SISTER HURT IN MAJOR ACCIDENT NEAR PANHANDLE
Willis Brown 61 of Amarillo is dead and his sister Mrs Ben McDonald 47 faces likely fatal injuries after their coupe collided with a long truck trailer two miles west of Panhandle. McDonald driven car sustained severe injuries and burns as car overturned and burned. Witnesses say driver swerved into the truck.
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News Panhandle
Willis Brown
Amarillo
Ben McDonald
Here
Mr. Brown
South Pierce Avenue
Hal Peck
Amagillo
Jimmie Dove
Letter Found on Payne Details Explosive Delivery Mishap
Police report a letter found on A. D. Payne recounts a bungled delivery of explosives from an unfinished hotel to a wrong car. The note describes phosphorus ignition dangers and ties to an explosion linked to Mrs. Payne’s death, with envelopes addressed to Amarillo officials.
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Sadata
Rains Relieve Drought-Hit Panhandle Plains
Parched Panhandle areas received helpful moisture after weeks of drought. Rain was widespread in the South Plains, while the North Plains saw showers from Wellington to Texline. A quarter inch fell at Wellington and light rain occurred near Memphis and Childress with no rain along Rock Island or Santa Fe routes. Temperatures cooled but stayed hot, with a 89 degree high and 72 degree low. Forecast calls for unsettled weather and possible local showers over the next two to three days. Wellington also reported a quarter inch rain, Seagraves saw light showers, and Turkey logged three-tenths inch ending an 11 week dry spell benefiting crops.
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Panhandle Plains
South Plains
North Plains
Wellington
Texline
Fort Worth & Denver
Memphis
Childress
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Union
Cotton saved near Lubbock
A slow steady rain fell at Lubbock Texas today offering hope that moisture will carry cotton and feed crops to maturity after two dry months. An inch and a half of rain also fell at Fort Worth, the first meaningful moisture since June 15.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
FT. Worth
Fort Worth
Allred Thanks Local Voters in Panhandle Rally
Attorney general candidate Jimmy Allred spoke on the courthouse lawn to about 300 supporters in the Panhandle. He urged voters that he deserves the office and pledged a fair deal, criticizing political choices in Texas.
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Panhandle
Jimmy Allred
Court House
Allred
Texas
Alfred
Lloyd Fletcher
Dan. Moody
Pollard
New Orleans Girl Crowned Beauty Queen of the Universe
Dorothy Dell Goff aged 17 from New Orleans was chosen as Beauty Queen of the Universe at the international pageant in Galveston. The final event occurred tonight with Goff receiving the top honor among contestants from around the world.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Dorothy Dell Goff
New Orleans
Santa Fe Begins Laying Rails From Amarillo To Boise City
Workmen on the Santa Fe line from Amarillo to Boise City are laying track in the cut near Boise. Dennison sub-contractor aims to finish grading Boise to Stratford by September 15 with rails soon after. About 12 contractors operate between Boise City and the Texas-Oklahoma line with 300 teams, 150 men, and two power shovels in use.
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Santa Fe
Amarillo
Boise City
Boise
Justin Gray
W. H. Dennison
Dennison
Stratford
Mr. Gray
Texas-Oklahoma Line
Amarillo Mystery Ended By Verona Thompsons Confession
Verona Thompson, a stenographer, confessed that her employer A D Payne a prominent lawyer, pursued her for months before his wife was killed when their car exploded. Payne was arrested and held in solitary as police feared a lynching while details of letters found on him emerged.
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A. D. Payne
Payne
Pampa
Verona Thompson
Maples
Mrs. Thompson
Tack
Thomerson
A. B. Macdonald
The
Kansas City Star
Mr. MacDonald
Tascosa
Thompson
John Snider
Snider
Texas Panhandle
Tanni
Old Tack
Amarillo
Southwest
Bobbie Jean
Rain Brought Relief Across West Texas Scene
A slow drizzle cooled Sweetwater Texas and relief from the heat spread across West Texas. RAIN IN EAST TEXAS was reported with rain falling over a large territory. Longview Texas August 5 continues on page 13 column 1.
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Sweetwater
Associated Press
Texas
West Texas
East Texas
The
Longview
Payne arrest results from writer's visit
A. D. Payne's arrest followed information from A. B. Macdonald of The Kansas City Star, already in Amarillo since Sunday. Macdonald, famed as a top criminal investigator, coordinated with Mayor Thompson, Sheriff Thompson, and Chief McDowell, while Old Tack urged further inquiry into Payne's case.
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A. D. Payne
A. B. Macdonald
The
Kansas City Star
Amarillo
Old Tack
Payne
Macdonald
Verona Thompson
United States
Tack
Roy Roberts
Herring Hotel
Thompson
McDowell
Mr. MacDonald
Payne Home
Lamesa man shoots wife mistaking her for burglar
N P Cochran a Lamesa railroad telegraph operator shot at his wife five times believing she was the prowler seen around their home late Monday night. Four bullets struck Mrs Cochran in both legs and a finger. Doctors call her condition not serious.
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Lamesa
N. P. Cochran
Allen Wins Kansas Senate Nomination in 1932 Primary
Senator Henry J. Allen, a Hoover administration ally, won the Republican nomination for the U S Senate in Kansas in the August primary. He defeated three opponents and will serve another term ending in 1933.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Henry J. Allen
Washington
Republican Voters of
Kansas
Senate
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Seagrove
Seagraves
Turkey
WEW
Orleans
Beauty OF
Kansas City
Cochran
Allen
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