Fugitive Willard Captured in Cincinnati After Jail Escape
John Willard a 22 year old from Colgate Oklahoma, escaped from Conroe Texas jail on June 10 by tunneling under a floor and fled to Texas officials in Amarillo before later being arrested in Cincinnati when he requested a suitcase at an express office. A woman with him, Babe Dycus, was arrested and jailed for vagrancy. Willard’s luggage was sent out from Cincinnati under an alias.
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Cincinnati
John Willard
Colgate
Okila
Amarillo
Tex
Conroe
John C. Willard
Louisiana
Babe Dycus
Willard
Sheriff's Department
Hero of Jail Riot Faces Oklahoma Charge
Jimmie Arnold 21 of Oklahoma charged with car theft after taking part in a jail riot in Lubbock. He was confined in Potter County jail awaiting transfer to Muskogee with a fellow inmate and other prisoners subdued during the attempted breakout.
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Jimmie Arnold
Oklaoma
Lubbock Jabour
Pottery County
Muskogee
Okla
Arnold
Lubbock
Oklahoma
U. S
J. D. Gamble
Amarillo
J. P. Edgar
Hospital Guard Is Held After Slaying
Raymond Davis, 22, of Petrolia, released on $1,000 bond after being charged with murder in the death of H. T. Ryan, 71, at Wichita Falls State Hospital. Ryan died from a beating. Davis will be arraigned today. Dr. C. W. Castner, hospital superintendent, filed the complaint after an investigation. Davis had been discharged from his duties as night ward attendant. Castner said Davis did not report Ryan’s injuries to a physician as instructed.
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Wichita Falls
Raymond Davis
Petrolia
H. T. Ryan
Kenedy
Wichita Falls State Hospital
Ryan
Davis
C. W. Castner
Castner
Airmail Budget To Be Reviewed Aug 24
The office department said it will convene airmail carriers on August 24 to discuss reducing expenditures to fit the Congress approved budget of 15 million dollars for the current year. Congress had cut the prior 19.46 million limit to 15 million.
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Washington
Office Department
Congress
Three Girl Picnickers Drown in N Y Creek
In Buffalo New York on August 17, three girls aged 15 14 and 13 died after a raft overturned in Cattaraugus Creek during a class picnic at Farmersville Station. Fifteen girls from the Farmersville Station Methodist Church attended the outing but none could swim.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bushland School Tax Rate Slashed by Trustees
The Bushland school tax rate was reduced from 80 to 70 cents by the school trustees. General economy in operations was cited as the reason by E. C. Paxton, president of the board.
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Bushland School
E. C. Paxton
Two Ladies Seek Car Pool To Fort Worth
A reader writes that two married women plan a trip to Fort Worth next Wednesday and seek three passengers to share expenses. Contact 6154 to join. The letter heads toward NRA and employment talk as it notes working women discussed in the times.
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Fort Worth
Dia
Roosevelt urged to seek long loans on cotton market
Governor Miriam A Ferguson asks President Roosevelt to press the federal reserve board to authorize long time loans on cotton. She proposes banks offer loans of 90 percent of cotton value for 12 months at five percent on all spot cotton, with farmers presenting compress receipts to obtain funds.
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Austin
Roosevelt
Miriam A. Ferguson
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
State Sues Humble Oil for 190502 on Taxes
Austin August 17 The Humble Oil and Refining Company is defendant in a suit by the state to recover 190502 claimed due in gross production. The petition says the company deducted two per cent from oil produced and paid taxes on 98 per cent instead of 100 per cent as required by state law.
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Austin
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Los Angeles man sentenced in Bremen liner death
Charles Manger of Los Angeles was sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Karl Werner Heye III of New York aboard the Bremen on July 30. Observers noted the sentence would not require imprisonment unless Manger returns to Germany, as a University student.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Charles Manger
Los Angeles
Karl Werner Heye
IIII
New York
Bremen
Manger
Moody to Speak in Oak Cliff Against 18th Amendment Repeal
Former Governor Dan Moody travels to Dallas Oak Cliff Park to oppose repeal of the 18th Amendment and voices opposition to a proposed 20 million dollar state relief bond. Treasury figures released August 15 show receipts of 1.176 million and expenditures of 678 thousand with a year to date deficit.
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Austin
Dan Moody
Dallas
Oak Cliff Park
Oak Cliff
Washington
the Treasury
Socialite Cook Lippincott Opens Haverford Restaurant
Socialite cook William A. Lippincott III rises from childhood dreams to own a restaurant in Haverford Pennsylvania with a rye beef sandwich ready for serving.
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William A. Lippincott
Philadelphia Social
On and Off Screen Robert Woolsey Smiles in Casual Moment
The caption notes Robert Woolsey of Wheeler and Woolsey enjoying life both on and off screen. A lower photo shows him with a big smile, in an informal moment, still wearing his signature smile and holding a cigar unseen in the image.
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Robert Woolsey
Wheeler and Woolsey
Woolsey
Matt Rundquist’s Nebraska Egg Trade Life Ends
Matt Rundquist founder of a general store at Royal Nebraska handled 9,360,000 eggs from 1913 until his death this year, marking a long era in local commerce and poultry trade.
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Matt Rundquist
Royal
Neb
Cotton Opens Firmer with Prices Rally in New Orleans
Markets report a firmer cotton opening in New Orleans with Oct up to 8.80 and Dec to 9.04 as traders cite price fixing by mills and inflation reports. Prices eased late morning but renewed buying lifted Oct to 9.25 and Dec to 9.45 before profit taking trimmed gains. In Kansas City, hogs and cattle activity shows mixed movement with hogs down and cattle firms in spots as buyers weigh weights and stocker demand.
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Liverpool
Washington
NEW York Stock
New York
National Distillers
Iiues
Caseresbing
Celanese
Industrial Rayon
Estern Union
U. S. Industrial A du Pont
Deere
Sears Roebuck
Mon “7 Ward
Allied Chemical
American Teephone
U. S, Steel
American Commercial Alcohol
New York Central
Santa Fe
Chrysler
Union Pacific
Pork Chops and Feed Jobless Plan Highlight 1933 Policy
New York stocks rally briefly before retreating into typical moves as grains and cotton swing. Roosevelt approves pork slaughter plan allowing 5 million hogs to be culled to aid relief and raise remaining hog values, with relief distribution and a future tax on slaughter proceeds. US air ports total 2,136 as of July 1, 1933.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Federal Relief Administration
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