Slaying case grips Durant as Deere faces murder charge
Hubert Deere is jailed in Bryan County after shooting Badman Jim Thomas at Deere’s Durant home. Deere, 34, claims self defense during a dispute over a two ton truck and an electric drill. Thomas arrived with force and was killed when Deere fired a double barrel shotgun. Deere’s bail is projected at $1,000, with habeas corpus possible as he seeks to be released for a preliminary hearing. The case ties to local Amarillo connections and ongoing investigations into related robberies.
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Hubert Deere
Durant
Okla
Jim Thomas
Dhama
Hubert
Ama
Rillo
Walter
Amarillo
Wilson Produce Company
Lloyd Whitacre
Jack Caldwell
Fuqua
Walter Deere
R. H. Millis
Sam Sullivan
Raymond W. Grimes
Deere
Bryan County
W. L. Steger
Mills
Thomas
Texas
Ben Risner
Fort Worth
O. R. Brown
Brown
H. F. Cleveland
D. 8. Harris
Frank Cates
Cates
Nesbit
Oklahoma
Bill Barker
Resumption of Cease Fire Talks Hinted in Charges
North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and Chinese commander Peng Teh-huai accused a Kaesong bombing as a frame up. UN responses denied any Allied air or artillery involvement and called the charge a setup, as talks appeared to collapse with no conclusive proof.
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Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Red Army
Kaesong
Peiping
United Nations Command
Munsan
Red
Ridgway
The
Gun Does What Law Couldn't: The Thomas Gangster's Final Kill
Jim C. Thomas, a fabled Texas gambling and gangland figure, was shot to death in Durant Oklahoma amid a life of bootlegging and crime beginning in Amarillo during Prohibition. He had earlier been convicted of multiple murders and spent time in Huntsville and Nebraska penites. The case follows the Nobie bomb slaying near Noble's Denton County ranch and marks the end of a notorious era.
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Jim C
Thomas
Texas
Oklahoma
Durant
Okla
Herbert
Cat
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Huntsville
A. Eddlemon Dies Suddenly at Local Bath Center
C A Eddlemon, 75, of 902 North Grant, Amarillo, died this morning from an apparent heart attack as he prepared to receive treatment at the Carbonic Hydrotherapy Bath on Fannin. He had operated a second hand store at 417 East Fourth. An attendant said he collapsed upon entering the center and died about 11 45 this morning.
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C. A. Eddlemon
North Grant
Mr. Eddlemon
Amarillo
East Fourth
Eddleman
Houston hosts De Molay state convention crowd
More than 1200 members of De Molay are expected at the state convention tomorrow in Houston. The event, noted by organizers, gathers youth leaders from the organization across the region.
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Houston
Democracy
de Molay
Residents push to rename Beech Street to Hiroshima Alley
In East Paterson on August 23 residents filed a petition asking the borough council to rename Beech Street Hiroshima Alley citing the street’s terrible condition. The council promised to study the request.
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Paterson
Beech Street
Amarillo Budget Tightens While Surplus Shrinks
Amarillo's new fiscal year budget totals 2,385,232 in general fund resources with 2,343,631 in expenditures, dipping about 170,000 into the city surplus. General pay rises average 5 percent across most employees, with state law mandating raises for fire and police personnel.
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Paul Timmons
Amarillo
N. V. Moss
One Held In Theft Seek Pal
Charges filed in a $3,000 Tuesday night burglary of Lewis Drug and Jewelry Co. in Pleasant Valley. Bill Ballew, 22, of Potter County jail on $3,500 bond, admits burglary and implicates a second man, an ex convict released last April. About $3,000 in merch and $30 cash stolen. over half recovered. Loot found on suspect and in his room. additional swag hidden under a bridge near Amarillo. A taxi driver aided police. store employees had provided first clues.
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Troy Martin
Lewis Drug and Jewelry Company
River Drive
Pleasant Valley
Potter County
Bill Ballew
Ballew
East Tenth Avenue
Paul Gaither
Amarillo
Gaither
Sheriff's Deputies
Drug and Jewelry Company
Weather Summary for The West Texas and Nearby Regions
Cloudy with light showers this afternoon tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures rising highs around 85 with little change in the 24 hour period ending this morning. West Texas partly cloudy with scattered showers and warmer in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico shows showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Western Cowpunchers Hold Two Day Jamoree at Amarillo Lodge
The Western Cowpunchers Association wraps up its two day jamboree at a lodge seven miles north of Amarillo with today’s final activities including election of new officers and a business meeting. More than 500 attended a John Snyder barbecue at noon and a square dance caps the event at 8:30 pm. Last night ranch hands and families enjoyed a chuck wagon steak supper after the first day’s activities. Membership nears 600 as President Lu Haile of Dumas notes likely growth before disbanding tonight. Bad weather drove some from sleeping on the range to hotel shelter.
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Western Cowpunchers Association
Amarillo
John Snyder
Lu Haile
Dumas
Subversives Arrested in Jakarta Seizure Sweep
Jakarta reports 1500 to 2000 suspected subversives rounded up in three weeks. Most detainees are linked to Red organizations. Authorities say the arrests target communist and paramilitary networks amid a broad security crackdown.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Red
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Wichita
By Tex Keirsey
Poe
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A. Eddiemon
Public Safety
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Fir
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Globe
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Ralph Allred
Gene Gillaspie
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O. G.albright
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