Texas Mexico trip train tour reaches Monterrey after San Antonio visit
A News-Globe special train carrying Tri-State Fair boosters arrived in Nuevo Laredo from Austin and San Antonio on May 17. Governor Sterling and Mrs. Sterling welcomed Wilbur Hawk and party, presenting an official parchment invitation to President Ortiz Rubio. The delegation toured the Alamo and received bouquets for Mrs. Hawk before leaving for Monterrey.
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Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Ross Sterling
Austin
San Antonio
News-Globe
Monterrey
Capital
Clint Small
Walter Woodward
Clyde Warwick
Dewey Young
Arthur Young
Sterling
Chantel
Amarillo
Wilbur Hawk
Ortiz Rubio
Texas
Palo Duro Canyon Opens to Huge Crowds Near Amarillo
Twenty-five thousand visitors flocked to Palo Duro Canyon for its Sunday opening 30 miles south of Amarillo. Ray V. Davis opened the park gates at 10 AM, inviting families to picnic under trees and explore the colorful cliffs as supporters push for a regional state park plan along the Northwest Texas canyon. The legislature weighs a sulphur tax amendment to the Holder Peddlers bill amid talk of a possible extension.
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Austin
Loy
Sherman
Senate
Panhandle
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
Ray V. Davis
Texas
Canyon
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Palo Duro Park Association
State
Alfonso Celebrates 45th Birthday in Paris Private Lunch
In Fontainebleau France on May 17 former King Alfonso of Spain marked his 45th birthday with a royal family private lunch in Paris.
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Alfonso
Fontainebleau
France
Spain
Paris
David Belasco Buried In New York Funeral
David Belasco master of the stage was buried in New York after funeral services at the Central Synagogue attended by Mayor James J Walker and many theatrical figures. More than 2000 people filled the synagogue and others lined the street to view the bronze violet covered casket. Edwin Milton Boyle read the eulogy as Rabbi Jonah Wise led the services. Belasco died at 76 last Thursday.
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New York
David Belasco
Central Synagogue
James J. Walker
Edwin Milton Boyle
Belasco
Jonah Wise
Boyle
French Prosecutors Seek Murder Verdict for Miss America
In Nice on May 17 the prosecution plans to ask a murder verdict with provocation excuse for Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger formerly of St. Louis and once named Miss America. She is on trial for shooting her husband Fred G. Nixon Nirdlinger, Philadelphia theater magnate, at their villa March 11. No witnesses.
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Nice
France
Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger
St. Louis
Nixon Nirdlinger
Fred G. Nixon
Nirdlinger
Philadelphia
Woman Church Worker Faces Slander Charge in Atlanta Suit
Mrs. Rowland Bryce of Atlanta faces slander allegations in a suit filed by Rev. Rembert G. Smith. The document seeks $25,000 damages from two bishops Edwin D. Mouton in Charlotte and John M. Moore in Dallas, plus $25,000 from Mrs. Bryce for alleged defamatory words about Smith. The case stems from wider church disputes over political actions at the 1930 Methodist general conference in Dallas.
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Rowland Bryce
Rembert G. Smith
Sparta
Edwin D. Mouton
Charlotte
N. C
John M. Moore
Dallas
Texas
Bryce
Smith
Speedy trial planned for Slayer of two girl teachers
Kay County officials aim to extradite Earl Quinn from Missouri for trial within six to eight weeks on the double murder of Jessie and Zedia Tuth, two school teachers shot near Tonkawa last December. Governor Murray seeks Missouri governor’s cooperation while new evidence purportedly links Quinn to the crime.
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Okla
Kay County
Earl Quinn
Bruce Potter
Jefferson City
Quinn
Kansas City
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Caulfield
Missouri
Jessie
Zedia
Tonkawa
Blackwell
Potter
Speed Holman Killed In Omaha Air Race
Charles Speed Holman dies in a 300 mph crash at the Omaha air races before about 20 000 spectators. The famed stunt flyer, 33, disintegrated after a full power dive and a low roll, ending a career that included looping, outside loops and barrel rolls.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles
Speed) Holman
Nation
S Airways
Holman
Wallace Beery Visits Reno Says He Is Happily Married
Film star Wallace Beery flew into Reno in a private plane and told reporters he is happily married and not contemplating a six weeks divorce. He plans to stay a couple of days and spent part of the day with boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
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Reno
Wallace Beery
Beery
Jack Dempsey
Fire department responds to two Sunday calls
The fire department answered two calls Sunday afternoon at Carolina and Sixth Avenue and at 909 West Tenth. A large sedan owned by George Engleman was badly damaged on West Tenth. The San Jacinto blaze was a trash fire.
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Carolina and
Sixth Avenue
West Tenth
George Engleman
San Jacinto
Liquor Part of Gang Funds Not the Main Revenue
Attorney General Mitchell says illegal liquor traffic accounts for on average not over 20 percent of revenue for recently prosecuted gangsters. He notes its decline and warns removing liquor profits would not end gangsterism. He cites a community with 48 rackets and stresses local roots of organized crime.
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Washington
Mitchell
Columbia Broadcasting System
Glash Opposes Tariff Plan in Capitol Clash
Senator Goldsborough Republican Maryland and Representative Burns Democrat Tennessee clashed in Washington over tariff policy. Goldsborough ridiculed Senator Hull Democrat Tennessee and a proposed repeal as a threat of another general tariff revision. Burns, ranking Democrat on the House appropriations committee, blamed Hawley Smoot for much of the drop in U.S. foreign trade.
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Washington
Goldsborough
Maryland
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Hull
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
Amarillo Man Hurt in Auto Crash Near Fair Grounds
E. P. Thompson about 20 years old was injured in an automobile collision near the Tri-State Fair ground Sunday afternoon. His right arm was broken and he sustained bruises. The other vehicle was a machine driven by Douglas Henson of Canyon.
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E. P. Thompson
Tri-State
St. Anthony's Hospital
Thompson
Douglas Henson
Canyon
Federal and State Courts Open Busy Term In Potter County
Federal court begins week of prosecution with 39 criminal indictments including narcotic and liquor violations and mail fraud. Grand jury reconvenes May 25 as equity and civil matters follow. Potter County grand jury meets Wednesday with about 30 indictments totaling in the term. Trial set for Luogenia Pursney, negress, charged with murder in stabbing of Herbert Smith.
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Alex M. Mood
Arnold Davis
Potter County District Court
Henry
Bishop
Criminal Court
W. E. Gee
State Criminal Court
Civil Court
Amarillo
Gee
Potter County
Grand Jury
J. N. Beasley
Luogenia Pursney
Herbert Smith
Dalhart Area Sees Bond Votes For New Schools
Residents of Sedan west of Dalhart voted 186000 in bonds for a new school as growth spurs expanded facilities. Des Moines New Mexico approved a 15000 bond for a school gymnasium and auditorium with a 148 to 101 tally.
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Big Dalhart
North Plains
Sedan
Des Moines
N. M
Seven Die In Grade Crossing Crash In Iowa Town
A May 17 collision near Toronto Iowa killed five girls and two young men when their car failed to stop for an eastbound freight train at a protected crossing. The Berner siblings from Toronto were five of the victims. Mildred Mumford and Walter Mumford of Dewitt were cousins to the Berner family. The car was hurled across the crossing. an inquest will be held.
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Martha Berner
Medona Berner
Bernadette Berner
Monica Berner
Arnold, Berner
Toronto
Mildred
Walter Mumford
Berners
Dewitt
Iowa
L. O. Riggert
Boston Scion Ends Life in Society Club
In Washington on May 17 Robert S. Montgomery a 25 year old scion of a Boston and New York family shot and fatally wounded society club manager Charles Garbett, killed Policeman Jesse Taylor, then fatally wounded himself outside a taxi. Garbett lay seriously wounded.
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Washington
Roberts
Montgomery
Boston
New York
Jesse Taylor
Charles Garbett
Garbett
Texas Negro Election Law To High Court
In El Paso on May 17 a case testing the Texas 1926 election law regarding negroes voting in white primaries heads to the U S Supreme Court. L A Nixon seeks appeal after a New Orleans circuit court of appeals ruling in his $5,000 suit against James Condon and C H Kolle for being barred from the 1928 Democratic primary. Nixon already won and then lost similar suits, with precedents set by federal judges and the Texas Legislature as the era shaped party primary access.
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EL Paso
United States Supreme Court
L. A. Nixon
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Nixon
James Condon
C. H. Kolle
C. C. Herndon
Texas
State Executive Committee
San Angelo Fugitives Remain at Large After Jail Break
A 36 hour search for J. D. Conner and five other inmates who escaped from Tom Green County jail yielded no trace. Rangers and officers from several counties patrolled roads between San Angelo and the Rio Grande without success. A car wreck arrest at Big Spring did not involve any of the fugitives.
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Texas
J. D. Conner
Tom Green County
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
Big Spring
Weather Outlook for Oklahoma and Southwest States
Mostly cloudy conditions with likely thunder showers in eastern Oklahoma, cooler in the west. Tuesday trends toward fair skies with cooler readings in the east and south. East Texas expects cloudy skies with scattered storms Monday and Tuesday, cooler in the north on Tuesday. West Texas shows mainly cloudy with southeast thunder showers, cooler in the north. New Mexico and Arizona forecast mostly fair, cooler Monday, Tuesday in parts.
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East Texas
West Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Sale Miscellaneous Ads Highlight Furniture Deals
The Globe News Want Ads urge readers to check the Sale Miscellaneous column for furniture bargains as a fast way to clear clutter. Buyer's guidance emphasizes starting there to fill empty corners.
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Globe- News
Wise
Clearing House
Texas jailbreakers flee San Angelo five men on the loose
Five desperate men escaped from San Angelo jail on Saturday after overpowering a jailer and deputy, robbing four guns, and hijacking a car. Officers fear a deadly confrontation as hunt extends to the Mexican border and West Texas. Some inmates claim the gun may be soap fashioned and wrapped in blackened paper, though officers say it was real. Postal authorities join the investigation.
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San Angelo
Texas
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