Panhandle blast injures four and destroys buildings
An explosion in Panhandle damaged three brick structures and shattered windows shortly before 10 A M injuring four people including Roscoe Vance who is reported critically burned. The blast, blamed on a gas leak in an unoccupied second story, caused about $50 000 in damage and led to extensive structural collapse and a fire that was quickly controlled.
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Roscoe Vance
Rogers
Butch” Raines
Rogers Grocery
Vance
Amarillo
Raines
Washington
Bingham
Connecticut
Senate
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
House
Lindbergh kidnapping extortion case and jail arrest
A Bristol Pennsylvania man, Oscar Searchrist, 38, is jailed without bail for attempting to extort $50 606 from Col Charles A Lindbergh by letters promising the aviator’s kidnapped son in return for ransom. Police say he admitted writing the letters and threatening Lindbergh if demands were not met.
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Bristol
Charles A. Lindbergh
Oscar Searchrist
Searchrist
Lindbergh
Four Alleged Auto Thieves Held Here in Denver Ring
Denver police claim a large automobile theft ring operating in Colorado and Texas has been broken up. Two Denver suspects were arrested as Amarillo police held additional members while recovering two stolen cars and locating 10 to 15 more stolen vehicles. The gang allegedly bought wrecked cars, swapped numbers, and used fake titles to pass ownership.
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Amarillo
Texas
Colorado
Denver
Aubrey Cromer
Lewis Cromer
Herman Rees
Vega
Shamrock
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Pampa
Abilene
Alabama Street
Houston
Cromer
Lubbock
W. R. McDowell
Dallas
Aubray Cramer
U.P
Robert Gerick
Gerick
Bank Bandits Sentenced for Clinton Bank Robbery
Four men pled guilty to robbing the City National Bank in Clinton of 106000 dollars. They were sentenced in district court to life imprisonment at Anamosa and will be transported there today. Defendants are Clifford Edwards 22 Clinton Earl Jefferies 19 Lester Stanley 29 and Guy Edward Morris 19 all of Louisville Kentucky.
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Clinton
City National Bank
Anamosa
Clifford Edwards
Earl Jefferies
Lester Stanley
Guy Edward Morris
Louisville
Bank Robbery at Stinnett Nets About Five Thousand Dollars
Special to The Globe reports two unmasked bandits robbed the First State Bank at Stinnett taking roughly 5000 in cash and 800 in securities. They locked six bank officials and customers in the vault and fled in daylight after forcing compliance. Cash missing excludes 300 to 400 in silver. No traces of the robbers have been found.
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Globe
Stinnett
First State Bank
G. W. Newsome
Newsome
H. R. Dimick
Death of George Eastman Prompts Reflections on a Life
Arthur Brisbane laments the suicide of George Eastman, Rochester philanthropist and founder of Eastman Kodak. Eastman, long ill, left a final note saying his work is done. The piece praises his 63 year career, 20,000 workers, and over seventy five million given to philanthropy.
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Ivar Kreuger
George Eastman
Rochester, N. Y
Mr. Eastman
Eastman
Babe Ruth Signs 1932 Yankees Deal for 75000
Babe Ruth signed with the New York Yankees for the 1932 season at a salary of 75000 in St Peters burg Florida. The agreement followed a conference with owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert and settles between Ruppert’s 70000 offer and Ruths 80000 prior demand.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Ruth
Homerun
Jacob Ruppert
Ruppert
Lindberg Baby PrankPHOTO Shocks Winnipeg Uses Name
A man in Winnipeg pretends to hold the Lindbergh baby in a parked car prompting a policeman to react. The man claims the baby is Lindberg’s, later identified as Charles Lindberg, a Royal Canadian Air Force flier.
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Winnipeg
Man
Charles Lindberg
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lindbergh Kidnapping Clues Weighed Amid Rechecks
The Lightfoots reported the incidents to state police after the kidnapping. The case, dismissed along with hundreds of other suggestions as immaterial, prompts a recheck increasing emphasis on the report. The Lindberghs remain hopeful Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. will be found safe despite the failure of clues as the colonel stays near.
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Lindberghs
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Three Judge Federal Court to Hear Texas Pipeline Act Suit
Judge J C Hutcheson said a three Judge court would hear suits challenging common purchaser provisions of the Texas legislature pipeline act as they apply to natural gas.
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Houston
J. C. Hutcheson
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. West Texas will be fair and cooler with frost in the far west tonight. New Mexico generally fair to Thursday with colder spells north and east and frost in the south. Temperature extremes were 47 and 57 at 1 pm. Griggs ambulance 4311.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Roosevelt Plurality In Dakota Primary Ballot Maintained
Fargo dispatch reports North Dakota Democrats show Franklin D Roosevelt leading Murray in the Democratic presidential preference with early returns from 178 of 2235 precincts, while Republican Leans France over Coxey with 144 precincts reporting. Hoover receives 18 votes.
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Roosevelt
Dakota
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Murray
France
Coxey
Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William
J. I. France
Maryland
Jacobs
Massillon
Ohio
Hoover
Oklahoma
North Dak
Stockmen eye Fort Worth bid for 1933 convention
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association likely selects Fort Worth as 1933 convention host with Amarillo withdrawing in favor of Fort Worth to push the 1934 meeting. Govs Sterling and Fierro pledge friendship during the 56th annual gathering at El Paso. Fort Worth leaders and W. E. Connell favored for treasurer amid updated officer slate.
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Globe
EL Paso
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Fort Worth
W. E. Connell
Amarillo
Panhandle
Tex
Texas
Mexico
Ross Sterling
Roberto Fierro
Chihuahua
Mex
International Bridge
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Fort Bliss
Walter C. Short
Texas Livestock Marketing Association
Cattle Raisers
H. L. Kobernot
San Antonio
T. D. Hobart
Pampa
J. M. West
Houston
John ©. Burns
Horace Fawcett
del Rio
Doubled Lindbergh Baby Found Stirs Crossville Crowd
Crowds stampede in Crossville Tennessee when a curly haired infant is found and believed to be the Lindbergh baby. Dr. W L Lewis confirms the child differs. A filling station operator identifies two couples from Pennsylvania and they are released after questioning. A nationwide police circular marks the search as officially national in scope.
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Bates Raney
United Press
Hopewell
N. J
U.P
Lindbergh
C. L. Lightfoot
Franklin Park
New Brunswick
Crossville
Tenn
W. L. Lewis
Lewis
Brown
Johnson
Pennsylvania
United States
Little Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Palo Duro Club Names New President and Directors
C D Hoover is the new president of the Palo Duro Club announced after the annual business meeting at the courthouse. D W Owens becomes vice president with Charles Fisk as secretary treasurer and new directors include E O Bagot W B Gunn T B Galleher and R L Rogers. Old directors continuing are Charles A Fisk C D Hoover J W Reid and George Ingham of Canyon.
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C. D. Hoover
Palo Duro Club
D. W. Owens
Charles Fisk
E. O. Bagot
W. B. Gunn
T. B. Galleher
R. L. Rogers
Charles A. Fisk
J. W. Reid
Canyon
George Ingham
Gas Leak Kills Six in New York Home
A gas leak at two Blanche Street houses in New Windsor New York left six dead in one residence and four unconscious in the other. The victims include John Lukaszewski 60 Helen Lukaszewski 52 Jeannette Lukaszewski 21 Mary Sitkiewicz 33 Lola 11 Irene 9.
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New Windsor
N. Y
U.P
Blanche Street
John Lukaszewski
Helen’ Lukaszewski
Jeannette Lukaszewski
Mary Sitkiewicz
Lola
Sitkiewicz
Irene
Ohio Kidnapper Is Given Life
James De Jute Jr., 12, of Niles, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Common Pleas Judge Lynn B. Griffith after pleading guilty to extortion in a case tied to a kidnapping near Youngstown. Demarco awaits trial on the same charge as authorities pursue an organized extortion ring. Hargraves refused to name higher-ups.
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Hargraves
James
Youngstown
Niles
Demarco
Griffith
Escape as Salisbury bus erupts in flames injures students
Sixteen high school students were burned, cut, and bruised today when a school bus caught fire in Salisbury North Carolina. The students escaped by breaking windows as the blaze broke out mid trip prompting emergency response.
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Salisbury
N. C
Amarillo Pre Easter Style Show Opens Tonight
The city hosts Amarillo's Spring Window Display and Open Air Motor Show with Dame Fashion as hostess. From 7:30 p.m. the public can view Easter bonnets, spring clothing for women and men, and new 1932 car models displayed along Polk Street between Eighth Avenue and the north. Traffic will be blocked except for a fire lane as cars line the street.
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Dame Fashion
Amarillo
Polk Street
Eighth Avenue
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