Runaway car crashes into houses during city clash
Amarillo golf championship action heats up as Sikes Johnson Howe and Merriman advance to semi finals. Final set for next Sunday with two players to meet in the championship. Herring Johnson strong in second flight and third flight players push toward Hicks Rubber and News Globe cups.
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Hillcrest
Sikes
Johnson
Howe
Merriman
High Hill
Smith
Godfr
Woolsey
Taylor
Herring
Griffis
Newby
Granberry
Bivins
Uones
Wagner
Spornitz
Gooch
Jones
Horace Gooch
W. W. Woolsey
Doug Herring
Eddie Johnson
Hicks Rubber Company
News-Globe
Clements-Young Sporting Goods Company
Greenhill
Hoover
Defaul Grindorff
Litle
Gosnell
Hap Johnson
Satterwhite
Nicholl
Cowdrey
Vaughn
Puckett
Ham Johnson
Anderson
Magner
McKnight
Grindorff
Nicholls
Mager
Panhandle
W. A. McConnell
McConnell
Amarillo
Ald
Arnold
Cole
Williams
Wooley
Cox
Lambert
Hemphill
Emery
Young
Whitehead
J. Wagner
Westbro Williams
Blanton
Bartlett
Clements
Stratton Murder Trial Set Before Judge Bishop
Ben W. Stratton an oil field foreman faces a murder charge in the April 21 fatal shooting of Amarillo contractor John A. English. The trial before Judge Henry Bishop opens at 10 this morning with Wills & Wills for the defense and DA Flesher for the state. A 125‑member jury is summoned.
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Ben W. Stratton
John A. English
Amarillo
District Criminal Court
Henry Bishop
Wills & Wills
Flesher
Stratton
Elm Street
Glenwood
Rev Ross A Smith Leads Lamesa Church Growth Gamble
Special to The News reports Rev Ross A Smith has pastored First Baptist Church in Lamesa for two years, growing membership to over 700. The church boasts organized systems, strong weekly attendance, and draws crowds from rural areas. Smith, known as Smithy, enjoys broad respect among businesspeople, farmers, and workers and is noted as an avid sportsman and crack shot hunter.
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Lamesa
Ross A. Smith
First Baptist Church
Smith
Four Army Aviators Die In Augusta Aircraft Crash
Four United States Army airmen died when a bomber en route from San Antonio to Langley Field stalled its left engine at about 500 feet over Augusta Georgia. The victims were Second Lieutenant Dan Voorhees Staff Sergeant Clifford Glenn Staff Sergeant James Read and Corporal Kelvin Andrews. The plane struck wires and burst into flames as onlookers watched. Bodies held in Augusta pending word from Washington.
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Associated Press
Augusta
United States Army
San Antonio
Langley Field
Dan F. Voorhees
Air Corps Service
Clifford Glenn
59Th Service Squadron
James Read
20Th Bombardment Squadron
Kelvin Andrews
59Th Service
Flying Field
War Department
Washington
Charles E. Rust
Buty
Remains of Fliers Identified by Tags After Storm
Surviving air crews could not aid the fliers seen among flames and were likely dead or stunned. The bodies were identified only by service tags. Six planes that preceded Voorhees returned an hour later after heavy storms in South Carolina delayed the squadron.
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Voorhees
South Carolina
Young County approves 1.2 million bond for hard surface roads
Olney voters lead with 772 for and 59 against as Young County adopts a 1.2 million road bond issue. The plan funds a countywide system of hard surface and lateral roads, with 577 thousand allocated for lateral construction and key routes from the Jack County line through Loving and Jean to Olney.
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Olney
Texas
Young County
Jack County
Graham
Newcastle
Archer County
Stephens County
Wichita Falls
Baylor County
Loving, Jean
Fort Worth
Plains
Lindbergh Enraptures Croydon With Record 100000 Welcome
The crowd at Croydon air drome swelled past 100000 as Charles A. Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis. Police struggled to clear the field while bystanders surged toward the aircraft and officers protected the pilot amid a chaotic greeting. The reception disrupted plans and drew attention from officials including Ambassador Houghton and Sir Samuel Hoare.
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Associated Press
Croyden
England
Charles A. Lindbergh
Croydon Airdrome
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Alanson B. ‘Houghton
Samuel Hoare
Lady Hoare
Ampas
Memorial Day baseball doubleheader in Amarillo with Wichita
Editorial notes Memorial Day as a time for public joy and sports. Amarillo plans two Western League games against Wichita, at 10:30 in the morning and 8:30 in the evening, to lift spirits and honor heroes while aiming to boost the city’s baseball standing.
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Amarillo
Wichita
Thornton Prepares Explosive Shot To Control Panhandle Oil Fire
Tex Thornton and Mellroy Oil Company workers set barriers and equipment to shoot the No. 2 Cockrell gusher seven miles east of Borger Texas with TNT to end a massive oil fire. Crews in abestos suits guided by Thornton planned to snuff smaller flames and cool the ground before the blast. The Panhandle field's largest gusher has burned since ignition of a 65,000-barrel tank, with two days of dangerous fires lifting flames a hundred feet high.
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Borger
Texas
Mellroy Oil Company
Cockrell
Panhandle
Here
Tex” Thornton
Bradenhead
Thornton
Abestos
McIlroy
Memorial Day Baseball Highlight In Amarillo
Two Amarillo baseball games against Wichita render Memorial Day events with 10:30 am and 3:50 pm starts. Mayor Lee Bivins issues observance proclamation. Flags to half mast for fallen soldiers, with brief full mast then half mast period. American Legion urges certain flag protocol. Civic groups and churches participate in local Memorial Day programs and remembrances across Liano cemetery and city venues.
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Amarillo
Wichita
Lee Bivins
American Legion
Jeitizenship
Liano
Ford Without Driver Plows Into Alabama Street House
A Ford roadster with no driver hurtled along Alabama Street striking the Sparks home at 1506 Alabama, injuring Mr. and Mrs. Sparks and their three children while destroying most of the house and furnishings. The car barreled straight through the dwelling, leaping ditches and walks before stopping with its front wheels just outside.
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David A. Sparks
Alabama Street
Car crashes into house. Sparks family injured in Alabama Street
A speeding car smashed into the Sparks home on Alabama Street near Eleventh Street causing injuries to Mrs. Sparks and her children. Mrs. Williams narrowly avoided the car and police investigate a possible joyride. Reward offered for the arrestee. The car, largely undamaged, was reported stolen earlier.
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N.S. Griggs
Griggs
El Paso Seeks Meanest Thief After Robbing Orphan Home
El Paso police hunt a bold burglar who broke into the El Paso Children's Home and stole dresses and suits for 15 children preparing for a summer camp. He also took money from the matron Mrs Kathleen Drury and a saving bank containing 29 cents belonging to Edith Mantell, a six year old orphan. A boy at services prayed the culprit would reform, while Capt Tom Burnett warned he would face harsher consequences than prayers.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Kathleen Drury
Edith Mantell
Tom Burnett
Wildorado Bank Robbery Ties to Stolen Willys Knight Car
Two young men held up the Wildorado bank and stole $1026 on Friday afternoon. Their getaway car, a National Supply Co Willys Knight with doors marked by company insignia, was stolen days earlier and recovered by police about 7 PM Friday. Investigations show the bandits likely used the car to travel about 200 miles in under 24 hours. Local officials say initial amateur theories were discredited by weekend findings.
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Willys Knight
Wildorado Bank
Amarillo
National Supply Company
H. D. Basset
H. L. Gaither
Police Department
West Tenth Street
Gaither
Fourth Street
Sheriff's
Sheriff's Departments
Potter
Oldham
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