Cantonese advance in Shanghai and world tensions rise
The column notes Cantonese forces pushing into Shanghai amid foreign fleets in the harbor. It recalls 1,500 American troops landing and warns of tense outcomes as British forces fire on snipers. It also mentions a rising automobile price war with Henry Ford cutting Lincoln prices and a stock surge in General Motors.
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China
Shanghai
Canton
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Henry Ford
General Motors
Government backs Diaz regime with weapon sale
The U S government approved arms sales to Nicaragua's Diaz government totaling 3000 Krag rifles 200 Browning machine guns and 3 000 000 rounds of ammunition for 217 718. Payment stretches over notes, first due January 31 1929. Shipments already arrived in Managua.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
State Department
War Department
British and American forces raid Nanking as foreigners rescued
Reports describe U S civilians killed and wounded in Nanking amid Cantonese shelling of the Standard Oil area. Destroyers Noa Preston and British Emerald shell the city while landing parties evacuate foreigners, including the American consul and family, with several casualties feared.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Nanking
Standard Oil
Dr. Smith
San Bertram Giles
Standard Oil Plant
United States
Noa
Preston
Emerald
Washington
Admiral Williams
Navy Department
America
Cleo
Socony Hill
Tha
H. H. Hough
Tsabe
Williams
Standard Oil House
Bund
Bullfighters fortunes and idle wealth amid cross border tales
The piece notes Robels the bullfighter earned about 55000 while two months in Mexico and spent hours in Tia Juana across the California line where 65000 is said to be his. A friend says bullfighters are gamblers with money. It moralizes on money, real estate, stocks, and idleness, then shifts to Europe airship plans and Pinedo the Italian flier crossing the Atlantic.
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Robels
Mexico
Tia Juana
California
Europe
New York
Pinedo
Atlantic
Brazil
Amazon
Moody Proclaims Special Election for 77th District
Governor Moody signed a proclamation calling a special election on April 30 to fill the vacancy in the 77th district of the house. The district includes Zavalla Uvalde Medina and surrounding counties amid territory from A. P. Durham’s late term.
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Associated Press
Sustin
Moody
Seventy-Venth
A. P
Durham of War
Immitt
Zavalla
Uvalde
Medina ‘Uniies
Unclear Weather Forecast From Fragmented OCR
Fragmented weather note reports tonight fair and warm with Friday partly cloudy. Temperatures at 7 am 85, 8 am 44, 10 am 52, 11 am 66, noon 62 and OT degrees. A separate line mentions temperature readings from a year ago.
Husbands Exemption From Inquest Over Wife's Death
Dr Knutt Houck detained in Albany Oregon will not be brought to Washington for the inquest into his wife’s death whose body was found in the Potomac River near here. United States Attorney Peyton Gordon said no crime evidence existed and Washington authorities had no right to summon him. Mrs Houck disappeared December 18 after a quarrel. her body showed no signs of violence at autopsy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Knutt Houck
Albany
Oregon
Potomac River
Here
United States
Peyton Gordon
Washington City
Dr. Houck
Good-Will Airmen Continue North in South American Flight
The United States army good-will flight pressed north along the coast of South America on the homeward leg. Two of three planes departed at 11:30 for Cayenne, French Guiana, about 500 miles away. Watch repairing. Jeweler, 811 Polk.
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Associated Press
Para
Brazil
United States Army
South America
Cayenne
French Guiana
Redwine Denies Confession in $30,000 Libel Trial
In Amarillo a defense witness says Mrs. W H Redwine denied confessing to Captain Blackwell and others that clothing seized from a Houston store was stolen. Testimony ties the coat to Mrs Campbell of Florence Colorado and Mrs Bryan alleges it came from her Lubbock home. The Globe News seeks a libel verdict against the Redwines.
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C. J. Blackwell
Houston
W. H. Redwine
The
Globe News
W. EF. Gee
Redwine
C. B. Reeder
New Nevada strike reported near Fallon
A Fallon dispatch in the Nevada State Journal says a good strike near Fallon yields ore worth 2500 dollars per ton. Fallon lies about eighty miles north of Weepah, the site of the latest Nevada boom. the Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is noted as famous for food.
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Associated Press
Reno
Nev
Nevada State Journal
Fallon
Nevada
Weepah
Amarillo Hotel
Solons Likely Delayed Special Session to May 10
Austin March 24 The legislature probably will not be called in a special session by Governor Moody until about May 10 Gatewood secretary to the governor said. A Monterrey trip accepted by Moody legislators and state officials starting May 1 will likely postpone the session until after the return of the party.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
W. Boyd. Gatewood
Monterrey
Tong Truce Ends Triggering Nationwide Tongs War
Gunplay erupted as the two year truce between Hip Sing and On Leong tongs expired. In Brooklyn two killed and two wounded, Newark one dead, Chicago one dead, Manchester one dead, Cleveland one wounded, Pittsburgh two wounded. The shootings spanned several cities as members clashed in a rare nationwide tong conflict.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Brooklyn
Newark
New Jersey
Chicago
Manchester
Connecticut
Ore
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Dallas Fire Record Brings Hike in Rate
The State Insurance commissioner said Dallas must add 8 percent to its final fire rate due to poor records in the past three years. Orange and Beaumont receive 15 percent credits in their rates. Wylie Walker, piano tuner, phone 2444.
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Dallas
Associated Press
Austin
State Insurance Commission
Orange
Beaumont
Wylie Walker
M. E. Stewards Vote Lot Sales To Boost University Fund
The Methodist board of stewards unanimously set a goal of selling all 100 lots within University Park to raise about $70 000 for the university finance campaign. Seventy members spoke at a Rowe cafeteria luncheon with Ben Short and other leaders outlining brisk sales plans and praise for the push.
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Methodist Board of Stewards
University Finance
University Park
Rowe
Ben Short
W. M. Pearce
D. W. Owen
Rolla Cartwright
G. H. Turnley
Walter Blackburn
J. W. Collins
Thomas F. Turner
F. P. Works
Mr. Short
Opening Party for Big Office Building Friday
The Amarillo office building will formally open Friday night from 7 39 to 11 oclock. Every office will be open and 981 occupants invite Amarillo citizens as guests during the evening. The eight story building is fully occupied and an orchestra will play in the lobby during the opening.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Building Company
Ross Rogers
The
Oil overproduction to be brief say financial authorities
Financial authorities tracking market moves believe oil overproduction will be short lived based on Seminole pool prospects and shut-ins in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The Wall Street Journal notes Seminole production slid from 277000 barrels on February 22 to 225000 by March 17, with a one day spike to 264000 due to a Carter Oil test run.
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Globe
New York
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
The
Wall Street Journal
Seminole Proper
Seminole
Carter Oil
Carter
Protection for Foreigners Demanded at Nanking Meeting
Washington dispatch reports a conference with Chinese officials demanding protection for foreign lives in Nanking. The March 24 AP item notes government and military observers pressed for safety guarantees amid ongoing tensions and anticipated measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nanking
Armeri
U. S. Fires First Large Range Guns Since World War
The destroyers Noa and Preston used large calibre guns at Nanking marking the first such action by American warships since World War I. Admiral Williams in command of the Asiatic fleet wields wide discretion to handle the situation, with naval regulations affirming self protection and protection of foreign lives and property.
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Washington
Noa
Preston
Nanking
Williams
Far East
Nabholtz Leads Southern Open After First Round
Larry Nabholtz of Cleveland shoots 35 37 72 to lead the Southern Open after the opening qualifying round amid unsettled weather. Walter Hagen and Willie McParland posted 89 for the first nine holes as rain and hail plagued the course. Chick Ridley, the Atlanta amateur in the trio, opened with 41.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Larry Nabholtz
Cleveland
Ohio
Walter Hagen
Willie McParland
Chick Ridley
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