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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
3
Gendarmes in Toulon France pursued four spy suspects inside the navy arsenal after a brief gun battle that left one wounded. Officials believe the group aimed to steal a prototype automatic rifle, part of the Mediterranean base’s secret defenses, with identities withheld pending foreign power attribution.
Hollywood dispatch reports Martin Snyder known as Moe the Gimp may be called to testify in the alienation of affections suit brought by Alma Alderman against Ruth Etting. Snyder, free on bail while appealing a prior murder attempt conviction, faces cross-examination as Etting and Alderman’s ex-husband Myrl Alderman are involved in a tangled custody of relationships.
Halifax June 16 The royal tour of Canada concluded aboard the Empress of Britain with King George and Queen Elizabeth departing. Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King, who often supplied matches and cigarettes for friends, reflected on the tour's impact while noting small frictions and the host role he played. Gifts for children including sets of mart en cuffs and muffs accompanied the royal party’s farewell in Nova Scotia.
France's self styled Bluebeard Eugene Weidmann, awaiting execution, paid 450 francs for a cemetery plot at St. Pierre in Versailles for his own burial, following his pardon rejection. The grave will hold the body of Jean De Koven, a Brooklyn dancer slain at Weidmann's La Voulzie villa in Saint Cloud after being lured from Paris. Landru, predecessor on the Bluebeard file, was executed in 1922 for eleven murders.
In Cambridge on June 16, 200 word41 pounds Cora Jones dangled by one hand four stories above the street for about 10 minutes until her husband Henry Jones weakened grip failed. A crowd of around 400 watched as two policemen reached the scene and pulled the 35-year-old woman to safety after she reportedly attempted to jump while hanging clothes.
Burlington Vermont June 16 86 year old William C Bailey rides 2600 miles west to Sioux Falls South Dakota and back to visit a relative unseen for 65 years. He says he has logged about 20000 miles since taking up cycling seven years ago. The note adds that malic acid from apples is used in dyeing.
Fish-0 Artists Ready To Toss Fish-0 Artists Ready To Toss Prize competition in Fish-O sponsored by Globe-News Montgomery-Ward Morrow-Thomas C M Williams Amarillo Hardware Sears-Roebuck starts tonight at 8 at the West Tenth range near the archery court. Winds may push start to Monday. Prizes include reels, flies and tackle items donated by sponsors. Anne Troth will referee.
Byron T. Schutz of Kansas City has been named official nominee for the presidency of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America at the 26th annual convention in October, to succeed S. M. Waters. The nominating committee, led by A. D. Fraser, says nomination equates to election. Schutz holds multiple posts in Kansas City firms and civic groups and is active in clubs and fraternal organizations.
Sandusky opera singer Linda Grob secured successive scholarships starting at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, winning again the following year, then continuing studies in New York with two national scholarship honors.
Carson City Nevada June 16 Unless something is done soon 1940 may see a great exodus to Nevada The attorney generals department is at work to correct a legislature mistake The tax bill incorrectly named 1939 in both sections but the second part should have read 1940 throughout
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