Alleged Reds Assault Cops At Consulate Chicago
Chicago March 12 communistic banners signaled a riot in front of the Japanese consulate. Three policemen were shot and 30 demonstrators arrested as 200 police controlled the scene. Police said Stephen Chuck would be charged with assault with intent to murder. The riot disrupted traffic on Michigan Boulevard and prompted thanks from the consul.
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Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Othe
China
Tribune
Wrigley Building
Boulevard Link
Charles Kiefer
Ray Eddy
Frank Breslin
Eddy
Detroit
Henry Ford
Frank Murphy
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Seek New Aids for Bank Industry in Coming Week
Washington March 12 The House banking committee will push a triangular program next week to address defective banking and money conditions. The program includes Hoover home loan bill Steagall deposit guarantee and monetary stabilization proposals. Rep Reilly will lead the measure and begin hearings Wednesday.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve Credit
Hoover
Steagall
Rep. Reilly
Wis
Post Office Robbery Mystery Near Kings Mill
Police in Amarillo seek details after a late Saturday call claimed a post office robbery at Kings Mill at 12 55. The report said two men fled in a high powered car toward Amarillo, but Kings Mill officials and Corpus Christi AP reports cast doubt, leaving investigators puzzled.
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Amarillo
Kings Mill
W. R. McDowell
Larry Sticer
Pampa
Kingsville
Lower
East Coast
Corpus Christi
Associated Press
Farm Board nominations approved amid graft accusations
Senate confirmed three long stalemated nominations to the Federal Farm Board after a heated session over salaries at board subsidiaries. Borah and Norbeck criticized pay scales including 75000 to E F Creekmore and 50000 to George Milner, while Schall defended top compensation as necessary to attract capable leaders.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Senate
Frank Evans
Utah
William F. Schilling
Minnesota
Sam H. Thompson
Illinois
Borah
Idaho
Schall
Minn
Norbeck
Farm Board
Agricultural Marketing Act
South Dakotan
Foreign Service Change Delivers Monterrey Appointment
The State Department announced changes including Paul H. DeMille of El Paso moving from vice consul in Tirana Albania to vice consul in Monterrey Mexico.
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Washington
State Department
Paul H. DeMille
el Paso
Tirana
Albania
Monterrey
Mexico
Eastland Arson Charge Against Two Men
Frank Bida operator of an automobile top and body works and Sam H. Baskin an employee were charged with arson in connection with two fires in distant parts of Eastland at 3 o clock this morning.
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Eastland
Frank Bida
Sam H. Baskin
Four Bandits Loot Chetopa Bank After Robbery
Four armed robbers seized night watchman Jim Lancaster and rural mail carrier Jack Lemley in Chetopa Kansas, cut every telephone line, then forced entry to the vault of the Chetopa State Bank. They bound Lancaster, used an acetylene torch to breach the vault doors, and fled with an undetermined amount of money after about three hours.
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Chetopa
Kan
Jim Lancaster
Lancaster
Jack Lemley
Bank
Allred plans to sue New Mexico over Pecos water
Texas Attorney General James V. Allred announced intent to sue New Mexico to stop diversions from the Pecos River, arguing the Texas portion has been arid by upper river damming. He sent Assistant AG George T. Wilson to Pecos to meet landowners and assess irrigation losses, warning funding must come from local landowners if the suit proceeds.
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Austin
James V. Allred
New Mexico
Pecos River
Allred
Texas
George T. Wilson
Wilson
Pecos
Lindbergh Kidnapping Probe Shifts Focus Partners Acquitted
Brooklyn jury clears Salva tore Spitale and Irving Bitz of liquor conspiracy charges amid Lindbergh case chatter. Spitale plans to return home to his children as officials report little progress from nationwide DoJ circulars. Meanwhile Col Schwarzkopf reports no solid links to Betty Gow or Henry Johnson and police in Sandusky hold a possible suspect tied to the Detroit Purple Gang.
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Ohio
Purple Gang
New York
Newark
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Lindbergh
Trenton
N. J
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Morris Rosner
Rosner
Col. Schwarzkopf
Department of Justice
Colonel Lindbergh
Salvatore
Sally) Spitale
Irving Bitz
Brooklyn
Spitale
Bitz
Gow Link
Col. Schwartzkopf
Betty Gow
Lindbergh m
Henry Johnson
Vancouver
B. C
Royal Northwestern Mounted Police
Betty Cox
Miss Gow
Johnson
Hartford
Conn
Schwarzkopf
Col. Lindbergh
Sandusky
Detroit Purple Gang
Michigan
Harry Fleisher
South
Weigates
Hopewell
Jimmie Joy to Lead Brunswick Band at Tri-State Fair Night
Jimmie Joy and his 14 Brunswick artists will perform Tuesday night under Tri-State Fair auspices. The versatile group includes musicians singers crooners and entertainers with a pianist who can Crosby croon and a saxophonist rivaling Vallee. The act adapts to crowd mood from slow dreamy tunes to hot syncopation and even unexpected barn dance antics.
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Brunswick Recording
Crosby
Vallee
Jimmie
Kansas
Brunswick
Mrs. Gora Gleghorn Rites May Be Monday
Funeral services likely Monday for Mrs. Cora Gleghorn 47 at the Boxwell Brothers Chapel following her Friday death at 201 North Rusk Street. She belonged to West Amarillo Christian Church and the Eastern Star. Survived by husband R. J. Gleghorn a daughter Verda Nugent a son Ray Gleghorn of Phoenix and grandson Raphael Nugent.
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Cora Gleghorn
North Rusk Street
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel
R. J. Gleghorn
Verda Daniel Nugent
Ray Gleghorn
Phoenix
Ariz
Raphael Nugent
Coble Heads to Washington for Federal Finance Talks
Amarillo cattleman Tom Coble travels to Washington DC for a conference with federal authorities on distribution of funds to cattlemen by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He departed Thursday night and will meet officials alongside two other Texas representatives.
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Tom Coble
Amarillo
Washington, D. C
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Will L. Vaughan Dies in Utah
Will L. Vaughan, formerly of Armstrong County, died at his Kanab Utah home last Sunday after a brief illness. Born at Claude 40 years ago, he lived there and in Amarillo before moving to Utah where he became a cattleman. Survived by his widow, four children, and five Amarillo sisters: Laura Nelson, Paul Ingram, C. M. Howe, R. B. Russell, and G. A. Tull.
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Will L. Vaughan
Armstrong County
Kanab
Utah
Mr. Vaughan
Claude
Amarillo
Laura Nelson
Paul Ingram
C. M. Howe
R. B. Russell
G. A. Tull
Murray Opens Front Yard For Poor Veggie Gardens
Oklahoma City March 12 Gov William H Murray directs a tract between the State capitol and the executive mansion be plotted for allotment by the State board of affairs to families seeking small gardens to grow food. The land has been plowed. A little plot of land and $1 in seed could yield $25 later.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
State Capitol
Executive Mansion
State Board of Affairs
Lindbergh Hosts Roast Lamb Dinner Amid Kidnapping Search
Col Charles A Lindbergh shared a roast lamb dinner tonight with state police quartered at his hilltop home as the search for the kidnapped Lindbergh baby continued. Mrs Lindbergh reached the eleventh day since her son was taken, atop the windswept residence, with her mother Mrs Dwight W Morrow. She appeared on a porch for air while maintaining her calm poise despite the frenzied search.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Lindbergh baby search distracts Hamburg crowd
In Hamburg on March 12 the Lindbergh kidnapping case drew attention as investigators and 30 detectives boarded the liner President Roosevelt. A Danish subject Joergensen traveled with his 22 month old son and proved paternity with documents and photos, shifting the spotlight onto the child aboard.
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Hamburg
Germany
Lindbergh
President Roosevelt
Joergensen
Love Throws Wrench Into Texas Peace
Thomas B. Love, former Texas state senator and insurrectionary dry leader, denounces the Democratic state executive committee's plan to require pledges from precinct voters for presidential electors. He warns the move could drive many dry Democrats from precinct primaries and vows to seek reconsideration, arguing the test oversteps election law boundaries and mirrors no prior Texas practice.
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Dallas
Texas
Thomas B. Love
Drys
Herbert Hoover
W. P. Huggins
Houston
Love
Fort Worth
Supreme Court
W. EB. Wilcox
Democratic State Executive Committee
Huggins
State Executive Committee
Student Prince revival notes top price cut to $2.50
Carl Franz and Kathie star in the Heidelberg romance with songs by Romberg. The Student Prince revival draws big crowds with tunes such as Deep in My Heart Dear Just We Two What Memories and the Drinking Song. Prices now top at 2.50 and go down to 1 tickets available at City Drug Store or by mail to Wilbur C. Hawk.
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Carl Franz
Heidelberg
Kathie
Romberg
Prince
Wonder Bar
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
City Drug Store
News-Globe
Rebels claim Chinese mutiny near Manchurian border
Soviet dispatches from Blagoveshchensk report Chinese rebels killing ten Japanese officers and two civilians at Sakhalien, capturing the new Manchurian government commander, with stray bullets crossing the Amur. Rebels loot four Chinese banks and attack the English customs office and a Soviet trading branch while Chinese troops solidify positions. Receipts show Anaheim citrus sales in 1931 exceeded $2,500,000.
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Moscow
U.P
Blagoveshchensk
Siberian
Amur
Manchuria
Sakhalien
Manchurian
Blagoveschensk
Ohio filed nominating petitions amid Hoover White pledges
Eight names head the Ohio slate for presidential nomina tions led by President Hoover and Governor White as 55 Republican delegates pledge mostly to Hoover. Some factions back Joseph France, Jacob Coxey, or Newton Baker while Baker denies candidacy. The primary is nonbinding. Prohibition grows as a campaign issue with L J Taber entering to oppose Bettman Miller and Bracher.
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Columbus
Hoover
George White
Ohio
Joseph S. France
Maryland
Jacob 8. Coxey
Massillon
Washington
White
Newton D. Baker
Pete Witt
Cleveland
Witt
Alfred E Smith
Baker
L. J. Taber
National Grange
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Gilbert Bettman
Elizabeth C. T. Miller
Charles A. Bracher
Dayton
St Pat's Dance At Athletic Club Promises Big Celebration
Sponsors of the St Patrick's Day Shoe Fund plan Amarillo Athletic Club festivities for Thursday night to mark the day with the greatest St Pat’s celebration yet. Wilbur Upchurch and Vice Versa Birds play music, contests and prizes add fun, merchants donate prizes, Les Nurnie and his dancers unveil a new Irish revue with novelties.
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St. Patrick’s Day
St. Pat's Day
Amarillo
Amarillo Athletic Club
Wilbur Upchurch
Les Nurnie
Pioneer ranchman R L Baxter dies at Shamrock
Funeral services were held in Shamrock for R L Bob Baxter longtime Panhandle ranch foreman of the Millicon ranch. He died Friday after 27 years as foreman overseeing parts of Wheeler and Collingsworth counties. The piece notes a political aside mentioning Bettman and Senator Robert J Bulkley as foes of existing liquor conditions.
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Shamrock
R. L
Bob) Baxter
Texas Panhandle
Baxter
Wheeler
Collingsworth
Bettman
Robert J. Bulkley
Wealthy Recluse Ida Wood Dies After Hidden Fortunes
Ida Mayfield once Ida E Wood, socialite and former publisher's partner, died at 93 in Herald Square Hotel. She kept about $400000 in currency in a mattress sack and a half million dollars in old bills in her clothing and room. The money was turned over to the courts after guardianship proceedings.
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Herald Square
Ida Mayfield
New York
New Orleans
Ida E. Wood
Manhattan
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Benjamin Wood
New York Daily News
Fernando Wood
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan Club
Wood
Otis F. Wood
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