Mixed panel hears final Darrow plea
In Honolulu on April 27 the Darrow defense finished a 3 hour 30 minute closing before a mixed panel jurors in the Kahahawai lynching case. Darrow urged jurors to place themselves in the defendants shoes and offered a broad appeal for racial harmony as John C Kelley argued for the law amid ongoing deliberations.
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Darrow
Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Charles
Davis
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawal
Rence Darrow
John C. Kelley
Kahahawai
Koko Head
Palo Duro Receives Fourteen Virginia Deer for Canyon Propagation
Fourteen Virginia deer, seven does and seven bucks, gifted by the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission to the Panhandle, will be released in Palo Duro Canyon this morning. J J Dent, director of state preserves, will place them at Harding's Ranch after talks with State Senator Clyde Warwick of Canyon. The plan, approved by the Texas Game Commission in Amarillo, aims to establish a propagation habitat in the canyon with potential future wild turkey introductions.
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Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Panhandle
Palo Duro Canyon
Kerrville
Amarillo
J. J. Dent
Texas Game Department
Kerrville Fish Hatcheries
Dent
Harding
Clyde Warwick
Canyon
Texas Game Commission
Gene A. Howe
Gus F. Scheiner
Five Tulips Grow On Single Stem
Mrs. Jim Williams of 2214 Lipscomb Street found a rose-bed tulip with five full grown blooms on one stem. A sand storm snapped it off hours after a photographer captured the moment for The News last Saturday. The two year old plant, from Pfieffer Nursery of Winona Minnesota, appeared two years running with remarkable bulb lineage.
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Jim Williams
Lipscomb Street
Panhandle
Federation Highlights Unemployment Campaigns and Club Work
The Seventh District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs met with reports on unemployment campaigns and community projects. Club Institute sessions featured Mrs. C T Hunkapillar leading district objectives and federation history. William Russell Clark urged club women to promote democracy and peace. The Pampa Choral Club won the silver cup with Miami and Canadian following. A memorial service honored past district workers as spiritual topics were discussed and registrations reached 125 from 400 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Club Institute
C.T. Hunkapillar
F. G. Sadler
P. R. Jester
J. T. Whitmore
J. W. Fincher
Germany
William Russell Clark
Pampa
Miami
I. D. Cole
Johnny McCrery
Lubbock
Phebe K. Warner
J. W. Sanders
Smith Victory Threatens Roosevelt Nomination Proof
Alfred E. Smith’s sweeping Massachusetts primary win secures all 36 delegates and cements his role as a major threat to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bid for the Democratic nomination. Pennsylvania returns may decide delegate splits, with Roosevelt and Smith vying for roughly 329 to 56 totals, shaping sentiment for upcoming states and the convention.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
New England
Smith
Philadelphia
New York
Doctor Sought After Death of O U Co Eds
Oklahoma City reports county attorney Lewis R. Morris accusing an city physician of illegal operation tied to the death of 17 year old University of Oklahoma co-ed Mrs Frank Lee and another woman from Norman. Morris says the doctor is already sought on a murder charge in a related case. Further inquiry planned into Miss Wyckoff death and school ties.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis R. Morris
Oklahoma County
Frank Lee
University of Oklahoma
Morris
Miss Wyck
Off
Norman
Lee
Luther Bryant Price
Wyckoff
Highest Scale Since War Sets Basis of New Tax Bill
The Senate finance committee backed a bi partisan revenue bill raising income tax rates to 3 6 and 9 percent for brackets 4 8 thousand and above and boosting surtax to 45 percent for incomes over 1 million while cutting personal exemptions and expanding the taxpayer rolls.
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Plains
Senate
Honolulu
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Young People Honor District 10 at First Baptist Church
Eleven year old Richard Hogan starred with an organ performance of Ketelbey’s In a Chinese Temple Garden during the Young People's Meeting. The program featured a vocal solo by Miss Lucile Pipkin, a pageant The Message of the Cross with robed girls and lighted tapers, and an address by Mrs. W D Howell from McKinney Texas on Our Young People. The event urged earnestness in child training and church involvement.
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Richard Hogan
Woman's Missionary Union
First Baptist Church
Ketelbey
G. L. Yates
Pagent
Lucile Pipkin
Rosalie Coffee
Young Women’s Auxiliary
Girls’ Auxiliary
W. D. Howell
McKinney
Texas
Local Murray Club Set for Talk Tonight
Governor William H. Murray of Oklahoma will address Amarillo and Panhandle citizens at the Municipal Auditorium at 8 30. The 2600 capacity venue is expected to fill with supporters and curious locals as Murray continues his Democratic Presidential bid. His official quartet will perform starting 7 and the Bonnie Lassies Orchestra will join under Mrs Mack Vernon. The speech will be broadcast by a local station at 8 30.
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William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Panhandle
Municipal Auditorium
Murray
Borger
Yefternoon
F. W. Sawyer
Sawyer
Meeker
Okla
Hoover
Bonnie Lassies Orchestra
Mack Vernon
Tornado disaster clean up after severe twister near Nashville
In Nashville Georgia authorities report a freak tornado left a four mile by one hundred to two hundred yard tract in ruins. Four people were killed and six were seriously injured as crews began cleanup operations.
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Nashville
Here
Michigan Republicans Back Referendum on Eighteenth Amendment
In Grand Rapids on April 27 the Michigan Republican convention endorsed a referendum to submit the eighteenth amendment to a constitutional convention.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Republican Party of Michigan
Amarillo Area Weather Thursday Forecast Summary
Thursday in Amarillo and vicinity will be partly cloudy and warmer. West Texas record shows partly cloudy skies with local rains southeast portion and warmer conditions. New Mexico expects unsettled, rainy southeast and warmer east, with yesterday’s temperatures reaching 86 and 6? maximum. Precipitation for the last 24 hours ending 4 p m yesterday was .63 inch.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Trio in Oklahoma Bank Robbery Captured After Six Hours
Glenn Wilkerson Clyde Meadows and an unnamed woman were arrested in Rule Oklahoma six hours after robbing the Indiahoma State Bank at Indiahoma Oklahoma. They confessed and waived extradition awaiting Oklahoma officers. Loot about 2000 dollars, most recovered.
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Indiahoma State Bank of Indiahoma
Okla
Glenn Wilkerson
Clyde Meadows
Oklahoma
Knox City
Hobb Smith
Rule
Haskell
Wilkerson
Arthur Moore
Indiahoma Bank
Hoover outlines tax cuts and balanced budgets to governors
President Hoover urged reduction in Federal state and local expenditures and balanced budgets at a governors conference in Richmond Virginia. He called for intelligent public support and warned against vested interests and group opposition. Governor Ritchie of Maryland disagreed and urged Maryland be excepted from the classification.
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Richmond
Hoover
Conference of Governors
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Ritchie
Rain Sweeps Panhandle Plains Brining Fair Wheat Prospects
Heavy rains drenched the Panhandle and South Plains with 1.5 to 2 inches in many spots over 86 hours. Farmers tout improved wheat yield potential on 2,200,000 acres as weather expectations grow for more moisture and mild freezing conditions across Texas and nearby states.
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Panhandle
Pampa
Waynoka
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Clovis
South Plains
Fort Worth & Denver
Clarendon
Childress
Quitaque
Rock Island
English Field
Albuquerque
Hall
Dalhart
Boise City
Oklo
Mercury
Fort Worth
Tucumcari
Sayre
Liberal
Kas
Slaton
Lubbock
Littlefield
Roswell
Canadian
Want Ads Invite Quick Musical Instrument Purchases
The Globe News encourages readers to place want ads as schools end for the summer, promising rapid responses for those seeking practice instruments and other items via the newspaper’s classified section.
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The
Globe News
Let Directors Run Schools Am A PTA Reply
Amarillo High School PTA executive board urges tax burden sharing and let the school board address school problems rather than endorsing a 30 percent teacher salary cut. They note Amarillo High ranks among the top three state high schools for seven years and claim teachers earn far less than other workers. They detail salary data, training costs, and comparisons with county and city employees to argue for protecting teacher pay.
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Amarillo
Texas
United States
Lewel
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