State Ends Lamson Testimony in Lamson Murder Case
California wrapped up its case against David A. Lamson in the Stanford press representative murder trial. Pathologist Dr. Freick Proeschner testified and the state argued the death was a deliberate strangulation tied to marital discord. The defense plans to argue an accidental bathroom fall.
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San Jose
Calif
Freick Proeschner
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Lamson
Indicted gunmen tied to Union Station killings
Harvey Bailey and 10 others were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to free a federal prisoner and assisting in the June 17 Union Station shootings that killed four officers and a prisoner. Other indicted include Robert C. Brady and Wilbur Underhill, part of the escape group.
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Kansas City
Harvey Bailey
Federal Grand Jury
Union Station Plaza
Bailey
Texas A
Oklahoma
Charles Urschel
Kansas Penitentiary
Robert C. Brady
Wilbur Underhill
Union Station
Frank Nash
Leavenworth
Kansas
Nash
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Outlook
Fair Saturday with a pleasant day in Amarillo area. West of 100th Meridian expect partly cloudy skies and scattered thunder showers in extreme west portions. New Mexico mostly fair with little temperature change. Temperature readings from yesterday show highs around 79 and 80, with varying overnight lows.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Messesteeeres
Wiesesenes
Black suspects confess to further killings in Dallas case
Two African American men indicted for the murder of 19 year old Katheryn Prince confessed to taking part in a prior slaying of Abe Schreiber and his companion Miss Pauline Corman on a rural road near Dallas two years earlier. Victim Mace Carver's condition improved after shooting during the kidnapping attempt.
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Dallas
Katheryn Prince
Abe Schreiber
Pauline Corman
Stonely
William Decker
Decker
Miss Prince
Mace Carver
Thurman Barkley
Bluitt
Schreiber
Thurman
Henry Tirey
Asylum Ex inmate Held After Killing Uncle near Thrall
Tommie Nolte 35, a former insane asylum inmate, is held after the slaying of his uncle Henry Floyd 73 at a Thrall area farm. Authorities plan a sanity hearing at Georgetown. Nolte tried to hang himself after the homicide.
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Taylor
Tommie Nolte
Henry Floyd
Austin
Thrall
Georgetown
Floyd
Nolte
Oil industry plans price and production control under Blue Eagle
Washington reports leaders of the oil industry move to align about production quotas and price schedules to stabilize the 12 million employees and a twelve billion dollar sector. Secretary Ickes awaits committee recommendations on allocation and aims for possible maximum retail prices for gasoline and oil products.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Ickes
Committee of 15
Four Hurt in Lubbock Area Car Crash
Four persons were injured in a three car crash four miles east of Lubbock. Sheriff Bailey Bingham of Stonewall County suffered several broken ribs and chest injury. Mrs. Bingham had a fractured nose. John W. Hoy of Aspermont and J C Clark of Olney were also hurt. All four were treated at a local sanitarium.
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Lubbock
Bailey Bingham
Stonewall County
Bingham
Sheriff Bingham
Windsor Read Romance Under Divorce Alienation Suit
The trial over a $100000 alienation suit reveals letters between actress Claire Windsor and Alfred C Read Jr tracking their transcontinental romance. Read’s wife Marian learns of the affair as Windsor chides him for late letters while Read fears publicity and possible divorce fallout.
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Los Angeles
Claire Windsor
Alfred C. Read, Jr
Read
Oakland
Miss Windsor
Furhher
Agua Caliente
Alfred
Ford Plans Bold Move In NRA Exchange
Detroit reports indicate Henry Ford plans a rapid counter to the national recovery administration. Rumors say he may refuse to sign the NRA automotive code and push a separate Ford code with a possible return to a five dollar day minimum wage. Associates say no profit-sharing beyond the Ford bank is planned. The situation remains unsettled as details are withheld.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
National Recovery Administration
Ford
NRA
Interst
Four Die as B&O Coal Train Derails Near Zanesville
Four men were killed and ten injured when a Baltimore and Ohio coal train derailed at Claypool Mills, 14 miles west of Zanesville. A broken axle is blamed. most victims were transients.
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Zanesville
Baltimore & Ohio
Claypool Mills
Testimony Closes in Trial of A M Thomas in Knife Assault Case
The trial of A M Thomas for assault with intent to murder Homa Hart ended testimony late Friday with no defendant stand. Prosecution named Hart and several witnesses including Bot Underwood Jr and Mrs Ethel Harmon, detailing the knife attack and Hart’s injuries. Defense suggested temporary insanity or irresponsibility at the time. Evidence included Hart’s near fatal wounds, statements from Thomas, and testimonies about domestic strife and Hart’s relation to Thomas’s wife. Arguments set for Saturday at 9 a m in 47th District Court and jury expected to render verdict.
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A. M. Thomas
Homa Hart
47Th District Court
Thomas
Hart
Bot Underwood, Jr
Ethel Harmon
Fillmore Sr
L. H. Chance
Fillmore Street
H. C. Thomas
Three convicts vanish on fishing trip from prison farm
Three life-term inmates, granted permission to fish at a lake on the Okla prison farm, fled in a taxicab and were at large after leaving Crowder 14 miles away. The escape involved Roy A. Johnson, W. J. Walker, and Irvin Thompson, with Warden Sam Brown directing the chase.
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Pontotoc County
Irvin “Blackie” Thompson
Drumright
Sam Brown
Heads Up Seats On Sale At City Drug Store
Tickets for Heads Up the musical revue at Municipal Auditorium go on sale at City Drug Store 517 Polk Street with prices from 25 cents to 1 dollar for matinee and night shows. The cast includes Ligon Smith and His Band Jimmie Jeffries and radio stars. Reservations via Benton King Net manager.
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Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Ligon Smith
Jimmie Jeffries
Benton King
Net
Seven balloon entries ready for Bennett race start
At Curtiss-Wright Reynolds Airport Chicago on Sept 1 seven balloonists from five nations prepared for the James Gordon Bennett distance race set to begin at 3 30 P M tomorrow with east south drift expected. Lieut T G W Settle heads the field after winning the 1932 Basle event and being the only man licensed to fly gliders to dirigibles. Inflation with hydrogen was to start tonight.
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Curtiss-Wright
Lst
T. G. W. Settle
Gordon Bennet
America
Basle
Switzerland
Settle
Texas votes approve repeal and beer measure in late returns
The Texas Election Bureau released latest unofficial returns from last Saturday's election. Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment carried by 119 574 votes and legalization of 3.2 percent beer by 132 623 votes. Tabulations from 246 of 254 counties showed 292 012 for repeal and 172 439 against. 206 005 for the beer measure and 162 382 against. About 464 451 votes counted with an estimated 36 000 remaining scattered elsewhere.
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Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Election Bureau
Cuban hurricane leaves Havana damaged and two-masted schooner missing
Reports from Cuba describe a tropical storm causing heavy damage in Havana and northern coast cities. Sixteen injured in Havana with looting reported and soldiers patrolling waterfronts. Search begins for the two-masted schooner Glory sailing from Norfolk to Port Arthur on August 21 with ten aboard.
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Associated Press
Cuba
Caribbean
Havana
Josephine Gray
Abel Foam
Santa Clara Prove Ince
Glory
Norfolk
Port Arthur
Tex
National Observatory
Caibarien
Tsabela de Sagua
Varadero
Matanzas
Camacguey
Stinnett Named Texas Member Of Arkansas River Commission
Public Works Administrator Ickes appointed a seven state board to study the Arkansas River and tributaries for flood control irrigation and soil erosion prevention. A B Stinnett of Amarillo named Texas representative. Newt R. Graham chairs the group with members from New Mexico Missouri and Colorado.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Public Works
Ickes
Arkansas River
Public Works Administration
Stinnett
Amarillo
Texas
Arkansas River Basin Commission
Newt R. Graham
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Arch Hurley
Tucumcari
New Mexico
J. 8. Burns
Joplin
Missouri
Henry C. Vidal
Colo
Rado
Marvin Jones
Arkansas Basin
Tucum
Texas Panhadie
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