Threats force guarding of Munger homes in Dallas area
Police from Dallas and Highland Park along with private detectives hunted the sender of threats against Fay Munger and siblings. A demand for 30 000 in old currency near White Rock Creek triggered heavy guards around Leroy Munger Sr and Jr homes. Authorities believed the notes referenced the Hickman case, with one man arrested briefly and later cleared.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Highland Park
Fay Munger
Leroy Munger
White Rock Creek
Leroy Munger, Jr
Elder Munger
Faye Munger
Jack Munger
Munger
Lawnie
R. R. Eldredge
Mungers
Theildren
Hickman
Prominent builder dead after election as AGC vice president
E. J. Thomas, a nationally known builder from Memphis, Tennessee, died of heart disease in West Baden Indiana today shortly after being elected vice-president of the Associated General Contractors of America during the organization's session.
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Associated Press
West Baden
Ind
E. J. Thomas
Memphis, Fenn
Associated General Contractors of America
Weather Forecast For Marillo And Vicinity Saturda y
Weather outlook shows Saturday fair with little temperature change across Marillo and West Texas. New Mexico also fair, with mild and small temperature shifts as Idaho high pressure maintains generally fair conditions nationwide. Temperatures are listed for Amarillo and regional readings, with yesterday’s highs in the mid fifties and a low near twenty six.
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Marillo
West Texas
New. Mexico
Idaho
Amarillo
Deinlerk
NOOB
Wiese
PS i
Eine
Mivarwienshes
Taskenday
Reed Invited to Speak in Amarillo for Southwest Campaign
Senator James A. Reed of Kansas City a leading Democratic presidential hopeful has been invited by the Amarillo News Globe to speak in Amarillo and the Panhandle Texas. The telegram says Reed plans a tour of Oklahoma and Texas and promises a large audience and available assistance. The News Globe aims to host other candidates if itineraries include the Southwest.
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James A. Reed
Kansas City
News-Globe
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Texas
Reed
News- Globe
Panhandle
Amarillo News- Globe
Southwest
R Q Lee Enters Race for Congress in West Texas
R Q Lee former West Texas chamber of commerce president and rancher announces nomination for Congress in the seventeenth district to succeed Tom Blanton who seeks the Senate. Lee built the Cisco and Northeastern railroad and promoted local poultry industry. policy plans will be released soon.
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Associated Press
Cisco
Tex
R. Q. Lee
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Tom Blanton
United States Senate
Lee
West Texas
Cisco and Northeastern
Texas & Pacific Railway
Gullyford Company Is Granted Charter
Aust in Jan 27 The Gullyford Company Amarillo is chartered with capital stock of 25000 Incorporators Otto Helphingstein M P Helpingstein F S Gullyford.
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Gullyford Company
Associated Press
Austin
the Gullyford Company
Amarillo
Otto Helphingstein
M. P. Helpingstein
F. S
Lockjaw Fatal for Port Arthur Boy
Arthur Segura a 10 year old boy in Port Arthur Texas died from lockjaw after being struck in the eye by a sharp stick thrown by a playmate. The injury occurred Friday prompting the fatal infection.
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Port Arthur
Associated Press
Tex
Arthur Segura
Hickman Sanity Trial Jury Selection Faces Unclear Status
In Los Angeles on January 27 nine men and three women jurors were tentatively seated in the William Edward Hickman sanity trial. A legal dispute over remaining challenges created confusion about jury status as District Attorney Asa Keyes and defense counsel Jerome Walsh sparred over the rights to reserve challenges. The judge vowed to resolve the tangle Monday as the process neared completion with most jurors locals and three women listed as housewives.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Asa Keyes
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Marian Parker
Keyes
J. J. Trabucco
Walsh
Trabucco
Withal
Shoe in Crash Foresaw by Expert Belief At McLean
Experts believe a shoe wedged in the dual control walking beam caused a fatal airplane crash near McLean. Two teens, Donald Moring and William Miller, died when Harold English failed to recover from a loop with engine idling and the forward control locked by the shoe.
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McLean High School
Harold English
Amarillo
McLean
Lowell
George Abbott
Abbott Machine Shops
English
Donald Moring
Abra
Collingsworth County
William Miller
Abbott
Mr. Pool
Pool Creamery
Lincoln Street
Clarendon
Rice Undertaking Company
Stephenville
Husband of Pearl White Found Dead in Los Angeles
Wallace McClutchen, 45, former husband of actress Pearl White, was found dead in his Los Angeles home from a small caliber revolver wound. A note on a liquor bottle label read have a drink, and relatives say he was prominent in Long Island social circles.
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Los Angeles
Wallace McClutchen
Pearl White
McClutchen
Long Island
N. Y
Freezing 17 year old rescued by passing motorists
Thomas Crowl aged 17 claimed San Bernardino as his home and, after walking from December 1, working in Phoenix, he was found three miles east of Wildorado exhausted and without food for three days. He was brought to Amarillo by Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wilson and rushed to Northwest Texas hospital where doctors feared pneumonia but he began taking milk and soup.
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Thomas Crowl
San Bernardino
Cal
Wildorado
Amarillo
J. O. Wilson
Lincoln Street
Crow
Northwest Texas Hospital
Crowl
Phoenix
Ariz
Ringgold
Texas
Seach
Immigration meeting here next Tuesday
The Panhandle immigration movement will hold a meeting at the Amarillo hotel next Tuesday at 10 AM. E. B. Black of Hereford, chairman, announced the event, with 16 or 17 Panhandle counties sending representatives.
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Ways and Means Committee
The
Panhandle Immigration Movement
Amarillo
E. B. Black
Hereford
Panhandle
Board of City Development
General Conference
Harvey. Haines
Col. Haines
Houston
Women urged to pay poll tax ahead of Texas elections
Four women state officials urged Texas voters especially women to pay their poll tax before the fall general election. They noted the ballot will include three constitutional amendments affecting Confederate pensions tax exemptions for church property and education board member terms. The group included Secretary of State Jane Y. McCallum and others.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Jane Y. McCallum
Espa Stanford
Industrial Accident Board
Ethel Hilton
Mary Shipp Sanders
State Board of Education
Burns Fatalities Prompt Kansas Farmer’s Death
Fred Palmer, 47, a farmer of Liberal Kansas, died in a local hospital after being burned January 22 when Mary Fuller’s house burned. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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Liberal
Kans
Fred Palmer
Mary Fuller
Palmer
Whitman Convicted of Grand Larceny in New York
Robert Whitman, described as suave and spurious, was convicted today by a New York court of grand larceny after a wave of romantic fraud. The case highlights his manipulation of women and financial victims nationwide before arrest.
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United Press
New York
Robert Whitman
Woman and Girl Killed at Crossing in Emporia
Mrs. Kenneth Stevens and her 2 year old daughter Gladys were killed when a car she was driving was struck by a Santa Fe train at a crossing in Emporia Kansas. Two other children in the car escaped with minor injuries.
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Emporia
Kan
Kenneth Stevens
Gladys
Stevens
Ratliff Sentenced to Four Years in Cisco Robbery
A Cisco robbery case ends with Ratliff receiving a four year prison term. The verdict is delivered with no visible emotion from the accused as the sentence is read in court.
Ratliff Convicted of Cisco Bank Robbery in Texas
After 26 hours of deliberation the jury found Marshall Ratliff guilty of robbing the First National Bank of Cisco and sentenced him to 99 years. The state sought the death penalty. defense offered no witnesses. Ratliff showed little emotion, except once when a witness spoke of hiding behind a beggar woman. He faces additional indictments for murder of Cisco officers and further robbery charges.
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Associated Press
Eastland
Tex
Marshall Ratliff
First National Bank of
Cisco
Ratliff
Texas
Santa Claus
George L. Davenport
Alex Spears
Cisco Bank
G. E B. Bedford
G. W. Carmichael
Automo
Train Kills Amarillo Boy At Colorado
Dugan Branch 17 son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Branch of 700 Adama street died beneath a freight train in Colorado Texas at 11 30 am yesterday. Mr Branch a News Globe solicitor left for Colorado and drove via Lubbock for Mrs Branch who was hospitalized for treatment.
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Dugan Branch
Oscar Branch
Adama Street
Colorado
Texas
Branch
News-Globe
Lubbock
Lamesa to Host Panhandle Swine Breeders Meet 1929
Lamesa selected as the 1929 convention city for the Panhandle Swine Breeders association. Officers elected include C. L. Franz president H. C. Roffey vice president and R. E B. Pruitt secretary. The association, about 2000 members, planned next year’s annual convention and sale in Lamesa.
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Associated Plans
Lubbock
Lamesa
Panhandle Swine Breeders Association
Carl Rountree
Chamber of Commerce
Jamesa
Aubrey Thomas
Guy Weekes
G. E. Goodloe
Association
Lindbergh Keeps Promise to Bogotá on Timely Arrival
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Bogotá at 4 pm as promised after a daring flight from Cartagena. He crossed high clouded mountains and perilous ravines, completing one of his boldest legs on this tour. The pilot was punctual, marking a historic feat for the Colombian capital.
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Bogata
Columbia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bogota
Cartagena
Lindbergh
Final cooking school day features fish lesson
Mrs Ida Chitwood demonstrates stuffing a red snapper from Amarillo Fish Market and baking methods while 278th cooking school in Amarillo receives praise. Miss Nellie Jefferson discusses glass curtains and decor with drapes lent by Fakes Palmer Furniture. Orthophonic Victrola providing music.
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Ida Chitwood
Lindy Land
Amarillo
Jefferson
Fakes-Palmer Furniture Company
Miss Jefferson
Mrs. Chitwood
Nunn Electric Company
Fire In Humble Oil Tanks Ignites McCamey
In McCamey Texas 6000 residents watched a mile high wall of smoke from Humble refinery tanks after an explosion. One chemist Fred Hendricks is reported dead with potential damage around half a million dollars.
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Associated
Prewa
Mccamey
Texas
Fred Hendricks
Hendricks
McCamey Grows From Prairie Spot to Oil Hub
McCamey Texas, once a prairie bald spot, has become a thriving oil field town of about 6,000. The Humble refinery explosion near here hailed the town as a key pipeline center in the Permian basin with large Orient Railway yards and multiple feeder lines to Upton Crane and Pecos counties. The incident occurred near Rankin where two alleged bank robbers were reportedly shot. Fred Hendricks, 25, was identified as a victim of the refinery blast.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
McCamey
Humble
Orient
Upton County
Permian Basin
West Texas
Gulf
Upton, Crane
Pecos Counties
Here
Rankin
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Roy Munder, Jr
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C. L. Franz
Turkey
Wichita Falls
Robert Lee Hendricks
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