Fight Starts on Top Bank Prison Cell
Two state convicts stabbed each other to death in a Ferguson Farm cell. Volmer Tinney of Wilson County, serving 25 years for robbery by firearms, killed Elmer Butler of Johnson County, serving four years for assault to murder. Tinney died from abdominal wounds. Butler had about three months to serve.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ferguson Farm
Volmer Tinney
Wilson County
Elmer Butler
Johnson County
Butler
Tinney
Uison
Fearful Missing Pair From Shamrock Supposed Abducted
Special to The News reports Fear that foul play has befallen Lee Bailey 24 and Elmer Wingett 35 who left Paducah September 5 for Shamrock. Bailey’s mother is dangerously ill and doctors fear for her recovery if he is not returned. Wingett went to Quanah September 2 on a plastering job. Bailey accompanied him. A Ford coupe is suspected.
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Shamrock
Lee Bailey
Elmer Wingett
Paducah
R. L. Bailey
Lee
Wingett
Quanah
Bailey
Italian ship Santa Tereza springs leak near Cabo Da Roca
The Italian freighter Santa Tereza wirelessed that she had sprung a leak north of Cabo Da Roca and needed immediate assistance. The message said the hold was flooded.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Cabo da Roca
Robert Hoover Safe at Home After Missing From School
The 15 year old Robert Hoover was found safe at home with his parents in Canadian after leaving Roswell. He had hitch-hiked via White Deer from New Mexico Military Institute and had read of the search in the Amarillo News. Panhandle readers aided with sightings and tips by telegrams and calls.
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Robert Hoover
Dan Hoover
Robert
Amarillo
White Deer
Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute
Panhandle
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Friday partly cloudy in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas will remain fair. New Mexico expected fair conditions with little temperature change. Temperature by hours at Amarillo provided but not specified in available text.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ruth Alexander Dies In Plane Crash On West Coast Flight
Ruth Alexander, famed aviatrix, perished when her low wing monoplane crashed shortly after a scheduled refueling stop at English Field in San Diego. The crash halted her planned one stop to New York and a visit to Amarillo to recruit women’s clubs into aviation.
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Ruth Alexander
Amarillo
Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
New York City
English Field
Russell Cross
Richfield Oil
Ruth Alexander dies in plane crash near Wichita
Ruth Alexander, aiming to set a new speed record for women, died when her plane crashed into a hill four miles north of Lindbergh Field after takeoff for Wichita. Investigators could not determine the cause, and fog may have caused her to lose bearings. She left a marriage certificate showing she wed Robert A. Elliott in Yuma, Aviz, and had previously divorced her first husband Mack Alexander.
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Lindbergh Field
Wichita
Kan
New York
Ruth Alexander
Robert A. Elliott
W. T. Blaney
Irving, Kan
Elliott
Yuma
Aviz
Ruth L. Blaney
Mack Alexander
Alex
Athletics win American League title as Mack guides them
Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics clinched the American League title with a 14 to 10 win over the White Sox as Washington fell to Cleveland. The 68 year old Cornelius McGillicuddy has led the club to seven AL championships since 1902, winning again after a period of rebuilding and a World Series victory over the Cubs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
White Sox
Washington
Cleveland
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Cubs
Mack
Philadelphia
Produc
Enterprise defeats Shamrock V to retain America's Cup
In Newport on September 18 1930 Enterprise captained by Harold Vanderbilt won the fourth race of the series against Shamrock V finishing 3 hours 10 minutes 138 seconds for a 5 minutes 17 seconds margin. The record 30 mile course marked the fastest race in Cups history and kept the cup in U S hands for the 80th year. Shamrock V finished in 3 15 30, with British hopes dashed as Enterprise extended its lead across legs one and two and won decisively on the final reach.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Newport
R. I
Enterprise Today
Sir Thomas Lipton
Uncle Sam
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Enterprise
Windward
Shamrock
Lipton
Britannia
America
United States
Lipton Affirms Challenge After Cup Defeat
Sir Thomas Lipton, aboard the Erin, accepts another loss to Enterprise as his five attempts to win the America's Cup end in the fourth race of the series. Lipton stands on deck, shading his eyes, watching Enterprise finish ahead after a tense sail.
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Associated Press
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock V
America
Enterprise
Edward J. Neil
Newport
R. I
Erin
Potter County prepares $200000 highway program and surveys
Potter County officials report a highway plan may exceed half a million dollars over several months. A resident engineer will arrive in 10 to 14 days to survey and draw plans. Projects include Oil Field highway to Four Corners River Road No 5 to the north line and U S 66. State and federal aid will fund River Road and Gulf to Denver gap work.
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Potter County
State Highway Department
Four Corners
North County
Amarillo
Austin
C. Weymouth
H. G. (Frosty) Hamrick
State Highway Commission
Hamrick
Denver
State Commission
Amarillo Creek
Tickets go on sale today for fair features
Grandstand seats for Leonard Stroud and the Anvil Park Rodeo at the Tri-State Fair will be sold each afternoon and Ernie Young's evening revue goes on sale Friday morning at City Drug Store. Sale runs through Sunday with early buyers getting preferred seating.
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Leonard Stroud
Ernie Young
City Drug Store
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Hawk
Bus Crash Near Roswell Kills One. Several Hurt
A Pickwick Greyhound bus plunged over a steep embankment 67 miles west of Roswell. Richard Holcomb, 76, of Chillicothe Ohio died. his wife Rebecca Holcomb was badly hurt. Thirteen others were injured, nine stayed in Roswell hospital. The bus carried 16 passengers from El Paso to Amarillo. driver Paul Tremier escaped injury.
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Roswell
N.M
Richard Holcomb
Chilicothe
Ohio
Rebecca Holcomb
David Coffey
Kansas City
Mel Cassady
Eva Cassady Glover
Cleveland
el Paso
Amarillo
Paul Tremier
Pickwick Lines
Holdman for Officer Fake Bowyer Faces Charge
Arraigned before deputy U S commissioner C B Bowyer alias Byers Crowder Berry admitted he was wanted in San Antonio for impersonating a federal narcotics officer Bond set at 5000 and Bowyer jailed for removal to Texas charges. Forge checks alleged at a San Antonio hotel where he posed as a federal officer.
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United States
C. B. Bowyer
B. Byers
Crowder
Berry
San Antonio
Bowyer
Bond
L. E. Kingman
Frank Hicks
Canyon
Tulsa
Lubbock
Panhandle
Authoritis
City Rancher Hijacked for 24 Hours in 800 Mile Ride
Frank Mitchell, 66, manager of Matador Land & Cattle near Channing, was taken at gunpoint for 24 hours starting Monday 10 a.m. as two masked hijackers forced him into his Dodge sedan. He was released near Silverton, Colorado, after a long ride through the Panhandle and New Mexico, and thanked The News for help in locating him.
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Frank Mitchell
Matador Land & Cattle Company
Channing
Forrest Avenue
Silverton
Colo
Rocky Mountain Range
Panhandle
New Mexico
Durango
Mr. Mitchell
New Orleans Chosen For 1931 Southwest Water Works Meet
The Southwest Water Works Association closes its 19th annual meeting in New Orleans. Maxwell M. Fife is re elected president, Lewis A. Quigley named secretary treasurer, and officers and journal directors are installed. Attendees come from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Texas.
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New Orleans
Southwest Water Work Association
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Lewis A. Quigley
Fort Worth
Southwest Water Works Journal
Temple
Chamber of Commerce
Max M. Fife
Blackwell
Okla
W. T. Mayo
Shreveport
Edward A. Fowler
R. Brough
Little Rock
Ark
Charles F. Linck
Leavenworth
Kan
Thomas L. Amiss
Leonard Day
St. Louis
Park Davis
Newkirk
L. A. Grimes
Abilene
Louisville
Water Works Manufacturers’ Association
Herring
Bank Robbery At Wesley Net $1000 In Cash
A man waving a revolver robbed the Wesley bank of about $1,000 in cash today. No injuries reported as the theft occurred in Wesley Indiana. Police sought the suspect who fled the scene after the alarm.
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Associated Press
Wesley
Wesley Bank
Robbery Plane Stolen From Elk City Flight Traced
Oklahoma Bankers association says thieves stole a Travelair biplane from Elk City airport around 5 am and left papers suggesting Lincoln Nebraska and Wichita Kansas connections. A plane matching the description landed at Curtis Wright in Oklahoma City at 7:30 am and took off toward Wichita after fuel check. The robbers are believed to have originated near Omaha.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Eugene P. Gunn
Oklahoma Bankers’ Association
Elk City
Okla
Lincoln National Bank & Trust Company
Lincoln
Neb
Travelair
W. Dewey Mauk
Larned
Kas
Great Bend
Lyons
Kansas
Oklahoma
Curtis Wright
Wichita
Mauk
Gunn
Bankers’ Association
Omaha
Season Parking Tickets for Tri State Fair
The Tri-State Fair offers season parking tickets for $3 each. Buyers receive a reserved numbered space for the duration of this year’s fair. Tickets are sold at the fair office or the Central Fire Station next to City Hall. exhibitors are asked to use the east gate to ease traffic.
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Central Fire Station
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