Mystery blaze at Tharp home after burglary leaves two dead
After 18 hours of questioning by city and county officers and Potter County grand jury, authorities investigated a burglary at Horace B Tharp home 608 Louisiana Street. A De Soto car traced to Las Vegas sparked the probe as investigators worked to determine if a fight over stolen goods caused the fire. One body charred beyond identification, another partially clothed, both victims believed to be two burglars. No verdict yet. coroner J W Minter called deaths accidental pending further inquiry.
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Potter County
Gran Jury
Horace B. Thar
Louisiana Street
Tharp
Cox
Jack Rathbun
Borger
Martindale
H. G Joiner
la Vegas
Nevada
Griggs Funeral Chapel
Neithore
J. W. Minter
Fort Worth & Denver
Howard Elliott
de Soto
Virginia Street
Postponed citation in Ferguson election contest shocks Senate
The citation for service on Miriam A. Ferguson and James E. Ferguson in Gov. Sterling's suit to contest the Democratic run off was delayed. The Fergusons return from the party convention at Lubbock as Sterling's attorneys decry broad illegal voting claims and several senators oppose listing 130 counties.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
R. 8. Sterling
Ferguson
Sterling
Lubbock
A. Philquist
C. S. Bradley
Mexia
Philquist
Fergusons
Texas Senate
Gus Russek
Schulenberg
Texas
Senator Russek
Grady Woodruff
Decatur
Palo Pinto
Montague
Wilson denies pledge to back Socialist leader Thom
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secretary of a Methodist temperance board, denies promising to support Norman Thom as Socialist candidate for president. Speaking at the Indiana conference, he says he never made the statement and will set the record straight.
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Vincennes
Ind
U.P
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Norman Thomas
Hoover
Fire destroys Spragge village in Ontario
Spragge, Ontario, was wiped out by a devastating blaze that left about 600 residents homeless. All buildings were burned, with damage estimated at over 1 million dollars.
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Spragge
Ont
Gulf Coast oil wells capped at 240 barrels daily
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered a production cap of 240 barrels per day for all Gulf Coast area wells. A prior decree reduced output by 10 percent for pools over 3,000 barrels daily, with the new rule applying to every Gulf Coast well regardless of field status. R. P. Parker, director of the oil and gas division, noted some wells already exceeded 900 barrels daily.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Gulf Coast Area
R. P. Parker
Commission
Oil and Gas Division
Gulf Coast District
Parker
Gulf Coast
Path cleared for relieving counties right of way bonds
The Senate instructed its free conference committee to drop from the bond assumption plan its opposition to state assumption of right of way indebtedness for highways. The House opposed the provision. the deadlock persisted as conferees were asked to be dismissed and new ones named. Final passage was anticipated after removing the right of way issue.
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Austin
Senate
Free Conference
House
Tomoorrow
Fear Trans Atlantic Airplane Cracked Up
Italian air officials express apprehension without reports on the trans Atlantic plane American Nurse after it left New York 38 hours ago. The ship reportedly had fuel for 40 hours or more and should reach Rome soon. An eclipse darkened the flight path over the Mediterranean complicating sightings and communications. Miss Edna Newcomer of Williamsport PA planned to bail out at Florence as a Nightingale tribute.
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Rome
New York
Ciampino
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Edna Newcomer
Williamsport
Florence
Florence Nightingale
Newcomer
Ed D Harrell Pioneer Ranch Operator Dies in Canyon
Edward D. Harrell 64 cattleman of Randall County and Panhandle pioneer died at his Canyon home after a long illness. A Georgia native, he settled in Randall County 42 years ago and helped run the JA Ranch in Armstrong County since 1918. Funeral at Canyon Presbyterian Church with burial at Griggs Thom p son Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Mrs Samuel Barks Harrell, son Newton Harrell, granddaughter Shirley Barks Harrell, brothers Dr H B Harrell and Dr C M Harrell, sisters Mrs Alice Strickland and Misses Fanny and Susie Harrell.
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Canyon
Edward D. Harrell
Randall County
The
Panhandle
Georgia
Mr. Harrell
Floyd County
Happy
Harrell
Armstrong County
Griggs-Thompson
Samuel Barks Harrell
Newton Harrell
Shirley Barks Harrell
Claude
H. B. Harrell
Gainesville
C. M. Harrell
Chamblee
Alice Strickland
Duluth
Fanny
Susie Harrell
Cummings
Gray Oldham
J. A. Guthrie
Charles Holland
Joe B. Gamble
Jim Christian
Will Bennett
River yields body of girl in Sacramento area mystery
Authorities identified the woman found in a Sacramento River slough near Walnut Grove as Dorothy Millette, the missing mystery woman linked to producer Paul Bern who died by suicide in Beverly Hills. Millette vanished from a river steamer last Tuesday night, the day after Bern took his own life.
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Sacramento
Calif
Walnut Grove
Dorothy Millette
Paul Bern
Hollywood
Legion approves immediate soldier bonus payment debate delays
Portland dispatch reports the American Legion legislative committee urged full cash payment of the soldier bonus, with a convention vote postponed to tomorrow. Debate centers on censure of the national administration over eviction of the bonus army, and Nebraska delegates plan to oppose the majority report.
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Auditorium
Portland
Ore
Legislative Committee of the
American Legion
Legionnaires
National Administration
Washington
Nebraska
Ferguson Dies After Car Overturns on Highway
Als ton Ferguson aged 32 died en route to a hospital after the car in which he rode with Jim Stafford overturned on the New Salem Highway. Stafford sustained only slight injuries and Ferguson's burial is planned for tomorrow.
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Henderson
U.P
Alston Ferguson
Jim Stafford
New Salem
Stafford
Ferguson
Roosevelt Addresses Farm Relief Plan at Topeka Capitol
In Topeka Kansas Roosevelt outlines national planning in agriculture and denounces Hoover era farm relief as failed. He touts emergency measures and ends farm board speculation, addresses a 10 000 strong crowd atop the state capitol steps and calls for reorganization of the agriculture department.
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State Capitol
Topeka
Eas
Kansas
San
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Farm Board
United States
Roosevelt
New York
Agriculture Department
Primary battles in Georgia and Delaware reshape Senate race
Democratic primary in Georgia pits Governor Richard B. Russell Jr. against Rep. Charles R. Crisp for the Senate seat of the unexpired Harris term while Walter F. George seeks renomination. Delaware Republicans renominate Gov. C. Douglass Buck at Dover as eight states vote with few upsets overall.
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Georgia
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Chas. R. Crisp
Congress
Russell
William J. Harris
Walter F. George
Delaware
Dover
C. Douglass Buck
Edwin 8. Broussard
Louisiana
John H. Overton
Huey P. Long
Washington
Dapper Gunmen Rob Small Texas Bank
Two dapper gunmen robbed the First National Bank of Cleveland Texas of 2000 dollars as six people were locked in the vault. The robbers, wearing gray sport suits, demanded change from Assistant Cashier C. B. Duncan and then forced the staff and two customers to lie on the floor.
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Cleveland
Texas
First National Bank
Duncan
A. H. Duncan
George W
George W. “Pete” Davis
C. 8. Duncan
Mildred Corn
Ranchman Waddell Dies During Dominoes Game in Fort Worth
W. N. Waddell, 72, longtime Ector County ranchman and former chairman of Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission, collapsed and died at 4 PM while playing dominoes with friends at the Fort Worth Club. John Hassell, C. W. Connery and W. K. Ditto witnessed the moment. He had just returned from Lubbock where he attended the state Democratic convention and resided with his niece Miss Kate Waddell.
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Fort Worth
W. N. Waddell
Ector County
Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas
John R. Hassell
C. W. Connery
W. K. Ditto
Waddell
Lubbock
Kate Waddell
Lancaster Death Trial Opens in Clovis New Mexico
The trial of George Lancaster twenty a former high school athlete charged with the murder of his wife Blanche Lancaster began in district court at Clovis New Mexico. The prosecution rested after 13 of 20 witnesses and a strong rebuttal by the state is anticipated.
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Clovis
N. M
George Lancaster
Blanche Lancaster
Young Lancaster
John Manning
Lancaster
Manning
Laborer Killed as Plane Crashes at Brady Airport
Raby Smith aged 30, a laborer, died this afternoon from internal injuries after being struck by a landed airplane at Brady airport. The accident occurred when Lieutenant David Hutchison of Kelly Field, a student officer, lost control during landing and collided with a parked aircraft, injuring Smith who was a spectator.
Tragic Suicide of Hugo Karger Over Unrequited Love
Hugo Karger, 19, was found dead in his car in San Antonio. A shotgun lay beside him and a note to his family cited unrepaid love as the motive. Police report an act of self inflicted violence ending in his death.
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San Antonio
Hugo Karger
Hoover Opposes Immediate Bonus Payment as Recovery Risk
President Hoover declares against immediate bonus cash, warning it would threaten national recovery and impose $2.3 billion cost on 21 million families. He urges continued restraint and cites veterans’ needs while stressing broad economic impact and fiscal responsibility.
Train Crash Kills About 120 Foreign Legionnaires Near Tlemcen
A French Foreign Legion troop train of 500 officers and legionnaires derailed and plunged 250 feet into a ravine between Zelhou n and Turenne, near Tlemcen. About 120 were killed and 150 injured, the wreck blamed on a mushy roadbed after heavy rains. The train was en route from Sidi Del Abbe, Algeria, to Oujda, Morocco, an area once noted for El Krim's resistance.
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Oran
Algeria
French Foreign Legion
Tlemcen
Havas
Zelhoun
Turenne
Sidi del Abbe
Oujda
Morocco
el Krim
Battle Looms At Chilean Air Field
In Santiago on September 14, heavy infantry artillery and cavalry surrounded the E Bosque air field as forces align with Gen. Bartolome Blanche. Federal claims of capture were denied by opposing factions with contingents of infantry two heavy artillery batteries mounted artillery and two cavalry regiments mobilized.
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Santiago
Chile
E Bosque
Bartolome Blanche
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Forecast calls for fair Thursday across West Texas and New Mexico with little temperature change. Amarillo hours show noon readings with a maximum near the mid 90s to low 100s and a low around the 70s. The report notes no major deviations in temperature throughout the day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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