Mob Threatens Lynch Man After Beating Dwarf Clerk
Leroy Wilson, 21, of Johnson City New York, was saved from a mob at Katy Texas after beating dwarf drug store clerk Carey Cott three and a half feet tall. Wilson fired into the air and fled but was captured and jailed in Houston. The incident follows Wilson's attempt to rob the store with a pistol.
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Houston
Leroy Wilson
Johnson City
N. Y
Katy
K. Cott
Cott
Wilson
Carey Tipe
J.D. Mathis
T.C. Bobbitt
W. BE. Denney
Fort Bend County
H. A. Hood
Harris County
Justice of the Peace
J. M Ray
Gott
Shorty
Hood
H. F E. Romack
Vernon May
Denney
Mexico
Check to Hazel D. Kearney for $36 from Great American Indemnity Co
Dear Tack, check found at Ninth Avenue and Polk Street made out to Hazel D. Kearney for $36.00. Check issued by Great American Indemnity Company, New York City. Owner may owe fame by calling 508 Fill- See TACK LETTERS Page.
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Ninth Avenue
Polk Street
Hazel D. Kearney
Great American
Knife and Bullet May Be Clues in Slaying Detroit
Five Black Legion members facing kidnapping and murder charges in the slaying of Silax Coleman and Charles Poole appeared mute before Recorder's Judge Edward J. Jeffries. Defendants named Davis Bannenman and Ervin Lee along with Charles Rouse and James Roy Lorrance, were assigned not guilty pleas. An examination date was set for July 28.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Edward J. Jeffries
Silax Coleman
Harvey Davis
John Bannerman
Ervin Lee
Charles Poole
WPA
Charles Rouse
James Roy
Rouse
First Air Mail Pilot Ovington Dies at 56 in California
Farle L. Ovington, listed as the first air mail pilot, died after a long illness and several operations. A nonprofessional aviator who learned to fly in Pau, France, he convinced officials mail should be flown after 1910 return to the United States. He flew a sack of mail from Garden City to Mineola in 1911, tossing the sack to save the landing.
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Glendalf
Calif
U.P
Farle L. Ovington
Ovington
Bleriot
Pau
France
United States
Frank H. Hitchcock
Garden City
Mineola
L. T
Attendance climbs at Fort Worth frontier show
Attendance during the first 11 days reached 98 000 with Tuesday night at 25 000, up 2 000 from Monday. Show Manager John Davis credited the higher turnout to a new opening hour as capacity crowds greeted each of the four major shows. Another peak is expected Thursday when children will be admitted for five cents.
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Fort Worth
Three Dionne Cows Die From Poisoning
In Callander Ontario three dairy cows died after drinking saline drill tempering solution. Oliva Dionne found the herd near his home as the family notes milk output has dropped to less than a meal daily. Dr. J E B I Joyal reported the Dionnes' newborn son and Mrs. Dionne are in good health.
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Mra. Dionne
Brown stands trial testimony links him to Hamm kidnapping
Defense counsel in the John P. Peifer kidnapping case urged former police chief Tom Brown to testify and deny linking his name to the gang that abducted Brewer William Hamm Jr. A subpoena was issued for Brown after his temporary absence from St. Paul, where he faced suspension from the stolen automobile detail. Byron Bolton is described as a confessed member.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Defense Council
John P
Jack) Peifer
Tom Brown
William Hamm, Jr
United States
Peifer
Brown
Minnesota
Byron Bolton
Racing Driver Hoops Dies After Track Crash
Orville Major Hoops, 33, a standout dirt track racer from Hobbs New Mexico, died in Plainview after a crash at Lockney where he overturned during a race. He had set a track record in a trial run. funeral services were planned for Lubbock.
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Plainview
Orville
Major
Gang trial details reveal payoffs linked to police tips
Testimony shows mobsters set aside 25000 of 100000 dollars for Brown as a reward for tipping off authorities during the kidnap search. Peifer’s lawyers say he will testify and deny ties to the abductors. Bolton says Peifer, ex St Paul nightclub owner, received 95000 with 25000 earmarked for Brown. Vannibar island 23 miles off Africa’s east coast, known as Isle of Cloves, yields most of the world’s supply of cloves.
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Brown
Peifer
Bolton
St. Paul
Vannibar
Africa
Isle of
Jury Soon To Hear Robert James Case In Rattlesnake Plot
In Los Angeles a jury of 10 men and two women will hear the Robert James case, the red haired barber accused of murdering his seventh wife in a rattlesnake plot. Defense denounces key witness Hope as a liar and accomplice seeking the gallows, while final state arguments proceed before Judge Fricke.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Charles W. Fricke
Charles H. Hope
Russell B. Parsons
Hope
Treasury
Washington
The
Totas
Civic clubs push international goodwill at Lions Club luncheon
Horace M. Russell Amarillo Rotary Club president says international goodwill grows from civic clubs more than military force. He notes stronger U S Mexico ties through Lions and Rotary across Latin America and praises convention conduct in Atlantic City. Pat Henry Hi Y district supervisor adds clubs aid men’s development.
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Horace M. Russell
Lion's Club
Russell
Amarillo
Atlantic City
Rotary Club
Pat Henry
Delco Radio Dealers Meet Here For 1936-37 Models
Delco radio dealers and distributors from Panhandle cities gather in the Herring Hotel club room for a 1936-37 model showing led by Tom B Crews of United Motors Service. Eleven new models including Robot Eye and syncre-tuning are demonstrated with edge-lighted dials and automatic volume control. Rubinoff endorses Delco tone and performance. E S Cowie Electric is the local distributor.
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Delco
Panhandle
Tom B. Crews
United Motors Service
Herring
General Motors Company
Crews
Rubinoff
General Motors
The
E. S. Cowie Electric Company
New Members Introduced at Club Meeting
George Ordway coordinated the program while Dick Roberts chaired in Avery Bushs absence as he attended an International convention in Providence. RIT Music provided by Senor and Senorita Jose Ramos. F P Works Jr and J B Gould welcomed as new members.
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George Ordway
Dick Roberts
Avery Bush
Providence
Senor
Senorita
Jose Ramos
F. P. Works, Jr
J. B. Gould
AFL and Lewis Near Parting in Steel Campaign
Washington July 22 A disclosure that 1000 workers were the aim of the drive to organize the steel industry came as John L Lewis and the American Federation of Labor neared a split Phillips Murray said the figure nearly doubled the earlier objective The drive extends into steel fabricating plants and mills with 400000 to 600000 in fabricating processing roles plus about 500000 metal producers The campaign aims to unite mass production workers under one union Lewis meanwhile served notice to the AFL council that his industrial organizing committee would not answer a summons for trial, signaling a likely suspension of the United Mine Workers and its affiliates by the next council meeting.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Phillips Murray
Steel Organization
Steel Workers Organization Committee
Murray
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Lewis
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Guest Speakers on KGNC Hour Highlight Local Event
The Every Woman's Hour on KGNC will feature Mrs. Sy Hess and Mrs. T. H. Rogers as guest speakers with musical numbers by Mrs. Lucille Martin and readings by Dorothy Hale Pitman. Miss Lois Smith's planned Mexico tour is postponed to next week and the program begins at 3:30 PM. It notes that about 4 percent of Americans are left handed.
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KGNC
Sy Hess
T. H. Rogers
8. F. Fish
Lucille Martin
Dorothy Hale Pitman
Mexico
Lois Smith
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Ogie
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Tooged
Benny
Lou Holt
Mesa
May
Marlor
Offer Brown
Geis
Orville Hoops
Lockney
Robert James Case
B. Brickell
England
Horace Russell
Lions Club
Delco Radio Dealers
Afl
Post. Liseatt & Mygas Toascoa Co
Danes Orchestre
Andre Kostelanetz
Kay Thompson
Ray Heatherton
Rhythm Singers
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