Pensioned cop kills wife mother and child then himself
Philadelphia dispatch reports a retired detective aged 56, John W. Rogers, shot and killed his wife Floise, her mother Nell Downs, and their 6 year old Jacqueline. He wounded two other children Adele and William before turning the pistol on himself.
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Philadelphia
John W. Rogers
Floise
Nell Downs
Jacqueline
William
Rogers
Adele
Harry Downs
Woman Dies of Burns in Fire Started by Gasoline Can
In Lawton Oklahoma Mrs. Perry Leonard 34 died from burns after a gasoline can exploded while she tried to start a fire in a stove at home. She ran out alone as flames consumed the house and damaged the building. Her husband worked at a nearby flour mill and two daughters 11 and 14 returned home to find her dying.
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Lawton
Okla
Perry Leonard
Leonard
Here Now Drouth Brings Odd Harvest Prospects
Great Bend Kansas December 25 Farmers adapt to drought as Ben Turner notes kafir corn grows high above ground and chickens stretch necks to grain. He jokes about meals for in laws and plans for next year to raise turkeys and geese, hoping a goose with long necks could fetch 25 dollars.
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Turner
Four Die and Two Hurt in Charlotte Train Auto Crash
Four persons were killed and two seriously injured in a train auto collision near Newell Charlotte last night. The deceased include Mr and Mrs EF A Ritchie of Charlotte and two children of Mrs Bertha Watkins of Charlotte.
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Charlotte
N. C
Newell
EF. A. Ritchie
Bertha Watkins
All Around The Town Holiday Visits and Guests
Miss Katherine Letteer of Corpus Christi guest of Mrs. R C Neely 323 West Twelfth Ave A UT student member of Kappa Alpha Theta Bluebonnet Belle last year Miss Peggy Hill home from Austin for holidays Mr and Mrs Gilbert Ridings travel to Tyler to spend holidays Before visiting Sandie football game in Dallas Mr and Mrs J C Jarrett and son touring Slaton Lubbock and Big Spring over holidays Thelma O L Taylor Ted Taylor trip to Oklahoma City and South Texas Carl Clifft visiting relatives in Hamlin Okla V Cook 2020 Washington St visiting Corpus Christi Havel Ridley KGNC staff visiting Springfield Ill Miss Harriet Towle Porto Rico stops Amarillo to visit J K Griggs 1417 Harrison St Towle en route to Philippine Islands Mr and Mrs Tom Hunter Clovis N M visiting Amarillo over holidays Harold Wohl of Dalhart visiting Amarillo James Montgomery Drake Univ Iowa en route home to Santa Fe Dr W O Stephens Jr of El Paso Proctor Stephens Texas junior student visiting Amarillo prior to trip
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Katherine Letteer
Corpus Christi
University of Texas
R. C. Neely
West Twelfth Avenue
Miss Letteer
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Harriet Towle
Porto Rico
Amarillo
J. K. Griggs
Harrison Street
Miss Towle
Geneva
Switzerland
Mary Alice Griggs
Southwest
Philippine Islands
Christmas notices and theater ads in Amarillo paper
Local items report travel for Christmas visits among families and railway staff changes. Theater listings include Frisco Kid at Fair, China Seas at Texas, and The Nitwits at Rex, plus a Pan-Hellenic tea dance at The Nat.
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James Cagney
Lili Damita
Margaret Lindsay
Paramount
Mary Burns
Sylvia Sidney
Melvin Douglas
George Raft
Joan Bennett
Texas
China Seas
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beery
Clark Gable
REX
Wheeler and
Woolsey
Rialto
George O'Brien
THE
NAT
Lloyd Snyder
Fair Theater
Barbary Coast
Miriam Hopkins
Amarillo
Rex Theater
Wheeler
Pan-Hellenic Council
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Great Bend
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Tillotson
Reynard
Peggy Hill
Austin
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Mrs. Ridings
Tyler
Dallas
J. C. Jarrett and Son
Slaton
Lubbock
Big Spring
O. L
Ted) Taylor
Oklahoma City
South
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Hamlin
V. Cook
Washington Street
Havel Ridley
KGNC
Springfield, Til
Tom Hunter
Clovis, N. M
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Harold Wohl
Dalhart
James Montgomery
Drake University
Iowa
Santa Fe
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Monroe Street
W. O. Stephens, Jr
Paso
Proctor Stephens
Mre
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Kansas City
Mr. Tazard
Lena Kuykendall
Waxahachie and
Clemurne
Beulah Mae Miracle
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Amos Miracle
West
Ninth Avenue
First National Bank
H. EF. Fuqua
G. K. Richardson
Chas. A. Fisk
W. W. Kincade
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W. D. Smiley
A. D. Lidia
John Wheatley
Curtis Gilbert
John Curtis
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Lamesa
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Frank. M. Pariss
West Sixth Avenue
Mary Ann McNew
Alberta McNew
Carthage
John Copp
Mr. Copp
Pierce Street
James W. Oakes
C. C. Walden
H. O. Wagner
Santa Fe Division
Howard Warner, Jr
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kansas
Denver
A. F. Causey
Rock Island
Sayre
N. A. Sparks
Pampa
Clinton
F. L. Shofner
R. W. Prentice
Milwaukee
B. B. Burton
Philip Price
Childress
O M. Smith
Wichita Falls
FE. N. Young
Denver Railroad
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H. 8. Pierce
A. P. Harrington
W. C. Collier
A. M. Dickey
A. F E. Gruhikey
W. R. Dempsey
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H. E. Jones
H. S. Beavers
A. A. Gruhikey
Billl Putral
Houston
W. E. Danver
James Sheets
A. Petersen
C. H. Bawyer
J. S&s. Ames
J. N. Brewer
G. L. Smith
W. H. Pieper
Mission Theater
Joan
Walter Connolly
Raft
New York
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Dude Ranger
Zane Grey
Leese
Vem
Polk
Howard Williams
Fisk Ridge
Dial
Merry Xmas
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J. M. Hyden
Jessie D. Hyden
Polk St
Oliver Earle Cafe
Oliver Pable
Merry
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Williams Hardware Co
Electrolux Ofieny
Panhandle
Taylor St
News-Globe
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