Death of federal agent at post triggers examining trial
In Garza County an inquest found Spencer Stafford, a federal narcotics agent from Fort Worth, died from gunshot wounds, allegedly at the hands of Sheriff W. F. Cato who faces murder charges. Officials including U S Marshal J R Wright and A U S Attorney Joe Jones attended. a 3 PM examining trial was set.
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W. F. Cato
Garza County
Spencer Stafford
Fort Worth
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Morris
Cato
Ira Weekley
H. G. Smith
Jack Reaves
Lubbock
Stafford
Dallas
U. S
J. R. Wright
Joe Jones
Flying bandit Frechette carries body across nation
Clarence Frechette, 25, who said he killed Robert Brown in Michigan then transported the body to California by car, remained unrepentant in Nevada City as Eastern authorities prepared to take him into custody. He boasted he would have done it again despite the fatal shooting.
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Nevada City
Calif
Clarence Frechette
Michigan
California
Robert Brown
Kalamazoo
Frechette
Joseph Blake
State Highway Patrol
Brown
Pan American Reveals Long Range Airplane Direction Finders
Pan American Airways announced development of airplane direction finders with an effective range of 1,800 miles. The company also applied to the Federal Radio Commission for permission to build radio communication stations across the Pacific Ocean.
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New York
Pan-American Airways
Federal Radio Commission
Pacific Ocean
Bomb blasts windows at Glen Alden colliery strike
A dynamite bomb shattered windows in the Glen Alden Coal Company's fan house in south Wilkes-Barre as miners' strike entered its fifth day. Police and guards investigated the blast amid ongoing labor unrest in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
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Wilkes-Barre
Glen Alden Coal Company
South Wilkes-Barre
Bank Robbery Hits Sparkhill Bank. $18,000 Stolen
Five bandits robed the National Bank of Sparkhill today and escaped with loot estimated at eighteen thousand dollars. No injuries reported as the robbers fled the scene. Local authorities launched a manhunt with witnesses providing descriptions.
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Sparkhill
N. Y
U.P
National Bank of
Pardon Fees Paid at Pen Under Probe
Gov. James V. Allred probes pardon payments tied to lawyers after money was placed in escrow. A Beeville lawyer received payments under conditional deals for commutations and furloughs, including Frank Bracken’s case. The governor may seek new laws and warned clemency will halt if such contracts exist. Senate Crime Committee urges aggressive reform and a centralized state police system.
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Austi
U.P
James V. Allred
Alfred
Frank Bracken
William Johns
Gainesville
Beeville
Allred
Texas
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Victim recounts ride with Raymond Hamilton in Tennessee
A Georgetown University student and AAA worker were taken on a wild Mississippi ride in a new car later found abandoned on a highway near Memphis Tennessee. Sheriff Bacon said Hamilton likely not involved and Davis was a victim of two crooks, one named Raymond Hamilton.
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Memphis
Tenn
Georgetown University
AAA
Mississippi
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Bacon
Davis
Hamilton
Ex-Policeman Faces Charge in Slaying
Dan Dunaway, 28, a Longview butcher, was shot dead last night in a case linked to family trouble. Police say Loward Roberts, 38, a former Dallas officer, surrendered and was charged with murder. A grand jury probe was ordered today.
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Longview
Dan Dunaway
Loward Roberts
Dallas
Ghost Seen in Landeshut Sparks Reward Controversy
Arthur Brisbane notes a ghost scare in Landeshut near Breslau drawing skepticism and a 50 mark reward for its capture. He observes how people crave shadows and dreams even when no supernatural presence exists, reflecting on belief and reality.
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Landeshut
Breslau
Mouthwash May Have Caused Death In Shepard Trial
Lieut. Col. George R. Callender testified in the federal court trial of Major Charles A. Shepard that Zenana Shepard could have absorbed enough poison from a mouthwash to cause death. He suggested re absorption of poison might explain stomach lesions and that a lethal dose on May 20, 1929 could have killed her within 26 days. Private Robert L. Crawford testified he drank liquor from a potentially poisoned bottle and suffered no ill effects.
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Pera
Kans
George R. Callender
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard
Zenana
Tenth Victim Taken In Train Collision
Fort William Ontario figures show toll rising to ten after Robert Rose aged nineteen died from injuries from a night time railway crossing crash. The accident left only survivor John Bodnar twenty one in critical condition as the truck driver and nine other men perished.
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Fort William
Ont
U.R
Robert Rose
Rose
John Bodnar
Houston man on trial for Joplin theater hold up
Belton on February 8. I O Haney aged 23 from Houston faced trial on charges of holding up G E Shilket theater owner of Joplin Missouri on November 23.
Last Witness Denies Ladder Owner German Alibi
Hauptmann rests defense denying he built the ladder and was near the Lindbergh kidnapping scene. Defense witnesses challenge state wood expert while stating Fisch and a woman resembling Sharpe handled ransom, and Hauptmann was at home on key dates. State rebuts with Farber testimony as 11 court days conclude the defense case.
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Hauptmann
Bronx
Edward J. Reilly
Joseph J. Farber
New York
Isador Fisch
Lindbergh
Fisch
Violent Sharpe
John F
Jassie) Condon
Panhandle Panhandle Panhandle PWA Projects Listed at Meet
Panhandle Texas session at the Herring Hotel discusses Public Works Administration projects sought by Plains area cities. T. D. Britt of Texarkana presides as regional PWA engineer as attendees prepare proposals due to state authorities by Monday. A regional planning board for PWA projects is also considered, modeled after Amarillo's recent setup.
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Panhandle
Texas
Public Works Administration
Plains Area
Herring Hotel
T.D. Britt
Texarkana
PWA
Great Plains Farm
Amarillo
U S Probe in Mexico Demands Recognition Withdrawal
Representative Connery assails Ambassador Daniels over U S relations with Mexico accusing officials of aiding a tyrant regime. He urges immediate inquiry and withdrawal of recognition citing religious and press oppression and U S corporate interests.
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Bassador
Josephus Daniels
Connery
Mississippi
Mexico
House
Labor Committee
United States
State rests in Harold Bauer stalCup trial here tonight
State rests in the Virgil Stalcup murder case after tearful testimony from Sheriff Arthur's family in Lubbock. The defense may introduce witnesses when court resumes. Harold Bauer to perform at Municipal Auditorium in Panhandle concert with a nine foot Baldwin grand piano and extensive backing from Tri-State Fair Association.
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Harold Bauer Stalcup
Vesta Arthur
Stalcup
Clarence Brown
Miss Arthur
Creola Arthur
George W. Dupree
Dean
Bob) Arthur
Harold Bauer
Municipal Auditorium
America
Hayden
Beethoven
Stuecke
Schumann
Schubert
Sunken Cathedral
Debussy
the Panhandle
Tri- State Fair Association
Wilbur C. Hawk
Baldwin
Oklahoma City
Ben Tolleson
Panhandle
Bauer
Senator Proposes Shared Appointments for Planning Board
In Austin on February 8, Senators waaronder Westerfeld propose that the governor lieutenant governor and Speaker of the House each name two members to a state planning board with a seventh chosen by the Secretary of the State. They warn against concentrating $250,000,000 in federal recovery funds. Other senators offer a similar amendment replacing the Secretary of State with the chairman of the Board of Water Engineers. John Maynard, Lumber.
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Austin
James W Allred
Senate
Claud C. Westerfeld
Dallas
House
Westerfeld
Texas
Martin
Hillsboro
Small
Amarillo
Stone
Brentham
Board of Water Engineers
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. New Mexico unsettled with possible snow in northwest. Temperatures vary with today’s high around 34 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Baby's Leg Severed By Train Wheels
Texarkana report: a fifteen month old child named Charles Arnold lost a left leg under train wheels after wandering onto tracks from an open gate. He faced heavy blood loss and was hospitalized. his right leg was fractured. doctors believed he was fighting for life. In Galveston, officials mourned the death of Fred MecCraven Nichols, 82, a long-serving public official in Galveston County.
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Texarkana
Charles Arnold
Here
Galveston
Fed
Fred MecCraven Nichols
Galveston County
Texas
Amarillo Mayor Proposes Ratables Plan to End Gas Waste
Amarillo Mayor Ross Rogers urged Texas lawmakers to adopt a four point program to halt Panhandle gas waste. He demanded immediate stoppage, fair prices to producers, a ratable purchase plan for all gas, and a uniform tax at the well. He warned of taking the issue to the federal government if not acted. Ed Hardin of the Amarillo Chamber backed the stance against the stripping law, citing potential losses to local property values.
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ND. Bartlett
Austin
Panhandle
Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Rogers
Ed Hardin
Ponds and Terracing Meeting Draws Panhandle Farmers
About 400 people attended a Great Plains Farm Pond and Terracing Association meeting in Amarillo to learn methods for farm ponds and terracing. Oklahoma A and M extension engineer W H McPheters outlined drought needs and benefits of widespread pond building. Beaver County Oklahoma reports 27 000 cattle unfit for human consumption from feed shortage.
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Great Plains
Amarillo
Great Plains Farm Pond
McPheters
Beaver County
Oklahoma
Gardener Returns From Death Sees Next World
ARLEY England February 8 A market gardener John Puckering was declared dead for four and a half minutes during surgery on the operating table Doctors revived him with heart massage and he is now back at work He says the dead life vision left him grateful yet wishing he stayed gone Seeing those who smiled in the afterlife he believes earthly life is a training ground for something better He later spoke with his daughter a nurse and said he had seen her mother who died a year ago.
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Arley
England
John Puckering
Puckering
Vallee Alimony Case Sees Court Action Over Affidavit
In New York a Supreme Court session reopened amid dispute over an affidavit about a telephone tap and a nude claim by Mrs Fay Webb Vallee. Rudy Vallee’s lawyer Hyman Bushel argued for secrecy, while Santa Monica police chief C E Webb urged papers be given the affidavit. The Vallee case paused as illness sidelined Fay Vallee’s counsel, delaying proceedings.
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New York
Feb
U.P
Fay Webb Vallee
Gary Leon
Supreme Court
Hyman Bushel
Rudy Vallee
C. E. Webb
Santa Monica
Cal
Vallee
Bushel
Fay
Spiky Slang May Get in Dictionaries
New York reports Charles Funk argues that popular slang such as oakie doke heebie jeebies jitters and other vivid terms should be included in dictionaries as part of American language. Dr Vizetelly worries over the spread of crude expressions and declining prudery.
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New York
Oakie Doke
Charles Funk
America
Funk
Frank Vizetelly
Seattle
Vizetelly
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