World disaster memories and warlike forecasts linger in spring
The piece reflects on a spring shadowed by disasters from tornadoes, fires, and plague, noting deaths of children in school wreckage and global quakes. It cites Curzon’s death and media manipulation, compares Japanese disaster responses to US politics, and hints at future war risks involving Russia Japan Germany and China.
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Japan
China
Talifu
Yunan
Charles Higham
Russia
Germany
Ussia
Weather Forecast and Temperature Extremes
Tuesday night is fair and colder with a high around 52 and a low near 1. Wednesday should be fair with seasonal temperatures. record highs and lows show 52 and 1 versus a year ago 61 and 30.
Testimony in Collier Case Ends After Day of Trial
Wichita Falls March 24 The taking of testimony in the Collier murder trial ended shortly before 10 o clock this morning. The court will resume this afternoon with opening arguments likely by Ben Allred. Two witnesses testified for the state before it rested.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Collier
Elzie Robertson
Ben Allred
H. ST. Airheart
Gregg of Texas Named Solicitor for Internal Revenue
Washington Mar 24 A W Gregg of Texas treasury tax expert who helped frame the present tax law has been selected by Secretary Mellon for solicitor of the internal revenue bureau.
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Washington
A. W. Gregg
Texas
Treasury
Mellon
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washburn Resigns as U S Minister to Austria Today
Vienna reports Albert H. Washburn has tendered his resignation as United States minister to Austria, made public today. He aired no reasons but cited personal considerations for stepping down.
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Washburn
U. S
Austria
Associated Press
Vienna
Albert H1
United States
Woman fatally shot. husband surrenders in Texas
Mrs. Ethel Clemens, 20, died from two gunshot wounds at her Beaumont home after returning last night from a separation from her husband Jack Clemens. He surrendered and was jailed as investigators described a sudden ambush when she switched on a light.
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Ruby Stanfield
Hattie Robertson
W. F. Mullins
TY. A. Thurman
Robertson
Beaumont
Tex
Ethel Clemens
Jack Clemens
Dog expert H L Westphall to bring dogs to Denver meet
Oklahoma City writer H L Westphall a noted dog expert and contributor to sport publications is scheduled to arrive Wednesday morning with a large number of dogs. He will take Queen's Spot the famous dog of Charles Allen and John Short to Denver for a meeting there.
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H. L. Westphall
Oklahoma City
Queen’s Spot
Charles Allen
John Short
Denver
Gas well near Pantex continues burning despite efforts
Firefighters struggle to extinguish a burning gas well near Pantex as intense heat at the well mouth slows operations. Witnesses are urged to see the situation, with a request to photograph the scene.
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Pantex
Shamrock Awaits Test As Whittington Oil Well Attracts Interest
Shamrock reports a discovery well by Jim Whittington flowing forty to sixty barrels daily with testing planned after new equipment. Tex Thornton backs a potential seven thousand barrel yield, while initial flow reached 300 barrels before fluctuations.
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Jim Whittington
Mr. Whittington
Whittington
Panhandle
Tex Thornton
Girl Accused Matricide Faces Jury in San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson sixteen year old student who shot her mother then danced and drank away remorse enters court composed after fainting at noon recess. Six jurors chosen five men and one woman with defense seeking insanity plea. Ellingson confessed detailing quarrel over dresses and friends, theft of money, and walking away over her mother’s body. Father and brother present in court as case moves toward verdict.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Miss Ellingson
Dorothy
Ellingson
Addition to Amarillo hotel begins work on 54 rooms
Without ceremony, crews started Tuesday on a $135 000 extension to the Amarillo hotel completing the Third Street unit. The addition will have a full basement and 54 rooms for Commercial Lane and mirrors the building’s existing plan. Finishing before the Tri State exposition is hoped.
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Amarillo Hotel
Sheriff and Deputy Slain by Mexican Fugitive Near Merkel
Abilene Texas March 24 Sheriff Satterwhite of Howard county and Deputy Sheriff George Reeves of Merkel were shot and killed near Merkel at 11 oclock this morning by a Mexican fugitive they were seeking for a killing near Big Spring according to reports received here this afternoon. The Shamreck region is described as promising an oil boom and potential metropolis status.
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Associated Press
Abilene, Tex
Satterwhite
Howard County
George Reeves
Merkel
Big Spring
Arbuckle Birthday and Wedding Planned for Roscoe Arbuckle
Los Angeles, March 21 Roscoe Arbuckle plans a birthday celebration at thirty seven and a wedding to Doris Dean soon after sunset at her mother’s home in San Marino. Arbuckle stated the plan should not slip up though he faced questions over who will officiate.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Roscoe Arbuckle
Doris Dean
San Marino
Arbuckle
Youth 19 Found Dead in Boiling Acid Vat at Plant
Raymond Cooper, 19, found in a vat of boiling acid and water at the Dominion Veneer Company plant in Bristol Tennessee. An investigation opened to determine if foul play was involved.
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Bristol, Tenn
Raymond Cooper
Dominion Veneer Company
Lee Bivins Family Health Update At Sherman
Miles Bivins reports his grandmother Mrs. B J Bivins of Sherman Texas is slightly improved today. Mrs Bivins attends at bedside with her son nearby as updated health news circulates. The item closes with a local note about the Amarillo Hotel Coffee Shop being famed for food and a prompt to visit the Fair.
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Miles Bivins
B. J. Bivins
Sherman
Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Youths Improvise Dumb Waiter for Prisoners in Jail
Two young men R. D. Barton and C. Collins were caught passing articles up to inmates in the county jail via a string from an upstairs window. The string served thirty eight prisoners as cigars and cigarettes were allegedly passed up. Officers found no other contraband during search. The pair said they joined the prisoners in jail out of solicitude for their comfort.
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R. D. Barton
C. Collins
Sheriff's Department
Aced Plainview Man Found Dead
In Plainview on March 24 the body of W. R. Adams aged Hale county recluse was found near a wind mill on the Plainview Tulsa highway. Death believed caused by a fall from the wind mill after a coroner's inquest placed the death a week or ten days prior. Relatives not yet located. funeral arrangements pending.
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Globe
B. B. Morton
Billy Bryan
Mr.Adams
Ohio Oil Co Announces 10 Cent Crude Price Cut
Findlay Ohio March 24 The Ohio Oil Company said it cut crude prices by 10 cents a barrel on six central west grades. New prices list Lima Indiana Illinois Princeton Plymouth Waterloo and American Warehouse storage at varied figures.
Hobart Trial Nears Climax in Amarillo Murder Case
In Floydada a courtroom crowd hears Frances Hancock, 14, describe finding KH W Hobart’s body on July 15 1924 and recounts gunshots near the stadium. Testimony ties T Miller and Mrs Ruth Hobart to events in Amarillo as defense objects and witnesses describe sightings and a pocketbook discovery. Trial progress expected to finish by Friday with further testimonies.
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Henry Ansliy Floydada
Frances Hancock
M. C. Hancock
West Wight Street
Amarillo
W Hobart
T. Miller
Ruth Hobart
Hancock
Adell Shero
M. C. Hangock
Bivins Stadium
Victory
Udell Shero
C. W W. Shero
Maberry Street
Miss Hancock
Sam Reed
A. W. Joiner
Miller
Horace Griggs
Mre
Hobart
Willis Hill
Wildorado
Hobart Horace Griggs
Dave Tudor
Griggs
Court House
Dance J. A. Rogers
Mrs. Hobart
Magnolia
C. E. Ellis
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Christian Science Friends
Lord Curzon
Curzon
Tokio
Heriot
Vatican
Herriot
Alsace
Brisbanl
Frank Collins
Buster
TEXAN
Revenue
Buster Robertson
Exe
Frank Collier
Shamrock
Discovery
Shamreck
Shamrek
the Panhandle
Lee Bivins
Plainview
Ohio Oil CO
American Warehouse Company
Merchandiss Storage
Floydada
Happy Hour Domino Parlor
Polk
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