Testimony Ends in Darden Trial on Wife Slaying Charge
Greenville May 7 Testimony closed Monday in the trial of S P Darden a World War veteran charged with killing his wife He testified most of the day and was pressed about the 70 he had in his pocket The defense argued the son Jackie Glenn 8 slept walked and could have fired the gun as Dr Will Cantrell explained sleep walking cases exist The couple had discussed financial hardship and a joint life policy was questioned as Darden described locking and loading the gun and his wife guarding him during the night
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Greenville
S. P. Darden
Jackie Glenn
Ting. Darden
Henry E. Pharr
Pharr
Darden
Caddo Mills
D. F. Meek
Sooner State Leads Way in Oil Flow
Oklahoma cut daily crude oil output by 64 175 barrels to 458 575 average for the week, leading U S reductions as national daily production fell 54 665 barrels to 2 500 638. Rocky Mountain and East Texas increased, while California eased to 452 500 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
East Texas
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Kansas
Eastern
Michigan
California
Lee Quinn Dies of Heart Attack in Amarillo
Lee Quinn, 55, prominent oil man in Amarillo for years, died suddenly last night at a local hotel from an apparent heart attack. Well known in West Texas oil circles, he was active in Borger and Pampa fields. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home on arrival of relatives.
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Lee Quinn
Amarillo
West Texas
Quinn
Borger
Pampa
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Farmer Kills Three Powers Bad Brothers In Agreement
In Arkansas, farmer Hansford E. Russell 40 shot and killed Fred and Clarence Busche former Missouri convicts accused of terroristic crimes across two states. A brief gun battle near El Paso ended with Russell and companion Mark Huckaby surviving as the brothers fled a stolen car from Vilonia. The Italo Austro Hungarian conference in Venice ended with a non interference accord amid arms parity talks and Hungary pressing for compulsory service.
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Ark
Freddie
Clarence Busche
Missouri
Hansford E. Russell
Russell
el Paso
White County
Mark Huckaby
Vilonia
John W. Harris
Iron County
Arthur Casteel
Annapolis
Arkansas
Sheridan
Gray Albright
State Rangers
Ed Potts
Malvern
Gene Weir
Shirley
Oliver Wadley
Huckaby
Freddie Busche
Busche
Clarence
Venice
Italy
Pulvio Suvich
Egon Berger-Waldenegg
Austria
Kilomon von Kanya
Hungary
Suvich
Last Ellis Rites Here Clovis Burial
Rites for Ernest J. Ellis 18 were held at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev. Ross A. Smith presiding. Burial in Clovis after overland transport. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs E J Ellis and siblings. death linked to an overdose of medicine taken without a physician. services for the deceased conducted in Amarillo area.
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Ernest J. Ellis
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Ross A. Smith
San Jacinto Baptist Church
Clovis
Raymond Black
Roy Howard
Maurice Holman
Don Lewis
Wayford Holman
Douglas Keeney
E. J. Ellis
North
Williams Street
R. O. Dunaway
Clara Bell Ellis
Amarillo
Earl
Ralph Ellis
Young Ellis
Panhandle to Receive 100 Carloads of Feed for Cattle
A. A. Meredith, Potter County relief administrator, reports more than 100 carloads of feed will be sent to the Panhandle for distressed cattle. Potter County expects seven carloads including two of corn fodder and five of sweetened mixed feeds. Two carloads have arrived and are ready for distribution.
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Panhandle
A. A. Meredith
Potter County
Meredith
Amarillo
Stratford
Perryton
Dumas
Spearman
Dalhart
Channing
Hereford
Canadian
Booker
Carrouzett
Follett
Higgins
Canyon
Miami
Vega
Stinnett
Dimmitt
Second Charge in Attack Is Passed Second Charge in Attack Is Passed
A second charge of simple assault against G. M. Dudley relief worker was passed until next term of county court. Dudley, earlier found not guilty of assault on A A Meredith Potter County Relief Administrator, was arrested April 23 after a disturbance at relief headquarters. FE. J. Ellis pleaded guilty to assault and was fined $25.
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G. M. Dudley
A A. Meredith
Potter County
Howard Anderson
Dudley
Meredith
FE. J. Ellis
Carruth Funeral to be Held in Tulia
Last rites for William Nicholson Carruth 79 will be conducted at 3 this afternoon in Tulia. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home transported the body from a local hospital where he died yesterday. He is survived by three sons and one daughter, G. O. Carruth Fors, W. J. Carruth Pampa, Ernest Carruth Tulia, and Mrs E B Newlin Amarillo. He was a Church of Christ member and lived at 803 Madison Street.
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Tulia
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Carruth
G. O. Carruth
le Fors
W. J. Carruth
Pampa
Ernest Carruth
E. B. Newlin
Amarillo
Church of Christ
Madison Street
Sooner Doctor Faces New Death Probes in Enid
Enid Oklahoma May 7 After county attorney Roy Holbird announced probes into four additional deaths Dr Guy A Brewer broke silence alleging his arrest harmed his proteges He lamented the scandal and said his focus remains on helping the boys he sponsors while investigators including Lt Robert Huston examined charges tied to earlier deaths Mrs Doris Jones and Hermione Fowler were named in prior charges
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Okla
Roy Holbird
Guy A. Brewer Monda
Doctor Brewer
United States
China
Holbird
Robert Huston
E. W. Marland
Hermoine Fowler
Oklahoma
A. & M. College
Doris Jones
Vega Kiwanis Guests Visit Amarillo Luncheon
Vega Kiwanis Club members led by president H R Shields visited Amarillo with 13 attendees. Roy Ivey Jr presided as performers included Verlena Stringer Verner Turner and Imogene Fowler with Vega orchestra members Stringer Godwin. Program arranged by Roy Collum for Kiwanis International convention in San Antonio May 1923.
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Amarillo
Miss Stringer
E. L. Godwin
Roy Ivey
Vega Organization
Vega
Mr. Shields
Ivey
Frank Ford
T. C. Wimberly
Lester Dysart
D. W. Cook
Marvin Boyd
Mr. Godwin
Truman R. Miller
Roy Collum
San Antonio
College Given Boost by Mead at Lions Club
Amarillo College President-elect J. F. Mead spoke to Lions Club members outlining the junior college's role in the education system. Betty Jean Taylor represented Amarillo in the My Home Town oratorical contest at Plainview. Alta Potts Turk from the music department performed. James G. Lumpkin led the luncheon program.
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Amarillo
J. F. Mead
Amarillo College
Lions’ Club
Lions
Mead
Betty Jean Taylor
Plainview
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Alta Potts Turk
James G. Lumpkin
Freak tropical fish hauled from 85 fathoms off Western Banks
The steam trawler Hekla brought ashore a 20 pound freak tropical fish with no eyes and a dozen light emitting tentacles from Western Banks in 85 fathoms. A similar 25 pound fish was landed weeks earlier by another trawler near Boston Harbor. Nearby Nobleboro Maine hosts a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Ruel York with relatives including Sewall York, a 94 year old Civil War veteran, and Mrs Margaret York Barnes, 92.
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Boston
U.P
Hekla
Johnson claims big business urged Roosevelt to become dictator
Former NRA administrator General Hugh Johnson told Kentucky Democrats in a tobacco warehouse that in March 1933 many business leaders urged President Roosevelt to declare himself dictator. He cited barons of industry who later advised the New Deal to fold up and die. Johnson also denounced Coughlin and Long and warned against a growing bureaucratic system.
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Roosevelt
Tator
Washington
Frances Robinson
Plan to strip Southern vote power in GOP
Midwest Republicans push to strip Southern states of current voting power in national conventions as Young Republicans press Springfield conference agenda. Des Moines leader George Olmsted calls to restore party control to the people, while Wisconsin opposes action now to avoid sectional ill will.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Springfield
Til
George Olmsted
Des Moines
National Young Republicans Committee
Wisconsin
Olmsted
Picture of Jailor Landis Drawn by Prisoner
A prisoner who drew a portrait of Potter County Jailer Gib Landis while jailed pleaded guilty to signing checks with his art. The inmate, from San Francisco, said he was a cartoonist for a newspaper. Amarillo visitor F L Kyle of Arapaho, Oklahoma, publisher and state inspector, arrived to visit his brother. In Fort Worth a Dallas woman, Helen McElroy, 22, died in a crash. two men, George Armstrong Jr. and Barton Moore, were critically injured.
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Potter County
Gib Landis
San Francisco
L. Kyle
F. L. Kyle
Arapaho
Okla
Kyle
State of
Oklahoma
M. L. Kyle
Fort Worth
Helen McElroy
Dallas
George W. Armstrong, Jr
Texas Steel Company
Barton W. Moore
Tyler
Election under way for Cham ber of Commerce directors
Interest is growing as the Chamber of Commerce votes on ten new directors to join the existing 15. Polls at 500 Polk Street open 9 AM to 5 PM with eligibility tied to dues. absentee ballots already cast. The nominating list was revised and includes James Pryor Toney Chisum J H Florey J Horace Griggs W E B Gunn and others.
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Polk Street
Tollows
James M. Pryor
Toney Chisum
J. H. Florey
J. Horace Griggs
W. E. B. Gunn
Robert E. Hill
Gene A. Howe
Charles H. Keffer
A. E. Meyer
W. 8. Norman
Erwin C. Ochsner
G. K. Richardson
J. Avery Rush
Horace M. Russell
Fisherman Killed By Officers In Port Isabel Arrest
May 7 report says Ocencio Riviera 30, Port Isabel fisherman, died after resisting arrest in Brownsville area. Officers, including John Saul, were wounded when Riviera fired a shotgun, wounding his mother and ripping Saul’s hand. Riviera was among six arrested for dragging a seine violating state law.
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Brownsville
Inocencio Riviera
Port Isabel
U. 8
Border
John Saul
Riviera
Port Tsabel
Charles Kenedy
Kenedy
Roy Linn
Saul
Bill Cabler
Genoneva
Cabler
Woman Attorney Seeks to Save Life of Hamilton
Miss Camille Openshaw of Houston petitioned to save Raymond Hamilton, condemned bank robber awaiting execution in Huntsville. She said she would exhaust every legal means in the courts, noting Hamilton escaped once and forfeited his appeal rights, and that her fight would cover the Southwest, South and Midwest.
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Raymond Hamilton
Priday
Hamilton
Camille Openshaw
Houston
Southwest
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