Texas Prison Sees Big July Influx at Huntsville
Texas Penitentiary reports a surge of new inmates in July at Huntsville with 110 arrivals in the first half and an estimated 250 for the month if trends hold. June saw 171 admissions and 262 departures, including 11 murders sent up and 20 parolees. Beaumont led with 19 admissions, Paris 18, while most inmates ranged 20 to 30 years old and many had laborer or farmer backgrounds.
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Lee Sim
Lee Simmons
Gov. Allred
Beaumont
Boston
Bowie County
Paris
Fort Worth
Tack Letters Continued From Page Two
A grainy notice quotes a person seeking work offering house work hotel ranch or general labor and mentions a 14 year old daughter and a three year old baby as part of the family responsibilities with intent to can on halves.
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Tack
Lincoln Street
Tian
Spiller
South
Fillmore Street
Dial
Amarillo
H. FE. V
Wiley Post Plans Pacific route test flight
The article notes Wiley Post aiming for a July 22 departure with his wife in a new monoplane for a trans Pacific survey, following his 1933 world flight arrival in New York after 15 400 miles. The project seeks to map a possible America Asia air link with Alaska and Siberia to Moscow.
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Los Angeles
Wiley Post
New York
Alaska
Siberia
Moscow
America
Asia
Prospects for Building Good in Amarillo FHA Clinic
A mortgage clinic by the Federal Housing Administration in Texas outlined 80 percent loan financing for new homes in Amarillo and the Panhandle. Fort Worth official Pat Mehaffey cited low 5 percent interest and monthly payments below rent, with examples like a $2,000 loan at 20 years costing about $20.35 monthly.
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Amarillo
Pahnandle
Federal Housing Administration
Texas
Pat Mehaffey
Fort Worth
FHA
Mehaffey
Panhandle
Hobbs Man Killed As Tank Explodes
Leo Black, 26, was killed in Hobbs New Mexico when a tank on a truck transporting hydrocholeric acid exploded during welding of a leak. The tank, said to be empty, blasted its end several hundred feet into the air. cause of the blast was not immediately known.
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Hobbs
N. M
Leo Black
Black
Lightning Kills Sooner Can Guard
McALESTER Okla July 19 Lightning kills Sooner Can Guard. William Bill Turner 48, a guard over the country to arouse interest in building and to bolster actual recovery. Sid West has offices in the Amarillo Building here and is available to explain the program in detail to prospective build.
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Mcalester
Oklo
William
Bill) Turner
Sid West
Amarillo
Red Spots on Baby Disappeared After Using Cuticura
Mrs L C Richard of Lancaster Texas reports red spots on her baby’s chin turning into pimples over much of the body. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition vanished. Soap 25c Ointment 25c and 50c Talcum 25c. Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Maiden Mass.
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L. C. Richard
Lancaster
Texas
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Maiden
Masa
Convict Guard Killed by Lightning at State Penitentiary
A guard at the state penitentiary was killed by lightning while defending a prison farm during a storm. The bolt also killed the horse the guard rode as he oversaw 138 prisoners. Other guards secured the inmates and returned the convict gang to the facility.
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State Penitentiary
Turner
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