Killers Take Own Lives To Avoid Arrest
Two brothers hunted for the Springfield Missouri slayings of six officers killed themselves after their mother urged they not be captured. Jennings and Harry Young died after a standoff at a Houston cottage as police, aided by tear gas and a shotgun firing, closed in. The men fled from Texas after a wreck near Streetman and were tracked to Houston before dying in the incident.
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Houston
Missouri
Jennings
Harry Young
Springfield
Percy Heard
Harry
Claude Beverly
Chief Heard
George Peyton
Young Brothers
J. F. Tomlinson
Youngs
A. P. Singleton
Streetman
Tex
Texas
Young
Ship Channel
Democrats Gather Friday in Panhandle Rally
Democrats of the Panhandle convene a Friday rally at Amarillo Hotel to honor Andrew Jackson and launch the regional presidential campaign. Speakers include former Senator James A Reed Len Clint C Small Gene Howe and Mayor Ernest Thompson with Judge Bob Underwood as toastmaster. One minute speeches conclude the program.
Cox Convicted of Mail Fraud in Oil Scheme
S. E. J. Cox and three others were found guilty by a federal jury in Oklahoma City on nine counts related to stock selling operations of the Universal Oil and Gas Company. Sentences up to 42 years and fines to $10,000 will be set by Judge Edgar S. Vaught. Several co-defendants pled guilty or were acquitted. several indicted figures were freed or dismissed.
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Oklahoma City
S. E. J. Cox
Cox
Universal Oil and Gas Company
Edgar S Vaught
Coxes
H. A. Kroeger
T. A
James L. Woolson
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Period
Partly cloudy to cloudy night and Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions turning colder with frost and possible freezing in the southeast tonight. Wednesday should be fair with temperature extremes around 22 to 25 for the 24 hours ending 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Mrs. Ross Opens Women Employment Rooms in Potter County
Potter County probation officer Mrs. Jessie N. Ross launches a one woman employment campaign in the new court house. Two sewing rooms pay women in cents per hour for quilting patching and mending to assist Potter County residents with limited funds. Four women worked yesterday including widows and wives of ex service men. Singer Sewing Machine Company donated machines and Amarillo women supplied quilt scraps. One quilt finished and for sale.
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Jessie N. Ross
Potter County
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Taylor Street
Amarillo
One Job Completed. 45 More Billions. Gandhi, a Napoleon.
A compact item notes sweeping economic plans and ambitious targets with bold rhetoric. It mentions Gandhi and Napoleon as symbolic figures in a broader discussion of power, ambition, and social change, framed in a provocative historical comparison.
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Gandhi
Napoleon
Japan ends Manchuria campaign amid warning voices
Arthur Brisbane reviews the Asia crisis noting Japan’s quick capture of Chin Chow and the broader debate in the U S about defense and the League of Nations. He quotes General Fechet on national vulnerability and Borah on foreign aid, and surveys Gandhi India and Finland’s prohibition vote result.
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Fechet
Borah
India
Britain
Gandhi
China
IC C Proposes Unified Interstate Transport Regulation
Examiner Leo Flynn of the Interstate Commerce Commission urged coordinated regulation of all interstate transportation including bus and truck lines. He called for revised laws reflecting ten years of new transport systems and announced hearings to begin in March.
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Washington
Leo Flynn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Examiner
Commission
National Transportation
Flynn
Winter storms halt Panhandle traffic and services
The region faced a grand slam of wintry weather with fog rain sleet and snow. Roads were blocked. highway traffic paralyzed. buses canceled. malls planes and other transit disrupted while Weather Bureau officials warned of more unsettled skies from an expected northward system.
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the Panhandle
Linens Are Blue as Boxwell Bros Serve You
Local notices highlight Boxwell Bros serving customers with blue linens as a branding cue. The brief emphasizes the establishment's service commitment and a distinctive color choice in its presentation.
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Boxwell Bros
Apple Cart Tickets On Sale For City Auditorium Show
Reservations by mail for Bernard Shaw comedy The Apple Cart at City Auditorium on Saturday January 16 with matinee and night performances. Prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars for matinee and 50 cents to 2 dollars 50 cents for the night. Mail orders go to Wilbur C Hawk Globe News Amarillo Texas with return stamped envelope.
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City Auditorium
Wilbur C, Hawk
Globe News
Amarillo
Texas
Irregularities Denied by Clarence Dillon in Bolivian Loan Probe
Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee foreign loan investigation raised accusations of irregular practices and a $40,000 bribe involving Bolivia’s finance minister. Clarence Dillon of Dillon Read and Company denied any involvement or knowledge of improper conduct.
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Clarence Dillon
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
California
Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
Bolivia
Amarillo City Budget Cuts Highlight Savings
Amarillo reduces its 1931 32 budget by 144960 with a 79060 cut from salaries and department consolidations. City manager Bill Durham notes saving 40000 from cheaper electric power and trimming nonessential materials in Public Management article drawing national inquiries.
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Amarillo
Bill Durham
Public Management
United States
Allred's Suits on Oil Firms Facing Delay
Austin Jan 5 The $17,850,000 anti trust suit by Attorney General James V Allred against 17 oil concerns risked delay over adequacy of service on the Standard Oil Co of New York and the Standard Oil Co of New Jersey. Trial date postponed while service questioned. return shows service made on both but adequacy still disputed. Allred argues Texas service valid despite corporate registrations in New Jersey and Delaware.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Standard Oil Company of
New York
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
Delaware
Amarillo Real Estate Operator Leaps to Death in Dallas
W Mc Carty Moore, 55, Amarillo area real estate operator, died after leaping from the 21st floor of the Tower Petroleum building in Dallas. Relatives said he recently suffered business reverses. His body landed in an alley among crates. He was driven to the building by his sisters in Dallas and Amarillo, who had been taking him to several offices to attend to business.
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Dallas
W.P
W. McCarty Moore
Tower Petroleum
Moore
Joe Stephenson
H. S. Spencer
Amarillo
Two Inmates Confess Fire Killing Eight at Gallia Cabin
Sheriff says Albert Reymer of Gallipolis and Elsworth Mowyer of Bucyrus confessed to a spring funeral pyre at a Gallia County log cabin. They admitted burning James White and seven of his children to avenge a dispute, after sealing doors and windows. White’s son George survived with severe burns. The youths had been sentenced in Lancaster for auto theft and will be returned there for prosecution.
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Gallipolis
Charles Swanson
Lancaster
Gallia County
Swanson
Albert Reymer
Elsworth Mowyer
Bucyrus
James White
Reymer
Mowyer
Lamb
White
Here
George
Indian government raids Nationalist offices amid hartal unrest
Police raid 60 Nationalist Congress offices in Calcutta, Delhi and elsewhere as government enforces new ordinances. Gandhi followers observe hartal with fasting and prayer while religious tensions rise between Hindus and Muslims. Negatives shift to broader national crackdown, with document seizures and shop closures.
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Francis Low
United Press
Bombay
U.P
Mahatma Gandhi
Congress
Calcutta
Delhi
Mahatma
All India
Gandhi
Northwest Frontier Province
Gandhi appeals Indian Christians in peaceful struggle
Mahatma Gandhi asked Christians in India to join the nonviolent boycott of British goods. He called the movement a Christian struggle of peace and urged adoption of homespun cloth and temperance while authorities widen arrests.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Directors trim Atchison Topeka Santa Fe dividend
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad board ordered a quarterly dividend of 1.50 dollars per common share, reduced from 2.50 dollars after years of higher payouts. Oil at 35 cents and 50 cents a gallon. 219 Taylor.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Lenz Reduces Lead as Culbertsons Hold Edge
The Culbertson Len z match tightens with Sidney Lenz and Winfield Liggett trimming 3 385 points from Ely and Josephine Culbertson. Despite a whirl of high society in New York crowds, the Culberts still lead by 16 835 points with 21 rubbers remaining. Dowagers fill the press room as guards keep order.
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H. Allen Smith
United Press
New York
U.P
Sidney Lenz
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Ely
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Ohs
School heads seek to slash running costs in Amarillo
The Amarillo board of education will review a plan tonight in Capt. W. A. McIntosh's office to cut running costs. By trimming maintenance, the district is now $50,000 cheaper than last year, says business manager George M. Waddill. McIntosh notes empty rooms and overcrowded classes warrant equalization efforts.
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Amarillo
Board of Education
W. A. McIntosh
George M. Waddill
Mr. McIntosh
Flood Warnings Issued as Trinity River Rises Near Dallas
The Weather Bureau warned that the Trinity River will likely rise above flood stage in Dallas and Trinidad after heavy rains on nearby watersheds. Dallas recorded an 11.7 foot rise in 24 hours, reaching 28 feet, with levees protecting against overflow and an expected two foot additional increase.
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Dallas
Trinity
Trinidad
Weather Bureau
Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Brazos
Natches
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Reign of Terror Rules in Harbin
Harbin Manchuria was ruled today by a Japanese occupation administration amid political turmoil. A government source stated security measures remain tight in the city as authorities resume control after recent upheavals.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Chicago plans radio school for closed city schools
Chicago children may still study if schools close for lack of funds. The Chicago Tribune offered space and WGN broadcasting time to run a radio school. John W. Hansel Jr of Winnetka proposed the plan, with daily lessons outlined in the paper and scheduled times for each grade.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
WGN
John W. Hansel, Jr
Winnetka
N. W. Ayer & Company
Election Law Violation Said to Democrats
United States Attorney George Z. Medalie said the federal corrupt practices act was violated in the filing of the Democratic National Committee's 1928 annual report signed by James W. Gerard as treasurer. Prosecution is barred by the three year statute of limitations, which ended January 3, one day after confirmation that proper returns had not been made.
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New York
United States
George Z. Medalie
Democratic National Committee
James W. Gerard
Medalie
Jacob J. Rosenblum
U. S
Shapes of winter relics in Snowbound tribute
Whittier's Snowbound line recalls familiar sights reformed into marvels of domes and towers. A brush pile becomes a smooth mound, a reed drift stands alone, and old features like a fence and well curb sport unlikely adornments.
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Pisa
Whittier
Snowbound Amarillo Braces for City Drifts and Delays
Amarillo and surrounding towns faced about 14 inches of snow with strong winds, halting early morning traffic and delaying mail deliveries. Rock Island cancelled a Liberal Kansas coach run while schools stayed open for pupils who appeared. City workers, aided by Griggs ambulance, worked to clear gutters and streets as residents braved driving in drifts. The Weather Bureau noted heavy snowfall across Clovis New Mexico to Pampa with multiple stations reporting five to ten inches in various areas. Minimum temperatures dipped to 22 degrees above zero aiding moderate relief.
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Rock Island
Liberal Kans
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Drifta
Banta Fe
Clovis
N. M
Pampa
Fort Worth & Denver
Colorado
Claude
Clarendon
Lubbock
Plainview
W. C. Kenyon
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Tokyo
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