Lynch Suspect in Dynamiting Lynched in Princeton Kentucky
In Princeton Kentucky on June 1 Walter Merrick a 48 year old man accused of dynamiting the store of M Poole in Hopson February past was found dead hanging from a tree after a mob removed him from the county jail. Merrick was to stand trial June 13 for the explosion which injured P Poole and a boy. The lynching occurred after officers were charged and amid school board tensions over a whipped teacher.
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Princeton
Walter Merrick
Curt Jones
Merrick
M. P’poole
Hopson, Jear
P’poole
P'Poole
Lockout Threat Over Strikers Spurs Spain Strike
In Madrid June 1 a nationwide strike saw the Employers' and Proprietors' Association of Seville threaten factory and shop lockouts if workers do not revise contracts. The Andalusian federation canceled all contracts with workers. Syndicalist leaders at Cuda halted the general strike there but it spread to 20 towns. Four people were seriously wounded in Malaga in clashes between police and about 600 armed Syndicalists, including the syndicalist president.
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Madrid
Spain
Seville
Andalusian Economic Federation
Cuda
Malaga
Syndicalists
Aus
Aeake
MOTOR
Amarillo
Amrillo
City of
Texas
City Commission
Motor Carrier Transportation Aggpt
State of Texas
Leola Fogg Wins Trip to Round-Up for Bedroom Contest
Leola Fogg of Bushland earned a paid trip to the Texas club workers round-up at College Station after winning the Potter County 4-H bedroom improvement contest. Twenty six girls competed with Fogg cited for the best improvement in proportion to money spent. other winners included Hortense Mobberly, Ruth Hill, Juanita Hill, and Helen Paxton.
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Potter County
Leola Fogg
Bushland
Texas Club
College Station
Mary Sitton
Miss Fogg
Hortense Mobberly
River Road
Ruth
Juanita Hill
Helen Paxton
Beginners in Music College Classes at Amarillo College
A beginners band class is organized at Amarillo College of Music this week under Ellis B. Hall. The first session runs Friday at 11 AM with instrument rentals offered at a low rate allowing parents to test different instruments before purchasing.
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Amarillo College of Music
Ellis B. Hall
Bus Lines Win Permit To Alter Amarillo Schedule
City commission grants Amarillo Bus Company permission to adjust schedules on two routes. East Tenth Avenue Glenwood and West Tenth Avenue will skip Sunday service as the company cited nonpaying Sunday timetable.
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Amarillo Bus Company
City Commission
East Tenth Avenue
Glenwood
West Tenth Avenue
City of
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Gotham Court Takes Pity on Texas Family
New York dated June 1 Detective Burke dropped a complaint against Mrs. Winifred Patterson of El Paso for possessing a pistol after she and her husband Ernest bricklayer and their 8 year old son Billy sought work with only 150 dollars. The pistol was pawned. The Patterson family was taken to the police station and the mother and boy sent to Salvation Army refuge. Patterson disappeared from the car and there was a court withdrawal of the charge. Mrs Patterson and Billy left for a sister's home at Jones Beach.
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New York
Winifred Patterson
el Paso
Joseph Burke
County trims expenses with salary cuts and fees
The commissioners' court reports several payroll cuts effective today. John Arnot the hide and animal inspector will be paid only fees. Traffic officers J. W. Pottinger and Gus Albright take leave without pay in June and July. Police in Leigh England investigate the death of an unidentified bearded woman found on the beach.
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John Arnot
J. W. Pottinger
Gus Albright
Leigh
England
Amarillo Envoy to Oklahoma Sessions
Amarillo is invited to send a delegation to Weatherford Oklahoma for the Western Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce convention on June 8 and 9. Amarillo will host the Texas Association of Insurance Agents then, likely limiting delegates to one or two. An entertaining and instructive program is planned with talks from national figures.
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Amarillo
Weatherford
Okla
W. J. Milburn
Sayre
Completion of City Audit Report Released
Independent auditors completed a city audit announced by the commission. Assets total 11,934,545.68 with a year gain of 445,971.25 and bonded debt 5,752,098.33. City valuation stands at 63,000,000 with bonded debt limited to 6,300,000. Cash on hand listed at 378,304.42.
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Amarillo City
Akron to Carry Mail from Sunnyvale to Lakehurst
The Navy dirigible Akron will depart Sunnyvale California for Lakehurst New Jersey on June 4 carrying mail. A commemorative seal will be attached to letters posted during the flight.
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AKRON
San Francisco
Sunnyvale
Cal
Lakehurst
N. J
Borger Man Sues Over War Risk Insurance in U S Court
Federal district court heard Phil M Trachtenberg of Borger seek 10000 from the government in a war risk insurance contract suit. Noah P Taylor of Amarillo had a similar suit heard yesterday. Two men, Andrew Paul Miller and Eli Raffkind, filed citizenship petitions. Miller believed he was a citizen and served as a juror, Raffkind was born in Disna Russia. The petitions will be heard in the next term of court.
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Federal District Court
Phil M. Trachtenberg
Borger
Noah P. Taylor
Amarillo
James C. Wilson
Andrew Paul Miller
Nazareth
Eli Raffkind
Disna
Russia
Miller
Admits Conducting Robbery Attempt
Fort Worth June 1 The man E C Goetz 23 a draftsman for Stano lind Oil and Gas Company admitted today to police that he staged a phantom bandit hold up last night and attempted to rob the company safes He told investigators a dressed man forced him to help open a safe but later confessed his account was a fabrication and that he tried to rob the safes himself He is jailed awaiting further action.
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Fort Worth
E. C. Goetz
Goetz
Jesse E. Martin
Different Coffee, Different Countries For Richer Flavor
The article argues that switching coffee brands rarely improves taste because about 70 percent of coffee is grown in the same country. It urges trying beans from other producing nations to access richer flavors from small, distinctive districts.
Appropriation for City Board of Development Expenses Approved
The city commission approved $1 041 for the Board of City Development covering the first half of June salaries traveling expenses and office costs. Dr R P Parcells president and O V Vernon general manager applied for the fund detailing department expenses.
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Board of City Development
City Commission
R. P. Parcells
O. V. Vernon
Cocktail Party Shooting Stuns Mayfair Society
London June 1 A fatal shooting at a Mayfair cocktail party ends with Michael Scott Stephen, son of a London banker, dying after a revolver discharge in the apartment of Elivora Dolores Barney. Police expect an inquest Friday as Mrs Barney and ex husband John Sterling Barnet are not charged.
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London
Mayfield Society
Michael Scott Stephen
Elivora Dolores Barney
John Mullens
John Sterling Barnet
Barney
Scotland Yard
Stephen
Williams Mews
Greenwich Village
MacDougall Alley
New York
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures For May Reported
Treasury receipts for May 28 totaled 2.256 million dollars while expenditures reached 15.303 million. The May 28 balance stood at 392.87 million and customs receipts for the 28 days of May were 16,043 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Amarillo to Elect Mayor in June 1932 Vacancy Election
City of Amarillo schedules a special election for June 14 1932 to fill the mayoral vacancy left by Ernest O Thompson's resignation. The notice details precincts polling sites and appointed election officers plus filing deadlines for candidates.
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State OF Texas
Amarillo
Leverne Calhoun
Texas
Potter and Randall
City OF
Ernest O. Thompson
State of
J. N. Vernon
J. D. Cazzell
R. B. Musick
W. D. DeGrasse
John Trolinger
R. J. Parsons
A. Peterson
E. L. Richardson
May Placey
Helena N. Smith
J. G. Colby
John K. Boyce
D. M. Packard
Potter
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