Amarillo Man Charged in Eastern State Embezzlement
A. J. Kelly of the Kelly Investment Company in Amarillo was arrested as a fugitive from West Virginia charges of embezzlement tied to an incident in Clarksburg in 1926. He appeared before Justice B. R. Clark, posted a $3,000 bond, and was scheduled for February 10 in Amarillo. Kelly is identified as Harry W. Sheets in telegraphic warrants, with alleged embezzlement, forging, and altering of public records charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Clarksburg
W. Va
A. J. Kelly
Kelly Investment Company
Kelly
W. M. Adams
Associated Press
East
West Virginia
B. R. Clark
Justice Court
Sheets
Harry W. Sheets
Adams
Buckeye Building and Loan Company
Bellaire
Ohio
Poll tax proceeds split among funds in Texas
Hallie Martin Harper representing the Potter County Federated Clubs urged citizens to pay poll taxes before the Tuesday midnight deadline. The $1.75 goes to the general educational fund, 50 cents to a pension fund for Confederate veterans or widows, and 25 cents to the Texas jury fund.
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Potter County
Hallie Martin Harper
Legislative Department of the
Potter County Federated Clubs
General Educational Fund
Pension
Texas Jury Fund
Texas
Daughter of man fleeing U S dry agents injured in crash
Dolly Juanita Darnell six year old girl injured in a car crash that ended a chase by federal prohibition agents on Fillmore Street. Father John Darnell faces a federal charge of transporting liquor and will appear before a US commissioner.
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Daughter of Man
U. S
Northwest Texas
Dolly Juanita Darnell
John Darnell
Northwest Third Avenue
Richard C. McCall
Sam Tibbets
Fillmore Street
Darnell
Tibbets
Blackburn
Prohibition Agents’ Office
Federal Building
United States
San Antonio Gil Awarded Pistol Of Billy the Kid
In El Paso probate court Judge Joseph McGill ordered the gun used by Pat Garrett to kill Billy the Kid go to Katholee Powers of San Antonio. The award relies on the outcome of Mrs Garretts suit for possession claiming her husband loaned the pistol to the late Tom Powers for exhibition.
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EL Paso
U.P
Joseph McGill
Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid
Katholee Powers
San Antonio
Garrett
Protests Grow Over Rock Island Service Change
Citizens of Amarillo Grover Morse and nearby towns urge keeping daily motor car service on the Rock Island line between Amarillo and Liberal Kan A business committee from Morse and Grover visited Amarillo to organize support for retaining the motor car service The hearing before the Texas Railroad Commission is set for Saturday at the Herring Hotel with evidence on the proposed change to a mixed train format.
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Rock Island
Amarillo
Liberal
Kan
Grover
Morse
Hansford County
Daily Mail
Express
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Railroad Commission
Gruger and
H. C. Coffee
H. S. Durham
W. E. Maupin
O. J. Gross
O. W. Walker
Herring Hotel
Ferguson sets April 22 for Gar ner post election
Governor Miriam A Ferguson issues a proclamation fixing April 22 as the final election date to choose a successor to Vice President elect John Garner. Democratic primaries will precede the date and the 15th District party committee, led by D. W. Price of Uvalde, will set primaries likely in late February and a runoff in mid March. Garner assumes the vice presidency on March 4.
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Austin
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Congress
John N. Garner
15Th District
Democratic Executive Committee
D. W. Price
Uvalde
Garner
Senate panel backs Sterling board picks in education board
A Senate committee in Austin voted 6 to 4 to recommend confirming three education board appointments made three weeks earlier by former Gov. R. S. Sterling. The votes reinforce Sterling's influence and set the stage for full Senate approval.
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Austin
Senate
Board of Education
R. 8. Sterling
Three Convicts Die in Quarry Slope Tragedy
At Folsom Prison California three convicts were killed and one injured when two landslides of about 400 tons of rock and earth struck the quarry. Deceased were William Hughley 36 John Mitchell 28 and Austins Jackson 39. Injured was Clark Vansickle 28 with a broken leg. All were serving various sentences for burglary robbery and bursary.
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Folsom Prison
Calif
William Hughley
San Diego
John Mitchell
Los Angeles
Austins Jackson
Alameda County
Clark C. Vansickle
Cotton Theft Suspects Nabbed Near Childress
Two men living recently at Pecos New Mexico were arrested at Childress two miles northwest after being found with a bale of cotton stolen from Ernest Bay. Five other local farmers report recent cotton thefts in the area.
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Childress
Pecos
N. M
Ernest Bay
Aid for Farmers Faces Financial Troubles Across States
Lincoln and state leaders join a multi state push to ease farmer debt. Nebraska moves to settle mortgage issues by compromise as New York Life suspends Iowa foreclosures and Le Mars based lenders offer two year interest relief. Governor Bryan forms a voluntary adjustment board to craft a refinancing plan while Midwest states press Congress for agricultural relief.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
New York Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Iowa Future
Chicago Joint Stock Land K
le 'S
Govles W. Bryan
Board of Seven
W. H. Smith
Congress
le Mars
C. J. Schultz
Plymouth County Council of Defense
Farm Holiday Association
Woman Names Pig Prosperity Hopes It Is
A middle aged woman walked through Union Station with a squealing pig named Prosperity. She claimed the pig has a place in her economic plan and would help produce more pigs and perhaps prosperity for herself and tourists and red caps were startled by the display.
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Kansas City
U.P
Union Station
Winter Storm Traps 2000 Holiday Travelers in Mountain Blizzard
In California 2000 motorists stranded for 24 hours in 6,000 foot peaks near Lake Arrowhead faced 10 to 12 foot drifts. Rescue teams evacuated passengers to shelters. 50 treated for frostbite as 15 degree weather persisted. Emergency crews opened routes as first carloads escaped the mountains.
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Lake Arrowhead
California
Committee favors 67 cent tax top
The House committee on revenue and taxation voted a favorable report on a bill to fix the minimum ad valorem tax for 1933 and 1934 at 57 cents. The current year maximum is 69 cents and the constitution sets 77 cents as the limit. The statute is suggestive to the tax board.
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Austin
Jan
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Tax Board
Attorneys Seek New Parks Trial For Murder Conviction
Defense attorneys today filed a motion for a new trial for L. M. Parks who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years for murder in the drowning of his wife at Lake Trammell north of Sweetwater last summer.
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Sweetwater
L. M. Parks
Lake Trammell
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity today and near term
Fair Tuesday with little temperature change. West Texas mainly partly cloudy and warmer southeast. New Mexico expects general fair Tuesday and warmer in the far east. Hourly temperatures listed for Amarillo show morning readings around 8 to 11 a.m. with highs near 1032.51 units.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Port New Mexico
Amarillo Yessay
Germany’s Hitler Secures Chancellorship Amid Jubilation
Berlin reports a nationwide outpouring of joy as Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor. President Hindenburg names cabinet allies including Wilhelm Frick and Hermann Goering while ensuring cross party balance with ministers from differing views.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
Steel Helmet War Veterans’ Association
Harzburg
Reich
Wilhelm Frick
Hermann Goering
Hugenberg
Franz Seldte
House Approves Keeping Gas Tax Levy for Another Year
The House passed a resolution to continue the $137,000,000 federal gasoline tax for one more year. The one-cent-per-gallon levy, part of the revenue bill from the last Congress, would have expired June 30. It now moves to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
Jen
House
Senate
Throttlebottom Yaws Laughs In Of Thee I Sing
The satirical musical features Alexander Throttlebottom a forgetful vice president elect in the Pulitzer Prize production of Of Thee I Sing. It comes to Municipal Auditorium February 13 with a 100 member cast and tickets from News-Globe.
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Alexander Throttlebottom
United States
Throttlebottom
Municipal Auditorium
Sam H. Harris
Chicago
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
Lois Black
Legislative Aid From Foreclosures Is Asked By Farmers
150 members of the Northeast Panhandle Farmers and Stockmen's Protective Association urged immediate legislative action to aid distressed Panhandle farmers and ranchers. They adopted a constitution and by-laws in Miami and sent resolutions to Governor Ferguson and Texas lawmakers.
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Miami
Jal
Northeast Panhandle Farmers and Stockmen’s Protective Association
Hemphill, Roberts
Gray
District Court
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Congress
Pan
Ferguson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tom Connally
Marvin Jones
Clint Small
B. L. Rogers
Are You In The Market For A Home
Want ads offer Amarillo residents largest classified selection of residences from mansions to brick bungalows. See the Want Ad Section For the Gest a.
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Amarillo
Bank Robbery Alibi Trial In Brownfield
Jodie Edwards testified in the 106th district court that she was in Paducah when a lone bandit robbed Seagraves First State Bank of 3298 dollars last May. Edwards pleaded not guilty to armed robbery as witnesses described the defendant’s alibi and the trial aims for a jury verdict by Tuesday afternoon.
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Brownfield
Jodie Edwards
Seagraves First State Bank
106Th District Court
Paducah
Edwards
Edwin Meredith
Name of Slayer Revealed in Wise County Deputy Killing
Dallas police say Ida Hunsucker identified the man who shot Deputy Sheriff Joe Brown in his Wise County office. Two men sought in wooded Denton County area. a murder charge filed against Hunsucker and accessories charges for Hawthorne and Pennington. Officers press hunt near Lake Dallas for the fugitives after a storekeeper fired at a ranger.
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Denton County
Dallas
Dallas County
Ida Lounsucker
Joe Brown
Wise County
Rhome
Hunsucker
Quitaque
Childress
Brown
Texas
Decatur
E. C. Hawthorne
Memphis
Tex
Faye Pennington
Lake Dallas
Denton
Ranger
Leon Hannay
Oklahoma House votes to table repeal amendment resolution
Oklahoma City January 30 4 The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 58 to 51 to table a motion to strike from its calendar a resolution for constitutional amendment repealing the state prohibition laws.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Tag Days to Raise Thrift Room Funds for Needy Children
Emergency funds are raised in Amarillo to support more than 100 poverty afflicted children in school. A city meeting at 4 PM will finalize plans for two tag days in schools Friday and a downtown tag day Saturday. Mayor Rogers cited the need and urged citizen support through the Thrift Room drive led by the Amarillo Council of Parent-Teachers Associations.
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Amarillo
Thrift Room
Parent- Teachers Association
Ross Rogers
George
McLellan
Rogers
W. A. McIntosh
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OF Chio Building, Loan Company
San Antonio Gil
Sterling
San Bernardino
Franz von Papen
Goering
Joseph Goebbels
Col. von Papen
Konstantin von Neurath
Werner von B
Muncie
G. Lemuel Conway
Madison Street
Delaware County Grand Jury
Helen Huffman Gower
William F. Aurand
Conway
Slayer
F. T. Bradberry
Callig
Priday
Doyle Meeks
Meeks
Sheriff
Oklahoma
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