Dead boy skeleton revives Panhandle murder case
Texas Rangers report a boy’s skeletal remains found Feb 17 on the Meredith Ranch near Perryton confirm details of a long unsolved case. A renewed confession tied to two Oregon convicts is being investigated as investigators reassess leading clues.
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Texas Rangers
Wolf Creek
Perryton
Panhandle
WPA
Meredith Ranch
Texas Department of Public Safety
Oregon
Claud
Elmer Tennison
Report to Rangers Reopens Cone Case After Skeleton Found
Investigators claim J. M. Cone Jr and his brother Vernon disappeared with their father Jean Cone in May 1932 when the father was later found shot dead in Perryton. Convicts’ statements and forensic bones revive the long unsolved mystery as officials map the burial site and seek closure.
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Cone
Nadouawe
J. M. Cone, Jr
Vernon
Jean Cone
Perryton
Lithuania Yields to Germany on Memel Territory Demands
Lithuanian governor Victor Gailius said Germany issued a virtual ultimatum for cession of Memel and threatened to march in to restore order if disturbances occurred before transfer. Lithuania’s cabinet reportedly agreed to yield and arrange frontier guarantees in exchange for German acceptance of Memel port facilities.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Victor Gailius
Germany
Gailius
Memel
Berlin
East Prussia
Germans Consider Retaliatory Duties After U S Tariffs
Berlin reports the German economics ministry studying 25 percent U S duties on German goods with possible counter measures. Boersenzeitung hints at retaliation while experts doubt feasibility. Hitler strengthens ties with Mussolini as Italy moves, with headlines noting encirclement fears and Western pressure.
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Berlin
United States
Boersenzeitung
Germany
Heersenzeitung
Bohemia and
Moravia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Mansolini
Fuehrer
Bernardo O. Attolico
1 Duce
Rome
Nachtausgabe
England
League of States
Paul Joseph Goebbels’ der Angriff
Hill Attacks O'Daniel in Texas Legislature
Senator Joe Hill delivers a caustic rebuke of Governor W. Lee O'Daniel on the Texas Senate floor denouncing him as an unscrupulous politician while opposing a sales tax constitutional amendment. Hill brands the governor a traitor to old people, criticizes Sunday broadcasts, and cites embezzlement of voters for political gain.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Joe Hill
Henderson
Senate
House
O'Daniel Sunday
Judas of
Hill
Judas of Old
O'Daniel
Governors Mansion
O'Daniel Urges Board Merge at Texas Cattlemen Meeting
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel proposed merging the state livestock sanitary commission with the department of agriculture to save costs while addressing pension funding and state debt. He spoke to the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association at its 63rd annual convention in Houston, urging economy in government despite opposition from J. T. Sneed and board allies.
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Houston
W. Lee O'Daniel
Austin
Texas
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Department of Agriculture
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Richard M. Kleberg
O'Daniel
Gulf of Mexico
Amarillo area forecast: warmth and veiled clouds
The weather page forecasts partly cloudy skies and continued warmth for Amarillo and nearby areas. West Texas west of the 100th meridian remains partly cloudy with mild temperatures. New Mexico expects generally fair conditions with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Britain presses power pact against German aggression
London proposes a four power anti aggression declaration with Soviet Russia France Poland and Britain and seeks quick signatories from Romania Turkey Greece Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to consult on actions if Hitler advances. Paris and London discuss responses as Mussolini may speak.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
France
Poland
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Hitler
Rumania
Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Mussolini
Moscow
Albert Lebrun
Mme. Lebrun
Georges Bonnet
Lord Halifax
Bonnet
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Federation of British Industries
Reichsgruppe Industrie
John Simon
Czech Republic
Sir John
Prague
Munich
Germany
Lithuania
Breaks in Wide Hunt for Compton Intensify Search
Amarillo police report two breaks in their pursuit of Thomas Lee Compton a suspect in the kidnapping and assault of a young Amarillo girl. A nine year old photograph and fingerprint record from Las Vegas New Mexico are being distributed to police and sheriff offices nationwide. Compton who has ties to Clovis Portales and Mesilla is currently free on bond for an unrelated weapon and assault case.
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Here
Thomas Lee
Jack) Compton
Compton
Amarillo
New Mexico
Las Vegas
N. M
United States
Virgil Beavers
Mesameca
Pampa
Hunt
Clovis
Texas
Curry County
Portales
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Ranger
Horse Throws Lad to Death Under Truck
Tommy Jacobsen nine years old son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Jacobsen was killed in Portales when he fell from a horse beneath a passing truck on Highway 18 the truck driven by George Roscoe of Santa Rosa The coroner jury ruled an unavoidable accident His father a dredge captain on the St Lawrence River was to arrive by airplane The family had wintered in Portales to send him to school
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St. Lawrence
Montreal
Canada
Portales
Trains Fatality Claims Atlanta Man In Fort Worth Area
George Miller twenty five a transient from Atlanta Michigan died at St Anthony s Hospital after both legs were amputated following a fall beneath a Fort Worth Denver freight near First Avenue and Tyler Street. Miller and two other transients including his brother Robert were attempting to board the moving train. Miller died of loss of blood and shock shortly after eight o clock. The conductor James Hibbetts is named and the body is in care of N B Griggs and Sons pending funeral arrangements.
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George Miller
Atlanta
Mich
St. Anthony's Hospital
Miller
Fort Worth
Denver
First Avenue
Tyler Street
Robert Miller
Detroit
James E. Hibbetts
Buchanan Street
Griggs
Millers
Frank Gammey
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
National Park Push Seeks Palo Duro Canyon as 2000 Signatures Rally
A Panhandle movement asks Congress and federal senators to convert Palo Duro Canyon State Park into a national park or monument. Two thousand residents signed a petition urging designation to preserve archaeology and natural beauty and to boost regional tourism and business.
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Marvin Jones
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Texas Panhandle
United States
Panhandle
Texas
Washington
Spring officially arrives in Amarillo prompting planting
Spring is declared, encouraging residents to plant lawns, gardens, trees and shrubs with weather approval. The paper urges readers to check classified section 53 for seeds and planting equipment, advertising Globe-News Want Ads.
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Amarillo
Globe-News
Dia
Father Flanagan to Speak in Amarillo Maverick Club event
Father Flanagan founder of Boys Town in Omaha will speak at Amarillo Municipal Auditorium Friday night at 8 00 pm. A children's matinee is set for 4 00 pm with 10 cent admission. Evening tickets are 1 with reserved seating and 50 cents in the balcony. He founded Boys Town 23 years ago and plans to expand capacity. boys run the town.
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FB. J. Flanagan
Amarillo
Maverick Club
Panhandle
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Neb
Municipal Auditorium
Whig Knife Relic Found
A pearl handle knife inscribed Vote for Zachary Taylor was found in an Indian grave by J W Noble a Dallam County farmer along with a quiver of splintered arrows and broken bows The knife a Whig campaign piece dating 91 years back remains rusted but its handle and legend are intact according to Noble
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Clarendon
Zachary Taylor
J. W. Noble
Dallam
Whig Party
United States
Noble
Five Desperate Men Flee Prison Farm
Five convicts described as desperate escaped Wynne Prison Farm after seizing a planted pistol and overpowering a guard. They fled in a Plymouth sedan with license 90493 while cutting weeds along highway 75. Suspects include Jodie T. Lloyd, Z E Cooper, Harrel Horton, Dolph Tuck, and Arthur Louis Brown.
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Huntsville
Wynne Prison Farm
R. H. Baughn
Jodie T. Lloyd
Wichita
Grayson
Z. E. Cooper
Upshur
Armstrong
Donley
Harrel Horton
Hunt County
Dolph Tuck
Gregg County
Arthur Louis
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Paris East
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Romania
U. S
O’daniel
Lad
Palo Duro
Federal
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