Indictment Sought in Pastor Berrie Spouse Death
In Muskogee Oklahoma the 51 year old former Presbyterian pastor F A Berrie faces a prospective grand jury indictment over the death of his first wife on March 21. His second wife who is 19 was arrested in connection with the case and released while Berrie remains in custody.
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Muskogee
Okla
U.P
F. A. Berrie
Berrie
Taylor Rogers
Cumberland Church
A. C. Trotter
Sentinel
Founds Tabernacle
Cumberland
Bernie
Bethel Tabernacle
New Church
John Wolsey
Dallas Bank Official Sees Better Times
W. Z. Hayes vice president of Republic National Bank of Dallas says the mood is lifting and economy improving. He notes widespread liquidation of debts and a dual savings and spending program driving better stock markets and farm conditions. Hayes spoke in Amarillo at a regents meeting of teachers colleges.
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W. Z. Hayes
Republic National Bank of Dallas
United States
Mr. Hayes
Hayes
Amarillo
Regents of Teacher's Colleges
Milk Bottle Caps Fund Rex Theater Program
Kids packed the Rex Theater Saturday afternoon three deep to see Buster Keaton in Sidewalks of New York. Each brought 10 milk bottle caps as admission. Next week Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in Politics air for three caps and a nickel. Bob Clark, Amarillo's Houdini, performs a special program for the kids.
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Rex Theater
Buster eKaton
New York
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Bob Clark
Amarillo
Houdini
Bob
Bandits steal ring as Fort Worth man woos in park
In Brackenridge Park San Antonio bandits eavesdropped as Max Moses of Fort Worth proposed to his fiancée and fled with the ring and his car after the couple’s moment. Moses withheld the fiancée’s name. In Galveston Aug 8 Miss Billie Elwood of San Antonio was named Miss Personality. Mary Ruth Whatley and Alberta Coatley were runners up.
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San Antonio
W.P
Max Moses
Fort Worth
Brackenridge Park
Moses
Galveston
Billie Elwood
Oak Cliff
Mary Ruth Whatley
New Orleans
Alberta Coatley
Tea on marathon race distracts Olympic runners
American runners Whitey Michelson and Hans Oldag paused at the fourth control point of the Olympic Marathon and drank two cups of tea, delaying their progress in the race.
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Los Angeles
Whitey Michelson
Hans Oldag
Treasury receipts and duties report for early August
Treasury receipts for August 5 were 4 82,973.64. Expenditures 23,777,37.00. Balance 556,518,326.32. Customs duties for the first five days of August totaled 4,036,292.03.
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Treasury
Washington
Texan That Beat President Is Dead
Robert H. Connerly 67, longtime clerk of the Third Civil Appeals Court and prominent Texas athlete, died at his Austin home. A former UT athletic director and multi time state golf and rifle champion, he once golfed with President Taft at the Taft ranch, won a watch, and declined to disclose the score.
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Austin
Texas
United States
Robert H. Connerly
Third Civil Appeals Court
University of Texas
Texas League
Connerly
Taft
Taft Ranch
Two Sacramentans Booked 155 Times Each
Police in California's capital booked two Sacramento residents for repeated offenses. Each suspect accumulated 155 bookings, highlighting a long history with local law enforcement and prompting scrutiny of policing strategies and reform discussions in the city.
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Police Department
California
Piece Chewed Match Ends Helped Solve Bay Murder
In Plattsburgh New York police arrested Elmer Rabideau age 19 for the murder of Samuel Bradley a 70 year old retired farmer. Chewed match ends found beside the body and Rabideau’s repeated chewing of ends led to his confession.
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Bay
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Elmer Rabideau
Samuel Bradley
Bradley
Young Rabideau
Rabideau
Eastern Steamship to Cut Boston Portland Run After 109 Years
Eastern Steamship Lines announced it will discontinue the Boston to Portland service on August 31 after 109 years. Captain Eugene E O Donnell cited uncontrolled truck competition and a rise in fuel oil as reasons for the stoppage.
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Boston
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Portland
Maine
Eugene E. O’donnell
Eastern Steamship Lines
Lebrun to Help Cut Wheat on Farm Holiday
President Albert Lebrun arrives at his birthplace farm in Harvest Mercy le Haut for a rest and is set to work at once at the family farm with his brother Farmer Gabriel Lebrun saying the President will help cut wheat the next morning.
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Harvest Mercy
Tascosa Trail Rebuild Aims To Link Denver To Amarillo
The state will rebuild Tascosa Trail connecting Channing with Highway No 5 to run southeast through Oldham and Potter Counties into Amarillo via Sixth Avenue. The project cuts 14 miles from the present route and creates a direct outlet for Dalhart Hartley and Oldham Counties. Judge R A DeFee announced the decision to construct a Canadian River bridge at Old Tascosa signaling renewed interest in the historic road with plans due soon.
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Channing
Oldham County
Potter County
Amarillo
Sixth Avenue
Denver
Dalhart, Channing
Dallam
Hartley
Oldham Counties
Vega
Moore County
Dalhart
Old Tascosa
R. A. DeFee
Carl Hill
Tascosa Trail
Southwest
Local obituaries note community member's long service
Turner LeRoy Bell H W Allen T A Curtin Frank Buckingham and Glen Bowen are listed in a burial notice. Burial was arranged in Liano Cemetery. Mrs Abbott had resided in Amarillo the last 14 years and was active in the Polk Street Methodist Church where she taught a class for several years.
Start Paving No 60 In Roberts County
First concrete was poured today on a 14 mile strip of Highway 33 US 60 through Roberts County from the Gray County line to the Hemphill County line. The concrete work marks a major roadway improvement with significant regional impact.
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Roberts County
Robert County
Gray County
Hemphill County
Road paving project set to finish by November 20
Work starting at Miami will be completed by November 20 under contract held by L. E. Whitham Company of Wichita Falls. The project is one of several to pave the highway from the Oklahoma line in Lipscomb County southwest to the Deaf Smith County line by year’s end.
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Miami
L. E. Whitham Company
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma Line
Lipscomb County
Deaf Smith County
Holdups Delay Pupil in Chicago
Samuel Rosenberg a druggist training as a lawyer says his homework is late after his store was held up twice in five hours. He notes this brings total robberies at his shop to ten in three years. The teacher excused him.
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Rosenberg
Rip Tide Carries Two Bathers to Their Death
Corpus Christi August eight strong rip tide swept four swimmers near an amusement park. Mort Barrett of Dunlap Indiana saved Velmer Tabbert and Bernice Winckler of San Antonio and recovered Louis Colesanti's body. Colesanti died and Haas from San Antonio drowned with his body not yet found.
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Corpus Christi
Mort Barrett
Dunlap
Barrett
Velmer Tabbert
Bernice Winckler
San Antonio
Louis V. Colesanti
Walter Haas
Mrs Abbott Funeral Held at Griggs Chapel
Last rites for Rochelle Sanford Abbott 37 wife of George F Abbott were held at 2 pm from Griggs Chapel. Rev Ira F Key of Polk Street Methodist Church conducted the service. Pallbearers listed as Frank P and others remained unnamed in the fragment.
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Rochelle Sanford Abbott
George F. Abbott
Hayden Street
Griggs Chapel
Ira F. Key
Polk Street
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