Dreaming of a cold crime that haunted Memphis man
James E. Shipley, 24, once a Press Scimitar worker, confessed in Houston to a crime five years earlier in Memphis in which a drunken man was stripped of his clothes and left to die of exposure. He said haunting dreams drove him to surrender, hoping for relief and sleep.
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James E. Shipley
Press Scimitar
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Press-Scimitar
Cadman Concert Set for Amarillo April 2 at 8:30
Charles Wakefield Cadman famed American composer to perform at the Amarillo High School auditorium with his own music plus Indian themes. Clyde Neibarger as tenor soloist and local groups the Amarillo Civic Chorus and Mendelssohn Male Chorus to appear. Sonata for violin and piano to be showcased with Austin Myers. Tickets on sale at Amarillo College of Music with reserved and student prices. A 1893 federal law allows the president to suspend immigration during health epidemics.
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Amarillo
Cadman
Clyde Neibarger
Myers
Aphrodite
Austin Myers
Emil F. Myers
Amarillo College of Music
Old Sye Dies at Brookside Zoo in Nome Plague Era Tale
Cleveland remembers Balto and his team from 1925 Nome diphtheria run. Old Sye, last surviving sled dog after Balto and Old Sue, died at 17 due to bladder problems. the monument to the dogs will be moved from the Brookside Park run.
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Balto
Sye
Nome
Alaska
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Sue
Los Angeles
Brookside Park
Old Sue
Brookside Zoo
W. T. Brinker
Washburn Child Leaves White House for Europe Mission
Richard Washburn Child former ambassador to Italy departs the White House after receiving instructions before sailing for London as a special adviser to Secretary Hull on a Europe visit to study reconvening the World Economic Conference.
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State Hull
Europe
Richard Washburn Child
Italy
White House
London
Amarillo Considers Irrigation Water Rate Plan
Amarillo officials prepare ordinances to set irrigation rates for residential districts only matching last year's schedule. Last year charged 2.24 cents per thousand gallons for the first 10 000 gallons and 0.20 cents for over that amount with a $2.25 minimum. If approved the rates would run May 1 through October 1.
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Amarillo
H. R. Smith
Sye's Heir in Hidden Balto Bloodline Residency
In Brookside a notable Balto dog case emerges with Sye, the sole heir among Balto dogs, tied to a conspicuous building. A German police female recently bore five pups sired by Old Sye. only one puppy survived.
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Sye
Youthful Slayer Is Examined for Sanity
In Pottsville Pennsylvania Dr. Walter G Bowers said Albert Shinsky 24 a farmhand charged with using a shotgun to kill Mrs Susan Mummey 64 is suffering from demential praecox a mental illness tied to hallucinations He will be re examined and a commission may be named to commit him to the state hospital at Fairview if the findings hold.
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Pottsville
Walter G. Bowers
Albert Shinsky
Bowers
Schuylkill County
Susan Mummey
State Hospital
Fairview
Manila Bay Listed Among Finest Harbors
Manila Bay is described as the largest bay in the Philippine Islands and one of the finest harbors in the region, highlighting its prominence and favorable harbor conditions.
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Manila Bay
Philippine Islands
Man Eats Free Meal Judge Orders 91 More
Gloucester New Jersey March 26 Henry Stanley 73 tried to get a free meal and was granted 91 more meals after dining on steak with trimmings he told the waiter charge it to Patrolman Walter Lane claiming to be his father. Police then arrested him and he received 30 days additional meals in jail.
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Henry Stanley
Walter Lane
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Burial Rites For Salesman Wesley Waller
The body of Wesley W. Waller 34 died at 1130 Sunday morning. Funeral and burial services were arranged with Griggs Funeral Home and the body sent to Wichita Falls. He was a salesman and died at the family home 2903 Harrison Street. Survived by widow Julia Waller a daughter Marilyn five his parents Dr and Mrs H A Waller and a sister Miss Isabel Waller all of Amarillo.
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Wichita Palls
Griggs Funeral Home
Waller
Harrison Street
Julia Waller
Marilyn
H. A. Waller
Isabel Waller
Amarillo
Echo of World War explosion injures boy in Ontario
In Tillsonburg Ontario on March 25 10 year old Jack Vangell son of Mr and Mrs L C Vangell was seriously injured when a nose cap from an 18 pound shell found in Flanders during the war exploded as he played with it at home. The blast shattered furniture china and a window and some cap fragments remained buried in walls. The Vangell family had kept the relic since their WWI tour of Flanders.
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Ont
Jack Vangell
L. C. Vangell
Flanders
Flanders Fields
Texas Legislature Seeks Clarity Through Resolution
The Texas legislature recently attempted to clarify by resolution the ambiguous wording of laws it previously had enacted.
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