Woman attempts to witness Texas execution in disguise
In Huntsville Texas on July 31 a 21 year old Lufkin reporter disguised as a man tried to enter the electric chair chamber to see Glenn Warren Zavalla slayer executed. Warden Ward uncovered the ruse and escorted her away as Warren died at 12 10 A M after a 12 01 strike.
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Huntsville
Texas
Glenn Warren
Zavalla
Elizabeth Hurley
Lufkin
W. W. Ward
Warren
C. E. Cansler
Bernard la Coume
Miss Hurley
Alfred Weeks
Warden Waid
Waid
Weeks
Zagalla
James V. Allred
M. H. Cansler
Glenn
Gly-Cas Promises New Lease On Life In Amarillo Ad
Amarillo readers report Gly-Cas sharply improving health after years of pain from kidney stomach and rheumatic issues. Testimonials claim rapid results and ability to work within weeks. Available at Fox Drug Co Amarillo and local druggists priced 1.00 a box or 6 for 5.00 with order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gly-Cas
Amarillo
O. H. Brewington
North
Jefferson Street
Fox Drug Co
Oliver Eakle
Mrs. Brewington
Fox Drug Co. No
Oliver-Eakle Bldg
Tack Letters Continue with Help Wanted Notices
Classified notices show multiple help requests including housekeeper needed for small Amarillo family near Campo Colorado August 10 to 15, offering $2.50 weekly plus room and board. Also seeking sewing, washing, ironing, childcare, or general housework at 20 cents per hour with daughter seeking work. Housekeeping and painting offers, plus a bedding recovery note and a lost library book with a small reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campo
Colorado
Amarillo
Chicken thief sought after watch found in hen house
Arkansas county officers search for a thief who wore a 17 jewel gold wrist watch into a farmer's hen house near Stuttgart. The farmer found the watch on the floor. it was valued at 15 dollars, while the chickens were worth 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Ark
U.P
Arkansas County
Myrtle Tannehill Returns to Stage Roles on Cape Cod
Myrtle Tannehill, former Broadway leading woman, vacationing on Cape Cod before returning to New York and managers’ offices. She speaks of a quiet gaiety, knitwear with Dodsworth, and past stage triumphs in The Admirable Crichton and Just Out of College. Born May 18 in New York, she notes a post 1929 comeback from retirement.
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Myrtle Tannehill
Cape Cod
New York City
Myrtle
Dodsworth
Walter Huston
Charles Nichols
William Gillette
Crichton
George M. Cohan
Hale Hamilton
Australia
New Zealand
Brutus
New York
Hale
London
Hollywood
Kalem
Bridge
Beverly Sitquavis
Doctor Warns of New Injury From Speed
Dr Claude S Beck, heart specialist, told a medical meeting in Philadelphia that the steering wheel heart injuries from crashes can bruise the heart and cause temporary weakness even when the injury seems minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Claude S. Beck
Hurst continues family forestry service in Utah
William Hurst III becomes the third generation in his family to carry on the forest service tradition at Panguitch Utah. His father William Hurst I has 26 years as a forest ranger and his grandfather served as supervisor of the Beaver and Fillmore forests until his death in 1913.
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Panguitch
Utah
William Hurst, III
William Hurst
Beaver and Fillmore
Great Plains Drouth Tour Aims for Dakotas and Amarillo
Secretary Wallace outlines a drouth relief plan to President Roosevelt and the Great Plains Committee maps a multi state auto tour ending in Dakotas next month. An August 18 start in Amarillo will visit Garden City Wray Chadron Pierre Aberdeen Bismarck Miles City Gillette and Rapid City with dates subject to change. The Agriculture Department notes drouth conditions and lower pork prices this fall and winter while half of main belt corn acreage is damaged beyond recovery.
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White House
Washington
Rapid City
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Wallace
Great Plains
Planning Commission
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
W. R. Ronald Mitchell
Resettlement Administration
Public Works Administration
AAA
Farm Credit Administration
Amarillo
Morris L. Cooke
Tex
Home debates lead girl into politics
Patricia Prendergast, 24, tall and dark with curly hair, one of 12 children, becomes a Democratic candidate for state representative amid family table discussions. She backs Nebraska style one house legislature and says, You should see us.
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ST. Louis
Patricia Prendergast
Nebraska
Travelers Warned About Ancient Austrian Stamp Law
Foreign laws trip travelers in Austria warn that detaching a stamp from a card to reuse it can trigger fines under an 1835 rule. The statute imposes penalties of up to 15 times the defrauded amount with a minimum around one dollar, potentially higher for international mail. Officials note the law is outdated but still valid until formally repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
South America
United States
Far East
Prendergast backs daughter in local race with city ties
Patricia Prendergast sits among supporters at a table while her father Edward Pren dergast, a city administrator, serves as her campaign manager in a discussion about proportional representation and a bill’s fate in the legislature hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
Edward Prendergast
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Zavalla Slayer
Mrs. C. H. Brewington
North Pierce Street
H. D. Bell
V. E. Bell
Duron, New Mexico
Buchanan Street
Dial
Tackama
Martin
Red Life Readers
Ethel Maf
P. Burton
Monroe Street
Emerall Baby
Brenner
Chicago
Drury Lane
Drouth Area
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Great Plains Drouth
Drouth
S. O. Levin
Paramount Bide
Linon
Rayon
Seersucker
Montgomery Ward & Co
Polk Street
Zale
Iwatch
Zale's
Canoe
Jewel
South Bend
Gladstone
Aasey Tey_Tith & & POLK
Vienna
Austria
Europe
Borden’s
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