Mob Threatens To Lynch Man After Beating Dwarf Clerk
Leroy Wilton of Johnson City New York faced a mob in Katy Texas after beating K Cott a dwarf drug store clerk with a pistol Cott was uninjured but Wilton fled. Deputies Denney and Hood stopped the crowd and Wilson was jailed in Houston charged with attempted robbery by firearms. The incident ended with Wilson captured after a pursuit and his motive stated as to obtain money from the store.
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Houston
Leroy Wilton
Johnson City
N. Y
Katy
K. Cott
Cott
Wilson
Carey Tipe
Fied D. Mathis
T. ©. Bobbitt
W. B. Denney
Fort Bend County
H. A. Hood
Harris County
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Ray
Shorty
Denney
Mexico
What They pay Write to TAGE Dear Tace Check on Ninth Avenue
Payment notice details a check issued for $86.00 to Hazel D. Kearney from Great American Indemnity Company New York City. The payer information and contact instructions appear on a page 8 letter section with unrelated address fragments on Polk Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tage
Ninth Avenue
Polk Street
Hazel D. Kearney
New York City
Five Black Legion Members Plead Not Guilty in Slaying Case
Five Black Legion members including Harvey Davis John Bannerman and Ervin Lee faced Recorder Edward J Jeffries in Detroit with not guilty pleas to kidnapping and the murder of Silas Coleman 42 and WPA worker Charles Poole 52. Dayton Dean confessed Coleman was shot to learn what it felt like to kill a negro. Examination date set for July 28.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Edward J. Jeffries
Silas Coleman
Harvey Davis
John Bannerman
Ervin Lee
Charles Poole
WPA
Charles Rouse
James Roy Lorrance
Dayton Dean
Coleman
Davis
Jeffries
Wayne County Prosecutor's Office
Rouse
First Air Mail Pilot Ovington Dies at 56
Glendale California July 22 Farle L Ovington listed in government annals as the first air mail pilot died last night of a heart ailment after a long illness and several major operations. He learned to fly at the Bleriot School in Pau France and in 1911 circulated mail between Garden City and Mineola New York.
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Glendale
Calif
Farle L. Ovington
Ovington
Bleriot
Pau
France
United States
Frank H. Hitchcock
Garden City
N. Y
Mineola
L. T
Attendance soars at Fort Worth Frontier Centennial
In Fort Worth crowds neared 98 000 during the four day Frontier Centennial. Tuesday night drew 25 000, up 2 000 from Monday. Show Manager John P Davis cites the new opening hour for the rise. Capacity crowds greeted each major show and another peak is expected Thursday as children enter for five cents.
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Fort Worth
Port Worth
Cows Die From Poisoning Hit Dionne Dairy
Three cows on Oliva Dionne’s Ontario farm died after drinking a saline drill tempering solution. The deaths reduce milk supply for the Dionne family as the remaining herd yields less than one meal per day. Dr J B Joyal reported the 11th child’s birth and both mother and baby in good health.
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Dionne
Defense urges Brown to testify in Hamm kidnap trial
In St Paul on July 22 defense for John P Peifer urged former police chief Tom Brown to testify to deny eyewitness testimony tying him to the gang that kidnapped Brewer William Hamm Jr. A subpoena to Brown was issued for his appearance after a summer vacation.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Defense Council
John P
Jack) Peifer
Tom Brown
William Hamm, Jr
RACING DRIVER HOOPS DIES IN TEXAS TRACK ACCIDENT
Orville Major Hoops 33 of Hobbs New Mexico died in Plainview after a dirt track crash at Lockney where his car overturned during a race. He had set a track record in a trial run. Funeral services were tentatively planned for Lubbock.
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Plainview
Orville
Major
Hoops
Hobbs
West Texas
Lockney
Lubbock
Mob ties payoffs in kidnapping probe name Brown and Peifer
Testimony revealed a mob plan to set aside 25000 of 100000 proceeds to compensate Brown for tipping police during the kidnapping search. Peifer’s lawyers said he would testify and denied ties to the abductors. Bolton says Peifer, a former St. Paul club owner, got 35000 with 25000 earmarked for Brown. Zanzibar island off Africa’s east coast, nicknamed Isle of Cloves, is a major source of cloves.
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Brown
Peifar
Bolton
Peifer
St. Paul
Zanzibar
Africa
Isle of
Robert James case goes to jury after two defense bids
In Los Angeles a jury of 10 men and two women will hear the case of Robert James a red haired barber charged with murdering his seventh wife in a rattlesnake plot. Defense attacks witness Hope calling him a liar and co defendant while urging the jury to doubt the state's case. A final state argument and remaining defenses were to precede deliberations.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Robert
James
Charles W. Fricke
Charles H. Hope
Russell E Parsons
Hope
Treasury
Washington
The
Civic clubs praised for boosting international goodwill
Horace M. Russell president of the Amarillo Rotary Club told Lions and Rotary members that international goodwill is promoted as much by civic clubs as any agency. He cited better US Mexico understanding, Latin American club presence, and courteous delegate conduct at Atlantic City. Pat Henry, Hi Y supervisor, added clubs aid personal development.
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Horace M. Russell
Lion's Club
Russell
Amarillo
Atlantic City
Rotary Club
Pat Henry
Delco Radio Dealers Meet to Preview 1936 37 Models
Panhandle dealers and distributors gather in the Herring Hotel to view eleven new Delco Radio models for 1936 37. Tom B Crews of United Motors Service demonstrates the Robot Eye cro tol tuning edge lighted dials and auto volume with Rubinoff endorsing the tone. E S Cowie Electric Co is the local Delco distributor.
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Delco
Panhandle
Tom B. Crews
United Motors Service
Herring Hotel
General Motors Company
Crews
Rubinoff
General Motors
E. S. Cowie Electric Company
New Members Introduced at Club Meeting with Music
George Ordway led the program while Dick Roberts presided in Avery Bush's absence at the Providence convention. Senor and Senorita Jose Ramos provided the music. New members F. P. Works Jr. and J. B. Gould were welcomed.
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George Ordway
Dick Roberts
Avery Bush
Providence
R. I
Senor
Senorita
Jose Ramos
F. P. Works, Jr
J. B. Gould
AFL and Lewis Near Parting
Washington July 22 unionization of 1 000 workers was the aim of a steel industry drive and John L Lewis and the American Federation of Labor were near a break. Phillips Murray said the campaign had reached steel fabricating plants and mills amid plans to unite mass production workers. Lewis served notice on the AFL council that his committee would not obey summons, signaling a potential suspension of the United Mine Workers and its 11 affiliates.
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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 announced for KGNC Woman's Hour program
Radio KGNC will host Woman's Hour tomorrow with Mrs Sy Hess and Mrs T H Rogers as guest speakers. Musical numbers by Mrs Lucille Martin and readings by Dorothy Hale Pitman. Miss Lois Smith's Mexico tour description postponed to next week. Program begins at 3 30 with guest references. Report notes about four percent of U S population left handed.
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KGNC
Sy Hess
T. H. Rogers
8. E. Fish
Lucille Martin
Dorothy Hale Pitman
Mexico
Lois Smith
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Associated Press
Farle Ovington
Offer Brown
Geis
Momerat
Minnesota
Hix Post
Byron Bolton
Erskine Johnson
George Scarbo
Vorute Hobby
Goeceny
Omaha
Tooged
Benny
Lou Holtz
ST. Voseoh
Marl Ors Crawford
Orville Hoops
Robert James Case
C. B. Bickell
England
Horace Russell
Lions Club
Delco Radio Dealers
Afl
Hesterfickg Aa
Orchestre
Andre Kostelanetz
Kay Thompson
Ray Heathertor
Rhythm Singers
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