Slain Rancher Case Opens as Amarillo Trial Begins
Will Moore, a black defendant, faces a new trial for the March killing of Mont Pete Moore at a hotel during the cattlemen’s convention. A 250 member venire reports at 9 AM, witnesses from New Mexico and Amarillo attend, while federal court starts a three week session with more grand jury activity expected.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Tre Negro
Henry
Bishop
New Mex
United States District Court
John Herron White
Borger
Retail price cut urged by manufacturers in New York
The executive committee of the National Association of Manufacturers calls on retailers to proportionally reduce consumer prices to match wholesale declines to speed up business recovery. The statement warns that full industrial prosperity hinges on substantial retailer price reductions.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers Today
United States
Toment
Victim of Shooting Accident Improving
Chester Sullivan, 15, who was accidentally shot Saturday, rested well Sunday at North West Texas hospital. A discharged .22 pistol caused severe wounds to his right forearm and abdomen as he and Glen Palmer, at 702 Cleveland Street, played with the ancient four barrel derringer.
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Chester Sullivan
Northwest Texas Hospital
Chester
E. C. Sullivan
Cleveland Street
Glen Palmer
Celveland
Illicit Liquor Bill Estimated at 2.848 Billion in U S
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment reports Americans spend about 2.848 billion dollars annually on intoxicating beverages. It calls the illicit liquor trade a major industry, noting higher totals when considering taxes and fees since 1914 and arguing prices used reflect home-made and neighborhood bootlegger purchases.
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Washington
United States
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Association
America
Associat
New Gas Plans for Borger Planned to Be Filed
Plans and specifications for a proposed new gas distributing system for Borger are to be submitted to the city once completed. E L Lantron and W A Huffman seek a gas franchise and offer rates about one third lower than those charged by Panhandle Power and Light Company. W B Miser of Amarillo to oversee the project.
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Borger
E. L. Lantron
W. A. Huffman
Panhandle Power and Light Company
W. B. Miser
Amarillo
Mercury Rockets to 91 Degrees in Amarillo Sunday
Amarillo recorded a Sunday high of 91 degrees at 4 pm, 31 degrees above the 60 degree Sunday morning low. The heat made residents stay indoors until evening, with cooler, partly cloudy conditions forecast for today.
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Mercury
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Graduates Hear Sermons At Amarillo High and College
Ama rillo High School and Amarillo College graduates heard baccalaureate sermons at Central Presbyterian and Polk Street Methodist churches. Dr. R Thom son spoke to college grads. Rev Ira F Key addressed 273 high school seniors at the Municipal Auditorium on The Quest for Life.
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Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Ira F. Key
Polk Street Methodist Church
Key
Municipal Auditorium
The Sheik's Niece to Open at Municipal Auditorium
A capacity audience is expected for the first presentation at the municipal auditorium. Advance tickets indicate strong demand for The Sheik's Niece, described as one of the best musical comedies of its kind.
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Amarillo
the Panhandle
Potentate Rue P. Parcells
Mike Hollander
Ruth Fspedahl
Hurst Jewelry Store
Eighth Avenue
Polk Streets
Municipal Auditorium
Air Fleet Repulses Theoretical Enemy
More than 650 airplanes roared from New York into New England as the Army rehearsed maneuvers to counter a seaborne threat. Gen. MacArthur arrived with staff, and 43 transports stood by at Springfield Airport while observers and bombers filled five southern New England airfields.
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Springfield
Mass
New York
New England
America
Sable Island
Bowles
Agawan
Benjamin D. Foulois
Brainard
Hartford
Conn
National Guard
Rentschler Field
Ton Airport
9Th
Army
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Air Corps
Fox Connor
James E. Fechet
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Long Island
Keystone
J. M. Gillespie
2Nd Bombardment Group
Northampton
Calvin Coolidge
Trubee Davison
Army Air Corps
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
War Department
Rioting prisoners free and torch Vandalia State Farm
May 24 reports say six hundred convicts escaped their dormitories at Vandalia State Penal Farm and set fire to wooden buildings. Chief of Police C A Hibbard was assaulted, several guards hurt, and authorities feared additional escapes as fires spread before order was restored. A previous April riot and fires at Joliet prisons are noted as context.
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Vandalia
Til
Vandalia State Penal Farm
C. A. Hibbard
Frank Whipp
Joliet
Jo- Met
Btatesville
Old State Prison
Mike Miller
Metzger
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Affects Global Imports
Washington May 24 The tariff commission forecast that imports valued in the millions of dollars could be affected by the Smoot-Hawley act. The exclusion of convict, forced and indentured labor was initially urged but Congress amended it before final passage. The provision becomes effective January 1, 1932 and notes the practice persists in rubber from British Malaya and Sumatra and palm oil from tropical countries.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
State Department
Department
Congress
United States
Malaya
Sumatra
Lighting System For Night Racing Nears Completion
Plans for the Tri-State Fair auto races claim completion soon with 50,000 watt flood lights to illuminate the track. The event features 20 dare-devil drivers including Lonnie Johnson in a Chevrolet Special, and 50,000 complimentary tickets issued for Friday night. Box seats cost 25 cents, parking is free, and rain plans allow flexible timing.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
United States
Los Angeles
Wichita
Kan
Lonnie Johnson
Amarillo
Oval
Lonnie
W. W. Bowen
Tri-State
Auburn
Wilson W. Ballew Company
West-Tex Motor Company
Air Mail Pilot Dies After Mountain Crash Near Bellefonte
Air Mall Pilot James D. Cleveland crashes on Nittany Mountain near Bellefonte after poor visibility and wind driven snow. His cargo of 1000 pounds of mail is destroyed as fire consumes the wreckage.
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Bellefonte
Air Mall
James D. Cleveland
Nittany Mountain
Here
Cleveland
National Air Transport
New York
Hell Strip
Hell
New York-Cleveland Air Mail
Tommy Nelson
Cleveland, O
Weather roundup for Amarillo and Texas regions
Weather brief notes from Amarillo and vicinity report partly cloudy conditions today and Tuesday. Temperatures reach 91 degrees at 4 p.m. Sunday, with a 60 degree minimum Sunday morning. Oklahoma and West Texas show similar patterns with mostly partly cloudy skies and warmer spells in various regions Monday and Tuesday.
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Amarillo
Oklahoma
Texas
West Texas
Place to Find a Doer in the Globe News Want Ads
In The Globe News Want Ads the Business Service column lists workers for various tasks from vermin extermination to sleuthing. Consult the column today and put a man to work for waxed floors cleaned windows sharpened lawn work and carpentry.
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Globe-News
Colum
Charges filed in death of Broadway butterfly Vivian Gordon
Harry Stein and Harry Greenberg were formally charged with murder in Vivian Gordon case. Schlitten, the Newark chauffeur, and Izzy Lewis were held as witnesses after Schlitten's confession that he drove the car used to abduct and dump Gordon in a Bronx thicket.
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New York
Harry Stein
Harry Greenberg
Vivian Gordon
Broadway Butterfly
Harry Schlitten
Newark
N. J
Izzy
Schlitten
Stein
Miss Gordon
Greenberg
Greenhear
van Cortlandt Park
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