Anti Americanism rises as U S officials flee Chungking
Reports from Shanghai state Chinese residents torn down the American flag at the U S consulate in Chungking and American officials have taken to quarters on a gun boat Monocacy. Separately, Cantonese commander Chang Kak Setsak reported Chinese casualties from the Socony Hill bombardment near Nanking at six killed and fifteen wounded with 40 to 50 houses destroyed. He criticized the bombardment as unjustified and noted heightened nationalist anger in Nanking and by foreign governments.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Chungking
Yangtse
Szechwan Province
United States
iKy
Socony Hill
Nanking
Chang Kak-Shek
Chang
China
All-Night Wan Hunt Fails To Capture Bank Robbers
An overnight chase by national guardsmen and sheriff posses through Western Cove near Harrison Arkansas failed to trap three men who robbed Newton County bank of 6500 dollars. Rain and difficult terrain hindered the pursuit as guardsmen returned with no capture and continued search planned.
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Associated Press
Harrison
Ark
National
Chinese Situation in Brief by Associated Press
The piece reports on anti foreign incidents in Nanking and Shanghai with calls for Western powers to decide withdrawal from the Yangtze valley or take swift action. Chang Kai-Shek demands foreign troops leave Shanghai and promises indemnity if Nationalist forces are found responsible. Casualty tallies cited include six killed and fifteen wounded from the Nanking bombardment.
Amarillo Grain and Produce Notes
Trade notes from Amarillo describe grain prices and produce items with scattered figures. Listings mention wheat, hens four pounds and over, and pricing cues, including small quantities and miscellaneous weights.
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Amarillo
Ene
Boone
Chicago Livestock Market Report March 31
Chicago livestock prices list hogs at 22 006 head with slow bids. heavy hogs 10.6 to 10.96. sows 35 to 36. cattle 11 000 with slower bids and slightly lower steer values. sheep 12 000 with woolled lambs 15.75 to 16.25 and ewes 9.56 to 10.25.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report
Cattle 1 100 head steady with steers around 9.25, dealers lower. Hogs 600 head higher, top price 11.25.
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Oklahoma City
Hogs Rise at St Louis Livestock Market
East St. Louis report shows hogs at 16,000 with a top of 13.90 and pigs selling 11.25 to 11.45. Packing orders range 1.65079.75, cattle 1,600 and calves steady with top steer figures noted.
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ST. Louis Livestock
ST. Louis
Marriage Licenses and Livestock Prices Listed
Marriage licenses issued for S E Keiser with Margaret Walkinshaw W M Bell with Lyneth Everett Paul Carrington with Frannie Silvey and William Wilson with Viola Strauss. Livestock prices show mixed yearlings 11.00 heifers 8.00 to 9.50, cows 7.50, cutters 4.75, choice vealers 14.00, sheep 600, none on sale early.
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S. E. Keiser
Margaret Helen Walkinshaw
W. M. Bell
Lyneth Everett
Paul F. Carrington
Frannie E. Silvey
William F. Wilson
Viola Strauss
Chicago grain prices ease then rally on favorable weather
Chicago wheat opened lower but buying by previous sellers sparked a rally, ending near the prior close. Corn and oats weakened while provisions held firm as trade assessed fresh weather signals and domestic crop prospects.
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Chicago
Butter And Eggs Chicago Market Report
Butter prices in Chicago show declines with creamery extras at 60, standards 60, extra firsts 49 14, firsts 48 484, seconds 44 4 64, age lower and ordinary firsts 22. Storage packed extras 26, storage packed firsts 25.
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Chicago
Potatoes Prices Update From Chicago Market
Chicago reports potato price receipts show Wisconsin sacked round whites at 1.95 to 2.10 per cwt and Idaho sacked russet at 2.55 to 3.10, reflecting market ranges March 8.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Idaho
Russete
Poultry Prices Roundup In Chicago Markets
Poultry prices listed in Chicago on March 1 show live fowls at 25 to 28 cents, broilers at 85 to 50 cents, turkeys at 80 cents, roosters at 1% dollars, ducks at 20 to 82 cents, and geese at 16 cents.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Opens Steady on Weather, Prices Edge Higher
The cotton market opened steady with a 7 to 9 point advance in New York on trade buying and south weather worries. July around 14.36 to 14.89 at mid session, December near 14.77 to 14.89, and then retreating 4 to 5 points from the session peak as selling pressure and private reports moderated gains.
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New York
Cotton futures rise on weather, firmness seen in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 31 cotton prices edged higher after early losses. May dipped to 14.14, July to 14.32 and October to 14.48 as selling slowed. Unfavorable weather helped recover 3 to 5 points, with July reaching 14.39 and October 14.52 later. Noon trading was quiet and steady.
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New Orleans
Broad trading opens with mixed stock activity and rail hopes
A wide ranging opening in New York stocks sees no decisive trend as investors balance gains in Texas and Pacific and other rail issues with declines in oil equities. Rumors of dividend distributions lift some utilities while oil groups lag amid profit taking and a possible recapitalization news for Missouri Pacific.
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New York
Texas and Pacific
Erie First Preferred
Missouri Pacific Preferred
Dodge Brothers
International Silver
Warner Brothers Pictures
Marland
Phillips Petroleum
Radio Corporation
Norfolk and Western
The Tactful Texan Water Talk and Local Oddities
A local column blends humor and small town life with notes on water conservation urging citizen participation. It jokes about Saturday night baths, a toy bath tub invention, a Lone Tree county legend, recent court anecdotes, and quips on reputation and truth.
First Annual Legion Spring Festival Names Miss Panhandle
Miss Panhandle to be crowned April 23 during Amarillo festival week running April 11 to 23. Nomination open to women ages 15 to 30. winner gets 80 dollars prize plus diamonds loving cups and jewelry from American Legion and Amarillo Tri-State Fair Association.
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Nickdy
Migs Panhandle
Legion
Lee Mancheil
American Legion
Amarillo Tri-State Fair Association
Funeral Held for Mrs Miller in Amarillo
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Alice Mary Miller 82 mother of E W Miller of 1810 Taylor Street Amarillo. She died this morning at 845 after a brief illness she had lived in Amarillo for years and with her son. The body will be sent to San Diego California tonight for burial.
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Alice Mary Miller
E. W. Miller
Taylor Street
Amarillo
Jenkins Managers Meet In Kansas City Convention
E. P. Hubbard of J. W. Jenkins Sons Music returned from Kansas City after attending the annual Jenkins managers convention at the Muehbach hotel.
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E. P. Hubbard
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company
Kansas City
Jenkins Managers
Muehbach Hotel
Trade Trippers Aim to Visit 40 Texas Cities on Amarillo Tour
About forty Texas cities will be represented as delegates oppose higher fire insurance rates in a hearing led by Karl Sterns and Marshall Eskridge. The Amarillo good will tour for trade trippers plans a three day trip starting May 8 with visits from Canyon to Clovis New Mexico, featuring Pullman apartments and themed souvenirs.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
State Fire Insurance Commission
Karl J. Sterns
Houston
Marshall Eskridge
San Antonio
Chambers of Commerce
Waco
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Port Arthur
Galveston
Abilere
Brownwood
Amarillo
South Flains
Committee On Inter
Board of City Development
George Maggard
Snyder and
Lamesa
Crosbyton
Clovis
New Mexico
Canyon
Lubbock
Santa Fe
Bledsoe
Happy
Tulsa
Kress
New Trial Denied for Sinclair in Teapot Dome Case
Harry F Sinclair remains convicted of contempt in the Teapot Dome investigation after a judge denied a new trial. The court will hear whether one or four counts should carry separate punishments for Sinclair's refusal to answer questions in the scandal. Regardless of ruling, defense plans to appeal.
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iBy
Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. McLair
Stice Hitz
District of Columba Veme
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Amarillo urged to fund a college site and endowment
An Amarillo plan seeks 500000 dollars as minimum endowment for a Northwest Texas Conference class A college. The town reports 460000 in land and lots sold, 200000 short, with 26 percent of sales to improvements and 100000 for buildings. Citizens urged to buy more lots to meet the goal and launch Christian education.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas Conference
Amarlilo Milk Company Holds Meet at Club Lido
Am arillo Milk Company employees and guests gathered at Club Lido for a Wednesday banquet hosted by C. H. Gill with BE. H. Hill as toastmaster. The event featured three minute sales talks, dinner, dancing, and decorative spring favors.
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Amarillo Milk Company
Club Lido
C. H. Gill
BE. H. Hill
Myra Souvain
Mary Cross
E. H. Fink
Ruth Wilson
H. B. Birbes
Joe M. Mobley
W. H. Scott
W. F. Hall
Allen Bullard
Murielle Warner
E. B. Gukersen
G. D. Gothright
W. B. Stinson
Thomas Dunn
J. A. Stinson
Henry Aubert
John H. Andrus
Jessie Blackburn
R. M. Bates
Matthews Outlines Frigidaire Co Growth and Output
Bill Matthews of Southwestern Public Service spoke to Amarillo Rotarians at the city hotel detailing Frigidaire’s rise from 2 million in 1821 to over 82 million in 1926 and forecasting more than 164 million in sales this year. He noted over 2000 refrigerators produced daily. Dr. R. P. Parcells reported on a recent Waco district convention. Musical numbers by Mrs. Warren D. Ambrose and Mrs. Lila Austin Myers entertained the group.
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Frigidaire Company
Bill Matthews
Southwestern Public Service Company
Rotary Club
Amarillo
Matthews
Frigidaire
R. P. Parcells
Waco
Warren D. Ambrose
Nacogdoches
Lila Austin Myers
Arrangements Set for Southwest Shippers Meeting
Preliminary plans are under way for the Southwest Shippers Advisory board annual meeting on May 21 in the auditorium. W. P. Wasson assistant secretary reviews details with City Development officials and S. J. Cole head of transportation. The meeting follows the Panhandle Grain Dealers session on May 20. Wasson expects about 560 attendees.
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Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
W. P. Wasson
Board of City Development
S. J. Cole
Transportation Department
Panhandle
Wasson
Panhandle Leaders Support West Texas State Teachers College
Visitors from eleven Panhandle towns pledging moral support for West Texas State Teachers College during April visit Canyon. The House appropriations committee toured Canyon and Denton, heard local leaders urge funding, and lunched with college officials at Randall Hall. The college noted rapid growth, with 260 percent expansion in ten years and a mid spring term opening April 25, reflecting broad regional backing.
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Panhandle
West Texas Teachers College
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
House
Appropriations Committee
Denton
Lubbock
Plains Chambers of Commerce
Towre
Rando
Teachers College
Amarillo
Texas
Southwest
House Appropriations Committee
Canyon College
Panhandle Plains
Health expert to lecture in city for week
Dr. Benjamin Hauser a Viennese food specialist will lecture in Amarillo on living well. The New School of Health of Chicago sponsors a free lecture series at the auditorium next Sunday through Wednesday with no set charge but a voluntary offering. He travels to California after visiting Amarillo and has drawn local interest for health minded residents.
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Benjamin Hauser
Hauser
Amarillo
California
New School of Health of Chicago
Synagogue Plans Discussed At Local Meeting
A meeting at the Episcopal church annex at 8 tonight will review committee work on building the Temple Israel for the local Jewish congregation. Rabbi Sperka urges all committee members to attend the important session.
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Episcopal Church Annex
Omlock
Temple Israel
Sperka
Sapiro Envisions Global Co-op Dream in Ford Libel Case
Aaron Sapiro testified in Detroit that a worldwide cooperative network of staple produce growers was his dream and he had hoped for such systems. He described advocating farmer control of farm produce and clashed with Sen. James A. Reed during cross examination in Henry Ford libel suit.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
James A. Reed
Missouri
Ford
Sapiro
Dearborn Independent
Reed
Humane society inquiry from Amarillo reader
A young reader asks The Tackless Texan whether Amarillo has a local society to prevent cruelty to animals. She urges the city to form a humane society if none exists and asks the paper to investigate.
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Humane Society
Texan
Care News Globe Co
Amarillo
Texas
Cecile Parsons
A Boy Answers A Girl About Tire Cover Obscenity
A letter from A Boy Who Dares questions public focus on suggestive tire covers while noting broader societal signs of vice such as short dresses, painted faces, raunchy films, and suggestive dances. He urges consistency in moral standards.
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Mr. Tack
Globe
Out on the Farm Poem by J W Hunter
A poem describing rural life and farm work in contrast to city living. The speaker advises a daughter about proper farm practices and cautions against improper handling of livestock and crops while praising nature and steady work on the land.
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J. W. Hunter
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