Bank Robbers Captured After Deadly Three-County Chase
A running gun fight across three counties ended with three bandits in custody and a fourth taking his own life. The group killed a sheriff and a bank cashier, wounded two others, and released a 13-year-old hostage unharmed. Sheriff Glenn Axline fell in the shootout near Verna Illinois as authorities surrounded the suspects in a field near McNab Putnam County. The robbers had entered Lenore State Bank of Lenore Michigan through a coal chute and fled after the failed robbery.
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Charles Bundy
Glenn Axline
Marshall County
McNab
Putnam County
Charles Feipp
Board of Supervisors
la Salle County
Sheiff Brown
Axline
Verna
Ill
Bundy
Feipp
Chute Jarnais
Lenore 15
la Salle
Drivin
Boy
Yeipp
Roosevelt eyes world cotton surpluses control plan
President Roosevelt told reporters that discussions are underway on an international framework to curb world cotton surpluses, aligned with the wheat production model. No negotiations have begun, but key advisers Hull Morgenthau and Wallace have been briefed, and a broader price-stabilizing strategy could benefit cotton producers.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hull
Morgenthau
Wallace
World Court Entry Urged as Women Rally and Huey Long Protests
In Baton Rouge women join the Square Deal Association’s demand for repeal of Huey Long laws as midnight nears. The group gathers at the Capitol while Ernest Bourgeois offers no new statement. In Washington, President Roosevelt urges Senate ratification of the World Court, stressing U S sovereignty and peace policy in a briefing that signals cautious opposition to new reservations. Senator Robinson leads debate for adherence.
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Square Deal
Huey Long
O. K. Allen
Long
Ernest J. Bourgeois
Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
White House
Robinson
Florida raid ends with Barker gang deaths in gun battle
DoJ agents kill Fred Barker Ma Barker and a gang member in Okalwaha Florida after a six hour siege over the Bremer kidnapping case. Two others flee as agents use tear gas and gunfire while the mobsters are identified in Washington as the Barker outfit.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Oklawaha
Florida
Fred
Flemington On Parade oration and Lindbergh trial notes
The report covers Hauptmann’s Lindbergh baby kidnapping case with expert Osborn testifying he prepared dictation material for Hauptmann’s arrest and that discovered ran som notes served as comparison. It references Cassidy and the mood at Flemington and a broader political scene with Congress and Harrisburg publishers noted.
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Osborn
Hauptmann
Cassidy
Mr. Hauptmann
Barker and mother sought in banker abduction case
Barker and his mother known as Ma were wanted for the abduction of Edward G. Bremer of St Paul a year ago tomorrow. Reports say the Barkers were the only ones involved in the confrontation with federal agents during the battle at the battleground.
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Associated Press
Oklawaha, Fla
Fred Barker
Ma” Barker
Alvin Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Department of Justice
Department
Battleground
Leisurely Bandits Rob Texas Bank in Calm Holdup
Four masked robbers seized Citizens State Bank in BUFPALO Texas taking between 2000 and 3000 dollars. They held President Robert F Burroughs, forced vault access, and corralled cashier G E Jowers, bank examiners, and customers into a room, then finished the job in about ninety minutes as authorities tallied the take.
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Tex
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Citizens State Bank
Robert F. Burroughs
G. E. Jowers
Don Cossacks Ticket Sale Moves Downtown Today
The Don Cossacks concert seat chart was taken to City Drug No 1 on Polk Street and shows few front seats reserved. Tickets range 35 cents to 1 dollar 75 cents with several out of town reservations. the act is billed as a major Panhandle attraction by the Tri-State Fair Association. Tickets for Walker White’s The Master of Ballantrae on January 22 are also on sale at City Drug Store starting today.
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City Drug No
Polk Street
Panhandle
Singing Horsemen of the
Steppes
Tri-State Fair Association
Walker Whiteside
Saar Decree Held Up Over Dispute At Geneva
The League of Nations cancelled a Saar transfer meeting amid disagreements with Berlin over timing and French conditions seeking reserves on fortification. Unofficial German sources push for a date a month after the council act. Reports suggest France might require nonfortification before transfer. Also notes Calles recovering after surgery with stable progress.
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League of Nations
Saar
Germany
Berlin
Council of the
League
Will Rogers Arrives in Washington for Garner Dinner
Cowboys star Will Rogers lands in Washington to attend Vice President Garner's dinner for the President. He travels with two small pieces of hand luggage and a portable typewriter and jokes about his old blue serge suit doubling as a dress outfit with black shoes and a black tie.
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Washington
Will Rogers
Garner
Jack" Garner
Burglars Loot Lemons Thompson Co After Break In
Police report burglars pried open a safe at the Lemons Thompson Company at 1709 Johnson Street last night, leaving crow bars hammer and chisel as tools. They fled with an undetermined amount of cash while flaunting their loot.
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Lemons-Thompson Company
Johnson Street
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Turns Colder Tonight
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies and colder conditions tonight and Thursday. West Texas expects fair, colder tonight and Thursday with southeast portion slightly cooler, while New Mexico sees fair weather tonight and Thursday with colder readings especially in east and south. Temperatures today reach 48 to 53 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Chinese Reds Face Barriers as They Cross China toward Szechuan
Forty thousand Communists marching west after Kiangsi exile clash with Chiang Kai-shek forces near the Szechuan border. Red columns move through Northeastern Kweichow and Western Hunan while provinces marshal troops to block a Southeast Szechuan drive. Amid chaos in Anhwei, refugees report new massacres of missionaries Stam and spouse, with about five thousand refugees estimated.
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Morris J. Harris
Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Kiangsi
Szechuan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kweichow
Hunan
Yangtze
Kiang
Wukiank
Chungking
Red
Anhwei
J. C. Stam
Wuhu
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