Tragic Scaffold Fall Claims W.B. Moore At Mills Annex
W B Moore 35 a workman on the Great West mills annex fell 25 feet through a scaffold trap and died en route to Northwest Texas hospital. He left a widow and two children and had moved with his family to Dreamland Cottage camps two months prior. Moore worked for Jones Hetlestater Construction, contractor for the annex. The body rests at Griggs Funeral chapel awaiting word from his father in California.
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W.B. Moore
Great West Mills
Moore
Dreamland Cottage Camps
Jones-Hetlestater Construction Company
Griggs
California
Borger Prepares For Second Anniversary Festival
Borger gears up for its second anniversary celebration opening Wednesday night with a Tokio club birthday dinner and a grand ball. Miss Thelma Arnold is to be crowned queen while a parade led by the municipal band kicks off Thursday activities with schools declaring a holiday.
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Borger
Echee
Tokio Club
Leo Spencer
Chamber of Commerce
Thelma Arnold
First Borger Baby to Attend Anniversary Celebration
Borger marks its second anniversary with the first baby invited to the event Carl Franklin Barnhart son of J C Barnhart and wife of Wink Texas born May 31 1926 will participate also Wilburn and Exgenia Owings twins born by November 29 1927 whose parents are Mr and Mrs W I Owings.
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Borger
Carl Franklin Barnhart
J. C. Barnhart
Wink
Texas
Berger
Wilburn
Exgenia Owings
W. I. Owings
Panhandle Lions Hold District Convention Parade
March 8 marks the Panhandle Lions district convention with parades to include Lions clubs from every Panhandle city. Amarillo is expected to bring 100 or more, with strong delegations from nearby clubs and Otarians represented. A Lions luncheon at the Christian church precedes an athletic carnival at 1 30 featuring boxing rounds and a wrestling match between Dutch Manell and Joe Kopecky. The anniversary ball closes Thursday night.
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Panhandle Lions
Lions
Panandle
Lions Club
Marillo
Christian Church
Dutch Manell
Joe Kopecky
Panhandle
Dole Flight Hero Heads Toward San Francisco Tour
Colonel Arthur C. Goebel, winner of the Dole flight fire, and Ernest Robinson left Curtiss Field at 3 20 p m for Washington on the first leg to San Francisco en route to a goodwill tour of Japan. They expect possible head winds to delay reaching Washington after dark.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Arthur C. Goebel
Dole
Ernest Robinson
Curtis Aviation Corporation
Washington, C
Weather Outlook for West and East Texas and Oklahoma
The forecast covers West Texas and Oklahoma with Monday expected partly cloudy conditions and warmer temperatures in the Panhandle and cooler readings in the extreme southeast. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies across regions with unsettled conditions in Oklahoma and occasional rains near the West Coast of East Texas.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Lahoma
East Texas
West Coast
Spirit Seance Raid Ends With Police Arrest in Long Beach
Long Beach police raided a spiritualists’ seance drawing 22 attendees with $1 admission. Sergeant J J Pinnell, undercover, joined, confronted the cabinet scene, toppled the cabinet, and chased the alleged spirit agent who allegedly struck him. Mrs C C Allen was arrested after being found hidden nearby.
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Long Beach
Cal
C. C. Allen
J. J. Pinnell
Pinnell
Father admits pushing sons into canal in Indiana Harbor tragedy
George A. Chisholm confessed to luring his two boys George age 9 and Edgar age 7 to the industrial canal on February 6. He tied weights to them and pushed them in after planning to take a third child, twin Robert, but that plan failed. The motive cited was nagging by Helen Lawrence. Police witnessed the confession after an all night interview.
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Associated Press
Indiana Harbor
Ind
George A. Chisholm
Chisholm
George
Edgar
James Regan
Jake Hines
Robert
Helen Lawrence
Business News Shows Modest Uptick Amid Election Year Uncertainty
New York report notes tentative gains in the past week with caution about the year’s direction due to the presidential race. Unemployment remains a concern across industrial centers, though improvements are hoped from an early spring expansion in outdoor activities. Optimism appears for building and structural work, and large state road programs are expected to absorb idle labor.
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New York
Congress makes progress on flood relief amid varied bills
After three months Congress has produced five major measures including the alien property return bill and four annual supply bills totaling about 1.7 billion dollars. Flood relief may be taken up in the Senate this week, while Muscle Shoals remains unfinished business. House considers Norris-White Lake Duck amendment and federal radio commission life resolution. Senate investigates central coal fields with UMWA and coal companies witnesses. Esch faces confirmation fight. Boulder Canyon dam legislation eyed by irrigation committee.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Legislative
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
House
Federal Radio Commission
House Agriculture Committee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania Coal Companies
Interstate Commerce Committee
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Esch
Irrigation Committee
Boulder Canyon Dam
Lindbergh Quietly Vanishes From Public Eye
Washington reports Col Charles A Lindbergh intends to stay out of the public eye. Since yesterday he visited the capital unheralded and has refused interviews or phone calls. His four flight companions also avoid contact and conceal plans. News at the racquet club is unclear on his whereabouts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Col. Charls A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Judge Harpers Involved in Huntsville Shooting Fatal Crash
Funeral services are set for Jack Lee Rich 24 of Houston who died after a shooting in Huntsville Saturday. District Judge Carl T Harper is charged with murder in the incident following a car collision on a Huntsville street.
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Associated Press
Houston
Jack Lee Rich
Huntsville
Carl T. Harper
J. E. Rich
Death House Portrait of Hickman Fox at San Quentin
The executed killer William Edward Hickman, known as the Fox, faces death at San Quentin on April 27 after a life sentence and murder conviction. He remains calm, plays cards with guards, reads, and seeks public attention while awaiting execution and ongoing court appearances in a separate trial.
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William Hickman
Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
San Quentin Penitentiary
Marian Parker
Fox
Hickman
Welby Hunt
Ivy Toms
Jerry
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Youth Held for Bank Robbery Transferred to Tucumcari Jail
The youth arrested in connection with a Nara Visa bank robbery was moved by Sheriff G. W. Alexander to the Tucumcari jail after waiving extradition. No charges filed yet. preliminary hearing expected Monday or Tuesday. Officers had tracked the youth after he appeared to have unexpected cash and found 750 in new five dollar bills on arrest. Two brothers are being held in Nara Visa.
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Dalhart
Nara Visa
Tucumcari
G. W. Alexander
New Mexico
Dalthart
Second Portion of Mail Loot Recovered in Chicago
A second portion totaling 15870 dollars of the Grand Trunk mail train robbery loot was recovered in Evergreen Park Illinois. Police found the money in Miss Mary Hoffman’s home and her confession tied Donovan to the stash.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
Ill
Mary Hoffman
William Donovan
Federal Grand
Borger Chinese Cafe Owner Dies Becomes Canton Shipment
The body of Yee Sam Ben, Borger restaurant operator known as John the China man, died Saturday morning and will be shipped to Canton China. He opened a Borger restaurant in the town’s early days and was noted for helping the hungry and needy. His wife lives in Canton and son Yee Kin Lee resides in Borger. Yee Sam Ben was American born.
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Borger
Yee Sam Ben
Canton
China
John
Yee Kin Lee
Wife Slayer Given Life at Hew Orleans
Henry Molly was found guilty of murder without capital punishment in New Orleans Pa. by a criminal district court jury after 11 hours 27 minutes of deliberation. The verdict carries a life sentence with no appeal notice from defense counsel. The defense sought a qualified verdict.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Henry Molly
Criminal District Court
Texaco Star Editor Arthur LeFevre Dies in Houston Home
Arthur LeFevre aged 64, editor of the Texaco Star and former state superintendent of public instruction under Governor Sayers, died at his residence in the Cotton Hotel at 4 20 p m Sunday.
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Texaco Star
Houston
Arthur Lefevre
The
Sayers
Cotton Hotel
One Man Killed as Tornado Strikes Near Bowie Texas
A brief tornado near the Lone Star community four miles east of Bowie Saturday night at 10 o clock killed Fred Scheiler, 40 percent unmarried tenant farmer, and destroyed several farm buildings. Clarence Snow, the other occupant, was uninjured.
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Bowie
Texas
Lone Star
Here
Fred Scheiler
Tennant
Clarence Snow
Snow
Rising Star Men Killed in Accident
In Del Rio Texas on March 4 A L Morris 20 Rising Star was killed and Aubrey McDonald 19 Menard seriously injured when a motor truck they rode overturned in Devil's River Morris drove the truck with a load of casing down Devil's River hill it missed the bridge and plunged into the river Morris body sent home for burial MacDonald taken to Del Rio hospital He said the truck lost control and something went wrong with the driver.
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Associated Press
del Rio
Texas
A. L. Morris
Rising Star
Aubrey McDonald
Menard
Devil's River
Morris
Devil's River Hill
MacDonald
McDonald
Farmer youth sentenced after Pleasant Valley bombing case
Ottawa Illinois reports Hiram Reed, 25, a farmer youth, convicted of bombing the Pleasant Valley school house in an attempt to kill his teacher sweetheart Miss Icla Bradford. A prison term of from one to 20 years loomed as the verdict stood.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Lil
Hiram Reed
Pleasant Valley
Icla Bradford
Six Injured When Electric Cars Hit at Fort Worth
Fort Worth March 4 Six persons were injured in a head on collision between two trolley cars this afternoon and hours earlier a man was perhaps fatally injured when thrown from an automobile into a pole. Motorman J. T. Bass, 89, injured. H. B. Rodgers, 24, cut about head and legs. Mrs. Rose K. Everett, 42, passenger, lacerations and bruises. Lee Davis, 29, injured when car driver swerved to avoid a trolley car and hit a pole. Davis operated on with doubtful prognosis. his mother resides in Winfield Kansas.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
North Main Street
J. T. Bass
H. B. Rodgers
Rose KB. Everett
Lee Davis
Davis
Winfield
Kan
Aviator Narrowly Escapes Death At Waco
Waco Texas March 4 Three thousand people watched Tip Sehrer a Waco aviator narrowly escape death when he lifted his overloaded plane Miss N Pro after bouncing six or eight times for nearly a mile during a load test on the attempt to break the world endurance record for 90 horsepower airplanes. The plane carried 625 pounds of sand double the weight allowed for the pilot.
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Associated Preas
Seagull Swallows $1200 Diamond During Pier Visit
Mrs Harriet Johnson of Topeka Kansas dropped a $1200 diamond ring while tossing popcorn to seagulls on a Santa Monica pier. A gull dived, swallowed the diamond and flew off, leaving the ring a mystery.
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Associated Pres
Santa Monica
Cal
California
Harriet Johnson
Topeka
Kan
Prahute Jumper Burns Killed In Mississippi Flight
Spider Burns 27 of St Louis died in Glenwood Mississippi when parachute failed to open after he jumped from a plane at about 1400 feet.
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Prachute
Associated Regs
Glenwood
Miss
Spider” Burns
St. Louia
Five Men Die In Home Made Monoplane Crash Near Ramona
A home built experimental monoplane nosedived 800 feet near Ramona’s historic old town site, killing pilot W. W. Bird and four passengers Ralph Craig Cheater H. Kidwell Clifford Dill and Irvin Thomas. One passenger died shortly after removal from the wreckage. Witnesses said a Maddux airliner had the right of way during the landing at Barnett field airport.
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San Diego
Cal
Ramona
Old Town
W. W. Bird
Point Loma
Ralph Craig
Coronado
Cheater H. Kidwell
Ocean Beach
Clifford Dill
Irvin Thomas
Craig
Bird
Hird
Barnett Field
Lubbock Rotary Heads to Levelland Meet
Special to The News Lubbock March 4 Walter Jennings president of the Lubbock Rotary club led a delegation to Levelland to aid in organizing a local Rotary club. Eighteen charter members elected Sam Combs president and Frank Potter secretary. Littlefield Rotarians joined the effort with several Lubbock representatives and Littlefield men named.
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Lubbock
Walter Jennings
Hubert L. Allen
J. A. Raley
R. J. Murray
Littlefield
Kirk Allbright
J. 8. Hilliard
F. D. Sadler
T. Wade Potter
John McCormack to Sing Little Boy Blue in Amarillo
John McCormack will perform Little Boy Blue at the Amarillo Music festival on Friday night. Emil F. Meyers, director, reported high demand for seats with only a few left. The song, connected to a Field manuscript once owned by McCormack, is widely anticipated by the audience.
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John McCormack
Amarillo
Emil F. Meyers
McCormack
Eugene Field
Gwendolyn
Ethelbert Nevin
Mel Cormack
Myers
Amarillo College of Music
Myers Anid
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San Francisco
Lindy
Judgs
Man
Hew Orleans
Waco
Levelland
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