Guarded Bergdoll home amid kidnap threat against grandchildren
Federal agents and Philadelphia police guard Emma Bergdoll and her four grandchildren at the Bergdoll mansion after notes demanding money threaten kidnapping. Officials refuse to discuss the case while noting the family’s continued wealth and the wife’s visit from Germany.
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Philadelphia
Emma Beredoll
Grover Cleveland Beredoll
Bergdoll
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Bergedoll
Germany
Alfred
Emma
Minna
Erwin
Berdgoll
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau chief refusals to confirm reports in George V era
R. George Harvey who led the bureau would not confirm or deny the reports when asked. The usual reply there was there is no comment.
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R. George Harvey
Bureau
Verdict of Murder and Death by Own Action in Texas
In San Antonio on May 8 the inquest found that Charles M. Leake Sr., a paper manufacturer, and his wife were killed in their car. The judge ruled the deaths murder and death by own action with notes to their son indicating financial troubles as the motive.
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San Antonio
U.P
Charles M. Leake
Justice of the Peace
W. K. Shipman
Leake
Charles M. Leake, Jr
Blue Star Ointment Claims Quick Itch Relief
An old advertisement promotes Blue Star Ointment to treat itch rash ringworm and eczema. It touts tested medicine that melts in and soothes quickly with a money back guarantee if the first jar fails.
Judge Wilson speaks to Potter County Young Democrats
Federal judge James C. Wilson addressed the Potter County Young Democrats detailing party histories and core principles. He dismissed the idea of a New Deal as the current administration reshaped policy as a decade old card hand.
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Potter County
Herring Hotel
Amarillo Social Workers Organize, Name DeCoster Chairman
The Amarillo Council of Social Workers organized for permanent operation naming Fred DeCoster as chairman. J L Scott and Maragreth Chesmore were named first and second vice chairmen with Floyd Sloan as secretary-treasurer. Members reported on relief efforts and youth programs, including tuberculosis care and mothers sewing classes.
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Amarillo Council of Social Workers
Fred DeCoster
J. L. Scott
Maragreth Chesmore
Floyd Sloan
Rosa Fortuny
Catholic Charities
Red Cross
Arthur Ball
Irene Finley
Amarillo Welfare Association
Fred Wendt
College to Organize Chapter of Young Democrats
Amarillo College students will meet at 7 30 tonight in the small assembly hall to organize a college chapter of the Young Democrats. Tom Seay president of Potter County Young Democrats and officials will outline aims with L McNeill Amarillo High School government instructor as speaker and Gordon Fuqua presiding. High school students are invited.
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Potter County
Young Democrats Club
Amarillo College
Young Democrats
Tom Seay
Young Demos
L. McNeill
Amarillo
Gordon Fuqua
Loot owner still unknown as three jailed over maize seizure
Three men Lindley Burge John Wheeler and Parks Woods remained in Potter County jail with $500 bonds each after arraignment in Justice C W Carder s court. Officers valued 20 sacks of maize at 60 dollars as alleged stolen property found in a trailer attached to a car. Each man offered a different origin story for the grain and ownership remains undetermined.
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Potter County
Lindley Burge
John Wheeler
Parks Woods
C. W. Carder
Local Injury Update and Separate Fatality Report
Fred Alcorm, 27, CCC worker, injured in a hit and run at Seventh Avenue and Polk Street, shows improvement at St. Anthony's Hospital. Injuries include a bruised hip and minor head cuts. No arrests yet. Overstreet, 40, oil field worker, killed when a derrick collapsed at Sabine Parish two miles north of Bessmay. Ruby Keeler discusses Mammy role as Jolson heirs sue for custody of her grandson. Jolsons obtained custody of seven week old boy from an orphanage.
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Fred Alcorm
CCC
Seventh Avenue
Polk Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Beaumont
Overstreet
Hull-Dassetta
Republic Production Company
Sabine Tham Company
Wildcat
Bessmay
Chicago
May
Rub Keeler
al Sonny Boy Jolson, Jr
al Jowans
Jolsons
Los Angeles
Ron
On Vacation Mary Tom Moreman in Oklahoma and Arkansas
Clerk in the county tax collector’s office Mary Tom Moreman is vacationing this week in Oklahoma and Arkansas with official duties postponed.
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Mary Tom Moreman
Oklahoma
Arkans Points
Potter County Grand Jury Resumes After Adjourning
The Potter County grand jury, adjourned for the last ten days, will resume session with Emmet Galloway serving as foreman.
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Potter County
Emmet Galloway
Camporee 10 Starts Friday at Tri-State Fair Grounds
Boy Scouts of the Amarillo Area hold their sixth annual Field Day Camporee next Friday and Saturday at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. Scouts from Randall Potter Oldham Armstrong and Moore Counties will participate. Beginning at 4 15 Friday evening the scouts will pass in review to open the field event. More than 1000 are expected to participate. Event lineup includes tent pitching archery knot tying fire building nature study signaling first aid cooking camp inspection and attendance drill. Individual cups will be awarded winners in each event and large cups for the meet. Judges include 100 Amarillo businessmen selected by C T Crowe and Sturge Darling. Camps will be arranged before the grand stand and the public is invited with no admission charge.
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Boy Scouts
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair
Randall, Potter
Oldham
Armstrong
Moore
C. T. Crowe
Sturge Darling
Fair Grounds
Flood Threat Persists Downstream Along Cypress Creeks
May 8 report from Nacogdoches notes flood danger along Cypress and Black Cypress Creeks forming Cypress Bayou. Jefferson and Marion County face 16 foot stages with four more feet forecast. Merchants move stock to upper floors as Jefferson flats flood. Guadalupe River falls after 18000 acres inundated. Cameron area flood blocks Highway 44. county seeks federal aid for crop losses.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Jefferson
Marion County
Cypress Bayou
Caddo Lake
Jeferson
Weather Bureau
Jefferson Flats
Guadalupe River
Cuero
Brazos
Leon
Lampasas
Cameron
Rockdale
Washington
Achievement test given to forty four rural Potter County pupils
Forty four seventh grade students from Potter County's nine rural schools took a standardized comprehensive achievement test sponsored by the state department of education. The Sanborn School building hosted the examination, overseen by rural schools superintendent Carl Clifft.
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Potter County
State Department of Education
Carl Clifft
Sanborn
Dust Back To Kansas From Maple Syrup Can
May 8 reports dust from Kansas reemerging in the mails via air express. Mrs. J W Johnson received an envelope filled with silt believed to originate from a maple syrup pail cover sent by Ernest Keenan of Barnett VI.
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Kansas Emporia
Kans
Kansas
Air Express
J. W. Johnson
Ernest Keenan
Barnett
Dr Pierce Discovery Promises Relief for Gas and Indigestion
A reader reports improved digestion after trying Dr Pierce Golden Meshes Discovery from a West 24th Place address. They describe relief from gas after meals and a reduction in stomach distress while addressing prior souring food and occasional rumbles.
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Pierce Golden
West
Amarillo Plans West Texas Chamber Convention Details
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce committee on arrangements met at the Capitol Hotel to finish plans for Amarillo’s role in the West Texas Chamber convention at Plainview next week. Officials expect to name W T C C directors Monday to Wednesday and push for a large local delegation.
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Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Oklahoma City to Install Pay Parking Meters
Oklahoma City plans to install 200 pay parking meters in congested business districts. Motorists deposit five cents to start a clock. a green flag indicates time, a red flag signals expiry and a patrolman may issue a twenty dollar fine in police court.
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Oklahoma City
May
Federal official meets Texas to study oysters on coast
Dr Paul B Galstoff of the Federal Bureau of Fisheries conferred with W J Tucker and W W Boyd of the State Game Fish and Oyster Commission before leaving for Corpus Christi Galveston and other coast towns to study oysters and their one
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Austin
U.P
Paul 8. Galstoff
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
W. J. Tucker
W. W. Boyd
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertised For Health
A 1931 Carter's ad urges liver pills to stimulate bile flow for better digestion and mood. It claims bile should flow two pounds daily, links constipation to malaise, and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills with a red label as the harmless solution.
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Carter
C.m.co
Coast Survey Plan Aims for Texas Coast
Under a tentative plan federal and state funds will be used to begin a coast survey in June.
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Mies
Texas
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Social Workers Council
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Treasury
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