Crimes Don’t Pay in Public Life and High Flight Fares
Arthur Brisbane reflects on public bribery and high finance as crimes that do not pay while noting court injustices and a sharp contrast between petty theft and big corruption. The piece contrasts the American justice system with bold criminal hubris and ends with travel fare news from London offering inexpensive airline round trips to Paris and Brussels.
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Chapman
United States
London
Paris
Brussels
Amarillo City Vote Sets Eight Polling Places Tomorrow
Voters in Amarillo will elect a mayor and two commissioners plus decide a charter amendment. Eight polling sites open 8 am to 7 pm with about 3,500 eligible voters. official ballots list mayoral candidates Lee Bivins and Lon D. Marts and commissioners Fisk Smith Harris Gilvin Erwin, plus amendment choices.
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Amarillo
Tomorow
Jeff D. Bartlett
Lee Bivins
Lon D. Marts
Charles A. Fisk
HW. BE. Smith
J. H. Harris
O. K. Gilvin
O. E. Erwin
Weather Forecast With Temperatures
The forecast for tonight and tomorrow calls for fair and cooler conditions. Today’s high was 75 and low 69 degrees with a year ago reading of 70 and 40.
St. Louis Bully Shot by Defending Proprietor
McKinley Alexander known as the Black Belt bully in downtown St Louis was shot and killed by William Swanson a soft drink stand proprietor Swanson said he acted in self defense after Alexander wounded him twice in the legs in the encounter in an urban Negro district.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
McKinley
Alexander
William Swanson
Swanson
S M N Marrs to Talk on New School Laws
State superintendent S M N Marrs will discuss School Legislation Enacted by the Thirty Ninth Legislature at First Baptist Church at 8 tonight. He attends a regional conference of the state education department and spoke to city Parent Teacher clubs this afternoon. Marrs and staff stay through tomorrow night.
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S. M. N. Marrs
First Baptist Church
Marrs
State Department of Education
School For Men and Women
Dan Carr Named Head Of Amarillo Advertising Club
Dan Carr, manager of the Amarillo branch of the Burroughs Adding Machine company, was elected president of the Amarillo Advertising and Salesmanship Club at a meeting at the Amarillo Hotel. Bill Adams elected vice president and Gerald Kirvin secretary treasurer. Directors include Lee Williams, E. E. Finklea, and Harry Schwartz. Orla Allen named delegate to the International convention of the Associated Advertising clubs of the World in Houston. Westmoreland praised advertising as driving automotive sales. Local figures Westmoreland company sells nationally known lines west of Jackson Street. Precinct 8 officers named. San Jacinto area. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel billed as Famous For Food. Harold Lloyd in Hot Water shown at the Mission starting Wednesday.
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Dan Carr
Amarillo
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Amarillo Hotel
Bill Adams
Gerald Kirvin
Lee Williams
E. E. Finklea
Harry Schwartz
Orla Allen
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Houston
Westmoreland
Westmoreland Company
Amarillo voters urged to back Bivins Fisk Harris slate
The Globe urges Amarillo residents to vote for the Bivins Fisk Harris team in tomorrow's election. It criticizes Lon Marrs for past mayoral actions including auditorium bonds and water-rate increases, urges retirement of Marrs, and promotes trust in the proposed commissioners Pete Gilvin and O. B. Urwin as capable candidates.
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Amarillo
Globe
Lon Marrs
Marrs
Globe Today
City, Light and Water Company
Lou Marrs
Sea Ae
Lou Harrs
Bivins-Fisk-Harris
Charley Fisk
J. H. Harris
Bivins
Meyor
Fisky
Harts
The
H. KE. Smith
Pete Gilvin
O. B.urwin
Parade of 10 000 Sailors In Frisco Bay Visit
San Francisco prepares for a parade of about 10 000 sailors from the United States grand fleet to greet Northern California crowds. A reception for officers by Maj. James Rolph will be held at city hall after a spectacular entrance of 107 ships in a 25 mile bay line led by Admiral Robert E. Koontz.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
United States Grand Fleet
San Francisco Bay
California
James Rolph
Robert E. Koontz
Missing Marrs Photo Withheld From City Ballot Layout
The Globe could not obtain Lon Marrs photograph for the city ballot layout as Marrs declined to provide his picture despite multiple requests. The article notes his absence from the pictured lineup.
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Lon Marrs
The
Globe
Marrs
Mr. Marra
Volunteers To Bring Three Bands For May 3 City Event
Volunteers are sought to bring bands from Memphis Canadian and Canyon Sunday morning May 4 to Amarillo. Col Ernest O Thompson chair of the trade extension committee says Amarillo should provide transportation. The bands will perform at 4 PM in the auditorium and join the local delegation at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Mineral Wells. The Amarillo group plans to depart Sunday night May 3 via Dallas and Fort Worth, arriving Mineral Wells Monday afternoon.
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Memphis
Canyon
Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
The
Board of City Development
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Fort Worth
Weather Update Forecast Warm Spell Delayed to April Twenty
Viremena at the Central station reports that spring weather with winds will not prevail until about April 20. They cite hedge progress as authority for the statement.
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Viremena
Harold Lloyd in Hot Water Mission Begins Wednesday
Harold Lloyd stars in the feature comedy Hot Water as the plan for a new mission starts on Wednesday. The production promises lighthearted misadventure with the famed comic at the center of the action.
Burkburnett Man Shot and Killed by Wife Arrest
Dc Wade a 47 year old rooming house proprietor in Burkburnett was shot and killed in his rooms at 1 30 this morning His wife was arrested and is jailed in Wichita Falls on the shooting Wade came to Burkburnett about a year ago His parents are said to live at Terral Oklahoma
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Wichita Falls
Dc Wade
Burkburnett
Wade
Terral Okla
Whitington No. 1 well flows 1560 barrels in Panhandle field
The Whit ington No 1 well eight miles from the city produced 1560 barrels of oil yesterday. Flow increased over 72 hours from 40 to 60 barrels per hour as the well steadily improves. Located in Section 9 Block 27 at 2221 feet, pipe is being laid to build a pipeline to Lethu six miles west.
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Giebe
Shamrock
Whitington No. 1
Panhandle
Block 27
Letlu
Flier Dies After Slipping Into Propeller at Field
Lieutenant John J Broussard aged 24, assigned to Ellington Field, was killed when he slipped stepping from his aircraft and fell into the moving propeller. The incident occurred as the flier dismounted, in Houston region. Panhandle area notes mention Amarillo hotel and business listings. Data shows multiple unrelated items in the clipping.
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Associated Press
Houston
John 3. Broussard
Hllington Field Flier
Lee Bivins to Speak at San Jacinto Tonight
Lee Bivins will give a political talk at San Jacinto tonight at 7:50 PM in Erwin's garage. He spoke earlier today to 30 or 40 men at the city barns and said he aims to talk plainly to ordinary people. Attending with him will be Charley Wisk J H Karris and other candidates.
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Lee Bivins
Erwin
San Jacinto
Mr Bivins
Charley Wisk
J. H. Karris
Storm from Everglades Kills Four
Tornado sweeping from the Everglades yesterday killed four people and injured many more as it damaged dairy property near Miami and struck multiple communities including Westwood Inn Elizabeth Park Biscayne Park and nearby roadways. Names include Mrs Mathilda Schulte Joan W. Simpson and F Sullivan with extensive homes and buildings demolished across the path.
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Miami
Fla
Losoutels
Tol
Everglades
Atlantic
Mathilda Schulte ii
Westwood Inn
Little River
Joan W. Simpson
F. ¥. Sullivan
Westwood Park
Elizabeth Park
Biscayne Park
Gross-Examination of Alienist in Dorothy Ellingson Trial
San Francisco April 6 The cross-examination of Dr Jay Don Ball a noted alienist opened today in the trial to determine the sanity of Dorothy Ellingson seven year old matricide Defense attorney Walter McGovern said the final evidence of Dr Ball would rest the case The girl reportedly said last night that her insanity trial is a farce and that she will force a hearing before the jurors.
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Associated, Press
San Francisco
Jay Don Ball
Dorothy Wilingson
Seizure of Wine and Whisky Freight Car
Federal prohibition agents seized a freight car in Chicago yards of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad after its arrival from New York. The car contained 30 barrels of wine and 200 cases of uncut whisky. No arrests were made and the car was placed under guard as agents pursue an illicit liquor syndicate lead.
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Chicago
Cheego, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
New York
Fair spotlight on Harold Lloyd in Hot Water
Harold Lloyd stars in the misadventure Hot Water at The Fair. The silent comedy follows a mounting series of comic misunderstandings as the character navigates mishaps, romance, and rapid-fire gags on and off the screen.
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