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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1931
Page
1
Troops guard Japan consul in disorders in Nanking and Manchuria
Martial law was proclaimed near the Japanese consulate in Nanking following student riots after Chiang Kai-shek resigned. Lin Sen acted as president as government leaders resigned amid chaos and casualties. In Manchuria, Gen Honjo announced Chinese troops must be removed from Chinese territory, signaling a potential broader drive.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Foreign Office
Lin-Sen
Kuomintang
Legislative Yuan
National Govern
Ment
Chaing
Guam
Chaing Kai-Shek
Finance
T. V. Soong
United Press
Honjo
Miyake
Chinchow
Japan
Manchurian
Debutante Roberta Robinson Eyes Opera Stage
Has Eye on Opera Roberta Robinson is the newest Park Avenue debutante to go on the stage. She is a feature singer in a Broadway revue and has ambitions of singing in opera.
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Roberta Robinson
Park Avenue
Train plows through open switch wreck kills three
A Texas and Pacific Louisiana Limited wreck near Shreveport left three dead and seven injured. Officials suspect vandal tampering opened a switch and derailed the passenger train. Victims include engineer L W Gorman of Alexandria and several injured riders with undetermined location. Traffic diverted via Pleasant Hill branch.
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Shreveport
Louisiana Limited
Texas & Pacific
L. W. Gorman
Alexandria
Hutchinson Spur
Guy Green
Marshall
Tex
John Vatley
Phoenix
Ariz
Sam Irby
le Compte
A. Loup
Denver
Cole
J. FE. Thorsell
Richard Keffer
Yakima
Wash
William Runyon
Vatley
Keffer
Runyon
R. L. Whitman
State Identification Bureau
Whitman
Pleasant, Hill
Amarillo Wins Three Firsts at Texas High School Press
Amarillo High School earned three first place honors at the Texas High School Press Association convention at Baylor. The La Airosa yearbook won the Fort Worth Engravers’ trophy, with Marion Kelly and Curtis Johnson each winning first in news and sports writing.
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Amarillo
Texas High School Press Association
Baylor College For
Texas
la Airosa
Fort Worth
Marion Kelly
Curtis Johnson
Amarillo High School
Sandstorm
Breckenridge Times
Crane
Breckenridge
San Antonio
Mary Virginia Hall
Hollis Schriber
Marvin Jones
Washington, D. C
Griggs Ambulance and Berry Rob Cleaning Ad
Griggs ambulance lists phone 4311. Berry’s rug cleaning operates at 905 West 10th.
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Griggs Ambulance
Berrys
Fire at Fal conwood hospital kills four in blizzard
A fire at Fal conwood hospital for the insane near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, swept through the men west wing before midnight. Four inmates are dead, with one missing, and many others injured as attendants and some patients aided in escapes. Victims identified include William McGuinn, John McKenzie, and William MacDonald.
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Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
U.P
Falconwood Hospital For
Queens
McLaughlin
William McGuinn
Vernon
John McKenzie
Flat River
William MacDonald
Morrell
Oil men clash over unitization at Texas meeting
Speakers attacked the American Petroleum Institute unitization plan and the acreage basis theory at the Independent Petroleum Association annual meeting in Dallas. Tom Cranfill warned small independents face erasure, while Maj. J. R. Parton said unitization could wipe out independent producers. Weather forecasters noted floods, winds, snow across several states with multiple fatalities.
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Dallas
U.P
American Petroleum Institute
Independent Petroleum Association
Tom Cranfill
Oil & Gas Conservation Association of Texas
Standard Companies
Cranfill
Texas
Austin
Association
Maj. J. R. Parton
Shreveport
Woodley Petroleum Company
American Institute
Brief City Commission Meeting Expected to End Quickly
The city commission indicated only routine business for Tuesday noon before a likely short session. City manager Bill Durham said nothing of major importance was on the program. Last week’s meeting set a brevity record at thirteen minutes.
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Bill Durham
Weather Roundup Across Panhandle and Beyond
Panhandle forecast shows little temperature change tonight through Wednesday with fair skies. Amarillo reports general conditions. Canadian records a 18 degree low last night while Amarillo’s 6 A M minimum was four degrees higher. The Ohio River at Martins Ferry rises slowly as coastal fog and gales affect shipping. In Los Angeles four inches of snow fall amid unprecedented winds. higher pine ridges report five feet. Jackson Lake freezes at 10 inches. Navajo country snowbound with 350 people helped by fuel. A death due to heart disease linked to battle against snowdrifts near Gallup. ferries suspended on the Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Arkansas
Louisiana
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Atlantic Coast
Panhandle
U. S
Amarillo
Ohio River
Martin’s Ferry
Big Pines
Jackson Lake
Gallup
N. M
Local man dies from car crash injuries in Tokio County
Lubbock report says Paul Ones, 34, of Portales New Mexico, died in a local hospital after an automobile crash in Tokio Terry County on Monday. Three other men were slightly injured in the collision of two cars.
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Lubbock
Paul Ones
Portales
N. M
Tokio
Terry County
Mansfield bank robbery plot confessed by McBride
H W McBride signed a second confession before the Tarrant County grand jury naming seven Dallas men in a Mansfield bank robbery and kidnapping scheme. He said the gang, including Roy Thornton and Schuyler Marshall Jr., plotted two Mansfield bank robberies after a failed first attempt at Ferris, later kidnapping Elbert Farr before aborting the plan.
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Fort Worth
Mansfield Bank
H. W. McBride
Tarrant County
McBride
Roy Thornton
Dallas
Mansfield
Ferris
Schuyler Marshall Jr
Herbert Scales
Thornton
Mace
J. Robert Kelley
Clarence
Elbert Farr
Ferris Bank
Brock-Lee Withdraws from Oil Proration Suit
Dallas December 15 attorney Joseph W. Bailey Jr. announced that Brock-Lee Oil Company is withdrawing as a plaintiff from the injunction case aiming to restrain Governor Sterling Brig. Gen. Wolters and other state officials from enforcing probation against wells in the East Texas oil field.
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Dallas
Joseph W. Bailey
Brock-Lee Oil Company
R. 8. Sterling
Jacob F. Wolters
East Texas
Surprise Plea Triggers Potter County Redistricting
A court order redrew Potter County precinct boundaries after a surprise petition with about 106 names urged changes. Commissioners Hill Lynch and Parker voted for the plan, while Weymouth opposed, noting no real population shift. Amarillo area wasn’t altered except a river road strip moved from Lynch to Weymouth, affecting about 200 families.
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Potter County
Commissioners’ Court
Carl Hill
Dapges
Chansor Weymouth
Weymouth
Commissioners
Sioners
Amarillo
Mark Parker
Denver
Couple jailed in poison quiz
Mr and Mrs W E Johnson were jailed in Palestine and Crockett on murder charges after their sons Quincy Leon 11 and Daniel Walter 8 died last week. Bodies exhumed and examined by a Houston physician who found poisoned apples or rice. parents claimed ptomaine poisoning.
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Palestine
W. E. Johnson
Palestine and Crockett
Johnson
Quincy Leon
Daniel Walter
Huntsville
Houston
Houston County
Bryan
Gas Pipeline Permit Voided by County Commissioners
Carson County commissioners yesterday canceled a permit granted to Texoma Natural Gas Company a year ago to cross county highways with its pipelines. A similar resolution will be considered by Gray County commissioners in session this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Carson County
Texoma Natural Gas Company
Commissioners
Gray County
Postponed meeting in Panhandle land owners dispute gas rate
The Panhandle Land Owners Association general meeting was postponed to a later date. The special committee will reconvene to discuss a higher gas rate from Texoma Company amid protests over two cents per thousand cubic feet royalty and the Texas ratable taking claim. Moore County commissioners will consider identifying Texoma as a public utility or private corporation.
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Panhandle Land Owners Association
Texoma Company
Panhandle
Moore County
Texoma
Texas
Seek Man Who Put Gasoline by Stove
Gray County officers hunted a man who entered a stove in an oil field south of Pampa last night and placed gasoline against a hot stove. The gasoline exploded starting a fire that destroyed the stove and adjoining living quarters. Ray Case, 19, saw a man enter but the blast happened before identification. The assailant fled in a car. Case was uninjured.
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Pampa
Gray County
Ray Case
Case
Leaders in Solitary for Leavenworth Prison Riots
Leavenworth Kansas December 15 convicts suspected as troublemakers were placed in solitary confinement as officials investigate last week's break for liberty by seven inmates. Prison industries stayed closed and hardened inmates remained confined in cell houses with meals served through bars.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Yarberry Trial Near End in Beeville Murder Case
The second and final stage of Newton Yarberry of Aransas Pass nears completion in Beeville Texas as lawyers present closing arguments in the trial for the murder of Miss Dorothy Symons. Testimony had concluded the day before.
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Yarberry
Beeville
Tex
Newton Yarberry
Aransas Pass
Dorothy Symons
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Forecast calls for fair conditions overnight and Wednesday with little temperature change. North Texas will stay fair with south areas partly cloudy to unsettled and slight warming in the east. New Mexico sees fair skies tonight and Wednesday with minor temperature shifts. Extremes today reach 22 and 35.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
House to Begin Working on Bills Secures Committee Slates
Washington December 15 Democratic and Republican committee slates were approved completing the House organization. The appropriations and ways and means committees are active drafting next year's government funding and considering the moratorium proposal. Senator Fess urged the Republican National Committee to shape intelligent public opinion on President Hoover. Chicago remains the front runner for the convention site as Detroit narrows the gap. Representative Ruth Pratt spoke for women members.
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Washington
House
Democratic
Republican Committee
Appropriations and
Ways and Means
Republican National Committee
Senator Fess
Hoover
Fess
Chicago
Detroit
Ruth Pratt
New York
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