Warden Swope Accepts Court Order for Fall Release
Albert B Fall, 71, set to be freed from Santa Fe prison after noon today, following acceptance of amended commitment papers by Warden Ed Swope. Fall, jailed a year and a day for bribery, has been housed in a hospital room and treated for myocarditis and tuberculosis.
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Santa FE
N. M
Ed Swope
New Mexico State Penitentiary
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Robert O. Brown
Clyde G. Byers
United Press
U.P
Pampa Girl Featured In Dixie Cotton Festival Queen Lineup
Cotton growing states plan their second annual cotton festival in Anderson Maryland May 11 and 12. Dixie beauties chosen by governors will represent each state as festival queens Mary Ellen Cook from Pampa Texas Helen Stuart from Montgomery Alabama and Virginia Toomer from Tubelo Mississippi are highlighted in the captioned photo.
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South
Anderson
D. C
Dixie Beauties
Mary Ellen Cook
Pampa
Tex
Helen Stuart
Montgomery
Ala
Virginia Toomer
Tubelo
Miss
Senate Group Reports Big Revenue Item
Senate Finance Committee reports the 1.01 billion revenue bill with higher income and corporate taxes, repeal of many House excises, offset by tariffs and duties, and urging prompt Senate action. House economy talks seek $237 million in savings, while unemployment relief bonds are touted by social workers.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
House
Hoover
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Manufactures Committee
Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Murray Forces Shakeup of Oklahoma Banking Chief
Oklahoma City May 9 Governor William H Murray compelled the resignation of state banking commissioner C G Shull. Shull said he did not know the reason and left his resignation with the governor. Appointed October 1928 by Gov Henry S Johnston Shull had 20 years in Hugo banking. Observers note bankers opposed last year's initiative legislation.
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Oklahoma City
C. G. Shull
William H. Murray
Shull
Murray
Henry S. Johnston
Hugo
Taos Plaza Fire Destroys Block Including Court House
Taos New Mexico May 9 fire today destroyed an entire business block on the north side of the plaza in the city center known as an artists colony. The Taos county court house and jail were part of the block and it was unclear how many records survived. Prisoners were moved to a hotel room for safekeeping.
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Taos, N. M
Taos County Court House
Seven Rubbers Decide Bridge Victors in Amarillo Contest
The Battle of the Century in Amarillo narrows to seven rubbers for the contract championship. Pat Malone and Gil Lockard lead at the 17th rubber with 255 points as George Shan and partner play at the Rose Bowl Team Room on Tenth Avenue and Jackson Street. Spectators pay 25 cents. proceeds support the Junior Welfare League children's clinic fund. Finals begin at 7 30 tonight.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Pat Malone
Gil Lockard
George Shanon
Rose Bowl
Tenth Avenue
Jackson Street
Junior Welfare League
Today By Arthur Brisbane Meat and Poison
A concise column note by Arthur Brisbane contrasts sensational crime reporting with public health warnings and economic concerns. The piece hints at sensationalism around murder and poison, touches on Washington politics, and questions national gold policy in a sharp editorial voice.
Poisons of wages and soldiers bonus spark Wall Street rally
In a 1921 era tone Arthur Brisbane notes a brisk stock market rise as steel stock gains follow wage cuts. He argues paying soldiers their promised bonus would circulate money and boost business, while critics say hoarding by banks hurts the economy. The piece also covers Doumer’s assassination and the French public’s sympathy.
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Wall Street
Steel Common
Steel
Steel Company
Ways and Means Committee
Wise
Reconstruction Committee
Fafner
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo area partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. West Texas partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible showers in the southeast. New Mexico fair tonight and Tuesday, unsettled southeast tonight with little temperature change. Today's highs around 56 degrees, low follow.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Massie Escapes in Honolulu to Mainland Liner Chase
Thalia Massie, central figure in Hawaii's famous honor slaying case, fled Honolulu aboard a mainland bound liner after an operatic chase on the ship. She dashed through passages and slammed doors to evade detectives with subpoenas, just before the Malolo sailed. Clarence Darrow, defense counsel for her relatives, watched the unfolding scene as the case evolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Campbell
United Press
Honolulu
U.P
Thalia Fortescue Massie
Hawaii
Massie
Clarence Darrow
Navy
Federal pleas speed two hour district court docket
In a two hour session this morning nine cases involving 11 defendants were disposed of with guilty pleas in the federal district court. One case, Della Miller with charges tied to Marion Brady, was dismissed on defense motion.
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Federal District Court
Della Miller
Marion J. Brady
Arnold Davis
Rufus Chase, Jr
Rufus Chase
Rufus Junior
Amarillo
Cornelius Drerup
William Ll. Edwards
Thomas W. Johnson
Alabama
Dyeract
U. S. Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Tennessee
Anson
Texas
Bradley
Brady
Wilson J. Carroll
J. C. Royston
Thomas C. Royston
Taylor County
Leavenworth
Virgil F. Blake
Akron dirigible Akron crosses southern states toward Pacific coast
The Navy airship Akron with 80 crew left Lakehurst and headed south and west toward Texas and the Pacific coast. It was reported to pass Beaumont around 1 30 P M CST and later Roanoke La and Houston as it traced a route along Southern Pacific tracks toward California.
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Beaumont
U.P
Houston
Southern Pacific Lines
Pacific Coast
Washington
Akron
Texas
Lakehurst
United States
California
Carolinas
WICC Officers Elected and Convention Plans In Amarillo
Regular meeting selects Wilbur C. Hawk John B. Gilvin and Lawrence Hagg as WICC officers for one year. Amarillo Chamber delegates to the West Texas Convention at Sweetwater will be named by Oscar Randal. Plans for an odd jobs campaign to fight unemployment are examined by H W Galbraith with R C Martini Dwight Newby and Roy Cullum to study the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur C. Hawk
John B. Gilvin
Lawrence Hagg
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hawk
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber
Sweetwater
Oscar Randal
Chamber
Amarillo
West Texas Organization
Community Chest
H. W. Galbraith
R. C. Martini
Dwight Newby
Roy Cullum
R. P. Parcells
Hill Slide Buries 38 in Lyons Apartment Wreckage
A landslide in Lyons outskirts swallows two apartment houses. Thirty eight feared dead, twelve injured re rescued until Edouard Herriot, mayor, escaped death. Rescuers return after cries, a woman found alive pinned by a beam. Fires and explosions preceded the slides as gas mains broke.
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Lyons
France
Edouard Herriot
Jap Troops Kill 400 Manchurian Rebels
Reports from Harbin say four hundred Manchurian rebels were killed in two battles with Japanese forces in North Manchuria. Seven rebels were Russians likely white Russians. Japanese losses totaled 19 dead as General Nakamura’s brigade occupied Fengcheng after a two day clash with about 5,000 rebels and retreated westward.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Rengo
Harbin
Nakamura
Fengcheng
Southern Cotton Festival Opens With Pageant and Parades
The second Southern Cotton Festival begins in Anderson on May 9 8 with parades cotton exhibitions and balls to promote greater cotton consumption. Governors have named eight queens for the royal pageant with Dr. E W Sikes of Clemson College presiding. Queens include Mary Ellen Cook of Pampa Texas and others from Virginia to Florida and Texas will join.
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Southland
E. W. Sikes
Clemson College
South Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical Institution
Mary Ellen Cook
Pampa
Texas
Demo County Confabs To Be Held Tuesday
Texas Democrats move toward selecting delegates for the 1936 national convention. Precinct meetings indicate support for Garner with Roosevelt as a second choice, and county conventions will likely name representatives to Houston to vote for Garner until nomination or withdrawal.
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Austin
Texas
John N. Garner
Houston
Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
No Official Funds Used For Barbecue in Amarillo
The Washington barbecue trip proceeds without tax money. Wilbur C. Hawk led arrangements. B T Baker from Amarillo National Bank joins John Snider’s group by car and oversees expenditures and publicity. The party relies on donated services, trucks from Panhandle, and private funds. returns offered to donors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Washington
Wilbur C. Hawk
B. T. Baker
Amarillo National Bank
John Snider
Hawk
Snider
Kimble
Panhandle
Ernest O. Thompson
Potter Republicans To Pick Delegates
Potter County delegates to the Republican state convention will be chosen at a meeting called by county chairman W. Kenyon. The session will be held tomorrow at 1 30 in the county judge's office at the courthouse. Ten delegates will be named for the state convention set for May 24 in Mineral Wells.
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Potter County
Mineral Wells
W. Kenyon
Potter County to name 18 delegates for Houston convention
Potter County delegates to the Democratic state convention in Houston on May 24 will be selected at a precinct meeting at 2:30 PM Tuesday in the Potter County Court of Law offices. The county has 18 votes at the state gathering, with chairman Grover B. Hill presiding. Potter County is expected to support John Garner for the presidential nomination.
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Potter County
Houston
Potter Couny Court of
Grand Jury Reports In Matador Slaying
A special grand jury reported for the case of Ruth McComas and her daughter Edith charged with the ax murder of rancher J. M. Cunningham near Matador. McComas confessed claiming Cunningham attempted to assault her daughter. she is free on bond of 10 000 furnished by relatives.
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Robert Ernest Wood
Llano
Bert Rucker
Wood
Rucker
J. W. Minter
Fair Service
East Tenth Avenue
Amarittes High School
J. FE. Wood
East Thirteenth Avenue
Griggs Funeral Chapel
G. H. Bryant
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Buster Owens
Roy Lee May
Young Rucker
Liberty
Grand
C. G. Landis
Tri-State Fair Grounds
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Matador
U.P
Ruth McComas
Edith
J. M. Cunningham
Here
Crash Fatal to Dog Leads to Arrest of Trio
A car driven by Bill McClelland struck a Spitz on Washington Street near Polk Street at midnight. The dog died and police shot it. McClelland, charged with driving while intoxicated, was jailed along with Ross Kemper and Ben Witten, who faced weapons and theft related charges.
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Trio
Bill McClelland
Johnson Street
McClelland
Washington Street
Polk Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
C. M. Followell
Acci
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
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French Republic
Briand
Lloyd George
Roanoke
Lake Charles
New Orleans
WICC
Associated Press
U.S
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