Love letters aided Joliet jailbreak by Mexican trio
Three Mexican murderers escaped from Will county jail Joliet after love letters and guard bribes were used. Confessions cited the exchange of letters with Juanita Gallardo and a $1500 bribe. Several Mexicans held plus a Joliet guard in custody while other detainees pursued.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Will County
Joliet
Leo Grant
Juanita Gallardo
Bernardo Roa
Roa
Juanita
Jesse Gonzales
Charles Duschowski
Duschowski
Plenty
Edward F. Gibbons
Roberto Torrez
Gregorio Rizzo
Torrez
Community center name contest announced in East Amarillo
The East Amarillo Development Company invites residents to submit names for a new community center on the Panhandle development site. A $100 prize in gold will go to the best entry. Entries are judged by three prominent Amarillo figures with the exhibit open daily at 40914 and 40916 Polk Street.
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East Amarillo
Devel
Polk Street
Amarillo
Visi
Citizens of
Cenn
Jazz Palace Floats Up Near Whiskey Island in Canada
A flat bottomed craft resembling a Noahs Ark is under construction in a Canadian yard near Kingston and eyed as a floating jazz palace to anchor near Whiskey Island across the border. It will host a cafe, ballroom, and orchestra with food and drinks flowing to summer visitors from the Thousand Islands region.
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International News Service
Watertown
N. Y
Kingston
Ont
Ontario
Whiskey Island
Summerland
Summer Resort
Alexandria Bay
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
iLive
Diamond Found Near Johannesburg Weighs 99 Carats
A near flawless white diamond weighing 99 carats was mined in the Transvaal near Johannesburg. The gem is declared one of the nearest perfect stones found and is valued at 27,500 dollars.
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Transvaal
Johannesburg
Beentenburg
Solons engross bill to repeal Jim’s amnesty
In Austin on March 14 the House engrossed the Love bill to revoke the amnesty granted former Governor Jim Ferguson by the 39th legislature but failed to secure enough votes to suspend rules for final passage. Engrossment was 9 to 24 amid heated debate and protests over the measure.
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Associated Press
Austin
House
Minor
Texas
Storey
Vernon
POY Foundation Meetings Schedule Across Panhandle
Dr J A Hill president of the Boy Scout Foundation of the Panhandle calls meetings in Dumas Dalhart Stratford Hansford Spearman Perryton Hun ton Carrouzett Follett Lipscomb Canadian Miami Pampa Panhandle Amarillo and Canyon. The drive targets 21000 for Panhandle Boy Scout activities as concerts by West Texas State Teachers College band accompany the tour. Government unemployment doses are being given to 160000 people in Austria.
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North Plains
J. A. Hill
Canyon
Boy Scout Foundation of
Miami
Pampa
Panhandle
Amarillo
Moscow Celebrates Death of Czarist Hangman Ivy Jabin
Moscow reports revolutions celebrating the death of Ivy Jabin, chief hangman under the czar, who presided over about 500 executions in twenty years. He died while awaiting retroactive Soviet trial, confined at Butrika prison, once his HQ.
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Moscow
Ivy Jabin
Jabin
Butrika Pris
Butrika
Tazar
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