Flooded Mississippi towns ask Army patrols for levee aid
Glen Dora residents appeal to the War Department for U S Army troops to patrol the crumbling Tallahatchie levee sector as floodwaters from a Sharkey Plantation breach inundate East Tallahatchie County. About 2 000 people homeless. Tippo Macel Vance Gaynes abandoned. waters 3 to 11 feet, livestock drowned, farms damaged, refugee camps strained.
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Sumner
Miss
U.P
U. S. Army
Tallahatchie River
War Department
Glendora
East Tallahatchie County
Sharkey
Tippo
Macel
Vance
Gaynes
Webb
Rosenwald’s Death Prompts Reflections On Wealth And Purpose
Julius Rosenwald dies leaving Sears Roebuck fortune and a legacy of benevolence. Arthur Brisbane surveys his impact, critiques modern ambition, and notes corresponding events from the era from a blend of moral reflection and contemporary news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Coast Guard Bribery Scandal Faces Court Martial
In New York and Washington the U S Attorney reports wholesale bribery of coast guardsmen by liquor runners totaling about a million dollars. About 20 enlisted men across four Long Island stations face court martial after bribe payments of 80 to 200 dollars each were uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Howard W. Amell
Amell
Grand Jury
Department of Justice
District Attorney’s Office
Customs
Prohibition Department
Coast Guard
Amel
Long Island
Washington
United States Coast Guard
Fourth Coast Guard
Fire Island
Blue Point
Bellport
Georgica
Attempted assassination targets Emperor Hirohito in bomb plot
A would be assassin set off a bomb aimed at Emperor Hirohito in Japan today, triggering an official security response. Investigators are probing the matter and assessing potential motives and suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Eight Named in Lottery By Mail Complaints
Eight persons are named in U S complaints filed in Fort Worth charging mailing letters of a scheme resembling a lottery tied to marriage endowment agencies in Fort Worth Lubbock and other Texas cities. The cases go to the federal grand jury when it convenes next Monday. Names listed include Frank Benton W T Renfro John W Bailey B J Edwards Tommie Edwards John D Williams Fred Higbee and Oscar M Coon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
United States Commissioner’s Office
Lubbock
Federal Grand Jury
U. S. District Kennet
Ose
Frank Benton
W. T. Renfro
Hillsboro
John W. Bailey
San Angelo
B. J. Edwards
Ay Tommie Edwards
Brownsfield
Phn
D. Williams
Abilene
Fred “Higbee
Oscar M. Coon
Immoral conduct charges against Morgan town teachers dropped
Morgantown West Virginia January 8 story of peeping janitors leads to dismissal of indictments against suspended principal J T West and teachers Blanche Garfield Esther Williams. Prosecuting Attorney Albert Shuman moves to drop charges on request of the Morgantown district board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Morgantown High School
J. T. West
Blanche Garfield
Esther Williams
Nhlle
Albert Shuman
Morgantown District Board of Education
Apple Cart Tickets Now On Sale At City Auditorium
Tickets for Bernard Shaw comedy The Apple Cart are available for a January 16 matinee and night at the City Auditorium. Prices range from 50 cents to 2.50 dollars, with bargains 50c to 1.50 for matinee. Reservations can be made in person at the News-Globe office, by phone to Miss Eva Lewis at 6262, or by remittance to Wilbur C. Hawk News-Globe Amarillo Texas, with a stamped envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
City Auditorium
News-Globe
Eva Lewis
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Texas
Fordney Dies at 78 Former Michigan Congressman
Joseph Warren Fordney longtime Michigan congressman and co author of the Fordney McCumber tariff died at his Saginaw home at 78 after months of ill health. The former eight term representative known as Uncle Joe had retired in 1923 and led the ways and means committee during his final term while a vocal proponent of protectionist tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Mich
Joseph Warren Fordney
Congress
Fordney
Joe” Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
Further Cold Weather Seen Here Tonight
Forecaster H. T. Collman warns of continued cold and partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday in the Panhandle. Temperatures hovered around 15 degrees last night with a slight rise expected today while unpaved highways show little change and travel routes shift toward Dumas and Stratford for Amarillo northbound traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Amarillo
Dalhart
Dumas
Stratford
Panhandle Auto Club
Channing
Four Corners
Pair in Jail on Bad Coincount
Mr and Mrs Earl Wilson and Virgie Brown Wilson were jailed in Potter County after Amarillo police arrested them on counterfeiting charges. Investigators led by Chief W R McDowell and Capt Clark Cain presented bogus half dollar specimens to federal agents, found a molten metal pot, and obtained witness statements. Bonds set by U S Commissioner Mary K Harty at 2500 for Wilson and 1500 for Mrs Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wilson
Potter County
Wilson
Virgie Brown Wilson
Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
Clark Cain
Department of Justice
J. C. King
North Taylor Street
Wilsons
Mary K. Harty
United States
Paul Young Denies Threat on Tipster
Paul Young appeared at the police station with his attorney and denied making threats connected to the police trap of his two brothers Harry and Jennings Young who killed themselves to avoid arrest. Missouri authorities had earlier exonerated him of complicity in the killing of six peace officers. A detective guarding Tomlinson was recalled as the threat question circulated. Mortuary owner W. L. Starn transported the brothers to Ozark for burial in Mc Cauley cemetery near Ozark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Jennings
Houston
Paul Young
Tomli
Young
Missouri
Tomlinson
W. L. Starn
Ozark
McCauley
Noted Solon Joseph Fordney Dies
Noted statesman Joseph Fordney co author of the Fordney McCumber tariff bill died today respected public figure from Michigan whose work shaped tariff policy and who served as a longtime congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fordney
Fordney-McCumber
Boy Burglar Caught After Service Station Burglary
Police nabbed a 14 year old boy at Vaden Brothers service station 2600 West Sixth Avenue after a Thursday night spree at five nearby sites. Total loss under $160 with Gulf Refining 601 Monroe Street and Shine Parlor 520 Taylor Street hit hardest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaden Brothers
West Sixth Avenue
Blue Jacket Shine Parlor
Taylor Street
Dyche Pharmacy
Shoe
Continental Oil Company
Jackson Street
Gulf Refining Company
Monroe Street
Gulf Station
Magnolia to Buy Crude on Gravity Basis
Magnolia Petroleum Co abandons flat crude purchases and posts gravity based prices. Top gravity grades rise slightly. new schedules cover North Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas with regional rates from 68 to 86 cents per barrel.
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Magnolia
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Gray County
Carson
Hutchinson
Eldorado
Rainbow
Lockport
Town
Maryland Governor in Race Show. Roosevelt Prospects Rise
Governor Ritchie has entered the Democratic presidential field and Governor Roosevelt of New York faces push to declare candidacy. North Dakota committee to press for an avowed Roosevelt bid while Maryland and New York factions maneuver before the Democratic National Committee meeting.
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Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Hoover
Ritchie
Maryland
North Dakota
House
Democratic Committee
Joseph A. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
National Committee
Smith
Cox
Ohio
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Mkee Executed in Electric Chair for 1930 Murder
Ira McKee, 32, was executed in Huntsville for the 1930 murder during a Sparenberg Dawson County robbery. Minutes later Alfred Jackson, 50, was electrocuted for killing a Black woman in Bexar County. McKee spoke briefly, prayed, and requested water before the 12:09 current.
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Huntsville
Ira McKee
W. R. Billingsley
Sparenberg
Dawson County
Alfred Jackson
Bexar County
McKee
Palo Pinto County
Jackson
The Flat Tire Serial Brings Romance to Amarillo Globe
Vivian, once dismissed as a flat tire, rises as the town belle in Alma Sioux Scarberry’s new serial The Flat Tire starting Monday in the Amarillo Globe. The tale follows her transformation from unnoticed girl to celebrated figure through fashion, flight, and marriage to the town’s wealthiest suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian
Amarillo Globe
Alma Sioux Scarberry
Globe
Miss Scarberry
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Saturday with frost in the southeast portion tonight. West Texas fair and cool, New Mexico fair tonight and Saturday, warmer in the east tonight. Temperatures ranged from 15 to 38 at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
British India boycott grows as Bombay traders plan action
In Bombay on January 8 British measures cripple Congress activity while Indian business leaders prepare to boycott British goods and institutions. The Bombay Cotton Brokers Association will meet to push a resolution denouncing the viceroy’s refusal to interview Mahatma Gandhi. A Hindustan Republican Society poster threatens armed action against British officials and nationalist interference.
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Bombay
Congress Party
Bombay Cotton Brokers’ Association
Mahatma Gandhi
Empire
Hindustan Republican Society
Bomb Hurls At Jap Ruler In Tokyo Incident
A bomb exploded near Emperor Hirohito as he left a military review in Tokyo. Premier Inukai's government submitted its resignation to the emperor, amid fears the blast targeted the royal procession. A Korean suspect was detained after a second bomb was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Howe
Tokyo
Inukai
Emperor Hirohito
Yamamoto
Hirohito
Count Mekino
Rihostro
Tiukai
Buffalo Herd Fate To Be Up Saturday
A. C. Nicholson of Great Southern Life Insurance said the disposition of the buffalo herd on the Goodnight ranch in Texas Panhandle would be decided tomorrow at a meeting in Dallas of mortgage holders. The Life Insurance Company and City National Bank of Wichita Falls hold most mortgages after a foreclosure sale Tuesday.
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Dallas
A. C. Nicholson
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Goodnight Ranch
Texas Panhandle
The
Life Insurance Company
City National Bank of Wichita Falls
Washington warns Japan and China over Manchuria action
The United States delivered a stern note to Japan and China denying recognition of any de facto regime in South Manchuria and invoking the Nine Power Treaty to protect China's territorial integrity. The move signals adherence to Kellogg Briand and open door principles while reserving treaty rights, with allied powers likely to take similar action.
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Washington
Japan
China
South
Manchuria
Chinchow
Orient
Stimson
State Dept Protests from Manchuria Spur Open Door Policy Restatement
The United States received many protests from American firms in Manchuria over Japanese interference. Secretary Stimson restated America's open door policy citing the Kellogg Peace Pact and Nine-Power provisions. He sent notes to Tokyo and Peiping to remind them of U S rights in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Manchuria
Stimpson
America
Stimson
Tokyo
Peiping
United States
China
College Professors Favor Beer Return
Open hearings on Volstead Act amendments heard two college professors say beer drinking among students is harmless. Yale professor Yandell Henderson testified that 3 or 4 percent alcohol is not intoxicating and student beer drinking is physically harmless and socially advantageous. Yale College dean Clarence W. Mandell agreed the effects of beer in normal quantities are harmless. Senator Bingham pushed for 4 percent beer with sales limited to consumers and meals in cafes and hotels. Bishop James Cannon Jr. attended and was expected to testify against prohibition modification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Yandell Henderson
Yale University
Bingham
Connecticut
Clarence W. Mandell
Yale College
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lenz Narrowing Culbertson Lead in Bridge Duel
Sidney Lenz and Winfield Liggett cut Ely Culbertson’s edge by 5 405 points after seven rubbers, leaving Culbertson with an 8 770 point lead as kibitzers watch. Prominent observers including Charles Schwab, Grantland Rice, and Damon Runyon fill the room.
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Lenz
Ely
H. Allen Smith
United Press
New York
U.P
Sidney Lenz
Winfield Liggett
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Liggett
Schenken
Howard
Union Square
Charles _M. Schwab
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Julius Rosenwald
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Brisbane
Lessing Rosenwald
General Wood
Kessom
Holland
Keeson
Fifth Avenue
Max D. Steur
Chase National Bank
Lincoln Building
New York City
NFACE
Apple Cart
Demorace
Solon Dead
Dick Graham
R. E. “Red” Moore
Vaden Brothers’ Place
Mkee
India
Griggs Ambulance
Boxwell Bros
American Business Interest
Grantland Rice
Joseph Corrigan
Supreme Court
Rube Soidberg
Cyril Tolley
Damon Runyon
Runyon
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