Final appeal to governor proves futile in Cisco murder case
Henry Helms nears execution in Texas for alleged Santa Claus bank robbery at Cisco on December 23, 1927. One accomplice killed in a gunfight, another in prison, a third serving life. Helms’ family pleaded with Governor Moody for clemency as officers and two Cisco policemen died in the raid.
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The
Associated Press
Huntsville
Tex
Henry Helms
State Penitentiary
Helms
Cisco
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Dan Moody
First National Bank of
Marshall Ratiff
Robert Hill
Louis Davis
Santa Claus
Davis
Bil Bedford
G. W. Carmichael
Micims
Graham
Texas
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer in Amarillo and vicinity on Friday. West Texas expected occasional local showers and warmer temperatures, with unsettled conditions and possible showers in New Mexico. A trough of low pressure moves from southern Texas to Lake Michigan, with other high pressure areas in play. Observations quote highs from 60s to 90s across listed western and central locations. precipitation reported at 0.0 inches for the prior 24 hours in the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Plains States
Texas
Lake Michigan
Wyoming
Canada
Rocky Mountain
Abilene
Boise
Idaho
Brownsville
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Corpus Christi
Dallas
del Rio
Denver
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Cal
Modena
Utah
Montgomery
Ala
Nashville
Arizona
Reseeereernree
Portland
Oregon
S.esseeeeneeeeres
Pueblo
Colo
Vovsonene
Rapid City
South Dakot
Roswell
St. Louis
St. Paul
W. Ton
Air Derby Lands At Amarillo Field With Free Access
Planes expected today from Phillips Petroleum of Bartlesville and other fliers to arrive for Amarillo’s two day air derby at Municipal Airport. The aviation committee offers courtesy cards for pilots granting free hotel meals transport fuel and entertainment. Officials say crowds will be large with a full program to watch both days and souvenir booklets at 25 cents.
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Amarillo
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Phillips
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Aviation Committee
Mason King
Ross Rogers
Globe
Rogers
Texas
Unsolved Bank Riddle Leaves $500,000 at Chase National
A man posing as C D Waggoner, president of the Bank of Telluride, presented certified checks for 500000 at Chase National after six Denver banks wired sums to the Telluride account. The man vanished and none of the checks has yet been cashed. The Amer ican Bankers Association hired detectives to pursue the case.
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Associated Press
New York
American Bankers Association
Denver
Colorado
Chase National Bank
Bank of Telluride
Colo
Chemical Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
Guaranty Trust Company
Equitable Trust Company
National City Bank
Harriman National Bank
C. D. Waggoner
Telluride Bank
Chase Bank
Autumn Rain Briefs Across West Texas Cities
Autumn brings cooler air as temperatures dip with a near 64 degree high and scattered showers. Reports from Lockney Floydada Wichita Falls Gainesville and Denton detail rainfall amounts from three quarters to one and a half inches ending droughts and moistening soils for wheat.
Texas gets fall weather after long dry spell rains sweep Texas Panhandle
Cooler air followed widespread rains across North Texas and into the Panhandle. Rain totals ranged from about a half inch to nearly three inches, with some areas hit by damaging winds and hail. Ranchers expect pasture improvement though agricultural benefits remain limited. Rankin suffered roof damage to several business buildings including the Harlan hotel.
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Texas
Associated Press
North
Panhandle
Rankin
Harlan Hotel
The Cheerful Cherub Recast Insight on Worries
This note argues that drawing back from daily woes helps discern their true weight. It urges calm perspective to replace blind resistance and reduce distress through distance and reflection.
Stock Market Plummets As One Billion Dips In Final Hour
In New York on September 5 the last hour erased over a billion dollars in quoted values as selling expanded across the board. Many issues set new highs earlier but declined sharply, with active stocks losing three to about eighteen dollars a share. The day totaled more than 5.5 million shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Roger Babson
Florida
Bank of England
Grand Jury Charges Santa Fe Employee Gristy with Statutory Offense
A Potter county grand jury indicted Alan Gristy, a Santa Fe employee, on a statutory offense against a young married woman. Gristy was remanded to jail without bond after an examining trial and is to be arraigned in district court Monday with a possible bond request. The trial date will also be set then. The 27 year old woman reported the assault, alleging he beat her head and face with his fists before the statutory offense.
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Potter County Grand Jury
Alan Gristy
Santa Fe Employe
Gristy
District Criminal Court
Federal probe into Dallas degree mill
Federal agents were asked to investigate a Dallas institution accused of selling bogus divinity degrees. Advertisements claimed B. D. degrees for 50 dollars and D. D. degrees for 100 dollars mailed to preachers, with the school listed as a private residence in a select Dallas area.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Edison Struggles With Pneumonia In West Orange
Frank Shell, president of Edison industries, reported that the aging inventor Thomas A. Edison remains bedridden with pneumonia. He has been confined to bed for almost two weeks and rested quietly in the past two hours.
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Edison
United Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Frank Shell
Edison Industries
Shell
Briand Seeks Delegates for European Confederacy Conference
French Premier Aristide Briand aims to convene representatives from all European nations in an unofficial Geneva meeting to explore a European confederation with political and economic bases while preserving national sovereignty. He plans to study feasibility and may form a commission if favorably received.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Aristide Briand
France
Briand
Paris
Assembly
League of Nations
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
MacDonald
London
Europe
United States
America
Falls Asleep at Wheel Drowns in Canal Near El Paso
Percy Ladner aged 24 of Bush Louisiana fell asleep at the wheel and drowned when his car plunged into a canal near El Paso. I A Ladner Thomas A Davis and Ted Davis escaped after futile efforts to save him. The group was bound for Mississippi from Louisiana.
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EL Paso
The
Associated Press
Percy Ladner
Bush
I. A. Ladner
Thomas A. Davis
Ted Davis
Mississippi
Davis
Marriage Contest Seeks Suitor Choice for Marian
The Amarillo News-Globe invites letters answering whom Marian will marry from six suitors. Prizes total 59 dollars with 25 for first, 15 for second, and 10 for third. Entries due by midnight Sunday at the News-Globe office in Amarillo Texas.
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Marian
Amarillo News-Globe
News-Globe
The
Amarillo
Texas
U S Cotton Sale Organization Forming Under Farm Board
The federal farm board approves plans to form a national cotton financing and selling body by southern cooperative associations. It also advocates centralizing farm marketing and estimates a $20 million loan push in 90 days to back unhedged cotton and hedged contracts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Cotton Cooperative Marketing Associations
Federal Farm Board
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Intermediate Credit Bank
Alexander Legge
Endurance Monoplane Lands in Wichita After Refuel Try
The endurance monoplane City of Baltimore, piloted by a team from the Associated Press, landed at Municipal airport Wichita after a failed refueling attempt at Central Avenue airport. Only 50 gallons remained from a 600 gallon load.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kas
City of
Fall style and auto show lights up Polk Street
Cooler weather boosts interest in the annual fall style and automobile show. Downtown stores decorate windows for the event and auto dealers display new models on a roped off Polk Street. Airplanes and motorcycles may be present while Derden's band provides music.
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Polk Street
Polk Stret
Ave Derden
College declines auditorium site for Amarillo junior college
The Amarillo Junior College board abandoned plans to place the college in the Memorial Auditorium east wing. A higher tax levy would be needed, exceeding six cents on a 3100 valuation, prompting search for an alternate site. If no agreement is reached, Wolflin school is a last resort. The locating committee will report today.
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Amarillo Junior College
Chamber of Commerce
College Board
Wolflin School
Two Men Die As Small Plane Crashes At Rodgers Field
Pittsburgh reports that 27 year old Leo Mc Eligott, a second lieutenant in the 324th observation squadron, and 25 year old Charles S Tygard, a flying instructor, were killed when their cabin plane crashed at Rodgers Field late today.
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Pittsburgh
Leo McEligott
324Th
Army Reserve
Charles
Tygard
Rodgers Field
Plane Missing After Transcontinental Flight Searched Coast to Coast
Reports from Gallup and Clovis NM say the T A T plane City of San Francisco with eight passengers and three crew remains missing near the New Mexico Arizona border. Authorities conduct the largest Western air search as rumors of a locate prove unfounded.
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Associated Prem
ST. Louis
Sept
Clovis
N. M
San Francisco
Nonobez
Ariz
Phoenix
Colorado
Gallup
Associated Press
Albuquerque
New Mexico-Arizona
Army
Navy
Hurley Escapes Injury In Air Crash Near Belleville
Assistant Secretary of War Patrick Hurley and his pilot survived a crash of a two seat biplane during a flight from Kansas City to Washington. The pilot lost control in fog and tried a forced landing in a field near Belleville. Both occupants were unhurt and planned to continue to Washington by train.
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Belleville
Paterick Hurley
Kansas City
Washington
Hurley
Hot Dog Mayor in Dallas Urges Governor Run
The Dallas stand of J. Waddy Tate against road hogs drew a letter from former Texas State Representative J. Kirkland of Terrell urging Tate to run for governor.
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Dallas
J. Waddy Tate
J. Kirkland
Terrell
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