Mont Bridges Jailed In Texas Slayings Case
Mont Bridges 34 is jailed on charges of killing J A Donaldson 48 and Bertha Gordon 24 after two gunshot wounds found on both bodies in a ditch along State Highway 83 near Post Texas. A gun and a dice were found near the scene. bond opposes by District Attorney G H Nelson.
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Post
Tex
Mont BriDges
J. A. Donaldson
Bertha Gordon
Here
Bridges
Donaldson
Bond
G. H. Nelson
Tohoka
Lubbock
Miss Gordon
Garza County
Cato
Brooklyn Brothers End Warsaw Flight
Joseph and Benjamin Adamowicz, two Brooklyn brothers, completed their trans Atlantic flight to Warsaw today at 5 15 o clock amid a rousing welcome from thousands of Polish citizens. They had been forced down three times after landing in France, and their arrival followed the long voyage from Newfoundland with crowds lining runways and streets.
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Warsaw
Brooklyn
Joseph and
Benjamin Adamowicz
America
France
Newfoundand
Texas Woman Freed in Dentist's Death Case
Harrisburg Ill July 2 Mrs Evelyn Anderson of Woodboro Texas was freed after an indictment accusing her of being an accessory in the murder of Dr Homer L Meyers was quashed following Harold St Clair of Urbana Illinois pleading guilty. She said she planned to hitchhike to Chicago to retrieve her car and return home to Texas.
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Harrisburg
Ill
U.P
Evelyn Anderson
Woodboro
Tex
Chicago
Homer L. Meyers
Harold St. Clair
Urbana
Spy catcher via Want Ad rattles Paris paper
A Paris newspaper allegedly caught a military spy through a classified ad placed by a man named Tworyt. The ad offered a two room furnished apartment with bills paid for $4 a week at 305 North Fillmore, highlighting local gullibility and the spy hunt.
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Paris
Globe-News
Tworyt
Savage
North Fillmore
President Roosevelts Atlantic Cruise Near Puerto Rico
President Roosevelt enjoys clear sea passage aboard the USS Houston as his party sails 18 to 20 knots south of Cape Hatteras. The voyage from Annapolis included a 21 gun salute and routine wireless contact with the White House while Roosevelt rests and reads aboard the cruiser.
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Gilmer
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Pacific
Cape Hatteras
Houston
Hampton Roads
Annapolis
White House
Franklin D, Jr
John Roosevelt
Gus Gennerich
Rudolph Forster
Richard Jervis
Ross McIntyre
South Carolina
Kennedy Heads Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission chose Joseph E. Kennedy, Democratic financier, as chairman for the coming year after a two hour meeting that also involved Ferdinand Pecora and James M. Landis. Republican members Mathews and Healy did not participate. Kennedy and Landis will meet Secretary Ickes to discuss quarters for the new commission. Extradition proceedings against Rafael Dominguez were started at Eagle Pass for the Del Rio murder of Customs Inspector L. C. Henry, with a federal grand jury called to meet July 9.
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Washington
New
Securities and Exchange Commission Today
Joseph E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ferdinand Pecora
Commission
Pecora
James M. Landis
George C. Mathews
Robert E. Healy
Mathews
Federal Trade Commission
Landis
Ickes
Eagle Pass
Tex
Rafael Dominguez
United States
L. C. Henry
del Rio
Julian LaCrosse
Dominguez
Aaron Sapiro Faces Conspiracy Charge in Federal Indictment
Aaron Sapiro of New York and Chicago is indicted by a federal grand jury for endeavoring to influence and bribe jurors and for conspiracy. Co defendant Sam Roth, once named in a jury tampering case linked to a March 1933 mail fraud trial, stands with him.
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New York
Aaron Sapiro
Chicago
Sapiro
Henry Ford
Sam Roth
Former Governor Horton Dies at Tennessee Farm Home
Former Tennessee governor Henry H Horton, the 36th chief executive, died at his farm home in Chapel Hill on July 2, according to United Press reports. He served as governor from 1937 to 1939 and was a prominent political figure in the state.
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Henry
United States
Marcial Martinez
Mendoza
Villa Acuna
Jesus Maria Ramon
Piedras Negras
Martinez
Jesus Montemayor
Arturo Pena
Dominguez
Piedres Negras
Porfirio Cadena
Chapel Hill
Tenn
U.P
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
Cabin blast injures girl in Texas camp death
Miss Ruth Shott aged 16 died from burns suffered in a mysterious explosion and fire at a Greenville tourist camp cabin. She was dragged from the burning building by several men and died tonight in a hospital. Funeral services planned for Denison.
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Greenville
Tex
Ruth Shott
Denison
Bank raid in Naples Texas yields cash and chase
Two young gunmen looted Morris County National Bank in Naples taking about 1200 dollars. They fled south in a coupe, while Sheriff Ponder and deputies pursued into Sulphur River bottoms. Cashier A B Childs and his wife and daughter were forced to lie on the floor as the trio opened the vault and escaped.
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Naples
Tex
Morris County National Bank
Jack Ponder
A. B. Childs
Childs
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Winnie Walls
Mary Elaine
Nine in Hospital After Ammonia Tank Blast at Texas Hotel
Fort Worth July 2 An ammonia tank burst in the basement of the Texas Hotel injuring nine people five women and four men two dozen more exposed to fumes were treated and one man Perry Pickett a printer was reported missing. The fumes spread through the laundry area forcing onlookers to keep back as ventilators carried the fumes upward.
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Fort Worth
Texas Hotel
Perry Pickett
Consuela Berber
Irma Illioqui
Maria Rebedlo
Paz Rodriguez
Lola Riberra
Maxine Gonzales
Eva Pappa
Safe and Sane Fourth Planned Canyon Fete Largest in Texas
Amarillo plans a wide Fourth of July observance with a safe program, bank closures, and limited post office service. Events begin with an American Legion party tonight at Jack Hall's Ranch and a 5 AM dawn dansant at The Nat. A carnival dance follows and Bob Mueller leads a Dutch musical party at Roseland on the eve of July 4.
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American Legion
Death Row Reprieve Delays Executions for Three
A second reprieve an hour before execution time halted the planned deaths of Anna Antonio and her husband’s killers. Vincent Saetta, one of two men convicted, denies the claim that Antonio hired them to murder. The stay extends to July 9 for further inquiry.
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Anna Antonio
Vincent Saetta
July 28 Texas Democratic Primary Campaignes Begin Sprint
Democratic candidates resumed aggressive campaigning in Texas with less than a month to go before the July 28 primary. Governor hopefuls including Allred and challengers Hunter Small aimed to widen support through West and Central Texas stops, while Allred defended his record and urged curb on lobbyists.
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Austin
Tom F. Hunter
Wichita Falls
James V. Allred
Hunter
Nocona
Small
Terrell Co
C. Small
Amarillo
Allred
Kaufman
Terrell
C. C. McDonald
West Texas
Gatesville
Coleman
Hughes
Fl Paso
Maury Hughes
Edgar F Witt
Navarro County
Corsicana
Edgar K. Russell
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
Forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area calls for Tuesday to be partly cloudy with generally fair conditions in West Texas west of the 100th meridian and New Mexico. Temperatures show little change with daytime highs near the upper 60s to mid 80s and lows around the 40s to 60s. yesterday’s records included a high of 97 and a low around 74.
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Amarillo
Treasury to Advertise Bids for Public Buildings in OK and TX
Treasury announced plans to seek bids and sites for post offices and public buildings to be built in Oklahoma at Hugo Anadarko Claremore Elk City Henryetta Wewoka and Pauls Valley and in Texas at Teague Wharton Berger Henderson Bayton and Lockhart.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Oklahoma
Hugo
Anadarko
Claremore
Elk City
Henryetta
Wewoka
Pauls Valley
Texas
Teague
Wharton, Berger, Henderson
Bayton and Lockhart
Grand Opening At Palo Duro State Park City Wide Gala
Palo Duro State Park opens tomorrow with carnival rides a Leonard Stroud rodeo and many events drawing large crowds. Traffic control will be provided by five motorcycle squads from Lubbock Wichita Falls Childress Pampa and Amarillo under Capt. Fred Hickman. Admission is 25 and 50 cents with free for children under years. rodeo buffalo riding Brahma roping and other features listed for the all day celebration.
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Leonard Stroud
Palo Duro State Park
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Childress
Pampa
Amarillo
Fred Hickman
Texas
Von Papen Safe By Order Of Hindenburg
German statesman von Papen remains safe after an official directive from President Hindenburg amid tensions over a revolt. The move signals the regime’s attempt to stabilize opposing political forces while unrest brews in Berlin.
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von Papen
Hindenburg
Blood purge widens as Goering eyed for high post
Berlin reports hundreds executed in Hitler purge with authorities confirming more than 60 slain in Berlin alone. Von Papen faces moves to elevate Goering as Reich power reshapes government. Firing squads denied bandages as victims faced death and the regime tightens its grip.
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Ansociated Presse
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
Reich
von Papen
Reichwehr
van Papen
Propaganda Ministry
U S 10 Borrow Nine Billion Dollars
Washington officials projected the government will need about nine billion dollars to cover maturing debt and the 16 billion dollar spending plan for the year ending next June. They noted a large cash balance would be drawn on to cover expenditures and that roughly four billion would come from new money lent by the public.
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Washington
Roosevelt
RFC
Treasury
New Deal Declared the Issue in GOP Campaign
Washington July 2 The Republican Party through National Chairman Henry P. Fletcher proclaimed the New Deal as the fall election issue. He said the New Deal was repudiated and overthrown by the Declaration of Independence in a nationwide radio speech.
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Washington
Republican Party
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Berlin Eye-Witness Details Nazi Storm Trooper Executions
A black shirted Schutz Staffel member described to the AP a Berlin slaughter of 60 storm troopers. Executions occurred before a special Nazi tribunal with three judges, all victims shot with eyes uncovered. Ernst and Strasser were named. Ehrdt, offered death by own action, refused.
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Storm
Selves
Berlin
Schutz Staffel
Associated Press
Lichterfelde
Ernst
Karl Ernst
Strasser
Gregor Strasser
Ernst Boehm
Ehrdt
Hitler
Eyewitnesses Describe Schleicher Death and Cadet Slayings
An eye witness recalls General Von Schleicher and his wife's deaths at their home near Babelsberg. A motor convoy with eight troopers reportedly halted before the house and stormed in. He says shots followed and later the firing squad carried out the executions after brief court martial hearings.
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Nocent
von Schleicher
Babelsberg
Hollywood
Germany
Bobbie Meeker's Orchestra To Play At The Nat Monday
Bobbie Meeker's master musicians bring nearly a score to Amarillo for a dance at The Nat next Monday night July 9. The Madlean Sisters and 4 Music Corporation of America will join for a one night stop en route from Fort Worth to Denver under Tri-State Fair Association auspices. Admission is $1 a couple. Meeker's orchestra broadcasts nightly from WRAP.
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Meeker
Nat
Madlean Sisters
Bobbie Meeker
4 Music Corporation of America
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
Robbie Meeker
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
WRAP
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