Fort Worth postal robbery probe set for grand jury
Investigation of the $72,000 Fort Worth mail robbery will be reviewed by a federal grand jury September 18. The Fort Worth case is being moved here to speed hearings. A panel of 25 grand jurors and 35 petit jurors were drawn for service with names including Hawkins, Wilcoxson, Hobdy, Pruett, Williams, Hunt, Casey, and others from Panhandle to Amarillo and Canyon.
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Fort Worth
Federal Grand Jury
Federal Court
Grand Jury Srvice
Bob Hawkins
Panhandle
M. L. Wilcoxson
Childress
Morris Hobdy
R. H. Pruett
Spearman
H. L. Williams
John H. Hunt
Clarendon
A. B. Casey
Miami
W. O. Pullian
Borger
T. W. Cotten
Amarillo
E. B. Clay
Pampa
C. C. Terry
Wellington
Mike Tafoya
Channing
Tulsa
C. M. Raley
Vega
Sam Ratcliff
Hereford
G. A. Hopkins
Canadian
C. J. Anderson
Canyon
Ed Gerald
L. B. Petty
Dalhart
D. D. Perkins
C. B. Rittenberry
Joe Bardy
J. R. Roby
John Goldston
B. T. Hendrickson
Farwell
P. Atchley
Doyle Rose
W. A. Pullian
A G. Post
John Hood
Wheeler
A.N. Olver
J. N. Neeley
Claude
Frank P. Hutton
C. J. Talley
C. W. Smith
C. W
Ed Jackson
Cruse C. Duke
Lipscomb
Hez H. Wright
Dimmitt
C. FP. Bennett
Dumas
J. G. Wear
A. J. Arnold
W. O. Cantrell
William C. Boyce, Jr
John Haines
Rites Wednesday For Mrs Shireman
Funeral services for Mrs J K Shireman former Amarillo resident will be held Wednesday in California. She died at her daughter’s home in Eureka California. The Shiremans lived in Amarillo from 1906 and were connected with the Amarillo Railway and later with the First National Bank before moving to Los Angeles. Survivors include son C C Shireman Eureka and daughters Carla McGee Blackwell Oklahoma and Clara Hastings Eureka.
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J. K. Shireman
Amarillo
FiaE’ka
Calif
Shireman
Eureka
Marillo
Amalo
First National Bank
Shiremans
Los Angeles
Bank of Italy
C. C. Shireman
Carla McGee
Blackwell
Okla
Clara Hastings
Pens of Roosevelt on display in Congressman Jones collection
Amarillo representative Congressman Marvin Jones shows a collection of pens used by President Roosevelt to sign key New Deal agricultural bills. The display includes the Farm Mortgage Currency Expansion Bill pen, the Farm Credit Act pen, and the Agricultural Credit Corporation signing pen, all mounted with ribbons beside related documents. A Coolidge era pen for Jones’ cotton research bill is also shown.
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Amarillo
House Agricultural Committee
Roosevelt
Congressman Jones
FDR
House
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Coolidge
Mr. Jones
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
NRA Dispute Ends With Ogburn Resignation
Professor William F. Ogburn of the University of Chicago resigns from the NRA consumers advisory board amid criticism of how consumer complaints were handled. He warns the NRA policy to keep purchasing power rising with prices will be blocked for want of adequate indexes.
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Washington
NRA
Hughes. Johnson
William F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Consumers’ Advisory Board
Mery Harriman Rumsey
Ogburn
Johnson
Chicago
Pail on scarecrow collection for corn surprise
In McKean Pennsylvania on August 15 a farmer faced drought and poor harvest. He placed a scarecrow with a dangling pail and later found the pail filled with coins from motorists hoping for ears of corn. The find includes dimes quarters and half dollars.
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Mckean
Drouth
Si Hancronnie
Scout Troop 8 Plans Las Vegas Camp for Scouts
Amarillo Area Boy Scouts Troop 8 will hold a summer camp at Las Vegas New Mexico announced by scout executive Marvin J. Paul. Some leaders will oversee the camp and a few scouts from other troops may join. Scouts should meet at the totem pole in Ellwood Park at 7 30 Thursday night. It will not be a roving camp as previously reported.
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Amarillo
Boy Scouts
Las Vegas
N. M
Marvin J. Paul
Mr. Paul
Ellwood Park
Globe
Amarilloans to Speak at Moore County Meeting
Amarillo speakers will attend a Moore County political meeting at the county courthouse in Dumas Tuesday at 8 30 in the evening. J B Fischer will speak on the bond issue and Robert McNeil will present an NRA address with other local authorities likely to join.
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Moore County
Amarillo
Dumas
Fischer
Robert McNeil
NRA
Roosevelt era notes and economic debate on inflation and NRA
column discusses inflation fears and government codes under NRA with Hearst analysis. mentions labor enrollment plans led by Matthew Woll and a shift toward a vigilant labor approach. notes lightning risks to churches and Franklin D Roosevelt’s family visits in Virginia.
Mussolini Balbo Triumph Parade Across Rome
Colonel Nelson in a Delaware avenue basement reports on Kansas City Sheriff Thomas B. Bush witnessing a car shooting. The third man dies as Bush captures the two gangsters. Across Italy crowds applaud Mussolini and Balbo as a peaceful triumph through Rome Arch of Constantine with echoes of Caesars era.
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Kansas City
Dickey Brothers
Colonel Coates
Coates House
Colonel Nelson
Delaware Avenue
Tday
Thomas B. Bush
Sheriff Bush
Balbo
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Constantine
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U. & Grand and Petit Jury
Next Court
Mrs. Shireman
Marvin Jones
First Dispute
Cox
Rhaghh
Llogh
Doles
W. R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
General Johnson
New York
Matthew Woll
England
Woll
Ramsay MacDonald
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church Property Fire Insurance Corporation
Virginia
Pranklin D. Roosevelt
White Top Mountain
Elliot Roosevelt
Theodore
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Julius Caesar
Vercingetorix
Gaul
Cleopatra
Conoco
Conoc Trey
Red Triangle
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