Grand jury to probe death of girl Thompson admits attack
Peoria Illinois June 23 authorities moved to convene a grand jury to consider murder charges after Gerald Thompson 25 allegedly confessed to killing Mildred Hallmark 19. State's Attorney E V Champion said a murder indictment could be voted and noted a diary listing sixteen other assaults. Baxter 24 photographed Thompson with victims but is released as not involved in Hallmark case. Hallmark body found nude in Springdale Cemetery creek with a broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Pretty Mildred Hallmark
E. V. Champion
Peoria County
Thompson
Champion
Peora
Julian Baxter
Baxter
Hallmark
Miss Hallmark
Springdale
William A. Raybell Remains Jailed On 527000 Charge
William A. Raybell, once an investigator for the Securities Commission until June 20, is jailed facing a 527000 charge. The case centers on alleged securities violations and accountability in financial dealings.
Oil Investigator Raybell Arrested in Scarsdale Case
William A. Raybell, ex SEC investigator, arrested at oil royalist J Edward Jones home in Scarsdale. Jones seeks injunction. Raybell accused of offering to skip Jones trial for 27500 dollars and to employ a friend. Raybell held in New York awaiting arraignment on Jones charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
N. Y
William A. Raybell
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
J. Edward Jones
Jones
Raybell
New York
Federal
Rains Fill Lakes in Dawson County
Special to The News Lamesa June 23 reports Dawson County lake beds filled by rains for the first time in three years. Government survey shows 903 lake depressions now containing water sufficient to last till fall. heavy rain has submerged some lakes, covering valuable farmland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson County
Summer Heat Returns as Mercury Reaches 93
Summer heat returned to Amarillo with the thermometer at 93 yesterday. No rain was seen as Weatherman H T Collman forecast fair and continued warm weather for Monday despite bright sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Mercury
H. T. Collman
Buzzards May Give Clue to Lost Tourists
Army pilots from Biggs Field Fort Bliss report seeing buzzards circling a tiny island one mile below San Antonio New Mexico near Albuquerque. Private Fred M. Ward told Governor Clyde Tingley by phone that shadows hindered viewing what attracted the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Biggs Field
Fort Bliss
Sa1
Antonio
N. M
Albuquerque
Fred M. Ward
Clyde Tingley
Hot Springs
Ward
O. Max Royal
Football Star Mario Pacetti Found Dead Near Madison
Wisconsin guard Mario Pacetti, 21, star player for the University of Wisconsin football team, was found dead in a car two miles west of Madison. A hose connected exhaust to the window. coroner says death occurred about four hours earlier. Pacetti had rented the car the previous night and planned to return by midnight before friends began a search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Mario Pacetti
University of Wisconsin
Here
Kenosha
Pacetti
Atlantic Beach
William Brown
Burness
Martin W. Littleton
Nassau County
Harold R. King
Jesse Mayforth
Steam boat race set in Provincetown on July 4
Amos Kubik a 65 year old town crier will race the steam boat Dorothy Bradford in Provincetown Massachusetts on July 4 with a hand propelled racing shell Kubik who won the 1889 national amateur single scull title and the Massachusetts state championship will give the excursion boat a two length start Kubik credits his strength to ale and spinach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Mass
U.P
Amos Kubik
Dorothy Bradford
Kubik
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Kukib
Munn Wins 1935 City Championship in Amarillo
John Munn, a sensational 19 year old from Amarillo, defeated John Olver 4 and 3 to win the 1935 City Championship at the Amarillo Country Club. Munn's steady tee shots and composure early led to a decisive finish after building a half with early gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Munn
Amarllo
John Olver
Amarillo Country Club
Munn
Olver
Card Data Briefs From Afternoon Round Activities
The notes list player out and in statuses for Munn and Olver during the afternoon round with score-like codes. Entries show Munn out and in transitions along with numeric identifiers and times, indicating performance tracking or card recording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munn
Olver
Munn Defends Amarillo Title Amid Tight Final
In Amarillo the local champion Munn extended his dominant run with a fifth straight tournament title after edging Olver in a two round final. The crowd packed the gallery as wind and rough fairways challenged both players and Olver’s steady putting kept him in contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Munn
San Angelo
Olver
Woman killed as train strikes car in Water Valley
Mrs Roxie Boyd age 42 died and her husband Lee Boyd was critically injured when Gulf Mobile and Northern's new streamlined train The Rebel struck their automobile at a grade crossing in Water Valley Kentucky. The train bound for Putton had been on exhibition in Paducah and was not damaged by the impact which hurled the car into the railroad station wrecking one side of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Valley
Roxie Boyd
Lee Boyd
Gulf, Mobile & Northern
Paducah
New Orleans
Putton
Plane crash claims Py Art Hanford near Hanford airport
Py Art Hanford son of the Hanford Airlines president was killed when his aircraft crashed near the Hanford airport in Sioux City Iowa tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plier
Crasse
Sioux City
Iowa
Art Hanford
Hanford Airlines
Hanford
Stratosphere Balloon Readies Flight For TV Radio Future
The National Geographic Society and Army Air Corps prepare Explorer II for a high altitude flight to test short wave signals. The 14 mile ascent aims to extend horizon reach to about 335 miles with a transmitter near 200 feet below the balloon. Bureau of Standards monitors signals from designated stations nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Georgraphic Society-Army Air Corps
Bureau of Standards
Bomb Explodes at U S Embassy in Mexico City Damage Minor
A dynamite bomb exploded in the patio of the United States embassy in Mexico City wounding no one and breaking several windows including one in Ambassador Josephus Daniels private office. Daniels said the incident has no importance and declined to file a complaint while Foreign Undersecretary Ceniceros sought cooperation in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
D. F
United States
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Foreign Office
Ceniceros
Corres
Pretty housemaid held on first degree manslaughter charge
Dorothea Kassady 20, and Irene Brozovic 19, both Uniontown miners' daughters, are involved in the death of John L. Burness, a 30 year old Long Island broker and sportsman. Kassady allegedly struck Burness with a hammer in a New York Atlantic Beach garage and left him in a running car with carbon monoxide fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Burness
Long Island
Dorothea Kassady
Uniontown
Irene Brozovic
Littleton
King
Miss Kassacy
Burness
Miss Kassady
Morgenthau offers $100 million in 3 percent bonds
Secretary Morgenthau announced the sale of 100 million dollars of 3 per cent bonds for 1946 to 1948 on a highest bid basis. The issue, dated June 15, 1934 and due June 15, 1948, will be callable after June 15, 1946. The prior issue sold at 103.04 to yield buyers under 2.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Avi
Dive of Death ends in tragedy at Charleroi Big Top
In Charleroi Pennsylvania on June 23 Blond Vera Senior a veteran aerialist with 20 years on the high wire was killed during a kiddie performance at the Big Top. She mounted a 175 foot perch attached a pulley on a slanted wire then fell when the taut line sagged landing about 165 feet to the ground with fatal crush injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleroi
Vera Senior
Flier Searches for Missing Tourists Fails to Find Bodies
An army aviator patrolled the Rio Grande between Elephant Butte and Albuquerque in the hunt for four missing Illinois tourists Mr. and Mrs. George M. Lorius from East St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heberer from Duquoin, but Fort Bliss officials reported no positive results. Private Fred M. Ward piloted the mission from El Paso starting 8 30 A M and later advised his return, with no breakthroughs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Elephant Butte
el Pas
Albuquerque
N. M
Illinois
Fort Bliss
Fred M. Ward
George M. Lorius
East St. Louis
Albert Heberer
Duquoin
Tr. Ward
Divorcee of Navajo War Chief Killed Near Port Defiance
Anson Vazzi 65, divorced wife of Navajo war chieftain Chee Dodge, was shot last night 20 miles north of Port Defiance Arizona. She was mother of Ted Dodge, chairman of the Navajo tribal council. An 18 year old Indian youth she had scolded for losing 25 sheep she was herding was being sought in connection with the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
N. M
Anson Vazzi
Chee Dodge
Irvin J. T. Stenson
Indian Service
Ted Dodge
Port Defiance
Ariz
Hitler and Japan forge political alliance across Asia
Berlin reports a marriage of convenience between Nazi Germany and Japan as Count Mushakoji tours Germany’s key cities. German press highlights Japan’s call for an Eastern League of Nations and plans for 70 Japanese officers to study Reich military methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Japan
Rising Sun
Third Reich
Asia
Mushakoji
Germany
League of Nations
Reich
Alfred Rosenig
Southern Cross Sets World Seaplane Distance Record
In Ziguinchor Senegal on June 23 the Southern Cross, a French South Atlantic airmail seaplane, set a 3,460 kilometer distance record from Cherbourg beating the previous Italian mark by 230 kilometers. Lieutenant Herbrard delivered the ship with a 2 10 landing after a 7 26 departure, carrying a six member crew and 1414 tons of gasoline on a 24 ton four motor craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziguinchor
Senegal
Southern Cross
France
Cherbourg
Herbrard
Channel
Horse and Mule In Comeback This Harvest
Kansas City report from June 23 describes the Southwest wheat harvest underway with workers gathering in farm kitchens and fields. Binders, headers, tractors operate as horse and mule teams return to work while aspiring laborers sleep in courthouse squares awaiting jobs. Farmers expect harvest to reach 67,000,000 bushels, about 12,000,000 less than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
the Prairie
Kansas
Belgrade ministers to form new government
Milan Stoyadinovich, former finance minister, was commissioned by the regency to form a new government. He aims to include opposition representation from the Yevitch regime. Prince Paul secured Croat cooperation, and Stoyadinovich called faction leaders to a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Milan Stoyadinovich
Bogulyub Yevitch
Stoyadinovich
Yevitch
Vladko Machek
Paul
Strato Balloon Inflation Postponed Over Rapid City
Disturbed atmospheric conditions west of Rapid City delay inflation of the National Geographic Society Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon. Inflation tomorrow seems unlikely and Tuesday remains the earliest start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
National Geographic Society- Army Air Corps
Alabama Pitts Debut Delivers Sensational Show in Albany
In his first pro game with the Albany Senators, former Sing Sing athlete Alabama Pitts hit two singles, scored a run, and made four putouts as Albany fell 8 to 6 to the Syracuse Chiefs in the International League doubleheader opener. Pitts drew strong ovations from a 5,000-strong crowd despite rain delays and showcased speed and defense in the soggy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Alabama
Pitts
Albany Senators
Syracuse Chiefs
Irma Rudd
New York City
Fred Fun- Sell
Syracuse
Senators
Niemich
Ight Field
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kimistada
Grand Jury
WM. A. Raybell
Commission
Lake Mendota
Mars
Town Crier
Texans IN Capital Party
Garner
Texan
Harry Hines
Texas Highway Commission
Farley
Texas State Highway Commission
Associated Press
Jerry Malin
U.S
FLIER
Hitler
Gross
Beverly Hills
Calif
Congress
Joe Robinson
Joe
McNavelt Syndicate
Ine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!