Hamer Called On For Proof Of Statement In Borger Case
Borger Texas Sept 23 The force of Texas rangers investigating the assassination of District Attorney John A Holmes rises to eight with four more arrivals as Captain Frank Hamer may return to the probe Sheriff Joe Ownbey denounces Hamers charge of a major crime ring as a lie The Borger Daily Herald editorial calls for proof and leaders if a ring exists to be arrested or a retraction if not Holmes had 11 cases in the last year with mixed verdicts and sentences Calhoun special prosecutor Hickman and Wheatley were in Amarillo and Pampa seeking new information.
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Borger
Tex
Texas Rangers
John A. Holmes
M. T. Gonzaulas
W. H. Kirby
H. B. Purmis
Dott Smith
Frank Hamer
Borger Daily Herald
Hamer
Joe Ownbey
Austin
Moody
the Herald
Ownbey
Holmes
Clem Calhoun
Tom Hickman
B. H. Wheatley
Amarillo
Pampa
Arson Charge Dropped in Mrs. Rogers Case
Mrs Rebecca Bradley Rogers was cleared of one arson charge in the 1926 case tied to a vacant Round Rock house burned Sept 10 1926. Judge J B Price halted the charge on state motion, ending the arson count from the Farmers State Bank hold up theory after a hung jury earlier.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
J. B. Price
Brenham
Harry Dolan
Round Rock
Farmers’ State Bank
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy Tuesday for Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico generally fair at noon. Temperatures around 69 to 83 degrees with highs near 83 and lows around 56 to 60.
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Amarillo
Inwty
West Texas
New Mexico
Seeser
Mereeey
Governor's Daughter Weds Son of Former President in Connecticut
The wedding united Florence Trumbull daughter of Governor John H. Trumbull with John Coolidge son of former president Calvin Coolidge in a Puritan ceremony at a white frame Congregational church. Ex president Coolidge and two U.S. senators attended as townspeople gathered to glimpse the wedding party. The Coolidges arrived late by car from Northampton after a quiet home departure.
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Pistinville
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United States
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Plainville
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Hills
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Coolidge
New England
White Frame Congregational Church
Boy 15 Delivers Hoover Invite To Amarillo Fair
In Washington on September 23 a 15 year old Amarillo Texas boy Boyd Jones rode his pony Molly to the White House lawn to deliver an invitation for President Hoover to attend the Tri State Fair in Amarillo. He wore chaps spurs and a battered sombrero and carried a copy of Them Texans by Erasmus Tack as he met the president.
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Molly
White House
Boyd Jones
Amarillo
Texas
Hoover
Erasmus Tack
Clash Between Chinese Police and Japanese Railway Guards
Tokyo dispatches report a serious clash at Tiehling forty miles north of Mukden in Manchuria between Chinese police and South Manchurian Railway guards. Three Japanese guards were wounded, a Japanese battalion rushed to the station, police were disarmed, and those responsible were arrested.
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Tokyo
Mukden
Manchuria
South Manchurian
Tiehling
Accident victims rush to Amarillo area hospitals
Two accident victims were rushed to Amarillo hospitals yesterday after a collision. L. T. Whitman, 21, of Happy, suffered a broken leg and collar bone with other injuries when a truck struck the car he was riding. Sallie Baird of Canyon broke a hip in a porch fall and was taken to St. Anthony's hospital.
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Amarillo
Griggs-Thompson Ambualanceg
Canyon
L. T. Whitman
Happy
Northwest Texas
Sallie Baird
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Jury Half Complete in Pointer Case at Memphis Tex
Six jurors selected by 6 pm in the Virgil Pointer murder case. A special venire of 60 men was nearly exhausted as the trial proceeds. The alleged killing of Pointer's brother John occurred June 16 between Turkey and Quitaque. Local legal team includes District Attorney James C. Mahan, Williams of Childress, Moss Deaver, and Phipps.
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Memphis
Tex
Virgil Pointer
Pointer
John
Turkey
Quitaque
James C. Mahan
Williams
Childress
Moss and Deaver
Phipps
Silvertone
Plane aids in hunt for lost boy near Alenreed
Buster Gray, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gray, was found 24 miles north of his home after a 27 hour search. More than 800 men joined the hunt aided by an airplane piloted by Robbie Deuel and Dee Graham of Amarillo. Searchers dragged pools and scoured Petrified Canyon near the boy's home for clues of drowning or injury.
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Hugh Gray
Robbie Deuel
Dee Graham
Amarillo
Petrified Canyon
Yankee manager near death from flu outbreak
Miller J. Huggins veteran manager of the New York Yankees faced a grave illness after influenza with a blood transfusion deemed necessary to curb infection. Doctors reported him a very sick man with no crisis expected, as specialists joined Dr. Edward H. King at St. Vincent's hospital.
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Lindbergh Completes Flight Inaugurating New Air Mail Route
Lindbergh arrives in Paramaribo completing a 2596 mile journey that extends the air mail network from the Caribbean to South America. The trip covered 1920 miles of Gulf and coast routes with stops in San Juan Port of Spain Georgetown and Paramaribo. He assumes duties as a commercial air pilot handling cargo passengers and customs formalities.
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Tomorrow Opens Hoo Hoo Convention in Amarillo
The Black Cats of Hoo Hoo arrive in Amarillo for the eighth annual convention to begin tomorrow morning. Dignitaries from Kansas City North Tonawanda Montreal St Louis and more arrived to finalize arrangements for a three day event. Hotels report reservations from every state and several Canadian entries as lumbermen travel to the smallest city to host the international group. An automobile caravan from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and northern Texas is en route.
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Montreal
Canada
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Henry M. Isherwood
St. Louis
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Union
Missouri
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Oklahoma
Texas
Wild hog attacks college president on campus
Dr. R. B. Cousins president of the Texas College of Arts and Industries in Kingsville was injured on September 22 when a javelina mascot escaped its pen and attacked him on campus. He suffered leg gashes and hand bites. The animal’s head was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Austin for examination. Another javelina in the pen was killed.
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Kingsville
Texas
R. B. Cousins
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Pasteur Institute
Austin
Army deserter jailed for attack on women in Kansas
Gordon W. Frost, US army deserter and confessed attacker of two Concordia women motorists, began an indeterminate sentence at Lansing prison with a 40 year minimum. Victims Miss Leda Beauregard and Mrs Beatrice Walsh were robbed, disrobed, slashed, and bound before being left near a highway by Hoxie. Wayne Aldrich, arrested with Frost in Denver, plans to plead guilty to motor car robbery.
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Lansing
Kan
Gordon W. Frost
United States Army
Concordia
Leda Beauregard
Beatrice Walsh
Hoxie
Wayne
Aldrich
Frost
Denver
Giant whiskey still seized near Parnell in Texas raid
In ravines northwest of Parnell four miles from town a massive whiskey operation was uncovered. Four men were jailed, three white and one Black, after a chase. Deputy Charley Humes led the effort. Loot seized included a nearly new sedan, two tents, 60 days of rations, 600 pounds each of sugar and shorts, 20 gallons of whiskey, 43 barrels of mash and a 300 gallon still.
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Memphis
Texas
Parnell
Hall County
Charley Humes
Turkey
Reiders
Amarillo Day Opens Tri State Fair Amid Crowds And Circus
The Amarillo day festival and Tri State fair launch with record crowds and pleasant weather. The Hagenbeek Wallace circus draws larger attendance with multiple shows. Schools close for the half day to allow participation as exhibitors and merchants boost the midway crowds.
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Hagenbeek- Wallace Circus
Amarillo
Potter County
Mason King
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Wilbur C. Hawk
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Diamond Robbery at Seattle Nets $50 000 In Diamonds
Two armed men robbed Rothstein Brothers diamond brokers ofcials in Seattle today and escaped with diamonds valued at fifty thousand dollars. The incident occurred September 23 as police searched for the assailants. Local authorities reported no injuries.
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