Weather Prognostications and Local Happenings in Panhandle Notes
A Panhandle weather forecast notes a major storm passing east of Amarillo with six inches of rain in spots and lingering drought unresolved for Dalhart and the region. Local items include totem poles in Palo Duro windows, cattle dog incidents, a Will Rogers quip on bank collateral, and a review of The Private Life of Henry VIII at The Paramount with Charles Laughton.
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Death by Own Action Man Wounds Wife Fort Worth
O E Klein 41 killed himself after shooting his wife Mrs Rosa Klein 46 and stepdaughter Lois Burns 19 in Fort Worth April 4. Lois improved to good condition after heavy shotgun wounds to left breast and hip. Mrs Klein lightly hurt. Klein died from self inflicted gunshot.
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Girl Goes to Trial For Firearms Theft
Vernon April 4 Gladys Johnson of Vernon charged with robbery with firearms in a December 18 incident against Paducah truck driver John Gilbert. She faces severance with Heber Johnson of Vernon and Everett Flowers of Paducah. trials scheduled and postponed. Proceeds from cotton sale were stolen near Oklahoma on the route.
Potter County sentences affirmed in Austin court
Sentences of C. A. DeJean and Ted Johnson from Potter County last June were affirmed by the court of criminal appeals today. DeJean received two years in the penitentiary and Johnson one year in the same liquor case.
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They 4 Write To TACK Needs Of School
Dear Tack admonishes that foreign organizations label democracy and liberty as money's tyranny. They claim everything is organized except common sense courage honesty and honor. See Tack Letters Page 12.
School Leaders Hear Talk on Boy Organization
Emmett Galloway sponsor of the Maverick Club of Amarillo boys will meet at 4 30 this afternoon with Amarillo school principals to explain the club and provide details of Friday night minstrel show at the Municipal Auditorium. Superintendent W A McIntosh praises the club. Tickets are 15 25 and 35 cents at City Drug Store No 1 or from Federation of Women's Clubs members.
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Floods Bring Heavy Rain Across Texas And Wisconsin Tragedy
Rain swept parts of Texas with Rock Island lines waterlogged and towns like Shamrock and Pampa reporting inches while Amarillo saw only a sprinkle. In Wisconsin and Minnesota floods claimed nine lives as trainmen Died in Hudson and several drownings occurred near Whitehall and Eau Claire with rescues at Chippewa Falls.
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Menomonie
Cedar Falls
Floods Wash Out Dams and Bridge in Hudson Area
Two dams a 150 foot highway bridge and a 200 foot railway trestle were washed out under flood pressure in Hudson Wisconsin early today. Damage estimated at 500000 dollars adds to losses from Monday night rains. A 50 foot wall of water struck a bridge between Hudson and North Hudson throwing buildings trees and debris and tearing the structure apart.
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Snow blankets Rocky Mountain area in April
Snow continued in the Rocky Mountain region with Colorado, western Nebraska, and large parts of Wyoming, Montana and Arizona covered. Air mail pilots in Denver and Cheyenne faced possible groundings for a third day as highway traffic slowed and showers fell across Kansas amid moisture shortages.
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Washburn Student's Burial Set Thursday
The body of Robert Allen Pfeiffer, 17, a student at Sam Houston Junior High School, who died yesterday, will be buried Thursday. Services are expected at the local church with burial in the city cemetery.
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Robert Allen Pfeiffer
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Alaska's Pur chase Anniversary and the Pacific Coast Drive
The piece celebrates Alaska's 67th anniversary of purchase and hints at a new gold rush while urging readers to explore Alaska for land and water power. It extols a cross continent trip to see the Century of Progress exposition and the vast Pacific coastline from Mexico to Canada, touting the Pacific as Earth's future maritime hub.
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Federal agents exchange fire near apartment during attempted escape
Witnesses describe Green and a woman arriving at the apartment as a federal agent inside a house fires from a window when Green steps from his car. Agents behind him shoot rear tires with machine guns to halt the escape before the woman is hurried away.
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Worries Over Exams Lead Collegian to Take Own Life
Louise E. Van Ameringen a 20 year old University of Michigan junior was found shot and died. A coroner ruled death by self action amid concerns over four semester examinations. Her father Victor E. Van Ameringen was an Ann Arbor attorney and her mother found her. She left no note and had been active in campus life and in a class play.
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Three Shelby County Negroes Executed in Tennessee Penitentiary
Nashville reports three Memphis area inmates were executed by electric chair at the state penitentiary early today. Percy Staith, 20, confessed to an attack on a white woman. Jasper Graham, 29, and Frank Mays, 30, were convicted of assaulting a young white woman in North Memphis in September 1932 after robbery and shooting her escort. Graham and Mays claimed innocence as the execution occurred.
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Funeral Services for Washburn Youth Held at Local Church
The family home near Washburn will be in state at Griggs Chapel until 9 am Thursday. Funeral services follow at 10 am from Washburn Baptist Church with Rev. T. D. Sumrall of Amarillo officiating. Pallbearers are Stanley White Bill Sweeney Fred Stribling P. P. Shipp O. D. Matlock and F. P. Ford. Burial is in Washburn cemetery. Six brothers and three sisters survive.
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Washburn Baptist Church
Pampa Woman Emma Jackson Buried In Pampa Church Rites
Funeral rites for Emma Jackson 66 died at her daughter’s home were held at 2 PM at the Pampa Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Gaston Foote. Burial followed in Pampa. Survived by five daughters two sons and two sisters. Burial arrangements were handled by N S Griggs & Sons.
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J. C Ritter
Hughes Street
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Gaston Foote
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Gambling charges expose clash over betting at Senate table
Huey Long accuses Bradley and Sullivan of controlling Moore and running a personal betting kitty. Sullivan retorts you can not prove it. Bradley claims bets align with pari mutuel systems supervised by Ernst & Ernst. Senator Clark objects to widening inquiry into racing nationwide.
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Shamrock Cafe Men Provide Federal Bonds
Four of the five cafe operators arrested last week by federal revenue agents in raids at Shamrock have made bond before the U S commissioner. Only small amounts of liquor were obtained. The charges of possession are based on revenue laws for failure to pay tax. Those charged were George Otto Markham in county jail and William M. Moore William M. Wehrs William A. Cann and Mrs Dora Morgan who have all made $500 bonds.
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Charles W. Ward 67 Dies in Amarillo Home
Charles W. Ward a 67 year old brick contractor and builder died at 6 10 this morning at his home 1007 North Fillmore Street Surviving are his widow Mrs Lillian Ward and daughter Mrs B A Frisby both of Amarillo He had lived in Amarillo 25 years and belonged to the W O W the Woodmen Circle and the Security Benefit Association The body lies in state at Griggs Chapel funeral time and place to be announced later
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North Fillmore Street
Miss Clara Cobb Dies in Local Hospital
Miss Clara Cobb twenty six a graduate nurse died at 6 45 this morning in a local hospital. Surviving are her mother Mrs Lena Cobb Canyon two sisters Pauline Cobb Lordsburg N M and Eddie Ruth Cobb Canyon and a brother Earl Cobb Canyon. She graduated from Br ee training school here in 1932 and was a member of Sacred Heart Cathedral Amorillo. The body is in state at Griggs Chapel pending arrangements.
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Earl Cobb
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Amorillo
Griggs Chapel
Mixed Market Notes From Kansas City and New Orleans
Kansas City livestock totals show cattle 4,000 and calves 500 with steers and heifers at high end. Sheep receipts 11,000 with spring lambs and yearlings. prices vary by weight and quality. New Orleans cotton opened steady with late gains amid inflation talk. futures traded 11.9 to 12.26 in May to October. Wall Street stocks list mixed gains and declines across major firms at midday.
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Railroad and retailer percentages from a historical table
A fragmented table lists shares or percentages for several entities including St Louis & San Francisco Ry at 27 percent, another line shows 86 percent for Sears Roebuck, and 9 percent for Union Oil with Shell and Union Oil also appearing. The snippet provides limited context and exact meanings are unclear.
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