League Pushes Direct Talks With Japan and China
The League of Nations Council ordered its president Aristide Briand to pursue direct negotiations with Japan and China to settle the Manchurian dispute. The move followed a secret 12 nation meeting with American observer Prentiss Gilbert as Chinese and Japanese delegates were absent.
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Samuel Dashiell
United Press
Geneva
U.P
League of Nations Council Today
Aristide Briand
Japan
China
League
Briand
Council
Prentiss Gilbert
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Manchuria
Yoshizawa
Yangtze
Nationalist Party
What About That War We’re In the League Now
Arthur Brisbane questions the United States joining the League of Nations in Asia and the potential consequences. He notes Japan’s stance, predicts Congress debates, and mentions Borah and Norris proposing policies like silver coinage and other progressive ideas amid looming pressure.
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League
Prohibition
Asia
League of Nations
Burial rites private Wednesday for inventor Edison
Private funeral arrangements set for Wednesday for Thomas A. Edison at Glenmont. After a period of illness and last rites, family privacy is being observed as guards stand at the bier and public messages of condolence pour in from Hoover, Firestone, Ford and others.
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Glenmont
Edison
Hoover
Harvey Firestone
Henry Ford
News Association
Hubert &. Howe
Direct Negotiations with China Seen After Manchuria Rift
Tokyo reports show Japan leaning toward direct talks with China as Chiang Kai Shek’s fall looms and Canton Insurgents may shape a new Nanking government. League recommendations are deemed unacceptable amid Sino Japanese deadlock over Manchuria and a three week troop evacuation pledge.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Manchuria
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Republic
Chiang
Canton
Nanking
1500 Mexicans Return Home From Texas Journey
About 1500 destitute Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande at Laredo and returned to Mexico after a 250 mile trek from Karnes County. Trucks carried refugees who collected food and water for the trip home while Nuevo Laredo and Laredo residents provided aid. Immigration officers noted the return but allowed all households to cross.
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Laredo
Texas
Rio Grande
International Bridge
Karnes County
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Norte
Bynum Recovers After Bull Attack at Dairy Farm
Bynum sustained injuries Friday noon when an angry bull charged at him at the McGowan dairy farm north of the city. He was knocked unconscious after being thrown against his car and later treated at home on 1500 Monroe Street. Two dairy workers finally drove the beast away. he is not seriously hurt.
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B. C
D. Bynum
McGowan
Monroe Street
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible showers. West Texas Panhandle shows showers possible tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico remains unsettled tonight with generally fair Tuesday and little temperature change. Temperature extremes today at 1 PM were 55 and 66.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Akron airship acceptance urged after testing
The Naval Inspection Board headed by Rear Admiral George C. Day recommended to Secretary Adams that the airship Akron be accepted. Day reported from Akron that tests were satisfactory and urged immediate acceptance. likely provisional for six months due to overweight and not meeting full speed.
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Washington
Naval Inspection Board
Adams
Akron
George C. Day
Navy Department
Ohio
Trial of Watchman For Murder Delayed in San Marcos
San Marcos Texas October 19 A U P report says the trial of W H Hamby night watchman charged with murder in the June 13 fatal shooting of Bill Porter 25 was continued to the next term as the defense claimed unpreparedness. Witnesses testified the shooting started on a sidewalk and Hamby followed Porter into a store where he discharged his weapon and surrendered to City Marshall R F Magruder.
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San Marcos
Texas
U.P
W. H. Hamby
Bill Porter
Hamby
Porter
R. F. Magruder
Supreme Court to Rule on Texas Negroes Voting Rights
The Supreme Court granted a review in the case of L. A. Nixon of El Paso who was barred from voting in Texas Democratic primaries. The decision will determine whether Negroes have the right to vote in Texas Democratic primaries.
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Washington
Texas
Supreme Court
L. A. Nixon
el Paso
Cool Wave Drops Houston Temperature to 57
The mercury in Houston fell to 57 degrees early today with a forecast of continued cool weather through tonight per the weather bureau.
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Houston
Weather Bureau
Tariff war over oil imports looms in Congress
Wirt Franklin, head of the Independent Petroleum Producers Association, urged a tariff of at least one dollar a barrel on crude and refined oil imports before East Texas oil men in Tyler. He argued imports threaten domestic oil, criticizing federal conservation policy and Hoover era actions.
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Tyler
Tex
Congress
Wirt Franklin
Independent Petroleum Producers Association of America
Texas
Oklahoma City
Federal Conservation Board
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Franklin
Nine German Miners Die in Damp Explosion Near Bochum
In Bochum Westphalia Germany an underground explosion at the Mount Genis Mining Company mine killed nine miners and left between 60 and 80 trapped. Officials said 27 injured men were brought out and 31 men were rescued. The same mine had 83 fatalities from a June 20 1929 blast.
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Bochum
Westphalia
Germany
U.P
Mount Genis Mining Company
Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Oil Curtailment Case
The Supreme Court consented to hear arguments on the validity of Oklahoma's oil curtailment act. The measure aims to prohibit crude oil production within the state during periods of low prices.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Naval Salute Greets Hoover at Yorktown
Fifty ships fired a 21 gun salute as President Hoover arrived aboard the Arkansas at Yorktown Virginia. The line included French cruisers and the Constitution as the fleet honored the 150th anniversary of Cornwallis surrender with Vice Admiral Willard directing the fleet.
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Hoover
Yorktown
Arkansas
U.R
President Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Augusta
York River
Willard
All
Duquenne
Suffren
Cornwallis
Virginia
Constitution
Blaze Victim Recovering After Hayden Street Fire
Henry Neal, 45, was rescued Sunday from his burning home at 1112-B Hayden Street and is recovering at St. Anthony's Hospital. Assistant State Fire Marshal Justice, ex Paris mayor, probes incendiary origin as fire started in six places with gasoline poured on beds closets and floors. Neal says the blaze flashed up suddenly while his wife and three children were away in Clovis.
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Henry Neal
St. Anthony's Hospital
Justice
Paris
Mark Twaddell
Morris Wise
Neal
Hayden Street
Chester Moore
Moore
Hearing Denied In Slaughter Case
Annie C. Slaughter of San Antonio Texas failed to gain Supreme Court review of federal court rulings denying her suit alleging fraud by the heirs of C C Slaughter over her late husband W B Slaughter's property valued at about 30 million dollars. The case centers on distributions following W C Slaughter's bankruptcy and alleged unperformed agreements.
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Washington
U.P
Annie C. Slaughter
San Antonio
Tex
Supreme Court
W. B. Slaughter
W. C. Slaughter
C. C. Slaughter
Mineral Wells Mayor on Trial in Liquor Case
Charl ton Brown mayor of Mineral Wells and T L Hemphill businessman went on trial in district court in Roby Texas on charges of transporting intoxicating liquor. The pair were indicted last May after Brown’s car overturned on Highway 83 while en route to a West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention. officers found several pints of whisky in the wrecked automobile.
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Roby
Tex
Charlton Brown
Mineral Wells
T. L. Hemphill
Brown
Hemphill
Lubbock
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Capone Hearing Delayed as Capone Faces Tax Evasion Verdict
Capone bodyguard Phil D Andrea case postponed for a fourth time by U S District Judge James H Wilkerson to 10 A M Thursday after attorney Joseph Roach sought more prep time. Capone faces up to 17 years in prison and 60000 in fines after a jury found him guilty on three felonies and two misdemeanors for evading 215000 in taxes on 1038654 earnings.
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Federal Building
Chicago
Phil D'Andrea
Capone
James HM. Wilkerson
Joneph Roach
Federal District
U.R
Scarface
al Capone
United States
James H. Wilkerson
Bivins Appeal on Gas Land Suit Heard in Court
Hearing on the appeal of the Bivins Estate of Amarillo from a $124 000 award by a special condemnation board over helium gas rights on about 9000 acres opened before Judge James C Wilson. The board, including John B Hill W T Coble and W J Morton, awarded $124 000 from an original claim of about $850 000. An amended petition seeks roughly the same amount as the original.
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Bivis
Amarillo
Special Condemnation Board
James C. Wilson
United States District Court
John BE
Hill
W.T. Coble
W. J. Morton
Blackmer Granted Supreme Court Review of Fine
Denver oil magnate Harry M. Blackmer living in Paris since 1925 was granted a Supreme Court review of a $60,000 fine for refusing to return to face Teapot Dome testimony. The case tests the Walsh Act requiring citizens abroad to testify when summoned by U S courts.
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Washington
Harry M. Blackmer
Denver
Paris
Supreme Court
Teapot Dome
United States
Blackmer
Turn Off Lights to Honor Edison
The article reports calls for a nationwide electric blackout by presidential proclamation to honor Thomas Edison on the anniversary of his invention. It notes Edison’s funeral approaching, a prior collapse in Detroit, and mentions Samuel Insull as head of major utilities.
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Honor Edison
America
Hoover
Edison
Mr. Edison
Detroit
Joel T. Boone
Samuel Insull
Road Work Halts as Truckers Strike Delays Amarillo Project
Concrete work on state highway No. 5 twelve miles north of Amarillo halted today as Earl V. Baker Construction Co waited for truckers from the Panhandle. About six of 30 striking truckers returned, but more trucks are needed. unions demand higher pay while contractors cite potential earnings of ten dollars daily for well conditioned units.
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Amarillo
Earl V. Baker Construction Company
Panhandle
Potter County
Amarillo Truck Owners Association
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