Van Alstyne Slayers Sought After Marshal W L Echols Dies
Four bank robbers sought in Van Alstyne after a Thursday attempt. Marshal W L Echols was shot in an alley while stopping the robbery and died at 2 40 am in Sherman at Wilson N Jones hospital. Bandits fled in a car and no suspects were located.
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The
Associated Press
van Alstyne
Tex
Sherman
W. L. Echols
United Press
Wilson N. Jones
Echols
Thirteen Rescued From Roof Before Cabin Swept Away
White Creek flood trapped 21 Boy Scouts on a cabin roof near Rockwood Tennessee. Scoutmaster Jim Wright and two Scouts drowned. Five others missing believed dead. Thirteen were rescued as the cabin was carried away by rising waters.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tenn
White Creek
Rockwood
Chattanooga News
Jim Wright
J. C. Hill
Ed Burnett
Jack Shambarth
Lawrence Montgomery
Woodrow Kerr
Roy Green
Fred Burnett
Rebels Press Mazatlan Seaport As Consul Is Reported Killed
Rebels assault Mazatlan on the Mexican west coast with heavy fighting lasting through Saturday. Reports say American consul W. T. Blocker was killed, a claim later denied, as insurgents push toward capturing the port.
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Associated Press
Mazatlan
W. T. Blocker
West
Mexican coast campaign looms as ships sail from San Diego
United States destroyer Robert Smith leaves San Diego bound for Mazatlan while Omaha and three other destroyers head to the Mexican coast. Rebels claim Fed planes and a Progreso gunboat misfire. federal forces push into three fronts as 5000 Torreon cavalry join the new expedition.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
Robert Smith
Mazatlan
Mexico
Omaha
Thomas Senn
Mazilan
Nogales
México City
Progreso
Jiminez
Colorado
Zacatecas
Torreon
Calles
Escobar
Chihuahua City
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy and colder conditions expected Sunday for Amarillo and vicinity. North portions of Texas and New Mexico may see unsettled weather with colder temperatures, while southern areas stay generally fair. Winds remain brisk as pressure trends stay below normal across the region, with a colder trend noted in the central Rocky Mountain area.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
British Columbia
Rocky Mountain
State attacks on small land bill filed in Texas
The Small West Texas land bill faces an early court test as the state Attorney General dept. launches a challenge to its validity. The suit, filed against C. W. Bradford and 500 others over land titles, follows the legislature's override of Governor Moody's veto.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin
Mar
West Texas
Attorney General Department
C. W. Bradford
Moody
Claude Pollard
Pollard
Bradford
Faith healer charged with murder in Lehigh County
Charles T. Belles a self styled faith healer was formally charged with the murder of Verna Octavia Delp 21 foster daughter of a Green Pond farmer. The case prompts a prosecutor inquiry into local pow wow and hex doctors practices while Delp who was to become a mother died from poison of undetermined nature found near East Catasaqua Gun Club grounds.
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United Press
Allentown
Charles T. Belles
Verna Octavia Delp
Associated Press
Green Pond
Gearhart
Lehigh
Belles
Miss Delp
East Catcatasauqua
August Derhammer
Bellés
Fiddling and Dancing Contests Feature Big Wednesday Fete
Plans are nearly complete for an old time music and dances program at the Municipal Auditorium under Tri-State Fair association auspices. Fourteen fiddlers will perform including ten prize winners from the recent Tri-State Old Fiddlers contest. The event also features square dance and old time waltz contests with free dancing afterward.
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Municipal Auditorium
Tri-State Fair Association
Wilbur C. Hawk
J. E. Ware
Fred Foster
Danc
Jurymen Quit After Deadlock In Liquor Case
The jury in the Ed Stalzer liquor law case reported to Judge Henry S. Bishop that they were hopelessly deadlocked after about 30 hours behind locked doors and were discharged. They stood seven to five for conviction and sought a supplemental charge on complices as they questioned the law. The judge called for further hearing around 8 oclock as the panel prepared to end the session for the weekend. Three liquor cases in district court this week ended with one acquittal and two hung juries.
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Ed Stalzer
Marshalltown
Iowa
Henry S. Bishop
Moon
Porat Tn Parenteed Palead
Badias
Bishop
Stalzer
Amarillo
Cour
Civil War Fears Rise in China Coup Fallout
Reports from Shanghai and Washington indicate growing civil conflict between Wuhan and Nanking factions after the February Hunan coup. Chinese forces clash near the Hupeh Anhwei border while American missions face danger in Kiangsi and Canton authorities dispatch troops to protect lives and property. The Vincentian order in Germantown coordinates aid as Bishop John A O Shea of Deep River links U S clergy to relief efforts.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Hunan
Wuhan
Hupeh- Anhwei
Hwangmei
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Hankow
Washington
Kiangsi
Douglas Jenkins
Canton
Jenkins
Germantown
John A. O'Shea
Kanchow
Deep River
Conn
Tire King to Visit Amarillo Next Wednesday
Harvey Firestone president of Firestone Tire and Rubber will visit Amarillo on Wednesday during a Southwest tour. He will meet Louis H. Smith district distributor and may speak at the Amarillo Real Estate board luncheon.
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Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Amarillo
Panhandle
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Louis H. Smith
Firestone Tires
Firestone
Southwest
Akron
Ohio
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Gang Edict Firefight Shoots Cassidy and Hawkins in Chicago
In Chicago on March 23 a deadly exchange outside Danny Staunton's saloon left Raymond Cassidy mortally wounded and James Hawkins wounded after five men attacked the pair. Cassidy, a gambler and gang member, was to marry Julia Webb next week.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Danny Staunton
South Halstead Street
Raymond Cassidy
Cassidy
James Hawkins
Julia Webb
Federal Judge Quashes Wurzbach Indictment
Federal Judge Duval West quashed the indictment against ex congressman Harry M. Wurzbach over receiving political contributions from federal employees in the 1926 Republican campaign. U S District Attorney John D. Hartman noted an appeal to the Supreme Court. The case cited $100 from H M Haden sat Houston $25 from H F Geyer and $50 from Ernest Kendell for the campaign.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Duval West
Harry M. Wurzbach
John D. Hartman
United States Supreme Court
Wurzbach
H. M. Haden
United States
Houston
H. F. Geyer
Ernest Kendell
Fourteenth District
West
Knife Affray Victim Recovery Expected
C. C. Copeland aged about 39 of 907 North Hayes Street, employee at Hardeman King Milling, was stabbed in a stockyards altercation. He survived three critical wounds and is expected to recover barring infection. Olive Owens, 17 or 18, arrested after surrendering a pocket knife. Police say the dispute involved unloading a grain truck.
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C. C. Copeland
North Hayes Street
Hardeman- King Milling Company
Copeland
Griggs
Northwest
Texas
Olive Owens
Sheriff’s Department
Fie
Owens
Wheeler County road plan gets state paving commitment
Shamrock March 23 Assurance that surveys will start soon on Wheeler county's paved road program, voted nearly four years ago, followed a special county commissioners session. The court accepted a state highway commission offer to build a hard surfaced road from Mobeettie to State Highway No. 4. County Judge R. H. Forrester and Commissioner Clarence Howell returned from Austin with the news.
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Sunday News Globe
Shamrock
Wheeler County
State Highway Commission
Mobeettie
R. H. Forrester
Clarence Howell
Austin
Globe-News Want Ads Offer Quick Financial Loans
A narrator claims to lend money and invites readers to use classification 87 in Globe-News Want Ads under Financial heading for both large and small loans. The message promotes immediate service and references the newspaper as the source.
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Globe-News
Fifteen Die In Floods Across South as Storms Rage
Severe weather from Louisiana to Virginia leaves 15 dead and many missing. In Tennessee a Boy Scout group on a camping bungalow roof is swept away. rescuers recover three bodies and 13 safe, with one more drowning later. Additional deaths occur in Mississippi and Georgia.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Virginia
White Creek
Rockwood
Tenn
Game Creek
Emery River
Mountain River
Harriman
Harriston
Mias
Plains
Merrellton
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Relief Train To Aid Harriman Flood Victims
A relief train is being assembled to depart for Harriman tonight carrying doctors nurses medical supplies and food. Reports say 15 or more people died in the flood waters sweeping Harriman with the Tennessee Power and Light dam at Rock Island nine feet above its top and the plant out of operation.
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Alabama
Elba
Geneva
Associated Prensa
Nashville
Tenn
Harriman
C. J. Burnell
Tennesseans
Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Power and Light Company
Rock Island
Burnell
Foch to Rest in Crypt Near Napoleon
Marshal Ferdinand Foch lies in state at his Rue de Grenelle home as Paris prepares a grand funeral. The body will move to the Arc de Triomphe to sleep beside the Unknown Soldier, then Notre Dame for services, and finally the Invalides crypt near Napoleon's ashes.
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United Press
Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Rue de Grenelle
France
Foch
Arc de Triomphe
Notre Dame
Night Flights Over Amarillo Offer Moonlit View
Harold English, manager of the English Bivins field, announced that Amarillo flying enthusiasts may see the city by moonlight tonight if skies are clear. He plans to take up passengers in his enclosed Ryan monoplane as he does on Sundays.
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Harold English
Amarillo Style Show Draws Citywide Interest
Thousands attend downtown Amarillo for the annual spring style show and window display with 50 merchants showcasing new merchandise. A citywide alphabet contest runs through the windows, with cash prizes from The Globe-News for correct slogan letters.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Dave Derden
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