East rises in world power talk and Mussolini referenced
A scattered column traces rising Eastern power, Chinese strength, and Western reactions. It mentions Mussolini courting China and Italian battleships, then pivots to Egypts sacred bull Apis and a satire on wealth and taxation culminating with a UK Ford comparison and Japanese workers earning a penny an hour.
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Mussolini
Caesar
Theodore Roosevelt
Britain
China
Marco Polo
Far East
Italy
Reading of bribe testimony in Texas House continues
The Texas House resumed the eight hour reading of the bribery testimony against Rep F A Dale and Rep H H Moore after a 67 to 58 vote to hear full records. Willis Chamberlain optometrist testified that Dale offered $1000 to influence a report on Moore s stationary optometrist tax bill and Moore directed him to Dale. Frank Hamer testified he arrested Dale after the payoff was received.
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Associated Press
Austin
House
F. A. Dale
H. H. Moore
Willis Chamberlain
Houston
Dale
Fox
Moore
Frank Hamer
Hamer
Chamberlain
R. L. Bobbitt
Texas
R. E. Moore
House Journal
Lowden Backs Equalization Fee in Farm Bill Debate
In Washington Pat Neoconservatives report Frank Lowden of Nichols endorses the equalization fee provisions of the McNary Haugen bill as Congress nears its third showdown on Sericulture aid.
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Lowden
Fated Press
Washington
Contress
Frank
Nichols
Weather forecast items for tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for light snow and colder conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures across the day are shown by hour with ranges from 88 to 27 degrees, noting a sharp midday low and rising late afternoon readings.
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Temure
Tri State Fair Conference Planned For Next Tuesday
With lifting of the public meeting ban a full Tri State Fair superintendents and budgeting committee will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 in the auditorium to finalize the 1927 exhibition budget and allocate funds and prizes. The venue is the Amarillo Hotel under the slogan Famous For Food Panhandle's Meeting Place.
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Tri-State Fair Superintendents and Budgeting Committee
Football Ambitions Led Through Sorrow to Immense Fortune
Oklahoma City man George A. Henshaw Jr rose from tragedy to wealth after selling oil holdings in Brown County Texas for about 2 million dollars. His sister’s window death, his wife’s passing, and the loss of a child preceded a dramatic rebound as his oil ventures yielded substantial fortunes.
Crash Victim From Lott Killed By Santa Fe Train
Joe Renz 26 a farm worker and former Lott resident died when a Santa Fe passenger train struck his car near St Francis crossing yesterday at 4 pm. Train crew said he drove slowly failing to hear the whistle. Car demolished, body found about 90 feet from impact. transported to New Braunfels for burial.
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Joe Renz
Santa Fe
St. Francis Crossing
Lott
Texas
New Braunfels
Amarillo
Griggs
St. Francis
Terrific hail storm strikes Childress area
The Associated Press reports a severe hail storm in Childress and nearby areas last night. Hail and heavy rain lasted about thirty minutes over an eighteen mile wide area extending into Oklahoma, with bright lightning after a hot day. Many car tops were damaged and snow was anticipated this morning.
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Associated Press
Childress
Oklahoma
West Texas oil king expands holdings after big lease hit
George Henshaw Jr and company built a 320 acre lease that began producing oil on October 10 last year. The site has yielded 200000 dollars in oil and over 10000 dollars in gas. Two wells are ready to drill. Henshaw recently sold a block in Howard county for 25000 dollars and moved headquarters to San Angelo with activity in Brown Pecos and Crockett counties.
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George Henshaw, Jr
Henshaw
Howard County
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Colorado
Texas
San Angelo
Brown, Pecos
Crockett Counties
Realtors Meet Tomorrow for Luncheon in Amarillo
The Amarillo Real Estate board will meet at noon Wednesday in the Amarillo hotel. J. W. Collins, Potter county tax assessor, will discuss tax matters. T. A. Trust, board member, will talk on appraisals. Industrial committee members of the Board of City Development will discuss the industrial housing situation. Notices that the meeting would not be held due to health ban are to be disregarded.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
Amarillo Hotel
J. W. Collins
Potter County
Rural Advisory Group Meeting Delayed by Uncertain Quorum
Attempts were made to convene the rural advisory committee by the county agent but it was unclear if enough members had learned of the lifting of the ban to form a quorum. If not held this afternoon, the Board of City Development urges a meeting next Tuesday.
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Agriculture Department
Board of City Development
Lisbon Armed Camp In Hands Of Mob
Lisbon described as an armed camp with revolt against President Carmona. Dispatches report cries against the dictatorship, prisoners among ministers, and general Carmona missing. In Oporto, heavy fighting and deteriorating conditions cited as the movement broadens, with calls for constitutional restoration.
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Lisbon
Associated
Prew
Buenos Aires
Carmona
la Nacion
Oporto
Portugal
Associated Preas
London
Death of Unidentified Man Found in Field
An unidentified man with a bullet wound in the head died at a local hospital after being found unconscious in the Llano pasture north of San Angelo. A name, J. Lux, was found in his waistband. Powder burns on the face suggest possible foul play or self-inflicted action. police differ on murder versus self-harm theories.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Llano
Here
J. Lux
Tokyo Funeral Crowds Leave 721 Injured in Street Crush
Police reports show 721 injured as about a million mourners filled Tokyo streets for the funeral of Emperor Yōhito. Most injuries minor but several serious and two deaths recorded. Pneumonia and influenza linked to long cold waits. Four sacred oxen used to draw the catafalque retired to an imperial pasture for rest.
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Associated Prean
Tokyo
Youhihito
Imperial
Amarillo Auto Show Plans Form at Panhandle Club Meet
Automobile men in Amarillo plan an attractive auto show during the cattlemen's meeting on March 1 2 3. The Panhandle Automobile Club met and about twenty members attended. Thirty new applications were passed. Committees were named for Advertising Decorations Entertainment with specific members listed.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Automobile Club
J. N. Riggs
Henry Analey
Roy Cullum
Bill Frost
Ted George
Howard Kuhlman
Everett
Henry Propst
E. Williams
W. M. McCarty
Guy E. Hoover
Road worker crushed under heavy tractor near Amarillo
W. C. Lange, 44, Amarillo Construction Co. laborer, nine miles north of Amarillo, was seriously injured this morning when he was run over after cranking a tractor in gear. Ambulance crews said his right leg was crushed between the truck body and tractor radiator, with multiple cuts and bruises.
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W. C. Lange
Amarillo
Lange
Mrs Bud Fisher Granted $26,000 Year Alimony
Mrs Aidella Fisher, formerly Countess de BeauMont, was awarded alimony of $26,000 a year from cartoonist Harry C Bud Fisher. Their legal separation was granted last week in New York.
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Java
New York State
Mr. Babst
Ansociated Press
New York
Mra. Aidella
Fisher
Countess de Beaumont
Harry C
Bud) Fisher
Senate sets Friday vote on McNary Haugen farm bill
The Senate agreed to vote no later than 4 oclock Friday on the McNary Haugen farm relief measure. The plan aims to stabilize crop prices and support farmers amid ongoing economic pressures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Noted Explorer Amundsen to lecture in Amarillo Globe
Captain Roald Amundsen world famed explorer arrives in Amarillo on Thursday February 24 for two lectures at the auditorium. He will address school children in the afternoon with free admission and the general public at 8 15 pm for a detailed account of his Norge flight across the Arctic and the Amundsen Ellsworth expedition, with motion pictures.
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South Pole
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
Norge
Amarillo
Globe News
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Rome
Teller
Arctic
United States
McIntosh
Amundsen-Ellsworth
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America
England
Russia
Norway
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