Snook Faces Death Sentence in Ohio Murder Case
Dr. James H. Snook, former Ohio State professor, sits in county jail awaiting a Monday hearing on a motion for a new trial after jurors found him guilty of first degree murder in the death of his coed mistress Theora Hix. If denied, Snook faces immediate sentencing and electrocution within five days.
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Associated Press
Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Henry L. Scarlett
Snook
California Boom Shines In June Like Cool Manhattan
Arthur Brisbane notes Los Angeles growth as climate lures travelers and investors. He cites S W Straus buying Wilshire acreage for 300000, offered 2000000 for a 150 by 600 foot strip, and plans for a 40 story Wilshire hotel. The Biltmore expands, stock seats surge from 30000 to 150000, and Bullock’s opens Wilshire branch.
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Los Angeles
Calif
California
New York
S. W. Straus
Chicago
Wilshire Boulevard
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
Bullock’s
Graf Zeppelin Reaches Baltic Sea On Tokyo Flight
The Graf Zeppelin dirigible, at about 65 mph, neared the Baltic coast as it continues its around the world voyage toward Tokyo. It left Friedrichshafen early today and passed Danzig en route to Koenigsberg, East Prussia, then toward the Russian frontier on the second lap of its journey carrying 20 passengers.
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Eric Keyser
United Press
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Russia
Friedrichshafen
Tokio
Free City of
Danzig
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Associated Press
Tokyo
Europe
Own Your Own Business With Opportunity Ads
The ad copy urges readers to buy a small business and ring their own cash register, presenting it as independence and a chance to build a future. It promotes numerous “good buys” in Business Chances or Opportunity Ads to start a personal enterprise.
City asserts power to seize Amarillo Gas under state law and charter
Corporation Counsel says Texas laws the Amarillo city charter and a 1906 franchise grant the city authority to acquire the gas company. The 1919 franchise amendments tie changes to Texas law and Amarillo ordinances, placing the franchise under the charter. The 50 year franchise began 1906 and expires March 14, 1929. Mayor Thompson noted questions about pre charter grants.
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Amarillo Gas Company
Ray Johnson
Texas
Johnson
S. Lightburne
Ama
Two Army Deserters Admit Kansas Assault
Gordon Frost and Wayne Aldrich, both Army deserters, confessed to beating and robbing two women motorists near Hoxie Kansas on Sunday. They led officers to the stolen car and three suitcases tied to Miss Leda Beauregard and Mrs Beatrice Walsh, with arrests linked to hospital desertion and a trip from Limon Colorado.
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Associated Press
Denver
United States Army
Gordon Frost
East Pepperell
Mass
Wayne C. Aldrich
Chicago
Hoxie
Kansas
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Here
Leda Beauregard
Beatrice Walsh
Concordia
Miss Beauregard
Mother Lured To Knife Death In Holed Auto Crash
Mrs Flora Flower was stabbed to death in a speeding car that crashed into a telephone pole while seeking her kidnapped two year old daughter Dorothy. She accused her husband Clarence Flower on deathbed. Police in four cities hunted him as the child was found alive in a Chicago apartment.
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United Press
Chicago
Flora Flower
Clarence Flower
Dorothy
du Page
Laley Slayer in Daring Escape Sentenced
Laley Slayer, already jailed for the slaying of Leo J. Laley, Amarillo druggist, was sentenced to ten years in the state pen. He previously slugged a guard and escaped from prison with a companion today.
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Leo. J. Laley
Amarillo
Realtors Meet in Amarillo Set for Carlsbad Trip
About 80 members of the Texas Association of Real Estate Boards closed a three day convention in Amarillo and left for Carlsbad New Mexico to tour the Cavern. Amarillo hosts elected C P Atwood second vice president with R E Jordan as president and James D Arcy Tom Ethridge and John Banks as vice presidents. Directors include W A Wakefield T M Jackson and T R Logan. San Angelo will host the 1930 convention. A resolution denouncing current title insurance rates passed after a heated session. Other actions covered gas taxation talks with officials and San Angelo as next convention city.
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Texas Association of Real Estate Boards
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
C. P. Atwood
R. E. Jordan
Houston
James D’arcy
Fort Worth
Tom N. Ethridge
San Antonio
John O. Banks
Beaumont
W. A. Wakefield
Corpus Christi
T. M. Jackson
Waco
T. R. Logan
San Angelo
R. B. Cousins
W. A. Thomas
Panhandle
Two convicts escape Huntsville penitentiary during trash wagon transfer
Ellery Roberts and Finis Goree slugged guard H Short with a stick, tied him to a tree with a negro trusty, and fled the Texas prison after slaying drug store owner Leo Laley two years earlier. They hijacked an automobile near Houston, then escaped on a trash wagon while being taken to unload debris.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Tex
Ellery Roberts
Finis Goree
Houston
H. Short
Leo J. Laley
West Sixth Avenue
Robers
Nicholas Troeter
Laley
Roberts
Theeter
el Paso
Federal
Troeter
Tragedy Victims Sent to Oklahoma After Dual Slaying
Hallie Parkie a 29 year old Amarillo waitress was killed by her husband O H Parkie 32 who then shot himself in their hotel room. Both bodies will be sent to Carter Oklahoma for burial with arrangements made by local undertakers and escort by relatives.
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Hallie Parkie
O. H
Jack) Parkie
Amarillo
Parkie
St. Anthony's Hospital
Oklahoma
Grigge & Sons
Carter
H. H. Midgett
Mangum
Greer Undertaking Establishment
Claude
Plainview
Littlefield
Fuss Is Cause of Death Pact
Testimony on a quarrel after a drinking party and a nocturnal hunting trip was the sole explanation authorities had for the double suicide of Miss Montell Mansfield and Gail Hamilton at Miss Mansfield’s Salt Point home. Mansfield, 27, had divorce in Reno last December from a man named Ovington. Her father in Texas arranged transport of her body to Farwell. Hamilton, 39, a New York employment agency operator, had a wife and daughter who are in Paris.
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Montell Mansfield
Gail Hamilton
New York
Miss Manafield
Hamilton
Salt Point
N. Y
Reno
Nev
Miss Mansfield
Ovington
W. E. Mansfield
Farwell
Tex
Paris
Special Panhandle to Dallas State Fair Train Proposed
Fred L. Haskett proposes a Panhandle special train to Dallas for October 16 to allow Panhandle residents to attend the State Fair and see the Oklahoma Texas football game on October 17. Amarillo Chamber of Commerce manager O V Vernon notes Amarillo and the Panhandle have reserved a place at the fair.
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Panhandle
Dallas
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Fred L. Haskett
Haskett
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
the Panhandle
Public barred in Pantages girl case
Eunice Pringle, a 17 year old coed dancer, testifies on alleged attack by Alexander Pantages in his private office. Attorneys probe her past life including manager Nick Dunave as public crowds wait outside the courtroom and coverage fills city papers.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Eunice Pringle
Alexander Pantages
Miss Pringle
Pantages
Nick Dunave
Street Cars Damaged as New Orleans Strike Escalates
In New Orleans on August 15 drastic measures followed a night of violence in the street car strike. Two more street cars were damaged by dynamite, a three year old boy was killed by a trolley operated by a strike breaker, and windows were smashed on a Laurel Street car and at nearby homes after a Chippewa Street car was struck.
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United Press
New Orleans
Laurel
Towles' Body Forwarded to Oklahoma
The body of John Thomas Towles, 45, who died in a two truck collision on the north highway at midnight Tuesday, was sent to Comanche Oklahoma by N. 8. Griggs and Sons. He is survived by his wife and eight small children.
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John Thomas Towles
Comanche
Okla
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Guardsmen Bayonet Attack Shocks Texas Camp
At Camp Palacios Texas a private from Company G 142nd Infantry ran amuck slashing two National Guardsmen with a bayonet. The attacker was subdued and hospitalized with delusions alleging assault he believed occurred. No injuries were found on him and he remains under observation.
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Associated Press
Camp Palacios
Texas
National
142Nd Infantry
Stallworth Defense Concludes as Canyon Jury Deliberates
The second trial of Mrs. Levi P. Stallworth of Amarillo for the slaying of Mrs. Grace Morrison in Plainview ends opening arguments. District Attorney Thomerson and defense attorney O Keefe present self defense and home sanctity themes as jurors retire after a hung Amarillo jury prompted a venue change to Canyon.
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Canyon
Levi P. Stallworth
Amarillo
Grace Morrison
Plainview
Edw. W. Thomerson
Robt
EB. O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Thomerson
Grady Hazlewood
Culwell
Al Williams Hopes for Early Mercury Flight Test
Lieut. Al Williams, after a week of grooming his 1100 horsepower Mercury racing craft resembles a waterbug, seeks a smoother sea for a first test over Chesapeake Bay. Williams aims for an official world speed record on a patrol three kilometer course near Kent Island across the bay.
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United Press
Annapolis
al Williams
Mercury
Chesapeake Bay
Kentise Land
Williams
Boy Fatally Hurt by Car at Greenville
In Greenville Texas a 4-year-old boy Tom Malcolm Merrell son of Mr and Mrs Hoyt Merrell ran into an automobile on Wednesday and died at a local hospital. The incident occurred amid other brief AP items from New York and Columbia University notes.
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Greenville
United Press
Texas
Tom Malcolm Merrell
Hoyt Merrell
Associated Press
New York
Big City
W. Vernon Little
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
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