Widow on trial admits hiring to kill husband at night
Hugo Middleton, blacksmith and suspected lover of Mrs. Rosie Waybourne, testified that he hired Mexican Joe Morales for 250 dollars to murder W. W. Waybourne, a Smithville railroad man. He said Mrs. Waybourne returned with the key to the room and sought updates on the plan as authorities closed in, while Waybourne died from many blows.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Tex
W. W. Waybourne
Smithville
Hugo Middleton
Rosie Waybourne
Middleton
Joe Morales
Waybourne
Merton Harris
Young farmer admits slaying four persons
Vernon Booher a young farmer confessed to police in Endomton Alta July 24 that he killed his mother two brothers and two hired men on the Booher farm at Manville on July 9. He said they nagged him over a girl he is crazy about and used a gun found July 19 to commit the murders.
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United Press
Endomton
Alta
Vernon Booker
Booher
Manville
Alto
Young Booher
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Weather summary shows Wednesday outlook for Amarillo and surroundings with partly cloudy skies. West Texas and New Mexico expect unsettled conditions and occasional showers, while temperatures remain cool with above normal pressure persisting over the Plains States.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Amerillo
Illinois Men To Start Flight to Stockholm Today
Rockford pilots Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer prepared for a one stop flight to Stockholm Sweden aboard the Greater Rockford with a weather delay pushing the departure to Thursday morning. They awaited a Greenland base report while checking lifeboat first aid kit provisions and aircraft condition for the journey.
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Associated Press
Rockford, IL
Bert Hassell
Stockholm
Sweden
Rockford
Ill
Parker Cramer
Greater
Hassell
Cramer
Greenland
Major Lanphier Resigns Command at Selfridge Field
Washington July 24 The resignation of Major Thomas G Lanphier commanding officer of the First Pursuit Squadron Selfridge Field Michigan was received by the War Department today.
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United Press
Washington
Thomas G. Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Stmy
War Department
Air mail postage rate to be commemorated
Postmaster General New announces the commemorative introduction of the five cent air mail postage rate on August 1. The ceremony will be marked by a radio speech broadcast from WRC Saturday July 28 at 9 30 p m via the National Broadcasting System station.
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Associated Press
Washington
New
WRC
National Broadcasting System
Bolt Believed Fatal To Man Near Hereford
Cacarah Lawhon, 34, employed at John L. Wilson ranch about 35 miles northwest of Hereford, died in a Hereford hospital from injuries after a wagon tipped when struck by lightning. Found unconscious by the roadside with a forehead wound, his team return drove driverless to the ranch. He died about 9 o clock Tuesday morning. Survived by widow and a five year old child. Family recently moved from Hoxie Arkansas. Body held by local undertaker pending relatives arrival.
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Hereford
Cacarah Lawhon
John L. Wilson
Lawdon
Hoxie
Ark
Meager loss in wheat crop seen at Pampa
Leaden skies and intermittent drizzle continued with sharp showers totaling 3.71 inches in the Panhandle since last Saturday. In the Pampa wheat district water soaked fields hinder harvest while other towns report prospects for record corn and cotton crops saved by relief from dry spells.
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Panhandle
Pampa
New Mexico
Roswell
Lincoln National Park
Highway No. 6
Childress
Carey
Wellington
Fort, Worth
Dallas
Amarillo
Colorado
West Coast
Alexander Peacock Leaves Widow Five Dollars in Will
New York July 24. Alexander R. Peacock once partner of Andrew Carnegie left his widow Irene M. Peacock five dollars in probate of his will. The same document shows he left four children one hundred dollars each. Peacock died July 12 at Garden City Long Island leaving an estate of over ten thousand ninety dollars.
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United Press
New York
Alexander R. Peacock
Andrew Carnegie
Irene M. Peacock
Garden City
Blow by Blow Fight Returns At News Globe
The heavyweight bout between Gene Tunney and Tom Heeney is aired live at a Globe News event on Sixth Street near the Globe News building. Doors open, preliminaries begin at 7 Amarillo time with the main match expected around 6 o'clock in Yankee Stadium time.
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News-Globe
Globe- News
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Sixth Street
Globe-News
Tunney
Heeney
Yankee Stadium
Amarillo
Ten Miles of Carson County Road Complete
The first ten miles of the new highway across Carson County have been completed and accepted by state inspectors. The remaining about 20 miles will be finished in 15 to 20 days. Traffic opens to Conway and will soon allow through travel from Amarillo to Groom. Plans for the McLean district road and a later Carson County 66 contract await decisions and letting within 60 to 90 days.
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Carson County
W. A. French
Panhandle
French
McLean District
Gray County
State Highway Department
Amarillo
Pastor blocks WCTU meeting at church in Charleston
Rev A J Gearheard of First Methodist Episcopal church refused to host a WCTU 10 meeting, deeming it political. The chapter then arranged to meet at the Baptist temple. Mrs. J Walter Barnes planned to speak on her Asheville conference. The minister said he cannot open his church for political discussions.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
A. J. Gearheard
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Temple
J. Walter Barnes
Asheville
N. C
Gearheard
Christ
Amarillo Ends Milk Price War With $3.20 Per 100 Pounds
Amarillo dairy buyers posted a new price of 3.20 dollars per 100 pounds on a four percent butterfat basis. Distributors and producers praised the settlement as largely ending the July strike, noting that most customers supported the new rate while wholesale prices varied by city. The local supply remains praised as among the best in the South.
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Amarillo
South
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Dallas
el Paso
Houston
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Topeka
Kan
Denver
What Do You Hear As Candidates Go Into Finals
Amarillo presses report a cautious mood among candidates before next Saturday's election. Voters' doubts meet with slogans as fears of losses rise. Reporters note that ballots and secret ballots shape expectations and that some candidates ignore polls while others fret about final tallies.
Sooner bank cashier freed after Lamont robbery
Two men robbed the First State Bank of Lamont and kidnapped cashier Harry Mathias. They fled with about 1200 to 1500 dollars, tied Mathias in a corn field near Blackwell, then released him and escaped as a posse formed to pursue.
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Associated Press
Lamont
Okla
Harry Mathias
Mathias
Blackwell
Absentee votes set Potter county midnight record
Three hundred fifteen absentee votes were cast at midnight for the primaries, a Potter county record. County offices stayed open to issue credentials and ballots. J. W. Collins completed poll tax lists and readied for Saturday’s election, with several transfers from other counties noted.
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E. M. Pittman
Potter County
J. W. Collins
Wichita youth held in Lamar bank robbery case
Carroll Turley, 18, of Wichita Kansas, was arrested in connection with the Lamar State Bank robbery in Lamar Colorado. Five bandits robbed the bank, killed two bank officials, and murdered a Kansas doctor during their escape. Turley was taken to Hutchinson for identification by Lamar bank officials and Colorado officers.
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Wichita
Kan
Carroll Turley
Lamar State Bank
Lamar
Col
Kansas
Turley
Hutchinson
Colorado
Kellogg Treaty Near Signing in Paris on August 27
Paris reports negotiations near completion for the Kellogg anti war treaty to be signed in Paris likely Monday August 27. Fort Worth man J B Lillard found dead in his yard with a revolver beside him in a related dispatch.
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United Press
Paris
Fort Worth
Associated
J. B. Lillard
Arevolver
Raskob resigns GM posts to aid Smith campaign
New York July 24 John J Raskob resigns as chairman of the finance committee and executive committee of General Motors to devote full time to Alfred E Smith's presidential bid He remains a director and vice president of GM Sloan supports the move noting GM must stay out of politics Albany dispatch outlines Smith's plan to announce campaign stance and notification timing for August 22 with a large crowd expected and radio coverage planned.
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New York
John J. Raskob
General Motors Corporation
Alfred E. Smith
Hig Totter
Alfred P. Sloan
General
Raskob
G Motors
Sloan
Albany
N. Y
Ith
Radio
Hoover
Curtis
Smith
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