Convicts in Black Legion false imprisonment case
In Detroit three of six Black Legion members were found guilty of false imprisonment for abducting and taking fellow member Robert Penland to a meeting. Thomas F. Cox Earl Angstadt and Frederick A. Gulley were convicted. Charles D. King Wilbur Robinson and Harold Lawrence were acquitted. Sentencing to follow after probation review. In New York a former Luciano associate was slain, signaling a rising gang war and a new vice ring targeting prostitutes.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Thomas F. Cox
Earl Angstadt
Frederick A. Gulley
Charles D. King
Ecorse
Wilbur Robinson
Harold Lawrence
Moynihan
Robert Penland
New York
U.P
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Luciano
Slaying Ties to Gang Leader as Burns Is Shot Outside
In Manhattan on a lower East Side restaurant curb, Terry Burns also known as Dominick Didato was slain by multiple gunshots. The murder follows an alleged gang war connected to a new vice syndicate with earlier killings linked by a blonde dancer Mickey O Neill. Police withheld full details while protectively detaining her.
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Terry Burns
Dominick Didato
Union Siciliane
Burns
Lower East Side
Mickey O'Neill
Vice
Frank McCarthy
Brooklyn
Hitler May Refuse Spanish Neutrality Plea As Fleet Moves
Berlin reports Hitler, furious over claims leftists in Catalonia killed four Germans, will likely reject France's neutrality appeal. Admiral Raeder travels to Kiel after naval discussions. Germany protests to Spain, contemplates fleet reinforcement in Spanish waters amid Loyalist violence and new executions.
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United Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Catalonia
France
Hitler
Eric Raeder
Kiel
No Tricycle Now Trotsky Threatened Houston
Five year old Joe Ann Jordan heard of J O Wimberly and Mrs V F Mangum death by murder suicide. The witness said Wimberly won t buy a tricycle now. The justice of the peace ruled murder and suicide. In Oslo Trotzky faced possible expulsion over alleged propaganda. He fished at Christiansand as authorities weighed action. FHA LOANS. Long Bell Lumber Co.
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Houston
Joe Ann Jordan
J. O. Wimberly
V. F. Mangum
Shirley
Justice of the Peace
H. W. Williams
Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Christiansand
Williams Wins Olympic 400 Meter Title for United States
Archie Williams of the University of California won the Olympic 400 meter title in Berlin, clocking 46.5 seconds to give the United States its tenth men’s track and field crown at the 11th Games. Arthur Brown of Great Britain finished second, Jimmy Lavalle of UCLA took third, with William Roberts and Bill Fritz following.
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Olympic Stadium
Berlin
U.P
Archie Williams
University of California
United States
Dusky
Arthur Godfrey Brown
Cambridge University
Great Britain
Jimmy Lavalle
William Roberts
Bill Fritz
Canada
Wilfred Loaring
Three Injured in Crash East of Amarillo
A crash eight miles east of Amarillo on Highway 66 left a Houston couple and their infant daughter seriously injured. Dora Bell Setser, 21 months, suffered a broken arm. The Houston husband Ed Feaster endured a broken knee serious arm injury and facial bruises. The wife suffered additional injuries.
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Houston
Amarillo
Highway 66
Dora Bell Setser
G. M. Setser
Kentucky Street
Ed Feaster
Mr. Feaster
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast
Forecast shows fair skies this evening and for Saturday and Sunday. West Texas mostly fair tonight and Saturday. New Mexico partly unsettled north tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Amarillo temperatures range from 70 to 90 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ruth Owen and Husband Briefly Visit Amarillo on Honeymoon
United States minister to Denmark Ruth Owen and her husband Captain Boerge Rohde stopped in Amarillo during a leisure air trip to the California coast. She spoke of Texas size and grandeur at English Field and noted Texas is a favorite state with family ties in Brownsville.
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United States
Denmark
Ruth Bryan Owen
Amarillo
English Field
California
U. S
Boerge Rohde
Texas
Globe- News
Copenhagen
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
Brownsville
Mae West Becomes Godmother to Two Calves
Hollywood, August 7. A farmer praised Mae West as a godmother after two of his prize milch cows calved, saying her presence brought luck to the Triangle-A Ranch owned by Ira Ashcroft.
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Mae West
Hollywood
Calif
Ira Ashcroft
Triangle-A
Browder Sees Great Crisis in U S Politics
Earl Browder, communist candidate for president, spoke in Denver urging Americans to resist Wall Street backed by Hearst and the Liberty League. He warned the nation faces its greatest crisis since the Civil War and accused powerful capitalists of planning a move toward a fascist regime.
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Denver
Earl Browder
Wall Street
Hearst
Liberty League
London
Heart Attack Fatal to Rep John J McSwain
Democratic congressman John J. McSwain dies at 61 from a heart attack aboard a train returning to his Greenville home. He represented South Carolina’s fourth district since 1920 and served as chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee.
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Columbia
D. C
John J. McSwain
South Carolina
House Committee On Military Affairs
Greenville
The Lady and the Prizefighter Breaks Up Again
Hollywood gossip reports Judith Allen moving out from her estranged husband Jack Doyle after a split that followed a burglary of her home for love letters. She alternated between reconciliation hopes and filing for divorce with Doyle, once married in Agua Caliente in 1935 after a tour of England.
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Hollywood
Wupi
Judith Allen
Jack Doyle
Miss Allen
Jack
Miss Alien
Gus Sonnenberg
Doyle
Agua Caliente
Mex
England
Smith to Speak Out Against Roosevelt in Boston
In Boston Alfred E. Smith is expected to oppose President Roosevelt, announced by Joseph B. Ely who declined definite plans yet stated the speech would be under Boston friends. Ely supports Alf M. Landon and will campaign for him, while some Democrats contemplate backing Gov London amid anti New Deal meetings led by James A. Reed and Sterling E. Edmunds.
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Detroit
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Boston
Roosevelt
Fly
James A. Reed
Missouri
Sterling E. Edmunds
St. Louis
Ely
Smith
Alf M. Landon
Landon
London
Room Needed by Aged Man in Amarillo
A penniless but sturdy old man in Amarillo seeks a room in servants quarters to repay with light labor after eviction threats from a cottage camp. He cannot stay at the county farm, welfare aid won’t cover rent, and he’s not yet pension eligible. Call The News-Globe for his name and address.
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Amarillo
News-Globe
British and German protest over Spain war actions
Great Britain and Germany issued protests over treatment of their nationals in the Spanish civil war while the United States urged Madrid to protect American property and accept indemnification. Loyalist forces claimed gains in the Guadarrama Mountains near Madrid as fighting continued around Algeciras near Gibraltar.
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Jaime I
Dato
Popular Front
Guadarrama Mountains
Madrid
Tardevita
Graner
Baena
Spain
Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Gibraltar
Guadarrama
Algeciras
Rock of Gibraltar
Big Bill Thompson Runs for Illinois Governor on Union Ticket
Chicago August 7. William Hale Thompson known as Big Bill announces candidacy for Illinois governor on the Union Party ticket. The move aligns the former Chicago mayor with a party led by North Dakota Congressman William Lemke, disclosed by Newton Jenkins, Chicago attorney.
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Big Bill
Union Party
Chicago
William Hale
Thompson
Illinois
William Lemke
North Dakota
Newton Jenkins
Tex Watkins Arrest Follows Wresting Bout Incident
Sailor Tex Watkins, known for local mat shows, won a wrestling bout on Thursday night but was later arrested after allegedly kicking a woman in the face. He faced aggravated assault charges, posted 250 bond, and was turned over to county officers. Cory Detton, former Utah football player, was his opponent in the bout.
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Tex Watkins
W. R. McDowell
Watkins
Ivy Wilkinson
Cory Detton
Utah
Governor Allred Won't Intervene in Texan Censorship Controversy
Governor James V. Allred stated he would not interfere with the dispute over censorship at the University of Texas student newspaper the Texan. Representative Maury Maverick urged revocation of the censoring. Allred praised the board of regents and confidence in their management of university affairs. Hubert Cole for County Clerk Ad.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texan
University of Texas
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
University Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Alfred
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Revolutionary Tribunal
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Hamburg
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Koeln
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Sevilla
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Morocco
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Scheer
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