Britain pressed over Japan privileges in Palestine trade
Geneva Aug 14 The mandates commission questioned Britain on why Japanese textiles and goods enter Palestine, a British mandate, despite Japan leaving the League of Nations. Britain cited the 1911 Anglo-Japanese treaty, while the commission noted Britain applies quotas in other colonies and urged an explanation. Mexico City Aug 14 Ruben Gomez Prado, held as suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on President Lazaro Cardenas.
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Westover Named Chief of Army Air Corps
Gen Oscar Westover, a short stocky airman with a high aviation ruling, becomes chief of the Army Air Corps succeeding Maj Gen Benjamin Doulois who resigned after being cleared of charges over air contracts. Westover’s four year term runs through December. Last Saturday he reportedly was released from jail in Patzcuaro Michoacan. Gomez Prado said he had called on Cardenas as the representative of an Agrarian group and had been mistaken for an assailant. Carl Taemmie, noted movie magnate, once clerked in Oshkosh Wisconsin before his film days.
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Amarillo man jailed for aggravated assault on women
Judge Riggs sentenced Charles Johnson, 34, auto mechanic, to 60 days in jail and a $40 fine for aggravated assault after he stopped two women and two young girls outside a church and urged one to enter his car. Johnson pleaded guilty and plans to appeal as police traced his license plate and car. The case prompted a warning that decent women must be protected.
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Potter County CCC Camp Water Well Yields 25 GPM
H S Finch, superintendent of the U S Soil Conservation Service, says a single well at the Potter County CCC Camp on Puqua Ranch near Amarillo yields 25 gallons per minute with no down pull and 16 gallons per minute pumping. Five other holes produced only two to three GPM. Construction of an administration building and shops to start today under U S Army supervision.
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Was He the Hero? Veterans cite York honors for WWII hero
Connecticut World War veterans argue Alvin C York of Pall Mall Tennessee earned honors for annihilating a German machine gun nest during the war. They contend records misattributed the deed to others and press for proper recognition.
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Trapper Executed for Slaying Officer in Uvalde
A man named Trapper, a Black suspect from Uvalde, was executed early today for killing J. W. Haygood who helped other officers pursue him over the February murder of the suspect’s wife. Gov. James V. Alfred refused to intervene. The other text mentions animals climbing and descending a tree.
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