Traxler Faces HoldUp Charge in White Deer Case
Oklahoma criminal Pete Traxler and companion Arthur Spencer face hijacking charges for abducting Panhandle High School principal Kelius Turner on February 21 between Pampa and Skellytown on Highway 41. Turner identified the suspects. part of the loot was recovered. Traxler, wounded earlier near Canadian, is jailed at McAlester State Prison awaiting trial on robbery and murder charges. Spencer is held for safekeeping in Potter County with an armed robbery charge pending in Clarendon.
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White Deer
Pete Traxler
Oklahoma
Arthur Spencer
Kelius Turner
Panhandle High School
T. B. Harris
Turner
Pampa
Skellytown
Highway 41
Traxler
Canadian
McAlester
Okla
Spencer
Clarendon
Potter County
Sooner Drys Seek Texas Senator to Lead Repeal Fight
Oklahoma City June 9 A move to make Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas the spearhead of a drive by Oklahoma drys to prevent repeal of the states 28 year old prohibition law was revealed today by J W Williamson secretary of United Drys Negotiations were being made to bring Sheppard to Oklahoma for at least two addresses He said the senator has expressed a willingness to assist if congressional duties will permit A vote on repeal is set for July 28.
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Oklahoma City
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Oklahoma
Funeral for Mrs. Eugene Field Held in Wisconsin
Mrs. Julia Sutherland Comstock Field, 79, widow of poet Eugene Field, died of a heart attack at her Crystal Lake estate. Funeral services were set for Tomahawk, Wisconsin, with interment later beside her husband in Kenilworth, Illinois. The estate faced foreclosure but a $3,000 Phi Delta Theta loan saved it. Independence Rock, known as the Registry of the Desert, marks pioneers who carved their names there.
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Herfford Junction
Wis
Eugene Field
Crystal Lake
Tomahawk
Kenilworth
Til
Field
Julia Sutherland Comstock
St. Joseph, Mo
Phi Delta Theta
Independence Rock
Wyoming
Desert
Fort Worth Denver trains Amarillo to Dallas easing week end travel
A special Fort Worth and Denver line train will run from Amarillo to Dallas this weekend. It departs Amarillo 8 15 Friday night and reaches Dallas 7 00 Saturday morning, returning from Dallas at 11 00 Saturday night. Many school children are expected to ride. A government bulletin free edition will publish Men Against the Dust about wind erosion effects on Plains farmers. Lantern slides on water conservation will be shown at meetings in Spearman Perryton and Follett. Civil Service Commission now accepting engineer exam applications for the Amarillo district with Thursday deadline.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Fort Worth
Spearman, Perryton and
Follett
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Jack Ferguson rites held at Central Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for J. H. Jack Ferguson Santa Fe engineer were conducted Tuesday at Central Presbyterian Church Dr R Thomson presiding He was a World War veteran and Mason The flag at American Legion Hall was lowered in tribute The body lay in state at 2120 Taylor Street prior to burial in Llano Cemetery Pallbearers included L C Whitney Warner Ludden Frank Hackley Sam Harmon Frank Cooper and O D Thompson A postscript notes Sale meaning out it goes
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J. H
Jack) Ferguson
Santa Fe
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
Ferguson
Masonic Lodge
American Legion Hall
Matthew
Old Bones) Hooks
Ferguson Home
Taylor Street
Llano Cemetery
L. C. Whitney
Warner Ludden
Frank Hackley
Sam Harmon
Frank Cooper
O. D. Thompson
Ten Cities Added to Milk Honor List
The health department announced ten cities elevated to the milk honor roll by the U S Public Health Service for Grade A standards. Cities include Ballinger Bryan Canyon Childress Commerce Crockett Kerrville San Angelo Seguin Wichita Falls, joining February honorees like Abilene Amarillo Austin Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Gainesville Houston Laredo Lubbock San Antonio Sherman Texarkana Tyler Victoria and Waco. Hogs help control rattlesnakes in some areas by eating them.
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Austin
Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Ballinger
Bryan
Canyon
Childress
Commerce
Crockett
Kerrville
San Angelo
Seguin
Wichita Falls
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Sooner Drys
Jack Ferguson
Llano
Central Presbyterian
Wright Printing CO
Taylor ST
Ney
Colin
Windsor
Ical
Penn-Maryland
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York City
Oxfords
Congo
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