Merriman defends Panhandle Amateur with 282
Manuel Merriman of Amarillo weathered a tough four rounds to win the Panhandle Amateur golf title with a 282 six under par. Eliott Hatch finished second at 280 while G W Dodd battled to a possible tie for third as scoring totals held firm through Sunday. Lavender Abilene and Kiddie Johnson Amarillo tied for fourth with 204 at Hillcrest.
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Manuel Merriman
Amarillo
Panhandle
Municiipal
Hillcrest
Eliott Hatch
G. W. Dodd
Hatch
Dodd
Willcrest
Municipal Course
Dennis Lavender
Abilene
Kiddie Johnson
Cecil Ledbetter
Auto crash maims Borger youth in Panhandle clash
A Panhandle highway collision near Amarillo killed one youth and injured four others. Bill Trout, 23, of Borger, suffered severe injuries as his head was nearly severed. Others injured included Bill Holmes, Jess Herrington, J B Gillispie, and James Kennon.ë
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Panhandle Highway
Here
Bill Trout
Borger
Bill Holmes
Amarillo
Westmoreland Company
Jess Herrington
Plainview
J. B. Gillispie
James Kennon
Trout
Gillispie
Holmes
Herrington
R Rout
Folger
Kennon and Holmes
Phillips Electric Company
Bill Farlow
Electrocution Not Natural Death Says Court Ruling
Federal Judge Woodward ruled in the case of Mr and Mrs Joseph Diamond of Gary Ind against New York Life Insurance Co. The Diamonds sought payout on a 10000 accident policy for their son Harry who was electrocuted at Michigan City penitentary for his wife’s murder. The court stated execution cannot be considered natural death.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Woodward
Joseph Diamond
Gary
Ind
New York Life Insurance Company
Harry
Michigan City
Weather Outlook for West Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma
West Texas generally fair Monday and Tuesday. New Mexico mostly fair with local thunder showers in the north central area and mild temperature changes. Arizona fair in west and local thunder showers in east and central portions with warmer Monday. Oklahoma partly cloudy unsettled Monday and Tuesday cooler in north portion Monday.
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Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
No Cause for General Alarm Over Drouth
Orange Virginia August 10 Preliminary reports to President Hoover indicate drought distress is localized to a few communities with no general alarm. Hyde to deliver detailed county surveys tomorrow. Hoover to request governors appoint representatives to form a rehabilitation commission working with Red Cross and federal government.
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Drouth
Associated Press
Orange
Hoover
Hyde
Washington
Red Cross
White House
Heat Waves Grip South as North Sees Cooler Air
Chicago reports extreme heat across the southern states while the northern region remains comparatively cool. A broad heat belt stretches from the Golden Gate to Newport with highs driven by high pressure systems from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dixie
North
Golden Gate
Newport
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Mason-Dixon Line
Federal
Mystic Man Held After Hacked Bodies Found
State police arrested 84 year old Staley Smith Bogue of Mystic on a murder charge after the hacked bodies of Eva Jennings Roberts and Ole Ostberg were found in a farm house cellar. Police said Bogue admitted killing both and attempted to bury them in a shallow cellar grave.
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Associated Press
Mystic
Conn
Staley Smith Bogue
Eva Jennings Roberts
Ole Ostberg
Police Fail To Locate Accomplices in Blast
Fort Worth Texas August 10 police were unable to determine if accomplices aided Nathan M. Martin in the stock yards National Bank blast that killed him and bank official Fred L Pelton. Martin demanded 10000 and left a note to his wife asking forgiveness and exposing his dire straits.
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W. L. Piers
Stockyards National Bank
Piers
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Nathan M. Martin
Fred L. Pelton
W. L. Pier
Martin
Pier
Steamer American Farmer in Collision Near Cornwall
A radio Lloyds report says the US Lines steamer American Farmer colliding with the German steamer Lichtenstein 20 miles southwest of Lizard Head Cornwall. The American Farmer is safe and returning to Southampton. the Lichtenstein reports no assistance needed.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyds’ Agency Today
United States Lines
New York
Lichtenstein
Lizard Head
Cornwall
Southampton
Burglaries Hit Amarillo Stores Draining About $1000
A weekend spate of petty burglaries damaged four Amarillo businesses, netting about $1000 in cash and goods. Brown Cracker & Candy lost roughly $200, Plains Wholesale Grocery about $300, City Drug Store No 2 around $300 in merchandise, while Fox Drug Store No 6 was disturbed before any loot. At Brown Cracker, access occurred between 12:30 and 1:80 a.m. Sunday. the vault outer door was pried and cash taken.
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Amarillo
Brown Cracker & Candy Company
Plains Wholesale Grocery Company
City Drug Store
Fox Drug Store
North Taylor
W. R. Martin
Caribou Wreck Survivors Reach Port Aux Basques
Passengers and crew from the steamer Caribou wrecked three miles off Port Aux Basques land safely after six hours in lifeboats. Dense fog and heavy seas impeded the voyage to shore.
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Associated
Prem
ST. Johns
Newfoundland
Port Aux Basques
111 Year Old Boy Arrested For Burglaries In Amarillo
Detective Dick Graham says a 111 year old boy on a bicycle confessed to seven burglaries in two nights in Amarillo. Six of the break ins occurred last Thursday night. The youth was apprehended and charged Sunday night. He admitted to the seven burglaries. He claimed to have entered the Gulf Refining Station Thursday night.
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Amarillo
Dick Graham
Lysaks sue over alleged air trespass on private property
Daniel and Emily Lysak of East Hempstead sue Nassau county and Delisser Air Service for trespass over their home alleging a private airspace extending to the sky. They seek 9000 dollars in damages claiming a Delisser aircraft struck their house on February 6 and violated their claimed property bounds.
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Delisser Corporation
Ferguson and Sterling Plan State Rallies
Campaigning intensifies as Miriam A. Ferguson and Rous Sterling announce state tour dates for the Democratic guberna torial runoff. Ferguson speaks at the Dallas state fair grounds Monday night with Col Alvin Owsley set to introduce. Sterling opens in Wichita Falls Monday night and proceeds through West Texas with stops in Childress Amarillo Lubbock Big Spring and Sweetwater.
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Associated Press
Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson
Rous &. Sterling
Houston
Dallas
Ferguson
Alvin Owsley
Sterling
West Texas
Wichita Falls
Childress
Amarillo
Lubbock
Big Spring
Sweetwater
Judge Delays Payne Murder Trial in Canyon
Judge Henry Bishop said Canyon cannot recess to Amarillo for a grand jury until he returns Monday. He expects to finish Payne’s indictment and trial within four days if court keeps moving, with docket crowded and Friday’s criminal week in jeopardy.
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Henry Bishop
Canyon
A. D. Payne
Bishop
Amarillo
Dallas
Stoches
Payne
Deep Sea Diver Recovers Bodies Of Two Girl Victims In Air Plunge
A deep sea diver recovered the bodies of Mary Laws 25 and her sister Eugenia a stenographer and Orville Suchy the pilot after a plane plunged through a steel tank and sank in Lake Michigan waters. Investigators blamed a lightning strike during a squall as the craft descended from 1000 feet. Police kept crowds back while firefighters opened access to the wreckage for the diver.
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Associated Press
Mary Laws
Eugenia
Orville Suchy
Stray bullets kill 11 year old in Harlem crossfire
An 11 year old girl, Sandina Cammorato, was struck and killed in Harlem's Little Italy as gunmen exchanged fire on East 114th street. Both shooters fled the scene after the exchange, leaving a fatal path of collateral damage in a hallway.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem
Little Italy
Sandina Cammorato
East 114Th Street
Hawks Leave for Glendale Ready 10 Hop Across Country
Aug. 10. Frank Hawks, preparing for a time flight from Los Angeles to New York, took off for Grand Central air terminal in Glendale California. He did not reveal whether the trans continental trip would start tonight, tomorrow, or later.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
New York
Grand Central Air Terminal
Glendale
Calif
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