Mystery Veils Slaying of Homers
Former Lubbock man Smith is found slain on a highway near this city. Police are investigating a foul slaying tied to a local case.
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Homers
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
1
Pollard Determined to Find Slaying Killer in Amarillo Case
Sheriff officers scour Panhandle and Amarillo area for the killer or killers in the slaying of Homer Lyman Smith, 31, a former Lubbock cotton broker now linked to Borger. Smith was found on the highway with a bullet wound, a pistol nearby, and signs of a struggle. Robberies and escalating crime in Borger Panhandle Amarillo spur fears of martial law or Ranger protection as authorities pursue leads.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Homer Lyman Smith
Lubbock
Borger
Smith
Arthur Wolfe
Grant Street
Southwest
Townsend Motor Company
Stamford
Advertisers Notice From The News Globe Amarillo
The News Globe informs merchants to submit copy early for Sundays issue to meet mall trains and home delivery. The automobile section closes Thursday night. late ads appear in another section. Sunday society ads must arrive before 11 am Saturday. Cooperation requested.
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News-Globe
Amarillo
Sunday Society
The
Scott to Fight Creager Regime in Texas GOP Races
Corpus Christi attorney E. P. Scott will seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination with the opposition of the Creager-Nolte machine by Wurzbach faction backing. George C. Hollis may run for state treasurer with Wurzbach support. Scott said he will announce vital issues in ten days and trust a Wurzbach ticket can carry the state against the organization.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
E. P. Scott
Corpus Christi
Harry M. Wurzbach
Wurzbach
Texas
Scott
R. B. Cregate
Eugene Nolte
Seguin
E. C. Tobey
Freeport
Wurbach
Fourteenth
George C. Hollis
Eagle Pass
Hollis
Creager- Nolte
Paris Man Heads Texas League of Municipalities
T. F. Justiss of Paris was elected president at the League of Texas Municipalities final session in Corpus Christi. R. C. Johnston Waxahachie Co N Avry Austin and W I Baker Nacogdoches were elected first second and third vice presidents. Harvey W. Draper was re elected as executive secretary. San Angelo won the 1927 convention in a contest with Del Rio and Austin.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Texas
Archer County
League of Texas
T. F. Justiss
Paris
R. C. Johnston
Waxahachie
City Buys 22 Traffic Signals for Polk and Fourth Streets
The city commission bought 22 standard regulation traffic signals from Essco Manufacturing of New Orleans. Southwestern Public Service has begun stringing cables and setting poles. Delivery is expected in 10 to 16 days, with signals installed over the centers of Polk, Talyer, Tenth and Fourth street intersections.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Essco Manufacturing Company
New Orleans
Polk, Talyer
Tenth
Fourth Streets
Rock Island Patrol Follows Heavy Rain Between Amarillo and Tucumcari
Rock Island section patrolled the railroad tracks after one of the heaviest rains in months. Rain persisted past midnight with two inches in places and Lake Junction east of Tucumcari reported a washout. Amarillo faced urban flooding as streets and gutters overflowed and vehicles stalled during the deluge.
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Rock Island
Amarillo
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Lake Junction
News-Globe
Weather Bureau
Ft. Worth
Den
Washington Day in Review of Senate Actions
Chairman Wadsworth opposed the Geneva poison gas convention while Senate debated road aid, a freight structure hearing heard from livestock men, and an inquiry into Nicaragua began in the foreign relations committee. The Shipping Board empowered O Connor to finalize the Admiral Oriental ship sale to R Stanley Dollar. The Coolidge prohibition order was discussed again in both houses and Senator Cummins urged farmer aid through the corn belt relief bill.
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Associated Press
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Reed
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Shipping Board
O'Connor
House
Swing
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Jail Addition Plans Deferred by County Commissioners
County commissioners at a called session weighed plans to add 86 beds by double decking the jail, hearing an estimate near 28000 dollars. The jail now holds 60 plus prisoners, with overflow from other counties. Officials will move to the W H Bush building near July 1 for temporary quarters about two years while a courthouse addition or new building is decided.
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Southern Steel Company of
San Antonio
Court House
W. H. Bush
Taylor
Fillmore
Dallas Attorney Receives Five Year Slaying Term
William Lester Crawford a Dallas attorney was sentenced to five years after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his second degree manslaughter conviction for the O Day killing. Crawford shot Paul O Day as he entered an elevator in a downtown building. The case centered on statements about Crawford mother in a will case brief and the trial court's handling of depositions.
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Associated Press
Austin
William Lester Crawford
Dallas
Paul O'Day
Court of Criminal Appeals
Crawford
O'Day
Kate Lester Crawford
Criminal Appeals Court
House Body Urges Revision of Liquor Law
A legislative committee plans a unity push advocating changes to the liquor law. Sponsor Ron Slyvereal States leads a measure to revise provisions and tighten regulation while seeking broader support within the house.
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HOUSE
Ron Slyvereal States
Sixty Lawmakers Move to Legalize Nonintoxicating Beverages
A 60 member unofficial House committee on amending the Volstead act plans to sponsor a revision to legalize manufacture sale and transport of beverages deemed nonintoxicating under state law. Rep Hill leads the group and a subcommittee including Rep Dyer heads the drafting of the modification bill.
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Presa
Washington
House Committee For
House
Representative Hill
Republican
Maryland
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Dyer
Missouri
Illinois
Weller
New York
Mixed Updates From Courts Politics and Finance
Circuit Judge George E Mix stayed a settlement in the William Allen Scott Rutherford case after a $500 fine on manslaughter plea. An informal Nicaragua inquiry was opened by the Senate Chairman and sent to the state department. H Dp Lyon led the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers association with Daniel Bond and Major Robert Gibson elected to top posts. Paris bank Deors’ closure announced temporary with capital cut from 150000 to 100000.
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The
Associated Press
ST. Louis
George E. Mix
William Allen Scott Rutherford
Mix
Howard Seidens
Kencens Kenty
San Antonio
H. Dp. Lyon
Linters
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association
Daniel Bond
Vernon
Robert Gibson
Dallas
Paris
First State Bank of
State Banking Department
Congress in Row on Booze Plan Across Houses
May 26. Debate over President Coolidge's order to empower state and local officers as federal enforcement agents continues in both chambers. In the House Representative Swing defends the order as constitutional and cooperation with California. In the Senate Senator Edwards attacks the order as the wets push back while Senator Caraway criticizes the push for a national referendum on prohibition. Chairman Cummins plans formal discussion tomorrow on the legal issue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate Judiciary
California
Senate
Edwards
New Jersey
Caraway
Arkansas
Cummins
Judiciary Committee
Swing
Oil Field Towns Form Vigilance Committees Amid Rising Killings
Panhandle oil towns including Borger Whittenberg Isom and Dixon Creek organize vigilance groups armed with shotguns and pistols to curb hijackers gunmen and robbers. Merchants report recent killings and hold ups as gunmen flock from across the country, with residents steering to defend life and property.
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Panandle
Borger
Whittenberg
Isom
Dixon Creek
Double Tragedy Marks Quarrel at Tent Home
Porter Davis a truck driver shoots a man during a dispute at a tent home then turns the gun on himself. Davis dies at the scene and the other man is hurt, investigators say.
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Porter Davis
Agree to Separate Pair In Fatal Domestic Tragedy
Porter Davis 31 shot his wife in the forehead and then killed himself with a 32 caliber pistol after an argument while they were separating belongings near a tent south of the railroad depot. Davis and his wife were well known. three children ages two four and six survive the couple.
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O'Clock
Davis
Beidelman Seeks Inspect of Allegheny Election Returns
Attorneys for Allegheny County and Edward E Beidelman the Vare candidate for governor reached a late agreement to allow inspection of all election returns. Beidelman had demanded access after charging frauds in the election and his forces had appealed the official count in 21 districts.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Edward E. Beidleman
Beidelman
Court of Appeals
Fort Worth Photographer Group Elects Reid Leader
Guy N. Reid of Fort Worth was re elected president of the Southwestern Professional Photographers association at its four day Fort Worth convention. Tessie F. Dickeson of Corsicana was chosen secretary treasurer. State vice presidents named include Claude Gray Amarillo Otho Dickeson Shreveport O L Higgins El Dorado Ark and J B Huck El Reno Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Guy N. Reid
Southwestern Professional Photographers’ Association
Tessie F. Dickeson
Corsicana
Claude Gray
Amarillo
Otho Dickeson
Shaveport
el Dorado
Ark
J. 8
Huck
el Reno
Okla
Textile workers protest wages before Senate Labor Committee
Thomas F. McManon president International Textile Workers presented a protest to the Senate Labor Committee in Washington on May 26. He argued current wages fail to maintain the American standard of living and urged approval of the Shefflard resolution calling for an inquiry into wages in the textile steel and other industries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas F. McManon
International Textile Workers
Shefflard
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with Thursday expect partly cloudy skies and possible showers. New Mexico and the southern Plains show unsettled conditions with local thunder showers and a slight drop in temperatures. Temperature readings list a low around the mid forties and a high near mid seventies for today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Plains
Texas
Arizona
Mississippi Valley
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Frank Lipschitz
Posse
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Wets
Alleghaney County
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