Ex-convict tied to Tonkawa slayings nabbed in Oklahoma case
Mrs. Jeane Quinn, 24, confessed after days of questioning to aiding officers in building a case against her ex-Missouri husband Earl Quinn in the hijacking and killings of Jessie and Zexia Griffith near Tonkawa. She said jealousy spurred her cooperation and that she supplied similar cartridges used in the shootings.
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Blackwell
Okla
Jeane Quinn
Missouri
Quinn
Bruce Potter
Jessie
Zexia Griffith
Tonkawa
Potter
Marines Search Nicaraguan Mills for Rkebel Slayers
Marines combed hills near Achuara in northern Nicaragua seeking insurgents blamed for an ambush that killed eight of a ten man patrol during a telephone line repair. The dead hailed from several states and the wounded were identified as the search continued.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Achuara
Ocotal
Apali
Miguel Ortez
Augustino Sandino
Shreveport
United States Marine
Arthur M. Rang
Mack Hutcherson
Oqcoral
Jackson
Ocot
Fragmented 1939 newspaper column on crime and science
A jumble of notes touches on capital punishment’s deterrent effect, a New Jersey murder case, and scientific claims about dormant life, alien origins, and microbes. It cites Dean Lipman and a French scientist Thevéning, with a closing line about an ambulance in Brisban e.
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New Jersey
Professor Thevéning
American Weekly
Earth
Sweeney Rites Observe Texas Railroad Pioneer
Funeral services for J. D. Sweeney veteran railroad man and Amarillo resident were held at Central Presbyterian Church at 10 AM conducted by Rev. I. Thomson. Sweeney retired car accountant of Santa Fe with 52 years of service and died after months of illness in Santa Fe hospital Topeka Kansas. He is survived by daughter Inez Sweeney and sons Arch M Sweeney and Paul Sweeney. Masonic rites followed at London mausoleum with Knights Templar escort.
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J. D. Sweeney
Amarillo
Central Presbyterian Church
I. Thomson
Sweeney
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kansas
N. S. Griggs & Song Chapel
Inez Sweeney
Kentucky Street
Arch M. Sweeney
Detroit
Paul Sweeney
Ozark Mountains
Missouri
Lando =n
Knights Templar
Texas
Panhandle
California
Truck Men Organize At Lubbock
Forty two employees of truck and bus lines from Lubbock and nearby towns formed a local union at a meeting in Lubbock to oppose burdensome legislation and protect jobs. Otho Johnson was elected president Coleman Floyd vice president and James Marlowe secretary treasurer. Funeral services for Robert A. Winsett infant son of Dr and Mrs A E Winsett were held at the Episcopal Church with Bishop Seaman officiating. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Floydada
Levelland
Sudan
Amhurst
Littlefield
Gresbyton
Abernathy
Plainview
Snyder
Otho Johnson
Coleman Floyd
James Marlowe
Robert A. Winsett
A. E. Winsett
Hughes Street
Episcopal Church
E. ©. Seaman
Llano Cemetery
New York Woman Describes Depression Ties to Local Poor Conditions
Mrs. Foster wife of Capt R J Foster a New York detective visiting Amarillo discusses the Depression and miseries faced by unemployed people. She explains racketeers exploited street sales of apples to undercut workers and vows to tell her son William Foster about country conditions. The Amarillo visit follows a prior assignment by M M Scott chief detective.
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Mrs. Foster
R. J. Foster
New York
Plainview
William
West Texas Gas Company
William Foster
Amarillo
M. M. Scott
Fosters
Foster
Mra
Millionaire Cecil Keating dies at 80 in Dallas
Dallas reports Cecil A. Keating 80, noted capitalist and retired manufacturer, died at his home after a long illness. He owned land on which several local skyscrapers were built, marking a prominent local business figure.
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Dallas
Cecil A. Keating
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday across West Texas and New Mexico. Temperature extremes today reach 60 and 25. Sunrise Saturday at 7 56, sunset 5 47.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Prairie Oil & Gas balks at Kansas Oklahoma oil plan
Alfred M Landon said Prairie Oil & Gas Co turned down a plan to handle distress oil production in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. W S Fitzpatrick, Prairie board chair, notified Landon of the rejection in Topeka on January 2.
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Associated Press
Topeka, Kas
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
W. S Fitzpatrick
Prairie Oil & Gas Company Board of Directors
Oklahoma
Negro Kidnapper Identified In Busch Heir Case In St Louis
Charles Y. Abernathy a 28 year old Black man is named as the kidnapper of Adolphus Busch Orthwein. The boy was held for 20 hours before being returned to his family. Harry Troll, attorney for the Orthwein family, says authorities confirm the abduction and restoration. The father, Percy Orthwein, was told the boy was safe and he to father to father to return him.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Charles Y. Abernathy
Pearl Abernathy
Adolphus Busch Orthwein
August A. Busch
Anheiser-Busch, Inc
Adolphus Busch
Harry Troll
Troll
Charles Abernathy
Abernathy
Percy J. Orthwein
Three Family Drown. Auto in Ditch Near Sylvester
Three members of a family, O A Gauthier 89, his wife 31, and Lucile Ellen Gauthier 7, drowned when their closed car slid into a three foot water-filled ditch near Sylvester in this county today.
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Associated Press
Rotan
Jan
Sylvester
O. A. Gauthier
Lucile Ellen Gauthier
New Year Brings Millionaire Inheritances To Three California Children
Beverly Hills January 2. The New Year brings inheritances totaling over 3 050 000 dollars to three youngsters. William Berry Charles, 3, Clarence Jesse Bennett, 8, and Ethel Bennett, 4, began 1931 with estates from grandparents now ordered probated. The Charles boy is a cousin of the Bennett children.
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Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Cal
William Berry Charles
Clarence Jesse Bennett
Ethel Bennett
Charles
Bennett
New Year Death Toll in Ten States Reaches Eighty One
United Press reports eighty one people were killed across ten states during the New Year holiday. Auto crashes claimed fifty four lives, including twenty in Chicago, with asphyxiation drowning and gunshot wounds accounting for most other deaths. Four deaths stemmed from alcoholism, two in New York City. In New York state sixteen fatalities included nine from asphyxiation. Stray bullets wounded twelve in Philadelphia. a policeman was killed and two officers wounded in Chicago gang gunfights.
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United Press
New York
Chicago
New York City
New York State
Philadelphia
Ohio
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Michigan
Marshal Joffre in a coma believed near death
Paris reports Marshal Joffre still alive in a deep coma, with doctors administering serum injections. Dr Boulin says the final coma could come within minutes to an hour, as pulse acceleration signals impending death. The 79 year old veteran’s condition worsened after a day of heavy unconsciousness.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Joffre
Boulin
Hospital of
St. Jean de Dieu
State on deficiency as treasury reports cash shortfall
Austin news reports state treasurer W Gregory Hatcher said general revenue warrants filed before opening exceeded cash in the general revenue fund. The balance at the close of business Wednesday stood at 25 576.78 with warrants still outstanding against the fund.
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Austin
W. Gregory Hatcher
General Revenue Fund
General Revenue
Legge Denies Simpson Charges About Wheat Prices
Chairman Legge of the farm board calls Simpson accusations absolutely untrue in a public reply dated December 31. Simpson, head of the Farmers Education and Co-Operative Union of Oklahoma City, had charged Legge told the Senate Agriculture committee the board sought to depress wheat prices.
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Associated Press
Washington
Legge
Farm Board
John A. Simpson
Farmers Education and Co-Operative Union of
Oklahoma City
Simpson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Colquitt Davis Goes On Trial In Oklahoma For Deputy Keirsey Slaying
In Ardmore Oklahoma Colquitt Davis 20 faces the death penalty demand for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Don Keirsey as a 50 person venire exhausts and 100 more are summoned. His mother Myrtle Martin sits beside him while his Amarillo ties and six highway robbery indictments are noted. His brother D I Davis was killed by a detective in Wichita after a prior holdup flee from Amarillo.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Colquitt Davis
Wirt
Don Keirsey
Asa Walden
Myrtle Martin
Palestine
Tex
D. I. Davis
Wichita
Kan
Amarillo
Colquitt
Hereford
Steel merger case moves to high court in Ohio
In Youngstown a motion for a new trial was filed in Common Pleas Court after Judge Jenkins enjoined the Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube merger. Leaders from both companies met in New York to discuss next steps with defense counsel stating the move is a procedural step, not an appeal decision.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Ohio
Common Pleas
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
David G. Jenkins
New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem
James A. Campbell
Frank Purnell
President Arosemena Captured by Youth Revolt in Panama
Youthful revolutionists, many lacking firearms, rose against President Don Florencio Harmodio Arosemena in Panama City and proclaimed a provisional government. The president was captured early today amid the upheaval.
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United Press
Panama City
Don Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
Arosemena
American Wounded in Panama City Skirmish
American journalist Hartwell Ayers, a New York Sun correspondent, was wounded in a Panama City revolutionary clash. He was rushed to Gorgas hospital with bullets in the neck hip and abdomen and was not expected to survive.
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United Press
Panama City
Hartwell Ayers
Ayers
Gorgas Hospital
Presidencia
New York Sun
Arosemena Reaffirms Stand as Rebels Seize Palace
Hours into a coup in the capital, President Arosemena told United Press he had not resigned and would never resign. Rebels captured the presidential palace and key police stations, including the central station and Sabamas suburb station, as most residents slept.
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Arosemena
United Press
Sabamas
Radio Day by Day Violin Recitals Broadcast by Seidel
Toscha Seidel will broadcast a series tracing violin music from the seventeenth century to today on CBS with Howard Barlow conducting a symphony orchestra. The first concert, January 7 at 7 30 p m CST, features French seventeenth century selections over WABC and CBS stations. Little Jack Little prepares a NBC series featuring his song patter and piano monologues.
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C. F E. Butterfield
Associated Press
New York
Toscha Seidel
CBS
Howard Barlow
WABC
Little Jack Little
NBC
Scientists Envision Universal Language and Co Mingling of Peoples
A 1920s era science talk predicts a 2500 world with 35 million to 600 million closely linked people, universal language, urbanized America, hybrid populations, and Asiatic power, aided by transport and hydroelectric growth while farming declines. Birth control and eugenic policies may govern reproduction, with forests reclaiming poor lands and oil scarce.
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Earth
United Press
Cleveland
Globe
American Association For the Advancement of Science
America
William F. Og
East
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