Starnes Testifies In Miller Hobart Murder Trial
Special to The News Floydada March 25 Former Amarillo patrolman R A Starnes told of giving a gun to E T Miller before the Hobart death. Miller and Mrs Ruth Hobart stand trial for murder as crowds packed Floyd County court. Witness recounted earlier liquor law cases and Starnes described obtaining a gun from Fred Holman for Miller.
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Miller
R. A. Starnes
Amarillo
Floyd Oy de Court
Floyd County
Hobart
Inez Suggs
Tourist Inn
Starnes
Buddy Newman
Newman
Werl Newman
Fred Holman
Appeal to Supreme Court Denies Bail in Foster Son Murder
William D. Shepherd is denied bail on murder charges in the typhoid death of his foster son William N. McClintock to obtain the boy’s estate. Court signals speedy trial. defense vows habeas corpus to seek bail. State aims to set arraignment date. Shepherd returns to county jail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Jacob Hopkins
Criminal Court
Speey
Shephard
Supreme Court
Shepherd
Jury retires after seven hours without verdict
The trial of Frank Collier, former Wichita Falls mayor, for the murder of his son in law Elzie Robertson, saw the jury deliberating about seven hours before being locked up for the night at 11:30 p.m. The case went to the jury at 4:36 p.m. after closing arguments by prosecutors and defense counsel.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
Elzie Robertson
New posses scour country for slain deputies
New posses consisting of more than 200 men hunt a Mexican slayer in Nolan Runnels Coke Taylor counties. Sheriff W W Satterwhite of Howard County and Deputy Reeves of Taylor County were shot 11 miles south of Merkel while attempting arrest. Authorities say organized search covers wide territory as they pursue the suspect after a deadly killing Tuesday. Deputy McGough and Townes aided the lookout while Amarillo to Moore County lines are checked.
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Associated Press
Sweetwater
Nolan, Runnels
Coke
Taylor Counties
W. W. Satterwhite
Howard County
George Reeves
Taylor County
Merkel
W. M. McGough
A. C
Cap) Townes
Tioward County
Amarilo
Moore A Wey
Potter County
Randall County seeks 30000 bond for roads in Precinct 4
Petitions urge Randall County Commissioners Court to order a 30000 bond issue to improve county roads in Precinct No 4. W E B Bennett says election would fund grading and first class condition of all roads in the precinct. The measure would be a precinct affair affecting areas from Potter county to Canyon Amarillo highway and Palo Duro Canyon north.
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Randall County
W. E B. Bennett
Daily News
Potter County
Canyon
Canyon Amarillo Highway
Palo Duro Canyon
Bennett
Day in Washington Politics and Church, Prisons
Luther C White of Massachusetts named superintendent of federal prisons. Thomas F Woodlock of New York to a recess seat on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South rejected unification with the northern church. Chilean atrocities alleged in Tacna Arica cited by the Peruvian embassy. Immigration experts study the impact of a law on South American Indian migration. Coolidge and Borah discuss a new arms conference. Sixteen senators seek FTC data on foreign trade mergers and arms traffic for the upcoming conference.
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Luther C. White
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Tacna-Arica
Coolidge
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Delaware lawmakers back whipping post retention vote
Delaware legislators voted almost unanimously to retain the whipping post for certain crimes. Only one member favored abolition, voting against retention.
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Delaware
Associated Press
Dover
Del
Dictionary Offer Promises Dictionary With Coupons
The News-Post advertises a dictionary ready tomorrow with three coupons and 98 cents postage for mail delivery. It highlights enlarged vocabulary, gold stamping, red edges, and a flexible leather binding. Readers are urged to inspect the dictionary at The News-Post and save a third coupon for redemption.
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News-Post
Dog shot to save from starvation atop Niagara rapids
A mongrel dog stranded 200 feet above the American Falls was shot by a Fort Porter marksman after failed rescue attempts by river men firemen and reservation workers. The dog collapsed and was swept over the falls. Another brief note reports anti aircraft gunners missing moving targets during force practice. The garlic breath fix is to avoid garlic in feed dairy researchers say.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Fort Porter
San Pedro
Calif
Arrostock
Connecticut tries Chapman murder case in Hartford trial
Connecticut's case against Gerald Chapman the jail breaker and lootster moves to the record tomorrow as eleven jurors have been chosen on the second day of the trial Patrolman James J. Skelly of New Britain is set to testify A second panel of talesmen began this afternoon while one juror was still missing—details only partially clear. Also Grace Thayer a former employee in D Thomas's bankruptcy office testified before a congressional committee about a roll of bills handed to Thomas and divided by Judge English, names not given.
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P. A. Martin
James Y. Allred
Collier
Robertson
B. ¥. Cummings
Frank Collier
Sts Downing
Nannie Duncan
Viola
Tudge Cummings
Rank Collier
Associated Press
Hartford
Louis
Grace Thayer
D. Thomas
Congressional Committee
George W. English
Thomas
English
Girl Slayer of Mother Faints in Court Room
Dorothy Ellington, 16, faced a crowded San Francisco courtroom as she admits she killed her mother rather than obey a parental edict to avoid a party. She fainted in a corridor, was carried to an ante-room, then nursed by her reconciled father before being moved to the prison hospital.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellington
Bar of Justice
Death claims Canyon Normal instructor Ferdinand Guenther
Ferdinand Paul Guenther, 59, longtime modern languages professor at West Texas State Teachers College Canyon, died yesterday afternoon at a local hospital. He helped build the campus, directed grounds and tree planting, and previously led Lavaca county schools. Survived by widow Anna and five daughters, two brothers, four sisters, with funeral at Griggs Parlors and burial in Santa Rosa cemetery at Schulenberg.
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Canyon
Lavaca
Vienna College
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Texas A. & M. College
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Kingsville
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Griggs Undertaking
Schulenberg
Santa Rosa Cemetery
Anna Guenther
Elsa
Ena
Margaret
Alma
Annabel Guenther
John and
Frank Guenther
Moulton
la Grange
Tillie
Theresa Guenther
San Antonio
Annié Winkler
Haliween
Louise Jeterka
Amarillo Urges Help For Widow Battling To Save Home
A widow with five children faces loss of her home over 270 and the public is urged to donate. The Daily News and Evening Post report six early gifts, including 5 from Dr. J M Hyden, while others request anonymity. A group of Amarillo women and railway auxiliary members organized aid, asking readers to send 5 to 10 dollar checks to the News, promising accountability and a lifeline during her recovery from a foot injury and eight months of hardship.
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J. M. Hyden
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