Desperate fugitives flee in wild pasture chase
Texas penitentiary convicts Luke Trammell and Forrest Gibson escape from Retrieve Prison Farm after slaying a guard. They steal cars, wreck one, cross pastureland, elude officers, and head toward Matador and Paducah as a major manhunt expands with forty officers scouring Floydada breaks.
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Texas
Luke Trammell
Forrest Gibson
Here
Paducah
Matador
South Panhandle Plains
A. A. Payne
Floydada
Forrest
Gibson
John L. Koonsman
Dickens
Lemke Says Presidents Put On Too Much Dog
Rep William Lemke of North Dakota criticizes the presidency as overglamorized and vows to reform the office if elected on the Union Party ticket in November. He argues Presidents are treated as exalted figures and pledges to abolish what he terms the Presidential dog in social and political forms.
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Chicago
William Lemke
North Dakota
United States
Union Party
White House
Republican
Executive Mansion
Lincoln
Lemke
Labor
Jealous Suitor Held in Night Club Hostess Slaying
Chicago police held Sid Schaps, a night club master of ceremonies and former coworker of Florence Thompson Castle, 24, after her fatal beating by a blackface assailant who spoke in a negro dialect to Castle’s seven year old son. The suspect denied details under a lie detector and faced questions about his possible jealousy as the investigation focused on a jealous suitor motive.
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Chicago
Florence Thompson Castle
Northwestern Univeraity
William O'Brien
Schaps
Frances Polfus
James
PLEADS GUILTY IN HAMM KIDNAPPING CASE
Charles Fitzgerald of Los Angeles pleaded guilty in federal court to complicity in the $100,000 kidnapping of William Hamm Jr. in June 1933. He faces sentencing July 7. The case narrows to three defendants for trial July 14: Alvin Karpis Edmund Bartholmey and John Pfeifer.
Landon May Visit Fort Worth This Fall
Gov Alf M Landon Republican presidential candidate may visit Fort Worth in the coming fall. The information was learned Monday by Dr Frank Schoonover president of the Landon for President Club and Marshal Kennedy secretary of the county Republican executive committee.
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Fort Worth
Alf M. Landon
Frank Schoonover
Marshal Kennedy
Republican Executive Committee
Hunter Rites Will Be Today
Tribute will be paid to J Walker Hunter Amarillo constable in funeral services at the N B Griggs and Sons chapel this afternoon at 4 oclock Rev RE B Fincher pastor of the Elwood Park Presbyterian Church will conduct the rites Pallbearers will be Ray Cornelious Miller Beard Virgilwogelsby Buster McGough Graves and W H Works Interment will be in Llano Cemetery Death came to Mr Hunter Sun
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J. Walker Hunter
Amarillo Constable
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
RE. B. Fincher
Elwood Park Presbyterian Church
Ray Cornelious
Miller Beard
Virgilwogelsby
Buster McGough
Graves
W. H. Works
Llano Cemetery
Hunter Sun
Clarendon Student Goes to West Point
Sam Hardy Barrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Allensworth, left Clarendon to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. An honor graduate from Clarendon Junior College last year, his high scholastic standing required no entrance examinations, and he will visit Washington, D. C., en route.
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Clarendon
Sam Hardy Barrow
M. R. Allensworth
West Point
United States Military Academy
Young Barrow
Clarendon Junior College
Washington, D. C
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Tuesday with a mix of conditions across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Expect local thunder and showers in parts, with fair but unsettled skies in northern areas. Temperatures across Amarillo yesterday ranged from 66 to 91 degrees, with 0.08 inches of precipitation in the prior 24 hours.
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Amarillo
Weat
Texas
100Th Meridian
Tania
New Mexico
Japan Rejects Naval Treaty Amid Escalator Clause Looms
London reports confirm Japan will not adhere to the 1936 London treaty and Britain plans to invoke the escalator clause to free excess destroyers. The move could shift submarine limits and affect all signatories, including the United States, which has older destroyers. Formal notices to Washington and Tokyo are expected soon.
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Japan
Great Britain
United States
France
Washington
Tokyo
Britain
Farmer Is Charged In Portales Slaying
Henry Jones a 50 year old Floyd farmer was bound over for district court on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of neighbor E F Harragan 43 during a dispute over a property line Jones waived preliminary hearing and posted 5000 bond unable to make it immediately He said he believed Harragan was drawing a gun when he fired one fatal shot No weapon was found on Harragan s body
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Portales
N. M
Henry Jones
Floyd Farmer
EF. A. Harragan
Jones
Haragan
Fiance Faces Murder Charge in Waco Cliff Fall Case
In Waco, June 29, Haynes 26 was charged with murder after Leta Mae Tekle died from injuries from a 75 foot fall at the Devil's Backbone in Cameron Park. Tekle’s mother denied engagement. police found no clear verdict yet as details remained disputed.
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Waco
Wens Haynes
Brazos River
Leta Mae Tekle
Haynes
Miss Tekle
Cameron Park
Leta Vaughn
Defi
Farley Denies He Will Quit Postmaster General
Atlantic City reports Postmaster General James A Farley denied resigning to devote time to Democratic National Committee duties. The New York Times dispatch said Farley sent a resignation to President Roosevelt, with Howes named acting postmaster general during the campaign and possible reappointment if Roosevelt wins.
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Atlantic Ciry
N. J
James A. Farley
New York
The
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
William H. Howes
Howes
Farley
Capitol Police Guard Resting Zioncheck Before West Coast Departure
Washington June 29 Representative Marion A Zioncheck hid on Capitol Hill after a wild escape from a Maryland mental hospital. He rested in a guarded Suite in the House office building then planned train travel to Seattle with a police guard and a posted bond of 25 dollars. His wife will not accompany him and his mother is ill.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Capitol Hill
Maryland
Seattle
Wash
Kenneth Romney
Zioncheck
Romney
West
Metropolitan Police
Gallinger Hospital
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Towson
Gallinger
Towson Institution
Gallanger Hospital
Sheppard Pratt Hospital
First pension checks issued in Texas to aged needy
In Austin on June 20 the state began monthly aid with the first old age pension checks presented to 103 year old Frank Rainer and his 95 year old wife from Weimar. Some 40,097 more checks were ready for mailing to others over 65, cashed starting Wednesday.
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Austin
Texas
Frank Rainer
Weimar
Bridges trial jury near completion in Borger killing case
Court recessed with one juror missing in the Monte Bridges murder trial over the February fatal shooting of Fred English Borger hotel owner. Fifteen more salesmen were summoned. initial pool of 290 faced removal. J A Alexander previously charged with murder but released after a no bill. Bridges surrendered in California, sought in Texas for slaying.
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Stinnett
Monte Bridges
Fred English
Borger
English
J. A. Alexander
Bridges
California
Texas
Last Day For Split Tax Payments Revealed
The Potter County tax collector and assessor's office will stay open until midnight to receive tax payments. Property owners must pay by midnight to avoid penalties. Delinquent 1975 taxes incur 8 percent penalty plus $1 cost and 6 percent interest starting July 1. Final split payment due before midnight June 40.
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Potter County
Friona State Bank holdup spurs Panhandle manhunt
A profane gunman and an apologetic partner robbed Friona State Bank of 965 dollars at 3 20 PM. They searched the vault and fled toward Amarillo, while authorities across the Panhandle hunted the trio. Another suspect, Luke Trammell, faded in a separate early-morning shootout with Sheriff Koonsman.
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Friona
Friona State Bank
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Luke Trammell
John H. Koonsman
Dickens
Carl Maurer
McLean
Miss White
Plainview
Hereford
Black
William Rogers jailed for two swindling counts
Fort Worth dispatch reports William Rogers, 42, pleaded guilty to two counts of swindling under five dollars. He admitted issuing fake orders for a magazine. Justice Hal Hughes fined him 200 dollars on each count plus costs, totaling 424 dollars, with 141 days in county jail to pay.
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Fort Worth
William Rogers
Justice of the Peace
Hal Hughes
Rogers
Chicago
Showers Bring Relief From Heat Across Panhandle
Showers fell in Amarillo and scattered Panhandle locales late yesterday and overnight. Amarillo logged 0.25 inches with 25 minutes of hard rain. Perryton reported 1.25 inches with strong winds, first good rain in three weeks. Other areas like Channing Adrian Jericho Pampa Dumas and Wellington vicinity also received varying showers, while Lubbock reported no rain.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Albuequerque
Perryton
Dalhart
Channing
Ama
Adrian
Jericho
Pampa
Dumas
Dennr
Shamerock
Texline
Wellington
Lubbock
Government cattle program eyed to aid drought regions
Washington reports a conference of administration agricultural leaders on June 20 discussed a government cattle purchase plan to relieve drought stricken Northwestern farmers.
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Washington
Administration
Prosecutor probes possible double poisoning deaths at Clovis
Clovis NM June 29 Assistant district attorney A C M Compton says evidence suggests a slow acting poison in the deaths of L C Morgan 62 and his son Luther Howell Morgan 29. Autopsies found poison traces. authorities investigate possible foul play. Young Morgan was in National Guard machine gun troops.
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Clovis
N. M
C. M. Compton
Compton
L. C. Morgan
Luther Howell Morgan
University of New Mexico
Morgan
Young Morgan
Fifth Cavalry
National Guard
Eastern New Mexico
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