Robbery Trial Witness Details Mrs Rogers Vault Hold-Up
Cashier F A Jamison testified in the Mrs Rebecca Bradley Rogers robbery trial that he believed the 24 year old former Texas University student did not grasp the seriousness of her act when she forced two employees into the bank vault in December 1926 and demanded about $1,000 in currency. Jamison described the bold hold up and the exchange with Rogers who posed as a newspaper reporter seeking agricultural statistics.
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Associated Press
New Braunfels
Texas
F. A. Jamison
Buda Farmers’ National Bank
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Rogers
Jamison
Texas University
Becky
Famous Chemist Declares War Impossible Through Chemistry
Francis B. Garvan told the American Chemical Society that modern chemistry and aeronautics make war futile. He offered President Hoover millions to study chemistry as a peacemaker and cited battleships’ helplessness in future conflicts while noting Langmuir’s cancer research drive.
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Howard W. Blakesleer
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Francis B. Garvan
New York
American Chemical Society
The
Chemical Foundation
Hoover
Chemical Society
America
MacDonald
Georgia Death Chamber Fails Then Executes Murderer
At Milledgeville Georgia state prison the electric chair failed to kill Malcolm Morrow at 12:15 p.m. witnesses watched as the device hummed and he remained alive for ten minutes of adjustments before he died at 12:34 p.m. Officials described the moment as horrifying and indecisive until the mechanism operated correctly.
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United Press
State Prison
Milledgeville
Malcolm Morrow
Morrow
Speakers at lunch deplore waste of gas in Panhandle
At a Amarillo hotel luncheon Judge J W Crudgington and J C Gulieke urged a natural gas conservation law for Texas. They cited 52 billion feet wasted to date and 10 percent already withdrawn, with 60 million feet daily used by a gasoline plant and 45 million feet vented to air, urging state control similar to California.
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Panhandle
J. W. Crudgington
J. C. Guleke
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Amarillo Hotel
Mr. Gulekie
M. C. Nobles
Amarilo Oil Company
California
Texas
South Plains Cities Report More Rain
Special to The News reports Lockney received forty five hundredths inches of rain Tuesday and Tuesday night, totaling seven and two tenths inches for the week. lakes are full and farmers anticipate a good bottom season as harvests of cotton and grain sorghums await dry weather. Plainview saw thirty five hundredths inches of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, with clearing skies and cooler temperatures for the season after over a day and a half of unsettled weather.
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Lockney
Plainview
Hansford to Vote on 240000 Highway Bond Issue Saturday
Hansford county residents will vote Saturday on a 240000 highway paving bond to pave a proposed road designated Highway 117 if the state highway department takes it over. The route would run from Stinnett to the Oklahoma line, totaling about 73 miles, linking with paved segments from Stinnett to Panhandle and on toward Amarillo for a 137 mile Panhandle east-west paved corridor.
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Spearman
Hansford
State Highway Department
Stinnett
Oklahoma Line
Hutchinson
Ochiltree
Oklahoma
Borger
Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas
Carson County
A. A. Callaghan
Hutchinson County
First All Metal Dirigible Takes Off
Detroit dispatch reports the ZMC-2, the first all metal dirigible, lifting from Ghosse Isle Airport at 9 58 tonight and headed to Lakehurst New Jersey in a historic test flight marking a milestone for aircraft construction and lighter than air travel.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ghosse Isle
Lakehurst
N. J
Janet Gaynor Weds Lydell Peck in Oakland Home Ceremony
Film star Janet Gaynor married attorney Lydell Peck at the home of the groom’s father James L. Peck in Oakland California on September 11. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace in the presence of family and close friends.
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Janet Gaynor
Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Lydell Peck
James L. Peck
Once Wealthy Pioneer Sears Dies in Want
Sam M. Sears 78 a once renowned North Texas cattleman and former Clay County sheriff and treasurer died after years of fortune loss. He lived in Amarillo, died at 4 30 pm in a local hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs George Warren of Texico New Mexico. Funeral 4 pm today at N B Griggs Sons Chapel with Rev G L Yates officiating. Burial Llano cemetery. Pallbearers were W T Coble H N Osborne T H Kidd J O Curtis G M Stone and John B Gilvin. Former Clay county residents urged many to attend.
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Sam M. Sears
North Texas
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Mr. Sears
Texas
Amarillo
W. T. Coble
H. N. Osborne
T. H. Kidd
J. O. Curtis
G. M. Stone
John B. Gilvin
Sears
Anti-Communist mob violence probe expands in Carolinas
A Monday night mob violence spread through Gaston and Mecklenburg counties prompts a state court inquiry. Judge Shaw presides in lieu of a grand jury and orders witnesses including Wells Sell and Saylor to appear. Subpoenas issued for two Charlotte officers who witnessed the incident and for Gastonia residents connected to the events.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Carolina
John G. Carpenter
Carpenter
G. Max Gardner
Ben Wells
National Textile Workers’ Union
C. M. Sell
C. D. Saylor
Gastonia
Bessemer City
Shaw
Concorn
Saylor
Sell
Concord
One Man Severely Injured In City Truck Collision
Floyd Bradford of 711 Virginia Street sustained severe non life threatening injuries in a collision between a Berry Cleaning company truck and a Campbell Ice Cream truck at West Sixth Avenue and Lipscomb Street. Bradford, with two scalp wounds, was taken by Griggs ambulance to Northwest Texas Hospital. The other driver had no injuries.
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Floyd Bradford
Virginia Street
Berry Cleaning Company
West Sixth Avenue
Lipscomb Street
Bradford
Northwest Texas
Griggs
Campbell Ice Cream Company
Aviatrix Fractures No One Injured In Adrian Crash
An unnamed aviatrix, reportedly from Amarillo, landed near Adrian due to fog then struck an automobile after attempting a takeoff. The heavy fuel load prevented elevation and the plane crashed. no injuries were reported.
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Tucumcari
Amarillo
Adrian
Hutchinson Plans Third Nonstop Flight From Wichita
George R. Hutchinson owner of the City of Baltimore cross country monoplane said tonight he and chief pilot Lieut William Snowden and A G Graham would likely start at midnight Thursday for Los Angeles on a third proposed cross country non stop flight.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
George R. Hutchinson
Baltimore
William Snowden
A. G. Graham
Los Angeles
Panhandle Opens 64 Mile Oil Field Paved Route to Amarillo
Panhandle celebrates a new 64 mile paved highway linking Stinnett and Borger through Hutchinson and Carson counties to Amarillo. Officials from Hutchinson and Carson counties, Borger, Panhandle, and Amarillo joined the ceremony as rain fell. Judge Callaghan led the opening, calling the road a product of Panhandle development and stressing shared ownership by Panhandle towns and oil fields.
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Carson County
Amarillo
Panhandle
Borger
Carson- Hutchinson
Stinnett
Perryton
Spearman
Callaghan
A. A. Callaghan
West Texas
Carson Istill
Hutchinson County
Hutchinson
Judge Callaghan
Carson
Mr. Callaghan
F. A
Cottage Fire Kills Minnesota Congressman D J Kvale
D J Kvale a 60 year old Farmer Labor congressman from Minnesota was burned to death in his summer cottage near Battle Lake after a fire trapped him in his sleep An air tight heater stove or a gasoline lamp is blamed with coroner and his son offering competing theories The cottage burned to ruins before discovery and identification was initially uncertain Kvale had replaced Andrew J Volstead in Minnesota s seven district and suffered insomnia after his wife s death years earlier
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Associated Press
Battle Lake
Minn
Here
D. J. Kvale
Minnesota
I. T. Kvale
Willmar
J. G. Vigen
Woman Injured in Three Car Crash in North Amarillo
Mrs. G. A. Scott of 607 North Polk street suffered severe bruises in a three car crash at the North Polk and Third avenue intersection. She was taken to St Anthony’s hospital by a Griggs ambulance. doctors said injuries not serious. Mr. Scott escaped injury. Two other cars with occupants had minor injuries and returned home. A small sedan and a large sedan carrying the Scotts were overturned and heavily damaged, while a coupe was not badly damaged.
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G. A. Scott
North Polk Street
Third Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
Griggs
Scott
Scotts
Murder bill in Levelland killing in Texas
A murder indictment was returned today by a grand jury at Levelland near Lubbock Texas against B A Foshee 24 alleged slayer of Elmer Wright 23 a farm hand from Oklahoma Wright was shot and killed Saturday authorities believed the killing involved family trouble Foshee's trial is scheduled to begin next Wednesday
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
Levelland
Here
B. A. Foshee
Elmer Wright
Oklahoma
Wright
Foshee
Limited Ticket Sale For World Series In Chicago
Chicago, Sept 11. Reserved seats for 1929 World Series games will be limited to two per applicant. Sale conducted by mail only. Cubs President William L. Week announced. Box seats $6.60, grandstand $5.50. Applications require certified checks or money orders. Box and grand seats must be for three games. Applications for more than two tickets will be rejected and funds returned.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William L. Week
Cubs
Week
Two Die in Chair for Murder of Cashier in Kingsland
Milledgeville Ga Sept 11 Homer Simpson former Greenville Tenn police chief and Malcolm Morrow of Jacksonville Fla died in the electric chair at the Georgia State prison farm for the February 23 1928 murder of C A Perry cashier of the State Bank of Kingsland Ga Morrow went to the chair at 1215 pm pronounced dead at 1230 Simpson followed at 1235 and died at 1244
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Associated Press
Milledgeville
Homer Simpson
Greenville, Tenn
Malcolm Morrow
Jacksonville
Fila
Georgia State
C. A. Perry
State Bank of
Kingsland
Morrow
Simpson
Bank er Waggoner held on fraud charges in Wyoming
C D Waggoner a Wyoming banker who faked telegrams to divert 500000 dollars to the Bank of Telluride faced arrest in Newcastle Wyoming with 400 dollars on hand. A New York warrant accuses him of defrauding six large banks, with extradition debated as to where the crime occurred. He claims the scheme protected depositors and would repay deposits if funds were properly handled, seeking ten months to settle. The arrest happened at Cambria Park Casino as federal probes proceed toward New York for a grand jury investigation continued by U S Attorney Charles H Tuttle.
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Associated Press
Newcastle
Wyo
C. D. Waggoner
New York
Waggoner
Denver
Bank of Telluride
Wagoner
Chase National Bank
Telluride Bank
Telluride
Grand Jury
Charles D. Waggoner
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
New Castle
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