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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1940
Page
9
More than 30 police operators and employees who had immunity testified that they paid protection money to the prosecutor's collector and to police officers across ranks, including some on the racket and cleanup squads.
Chicago police moved to delay the extradition of Thomas Stobble in the Green Dragon narcotics case to Fort Worth Texas to aid the murder investigation of Gerald Siegel 33 who was killed after offering to testify for authorities. Siegel had offered to become a government witness 24 hours before his death as he checked into a hotel. Mary Beck Siegel’s girlfriend was detained after a lie detector test cleared her but she remained in custody.
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority officials, Soil Conservation Service staff, WPA personnel and other lake program affiliates will attend a 6:30 pm barbecue at McLelland Creek Lake hosted by the Pampa Chamber of Commerce on July 2. The event previews lake grounds ahead of the July 4 opening featuring waters sports, boating, beach, and a club house and bath house open to the public. Director C H Walker will lead the celebration. Carl Hinton will be away in Washington.
Harvard astronomers report the discovery of a carbon hydorgen molecule in space surrounding a distant star. The find, based on Mt Wilson and Canadian observations, marks the first combined element identification in interstellar space and suggests all Earth elements may exist there.
AUSTIN June 25 General mud is credited by Harbart Davenport Brownsville attorney and Texas historian for shaping the San Jacinto battle context He says Houston won credit for defeating Santa Anna's army of 1500 but rain soaked mud demoralized 4000 Filisola troops Davenport notes a different outcome if Piliscia had attacked Texans after the victory The Red Cross operates under a 1908 congressional charter Davenport is a Texas State Historical Association leader and UT summer school faculty member
Former Detroit mayor Richard W Reading financier Duncan McCrea and 40 suspended policemen were bound over for trial on charges of conspiring to permit a 10 million dollar numbers racket to flourish in Wayne County Also bound over were 35 alleged racketeers including John Roxborough manager Everett Watson and heavyweight champion Toe Louis The order came from Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson after a lengthy preliminary examination Prosecutor Chester P Ohara had dismissed charges against 45 defendants including 49 of 89 named police officers The case centers on conspiracy to permit gambling devices and related activities
In Stockholm on June 25 reports claim the newly legalized Communist Party in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia demands nationalization of industry, breaking up large estates, and a people’s army trained to fight with the Red Army. The Baltic governments, under Soviet occupation, received the demands via dispatches to Aftonbladet Assert after worker demonstrations backing Moscow.
Promote kidney and bladder activity to reduce waste in blood and improve life quality. Claim swift results from Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules sold in a 38 cent box with the Gold Medal mark. Warns against diabetes and urges buyers to avoid counterfeit products.
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