Fifty-eight indicted in Panhandle liquor conspiracy case
Forty eight new indictments expected in U S district court at 5 PM with charges of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Names to be revealed after arrest warrants issued. Assistants Mood and Davis from Fort Worth aid grand jury. Earlier, 23 indictments, including two former Potter County officers, have been issued and 14 arrested.
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James C. Wilson
United States District Court
Wilson
Amarillo
Panhandle
Pampa
LeFors
Alex M. Mood
Arnold Davis
Fort Worth
Potter County
United States
Oklahoma
Missouri
In Memory of Aisne Marne Fighting by Minott Saunders
Paris June 19 Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds inscribed under a giant American eagle overlooking Chateau-Thierry. The Hill 204 memorial, first of three War Memorials by the Battle Monuments Commission in France, honors French and American troops in the Aisne Marne sector. General Pershing, here as head of the association, hopes to attend the dedication once fixed.
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Minott Saunders
Paris
Chateau-Thierry
Battle Monuments Commission
France
Pershing
Aisne-Marne
Chateau Thierry
Babson optimism and 1932 plan talk in globe feature
The column cites Roger W Babson predicting prosperity after 1929 downturn and outlines President Hoover's 1932 campaign rhetoric. It notes plans to house 4 million new homes, expand railroads and highways, boost electric power, and grow farm output, while contrasting Russia's five year plan with Russian history. The piece reviews long sermons and a Chrysler push into a 500 dollar car, ending with drought notes and a health ad.
Governor Murray names special prosecutor in Carter County murder case
Oklahoma City June 19 James Springer of Stillwater was named by Governor Murray as special prosecutor for the June 24 trial of Cecil Crosby and W E Guess former deputy sheriffs charged with murder in the killing of two Mexican students Emile Cortes Rubio cousin of President Ortiz Rubio and Manuel Gomez returning to Mexico from a Kansas college last week.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
James Springer
Stillwater
Cecil Crosby
W. E. Guess
Carter County
Emile Cortes Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Manuel Gomez
Mexico
Kansas College
Traffic census to count Texas road traffic
A four day census of traffic on Texas roads will begin tomorrow on state highways. Enumerators will not stop vehicles. signs ask drivers to slow down so license plates can be read for classification to aid the highway department in road specification planning.
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Austin
Texas
Pickets Guard Closed Provident Mine in Belmont County
The Provident mine of the Clarkson Coal Company closed today with two picket lines on duty from the United Mine Workers and the National Miners' Union. County officials said the dual pickets formed after Clarkson officials refused to recognize the organizers of either union. About 1200 to 1300 strikers marched on 14 Belmont County mines, but no disorders were reported.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Provident
Clarkson Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
National Miners’ Union
Clarkson
Belmont County
Libel Suit and Infant Death Reported in Lubbock
Services for Bonnie Louise Dampf six month old daughter of Clyde G Dampf will be held at Griggs Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. The baby smothered by a quilt during a New Year’s Eve home incident as her father musician Campf practiced on his saxophone. In a separate item, five weeks of testimony wrap in a two day jury verdict on the $200000 libel suit of Fred Spikes against J Evetts Haley and Capital Reservation Lands Company after 243 witnesses over four weeks.
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Bonnie Louise Dampf
Clyde G. Dampf
Griggs Chapel
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Campf
Lubbock
Fred Spikes
J. Evetts Haley
Capital Reservation Lands Company
G. E. Lockhart
Spikes
Haley
Xit Ranch
Texas
Spikes Brothers
John and
Dick Spikes
Fred
Offenders Arrested in Kidnap Case In Bonham Route
Police arrest 42 year old John M Riggs and 16 year old Pearl May Townsend in a kidnapping case. Riggs held on grand jury indictment for kidnaping and car theft. Townsend found in a house on East Second Avenue. she says she shares blame but faces no charge.
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John M. Riggs
Bonham
Bud Hughes
Fannin County
Riggs
Amarillo
Pearl May Townsend
Post Office
Johnson
East Second Avenue
Torrio Takes Reins of Gang in Chicago Rumor
Johnny The Immune Torrio allegedly succeeds Al Capone as Chicago underworld head after Capone pleads guilty to liquor law and income tax charges. Torrio, Colosimo protege, is said to have moved back into western ranch and ordered Capone to take the rap with a June 30 sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Johnny
Torrio
Alphonse Capone
Big Jim
Colosimo
Capone
Brooklyn
Lightning Sparks Dallas Oil Tank Fire Damages 60000
Firemen report the Oriental Oil Company's 55,000 barrel oil tank in Dallas sustained 60,000 dollars in damage after a bolt of lightning sparked the blaze on Wednesday. The fire was brought under control by today after burning for two days.
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Dallas
U.P
Oriental Oil Company
Earhart Putnam Reprimanded Over Abilene Autogiro Crash
Amelia Earhart Putnam was censured by the Commerce Department for careless handling of her autogiro during a crash at Abilene Texas last week. The inspector recommended grounding for 90 days, and a formal reprimand letter was issued to her.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Abilene
Texas
G. G. Budwig
Aviation Branch
R. W. Delaney
Dallas
Delaney
Dumas Tops Amarillo At Dalhart Rodeo Round-up
Dumas beat Amarillo in the first annual Dalhart rodeo with a 51 car parade. About 6,000 out of town visitors attended as the event drew crowds to the grounds near Highway 6. The Amarillo delegation, led by Mayor Thompson, exchanged gifts with Dalhart’s mayor. The 142nd Infantry band joined the procession, arriving late for the parade. An all-night dance and a second show are scheduled for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
Amarillo
Dalhart Texan
American Legion
Dumas
Ernest O. Thompson
Wilbur C. Hawk
Chamber of Commerce
Thompson
O. H. Finch
142Nd Infantry
Highway No. 6
Dallas Church Faces Pastoral Clash Over Hanging
June 19 report details dissension in North Dallas Church over who should be pastor. Four men alleged to have hanged supply pastor B. P. Brown to a chains at the pulpit were not identified. Brown was rescued at 4 30 A M after being gagged and bound. no arrests reported as officers guard homes and questions continue.
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Dallas
North Dallas
B. P. Brown
Brown
H. P. Marler
Mr. Marler
Marler
Electrical storms kill twelve in Europe
Violent electrical storms over Poland and East Prussia killed twelve people yesterday. In Sierpe Poland four boys died when a bolt hit a barn and caused a fire. Sixteen were badly burned and thirty suffered electrical shock.
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Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Poland
Sierpe
Bigamy Charge Filed at Floydada
Floydada Texas June 19 Charges of bigamy were filed yesterday against John R Morgan by District Attorney A J Folley in Justice J B Solomon s court The case is believed to be the first under the new Texas bigamy law effective February 13 Lima Peru June 19 Strong earth shocks were felt here lasting five seconds but caused no serious damage
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Floydada
Texas
John R. Morgan
A. J. Folley
Solomon
Lima
Peru
Graf Zeppelin Lands on Lake Constance Unassisted
The Graf Zeppelin settled on Lake Constance and demonstrated for the first time that she can be landed on water without the landing crew’s help, avoiding the usual assist that brings the airship to earth.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lake Constance
Earth
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo and West Texas expect fair conditions tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies. New Mexico shows little temperature change under fair skies tonight and Saturday.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Harding Ranch to Open July 3 for Fourth of July Festivities
Harding Ranch opens for the Fourth of July with camping and a big barbecue at Palo Duro Canyon. Crippled Children's Council tickets grant weekend access, with continuous stay through Sunday for those staying on the ranch.
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Harding
Crippled Children’s Council of
Amarillo
Crippled Children's Council
Harding Ranch
Palo Duro Canyon
Devil's Kitchen
Harding's Ranch
J. C. Paschal
Crippled Children’s Council
Northwest Heat Wave Causes Multiple Deaths Across Regions
Merciless heat swept the Northwest causing five deaths. Prostrations were common as temperatures neared a century mark. A Minnesota man died at Worthington and another at Pine Island, a third in Bismarck. A Milwaukee graduation attendee died in the sun, and an Omaha man died while driving.
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Chicago
Northwest
Minnesota
Worthington
Pine Island
Bismarck
N. D
Milwaukee
Omaha
Neb
Weather Bureau
Trio Held in Robbery Suspects in Memphis Jail
Three men identified by two Memphis Black residents as participants in a bank holdup were jailed awaiting habeas corpus appeals. Police said the witnesses tied Herbert Scales Ralph Arnold and Jack Cherris to the May 5 robbery at Union Planters Bank and Trust Company.
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Memphis
Tenn
Union Planters National Bank & Trust Company
Dallas
Texas
Will T. Griffin
Herbert Scales
Ralph Arnold
Jack Cherris
Louis Blackmon
Jim Horn
Forrest City
Ark
Griffin
Scales
Cherris
Cornell University
A. O. Clark
Maury Hughes
Indictments in Rankin bank slayings tie to 1928 case
Five men including former officers face murder indictments over the January 12 1928 slayings at Rankin Texas of two men near the First State Bank. The Texas Bankers Association had offered a 10000 reward. Ranger Captain Frank Hamer testified before a grand jury and others were reindicted on conspiracy charges.
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Hugh Gillespie
McCamey
J. H. Dumas
Carl Wood
W. M. Miller
Whitey
Bankers Association
Bank
First State Bank
Rankin
Barfield
Gillespie
Shannon
Miller
Texas Bankers’ Association
Rankin Bank
Dumas
Wood
San Marcos
Liberty
McCamey-Rankin
Lovington
N. M
Austin
U.P
Frank Hamer
State Bankers’ Association
Grand
Hamer
Hamers
No Upsets In City Tourney At Country Club
In the City Golf Tournament at the Country Club 127 players teed off with no upset results in early rounds. Notable scores: Manuel Merriman beat George Kinsey 2 and 1. G W Dodd defeated Wallace Clark 4 and 3. Jay Wagner Jr fell to Gene Howe 8 and 6.
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Manuel Merriman
George Kinsey
G. W. Dodd
Wallace Clark
Jay Wagner, Jr
Gene Howe
Eddie
Hap Johnson
John Olver
Juenior
E. D. Lamb
R. P. Parcells
Phil Tabor
George Shannon
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Amazone
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