress
Trades Unions
Red Army
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
War and Navy
One Act Showdown as Rival Senators Meet in Public
A humorous one act drama set at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia features Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and Sen. James J. Davis in a late night meet with Governor Pinchot's secretary. The two exchange quips about long underwear and harnesses, drawing a crowd but little drama.
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Philadelphia
United Senate
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Smedley D. Butler
James J. Davis
Butler
Pinchot
Davis
Senator
Washington
Hoover and Senate clash over economy cuts in 1932
President Hoover and Senate leaders clash as the Senate pushes flat 10 per cent cuts across all government departments, deemed sham economy, while Hoover backs an omnibus plan to reduce federal spending by 225 million dollars. House returns the plan as pressure mounts.
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Henry F. Misselwitz
United Press
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Senate
White House
House Economy Committee
House
War and Navy Departments
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Anti-Saloon Challenge Grows in Republican Ranks
Washington April 22 United Press Rae McBride signals Anti-Saloon League shift toward referendum. Hoover aides and cabinet members show sympathy for reopening prohibition while dry leaders press to keep him dry and block repeal efforts.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Hoover
McBride
Congress
Nets
President Hoover
What Ails Us A nation of abundance and worry
Arthur Brisbane argues that platitudes cannot fix economic woes. He cites water supply and currency needs to stimulate farms and industry, noting irrigation and cash access as essential. He questions national intelligence and voter interest, raising the idea of a guiding governance for the vast United States.
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United States
Alaska
Florida
Woman flier questioned again in France death case
In Miami on April 22 Mrs. Jessie M Keith-Miller and Capt. W N Lancaster were held for further questioning over the fatal shooting of her fiancé Haden Clarke. State Attorney Hawthorne said Clarke may have killed himself or been slain and kept both suspects in custody as he investigated.
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Miami
Fla
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Haden Clarke
Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Lancaster
Clarke
Hawthorne
Keith- Miller
Manhunts Tighten After Floyd Birdwell Bank Robbery
Federal and state officers pursue Charles Floyd and George Birdwell after the Stonewall bank robbery. Two gun battles occur as the fugitives zigzag toward Ada and McAlester with two submachine guns and other firearms in their car. A 16 year old witness Estel Henson is released unharmed after 13 hours in captivity.
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Dan Rogers
United Press
Ada
Okla
U.P
Oklahoma
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
George Birdwell
Stonewall
Here
McAlester
Wanette
Floyd
Birdwell
Calvin
Luther BE. Franklin
C. A. Burns
O. P. Ray
M. Reeber
State Criminal Bureau
Ada-McAlester
Henson
Jeb McCoy
Charles Acker
Acpeed
Noted Bear Quiz Witness Brush Testifies on Stock Holdings
Wall Street trader Matthew C. Brush testified before the Senate market investigation that by August 1929 his liquidating market value was about 15 million dollars and that in spring 1930 he began selling short with a peak short position of about 125,000 shares. He called himself a substantial trader and noted leadership roles in the American International Corporation and about 50 other companies. The inquiry adjourned with Percy A. Rockefeller named as the next witness.
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Washington
U.P
Matthew C. Brush
Wall Street
Senate
New York
Brush
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
American International Corporation
William A. Gray
Gray
Rush
Norbeck
Percy A. Rockefeller
Solon Accuses House Probers Over Bonus Issue
Representative Fish accuses the House Ways and Means Committee of lacking nerve and leadership for not pushing legislation to ease the economic crisis. He urges a billion dollar bond issue for a two year program to keep people employed amid opposition to paying two billion dollars in veteran bonus certificates under the Patman bill.
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Washington
Fish
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mob Drives Miners From Shaft at Bates Coal Mine
A mob of 300 men armed with clubs drove off miners seeking to begin work at Bates coal mine number 21 in Richmond Missouri. The miners retreated with no injuries and no arrests. Picketing of Bates property and other closed mines continued despite a recent circuit court injunction.
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Richmond
U.P
Bates
Circuit
Railway seeks federal loan for note renewal
The St Louis Southwestern Railway Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve 4.5 million dollars in notes to refinance bank loans and 750 thousand dollars to the Railway Credit Corporation. The notes are part of refinancing for the Cotton Belt, which joined the Southern Pacific system on April 14.
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Washington
St. Louis-Southwestern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Credit Corporation
Southern Pacific System
Mood resigns as U S Attorney for Northern Texas
Alex M Mood resigns as assistant United States attorney for the Northern Texas District. He writes to Norman A Dodge that business developments require stepping down. Mood, a Democrat, has held the office four years and will leave at an early date. Dodge resigns May 1 and C W Johnson Jr of Graham to replace.
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Fort Worth
Alex M. Mood
United States
Texas
Mood
Abilene
Norman A. Dodge
Dodge
C. W. Johnson, Jr
Graham
Senate
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Twelve Rubbers Tie In Junior Welfare Bridge Tourney
The Junior Welfare League event ended with a perfect 6 6 split after 12 rubbers as Amarillo pair Miss Eleanor Gist and Benny Greenhill defeated the Pampa team G D Dotson and Mrs W W Holmes in the playoff. Frances Meyers and Mrs Gordon Inman were upset by Art Wagoner and Mrs C R Garner in the second round.
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Eleanor Gist
Benny Greenhill
Amarillo
G. D. Dotson
Miss Gist
Greenhill
Frances Meyers
Gordon Inman
Art Wagoner
C. R. Garner
Meyers
Inman
Old Tack
H. K. Stanfield
Blindness by Acid in Revenge Case in Venice
In Venice California on April 22 Mrs Rebecca Greenberg 60 blinded her husband Morris 57 with lye while he slept after 42 years of marriage Police reports say she called police to arrest herself She faces assault with a caustic a felony and is jailed Morris Greenberg was hospitalized with likely permanent loss of sight and possible danger to life.
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Venice
Cal
W.P
Rebecca Greenberg
Morris
Relatives Testify For Bandit Suspects In Dallas Hearing
Relatives of two men jailed over a $38 000 bank messenger robbery testified in a habeas corpus hearing in Judge C A Pippen's court. The judge ruled A M Buddy Jenkins and Charlie Jenkins could be freed on bond of 10000 dollars each. No charges have been filed.
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Dallas
C. A. Pippen
A. M
Buddy
Charlie Jenkins
Demo House Rule To Aid Commodity Bill
Speaker Garner announced the Democratic leadership would ensure House consideration of the Goldsborough bill designed to aid in raising commodity prices. The notice identifies a push from Democratic leaders in Washington on April 22.
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Washington
O.R
Garner Today
House
Capone Appeals to High Court on Tax Evasion Conviction
Al Capone filed in the Supreme Court a petition seeking review of the Seventh Circuit affirmation of his federal tax evasion conviction and sentence. He argues the indictment was too general and that certain counts did not allege failure to pay taxes, which would remove him from the applicable statute. He was sentenced to 10 years at Leavenworth plus a year in county jail.
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Washington
al Capone
Supreme Court
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Capone
United States
Leavenworth
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Amarillo and vicinity expect possible showers and cooler conditions tonight with Saturday partly cloudy skies. West Texas sees partly cloudy weather with scattered showers in the north and east and a colder tonight, Saturday. New Mexico remains generally fair with little temperature change. Today’s extremes reach 60 to 79.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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