Prisoner Beaten in Jail Tells Judge of Plan
Prisoner 18 Lewis Wasicek, jailed on burglary charges, testified he was beaten by fellow inmates after alerting officers to a planned Saturday jail delivery. He described a scheme to free prisoners, kill the turnkey, and obtain keys. Judge Bishop said the matter would be referred to the county attorney for investigation and Wasicek’s lawyer sought a separate cell for him.
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Lewis Wasicek
Bishop
Thorndey
Wasicek
Kasivek
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report June 6
Live cattle and hog sales mixed across Kansas City and East St. Louis markets as 11 000 cattle 2000 calves and 10000 hogs see varied demand. Cattle steady to higher with bulls up. hogs uneven up to 9.25 top. sheep higher with prices around 16 to 19 dollars. Grain markets note several wheat corn and oats quotes across Kansas City and Chicago from The Associated Press.
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Associated Fresh
Colorado
Texas
The
Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
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Alabama
Louisiana
Bliss
Oklahoma
Mississippi
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Canada
Market shifts show corn upturn while wheat declines
Chicago trading notes delayed plowing and planting spurred active buying and a corn market rebound, aided by rains seen as bearish for wheat. Wheat fell after an initial drop as rains dampened optimism, while other commodities and New Orleans and New York futures also showed mixed moves in cotton, poultry, bar silver, and stocks.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Balzac's long writing sessions and 1926 alien removals
The author Balzac reportedly wrote up to eighteen to twenty hours daily for weeks. In 1926 the United States deported 10,904 aliens as unlawfully present, and over 29,000 were barred before entry.
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Balzac
United States
Lindbergh drama and small town gossip mix in Amarillo
A column frets over Captain Lindbergh public adulation and lucrative offers, compares past heroes, critiques fame’s costs, and cites local humor about water bills polo tales and missing Airedale dog Static. The piece blends national myth with everyday quirks from Amarillo and surrounding towns.
When Wife Away I Lose My Wardrobe and Wits
A humorous verse recalls a husband misplacing shirts socks and a bow tie while his wife is away. He searches the bedroom for attire and accessories and laments the vanished wardrobe as he admits his dependence on his spouse. His playful narration ends with the wife’s absence and his puzzled plight.
Crossing at Rock Island Tracks Described as Dangerous
A strong plea urges Country Club district residents to protest the Rock Island crossing at Tenth Street calling it the state’s most dangerous railroad crossing within city limits. The writer warns of fatalities if inaction continues and urges public publicity to spur repairs.
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Country Club District
Rock Island Tracks
Tenth Street
Country Club
Rock Island
Berlin Flight Ends With Forced Landing of Columbia
The Columbia piloted by Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine began from Roosevelt Field at 6:05 a.m. and, after landing near Forst Kottbus in swampy ground due to fuel shortage and motor trouble, will be moved to Berlin tomorrow by Lufthansa plane. The journey, initially shrouded in mystery, drew about 100000 onlookers and a large American-German escort at Tempelhof.
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Tempelhof
Berlin
Army
Navy
Air
Bellanca
Lufthansa
Chamberlin
Levine
Ambassador
Jacob Gould Schurmann
Julius Curtius
Curtius
West Germany
Tempelhof Field
Forst
Kottbus
Germany
Columbia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Klinge
Charles A. Levine
Ansorge
Tempelhofer
Dortmund
Eisleben
Schurman
Magdeburg
Roosevelt Field
Europe
Rome
Tempelhofer Field
German Air League
New York
A. S
Lufthanen
Fishermen urged to prepare gear as bass and crappie bite rises
A rustic plea blends dog notices and fishing lore. It speaks to owners of grieving dogs who return home, and then shifts to fishing season with advice on tackle and bait. The writer calls readers to prepare patent minnows spinners and flies for the coming days.
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Airdale
Fred DeCoster
South Carolina Avenue
Statice
Mr. DeCoster
Static
Lobbge Old Tack
Wives Sleep During Atlantic Flight Wait
Wylda Van De Bogert Chamberlin and Grace Levine endured two days of misery awaiting Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine after the mono plane crossed the ocean. Wives cried with relief when the Columbia reached Europe and the fliers were reported safe in Germany.
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Paul W. White
United Press
New York
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
North Atlantic
Wylda van de Bogert
Grace Noya
Wylda Chamberlin
Europe
Grace Levine
Germany
Amarillo Old Tech’s Plan for a Bigger, Better City
The program calls for lower water, gas, and electric rates, cleaner streets, more viaducts, parks, trees, and grass, lower rents, a public lake opening, a municipal golf course, elimination of railroad crossings, North Amarillo viaducts, throughfares to San Jacinto, expanded bus routes, and tighter regulation of police and fire vehicle signals. It also advocates attracting new industries, livable streets, a smaller spread between crude and gasoline prices, and repairing dirt streets.
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Bivins Lake
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Will Sail For Berlin Nonstop Flight Prizes Hopeful Trio
Two women in New York and Belle Harbor plan to sail to Berlin after non stop flight success. They were invited by German consul Eugene Klee to sail aboard the Hamburg American liner Resolute or consider Cunard’s Berengaria. Eloyse Levine, daughter of an airplane maker, shows calm faith in her father and Clarence. G M Bellanca praises Chamberlin as one of the greatest pilots.
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Manhattan
Belle Harbor
Eugene Klee
Resolute
Columbia
Levine
Chamberlin
Eloyse
Clarence
G. M. Bellanca
Bellanca
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Denison Honors Clarence Chamberlin After Berlin Landing Hype
United Press reports a premature Denison celebration for Clarence Chamberlin’s Berlin landing fizzled when he landed 150 miles away. Denison planned a postwar celebration with busineses closing and a town rally despite the setback, while Chamberlin’s mother and relatives expressed pride in his record flight.
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United Press
Denison
Iowa
Clarence Chamberlin
Berlin
E. C. Chamberlin
Max Moffitt
Chamberlin
Omaha
Clarence
Hunt
North Plains rain aids late row crop in Ochiltree County
Special to The Globe reports a general rain in Ochiltree county from half an inch to one inch, falling early yesterday. The rain came too late for the small grain crop but will greatly aid row crops just being planted. Much ground is being summer fallowed for fall wheat.
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Globe
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Dear Tack Sends Globe and News to Blake for Six Months
Letter from a reader named Robert F. Blake requests delivery of the Globe instead of the News, noting the Globe contains Tack’s column. Blake asks to change the address and signs off with a lifelong dedication, mentioning both papers will be sent to him for six months as a courtesy from Old Tack.
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Tack
Globe
Robert F. Blake
the Globe
the News
Names Guiding Amarillo Streets Lindbergh Vision
Letters discuss naming two Amarillo streets after Captain Lindbergh, noting surveyor Howard Trigg's claim they are the only feasible names unless a new subdivision is created. The sender also cautions on Sunday theater laws in Texas and urges support for well paid, efficient police to deter crime.
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Darius Green
Charles Lindbergh
H. B. Martin
Amarillo
Lindbergh
Cheshire
Industrial City
Amarillo Refining Company
Howard Trigg
TWO JAILED CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Jacking ring nabbed here
Police say a five-man hold-up group has been broken in the past week with the arrest of a man tied to house robberies. Chief Gaither reports more arrests may follow as Webb and Menick were tracked through Texas Oklahoma and Kansas before capture with Wichita police aiding. The two were sent to the county jail after being processed at the police station. Alton Wilder, 18, was arrested in connection with a separate robbery at 1810 Buren Street near an abandoned church while other suspects were taken in last week for North Highway lunch stand and other robberies. A local letter from Sleeping Jesus, claiming to back officers and promising higher wages, laments the dangers of crime and defends tough policing.
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Erasmus Tack
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Mr. T. Chisum
Ambassador Herrick
Mr. Chisum
United States
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Hobson
Sheriff’s Department
Gaither
Kansas
Hubbard
Wichita
Santa Fe
Cullum
Jor G. M. Myers
Ivlp Yourself
San Jacinto
C. S. Handy
I Griffin
North Highware
Police Des Ment
R Beries
Alton Wilder
Sheriff's Department
Hells
Buren Street
West Amarillo Church Enrolls 200 Members in New Congregation
The West Amarillo Christian church organized Sunday with about 200 members, adding 150 via conversion transfers and renewals. W O Dallas Texas Missions led the drive, with praise for F W OMalley and First Christian Church affiliates. The new church plans a pastor and reports strong lay involvement.
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West Amarillo
W. O. Dallas
Texas Missions
Fort Worth
F. W. O'Malley
First Christs Church
L. D. Kight
Barniff Investment Company
First Christian Church
Chur
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Union Tank Car
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Fyanceville
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Chansler Weymouth
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Pop
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
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Baca County
Old Tech
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North Plains
Tulsa
John M'Carty
Pate
Old Tack
Wiley Pollard
Jesus
Washington
NEW Christian Group
E. A. Regal Company
Insurance and Bonds
Texas Mercantile & Manufacturing CO
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