Honan Province Devastated by Civil War and Bandit Atrocities
Reports from Honan indicate conditions rivaling Hunan and Kiangsi with widespread looting, burning, and killings as civil war redraws control. About 40 to 40 bandit gangs operate in western Honan, implying thousands killed or wounded and villages razed, including a feared assault on Yikingpu with mass torture and abductions.
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United Press
Peiping
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-shek
Honan
Hunan
Kiangsi
Feng Yuhsiang
Yikingpu
Mountains Roaming Robber Gangs Set Up Local Rule
Bandit groups in the Henan region, boosted by Fen Yu hsiangs withdrawal, now terrorize wide areas. They seize the government and tax people with extortion. A bandit leader proclaims himself emperor and maintains a mini court. Crops are ruined or unplanted, risking famine this winter or next spring. Miss Thelma Horschler of Hedley will attend Junior College this fall.
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Fen Yu-hsiang
Henan
Thelma Horschler
Hedley
Askew Courts
Miss Cleta Burrows Goes to University of Southern California
Miss Cleta Burrows, last year graduate of Amarillo High School, left last week to attend the University of Southern California.
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Cleta Burrows
Amarillo High School
University of Southern California
Amarillo to Host 1931 BPW Convention in Panhandle
The Business and Professional Women's clubs of Texas named Amarillo the 1931 convention city at a Tuesday Amarillo Hotel meeting. Delegates and the Chamber of Commerce extended the invitation, marking the association’s first Panhandle gathering. About 300 delegates from across the state are expected. dates to be announced. The Amarillo club is ten years old.
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Amarillo
Business
Professional Women's Clubs of
Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
Local club ranks fourth in state membership
The club stands fourth among nine Texas groups with about 2,000 members enrolled. Frankie Gober serves as local club president. Ben Sibbitt of Wichita Kansas visited on business earlier this week.
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Texas
Frankie Gober
Ben Sibbitt
Wichita
Kansas
Blasdel Heads to Denison University Granville Ohio
Sherwood Blasdel son of Mr and Mrs Eugene S Blasdel departed last week for Granville Ohio to attend Denison University. Mrs Jack Sherman now works for the Kelly Investment Company replacing Cleta Burrows who left last week to study at the University of Southern California.
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Sherwood Blasdel
Eugene S. Blasdel
Granville
Ohio
Denison University
Jack Sherman
The
Kelly Investment Company
Cleta Burrows
University of Southern California
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