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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1934
Page
3
Column recounts sensational crime, jail, and heaven questions with references to John Dillinger, government agents, and reactions to the Dillinger case. Mentions Blackwell preacher death, vaults, the stock exchange Bill by Rayburn, and a Florida curlew fire incident.
April report tells how Mrs. G. H. McKee and her husband thwarted a kidnapping at a Winfield gas station. Three men abducted Charles M. Keila Jr from a car, failed to pay for gas, and fled. McKee retrieved Keila, captured two suspects Homer Moody and Joe Burleson, while a third fled, with a posse scouring nearby woods.
Beautifully tinted colors appeared around the moon in Amarillo last night as a corona and halo formed almost simultaneously. Meteorologist H. T. Collman of the Weather Bureau notes both spectacles arise from atmospheric diffraction and carry no weather implications.
No motive was identified as both individuals admitted they were drunk. Kella, a traffic engineer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in town, provided details of the incident.
Mrs. A. N. Fewell died from a gunshot wound to the right side at the home of H. Co. Cooper in Austin after five shots were fired in a quarrel. Cooper, the husband’s host, was taken into custody as police investigated the incident with charges pending.
Geologists note the fall’s edge migrated about seven miles west over the last thirty thousand years due to long term erosion and glacial activity, reshaping the landscape near the river’s edge.
Steamship owners and Texas dock workers remained at odds over wage terms after a Galveston meeting. Negotiations were to resume and cover Galveston Houston Texas City and Corpus Christi ports. Dockers demand Sabine district be included, but operators say it should not join the talks due to tonnage not handled by Galveston or Houston companies.
President Roosevelt asserts the United States will not subsidize or regulate newspapers or news services, defending free press principles. The piece notes the ongoing hunt for Dillinger with U S officers pursuing the gang after a deadly North Woods raid and escape from a resort hideout.
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