Lamar Bank Bandit Chief Fleagle Hanged at Colorado Prison
Ralph Fleagle, leader of the Lamar bank robbers who killed four, was executed at Colorado State Penitentiary. He confessed faith before death, spoke prayers, and requested mercy for his soul. Howard Royston and George Abshier face execution next week. Little Jake remains at large.
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United Press
Canon City
Colo
Ralph Preagle
Colorado State Penitentiary
R. E. Holmes
Garden City
Kansas
Fleagle
Father Regis Barrett
Jesus
Penitentiary
Little Jake
Ralph
Royston
Absbier
Patrick J. Hamrock
Fleagie
Gee Denies Loan Merger Injunction in Amarillo
Judge W E Gee denied a temporary injunction to block the merger of Amarillo Building and Loan with Texas Plains Building and Loan. Petitioner Miss Sarah Conwell said she would appeal the ruling and pursue further legal action.
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GEE
Amarillo Building
Texas Plains Building and Loan
W. E. Gee
Sarah Conwell
Bathing Beauty Students From Several States Attend Amarillo College
Out of state and local students enrolled at Amarillo Business College include Florence McMullen Elk City Marie Bishop Texhoma Oklahoma Sybie Anderson Clayton New Mexico Ruth Dozier Hereford Florence Shore Hereford Emilie Jones Piedmont Missouri Reta Swan Canadian and Lillian Wagner Springfield Missouri Clara Johnson of Amarillo Business College recently accepted a position with McDonald Auto Supply Company Viola Hawkins of Amarillo is taking a combined course at Amarillo Business College.
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Amarillo
Misa Clara Johnson
Amarillo Business College
The
McDonald Auto Supply Company
Luncheon in Pastels Sets Summer Social Tone
A hostess mediaed a pastel color luncheon using a blocked linen set with a wild rose pattern lavender candles in crystal holders and centerpieces of sweet peas ramblers and delphiniums. Crystal service plates sherbet glasses pale green pink rose amethyst wares complemented a cucumber ring chicken salad and pineapple mint sherbet.
Oklahoma Slayer to Die in Electric Chair
WeWOKA Okla July 11 Paul D Cole former Seminole county elevation board secretary was sentenced to die in the electric chair by Judge George Crump after a district court jury convicted him of murder and recommended the death penalty Irby a former Texas banker and druggist who was to testify against Cole in a federal liquor case was shot and his body weighted with irons and dumped in Lake Wewoka Frank Hunt Tulsa charged with Cole as a co defendant but to stand trial for his life in the murder case
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United Press
Wewoka
Okla
Paul D. Cole
Seminole County Elevation Board
George Crump
Cole
Ernest Irby
Texas
Irby
Lake Wewoka
Frank Hunt
Tulsa
Plane Crash Kills Johnson on Alameda Golf Links
A biplane from Oakland piloted by Dave Hutch crashed on the municipal golf links in Alameda after going into a spin. L. A. Johnson, 20, was killed and Hutch was severely injured in the fatal incident reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Alameda
Cal
L. A. Johnson
Oakland
Dave Hutch
Beauty Contest Entry At Silver Grill Cafeteria
A beauty entered by the Silver Grill Cafeteria is to be in the bathing revue at the Nat tonight. The winner will receive a trip to Galveston Texas for the contest there.
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Zell Saunders
Silver Grill
Nat Tonight
Galveston
Texas
Flashes of Life From Around the Nation and World
A collage of brief items: male dress shifts in heat with long pants and short socks. two men attempt a bank robbery in Meadowds Virginia with one robber's pistol raised at a cashier. A Spanish woman allegedly linked to a labor riot appears alive, freeing 100 jailed workers. A 16 year old in Syracuse, New Jersey, recounts being run over by a locomotive and surviving. US payroll policy bars hat cleaning expenses for traveling workers while allowing pants pressing. Roger Wolfe Kahn recommends amphibian plane fishing off Roosevelt Field New York for a quick catch of more than 600 fish.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Roger Wolfe Kahn
Long Island
Kill Kill-Ko Insect Killer Ad Warns Of Germy Flies Epidemic
An old advertisement urges using Kill-Ko a deadly gas insecticide to wipe out flies mosquitoes ants fleas and roaches at home. It claims health authorities approve it and promotes blue bottles with two sizes 50 cents and six cents.
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Rigo
Dad Brooks 85 Sues Wife 63 for Divorce in Montrose
Emery C Dad Brooks a civil war veteran 85 sues his wife Eva 63 for divorce and 100 alimony in Montrose Colo. The court awarded both relief citing desertion and cruelty. Miss Reba Coy is now with Reed er and Reeder attorneys. She finished a stenographic course at Amarillo Business College.
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Brooks
Associated Press
Montrose
Colo
Emery C
Dad” Brooks
Eva
Reba Coy
Reeder and
Reeder, Attorneys
Amarillo
Amarillo College Enrolls Students From Five States
Students from five states besides Texas enroll at Amarillo Business College for the mid summer term. Seven Amarillo High School seniors from the class of 1930 study there, including Warren Wood Dorothy Nugent Muriel Robinson Thurley Stone Margaret Faris Eularne Moore and John Coy. Grace Browning finished a busi
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Texas
Amarillo
Amarillo Business College
Amarillo High School
Warren Wood
Dorothy Nugent
Muriel Robinson
Thurley Stone
Margaret Faris
Eularne Moore
John Coy
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Oklahoma
Argest Sale
Ipton’s A
Ceylon
India
Bridge Club
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
MISS
Alta Davis
Minneapolis
Mak Meadows
Seville
Spain
Senofita Antonia Vargas
Syracuse
N. J
Virgil Barrigar
Washington
Sam
McCarl
Sugar Institute
CUA Land
Tex
the Association of
E. A. Metzger
Louis K.patton
Taylor St
Hills Bros Coffee
Hills Bros
Fasily
Reri Ah Ar
Pool Creamery CO
Amarillo, Texas
Grace Browning
Bill Lampe Bryan
Ness
Great West Mill
Company
Lipton’s
U. 8
Fowlkes Bros. Grocery and Market
Pierce
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