Durant Oklahoma gunman shot dead in self defense
Jim Thomas the Texas hoodlum was killed by shotgun blast in the Durant home of truck operator Hubert Deere who surrendered to police after reporting the shooting. Deere claimed self defense as authorities hold him for investigation while a neighbor noted a shotgun left at the scene. Thomas, linked to the Hunt murders in Littlefield, faced multiple trials and life sentence prior to the 1943 case remaining technically unsolved.
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Durant
Okla
Jim Thomas
Texas
Ben Risner
Hubert Deere
Durant Fire Department
Angus Hoay
Risner
Deere
Thomas
Texas Rangers
Herbert
the Cat) Noble
Dallas
Fort Worth
Nelson Harris
Juanita
West Texas
Littlefield
Roy Hunt
Plainview
Lamesa
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Sweetwater
Hunt
Ringling Brothers Circus Set for Amarillo Visit
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus will perform in Amarillo during the Tri-State Fair week on September 26. The show will be located about half a mile south of the fair grounds near the Grand Avenue and Fort Worth Highway intersection. Vaughn Gouldy of Gouldy Bros. Grain & Seed Co confirmed the schedule by noting his firm has a contract to feed the circus livestock.
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Amarillo
Fair Grounds
Grand Avenue
Fort Worth Highway
Vaughn Gouldy
Gouldy Bros. Grain & Seed Company
Burglary at Pleasant Valley Drug and Jewelry Firm
August 22 1951 burglary at Pleasant Valley Drug and Jewelry, owner Bob Lewis reported loot including watches rings cigarette lighters cases pocket knives alarm clocks radios shot gun shells cash taken from cash register and cigar box. Sheriff optimistic about solving case by dark with no narcotics involved. Phantom burglar struck twice on North Polk stealing $22 from Mrs Estelle Scott and attempting entry at 1108 North Pork. residents cooperated as lights were on and doors were kept secured. See $3,000 HAUL page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lewis
Drug and Jewelry Company
Lewis
North Polk
Sid Harper
North Park
Estelle Scott
Scott
Susie Coop
Mrs. Coop
R. W. Abbott
North Pork
UN notes threaten Kaesong talks with disked warning
The note from Vice Admiral C Turner Joy to Nam Il will address two alleged neutrality violations in the Kaesong zone and the destruction of a white flagged jeep. It may be 2,000 words plus documents, signaling a potential crisis point in cease fire negotiations. The UN bulletin accuses the Reds of using Kaesong to intimidate delegates while urging the Communists to keep armed men out of the neutral zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nam I
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Tampico Rocked by Severe 1936 Hurricane Storm
The Tampico area suffered a dangerous hurricane blast at 8:30 AM with 78 mph winds, center winds 130 mph nearby, wrecking houses and cutting power. Fifteen injured, streets blocked, and refugees filled schools and churches as firemen logged countless damaged homes.
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Tampico
Mex
Weather Bureau
Prowlers Flee When Woman Grabs Pistol in Yard
Mrs H T Darnell of 1902 Mirror says three men climbed her yard fence at about 1 PM. She armed with her husband’s Luger and chased them after they fled, aided by neighbor and police, but the prowlers escaped and were not found. Virginia Darnell, 16, also helped.
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H. T. Darnell
Horace Heidt Here Oct 14 in Amarillo
The Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity radio program will originate in Amarillo Sunday night October 14 broadcast from CBS at 7 30 PM. Golding Meadows Post Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsor the appearance with Jim Rankin New York City as advance man for the band. A two and a half hour variety program follows at the Municipal Auditorium after the radio broadcast. Auditions for the program open to amateurs and professionals over 14 start around October 1.
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Horace Heidt
Amarillo
Golding Meadows Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
CBS
Town Today
Jim Rankin
New York City
Municipal Auditorium
Senator Capehart Hurt in Capitol Fall
Senator Capehart of Indiana Republican slipped while hurrying to a Senate quorum call in the Capitol. He fell and injured his back, with the extent not immediately known, and was moved by wheelchair to Bethesda Naval Hospital for examination.
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Washington
Capeehart
Capitol
Capehart
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Senate
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports clearing to partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures. Today's high near 79 and low around 62, tomorrow's high about 86. A 24 hour period ended this morning at 6:30 yielded a high of 66 and low of 61 with 0.05 inch precipitation. West Texas expected partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Thursday with widely scattered thundershowers from the Pecos Valley eastward.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Cooley
Pecos
Dream Size Careers for Youngsters
Four Amarillo youngsters reveal ambitious futures with varied dreams. James Frank Robb, 6, wants to be a fireman and trainman. Judy Nunn, 9, aims to become a nurse. Terrall Shinn, 13, hopes to play professional baseball as a batboy for the Amarillo Gold Sox. Ricky Griffith, 8, intends to become an Air Force pilot after weighing other paths.
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Globe
Billy Forbes
Terrail Shinn
Amarillo Gold Sox
Madeline Bowman
Judy Nunn
Judy
Ricky Griffith
Stinson
James Frank Robb
David Lear
Washington Street
Mary Louise Broome
Amarillo
Gladys Robb
Lipscomb
James Frank
James
e+ SF
Lamar
Ln A. Nunn
Ong
Terrall Shinn
Amarillo Gold OX
Terrall
Gold Sox
Nixson
W. L. Shinn
East Twelfth
Ricky
Muskogee
Okla
San Antonio
Air Force
Kay Griffith
Bivins
Bowling Alley Burglary At Peerless Lanes
Burglars smashed into Peerless Lanes Bowling Alley at 805 Harrison and stole about 200 dollars from a front counter cash drawer. Co owner C P Guyette said about 180 dollars was cash and the rest checks, while the safe with 500 dollars in cash and 500 dollars in game tickets was untouched. He suspects an inside job after 12 30 closing. Police found a back door hasp screws removed and a missing screwdriver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peerless Lanes
Harrison
C. P. Guyette
Guyette
Navy Battlewagon Refloated by Tugs
The 45,000-ton battleship Wisconsin ran aground in the Hudson River off the New Jersey shore at low tide. With the incoming tide and tugs, she was refloated. The ship arrived yesterday with 800 midshipmen aboard for a summer training cruise and was moored midstream off 79th Street.
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New York
U.p
Wisconsin
Hudson River
New Jersey
Navy
79Th Street
South Plains gets share of cotton rain belt shift
The Panhandle rain belt moved south last night boosting cotton and crop prospects across Floyd Hale Briscoe Castro Swisher and Lamb counties. Slow soaking rains ranged from .55 inch at Hart Castro County to 3 inches near Quitaque in Briscoe, with light drizzle continuing this morning. Farm optimism follows heavy rains earlier Monday night and Tuesday morning.
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Panhandle
Floyd, Hale, Briscoe
Castro
Swisher
Lamb
Hart
Castro County
Briscoe County
Quitaque
South Plains
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Great Plains Empire
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Phantom
Pyongyang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Cal
Robert Allen
Tamesi River
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US Weather Bureau Report
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Robinson Crusoe
USAF
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