Honolulu Murder Case Prompts Death Penalty Request
Honolulu officials move to seek the death penalty for Mrs. Granville Fortescue her son-in-law Lieutenant Thomas H Massie and two Navy enlisted men in the kidnapping and murder of Joseph Kahahawai amid rising tensions between servicemen and local gangs. Public meetings and church leaders urge legal action as dance halls close and troops are restricted to bases.
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Granville Fortescue
Associated Press Telephoto
New York and Washington Society
Harris and Ewing
Thomas H. Massie
United States Navy
Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Massie
Navy
Army
Alton
Pearl Harbor
Happy Community Party Attracts Large Local Crowd
The Happy Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual banquet Monday night with music and fun. Tickets sold at popular prices and invitations went to citizens and families. Out of town speakers are planned and plans for the new year include a regular weekly downtown luncheon.
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Happy
Happy Chamber of Commerce
Weather outlook for Oklahoma Texas New Mexico
Oklahoma faces rain or snow with colder Monday and a Tuesday of partly cloudy skies. East Texas will see occasional thunderstorms with a cold start and Tuesday turning partly cloudy. Fresh strong southerly winds on the coast shift to northerly Monday. West Texas forecasts partly cloudy conditions after snow north and rain southeast, colder except in the Panhandle. New Mexico expects fair skies Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Jailbreak duo captured after Christmas escape in Texas
Bryan Red Gillespie and Lee Whitford, who escaped Hutchinson County jail on Christmas Day by overpowering a jailer, were apprehended in Littlefield and confined in Potter County jail after being returned from Am arillo. They held five-year sentences for robberies at De Luxe Cleaners and in Stinnett. Local officers arrested them after a tip placed them in town.
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Bryan
Red” Gillespie
Lee Whitford
Hutchinson County
Littlefield
Potter County
Amarillo
Stinnett
Wichita Falls Opens Year With Leading Building Permits
Wichita Falls tops Texas cities in the first nine days of 1932 with 431925 in permits. The period includes a 408000 federal building permit. Houston follows with 158257 and Dallas with 98238 in new construction activity.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Wichita Falls
Houston
Hotel Fire and Residential blast claim two lives
Dallas reporters detail a De Soto Hotel blaze that killed J. C. Estell and a separate residential explosion that fatally burned Mrs. Louise Ehrhardt. A guest, Jack Currie, aided others as flames engulfed both buildings and guests leaped from windows or evacuated via stairs.
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Dallas
Tex
J. C. Estell
de Soto
Julia Ehrhardt
Myrtle Alexander
Estell
T. E. Young
Ernest Potter
Arthur Wenger
Brenham
H. M. Craddock
Berbin Blincoe
James Clark
Clyde Ray
Alexander
Texas Mayor Faces First Trial Today in Poll Tax Case
Port Arthur mayor J. P. Logan will stand in criminal district court in Beaumont for the first of 26 poll tax cases this week. He is accused of paying poll taxes for others, with a venue motion and other pretrial issues expected to shape the opening proceedings.
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Beaumont
J. P. Logan
Port Arthur
Logan
Downtown Day Abounds With Bargains In Amarillo
Bad weather cannot deter shoppers as downtown Amarillo hosts the third Downtown Day in six months. Stores display larger stock and deeper discounts while free city bus service runs 9 to 11 for bargain seekers.
Solons Rush Finance Action on Global Debt
Albert H. Wiggin, chairman of Chase National Bank, says the American gold dollar remains unshaken and that business and values can revive with a change in sentiment. He praises Germany’s repayments but urges restraint to protect Reichsbank reserves while noting multiple 1931 shocks and international financial strains.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
Berlin
Wiggin
Germany
England
United States
Rail Workers and Roads Meet to Set Wages in Chicago
Leaders from nine railroads and the Railway Labor Executives Association gather in Chicago to resolve wage reductions for about 1,250,000 workers. Preliminary talks begin with union leaders seeking authority to negotiate, a vote from rank and file to follow midweek.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Pampa Flier Dutch Bartgis Died In Hangar Explosion
The body of R. W. Bartgis known as Dutch, an aviator from Pampa, was sent by train to Fort Worth after an explosion at a hangar killed him. Investigators believe paint drying with an electric dryer in a wing tank caused the blast. he died at 43. Survived by widow and two children in Wichita Falls. Funeral tentatively set for Tuesday. pallbearers listed from Fort Worth. Bartgis had flown since 1931 and moved from Borger two years ago to pilot for a drilling company.
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Pampa
Tex
R. W
Bartgis
Fort Worth
Reg Robbins
P. N. Holden
Howard Woodall
Sam Akers
Bill Puller
Borger
Wichita Falls
Trio Released by India Mob Bombay
Reports from Bombay describe two disturbances in India’s struggle against British rule. A 12,000 strong crowd freed three prisoners from a police station, while at Karachi police charged a crowd, injuring 28, and at Srinagar an armed mob freed three prisoners accused of arson. Observers warn of a storm looming under a “firm hand” policy.
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Bombay
India
Karachi
Srinigar
Indian National Congress Movement
London
Hoover poised to push large reconstruction bill this week
Washington reports Congress will approve Hoover’s two billion dollar reconstruction finance corporation plan this week to start it quickly. Senate remains in session for a final vote, House debate aims for a midweek vote, and conference to iron out differences before Hoover signs.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
House
White House
Safe Crackers Take $5116 In San Antonio Robbery
San Antonio police report safe crackers forced entry through a skylight to Summers Drug Company offices. The robbers knocked the safe knob and took 5116.62 in cash, according to treasurer George E. Vordenbaum.
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San Antonio
Summers Drug Company
George E. Vordenbaum
Amarillo Holds Nation's Best Crime Record in Texas
Department of Justice figures for November show Dallas with 1082 offenses, driven by burglaries and petty thefts, while Amarillo reports 18 crimes the lowest in Texas. Houston 843, Fort Worth 459, San Antonio 628, with Plainview declared crime-free for November. Other Texas totals included Abilene 53 and El Paso 226.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Texas
Department of Justice
Dallas
Amarillo
Lone Star
United States
Panhandle
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Plainview
West Texas
Abilene
Austin
Beaumont
Brownwood
Burkburett
Childress
el Paso
Galveston
Pampa
Port Arthur
San Angelo
Stamford
Sweetwater
Waco
Wichita Falls
Curious Await Burial of Two Young Brothers
Fifteen men dug graves at McCauley Cemetery near Ozark Missouri for Harry and Jennings Young two brothers who killed six peace officers January 2. The bodies, who died by suicide in Houston Texas, were kept hidden and burial was planned after dark that day as crowds were kept away by county officers.
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Springfield
McCauley Cemetery
Ozark
Harry
Jennings Young
Houston
Tex
Christian County
Sleuths Hunt Ring Printing Bogus Stocks In New York
Police and Wall Street sleuths pressed a nationwide probe into a ring peddling five million dollars of fake stock. Eight men jailed on forgery charges confessed to using a plant printing certificates resembling General Motors and Brooklyn Manhattan Transit stock. Kingpin Salvatore Giordano led the operation as officers seized presses and plates to prevent further fraud.
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New York
Lupo the Wolf
Wall Street
General Motors
Cusick Kerit && Company
Lower Broadway
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co
Walter Pruton
Fifth Avenue
Giordano
Salvatore Giordano
Phillipo Marzullo
Charles T. Morgan
Arthur Newton Plummer
Carmine Ucci
Salvatore Rinaldi
Carlo Pe
Planes and boats search for missing Houston man at sea
Three coast guard boats and two army airplanes resumed the hunt for Oliver D. O Bry an, a Houston steamfitter swept from a small skiff near Freeport. Conditions were ideal today after a pause. Authorities cite strong currents and hope he survives as the search continues.
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Houston
Coast Guard
Oliver D. O'Bryan
Freeport
O'Bryan
Gulf
New Mexico In Throes Of Worst Storm In Years
Panhandle region reports heavy snows and high winds from Rockies into northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Cities including Tucumcari Texline Dalhart Hartley Dumas Boise City see large drifts. Amarillo fears subfreezing night with 20 degrees. Snowplows deployed on rails. Fort Worth and Denver train delayed.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Texline
Dalhart
Hartley
Dumas
Boise City
Oklo
Trinidad
Colorado
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
Bureau
Mrs Dorothy Smedley Improves After Home Fire
The condition of Mrs Dorothy Smedley 1613 South Pierce Street improved Sunday after a blaze she suffered yesterday. She sustained facial arm leg and back burns described as superficial with non critical status. The fire caused about 400 dollars in damage to the house.
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Dorothy Smedley
Sooth Pierce Street
Army aviator killed in Galveston plane crash
Private Claude E. Pack, 22, of the Third Attack group, was killed when a small civilian plane he piloted crashed just west of Galveston city limits. Witnesses on nearby golf courses watched as one wing detached and the aircraft plunged to the ground.
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Galveston
Claude E. Pack
Apple Cart Tickets On Sale For Shaw Comedy
Tickets for Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart at City Auditorium go on sale for a January 16 matinee and night show. Prices range from 50 cents to 2.50 dollars, with Downtown sales starting Wednesday at City Drug, 1517 Polk Street. Reserve by calling Miss Eva Lewis or mailing to Wilbur C. Hawk, News-Globe Amarillo.
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Bernard Shaw
City Auditorium
City Drug
Polk Street
News-Globe
Eva Lewis
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Texas
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