Brothers Shot After Brief Terror Reign
Two deputy sheriffs killed one bandit and wounded the other after a gun battle that followed a two-state kidnapping spree. Clarence Easton, 27, was killed behind a corn crib. Orelle Easton, 25, was wounded and jailed at Kankakee. The brothers had earlier shot a Indiana state trooper near LaPorte and held hostages before the finale near Symenton.
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DE. Elm
Indiana
Illinois
Clarence Easton
Valley City
N. C
Orelle
Kankakee
Here
Ray Dixon
LaPorte
Ind
James Navy
Indiana-Ilinois
Dixon
Cook
Navy
Symerton
Clinton Craig
Jesse Burton
Craig
Burton
Clarence
Garland Leads West Texas Senior Golf Qualifying
The West Texas Senior Golf Tournament began with about half of 90 entrants in qualifying rounds. Chick Garland of Slaton posted a 78 to set the early low score, with B F Holmes Shamrock 82, Bob Skaggs Clovis NM 1936 champion 82, and Bill Gallacher Carrizozo NM 82 also turning in solid rounds.
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West Texas
Carrizozo
N. M
Lee
Alumni Banquet Sparks Huge Handshake Event
Six members from 1920 alumni gathered at a large eastern college banquet foyer and shook hands with every other alumnus once. The bustling exchange filled the scene with activity as they greeted old friends during the event.
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Eastern College
Mann
Bloomington girl who became famed playwright Rachel Crothers
The lonely Bloomington child Rachel Crothers created paper doll dramas and grew into a renowned American playwright. She wrote The Three of Us and over twenty plays including A Man's World Old Lady 31 Let Us Be Gay and Susan and God. She studied in New York with Belasco Frohman and later found Broadway success.
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Broadway
Miss Crothers
New York
David Belasco
Daniel Frohman
Susan and
God
Bloomington
Illinois
America
McNaught Syndicate
Roosevelt signs wage hour bill amid New Deal reform drive
President Roosevelt announces the wage hour bill with aims to set a 40 cent minimum wage and 40 hour week across interstate industries. The plan includes industry boards, time and a half exemptions, and a 120 day operative clock with possible Supreme Court challenges. A Fort Worth loan office robbery ends with capture of Roy T. Haggard, 18, after he threatened staff with nitroglycerin, the money recovered and bond set at 5000.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
New Deal
Wilmington
Del
America
Labor Department
Supreme Court
Houston
Fort Worth
Roy T. Haggard
Tom Hobanks
LU Cuillalil
Rains Cut Wheat Receipts in Amarillo City
Rains across the Panhandle delayed harvest as Amarillo grain receipts fell. The Amarillo Grain Exchange Inspection department logged 101 carloads of new wheat, about one third of normal due to weather interruptions. Wheat came from scattered points across the region.
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Amarillo
The
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Exchange
Panhandle
If Gettysburg Were Fought Today Dispatches From War
Dr Douglas Freeman editor of the Richmond News Leader and biographer of R E Lee writes a blow by blow account of Gettysburg from a Confederate vantage. His dispatches aim to bring vivid life to America’s deadliest battle with battlefield realism.
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Douglas
An. Freeman
Richmond News Leader
R. E. Lee
America
Dr. Freeman
Glace
Bert Freeman Family Tragedy in Flood Disaster
The body of Bert Freeman was found downstream from Highway 5 after a flood at East Lelia Lake Creek that swept his car away on June 15. Mrs. Freeman’s body was found days earlier 60 miles below the bridge. The three year old son remains missing as searchers comb the flood area. Funeral plans for Mr. Freeman are pending. Mrs. Freeman was buried at Crosbyton. The Freemans, formerly of Amarillo, had relatives in Clarendon and Mr. Freeman previously worked for Globe News before moving to Wichita Falls.
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Lelia Lake
Bert Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Billy Crystal
Highway 5
Freeman
Mrs. Freeman
Crosbyton
Lloyd Noliner
Amarillo
Clarendon
Beatrice Noliner
The
Globe News
Wichita Falls
Daily Times
Confederates Coming This Afternoon
Fifty two youngsters averaging just over 90 years old will depart Amarillo this afternoon on the east bound Grand Canyon Limited for Gettysburg Pennsylvania. They plan to attend what is likely the last reunion of the blue and gray on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Veterans come from New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle Plains and will travel in two Pullman cars with an attendant assigned to each.
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Amarillo
Grand Canyon
Gettysburg
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle Plains
Shaw Is Told To Keep Still
London reports that George Bernard Shaw, 82, is ordered by doctors to avoid talking or reading controversial topics and to refrain from answering the telephone or writing. The ailing playwright fears being unable to direct rehearsals for his upcoming play Geneva, slated for August 1.
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Shaw
London
George Bernard Shaw
Geneva
Doctor Finally Sells Oats He Had For 28 Years
Dr W B Halley of Ballinger sold the last of his horse and buggy practice days by disposing of eight bushels of oats stored since 1910. The grain, from a 100 bushel purchase 28 years ago, brought 15 cents a bushel.
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Ballinger
W B. Halley
Miss Mildred Yount and Edward Manion Wed in Lexington
Miss Mildred Frank Yount, oil heiress and daughter of Mrs. Miles F. Yount of Lexington and Beaumont, Texas, married Edward Daniel Manion, Tulsa attorney, today at St. Pauls Catholic Church in Lexington.
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Lexington, Ky
Mildred Frank Yount
Miles F. Yount
Lexington and Beaumont, Tex
Edward Daniel Manion
Tulsa, Okla
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Schmeling Reported in Very Good Condition at Polyclinic
Max Schmeling, who sustained a spine injury in last week's bout with Joe Louis, was reported in very good condition at Polyclinic Hospital in New York June 27. The item notes insurance involvement with Neely-Greenhill Agency.
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Max
U.K
New York
U.pi
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Polyclinic Hospital
Gams and Star Legs Shape Hollywood Image
Photo study notes reveal gams as a rite of passage for stars in Hollywood lore. Garbo, Davis, and Colbert are cited as examples while the Hays office insists leg art must serve a purpose beyond legs. Arleen Whelan is described as undergoing dignified gam treatment as she heads toward stardom in sports themed leg art.
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Hollywood
Gams
Garbo
Bette Davis
Claudette Colbert
Arleen Whelan
Arleen
Britain France warn Japan over Hainan Island move
Britain and France warned Japan to stay off Hainan Island and pledged mutual support in case of complications. The government informed the House of Commons that any Japanese occupation would provoke a response. Chamberlain faced calls to arm British merchant ships with anti aircraft guns but cited many difficulties.
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London
Britain
France
Japan
Hainan
South China
House of Commons
Gulf of
Tonking
Tokyo
Chamberlain
Philip J. Noel-Baker
Globe Seeks Amusing Grasshopper Tales From Amarillo Homes
The Globe invites readers to report entertaining grasshopper observations in Amarillo. Share ferocious affectionate or intelligent grasshoppers seen near homes for potential prizes in the weekly News Tip Contest. Recent winners include Mrs. M. B. Rankin A. A. Hensler and Mrs. R. A. Manzer.
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the Globe
Globe
Amarillo
The
Globe News
M. B. Rankin
the Globe of
Royce Gant
Pierce Street
H. B. Wade
R. E. Davidson
LaVerne Wilmeth
North Fillmore Street
Leroy Byrd
International Harvester Company
Billie Stout
Fillmore Street
Jack Bain
Hayden Street
Jean Kelley
Independence Street
Esther Jackson
Cadillac Hotel
Roy Lee Martin
Ice Used to Settle Alamo House to New Foundations
Bruce Adkins an Alamo Texas housemover used ice to gently lower a large building onto new foundations. He raised the structure from its original base moved it inward then carefully lowered it by placing huge cakes of ice beneath to melt evenly and avoid damage to the walls.
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Alamo, Tex
Bruce Adkins
Alamo Housemover
Adkins
Kiss Thief Nets Second Kiss at Home In Fort Worth
A short, stocky man described as a possible burglar kissed two teenage girls in their Fort Worth homes. Marguerite Smith, 18, screamed, scaring him away after he entered, and Nana Ruth Bedwell, 16, awoke to a kiss before he fled. No valuables were taken in either incident.
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Fort Worth
Marguerite Smith
Nana Ruth Bedwell
Kiwanis Clubs Meet Tonight for All-Kiwanis Night
Two Kiwanis Clubs of Amarillo join All-Kiwanis Night observances as Kiwanis International delegates in San Francisco meet in a concurrent session. Dinner at 7:30 p.m. at the Nat with Mason King steering the Inter-Club Relations Committee.
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Amarillo
United States
Canada
Kiwanis International
San Francisco
Mason King
No Proration Order Today Delays Signal for July Oil Control
Texas railroad commissioner Ernest O. Thompson said the statewide July oil proration order would not be issued this afternoon as planned. Chairman C. V. Terrell had announced an Austin issuance today if Thompson returned. Thompson, campaigning for governor, will speak tonight in Galveston and said the order would come sometime before July 1, with no strict issuance time required.
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Houston
U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad
C. V. Terrell
The
Commission
Austin
Thompson
Menard Park
Galveston
Why Wheat Prices Differ Across Borders
A Nebraska farmer asked why May Wheat No 2 hard trades at 84 12 cents on Chicago while No 1 Northern spring in Winnipeg sells for 1 25 percent. The Omaha World Herald editor, aided by the Lincoln Star, explored droughts and market forces, noting Chicago sometimes tops Winnipeg, but droughts do not fully explain the price gap.
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Omaha World-Herald
Chicago
Winnipeg
The
Lincoln
Neb.) Star
United States
Canada
Star
Thompson Initiated Into Police Honorary Club
O. Thompson, railroad commissioner and gubernatorial candidate, was initiated today into Houston police Royal Order of Hard Workers. He listened to his campaign platform, then underwent a playful initiation involving a desk, a husky officer, and three blows with a wooden strip.
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Houston
U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Royal Order of Hard Workers
Houston Police
Thompson
J. H. Tatem
Tatem
Pine
J. C
Show
Erosion Plan Shifts to Maintenance Phase in Panhandle
Soil conservation work in the Panhandle wind erosion area will switch from operations to a maintenance program on July 1. H. H. Finnell, regional director, says the change follows the national plan for erosion control projects set up with five year farmer agreements. During maintenance a staff remains until all contracted work finishes, with no new farmer agreements after July 1. Tontine It s the Rage in Shades. Amarillo Shade and Equip Co.
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Panhand
H. H. Finnell
United States
Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight in Amarillo and West Texas with a chance of local thundershowers in the south. Tuesday will stay partly cloudy with warmer temperatures, the north portion of the area may be affected by unsettled conditions. New Mexico regions show unsettled tonight with warmer west portions. Tuesday generally fair. Temperature range to 74 maximum and 62 minimum.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
News Behind the News: Paul Mallon Renowned Reporter
The Globe highlights Paul Mallon author of News Behind the News as America’s top reporter. From a childhood start in Louisville to a career shaped by two decades of major events, Mallon is praised for a wide, balanced domestic-reporting background.
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Globe Today
Paul Mallon
America
Louisville Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Mallon
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