China forms 18 member commission to study modern warfare
Shanghai May 9 Chinese officials announced a special 18 member commission to study modern fighting methods. Led by General Hsu Ting Yao the group will tour the United States and Europe for eight months visiting Italy Austria Germany France Belgium England and the United States to study infantry artillery cavalry tanks armored trains airplanes gas tactics and communications systems. Japan has protested China military activities and purchases of combat planes.
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Special Military and Communications Commission
United States
Europe
Hsu Ting-Yao
Italy
Austria
Germany
France
Belgium
England
Wedding ends kidnap trial in Los Angeles
The state’s witness against film dancer R C Dowling collapsed as he announced marriage to actress Marjorie Crawford Wellman. They eloped to Welton Arizona last Thursday and wed by Rev J C Brown in Yuma. Wellman had accused Dowling of forcing her to marry him at gunpoint during March publicity sensational.
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U.P
R. C
Danny) Dowling
Marjorie Crawford Wellman
Dowling
United Press
Wellman
Welton
Arizona
J. C. Brown
Yuma
Urschel Makes Motion Pictures of Prison Farm Visit
Paradise May 9 UP Charles F Urschel an oil magnate and his wife toured the Shannon farm near Paradise Texas where Urschel was held by the Harvey Bailey gang last summer. He filmed the farm home as a reminder of his captivity during ransom negotiations.
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Oklahoma City
Urschel
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Tex
Preserve Natural Beauty of Palo Duro Declared
D F Colp, chair of the Texas State Parks Board, urges park project superintendents to refuse importations to protect Palo Duro and other Texas parks. He warns against introducing foreign plants, stressing preservation of rural America and native landscapes for future generations.
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D. FE. Colp
Texas State Parks Board
Palo Duro Park
E. A. Kingsley
America
Orient
Tropics
Court records list warranty deed and car registrations
Courthouse records show a warranty deed transferring a lot in Plemons to Fontella D Lindsay from C R Warren. Vehicle registrations include Toney Chisum Inc. Chrysler 1934, and multiple entries for Plymouth Ford Chevrolet and Oldsmobile models with names such as Donna B Green A W Elrod Jr Lucille La Rue Walton CC Mayer W Roberts Vulcan O and Gas Co J L Reese Robert Rousser R P Boone Roy N Byrd Clell Best General Foods Sales Co Ishmael Hill and Mrs Zule Parr Jno Carroll.
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Fontella
Lindsay
Plemons
Toney Chisum Inc
Chrysler
Donna B. Green
A. W. Elrod, Jr
Plymouth
Lucille la Rue Walton
Cc. G. Mayer
Ford
W. 8. Roberts
Vulcan O & Gas Co
J. L. Reese
Chevrolet
Robert Rousser
Studebaker
R. P. Boone
Roy N. Byrd
Clell Best
General Foods Sales Co
A.M. Dowie
Pierce
Ishmael Hill
Zule Parr
Oldsmobile
Jno. Carroll
Dowling Testimony Claims Bath For Actress During Yuma Visit
In court Dowling swore he had given the actress a bath during a Yuma visit. He exclaimed As God is my judge I did give you a bath, drawing an icy stare from the accuser. After meeting outside the courtroom Dowling kissed her. Mrs. Wellman, former wife of director William Wellman, collapsed as the scene ended with Dowling bound over for trial. The Nolin River in Hardin County Kentucky runs 20 miles upstream, covering six miles total.
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Yuma
Dowling
Wellman
William Wellman
Prohibition and debt defaults loom in postwar notes
Reports from Washington claim Prohibition favors whiskey as the national drink while Thomas Jefferson favored beer as a temperance antidote. League of Nations data show Europe has spent about a billion dollars on weapons since the last war, with nations delaying vastly larger debts. Paris reports France will default on war debts to the United States for the fourth time, and England is expected to default again after a prior token payment was deemed not a real default.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Beer News
League of Nations
Paris
France
United States
England
Sam
Arabian Power Reappears as England Faces Debt Threat
The piece notes potential large payments or defaults for England while Arab forces under King Ibn Saud gain influence. It mentions concerns for British and French nationals in Hodeidah and places the scenario in a broader history of Arab contributions to science, math, and culture, alongside a book promotion on sound money by James H Cromwell.
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Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
England
France
Hodeidah
Mohammed
Railroads and the rise of modern prosperity lessons
The text discusses how reliance on chance discoveries waned as steam, electricity, and the automobile spurred growth. It notes gold strikes in California, shifts in London crises, and railroads boosting prosperity through cheaper, quicker transport. It mentions social changes aboard trains and the stalled elevated railway before the subway era.
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New York
Automobile Competition and Money Policy
Fragmentary text argues that letting past ideas fade could end passenger and freight competition by cars and trucks. It claims modern gear and low rates enable control of traffic as before, and criticizes government anti Russia lending rules amid financial meddling by Wall Street and czarist era alignments.
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