King Ben Purnell and the House of David Saga Told
Mary Parnell wife of Benjamin Purnell testifies in Michigan court about the House of David founder. She recalls early Detroit Mills colony years 1898 to 1906 and later Benton Harbor formation in 1903. She describes affairs with women members and refuses further testimony on possible criminal charges.
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Edwin L. Heckler
United Press
ST. Joseph
Mich
Ben” Purnell
House of David
Michigan
Mary Parnell
Queen Mary
King Ben
Mills
Detroit
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Benton Harbor
Ben
Benjamin Purnell
Third Man In Don Mellett Murder Sentenced To Life
Floyd Breitenberger, a former Canton police officer, convicted of first degree murder for complicity in the killing of Canton editor Don Mellett. Jury recommended mercy, yielding a life term. he joins Patrick McDermott already sentenced to life. Ben Rudner also serves life for second degree murder.
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Associated Press
Canton
Ohio
Floyd Breitenberger
Don BR. Mellett
Streitenberger
Patrick McDermott
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
Mellett
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Conditions
The forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas calls for Wednesday to be partly cloudy with warm trends across West Texas and New Mexico. High pressure dominates the southeast while a Montana low moves east, bringing showers to Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and New Mexico. temperatures rise into the upper 90s in the area with a hot day pattern continuing from the prior record values.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Northwest
Ohio
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo Yesteray
A. Mi
Amarillo Plans Zoning Commission After Judge Bassett Visit
Judge E M Bassett outlines a comprehensive zoning plan for Amarillo including business industrial and residential districts. A zoning commission will be appointed May 26 to draft the plan with hearings to follow as experts from St Louis and New York share guidance.
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Amarillo
E. M. Bassett
New York City
Bassett
Harlan Bartholomew
St. Louis
Zoning Commission
Ida Chitwood Demonstrates Precise Cooking Techniques
National culinary expert Mrs. Ida Chitwood lectures to Amarillo women at the city auditorium under the News-Globe banner. She explains dough handling differences impact texture, showcases chocolate fudge cake, icing decorations, and the role of precise sugar in whipped whites. Her lesson stresses scientific use of recipes and deliberate mixing to ensure reliable results.
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Ida Chitwood
City Auditorium
News-Globe
Amarillo
Fuersten Is Executed for Murder of Mrs. Vickers
Paul Fuersten former head of the Camden Philharmonic Orchestra was executed in the electric chair at the state prison for the June 29 1926 murder of Mrs Harriet Vickers a former Salvation Army lassie.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Paul Fuecsten
Camden Philharmonic Orchestra
Harriet Vickers
State Prison
Fuersten
Vickers
Salvation Army
Camden
Name Seek for 83 Highway Association Formed at Lamesa
In Lamesa on April 19 a new 83 highway association formed and will meet in Snyder on June 7 to choose a formal name. Secretary Wilson has received many suggestions from Wichita Falls and Amarillo, showing wide interest beyond the immediate route.
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Lamesa
3” Highway Association
Snyder
Wilson
No. 83 Association
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
New Highway Association
Pastor of the President 15 Sued for Libel
Rev. J Noble Pierce Coolidge's pastor faced a $50 000 libel suit by Howard T Cole Shipping Board engineer claiming a letter Pierce wrote to Gen A C Dalton protected a woman parishioner. Pierce's lawyer said the letter was legally and morally justified as pastor. The unnamed woman allegedly faced despair over Cole's attentions and potential marriage plans.
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United Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Rev
J. Noble Pierce
Howard T. Cole
A. S. Shipping Board
Pierce
Shipping Board
Gen. A. C. Dalton
Frank J. Hogan
United Press Today
Cole
First Congregational Church
Coolidge
Italy Invited to Three Power Naval Conference
Rome May 17 The Italian government sent to the American ambassador a reply to President Coolidge second note inviting Italy to be represented in some manner at the Geneva three power naval conference The government reserves the right to send naval observers depending on Geneva conference developments and results
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Rome
Sonia Marsh as a Bold New Figure in The Globe Serial
Vida Hurst writes Sonia a celebrated newspaper serial praised as the greatest yet. The heroine challenges modern norms, attracting wide reader interest across major cities. The Globe begins a Thursday debut, promising intrigue and fascination.
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Sonia Marsh
Sonia
Vida Hurst
Globe
New Crevasses Add To Atchafalaya Flood Reach Melville Inundated
The Atchafalaya River breached new crevasses feeding floods that inundated Melville and spread toward Palmetto as authorities warned of unprecedented conditions. Levees held in eight parishes while rescue boats ferried residents from levee tops and upper floors.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Melville
Bayou Des Glasses
Palmetto
Baton Rouge
Sugar Bowl
Louisiana
Morrow
Bayou Des Glasses Lake
Ferriday
Tensas Basin
Weather Bureau
Morgan City
Gulf of Mexico
St. Martin Parish
Old River
Melville Crevasse
Bayou Des Glaises
St. Landry Parish
Opelousas
President Coolidge Attends Cabinet Meeting Despite Illness
President Coolidge, confined to bed overnight with a bronchial cold, was today allowed by his physician to attend a Cabinet meeting at the temporary White House. Dr. James F P Coupal reported no serious condition and noted the president’s history of similar colds.
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United Press
Washington
President Coolidge
White House
James FP. Coupal
Coolidge
Giant Sequoia Falls in Yosemite Preserved Landmark
In Yosemite California a massive sequoia named Massa chusetts toppled today. Park Forester E C Solinsky estimates the tree's age at about 2000 years as officials documented the historic loss.
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The
Associated Press
Yosemite, Calif
Massachusetts
Park
E. C. Solinsky
Amarillo Man Is Advanced To Vice-Presidency at WTC of C Meet
Expert opinion by Clarence Darrow in Philadelphia argues the Snyder Gray murder case shows defendants acted under nervous emotional excitement. He cites infatuation and love as motivators and suggests medical testimony could have framed Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray as not fully responsible for their actions.
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Amarillo
W.T.C
United Press
Philadelphia
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Clavenge Darrow
Leopold and
Loeb
Mark Anthony
Julius Caesar
Snyder
Snyder and Gray Pleased in Change to Sing Sing Tomb
Ossining New York May 17 United Press reports Mrs Ruth Snyder and Grace Gray sleep long first night in Sing Sing death house and seem refreshed. Warden Lawes says both in splendid health. Cray says he is glad to be straightened out here. Mrs Snyder complains of mice in Long Island jail. They will be taken to the yard for calisthenics daily.
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United Press
Ossining
N. Y
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing Prison
Lewis FE. Lawes
Cray
Long Island City
Railroad Head Takes Hopeful View of Flood
Daniel Upthegrove, president of the St. Louis Southwestern railway, expresses a hopeful outlook on flood conditions. He says 1927 in the territory should prove normal unless a broader university setback occurs, and notes the disaster will spur energy to offset losses. Cotton acreage in flooded Arkansas areas is expected to drop as much as 25 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel Upthegrove
St. Louis-Southwestern Railway
Cotton Belt
Arkansas
Air Freight Service Denver to Cheyenne El Paso Tex
Announcement filed by A F Joseph president of Colorado Airways Inc states an airplane passenger freight service between Cheyenne Wyoming and El Paso Texas will start July 1. The service announced today outlines the new route and schedule.
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Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
el Pago
Texas
A. F. Joseph
Colorado Airways, Inc
Fort Worth Nominated as Next Meeting Site Unopposed
At the Texas West Chamber of Commerce session in Wichita Falls Fort Worth was selected as next year’s meeting place by unanimous vote. R Q Lee of Cisco nominated Fort Worth and Homer D Wade was reelected general manager with salary raised to 10000 dollars annually. The board welcomed Panhandle representation with half its members from the Plains region including Amarillo and Wellington.
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Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
R. Q. Lee
Cisco
Homer D. Wade
Wichita Falls
Panhandle
West Texas
Clint Small
Wellington
R. W. Haynie
Abilene
Judge Small
W. A. Robinson
Post
O. P. Thrane
Snyder
W. 8. Posey
Lubbock
RB. A. Underwood
Plainview
H. E. Hoover
F. P. Reid
Pampa
A. P. Duggan
Littlefield
D. E. Agnes
Crosbyton
F. B. Ralls
Ralls
George Sager
Memphis
A. H. Hesse
Dalbert
F. W. Kennerly
Quanah
Seth Holman
Hereford
A. B. Brown
Lockney
Sam Braswell
Clarendon
Mansell
O'Donnell
A. G. Hinn
J. D. Hamlin
Farwell
Spencer Wells
Stinnett
W. J. Morton
Dumas
Dee Howard
Portales
N. M
O. T. Nicholson
Shamrock
B. E. Finley
John W. Elliott
Kress
George Sampson
Kemp Hotel
Blake trial at Plainview set for May 21
Robert F. Blake of Amarillo appeared in Plainview’s Sixty fourth court and pled not guilty to murder in the July 16 1925 highway shooting of Fred Conner a car salesman. Trial is scheduled May 25 with a 250 man special venue as J H Charles Clements presides. Norfleet who hunted fugitives aided Blake’s arrest.
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Robert F. Blake
Amarillo
Plainview
Fred Conner
Kress
Texas
Charles Clements
Sixty-fourth Judicial District
Blake
Tulsa
Fort Smith
Ark
J. Frank Norfleet
Norfleet
Conner
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H. C. Clapp
Malley
America
Mexico
Thomas Arnold Robinson
Alma
Ernestina Calles
Nogales
Sonora
Italy
Fascinating Sonia
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Snyder and Gray
Sing Sing Tomb
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