Battle near Chapel ends in stalemate as fighting renews
Chinese and Japanese forces clash along the Chapel front outside Shanghai in hours of heavy artillery and rifle fire. The truce collapses as Chinese foray meets Japanese resistance amid refugee evacuations and peace talks led by ministers Lampson Wilden and Shigemitsu.
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United Press
Shanghai
H. R. Ekins
U.P
Chapei
Yangtze
Woosung
Bhanghai
Imamoru Shigemitsu
Miles Lam
Henry Wilden
France
Nelson T. Johnson
Shigemitsu
Lampson
Wilden
Japan
Edwin 8. Cunningham
United States
Lampson and Wilden
Shanghei-Woosung
Weather in the Mohave desert and Johnsons debt proposal
Arthur Brisbane notes Hiram Johnson proposes a bill banning security sales by nations in default to the United States. He contrasts Brazil France and Europe with Mohave desert weather, praising its wintry heat and oxygen rich winds. He warns Barstow and Victorville will need funds if they stay. Ecuador abandons gold in favor of other standards as the League's bank promotes a gold standard. United States gold shipments are described in sturdy barrels.
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Hiram Johnson
Ecuador
International Bank
League of Nations
United States
Amarillo Schools Report Stronger Finances and Tax Collections
Amarillo schools show improved condition with higher tax receipts despite a 10 percent lower rate. Delinquent taxes remain around $350,000, and $70,000 in indebtedness is left. About $100,000 in state aid is expected by May end, with June split tax receipts of $63,000 anticipated. An itemized account is being prepared by business manager George M. Waddill.
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Amarillo
George M. Waddill
Waddill
Mr. Waddill
Amarillo Tops Texas Fire Record Credit Increase
Amarillo earns the best fire record credit in Texas with an increase from 12 to 15 percent, saving policy holders about 12000 dollars. Fire Chief George B. Cooper credits low arson rates and strong department investigations, aided by state inspector cooperation, for the improvement.
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Amarillo
Texas
Frank French
J. W. DeWesse
George B. Cooper
Increases Agreed By Tax Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed on higher income and corporate taxes and a federal gift tax. Acting Chairman Crisp said Secretary Mills will propose additional ideas to raise revenue to balance the budget.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means
Crisp
Georgia
Secretary of Treasury
Mills
Treasury
Man Leaps to Death at Cameron Park in Waco
Henry Black 24 of Waco died after leaping 100 feet from Cameron Park bluff. A coroner ruled suicide. he had been ill and out of work.
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Waco
Texas
U.P
Cameron Park
Henry Black
Black
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. West Texas: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. New Mexico: Fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Temperatures in Amarillo up to 1 PM today ranged from 27 to 50 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Presidential straw poll shows Garner within six of Murray
Globe News tabulation of a presidential straw vote lists Murray at 96 votes leading, with Garner closing gap to six points. Smith holds 77, Roosevelt 73, others include Old Tack, Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor, McAdoo, and local names. Readers urged to mail votes to the Election Editor.
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John N. Garner
Texas
Globe News
Bill Murray
al Smith
Franklin Roosevelt
Old Tack
Will Rogers
Eddie Cantor
Ernest O. Thompson
William G. McAdoo
Temple Robinson
Amarillo
City Forester
Herbert Hoover
Hiram Johnson
William H. Murray
George W. Norris
Gifford Pinchot
James A. Reed
Albert ©. Ritchie
U S Judge Sentences Beck to Death for Texas Slaying
In Waco on February 12 a district court jury sentenced 19 year old William Beck former University of Texas student to death in the electric chair for the September 3 slaying of automobile salesman O L Jones. Beck confessed after arrest and defense plans appeal. Beck showed no emotion. family sobbed as the verdict was read.
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Waco
Tex
U.P
William Beck
University of Texas
O. L. Jones
Beck
Wichita Falls
J. J. Beck
Jones
Roosevelt enters Georgia primary race in March
Georgia Democratic official Major Kohn Cohen announced Franklin D. Roosevelt has formally entered the Georgia presidential preference primary set for March 23. Other notes report Hoover’s name withheld from the North Dakota primary and Gov. Murray’s plan to announce his candidacy from the Oklahoma Democratic convention floor later this month.
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Atlanta
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Georgia
Major Kohn
Cohen
Hoover
Dakota
Washington
White House
North Dakota
Murray
Oklahoma City
Okla
William H
Straw Hat Bandits Hold Up Gas Station
Three masked men wearing cheap straw hats held up the E. L. Dryden Service Station at 1806 Canyon highway early today. They fled with 21.10 dollars after a doubles barrel shotgun was leveled at night attendant Sam Tomlinson. One man stayed at the wheel while two approached. limited description was obtained by police.
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E. L. Dryden
1806
Canyon Highway
Sam Tomlinson
Clark Cain
Dawes Testifies On Federal Reserve Credit Expansion
President Dawes of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation appeared before a secret session of the House Banking and Currency committee in Washington to push a bill broadening rediscount privileges and extending credit and currency by enlarging the collateral class. Reporters were cleared at Dawes' request. A closing line references Boxwell Bros. linen services for ambulance needs.
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Washington
Flo
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Glass
Virginia
Stock Exchange
Commodity Markets
Federal Reserve System
Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Banking and Currency Committee
Gigli at Municipal Auditorium Delights Ama rilloans
Metropolitan Opera idol Beniamino Gigli performs tonight at the Municipal Auditorium with a program mixing old ballads and select American songs. He speaks through secretary Grossi, notes he avoids jazz for linguistic reasons, and tickets range from 50 cents to 2 50.
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Beniamino Gigli
Metropolitan Opera
Gigli
Grossi
Wilbur C. Hawk
City Drag
Polk Street
Indict 104 In Big Rum Ring In New Orleans
Federal grand jury handed down 104 indictments charging conspiracy and violations of the Federal Prohibition Act in a wide scope rum ring. Authorities name Al Capone as alleged directing head with operations spanning Canada Belize and the Louisiana Mississippi gulf coast. Indictments also target seven Vancouver distilleries and 97 men from multiple states and Canada.
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New Orleans
al Capone
Canada
Belize
British Honduras
Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast
New York
Chicago
Washington State
Louisiana
Mississippi
Vancouver
British Columbia
Congress Bill Proposes Commission to Cut Federal Spending
Senator Robinson of Arkansas introduced a resolution for a joint congressional commission to study reducing government expenditures and to identify Federal agencies that could be abolished reduced or consolidated.
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Washington
Joint Commission of Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
Mississippi flood reaches Hickman as water climbs
Muddy Mississippi waters spread over Hickman Kentucky business district with scaffolds rising two feet above current level while merchants keep shops open. The crest looms as tributaries flood southwest Kentucky and northwest Tennessee and a St. Louis rise delays Cairo. In other news Columbus Haile Jr., son of a former Missouri Kansas Texas president, named executive general agent for the railroad in Houston.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Hickman
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
St. Louis
Cairo
Columbus Haile, Jr
Mossouri -Kansas-Texas Railroad
Houston
Low Mercury Mark Set Here 33 Years Ago Today
Weather memory notes Amarillo’s record low of 16 degrees below zero on February 12 1899. The current morning dipped to 27 above as the 33 year old record remains unchallenged. East Texas residents recall 1899 effects on trees shrubs and cattle.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
East Texas
Marlow
Lamar County
Lincoln Birth Announced and National Birthday Observance
The Louisville Hodgenville dispatch reports Tom and Nancy Lincoln welcomed a son named Abraham near Hodgenville. Aunt Peggy Walters relays Betsy Sparrow’s account of the birth and participation by Dennis Hanks. In Washington national observances honor Abraham Lincoln’s 123rd birthday with Hoover delivering a keynote from the White House study and multiple regional dinners and radio time.
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Hodgenville, Ky
Tom Lincoln
Big South Fork
Nolin’s Creek
Hodgenville
Abraham
Peggy Walters
Lincoln Domicile
Betsy Sparrow
Tom Sparrow
Dennis Hanks
Sparrows
Dennis
Peggy
Betsy
Nancy
Lincoln
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Hoover
White House
Watson
Indiana
G. O. P. Head
Senate
Hatfield
West Virginia
Wilbur
Interior
Dolly Gann
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Portland
Maine
Evansville
Ind
Louisville
Duluth
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Greensboro
N. C
Miami
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Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Mohave Desert
Pacific Ocean
Mohave
Barstow
Victorville
Chambers of Commerce
Tokyo
China
U. K
Roosevelt
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Boxwell Bros
Griggs Ambulance
Lincolns
Tom
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