American miner slain in Mexican mine
A U.S. mining engineer, Thomas S. Decker, was stabbed to death inside the Cinci Minas Mine shaft at Hostotpaquillo, Jalisco. Two fellow miners, angered after he reprimanded them for sleeping on the job, fled the scene. Decker’s body was sent to Guadalajara for burial and is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
el Universal
Guadalajara
Thomas S. Decker
United States
Hostotpaquillo
Jalisco
Air Features Tonight From WARBC and Network Lineup
Radio schedule notes air features from WARBC New York and chain segments at 9 00 with melodies. from WEAF New York and chain at 6 00 orchestra and Cavaliers directed by Rosario Bourdon. 7 00 Evening in Paris with WGY WWI WGN KSD. 7 30 Gus and Louie Band with WGY WWJ WLS KSD. 7 30 Half Hour With the Senate featuring Sen Samuel M Shortridge. 6 30 Quaker Girl and Orchestra Lola Bennett soprano male quartet Alec with KDKA WLW WIR WLS WHAS WSM WSR KWK and others. 7 00 Billie Jones Ernie Hare air features page 2.
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New York
Chain
WRADC
WEAF
Orchestra
Cavaliers
Rosario Bourdon
WTAM
WWJ
KYW
WDAF
KSTP
KOA
Paris
WGY
WWI
WGN
KSD
Woo Wow
Cgus and
Louie & Band
Alieo Wgy
WLS
WOW
The
Senate
Samuel M. Shortridge
Wion
KPRE
Wiz
Quaker Girl and Orchestra
Lola Bennett
Alec Kdka
Wren
Billie Jones
Ernie Hare
Ned
Action, Not Waiting, Brings Wealth in Brisbane Notes
Arthur Brisbane urges action over waiting in investing and discusses future tech like rapid oceanic rail service and early color talking pictures. He cites planned speedups on trains, potential 30 hour ocean flights, and color tinting for films as a sign of changing media and commerce.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Day in Congress Faces Tariff Debate and Farm Bill Moves
Friday session notes House pursuing general tariff debate while Senate weighs farm bill amendments. House Republicans and caucus discuss tariff bill procedure. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee continues hearings on proposed federal communications commission.
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House
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Noted Singer of Ballads Is Here Tonight
Amarillo welcomes famed ballad tenor Don Jose Mojica in a fifth Amarillo appearance at the Municipal Auditorium. With pianist Troy Sanders, he plans a special repertoire and a bullfighter costume for a program described as unique to this engagement.
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Jose Mojica
Mexico
Amarillo
Mojica
Thais
Troy Sanders
Tack
Straw Hat Season Opens In Amarillo Tomorrow
Tomorrow is official Straw Hat Day in Amarillo with residents urged to replace old felt hats. Haberdashers display new straw styles, offering greater variety while keeping the familiar looks. Winter ends as spring arrives and the straw hat trend begins.
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Amarillo
Daring Plot To Oust Scarface Capone Revealed
A detailed investigation disclosed a planned assassination of Capone by Moran allies aiming to dethrone him. Detectives traced the scheme to use Moran and Torrio backing, with the scene set at Chicago Union Station as reporters note renewed gangland strife.
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Chicago
George “Bugs
Moran
Capone
Johnny Torrio
Union Station
Loop
Canton City under heavy fire in harbor rebellion
Heavy casualties reported in Canton as batteries shell Macao and Honam Islands to quell a naval rebellion in the harbor. Martial law declared, streets filled with soldiers, and many citizens flee toward Hongkong.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Canton
Macao
Honam Islands
Hongkong
Berry's Rug Cleaning Services at 905 West 10th St
Berry's Rug Cleaning advertises service at 905 West 10th Street offering professional cleaning for area rugs. The short notice notice highlights location for residential customers seeking stain removal and routine cleaning.
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Berry's
West 10Th St
Hoover anxious over extent of rate hikes in tariff bill
Washington reports indicate President Hoover is uneasy about how much tariff rates rise in the measure before the House. Democrats warn the hikes would lift living costs by up to 500 million annually, intensifying political stakes ahead of next year’s elections.
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United Press
Washington
White House
Capital Hill
Hoover
House
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Fletcher
Florida
News of Chicago
Hamilton Counsel Keeps Defense Plan Secret in Murder Case
Hamilton remains in jail as his lawyers refuse court action and keep defense plans undisclosed. Indicted for murder in the Tom Walton Jr. death, arraignment could occur Saturday morning with a possible bond request. Mrs. Grace Walton, grief stricken, rests in McAlester as coverage of the case continues nationwide.
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Ro H. Hamilton
Tom Walton, Jr
Potter County
Hamilton
Edw. W. Thomerson
Anixter
Grace Walton
McAleater
Okla
Walton
Public Hanging in Home County Urged in Texas
Austin May 16 Public executions by hanging a convicted murderer in the county where the crime took place is urged by Representative Elwan Gerron of Waxahachie who offered a bill to do away with electrocutions at Huntsville state prison. Governor Moody has not submitted such a topic of legislation so passage is unlikely unless he acts.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Elwan Gerron
Waxahachie
Huntsville State Prison
Moody
Gerron
Amarillo City Considers New Small-User Water Rates
Amarillo officials propose a new minimum water rate for small users citing heavy consumption after rate reductions. The plan sets 1.00 dollars per 1,000 gallons, 1.25 dollars per 2,000, and 1.35 dollars per 3,000, with 2.00 dollars minimum for 3,000 to 7,000 gallons and no change for above 3,000 gallons. The commission will vote at next Tuesday's meeting.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Corsicana Theater Manager Acquitted in Sunday Movie Case
Corsicana Texas May 10 Op ponents of Sunday movies here lost their first skirmish in justice of the peace court Thursday when a jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Leslie Wilkes manager of the Palace Theater charged with operating his show on Sunday.
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United Press
Corsicana
Texas
Justice of the Peace Court
Leslie Wilkes
Palace Theater
Lindbergh to Wed June 15 at Englewood Home
The New York Daily News reports Col. Charles A Lindbergh and Miss Anne Spencer Morrow will marry at 4 pm on June 15 at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey. A close family friend confirmed the date and venue.
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United Press
New York
The
New York Daily News
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Morrow
Daily News
Dirigible Los Angeles Radio Fails Over Erie
The Navy airship Los Angeles, under Lieut Commander H V Wiley, circled Erie at 5 a m reporting its radio apparatus out of order. After the circle it headed toward Pittsburgh. The dirigible departed Lakehurst last night to stay aloft all day.
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Erie
Navy Dirigible
Los Angeles
H. V. Wiley
Pittsburgh
Lakehurst
N. J
Kemble Attacks Three Prison Board Members
In Austin Texas Representative George Kemble denounces three prison board members Odell Holderby and Cohen as sentimentalists in an impassioned House speech opposing a parole bill. He praises Odell as a fine lawyer and Southern gentleman but insists he is a sentimentalist, while Holderby is a labor man and sentimentalist and Cohen from Galveston is described similarly. Baker of Houston and Carrigan of Wichita Falls are noted as resigning over sentimentalism. See PAROLE Page 2.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Wilmont Odell
Fort Worth
J. H. B. Holderby
Rabbi Henry Cohen
Galveston
George Kemble
House of Representatives
Kemble
Duvall
A. H. Carrigan
Wichita Falls
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