Obregon To Be Candidate Final Plans Made For Amarillo Campaign
Amarillo launches a citywide University of Amarillo fundraising drive tomorrow at 1 pm. Over 200 workers will canvass the Panhandle, selling lots in University Park for 750 to 1250 dollars with 20 percent down and 7 percent interest. Proceeds fund infrastructure and real estate value growth, with Ben Short leading efforts and Killough Davies and J E Biggs coordinating campaign operations at Polk Street.
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Obregon
Amarillo
University of Amarillo
Panhandle
G. C. Odom
Valuation Committee
Mr. Odom
University Park
Ben Short
Killough & Davies
Polk Street
J. E. Biggs
Real Estate Board
Board of City Development
The Unwilling Adventuress at Weyburn Junction
At Weyburn Junction a nameless girl sleeps on a bench in the waiting room as travelers rush by. A Travellers Aid worker discovers her and questions a man who may be connected to her, noting the rush and oddities of station life during a December afternoon before Christmas.
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Weyburn Junction
Chicago
Iowa
Crati
Little Junction
Travellers’ Aid
Adventuress
Tom
Baggar
Oklahoma Fruit Losses Reported After Freeze
Oklahoma officials say the weekend freeze caused widespread damage to the fruit crop across the state. Harry Cordell president of the state board of agriculture warned of near total losses and noted reports from many regions confirm extensive damage to fruit crops due to low temperatures.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Cordell
Proclamation designates Amarillo’s College Week 1927
Lee Bivins mayor proclaims March 21 through March 27 as College Week to promote the possible new Methodist higher learning institution. He urges citizens to support the enterprise as the Northwest Texas Conference may locate the school in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Methodist Church
Northwest
Earl Carroll Must Go to Pen
The theatrical manager Earl Carroll must serve a year and a day for perjury linked to his famous bathtub party. The Supreme Court refused to review, allowing delay only via rehearing requests rarely granted. Carroll faced arguments that his New York indictment and trial violated legal practice and that he denied a chorus girl’s tub appearance while drinks were served.
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Associated Press
Washington
Earl Carroll
Supreme Court
Carroll
New York
Men Disappear After Downtown Motor Car Crash
A downtown crash at 3 pm destroyed two cars. L. D. Alexander of Amarillo drove a Buick coupe and was struck by a Durant touring car carrying three unknown men who fled before police arrived. Alexander said his car stood still when hit by the 50 mph Durant. Hospitals were alerted to watch for the injured member of the trio.
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L. D. Alexander
Amarillo
Alexander
Hospitals and Physicians Exchange
Standard Oil Official Dead in Baton Rouge
C. H. Clarke, president of Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, was found dead in his bathroom this morning. The parish coroner said Clarke had been dead six to eight hours and had suffered heart pains recently. He had spent the day with W. C. Teagle and other New Jersey officials during an inspection trip.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
C.H. Clarke
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Turvealnne
Clarke
W. C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New Jersey Company
Padilla outlines views on Obregon and Mexico’s election
Globe staff correspondent Charles M. Hall reports that Alvaro Obregon is likely to seek the Mexican presidency after Calles, with Padilla, a former Obregon ally, supporting the idea. Padilla questions the re election clause’s meaning and argues for effective suffrage, urging peaceful relations with the United States and an end to war talk.
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Charles M. Hall
Globe
HL Paso
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Calles
Obregon
Senor BE. Goldbaum Padilla
el Paso
Padilla
Trevino
Trevano
Pulaski
Sonora
Friends of
United States
Canada
Mrs Terrill Questioned In Texas Jewelry Robbery Case
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Mrs Ray Terrill wife of a bank bandit is detained at the county jail as authorities press for information on five gunmen who killed Coke Buchanan a Borger Texas patrolman in a Saturday gun battle. Texas officers prepare to return Mrs Terrill to Temple to face charges in the H Hempel Jewelry store robbery on February 8. They suspect Ray Terrill led the group and that Mrs Terrill knows their location.
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Associated Presa
Oklahoma City
Ray Terrill
Coke Buchanan
Borger
Texas
Terrill
Temple
H. Hempel
Ray Terri
Crops Suffer From Texas Freeze Across Wichita Falls
In Wichita Falls on March 21, gardens and fruit crops suffered from a Texas freeze. The cold snaps produced sleet and snow, with temperatures dropping to 27 degrees. By Monday morning the skies cleared and temperatures began rising. Nearby ads promote eateries including the Polk Street Cafe opposite Amarillo High School and the Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel described as Famous For Food.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Polk Street Cafe
Amarillo High School
Religion and War Prevention Meeting Planned Worldwide
The Church Peace Union founded by Andrew Carnegie announces a 1930 meeting of men and women from around the world to explore how religion can prevent war.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Church Peace Union
Andrew Carnegie
Bettis Murder Trial Postponed On Eyewitness Absence
The murder trial of H K Bettis for the Christmas morning shooting of Carl Cox was continued to May 2 due to the absence of former Patrolman Simmons the sole eye-witness. A special venire of 150 was excused and Bettis claims self defense after Cox allegedly attacked him near Fourth and Lincoln Street. Cox died shortly after the two shots were fired.
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Simmons
HK. Bettis
Carl Cox
Criminal District Court
J. W. Callwell
Bettis
W. J. Flesher
Bottis
Cox
Fourth
Lincoln
Three narrowly escape death in motor car spill
Mr and Mrs James Gibson and Mrs Fay L Wadley escaped serious harm when the car they drove overturned on a sharp curve on the Hereford Canyon highway near Ambarger. Mrs Gibson and Mrs Wadley suffered severe cuts and bruises while Mr Gibson had head and back injuries and possible internal injuries. They were taken to Amarillo by Griggs Ambulance.
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Mia
James Gibson
Toe Cast Street
Fay L. Wadley
Tenth Street
Hereford Canyon
Ambarger
Gibson
Tim
Wadley
Giberson
Amarillo
Griggs
Cotton futures rally on census ginnings report
New York March 21 The Associated Press cotton futures rallied two dollars sixty cents to three dollars per bale after the census bureau published a report showing 17 687 607 bales ginned for the 1926 27 crop, compared with unofficial estimates over 18 000 000 bales. The item closes with ads for Steinway and Vose pianos and local businesses.
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The
Associated Press
New York
Census Bureau
Siege in Shanghai Foreign Quarter Kills Two
Naval forces landed from all warships in the Whangpoo to defend the foreign settlements after nationalist forces entered Shanghai. Two Punjabis were killed by snipers and two other killings reported among British troops. Fires broke out in the native district as clashes continued, endangering foreigners.
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Shanghai
Russia
Astor House
Hawking
Carlisle
Pootung
Servia
Whangpoo
Shanghai Seethes as Nationalists Enter City
Shanghai, March 21, 1932. Nationalist forces seized control of the city with southern troops arriving early today. U.S. Marines totaling 1,400 and Japanese 900 landed at the borders of the International Settlement, triggering a nationwide general strike in a political show of Southern support.
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Shanghai Wa
United States
Weather Forecast Tonight and Tuesday Warm and Pleasant
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday with freezing temperatures tonight. Today’s temperatures rise from 7 a.m. low to a high near 48 degrees by 1 p.m. Readings earlier reached 54 and 42 degrees the same day last year.
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American Tobacco Company
George W. Hill
Arnold Bennett
Brothers Karamazov
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Hypatia
Vanity Fair
Harry W. Cowan
Smith
New York State
Moody’s
Liberty
Hibben
Princeton University
Mellon
Harding
Mr. Mellon
Blackburn
Mildred Barbour
the Globe
Metropolitan Newspaper Syndicate
Express
Sound Auction Bridge
Wilbur C. Whitehead
the Daily News
Standard Oil
C. K. Clarke
Louisiana Corporation
Claude Hudspeth
Amarillo Hotel
Steinway and
Vose Pianos
Phone Jenkins Music Co
the Panhandle
U. S
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Nationaliste
U.S
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