Lumberman Named
Slender Winnie Ruth Judd faces murder trials in Phoenix as jury panels of 29 and four are formed. She is charged with killing Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson, a tubercular friend. Defense hints at reasonable doubt and a possible third party role while witnesses prepare to testify.
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Ralph O. Brown
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Mrs. Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Judd
Hedvig Samuelson
Leroi
Arizona
Howard C. Speakman
Maricopa County Superior Court
Herman Lewkowitz
Paul Schenck
Fall Proves Fatal to J D Thompson Pioneer Business Man
J D Dad Thompson, 18 year old father of Sheriff W N Thompson, died after falling 30 feet down a stairway at the Taylor Hotel in city holdings. He died at St Anthony s Hospital about 45 minutes later. The body lies in state at Sheriff Thompson s home with rites likely Friday at Llano Cemetery beside his wife. Arrangements by N S Griggs & Sons. County offices to close during funeral. He suffered earlier paralytic strokes and had complained of pains in recent days. Survivors include Sheriff Thompson and a daughter.
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J.D. Thompson
J. D
Thompson
W. N. Thompson
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Taylor Hotel
Mr. Thompson
Sheriff Thompson
van Buren Street
Llano
N. S
Griggs & Sons
Mildred Russell
North Pierce Street
Hear Postal Plea on Reconstruction Bill Action
Conferees worked intensely on the reconstruction corporation measure and reported agreement. The Senate and House were to wrap up final action on the $125 million Federal land banks bill with committees debating state department correspondence and taxes. Secretary Stimson refused to release a Bo gota legation note on the Barco oil concession amid foreign securities probes. The tax program target was February 1 as the Ways and Means panel heard Canada sales tax implications and testimony from Postmaster General Brown.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
State Department
House Ways and Means
Stimson
Bogota
Colombia
Barco
United States
Brown
Bright Spots From Public Service and Industry News
Public Service Corp of New Jersey reports 1931 net income of 45.4 million while 1930 was 43.4 million. Employment in 15 industrial groups up 0.5 percent in December 1931 with payrolls up 0.3 percent. Webster Mass print cloth works has orders to keep 500 workers employed five months. Jackson textile mills in Iva and Wellford S C to run day and night due to heavy orders. Neo railroad begins track laying for Eagle Picker Lead Company’s new 500 thousand dollar ore mill. once finished, about 2,000 jobs. Duncan Ok petroleum marketing improves as Western Oil Co resumes refinery operations.
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United Press
NEW York—Public Service Corp
New Jersey Today
Washington
Labor Department
Webster
Mass
Slater & Sons, Inc
Greenville
S. C
Jackson
Iva
Wellford
Miami
Neo
Eagle Picker Lead Company
ASK DISMISSAL OF HONOLULU SLAYING CASES
A motion to dismiss the police court complaint charging Mrs Sidanville Fortescue and three navy men with the murder of Joseph Kahahawai was filed in circuit court. Attorney Montgomery Winn argues the defendants’ right to a speedy trial was prejudiced and that the city and county attorney may delay grand jury action. The defendants, held without bond at Pearl Harbor, face a January 8 slaying linked to Mrs Massie.
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Honolulu
Sid&nville Fortescue
Navy
Joseph Kahahawai
Montgomery Winn
Labor Parley With Railroads Delayed
Chicago January 20 The conference between railroad presidents and railway labor leaders was postponed until 10 A M tomorrow. D B Robertson spokesman for the workers said the delay was at the request of the presidents who could not obtain figures asked by labor leaders to clarify the railroads demand for a 10 percent pay cut.
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Chicago
D. B. Robertson
Robertson
Hoover signs expense resolution for Geneva arms conference
President Hoover today signed a resolution to provide four hundred fifty thousand dollars for expenses of the American delegation at the Geneva arms conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Amarillo forecast Thursday partly cloudy and colder. West Texas mostly cloudy and colder in the north. New Mexico generally fair and slightly cooler in the southeast. Temperature readings by hour appear garbled. overall high and low uncertain.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
M. Assasoet
Gsi
Quake in Vesuvius Terrifies Naples
A light earthquake accompanied by loud explosions from Mount Vesuvius alarmed Naples with no casualties or damage reported. The crater’s illumination dimmed as the Vesuvius Observatory said the quake likely had its epicenter beneath the mountain.
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Naples
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
Boy recounts fatal scalding to death in tub
Lewisburg West Virginia January 20 Billy Stull 15 testified at the third trial of his stepmother Minnie Stull about how his nine year old brother Mickey was scalded to death in a tub of water He said he pulled the boy from the tub and ran to Mrs Harry Garnes home for help.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Billy Stull
Mickey
Minnie Stull
Billy
Harry Garnes
Wounded wife holds on after early shooting in Wichita Falls
Mrs La Vina Parker estranged wife of oil operator James E Parker survived two gunshot wounds from an attack early yesterday. Doctors said her condition would be known in 24 hours while Parker remained jailed in Wichita Falls.
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Wichita Falls
Inukai Reiterates No Territorial Designs on Manchuria
Tokyo January 21 Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai told the Diet that Japan has no territorial designs on Manchuria as the session reconvened.
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Tokyo
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Japan
Manchuria
Predate for Expert Testimony in Scrivnor Trial
Houston January 20 A predi cate for testimony of ballistics experts was laid by the State in the murder trial of Shilo Scrivner. Scrivner is charged with killing Mrs C A Jones and her spouse in their apartment August 31. Prosecutors said a collection of weapons was found in a Des Moines Iowa hotel room after Scrivner was captured.
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Houston
Shilo Scrivnor
Scrivnor
C. A. Jones
Jones
Des Moines
Iowa
Scrivner
Police Chief McDowell Feels Fine Amid Hospital Stay
Amarillo police chief W R McDowell, hospitalized with gall stones at St Anthony Hospital since last Friday, reports feeling fine. Clark Cain, chief of detectives, named assistant chief to oversee the department during the chief's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
St. Anthony Hospital
W. R. McDowell
Ortiz Rubio announces cabinet resignations in Mexico City
President Ortiz Rubio disclosed in Mexico City that several cabinet members had resigned and a new cabinet list was issued, signaling a major reshuffle at the highest level of government.
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Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Carpenter ad keeps steady work for Mr. A R Miner
A R Miner, carpenter contractor at 1317 E 13th St, says his Globe News Want Ad keeps pounding away, delivering steady year round work and reliable customers. The ad under Business Service draws inquiries for new or repaired carpentry with reference available. Dial for details.
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Globe- News
A. R. Miner
E. 13Th St
Carpenter
Globe News
Longs Forces Seem Victors In Louisiana Election
New Orleans January 20. Governor Huey P Long candidate O K Allen leads with 149 818 votes against opponents. With 963 of 1441 precincts reported and 21 of 64 parishes in, Allen holds a 54 693 edge. City returns 41 408 and county parishes 13 285. Analysts expect total state vote possibly near 300 000 as unreported precincts total 244 943.
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New Orleans
Allen
le Blanc
Guion
Boone
Clark
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Man Slain as Tulsa Pair Held After Hold Up
Henry Hughes of Tulsa was shot and killed and Glen McQuarter of Tulsa captured near Thayer after an attempted hold up of R. J. Funk, a Kansas City paint salesman. Funk escaped by outdistancing the robbers and alerted Sheriff Sands and Deputy Yockey.
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Erie
Kas
Henry Hughes
Tulsa
Okla
Glen McQuarter
Lloyd Sands
C. E. Yockey
Thayer
R. J. Funk
Kansas City
Funk
Officers on lookout for San Jon robbery suspects
City and county officers are searching for four men connected to an attempted robbery of a San Jon New Mexico lumber yard office early Tuesday. They fled by car under gunfire, later abandoning the vehicle which bore bloodstains and a license from Potter County.
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San Jon
N. M
Potter County
Cork popping scare in Nuevo Laredo blaze
Firemen faced a blaze in the red light district of Nuevo Laredo on January 20 as champagne corks popped and bottles exploded. Smoke eaters initially feared gunfire and retreated amid the blasts.
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Nuevo Laredo
Red Light
Message of scorn given to sweetheart by doomed youth
From Sing Sing death house Francis Crowley, 21, slated to die tomorrow for killing a policeman, sent a scornful message to his 17 year old sweetheart Helen Walsh. He told Warden Lawes to hell with her for seeking a visit and selling her story to papers after applying to Brooklyn supreme court for access to the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sing Sing
Francis
American fliers charged in Mexico after border landings
Manuel Acuna the Nuevo Laredo customs collector charged Paul H. Davis and Joe Roubert two American fliers with violating Mexican aviation laws and entering the country carrying weapons. They were arrested last Friday after landing on the Mexican side of the border 24 miles northwest of Nuevo Laredo. Their plane Low Money King was held at the Nuevo Laredo customs house.
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Laredo
Manuel Acuna
Nuevo Laredo
Paul H. Davis
Joe Roubert
Mexico
Murray Still Talking on National Tour as Candidate
Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma travels south from the capital toward North Carolina in a countrywide speaking tour while remaining unannounced as a presidential candidate.
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Murray
Washington
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Col Thompson Runs for Congress at Large in Texas
Col Ernest O L Thompson mayor of Amarillo announces for congressman at large. He frames his platform against foreign meddling and debt policies, calls for home investment, curbing wealth concentration, currency liberalization, and restoring democracy by removing privilege from the few. He has served three years as Amarillo’s mayor and gains national attention for his campaign stance.
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Gol
Ernest O.l Thompson
Amarillo
Texas
Colonel Thompson
Ross Sterling
Mayor Thompson
Washington
Europe
New York City
Wrong Man Is Taken For Ride Unharmed
Warrington Durrance, 23, tall and red haired, was taken for a ride in Amarillo while staying four days. He told police three hours of the ordeal, prompting a raid that failed to find him, as officers seek two men including a suspect matching Durrance and another named Earl.
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Warrington Durrance
Amarillo
Durrance
Earl
Western Union
Four men held in county jail after ride incident
County and city officers arrested four men last night identified by Warrington Durrance as part of a seven member group that took him for a ride. Charges likely to be filed today as remaining three suspects are expected to be located soon by Police Captain Dick Graham and Deputy Sheriff C. T. Vanderpool.
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Warrington Durrance
Dick Graham
C. T. Vanderpool
Robbery Victim Forcibly Entered Car At Night
At 9 o'clock Tuesday night a man was accosted by two armed men who forced him at gunpoint into a motor car. The car took him to a cemetery where captors waited until two women arrived in a coupe and identified the victim. Durrance said the victim did not recognize the women.
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Durrance
Alleged Smuggler of Guns Is Caught in Windsor
Harold Fontaine, linked by U S authorities to smuggling guns and ammunition to seven Leavenworth inmates who failed a Dec 11 escape attempt, was held in Windsor Ontario by police. A former Leavenworth inmate, Fontaine was sentenced in Detroit for alien smuggling and released a month before the escape.
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Windsor
Ont
Harold Fontaine
United States
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Ontario
Leavenworth
Detroit
Missing Borger man John Shelton feared foul play
John Shelton, owner of a Borger filling station, vanished after leaving Borger on January 2 for Tucumcari, New Mexico on business. Family and friends fear foul play. he is 5 feet 11 inches, wore a blue serge suit, blue sheep-lined coat, brown hat, a new black suitcase, and bore a Masonic ring with an I O O F lapel pin. Any information should be sent to C. O. Witt, care of Phillips Petroleum Company.
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John Shelton
Borger
Daily News
Shelton
Tucumcari
N. M
C. O. Witt
Phillips Petroleum Company
Death threat alleged Floyd letter to Oklahoma official
Acting Governor Robert Burns received an anonymous death threat believed to be from Charles Arthur Floyd. The unsigned letter mailed from Altus demanded withdrawal of $1,000 or face consequences, as a nationwide manhunt for Floyd continues over bank robberies.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Robert Burna
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Altus
Robert Burns
Burns
Floyd
Trap for kidnappers failure in Denver
Denver January 20 police and fire crews, over 700 strong, searched for Benjamin F. Bower bakery manager and two kidnapers after an elaborate trap failed to yield information. Mrs. Bower feared her husband might be killed as abductors warned against interference. A noon telephone call triggered a planned riot response, but the quick call produced no usable details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Benjamin F. Bower
Weather pattern shifts to cooler, unsettled day ahead
Amarillo and the Panhandle enjoyed mild weather with a 40 degree morning low and 60 degree afternoon high. Today’s forecast calls for cloudy skies, cooler temperatures, and unsettled conditions with no precipitation expected. The weather bureau reported no moisture on the Utah side yesterday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Utah
Weather Bureau
Postal Rates Unchanged. House Panel Delays Decision
Washington January 20 indicates no immediate increase in first class postal rates as the House Ways and Means Committee opts to defer to the Post Office Committee. The move leaves postal policy in current terms while awaiting further committee consideration.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Post Office Committee
New Porto Rican Governor Named Beverley Replacing Roosevelt
James R. Beverley 37 of Texas is named by President Hoover to be governor of Porto Rico. He will succeed Governor Roosevelt, now moved to governor general of the Philippines. Beverley, attorney general on the island, knows island parties, finances, sanitation, and Roosevelt programs. He is a World War I veteran and a University of Texas Law School graduate, with a long career in Porto Rican legal service and public affairs.
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Washington
Jan
James RK
Beverley
Texas
Hoover
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
Philippines
University of Texas
Mary Smith Jarmon
Austin
Corpus Christi
Porto Rican Public Service Commission
American Academy of Political
Lausanne Parley Delayed by British Government
London reports the Lausanne reparations conference cannot begin next Monday as planned, with Britain stating the delay is evident. In Gary Indiana, Mayor Roswell Johnson is indicted by the Lake County grand jury on misfeasance, oppression, and maladministration for using city labor and funds on a summer cottage and home improvements.
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London
Foreign Office
Lausanne
Gary, Ind
Roswell Johnson
Gary
Lake County
Grand Jury
Johnson
Gary Lake Front
Quick Action Urged on Tickets for Crazy Quilt
Wilbur C. Hawk sponsor urges out of town theatergoers to buy tickets for Crazy Quilt by January 28. Half the seats set aside for city visitors, but remaining tickets will be released first come, first served. Prices range 1.00 to 3.85 dollars. tickets obtainable at News-Globe office or by writing Hawk with SASE.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
News- Globe
Hawk
Care News-Globe
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Long
C. K. Allen
Col. Thompson
Congress
Ernest C. Thompson
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Dalhart
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