Nitro Wipes Out Family Tragedy In Kentucky Yard
In Monticella Kentucky a 55 year old Peter Franklin and his five children Ira Carlie Cecil Beatrice and Jar were killed when a can of nitroglycerine exploded in their yard near a nitro glycerine plant The children were playing with the can and brought it home The explosion tore the family apart fragments of their bodies were buried in two graves The mother and two other children survived the tragedy
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Associated Press
Monticella
Peter Franklin
Ira
Carlie
Cecil
Beatrice
Jar
Frazer
Wayne County
Franklin
Floydada Jury Names and Ages at 3 30
A Floydada jury list shows J. W. Taylor 45 farmer. C. B. Sims 5 dollars. W. N. Paschal 50. J. W. Conway 89. J. J. Elmore 26 farmer. Noah Smalley 26 Lockney. J. E. B. Dickey 28 Floydada. G. M. Tate 45 farmer. A B Green 84 farmer. J Covington 26 farmer. Vi N Porterfield 42 farmer. Grady Hall 38 Floydada.
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J. W. Taylor
Farmer
C. B. Sims
W.N. Paschal
Floydada
J. W. Conway
J. J. Elmore
Noah Smalley
Lockney
J. EB. Dickey
G. M. Tate
A. 8
Green
J. (. Covington
Vi. N. Porterfield
Grady Hall
Moving Mountain Shifts Position At Meeker Colo
A chocolate drop shaped mountain on the road between Rifle and Meeker shifted again, cutting Meeker off from outsiders. The dome mass rose about eleven feet and moved west by 95 yards, disrupting a quarter mile of road. Traffic cannot resume until movement stops. no cause is known.
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Associated Press
Meeker
Colo
Rifle
Rifle and
Mustard-Oil Mixture Foils Bank Burglary Attempt
Good Thunder Minnesota March 23 A gallon bottle of oil of mustard and ammonia hidden between bank vaults thwarted several would be robbers. The blast of an explosive damaged the bank to about 2500 dollars and the fumes kept robbers from entering. Cashier H. Morelock called the mustard ammonia mix his own invention.
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Associated Press
Good Thunder
Minn
State Bank of Good Thunder
H. Morelock
Mine Victims Recovered After Packville Explosion
FAIRMONT March 23 Mine 41 at Packville yielded the last of 53 victims from a Tuesday night explosion. Rescue leaders announced at 8 o clock that all bodies except two had been identified.
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Fairmont
Packville
Funeral Rites for Former Senator Culberson Held in Fort Worth
Fort Worth honors Charles A Culberson in a solemn service at First Presbyterian Church with Dr George W Truett officiating. The late senator, a Texas elder statesman, was commended for a life of public service and statesmanship.
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Senator Culberson
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Texas
Charles A. Culberson
Washington
Old South
Old Guard
East Texas
Charlie Culberson
Barry Miller
Culberson
United States Senate
Senate
W. B. Harrison
George W. Truett
First Baptist Church of
Dallas
W. J. Marsh
Mary Culberson
James Harrison
Harrison
Truett
James K. Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Culberson
Rio Grande Visit by Work and Mead on Hydroelectric Plan
Dr. Hubert Work and Dr. Elwood Mead inspected the upper Rio Grande irrigation project by private car, traveling to Eagle New Mexico and Elephant Butte Dam. They met L M Lawson at Caballo site 21 miles below Elephant Butte and discussed proposing a secondary dam to impound winter water for electric power at an estimated cost of 1 750 000 dollars.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Elwood Mean
Commissioner of Reclamation
Yuma
Arizona
Eagle
New Mexico
C. B. West
Santa Fe
Elephant Butte Dam
L. M. Lawson
Northwest Texas Hospital Milestone Reached One Year Old
The Northwest Texas Hospital marks its first anniversary with 868 patients last year. The new facility logged 420 operations and 65 births while detailing the board and staff, including Dr. Killough and Col. Thompson. Fifteen nursing students are in training with affiliations at Galveston.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
R. 8. Killough
S. P. Vineyard
C. A. Fisk
Tom Currie
B. T. Ware
R. L. McMeans
Thomas Currie
Maynie Carter
Jessie Wilson
Jessie Johnson
Wanda Wilbank
Rusha Smith
Lillian Rogers
Maria Carter
Galveston Medical School
Elizabeth Darnell
J. W. Dickerson
Lou Naylor
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Mrs Battell Dies Prominent Republican Leader in Ohio
Mrs John Battell of Columbus Ohio age 64 and Republican national committeewoman died in Washington tonight after several days illness. She was active in women’s clubs in Ohio and held a prominent role within the state party.
Nine City and two school board candidates speak in North Amarillo
Candidates for city commission and school board spoke at a North Amarillo Community Club meeting held at Buchanan Street Methodist Church. Erwin announced he would run for commissioner after indicating no definite decision at the talk. Mayor candidate Marrs praised North Amarillo and outlined a plan for paving streets if elected, while Mrs. Kendrick and Milholland spoke for school races. The club plans a joint meeting with North Amarillo Fast Amarillo Glenwood and San Jacinto to hear candidates, likely at the Natatorium in San Jacinto Heights.
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City Commission
North Amarilloommunity Club
Buchanantreet Methodist Church
Lon. Marrs
BE. Erwin
Erwin
North Amarillo
Fast Amarillo
Glenwood
San Jacinto
W. P. Wray
Amarillo
Marrs
Buchanan Street
St. Anthony's Sanitarium
Buchanan
Fourth
Grant
Garfield
Tenth
Arbuckle Wins License to Wed Doris Deane
Roscoe Arbuckle former film comedian secured a marriage license in Los Angeles to wed Doris Deane. He said the wedding will be at the bride’s mother's home in San Marino near Pasadena tomorrow night.
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Fatty” Arbuckle
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Roscoe Arbuckle
Doris Deane
Arbuckle
San Marino
Tasadena
Notable British hunter Sir W Northrup McMillan dies in Nice
Telegraphs from ST LOUIS report the death of Sir W Northrup McMillan, famed African hunter and World War I knighted British citizen, at Nice yesterday. Other wires detail Bonnie G Rowe's survival after an Okefenokee swamp crash, with little to no word on his mechanic Hal Taylor.
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Associated Press
St, Louis
W. Northrup McMillan
Nice
France
Waycross
Okefenckes
Bonnie G. Rowe
Hal Taylor
Rowe
Taylor
Jacksonville
Fla
Russian steamer Vatslay Vorovsky arrives in Mobile
The Vatslay Vorovsky, first Soviet ship to reach a U S port since 1917, docked in Mobile from Savannah. About fifty crew members will be confined to the vessel due to immigration regulations, per the immigration office.
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Mobile
Ala
Vatslay Vorovsky
United States
Savannah
Immigration Office
Sixteen year old girl on trial for slaying mother
San Francisco March 23 A 16 year old girl Dorothy Ellington faced the court for the admitted act of shooting and killing her mother in January during a quarrel over the girl pursuing a glittering night life. She confessed to causing the death but pleaded not guilty to murder and the trial began with jurors to be selected and likely another day needed.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellington
One Killed Two Hurt in Automobile Crash at Railroad Crossing
Laredo reports one person killed and two seriously injured when a car was struck by a train at a railroad crossing. Jesus Garza, 19, died in a hospital. Trinidad Ortega, 29, suffered a broken leg, contusions and abrasions.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Jesus Garza
Trinidad Ortega
Weather Outlook For West Texas And Nearby
Forecasts indicate Tuesday will be generally fair and colder in the northern portions of West Texas and eastern New Mexico, with unsettled northwest areas and a temperature shift. Amarillo weather yesterday showed temperature changes and mixed hourly readings as trends continue through the day.
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Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Wiseateateteare
Officers Seek Escaped Yeges After Safe Blown
County city and railway officers hunted for the yergs who blew the Lemons Coal and Grain safe Sunday night. About $200 in cash and papers were taken. A nitroglycerine charge shattered the door and wall. bran and grain were piled to muffle the blast. A resident recalls a Sunday night explosion around two o clock. Burglars possibly used the night latch to enter. papers seized were said to be non negotiable.
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Lemons Coal & Grain Company
W. M. Lemons
Chicago man drives into streetcar killing himself
On March 23 in Chicago John O'Brien shouting watch me kill us all deliberately drove his car into an oncoming street car. He was killed and one passenger seriously injured while another passenger escaped unharmed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John O'Brien
O'Brien
Floydada Jury Completes Panel In Hobart Miller Case
Special to The News Floydada March 23 The jury in the Hobart Miller case was completed at 3 30 Monday afternoon with fourteen challenges charged to each side and only two men remaining unexamined. Taking of testimony began at 4 this afternoon. Six jurors had been selected at noon when court recessed for lunch. The case to try J I Miller and Mrs Ruth Hobart of Amarillo in connection with the killing of EK Hobart last July was called at 10. The six jurors selected following the luncheon were J E Dickey G M Tate C Cov ion H N Porterfield Grady Wall A S Green. At 10 30 the examination of prospective jurors of the special venue of 100 men began. Up to noon 23 men had been examined with 6 in reserve. Over 300 witnesses have been subpoenaed, most from near Amarillo. Fleydada hotel facilities are taxed. Judge R C Joiner presiding dismissed the regular jury for the week until Monday morning next week, indicating the trial will run the balance of the week. Mrs Hobart showed interest in the venire examination and spoke with her counsel.
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Floydada
Hobart-Miller
I. Miller
Ruth Hobart
Amarillo
H. N. Porterfield
Grady Wall
Harmons Furniture
A. S. Green
Fleydada
R. C. Joiner
Hobart
C. B. Reeder
L. G. Mathews
Vloydada
EB. A. Simpson
Clarendon
O. J. Over
Iola
Kansas
Chas Clements
Ltovd Fletcher
Amnerido
Tragic death claim heard as mother testifies in Colder case
Mrs Hattie Robertson, mother of murdered youth Buster Robertson, sobbed on an ambulance stretcher as she described the tragedy during hours of direct and cross examination in the Frank Colder murder trial in Wichita Falls. The testimony featured dramatic moments and accusations of immorality against defense witnesses, while the state pressed rebuttal ahead of potential closing arguments.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Frank Colder
Buster Robertson
Hattie Robertson
Robertson
James V. Allred
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