Man Freed on Conditional Pardon in 1926 Texas Slaying
John (Jack) Joiner, who took the rap for his deceased wife in the Artie Crain killing near Odell, Texas, was released today after nine years in prison. Convicted in Wilbarger County in 1926 of murder with a 99 year term, he received credit for over 15 years served. Governor Allred noted district attorney Storey believed the wife fired the fatal shot and Joiner admitted the shooting.
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Austin
John
Jack) Joiner
Texas
Joiner
Wilbarger County
Artie Crain
Odell
Allred
John A. Storey
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Storey
Roosevelt Seeks Fast Action to Block Gold Clause Suits
President Roosevelt asks Congress for swift legislation to fortify treasury against legal actions linked to New Deal monetary policies. The plan would pay holders of gold clause bonds in devalued dollars and bar court suits on securities and currency. The move aims to preserve dollar value and shield the government from private speculation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
New Deal
Senate
Court of Claims
Cummings
White House
Justice Department
Eva Coo and Leonard Scarnici Executed at Sing Sing
Eva Coo, 43, roadhouse keeper, and Leonard Scarnici, 29, were executed in the Sing Sing electric chair for murder and related crimes. Coo entered the chamber with Rev. Anthony Petersen and was pronounced dead at 10 07 p m. Scarnici followed at 10 13 p m after the prior execution, marking a double execution for separate murder cases.
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Scarnici
Mrs. Coo
Petersen
Rensselaer Village
Upstate New York
Battle Looms as Nuisance Levies Voted
Washington reports a split in Congress as several blocs push against the President’s wealth tax. House hearings on the measure are delayed until July 8 amid competing Roosevelt era bills, including Guffey coal, curbing progress on the tax proposal.
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Washington
House
Morgenthau
Herman Oliphant
Treasury
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Congressional
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Roosevelt Must
Guffey Coal
Ole Miss ends 24 day flight with new endurance record
Fred and Al Key piloting the monoplane Ole Miss set a 554 hour 41 minute 30 second in air record at Municipal Airport Meridian Mississippi on June 27 after departing June 4. Officials will verify timekeeping before recognizing the record. The pilots hope to reach 647 hours unofficially as they extend the flight.
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Key Brothers
Fred
Meridian
Miss
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
St. Louis
Municipal Airport
Ole Miss
al Key
Kenneth
John Huner
Chicago
National Aeronautical Association
J. D. Sellers
Washington
Posse Hunts Wife Slayer Near Crosby
Houston June 27 officers pursued Joe Kabena a 52 year old Gum Gulley community tenant farmer after his wife 50 was found dead in a cornfield struck by a hammer and shot. Kabena fled the scene the couple's 10 year old daughter Mary said her father assaulted her mother then pursued her to the well before striking her.
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Houston
Joe Kabena
Gum Gulley
Crosby
Judge Denies Tobacco Tax Writ In Dallas Case
Federal Judge William H. Atwell denied an application by Charles M. Shadd Wholesale Mercantile Co. and Lyons Kansas for a restraining order against Texas tax collection on the 3 cent first sale tax on cigarets shipped into the state. He did not rule on the act's constitutionality, noting that question would go before a three judge federal court. A similar case is before Judge James C. Wilson in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
William H. Atwell
Charles M. Shadd
Will Rogers on a new youth and elderly aid plan
Beverly Hills column by Will Rogers praises a fresh administration proposal aiding young people up to age 20 and seniors over 60. He predicts editorial backlash over cost but notes the plan offers a practical stretch of responsibility for middle aged people.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Missing Illinois Tourists Found Car Overturned Near Socorro
A mass search in Socorro New Mexico located the site where four Illinois tourists car overturned in high speed, slid 30 feet on its top. Governor Clyde Tingley said a solution may be near. missing couple Mr and Mrs George Lorius and Mr and Mrs Albert Heberer of East St Louis Illinois and DuQuoin Illinois remain unaccounted for.
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Socorro
N. M
Illinois
Clyde Tingley
George Lorius
Albert Heberer
East St. Louis
DuQuoin
Huge Red Truck Sought By New Mexico Officers
A huge red truck is being sought by Santa Fe police and other New Mexico officers after a report on June 27. The vehicle is described as large with a vivid red color and unknown destination. Investigators urge residents to contact local authorities with any information leading to the truck’s location.
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New Mexico
Santa FE
N. M
Worm Turns in New York Tax Driver Guilty Plea
Rudolph Boggia a tax driver pleaded guilty after nearly striking Patrolman Jamies McNarner in mufti and using abusive language. He was jailed for two days.
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New York
Rudolph Boggia
Boggia
Jamies McNarner
Mufti
Forty and Eight Dance Precedes American Legion Convention
Members of the Forty and Eight of the American Legion attend a big dance at the Roseland Ballroom tonight as a pre-convention event. Special concessions, games, and a Streets of Paris exhibit headline the program. Dr. T M Montgomery chairs arrangements. admission is 50 cents per couple by invitation.
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Fritz Strader
Tommy Evans
Dalhart
Lubbock
Slaton
Ranger
Amarillo
Herring
American Legion
Gion
Roseland
Forty
Roseland Ballroom
Paris
T. M. Montgomery
Perryton Post Highlights Burglar Post Feature
The Perryton post showcases a feature on a burglary case involving local residents, detailing the alleged break in and the community response. Authorities note ongoing investigations and emphasize public safety measures.
Luke Lea Freed Of Tennessee Charge
Federal Judge George Taylor freed Luke Lea the former Nashville publisher imprisoned in North Carolina for aiding and abetting in the misapplication of Holston Union National Bank funds. Lea has petitioned for a pardon, now under consideration by the North Carolina governor. The Knoxville charges date to 1931.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George Taylor
Luke Lea
Nashville
North Carolina
Holston Union National Bank of
Lea
Doctor Follows Patient On Table In Spokane Surgery
In Spokane Washington a surgeon named Vernon Stevenson who had brought patient R W Strong to the hospital for an appendicitis operation was himself struck with appendicitis during the surgery. He finished the operation on Strong then was placed on the table to be treated.
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Spokane
Wash
Vernon Stevenson
Garfield
R. W Strong
Strong
Navy contracts for huge plane
Secretary Swanson awarded a 445000 dollar contract for a huge experimental naval patrol plane. It is described as similar to the S-42 used by Pan American Airways to Hawaii, with a 110 foot wingspan and 60 foot length, and a two year completion time.
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Washington
Swanson
Igor Sikorsky
Pan American Airways
Hawaii
Florida Justice Rivers Buford Smiles At Death Rumor
In Tallahassee on June 27 Justice Rivers Buford of the Florida Supreme Court dismissed a death rumor with a grin saying he knew the report was false the moment he heard it.
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Twain
Tallahassee
Pla
Rivers Buford
Florida Supreme Court
Rainfall Varies Across Panhandle Yet Bountiful Areas Report Heavy Showers
Good rains fell in several Panhandle locales last night with Canyon reporting half an inch and Clovis up to three quarters of an inch. Pampa and Dumas also saw rain, finishing one of the wettest weeks in years.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Canyon
Clovis
Pampa
Dumas
Panhandje Plains
Mrs Dixon Fights To Restore Adobe Walls Battlefield
Mrs Olive K Dixon, widow of frontier hero Billy Dixon, recalls the 1874 Adobe Walls siege and supports a Hutchinson County effort to recreate the site as it stood with sod buildings, pickets, and a stock corral.
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Billy Dixon
Olive K. Dixon
Hutchinson County
Adobe Walls
Nitro blast near Amarillo injures Hayes as two Borger men die
Bruce Hayes remains unconscious at St. Anthony's Hospital after a nitro blast hurled him 10 feet from his truck. Victims Ben McDonald and Paul Brooks, both of Borger, were killed in the explosion near Amarillo. Hayes suffers a fractured skull and deep scalp wound while doctors call his condition critical. Mrs. Hayes, visiting Missouri kin, is expected to arrive today.
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Amarillo
Bruce Hayes
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hayes
Ben McDonald
Paul Brooks
Borger
Whittenburg
Hollister
McDonald
Brooks
Argent ine governor plans cotton farm expansion in Chaco
Jose Castells, governor of Argentina’s Chaco territory, announced a three month visit to the Southern United States to study relocating American cotton farming families to Chaco. He proposes granting 120 acre concessions to each family to spur expansion of cotton production.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Castells
Chaco
United States
Amari area forecast with unsettled conditions
The bulletin notes partly cloudy skies for Amari and nearby areas with a chance of showers in the southeast Friday. In New Mexico the forecast calls for fair conditions Sunday with little temperature change. Local hourly temperature data and prior day figures are listed but appear garbled.
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Amari
Texas
Iwest
Ifffth
New Mexico
Amarillo
I. BR Maz
Invite Judges to Road Meet in Amarillo Afternoon
County judges or their representatives from North Panhandle counties are urged to attend a 3 pm meeting in Amarillo at the Herring Hotel to discuss highway construction plans with State Highway Department officials. The notice follows a Wichita Falls conference between State Highway Commission Chairman Harry Hines and W J Vand Lund and district engineer P S Bailey.
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North Panhandle
Amarillo
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Wichita Falls
State Highway Commission
Harry Hines
W. J. van London
P. S. Bailey
Herring Hotel
van London
Hines
Washington
Earthquake Alarm Traced to Fort Hancock Gunfire
Police fielded 200 calls from Coney Island about an earthquake. Investigators traced the tremor to Fort Hancock in New Jersey where Delaware National Guardsmen fired obsolete 10 inch guns, sending shells into a store of old ammunition ten miles away.
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New York
Coney Island
Delaware National Guardsmen
Fort Hancock
N. J
Panhandle Erosion Projects Get Relief Funding
Nine wind erosion control projects totaling 65 559 were approved within 75 239 of relief work by the relief commission in Austin. The program will employ 28 men for 30 days on wind erosion tasks and 103 others on related jobs across Armstrong Carson Childress Cochran Collingsworth Dallas Hartley Oldham and Roberts counties plus a Dickens canning program.
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Austin
Relief Commission
Armstrong
Carson
Childress
Cochran
Collingsworth
Dallas
Hartley
Oldham
Roberts
Dickens
Canning
Boy Indicted on Murder Charge in Springdale Slaying
In Texarkana on June 27 district attorney Elmer L. Lincoln announced that the Cass County grand jury at Linden indicted 13 year old Howard Wall on a murder charge connected with the slaying of Austin Fentrall, a farmer from Springdale.
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Texarkana
Texas
Elmer L. Lincoln
Cass County Grand Jury
Linden
Howard Wall
Austin Fentrall
Springdale
Clearing Trade Skies Over U S Experts Say
Economists and business leaders in Chicago discuss whether Dawes forecast of a summer upturn in durable goods will materialize. Steel demand, factory payroll gains, and a higher spring income are noted while Paris delegates dispute timing of a broader recovery.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charlies G. Dawes
Dawes
United States
Washington
Department of Labor
Federal Reserve Board
Paris
International Chamber of Commerce
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Texas American Legion
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Legion
West Texas
Floyd Sloan
Hanson Post
Municipal Auditorium
142Nd Infantry
Borger High School
Flovdada’s Legion Post
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Plainview
Truax Brothers
Perryton
Borgers Post
Tennessee
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M'Donald
Chaco Farms
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