Black Legion executioner testifies in Detroit murder case
Dayton Dean admitted shooting Charles Poole eight times from about ten feet on May 12 as part of Black Legion orders after Colonel Harvey Davis set the plan in motion. He described hooded, ritual discipline and said orders came from superiors, with a trial proceeding amid co-defendants and observers.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Harvey Davis
Dean
Davis
Ervin Lee
Poole
McCrea
Parker Sr. Arrested in Kidnapping Case Ties Lindbergh Probe
Ellis H. Parker Sr., Burlington County chief detective, was arrested at Mount Holly New Jersey on a charge of kidnapping Paul H. Wendel, a former New Jersey attorney. District Attorney Geoghan said Parker was nabbed as he left the Elks Club with a new indictment replacing the prior names.
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New York
William F. X. Geoghan
Ellis H. Parker, Sr
Burlington County
N. J
Mount Holly
Paul H. Wendel
New Jersey
Geoghan
Francis Madden
Brooklyn
Parker
Elks Club
Kings County Grand Jury
Madden
Ellis Parker, Jr
Murray
Harry Bleefeld
Martin Schlossman
Harry Weiss
Speaker Burns of House Dies in Washington at 66
Joseph W. Burns long served Tennessee’s Hermitage district and led the House as speaker from 1935. He died at 12:15 A.M. in the Mayflower Hotel after a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage. The White House and officials were shocked by the sudden death.
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Washington
Joseph Wellington Burns
House of Representatives
E.S.T
George W. Galver
Capitol
Burns
Mayflower Hotel
White House
Congress
National
Joseph W. Burns
House
Panhandle Chamber Officials Gather for Capitol Luncheon
Amarillo chamber president Guy Saunders invites officials from Panhandle counties to a Capitol Hotel luncheon. Oklahoma delegates are expected. Frontier Centennial Fort Worth exhibit plans are on the agenda as Panhandle topics.
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Panhandle
House Accepts Bill Ruling Commodities
The House approved without a dissenting vote the Senate version of the commodity exchange control bill extending federal oversight to commodity marts, aligning with controls already used on securities exchanges. Mission remains the noted setting in the late item.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
Jury Acquits Johnny Barber in Aggravated Assault Case
Johnny Barber a Black man was acquitted of aggravated assault after a 19 minute jury deliberation in the 47th District Court. Officer Floyd Goodrich testified he was struck knocked down and disarmed during the incident. Barber claimed self defense stating he acted when the officer began beating him.
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Johnny Barber
Floyd Goodrich
47Th District Court
Erber
EF. C. Nelson, Jr
Barber
Goodrich
Fort Worth Erects Giant Frontier Centennial Sign
Fort Worth gains a permit to install a two story sign across from the Texas Centennial Exposition. The 43 by 130 foot sign will read Frontier Centennial with electric lighting for nighttime visibility. Dallas building inspector Ed Overbeck approved the final design after rejecting a larger version and demanding reinforced foundations.
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Dallas
U.P
Fort Worth
Ed Overbeck
Overbeck
Cryptic note aids hunt for U.S. forest ranger slayer
In Waldron Arkansas a cryptic note reading Shot from in front guided a cross agency posse seeking Eben Bethel 41 deputy U S forest ranger killed near Pilot Mountain district 12 miles northeast Bethel had tracked suspected arsonists earlier that day and two CCC workers found his body late last night The search may seek Old Boston the McAlester prison bloodhound if needed.
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Waldron
Ark
Pilot Mountain District
Here
Eben Bethel
United States Forest Ranger
CCC
A. L. Nelson
Hot Springs
Bethel
Oklahoma State
McAlester
Boston
Perryton Reports Half Inch Rainfall Early Tuesday Night
Beneficial rains on the North Plains were reported to the Soil Conservation Wednesday. Railroads said the only recent rain report was a half inch that fell early Tuesday night at Perryton.
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North Plains
Soil Conservation
Perryton
Records Support Negress Suspicion
A buxom negro woman with bruised jaw puffed eye and slashed head went to the county clerk's office in Dallas and demanded marriage licenses. She accused her husband of taking another wife without divorce and filed a bigamy complaint at the district attorney's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.P
Ed Steger
Stegar
District, Attorney's Office
Army of 200 Workers Take Field Today in Chamber Budget Drive
Amarillo’s Chamber of Commerce launches a budget drive with more than 200 workers beginning the effort at a 7:30 A M hotel breakfast. Colonel Roy Cullum and Adjutant Binford Arney lead the campaign, aided by four majors and 20 captains to reach a $30,000 goal through noon next Wednesday.
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Amarillo
Roy Cullum
Binford Arney
Miller Ordered to Vacate 101 Wild West Show Ranch
Oklahoma City June 3 Zack T Miller last of the Miller brothers who ran the 101 Wild West Show and Ranch in Kay County was ordered by Federal Judge Edgar Vaught to move from his White House ranch on Salt Fork River. The order ends the plains empire now reduced to a one acre tract. Miller has occupied the land since 1932 despite court orders to vacate.
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Oklahoma City
Zack T. Miller
Kay County
White House
Salt Fork River
Edgar 8. Vaught
Miller
League of Nations eyes June 22 for Ethiopia war talks
Officials said the League of Nations tentatively set June 22 for an assembly discussion of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. The session, called by Argentina, is not yet convened but preparations are underway with that date in mind.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Argentina
Canton Army of 250000 Moves North in Civil War Report
Japanese sources report a 250000 strong Canton army moving north into Hunan, claiming the Nanking government forces offered little resistance as the Hunanese reportedly withdrew. The story also mentions a new denial and shielded movements within a larger alleged campaign.
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Canton
Nanking
Hunan
Chinese Consul Denies Reports of Revolt in China
Houston June 3 Tsin Lon Ouang Chinese consul announced receipt of a cablegram from China denying Japanese reports of revolution. The cablegram said several southwestern states in China have not revolted against the Nationalist government.
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Houston
Tsin Lon Ouang
China
War clouds over Asia as forces prepare for air and ground clash
Reports describe a large Allied air effort against southern targets and a 20 bomber squadron to repel a southward attack. Canton and Nanking exchange war pledges while Chinese and Japanese dispatches claim border incursions and strategic moves in Hunan and Kwangtung.
Four Die In Collision Near Defuniak Springs
Four men were killed and another critically injured when two cars collided head on near Defuniak Springs Florida in heavy fog obscuring drivers vision. The crash occurred today with emergency responders racing to the scene.
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Defuniae Springs
Fla
Parisians Face Food Shortage Stirs Nationwide Strike
Paris fears food water and gas shortages as a 350000 strong strike spreads through 300 plus idle factories. Rumors swirl of a general walkout by railroad workers and postmen while Socialist interior minister nominee Salengro calls for an end to Communist-led stoppages.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Roger Salengro
Blum
Amarillo Area Thursday Forecast With Warmer Temperatures
Forecast for Amarillo and west Texas calls for generally fair skies on Thursday with a slight warming trend. Showers are possible in the northwest portion of the area while the south and New Mexico sections remain generally fair. Temperature changes are expected to be small with a warm note across parts of the Panhandle.
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Amarilllo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo
Prominent cattleman William Russell found dead in Holbrook
William Russell known as Uncle Bill of the western livestock industry died in a Holbrook hotel room. Coroner A G McClosky ruled natural causes and no inquest. Russell came to Arizona over 50 years ago with cattle and reportedly bought 3,000,000 dollars worth of cattle in one year. He is survived by a widow in San Antonio Texas and a brother in Pilot Point.
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Holbrook
Ariz
William
Bill) Russell
West
A. G. McClosky
Russell
Arizona
San Antonio
Tex
Pilot Point
William G Russell 77 Amarillo Pioneer Dies in Arizona
The body of William G. Russell known as Uncle Bill, age 77, will be brought to Amarillo by his son W R Russell from Holbrook Arizona where he died in a line. Russell came to Texas with a wagon train settling near Paris then moved to the Panhandle to ranch and later sold cattle on commission. He was a friend of Billy the Kid. Surviving are his widow Mrs W G Russell of San Antonio a brother Robert Russell of Pilot Point a son W R Russell and two daughters Mrs Meisner of San Antonio and Mrs H C Herzinger of Amarillo Funeral plans pending burial likely in Amarillo.
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William G
Bill) Russell
Amarillo
Holbrook
Ariz
W. R. Russell
Russell
Texas
Paris
Panhandle
W. R
Billy the Kid
the Kid
Mr. Russell
W. G. Russell
San Antonio
Robert
Tex) Russell
Pilot Point
Mississippi Street
Meisner
H. C. Herzinger
Virginia Street
Oil History Floats in Pampa Centen nial Parade
Panhandle’s Oil Men Day features a city parade tracing oil industry history from Drake’s 1859 discovery to today. The four day event honors early settlers with rodeo events, a polo game, stag meals, and a theater show as Old Timers Day approaches on Thursday.
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Panhandle
Pampa
Drake
Prairie Lands
Flood control bill backs Caddoa and Conchas projects
Congress approved an omnibus flood control bill sending it to the White House. It authorizes surveys and construction across the Rocky Mountain region including the Caddoa reservoir near Lamar Colorado and the Conchas Reservoir on the South Canadian near Tucumcari New Mexico. The Conchas project gains congressional approval for the first time with $12 270 000 authorized and local users to pay $230 000 while Conchas already under construction will continue with funds from the War Department supply bill.
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Washington
White House
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas River
Lamar
Colo
Conchas
Canadian River
Tucumcari
N. M
New Mexico
War Department
Roosevelt
Hens Blood Fakes Rout of Burglars
WEATHERFORD June 34 Seven months as a nightwatch man ended today for Joe Linds ey 30 an ex convict and candidate for constable here when F L Clampitt postal inspector refused to believe his story that he had chased two burglars from the post office There was blood about and shots had been heard but Clampitt offered no orchids Instead he closetted himself with Lindsley and obtained an admission the whole thing had been framed with chicken blood.
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Weatherford
Joe Lindsey
F. L. Clampitt
Clampitt
Lindsley
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Dracula
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Chambers of Commerce
John K. Boyce
Carl Hinton
Walter Barrow
Jim Florey
Mr. Chisum
Boyce
Guy Saunders
Zack Miller
League
Prankenstein
Inlaw
Mission
North China
Japan
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Kwanesi
Kwangtung Southern
Ichang
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Bill Russell
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