Rain Lifts Dry Spell Across South Plains and Panhandle
Heavy rains policy across Amarillo Plainview Lubbock and Spearman signal end of a long dry spell. Towns report showers and hail not damaging crops with moisture expected to continue into tonight. East of Shamrock moisture grows toward Oklahoma City and Wellington records a quarter inch amid favorable planting prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
North Panhandle
Amarillo
Plainview
Hart
Dimmitt
Hale Center
Muleshoe
Littlefield
Olton
Floydada
Lubbock
Shamrock
Kings Mill
Spearman
Santa Fe
Worth
Texico
Hereford
Fort Worth
Denver
Texline
Childress
Union Bus Company
Oklahoma City
Wellington
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Marines and Navy Officer Slain in Nicaragua Skirmish
In Nicaragua near Ocotal two American Marines and a Navy petty officer serving with the Nicaraguan National Guard were killed in a clash with insurgents at Apali. The dead are Lt. Lawrence C. Brunton of San Diego Corporal Laurie T. Covington of Spartanburg and Pharmacist's Mate Finish H. Whitehead of Grosse Pointe. The engagement involved three Guard patrols numbering about 50 men against roughly 200 insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
United States Navy
Nicaraguan National Guard
Apali
Ocotal
Lawrence C. Brunton
San Diego
Cal
Laurie T. Covington
U. 8
S. M.C
Spartanburg
8. C
Finish H. Whitehead
Grosse Point
Mich
Tennis Star Mary McHale to Wed Bridge Expert Oswald Jacoby
Mary Zita McHale a Dallas tennis champion and Oswald Jacoby renowned bridge expert announce their engagement. The wedding is planned for Sacred Heart Cathedral in Dallas with Jacoby, 29, a Columbia graduate from New York City, and McHale 21, SMU alumna and Phi Mu member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Cupid
Mary Zita McHale
Oswald Jacoby
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Southern Methodist University
Phi Mu Sorority
Jacoby
Columbia University
Phi Kappa Sigma
New York City
McHale-Jacoby
Eli Sanger
Dallas Lawn Tennis Club
Miss McHale
National Public Park
Texas
Dallas City
New York
Mother questions Haden Clarke suicide ruling
Mrs. Ida Clyde Clarke, mother of author Haden Clarke, says she no longer accepts the theory that her son killed himself in the home of Mrs. Jesse M. Keith-Miller in Miami. She cites possible firearm fear, a physician’s report noting no powder burns, and an unexplained shoulder bruise as factors supporting a differing view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
The
Daily News Today
Ida Clyde Clarke
Haden Clarke
Jesse M. Keith-Miller
Keith- Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Japan Warns Soviet To Keep Hands Off
Tokyo signals strained ties with the League of Nations after a committee resolution urging Japan to pull troops from Shanghai. Government spokesmen withheld details of Geneva talks but indicated a conciliatory tone by Japan's delegate M Nagao ka. A Harbin dispatch reports Japanese officers arresting a Russian station master on the Chinese Eastern railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Soviet
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Jaff
League
Shanghai
Geneva
M. Nagaoka
M. Paul Hymans
Rengo
Harbin
Manchuria
Mood to Open Law Practice in Fort Worth
Amarillo lawyer Alex M. Mood announced in Abilene his resignation as assistant U S attorney for the Northern District of Texas to enter private practice in Fort Worth. Mood, a 23 year Amarillo resident, cited business opportunities and trials abroad as prompting his decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex M. Mood
Amarillo
Abilene
United States
Texas
Fort Worth
Norman A. Dodge
Mood
Georgetown
U. S
Postmaster Named for Wichita Falls
President Hoover nominates Oliver P. Mariole to be postmaster at Wichita Falls on April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Oliver P. Mariole
Wichita Falls
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions are expected in Amarillo and surrounding areas. New Mexico should see generally fair weather with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
New Mexico
Capone Promises To Find Child In Few Days
Capone claims to help recover the Lindbergh baby as officials disclose a new ransom plan from his Chicago prison cell. Col Lindbergh’s representatives say a breathing space exists but no confirmation of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone
Syracuse
N. Y
Brewerton
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Hopewell
N. J
Chicago
al Capone
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland
Debators Win Junior College State Championship at Temple
Amarillo College women debaters Kathryn Duncan and Lola Pascoe won the state junior college championship at Temple, defeating about 20 competing institutions. President B. E. Masters was notified of the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo College
Temple
B. E. Masters
Kathryn Duncan
Lola Pascoe
Miss Pasco
District Interscholastic League Opens at West Texas State
Nearly a thousand youths from 22 Panhandle counties gathered at West Texas State Teachers College for the district Interscholastic League meet. Preliminary contests showed improvements in both literary and athletic areas with several state records threatened in literature and most divisions posting higher marks than last year. Wind slowed speed events and semi finals were needed as dusk settled before the last event. Rural school events in literature were completed.
Floyds Trail Fading Away in Oklahoma Bank Robbery Pursuit
Ada Oklahoma April 22 The trail of Pretty Boy Floyd and George Birdwell faded as officers admitted temporary stumbles after the Stonewall bank robbery yesterday netting 600 dollars. Gun battles occurred on a road near Wanette and northeast of Ada as possemen fired with machine guns. Estel Henson 16, a filling station operator, was released by the bandits who mistook officers for pursuers. Airplanes were held at the local airport awaiting better weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Okla
Floyd
George Birdwell
Stonewall
Wanette
Here
Luther E. Franklin
C. A. Burns
O. P. Ray
C. M. Reeber
State Criminal Bureau
Oklahoma
Estel Henson
First State Bank of
Borger Recall Election Hearing Nears Finish
Testimony concluded for the day in Borger as district court in Stinnett weighs a mandamus petition to order a recall vote on Mayor John R. Miller and three city commissioners. Judge E J Pickens decision not immediate. Commissioners Henry Knight H M Bowers and A C Keith testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
John R. Miller
Stinnett
E. J. Pickens
Henry Knight
H. M. Bowers
A. C. Keith
Judge A. B. Martin to Qualify Soon for Appeals Court Post
Judge A B Martin of Plainview is expected in Amarillo to qualify as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals succeeding the late Hal C Randolph. He has long served in West Texas, including the Commission of Criminal Appeals and the state teachers colleges board of regents. He created a loan fund at West Texas State Teachers College in 1920 now about $3 000 assisting many students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
A. B. Martin
Plainview
Amarillo
Court of Civil Appeals
Hal C. Randolph
Randolph
Martin
West Texas
Panhandle
Tulsa
Austin
Board of Regents
State Teachers’ Colleges
Buffalo Gap College
Coleman County
Regents
Teachers’ Colleges
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Darrow Halts Alienist Move in Kahahawai Case
In Honolulu April 22 prosecutors faced defeat as Darrow vetoed Kelley’s bid to bring California trained alienists for Lieut Thomas H Massie’s sanity defense. Kelley vowed to urge the court to instruct jurors that Massie and co defendants could be guilty despite possible insanity. The defense argued the group acted in retaliation to an attack on Mrs Thalia Massie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
John C. Kelley
Joseph Kahahawai
Kelley
California
Massie
Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Granville Fortescue
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Thalia Massie
Shrine celebration brings Amarillo guests to Plainview
Scores of citizens and Nobles from Amarillo's Khiva Shrine Temple attended a inter city Shrine celebration in Plainview. The Plainview band and Shrine officials escorted the delegation to the downtown district. The Amarillo Black Mask Players presented "Broken Dishes" directed by Dr. R. P. Par, past potentate of Khiva Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Plainview
South Plains
Black Mask
R. P. Par
Pampa to Host to Plains Bankers Meeting
Panhandle Bankers Association sets June 13 and 14 dates for its annual meeting in Pampa. In Amarillo directors chose Holman Kennedy of Clarendon as president and named Clay Gibner of Spearman acting secretary, with L. B. Steele of Dalhart and T. E. Noel of Memphis among directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
Panhandle Bankers Association
Amarillo
Holman Kennedy
Clarendon
Clay Gibner
Spearman
L. B. Steele
Dalhart
T. E. Noel
Memphis
J. M. Crews
Childress
Direc
Dems Cede Power to Hoover on Government Reorganization
The House Economy Committee unanimously approves giving President Hoover authority to reorganize the government with Congressional approval. A cost cutting bill includes a clause allowing Presidential changes to be voided by Congress within 60 days. The move follows a White House request, while naval pay cuts are blocked and the interior supply bill is signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. Dickson
Associated Press
Washington
Democratic House Economy Committee
Hoover
Congress
Mr. Hoover
McDuffie
House
White House
Interior Department
Fair Association Signs For Circus With Starnes-Carruthers Link
The Tri State Fair Association agrees to a conditional contract with Fred H. Kressmann of Chicago as Western general representative to book a circus for the fall exposition rodeo. W. F. Lampe, fair president, announced the arrangement after Kressmann spent yesterday in Amarillo meeting officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fair Association
Fred H. Kressmann
Chicago
General Western
Starnes-Carruthers Fair Booking Association
W. F. Lampe
Kressmann
Amarillo
Want Ads Offer Cash For Used Sweeper Or Washer
Local want ads offer cash for your used electric sweeper or washer. Sell the old unit to raise funds quickly to purchase a new one through the classified line 6262.
Calhoun Opens Plains Vote Drive at Borger
Clem Calhoun plans to launch his Texas Panhandle bid for attorney general with a Borger speech at 8 pm after a three week state tour and a prior kickoff in Sherman. He pledges to expose office costs and policies while asserting Allred will be defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
Plains
Borger
Clem Calhoun
Panhandle
Sherman
Mr. Calhoun
James V. Allred
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kings
Mill
Lindberghs
Joe Vera Wilson
Pastime Theater
U. S. Attorney
I Canyon
Lavon Slagle
Herbert Slagle
Birdwell
Appeals Court
POINT
Globe-News
Cpa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!