Daytona Driver Dies in Beach Speed Record Attempt
Leo Bible, 42, a Daytona Beach mechanic, died when his 86 cylinder car swerved from the course and crashed into sand dunes near the ocean as crowds watched. The vehicle reportedly reached 202 mph before the fatal impact. camera man Charles Fraud also killed. Witnesses say Bible cannot dodge surge toward surf.
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Leo Bible
Charles Fraud
Bible
J. M. White
Philadelphia
Arkansas Senate approves horse racing and betting bill
The Arkansas Senate passed Speaker Abington's bill to legalize horse racing and pari mutuel betting by a 17 to 16 vote. It now goes to Governor Parnell after opponents failed a filibuster that lasted just over three hours.
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Associated Press
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Ark
House
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Arkansas
Senate Tonight
Parnell
Stolen Colts Returned to Waggoner Stock Farm
Eight yearling colts valued at 45000 dollars stolen from the Three D stables in Arlington were recovered near Dalworth and returned to the Waggoner stock farm. No arrests have been made.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Arlington
Dalworth
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Through Thursday
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity shows Thursday fair with little temperature change. West Texas generally fair. New Mexico unsettled with possible snow in northwest and north central portions. A weakened Colorado low pressure system moves northeast, leaving slightly below normal Rocky Mountain temperatures and a colder trend in eastern Colorado and Wyoming.
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Explosions in St Joseph Kill Three injure nine
Two blasts hit adjacent buildings in St Joseph Missouri killing three occupants in their apartments and wounding nine others. Authorities have no definite clues on causes while theories point to rack purge or natural gas. The dead include Mary Leu 64 Charles Nolan 9 and Dorothy Gloggner 9. Injured are many children with expected recoveries.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph
Million in Damages Sought Over Land for Hotel Site
Owners of land near the Seventh Avenue and Tyler Street hotel site seek over 1 million dollars in damages and more than 70 thousand dollars in bonus refunds claiming the planned Baker Hotels project never was erected. The suits name T. B. Baker of Baker Hotels Inc and Alex Davidson, now of Tarrant County, plus the Davidson Hotel Building Corporation, as defendants after construction halted following a partial 1927 start.
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Baker Hotels, Inc
Alex Davidson
Ararillo
Tarrant County
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Seventh Avenue
Tyler Street
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Baker
Bank Bandits Easily Loot Firet National Bank
Two unmasked young men robbed the Firet National Bank in Brownwood on March 13, taking between 5000 and 6000 dollars. They locked seven employees in the vault and fled before officers could catch them, leaving no trace of their route. The victims described the bandits as not over 26 years old.
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Associated Press
Brownwood
Firet National Bank
Toon
N. A. Locks
Senate approves auto license fee cut amid quorum fear
The Texas Senate passed the house auto license fee reduction bill 10 to late today after adopting a $200 000 county retention limit. Sen Woodward urged the measure be returned to remove amendments, but a two thirds vote failed before recess. Quorum fears and a country city clash over the amendment marred final passage as efforts to concur in Senate amendments faltered.
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Bible Offer To Close April
The Globe-News Bible offer ends April 1 with about 500 volumes left and a daily rush expected. About 2,500 Amarilloans and Panhandle readers have used the coupon. Red Letter edition Bible available for 1.98 with coupon. smaller edition for 0.98. The program began nearly three months ago to encourage reading the Scriptures.
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Globe News
Airplane Ashes Fulfill Waco Pact From 13 Years Past
In Waco two brothers aged 16 and 14 made a pact thirteen years ago that the first to die would be cremated and scattered from an airplane. Today funeral ashes of Lee W Rawlings were scattered over Waco after the younger brother Paul dies in Houston from an accidental shooting last November.
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Lee W. Rawlings
Paul
Lee Rawlings
Wacovee
Houston
Dallas youth killer given death penalty for student slaying
William Wag ner Pruitt Jr. was sentenced to death by a Dallas jury for the slaying of 18 year old William Mann near a car he attempted to enter. The crime followed a night of robberies and a gun battle with officers. two witnesses identified Pruitt as Mann’s killer.
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Dallas
William “Wagner” Pruitt, Jr
William Mann
Pruitt
Mann
Wrivk
San Antonio
Highway bond issue defeated by Texas legislature
The 41st Texas Legislature adjourns with few accomplishments and a failed highway bond issue. Proponents were defeated in a bid to have the speaker certify the measure back to the Senate on technical grounds involving paired votes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Senate
Tornado in Six Mile Kills Eight in Pickens County
A tornado struck the Six Mile community in Pickens county killing eight persons and injuring many others with extensive property damage. Reports from Greenville noted downed telephone wires and limited details available.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Six Mile
Pickens County
Pickens
Tragic Crash Claims Dunwoody and Pool in Amarillo
Two men died when a plane owned by Robert Pool crashed near English Field in Amarillo. Capt. Harold G. Dunwoody, head of the police department traffic squad, and Pool were killed instantly after a 40 minute flight. Pool leaves a widow and three children. Dunwoody was unmarried.
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English-Bivins
Pool
Harold G. Dunwoody
Amarillo
Robert
Wool'n Creamery
Dunwoody
Harold W. English
English
Pop
Lindbergh to Return to United States Tomorrow
In Mexico City on March 13 the Associated Press reports Colonel Charles A Lindbergh will depart for the United States the next morning traveling via Tampico and Brownsville He plans to go to New York from Texas and gave no hint of his return date from Mexico indicating he might not set an immediate date.
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Brownsville
Texas
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Mexico
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Tampico
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Mexico City
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Anne Morrow
United States
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