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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
5
A woman argues over a $3 stop sign fine at the station after losing her grocery money. She taunts officers, kicks at a traffic cop, and is jailed until her husband posts $15. A separate note mentions a hit and run with a rabbit foot key chain and a moving house incident involving Ira S. son.
Reporters note a routine Amarillo patrol encountering a drunk man in a parked pickup claiming to wait for a light. A Negro asks officers to watch his car tires and battery. A misdirected address leads to a false alarm about prowlers at 2826 North West Ninth. A woman quizzically seeks help for a lost billfold after a traffic ticket.
An older style ad asserts SSS Tonic increases gastric juice flow to relieve bloating sour stomach and nerves. It credits medical tests and claims the formula improves digestion builds red blood cells and enhances energy. It urges readers to buy 888 Tonic from drug stores today.
In Genoa Virginia a 30 year old Louise Miller formerly of Waco Texas battered her 6 month old Shirley Louise to death with an ax and struck her other daughter Gloria Jean before hanging herself. Coroner Dr. F L Byers ruled murder and death by own action. Gloria Jean was hospitalized in Harrisonburg Virginia.
Police report a fatal double murder at a Timberville residence where a baby lay dead in a bedroom and the mother was found in the stairwell. A 3-year-old daughter cried nearby as neighbors discovered the scene. Three words in blood on the dining room wall read "Too late now." Husband Shirley Miller, employed by the Valley Housing Corporation, was away at work.
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