Dr Meyers Horse to Fatherless Pensioners Tragedy
Arthur Brisbane notes in The Globe contrasts a pension for Rev. Dr. Uriah Meyers and his horse Clover aged fifty three. He laments $25 monthly insufficient for the ninety year old minister and his wife, while a scoundrel husband and a desperate woman figure in a sensational tale of crime and punishment. The piece includes reflections on marriage law in Germany, U S Canada relations and pacemaker faith in Canada, plus a critique of a German nurse Cavell film and a proposed anti third term bill for the Senate.
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Uriah Meyers
Doctor
Dr. Meyers
Canada
Defense Rests in Matricide Trial in Ottawa
The defense for Harry Hill, a former Knox College student, rested its case in the matricide trial in Ottawa Illinois. The prosecution planned to present several rebuttal witnesses in the next phase of the case.
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United Press
Ottawa
Harry Hill
Knox College
Norway’s first labor government resigns in censure vote
In Oslo on February 10, Norway’s first labor government, formed two weeks earlier, resigned after a censure vote 86 to 68. Radical leader and former premier J L Mowinckel agreed to form a new cabinet following the resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
J. L. Mowinckel
Weather Preview Tonight and Saturday Showers Possible
Tonight and Saturday expect fair to partly cloudy skies with slight temperature changes. Weathers highs around 81 degrees and lows near 32 to mid 40s with scattered showers possible in southern portions of West Texas and Athena portions along the east coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
South Portion
East Texas
Athena
West Coast
Peat
Rumblings of Third Term Persist on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill roars with speculation on a possible Coolidge third term as La Follette anti third term resolutions and Republican candidacies swirl. Senator Watson declares for president and the Indiana group backs him, while Borah presses on prohibition questions and Butler denies breaking Kansas City convention plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
President Coolidge
la Follette
Fess
Ohio
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
Willis
Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Congress
Arthur Robinson
House
William M. Butler
National Committee
Kansas City
Seventeen Die in Train Crash in France
A string of freight cars broke away from a train and crashed into an electric car on a grade crossing in Thionville France. Seventeen of the 26 passengers aboard were killed and nine injured. The motorman fled, apparently crazed.
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Associated Press
Thionville
France
Hats for every occasion mark 1928 fashion display
In New York at the Hotel Astor under the Retail Millinery Association of America 150 hats were shown with no two alike. The styles ranged from brimless to well brimmed models as milliners declare the well dressed woman must have a hat for every occasion.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Hotel Astor
Retail Millinery Association of America
Renumbering Streets Urged in Amarillo Meeting
Twenty five Amarillo leaders from utilities and services met with the city engineer to discuss redistricting and renaming duplicates. The aim is to ease mail delivery and street location during emergencies. A committee will report in two weeks with a plan to finish within about thirty days.
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Amarillo
Jeff Bartlett
J. B. Patterson
South Western Bell Telephone Company
H. M. Brown
Amarillo Gas Company
L. L. Ferree
South Western Public Service Company
Ray Edinburg
Amarillo Water Department
H. B. Jones
W. W. McDonald
A. W. Smalley
West Texas Sheriffs Seek Change to Bank Robbery Reward
The West Texas Sheriffs Association urges altering the Texas bankers association reward to Dead or Alive and excluding night robberies. The resolution, adopted in Vernon, calls for conviction or proof before payout, with Ranger Captain Tom Hickman among a minority opposing it.
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Associated Press
Vernon
Tex
West Texas Sheriff's Association Today
Texas Bankers’ Association
Tom Hickman
Fox sentence in Hickman case may be halted by red tape
William Edward Hickman, ruled sane by a jury in the Parker murder, faces a likely death sentence with possible life term and appeals. Delays loom as motions for a new trial and notices of appeal could push execution beyond. Companions Welby Hunt and related trials hinge on the outcome of Hickman’s case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Campbell
United Press
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
J. J. Trabucco
Hickman
Welby Hunt
Ivy Thome
Asa Reyen
Ald Hickman
Parker
Asa Keyes
Dream of Radio Britain Concert in Home Town Tonight
Miss Radio Britain, composer and pianist from Amarillo, joins Arthur Kraft, tenor of Chicago, for a concert at the Auditorium tonight. This marks Miss Britain's first home town recital since rising to world fame.
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Radio
Britain
Miss Radio
Amarillo
Arthur Kraft
Chicago
Kraft and Britain Bring Westward Musical Dreams to Stage
Arthur Kraft tenor and radio star Miss Britain present a joint concert after Britain’s four year study in Germany. She explains Western Suite captures western plains romance and Indiana rhythms. Britain travels from Amarillo to Boston for upcoming Symphony Orchestra dates.
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Britain
Germany
Great Western Plains
Indiana
Mian Ritalin
Mies
Miss Britain
Mr. Kraft
Tito Schipa
Nirvana
Amarillo
Misa Britain
Boston
Symphony Orchestra
Oklahoma Supreme Court Frowns on Iftek Motion Pictures
The Oklahoma Supreme Court refused a writ of prohibition against Ada district court’s injunction banning motion pictures of William Edward Iftek man, convicted slayer of Marian Walker. The Ada Parent-Teacher Association and the mayor sought the ban. the films allegedly depict the pursuit and capture of Hickman and prison scenes.
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Associated Drees
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Supreme Court
William Edward Iftekman
Little Marian Walker
Los Angeles
Orel Busby
Pontotoc County
Ada
Ada Parent-Teachera Association
Hickman
Boy Killed By Rifle in Fort Worth Area Death
Henry Calvert Waikart fourteen adopted son of Mr and Mrs L J Waikart died after being found in his room with a .22 caliber bullet wound in his right temple. The rifle with an empty shell was in a cabinet nearby and may have discharged accidentally during attempted handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Henry Calvert Waikart
L. J. Waikart
Anti-Smith Men Are Called Bigots
Rev J G Pulliam Baptist minister Boon Missouri labeled Protestants opposing a Catholic president as bigots in a talk to the Al Smith Democratic club. He said nothing but gold can defeat Smith. Delegates from Alabama California New Jersey and Maryland reported strong Smith sentiment in their states.
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United Press
Washington
J. G. Pulliam
Boon
al Smith Democratic Club
Pulliam
Smith
Alabama
California
New Jersey
Maryland
Air Ministry to test 650 HP oil fueled plane motor
The Daily Mail reports the air ministry will test a new 650 horsepower airplane motor using cheap crude oil in the airship R-101 and later in airplanes. The motor dispenses with carburetor spark plugs and magneto and aims to run on crude oil at about 9 cents a gallon versus gasoline at about 82 cents.
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The
Associated Press
London
Daily Mail
Air Ministry
Confesses to Murder During Holdup in Baton Rouge
Charlie White, held with Peter Michelli and Phillips Campenelli, confessed that Henry White swung the fatal blow in the store robbery that killed Mrs. Charles Simon and seriously injured her husband. Campenelli robbed the store and money from a slot machine was found on Michelli's father's farm nearby.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Charlie White
Peter Michelli
Phillips Campenelli
St. James Parish
Charles Simon
Henry White
R. J. Duhon
Campenelli
Swink Sentenced to Two Years in State Penitentiary
George Swink found guilty of cattle theft in district court after a one hour jury deliberation. He already faced a second indictment in Randall county with a four year sentence to serve. A. W. Tanner cattle owner eight miles east of Amarillo testified. Raymond Ellis was acquitted of automobile theft and L. D. Powell faced trial on assault and murder charges after a knife duel with his wife.
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George Swink
Swink
Randall County
WH. Tanner
Amarillo
Raymond Ellis
L. D. Powell
Powell
Lindbergh Receives City Keys in Havana Welcome
Twenty thousand people fill the Prado Promenade to witness the presentation of the keys to the city to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in Havana on February 10. A crowded Central Park area and a pavilion hosted Pan American conference delegates as the ceremony began.
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Havana
Prado Promenade
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central Park
Moody Orders Borger Man Be Removed
Governor Moody will ask the attorney general to start proceedings to remove Curtis Douglas from the Borger district attorney post for misconduct in office. Douglas, Moody's appointee, faced complaints from Borger residents after an investigation by a ranger.
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United Prov
Austin
Tex
Moody
Pollard
Curtis Douglas
Borger
Texas
Douglas
Sheriff Fails to Find Deputies in Kokomo Quarries
Sheriff Charles M. Johnson searched two Kokomo stone quarries for two deputies missing since Tuesday while transporting two prisoners from LaFayette to Pendleton reformatory. The missing men, Samuel Baxter and John Borne, were believed to have vanished with the prisoners. He dismissed a letter from the suspects as a crank message.
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Kokomo
Ind
Charles M. Johnson
LaFayette
Pendleton
Johnson
Frankfort
Samuel Baxter
John Borne
Santa Fe Sued for 35000 Over Pampa Crossing Crash
W T Reeves files suit in the eighty fourth district court in Pampa against Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railway for 35000 in damages from a December crossing collision. Reeves says an unlit oil tank car was shunted across the crossing, causing a permanent injury to him in his automobile.
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Associated P. Pampa
Tex
Bull
Eighty-Fourth
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
W. T. Reeves
Reeves
Launch Connally Club in Marlin Forms Senate Bid T
The Tom Connally club of Marlin was formed here last night to back the local congressman in his U.S. Senate bid. T. B. McQueen, a local businessman, was elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Tex
Tom Connally
United States Senate
T. B. McQueen
Hassell Goes to Death in Electric Chair at Huntsville
George Jefferson Hassell, 39, was executed in the Huntsville Texas prison electric chair after confessing to a brutal spree that left his wife and 11 children dead and seven more harmed. The sentences describe his arrest, trial, and final moments as guards prepared to carry him to the scaffold and Warden Speer offered the last words.
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United Press
State Prison
Huntsville
Tex
George Jefferson Hassell
Hassell
Farwell
Texas
Hagsell
George
N. L. Speer
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