U S and Britain Confront Shanghai Crisis
Washington weighs potential Japan move against Shanghai with Marines deployed and talks with Britain on protecting interests. Secretary Stimson and Ambassador Lindsay meet as U S lays out urgent concerns and considers economic pressure or naval displays in Chinese waters.
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Washington
Japan
Shanghai
Great Britain
United States
China
Manchuria
Senate
Tokio
Manila
Hoover
London
America
Stimson
de Martino
Italy
State Department
Ronald Lindsay
Last Day To Pay Taxes In Person This Saturday
Saturday is the final day to pay state county and city taxes in person to avoid 10 percent penalties and 6 percent interest with Sunday the month end. Mail must reach by Jan 31 postmark. auto license fees may be paid by Feb 1 without penalties. Delinquent taxes may be paid in full before Feb 1 1932 under a relief law.
Blaze at Denison Claims Second Victim
A second victim of a Denison residential fire died Tuesday morning at a local hospital. F M Wood 82 passed away after his grandson Charles Billie Williams 18 died Monday morning Jan 18. The blaze started when Mrs Gila Williams dropped a jar of gasoline igniting the fire at Wood home, which was only slightly damaged. Surviving are two sons Earl Wood of Denison Paul Wood of Sherman a daughter Mrs Gila Williams El Paso a brother A P Wood and two sisters Mrs Anna Wolf and Mrs Ester Crout Denison and six grandchildren.
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Sherman
Gila Williams
el Paso
A. P. Wood
Anna Wolf
Ester Crout
Denison
Onions and Garlic Spark Novel Cocktails in Boston
Boston market dealers forecast new cocktails featuring onion and garlic alongside fruit tomato and oyster varieties. Experts note soldiers in World War I used onion and garlic for warmth and resilience during winter, boosting interest in these potent flavor drinks.
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Boston
Underground Dwellers Exceed Ten Thousand in North Africa
A report notes more than 10 000 people currently reside in subterranean homes across North Africa highlighting a growing trend in deep earth living.
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North Africa
Farm Wages Fall Below Prewar Averages Across Regions
Washington report shows farm employment at a thirteen year low with labor demand at 60.5 percent of normal and supply at 120.9 percent. January notices include many workers paid with food and lodging, especially in North Central States. Wages vary by region from 72-74 cents a day with board in the South Central to 1.70 with board in the North Atlantic and monthly totals range from 14.43 to 32.39 with board and 21.80 to 51.45 without board.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
North Central
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Far West
Fire in Local Store Put Out by Watchman
Night Officer Mangrum and Fire Chief Jesse Wallace extinguished a fire in Silman grocery caused by a burning cigarette stub in a sawdust cuspidor. The blaze burned under the box overnight but caused little damage. Fire Marshal warns sawdust cuspidors are fire hazards and prohibited by code.
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F. O. Mangrum
Silman
Bull Moose Clashes With Autos Halting Montana Highway
A bull moose on a snowbound highway north of Butte held traffic for over an hour. It charged cars in both directions wounding one driver, then wedged into a car window. Richard Rice and Branson Stevenson watched as the animal was herded into a barn and will be cared for under state protection before release to the hills.
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Butte Mont
Butte
Richard Rice
New York
Branson Stevenson
Great Falls
Mont
Maine
Canada
Mr. Rice
Montana
Kidnap and torture report shocks McHenry youth
Nineteen year old Alvin Bauer, son of a local ice dealer, was kidnapped by five beer runners Monday night near McHenry Illinois. They tortured him over a bonfire for hours seeking where bootleg liquor came from before Bauer escaped. Police and Bauer’s father vouched for his tale and said he was not involved in bootlegging.
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Mchenry
Ill
Alvin Bauer
Bauer
Young Bauer
Fox River
John Walsh
Walsh
Napoleon’s Escape Plan Foiled by Trickery
Napoleon intended to flee to the United States when he was apprehended by trickery and taken to St. Helena.
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Napoleon
United States
St. Helena
Llano Forms Granite Finishing Company with $50,000 Capital
Llano organizes a new granite finishing venture with initial capital of $50,000. The move sets up a local firm to handle countertop polishing and surface treatment for builders and homeowners.
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Llano
Seventh Grade Dismissed as Scarlet Fever Precaution
The seventh grade at the grammar school was dismissed Wednesday afternoon and will remain closed until Monday morning to guard against scarlet fever spread. Arthur Hudgins, the ill student, is reported as pretty sick but not critical while the grade was sealed and fumigated.
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Grammar School
F. W. Smith
Arthur Hudgins
Drive to Slash Levies Begins by Taxpayers in Fort Worth
A militant meeting of the State Taxpayers Association of Texas near Fort Worth drew 600 members as they plan intensified efforts to influence public servants and public affairs. Organizers warned against rapid, headlong action while signaling a broader mobilization to pursue stated objectives.
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Fort Worth
army_of Texas
State Taxpayers’ Association of Texas
Economy Plan Would Make Property Owners Pay Fire Costs
New York city department heads under Mayor Walker proposed charging property owners for extinguishing fires. The plan mirrors Paris practice and would place a lien on the property allowing insurers to deduct costs from damages awarded.
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New York
Cit
Walker
Paris
Curbing State Courts Costs At Big Saving
Texas expenses of the judiciary dropped about 204000 in the four months ending December despite more courts and rising crime. Comptroller George Sheppard credited careful claim checks and legislative action for the savings. He forecasts about 500000 yearly savings based on current four month figures.
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Dallas
Texas
George Sheppard
Sheppard
Legislative Investigating Committee
Highway 42 gets more aid for widening and paving
The state highway commission approved 36960 dollars on Thursday to widen shoulders and ditches, gravel, and surface 3.6 miles of Highway 42 north of Greenville. The work will close the last bad gap between Whitewright and Greenville, with prior improvements extending toward Trenton Celeste.
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State Highway Commission
Greenville
Whitewright
Trenton
Celeste
First National Will Construct New Vault
The First National Bank awarded a contract to build a new vault, planned for the rear of the existing vault. The project requires stairway rearrangement and the door swap with the former Plant ers National Bank building. Additional improvements include a new teller window and fixture rearrangement to handle increased business after consolidation.
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First National Bank
Planters National Bank
Writ Holds Up Truck Law Section
An injunction suspends enforcement of Section 5 of Bill No. 336 restricting truck loads to 7000 pounds until Supreme Court ruling. Ed Sproles Co. of Fort Worth secured the writ from a three judge federal court. The injunction applies only to Sproles, with enforcement planned for other operators.
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Houston
Supreme Court
Ed Sproles Company of
Fort Worth
Ewes Commission
Attorne
United States Circuit
J. C. Hutcheson
T. M. Kennerly
Duval West
Sproles Company
English Sub Dives Destroys Hopes Of 54 Missing
The British submarine M-2 dived Tuesday off Portland and failed to surface. Eighteen hours later it was thought to lie at the bottom of the English Channel. Salvage craft and divers from Portsmouth are at the site as fears grow for the crew of six officers and forty eight men though officials say thirty nine hours underwater is possible.
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London
Portland
English Channel
Portsmouth
Death of Joe E. Farrow near Whitewright at 28
Joe E. Farrow aged 28 died at his home eight miles northeast of Whitewright on Sunday at 1 15 AM after a period of poor health. Born June 3 1904 near Ely he married Roxie May Strickland May 4 1927. Survived by wife one daughter parents three brothers and three sisters. Funeral at 1 PM Monday at the Ec tor Methodist Church with Rev W H Vail. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Joe E. Farrow
Whitewright
Ely
Roxie May Strickland
Tom Bean
Farrow
J. A. Farrow
W. T
Harry
Roy Farrow
Perry Jones
Charles Caldwell
Jim Woodson
Near Whitewright
Ector Methodist Church
W. H. Vail
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pasteur Treatment Given Tex. Legislator Satterwhite
Od essa Texas legislator and former Speaker Lee Satterwhite is at the Pasteur Institute for a 21 day precautionary rabies treatment after scratches from a calf bite. The calf's head was sent to Austin for examination confirming rabies.
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Austin
Lee Satterwhite
Odessa
Texas
House of Representatives
Pasteur Institute
Satterwhite
Wife Uses Ice Pick To Keep Husband Awake In Suit
A Dallas man files for divorce claiming his wife slept with an ice pick under her pillow and jabbed him on frequent occasions. He paints her as aggressive and prone to fight, noting she once struck him with a stool and hurled dishes, though he says he behaved pr music and propriety during the marriage.
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Dallas
Man Convicted for Driving While Intoxicated in Grayson County
In Grayson County a jury sentenced A. R. Heinrich of Amarillo to six months in the penitentiary for driving a car while intoxicated. The case follows Texas’ first similar penitentiary sentence for Harry Brady of Sherman, who got one year. The court affirmed that prior ruling, with many jail sentences previously handed down in the region.
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Sherman
Grayson County
A. R. Heinrich
Amarillo
Fifteenth District Court
Texas
Harry Brady
Court of Criminal Appeals
Grayson
Lilley Dry Goods Co Reorganizes Under New Capital
E. J. Lilley, manager, announces the Lille Dry Goods Co is in reorganization with added capital. The firm will carry larger stocks of dry goods ready to wear and shoes, with new goods arriving soon. Lilley has rearranged the store to be more attractive and convenient, aiming for one of the prettiest stores in the region.
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E. J. Lilley
Lille Dry Goods Company
Whitewright
Lilley
School Honor Rolls for Period and Term
Honor rolls list grammar school students by grade for the last six weeks and the first term. Readers see first through seventh grades with names appearing for both Honor Roll and Term Honor Roll across all classes.
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Grammar
C. B. Bryant
Neal Burnham
Fred Cook Jr
Jim Gailey
Robert Emerson Sears
Billy Coy Harris
Billy Lanius Kincaid
David Ray Manning
Cecil Owens
Davis Parrish
Hoyle Riddle
Nooma Lee Waldo
Millicent Ann Webster
Evelyn Tune
Lucile Starr
Bill Jean Montgomery
Nancy Janerick
Grace Harris
Mary Frances Clabhorn
G. W. Ford
Morris Fogle Gillett
J. H. Gosnell
Billy Jack Harper
Harold Pace
Thomas Sanderson
Othel Vern Lewis Vestal
Robert Waldo
Marie Badgett
Dorotha Darwin
Mary Alice Harrison
Mary Dale King
Billy Sears
Hub Delay Myrick
Martha Joe Darwin
Jack Wallace
Robert Benson
Imogene Head
Jack Smith
Fredna Owen
Hub Delay
Bysiee
Marjorie Nell Blanton
Beulah Fae Burrows
Helen Clabhorn
Billie Cook
Houston Darwin
Bubbles Ford
Christine Gladden
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Charles Harrison
Harold Hill
R. L. Hannah
Luther Guy Hagard
Charles Moore
Elouise Presley
Argus Simms
Helen Claborn
Luhter Guy Hagard
Aileen Pennington
Boyd Newman
Norma Frances Donigan
Sarah Belle Gillett
Fred Starr Jr
Patsy Jeanne Young
Jo Nell Keeling
Marie Thrasher
Anita Vestal
Dorothy Hagard
O. A. Hefner
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Anita Johnson
Jack Meador
Mark Montgomery Jr
Amateene Rector
Lytle Biggerstaff
Pauline Coley
Isabelle Craig
Wenonah Cook
Vivian Echols
Katie Ford
Louise Gladden
Preston Hannah
J. C. Hannah
Paul Pierson
Margaret Lilley
Velma Mae Nicely
Anna Lee Yowell
Berlin adopts automatic waste to fuel potato peelings program
A new automatic machine in Berlin converts unusable food refuse into fuel or firewood. The system accepts potato peels and other discarded scraps in exchange for wood. Authorities say the device increases recycling and reduces waste.
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Berlin
Heaviest January Rainfall Reported Around Whitewright
Old timers note January rainfall surpassing memory with towns near Whitewright reporting ten to fourteen inches. Despite scant gauge data, widespread flooding and waterlogged fields hindered farm work and road travel. Interstate Contracting and street projects paused as crews waited for drier weather.
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Whitewright
Choctaw Creek
Ida Road
Sherman
Bells-Denison
Caney Creek
Savoy
Ector
Bois d’Arc
Bonham
West Maple Street
Interstate Contracting Company
The Man for This Age: Rev Ackley Speaks to Rotary
Rev W H Ackley spoke at the Rotary Club on leaders for the modern era. He urged training leaders with broad horizons across mind heart and professional realms grounded in Christian principles. He warned of greater demand for wise leadership in history.
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W. H. Ackley
Ackley
W. R. Vineyard
Southwestern Bell installs new telephone station and exchange move
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company crews are installing a new switch board at the cottage west of the business section and moving the telephone exchange from its current brick building to the cottage. The exchange will be relocated from the second story where it has operated for twenty years once work is finished.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Exchange
Cyr Takes Oath In District Court
Dr Paul N Cyr declared himself Louisiana governor and took the oath of office in the district court clerk's office after a lawyers conference. He previously swore in Shreveport four months earlier while filing suit to remove Huey P Long from the governorship. Alvin O King, having taken the oath from the secretary of state, stood at the executive mansion desk and declined to comment.
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Baton Rouge
Paul N. Cyr
Louisiana
District Court
Dr. Cyr
Shreveport
Huey P. Long
Alvin O. King
Secretary of State
Seattle Undertakers Take Sunday Off
Seattle undertakers voted to observe Sunday as a day of rest, hoping to ease funeral processions on their busiest day. Clergy supported the move, noting Sunday rites often interrupted church services.
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Seattle
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