Gangsters Kill Two As Chicago Trial Opens
In Leadville a dry net captures mayor and business men as two are slain in a hotel during a hijacking case. Le Roy James and Hazel Frances receive second degree murder verdicts after a 32 hour jury stop, with James given life in prison and no appeal planned.
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Chicago
Leadville
Tucumcari
N. Mex
Leroy James
Hazel Frances
Wendt Schmidt
Vorenberg
James
Victor II
Stonewall Pritchett
Panhandle Livestock Group to Set Convention Date
Panhandle Livestock association will set dates for its annual convention at a city hall meeting Wednesday night called by president Art L. Wagoner. New officers will be elected and routine business plus land owner legislation issues will be discussed.
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the Panhandle Livestock Association
Asociation
Art L. Wagoner
Mr. Wagoner
Alleged attackers in Dallas to trial December 27
Dallas reports indicted Lee Roy Merriman and Thomas Benjamin Aldredge will stand trial December 27 for criminal assault and robbery with firearms. The pair were captured after three Dallas girls were kidnapped from their escorts on December 11. Merriman was shot in the head during arrest.
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Dallas
Lee Roy Merriman
Thomas Benjamin Aldredge
Merriman
Aldredge
Reing
Weather outlook Amarillo and nearby regions Tuesday
Fair and slightly warmer in Amarillo and vicinity Tuesday. West Texas stays fair but cold with little change in New Mexico. A low pressure system is moving northeast over the eastern lake region, with a high centered over the Pacific Northwest and minor temperature shifts in the Rocky Mountain area. Previous day temperatures show a high around 31 and a low near 23 with 0.05 inch precipitation in 24 hours.
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Amaprillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lake Region
Missi MA
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo
Lighting Bids At Amarillo Airport Considered By City
Weather delays Amarillo Airport work but site marking and fencing progress continue. City engineer H B Jones says ground is prepared for limestone lettering Amarillo in letters twenty feet high and a central circle. Finley Martin received the fence contract. bids for lighting equipment and well pump head to be opened at tonight’s city meeting as Mayor Lee Bivins returns.
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Amarillo
H. B. Jones
Finley Martin
Lee Bivins
Perryton Man Believed Killed by Axe Found Near Oklahoma City
The body of a truck driver believed to be C. R. Rush of Perryton Texas was found in a truck on Oklahoma City outskirts. His head showed axe wounds. The Texas-registered truck bore license 118 640. A witness saw Rush with another older man at a filling station and at a cafe they quarreled over pecan prices.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Perryton
Texas
C. R. Rush
L. D. Mace
New Dog Tax For Christmas Is Latest Gift
The 1929 dog licenses are on sale at city secretary Miss Jewell Davidson’s office. Over 500 licenses were sold last year and 750 more were received for the coming year. Dog owners are urged to secure licenses early.
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Jewell Davidson
Father helps boy beat up his teacher at school
Tony Phillips and his father Slayden Phillips face warrants after an attack on Prof. W. L. Rochelle at Charlotte high school in Dickson Tennessee. The father held off staff with a shotgun as the teen beat the professor, who was left in serious condition following the stair fall and assault.
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United Press
Dickson
Tenn
Tony Phillips
W. L. Rochelle
Charlotte High School
Rochelle
Young Phillips
Slayden Phillips
Tony
Phillips
Refinery Fire at Borger Destroys Tower and Separator
Fire caused by a gas pipe leak at the Amarillo Producers and Refining Company plant in Borger Texas destroyed a tower and a separator. Loss was set at $10,000 with flames burning unseen for some time before discovery. Firemen and company officials credited for limiting the overall damage.
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Borger
Texas
Amarillo
Leadville Officials Arrested in Prohibition Conspiracy
US Marshal served warrants on Leadville officials and business leaders including Mayor R J McDonald and two councilmen for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Arrests targeted Harrison Avenue and Main Street, with many suspects still to be served as cold weather and wide warrants persisted. McDonald claimed political plot and vowed to clear himself.
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Leadville
Colo
Kove Hodings
United States
Callen
Denver
Marshal Callen
Harrison Avenue
R. J. McDonald
McDonald
Post storm warnings along Gulf coast issued
North west storm warnings were ordered from Port Euds to Corpus Christi today due to prospects of a pronounced norther. Flood warnings were announced for the Ouachita River by the local weather bureau in New Orleans on December 17.
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Port Euds
Corpus Christi
Ouachita River
Desert vigil for rumored rum runner victim near Wink
Hundreds of men in loose posses hunted in New Mexico and Texas for P. C. Burcham known as Denver Blackie after a rumored kidnapping tied to rum runners. He was said to be bound to a fence rail and left near a water tank, with searchers noting a near-fatal escape and continuing desert traces.
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Associated Press
Wink
Texas
New Mexico
P. C. Burcham
Denver Blackie
Burcham
Scarface
Capone
Blue Punk
Juarez
Tund
Winkler County
Landowners to Convene on Oil Suit Rights in Panhandle
Landowners from the Panhandle planned a Saturday meeting at the Amarillo Hotel to discuss state suits and proposed remedial legislation over oil land titles tied to long held ownership. Will O'Brien of the National Bank of Commerce organized the gathering, with invites sent to area landowners and legislators from the region.
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Austin
Jin Whittenberg
Phillipe Company
Imutchingon
Oil and Gas Division
West Texan Chamber of Commerce
Midland
Texan
O'brien
Panhandle
Texas
Tesar
Parihandle
Amarillo
Witness slain two wounded in gun clash
A courtroom term deals with a case involving a witness killed and two others wounded in a gun clash. The proceedings also note a separate case about a 10 year old boy held for ransom currently before the jury.
Gunmen Kill Two in West Side Club Shooting
In Chicago on December 17, two men died and two were seriously wounded when gunmen opened fire at an Italian club where witnesses in the Billy Ranieri kidnapping trial were gathered. Witness Wad Scully, who testified to paying 5000 to Angelo Petitti after threats, was killed.
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Chicago
West Side
Ranieri
Associated Press
Angelo Petitti
Andrew Cappellano
Tony
Billy Ran‘ter
Canadian cattle raiser pioneer John Dorsey dies at 76
John Samuel Dorsey a Texas Panhandle cattle dealer ranchman and bank director died suddenly at his Canadian hotel room at age 76 from heart trouble. Survived by wife Cora and three brothers, service at Presbyterian church. body to Braymer Missouri for burial. Governor Moody asked Arizona to return J Al Ventock on a Taylor County mortgage theft charge.
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John Samuel Dorsey
Texas Panhandle
Ofeluck
Dorsey
The
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Internaekoelletion
Henphiff County
Southwest National Bank of
New Mexicco
Sides
Cora Dorsey
Bob
Braymer
Mou
Charles
Los Angeles
Mre
W. OH
Ates
Ken Dorsey
Agry Vieus
Presbyterian Church
Fey
J. Manley Vor
Mayond
Turkday
Braymur
Austin
Dev.ie
Moody
Arizona
J. al. Ventock
Globe
Taylor County
Childress Man Severely Injured In Mill Accident
E F Daugherty was in critical condition after losing his foot when it was caught in a cottonseed conveyor at a cotton oil mill in Childress Texas yesterday.
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Childress
Tex
E. F. Daugherty
Byrd Sends Note From Ice Barrens
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur received a radiogram from Commander Byrd reporting that they were surrounded by ice about 500 miles from the proposed base. He said personnel are well, enthusiastic and happy and that it is unclear how long it will take to get through the ice. Best wishes.
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United Press
Washington
Wilbur
Byrd
Vernon Movie Man Pleads Guilty Over Sunday Show
Vernon Texas December 17 Robert Sparks Vernon theater manager pleaded guilty to operating a theater on Sunday and was fined 20 dollars in justice court. Sparks was arrested yesterday when the first Sunday film showing occurred in Vernon as efforts to bring Sunday movies to town were launched.
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Associated Prenmy
Vernon
Texas
Robert Sparks
Sparks
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