Robinson Captured Kidnapper Sentenced To Life In Atlanta
Thomas H. Robinson Jr. was taken to the Atlantic federal penitentiary to begin a life term after pleading guilty to kidnapping Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. His father Thomas H. Robinson Sr. defended him as a good boy with a split mind, and the family prepared to return to Nashville.
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Alfred FE. Downs
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Atlantic Federal Penitentiary
Thomas H. Robinson Sr
G-Men
Atlanta
Robinson Sr
Tommy
Robinson
Nashville
Jimmy
Frances
Stoll
Glendale
Calif
Grain Dealers City Meeting Draws Amarillo Gala
Panhandle grain dealers arrive in Amarillo for the annual association meeting spanning Friday and Saturday. Sessions begin 9:30 AM Friday in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel with speakers Frank A. Theis and Frank M. Stoll. Banquet floor show and dance planned at Amarillo Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
Crystal
Herring Hotel
Frank A. Theis
Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Company
Kansas City
Frank M. Stoll
Kansas City Board of Trade
Amarillo Country Club
C. L. Ledwig
Groom
Joe Morris
Amrillo
Death Ray Machine Clears San Francisco Inventor
San Francisco inventor Henry Fleur was acquitted by a jury after a four minute deliberation on charges he misrepresented his death ray device to investors. In demonstrations the beam killed a snake a lizard and termites at ten feet while Fleur asserted potential for human use but said he would not pursue it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henry Fleur
Fleur
Italian Deputies Banishing War Tone Create Italian Empire
The Chamber of Deputies unanimously ratified a bill establishing an Italian empire with Mussolini present. The vote occurred as soldiers were demobilized while international sanctions look likely to fade and officials move Ethiopia development forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrue
Baron Aloisi
Geneva
League Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Naples
East Africa
Eight Prison Fugitives on Run in Oklahoma Hills
Eight convicts escaped from the state penitentiary near McAlester Oklahoma armed with hostages as 200 officers pursued them. They wounded two guards C D Powell was shot and killed during the breakout and the fugitives headed south toward Blanco and Pittsburg while seizing Doak to help them escape. Authorities suspended two guards and plan murder charges against those identified with the plot.
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Malester
Okla
Oklahoma
Tuck Cope
Victor Conn
Wilburn Doak
C. D. Powell
McAlester
Taylor Home
C. G. Pace
Blanco
The
Taylors
Taylor
Roy Kenny
L. M. Nichols
State Board of Affairs
Nichols
Powell
Jess Dunn
New Orleans Police Chief Bans Panhandler Term
New Orleans. May 14. George Reyer, superintendent of police, issued an order forbidding the term beggars and bums be used officially as panhandlers. He cited a letter from the Texas attorney general urging cessation because Panhandle is a large proud Texas region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
George Reyer
Austrian Prince Forced Out in Luciano Vice-Ring Trial
In New York a court hears testimony from hundreds of brothel workers and madames detailing a vast vice operation that allegedly grossed 12.8 million dollars a year, with 1 000 women across 200 houses. Charles Lucky Luciano sits with cold eyes as prosecutors describe his control of the ring and its extensive profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Beale
New York
WPI
Supreme Court
Charles
Lucky
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
Luciano
Hot Springs
Ark
Lucky” Luciano
Associated Press
Production warning at Austin proration hearing noted demand excess
The railroad commission warned at its May 14 proration hearing that production exceeded market demand and corrective steps were needed. Nominations for 1,317,520 barrels were filed by purchasers, about the same as last month, with an allowable of 1,165,955 barrels. The Bureau of Mines estimate was not received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
E. O. Thompson
Bureau of Mines
Amarillo Forecast: Warmer Tonight and Friday Ahead
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair and warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy Friday afternoon. West Texas runs generally fair and warm, with the north and west portions also partly cloudy Friday. New Mexico sees fair weather tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes in Amarillo reached 56 and 80 degrees by 1 PM today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pioneer Parade Preludes Panhandle Folk Festival
Pioneer parade marks the lead into the Panhandle folk festival with a 1 pm Polk Street procession featuring a chuck wagon, side saddle riders, a Plainview rider on an old bicycle, Boy Scouts as Indians, a Pampa float, and other entries. The festival, organized by the Panhandle Plains Historical Society, follows at Municipal Auditorium with eliminations, old-time dance clubs, a cowboy orchestra, an old fiddlers contest, and a 30 minute folk music concert by Ardath Johnson.
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Margaret K. Woodruff
Frank Rutherford
Plainview
Boy Scouts
Pampa
Polk Street
Bond Set in Assault with Intent to Murder Case
Bond of 1500 dollars is set by Justice Charley Carder for Johnny Barber who is charged with assault with intent to murder. Barber has not appeared for examination and is held in connection with an attack on Policeman Floyd Goodrich.
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Charley Carder
Johnny Barber
Floyd Goodrich
Zioncheck vows to clean up beasts in Puerto Rico
From the Virgin Islands, Rep Marion Zioncheck announces plans to return to Washington to “put Puerto Rico away immediately.” He calls Puerto Ricans beasts and says he will be armed during any trip via Puerto Rico on his Haiti visit, amid security concerns and a highball demand at a government house ball.
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Zioncheck
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Thomas
Virgin Island
Marion Zioncheck
Washington
San Juan
St. Thomas
Government House
Karlsruhe
United States
Haiti
Hull reassures Connally on cattle pact impact
Secretary Hull told Senator Connally that domestic cattle producers have nothing to fear from Mexico's application of Canada concesssions under the reciprocal trade pact. He explained a total quota of 156 799 head beyond 700 pounds governs tariff reductions and that any imports from Mexico or Canada beyond that limit face full duties.
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Washington
Hull
Connally
Texas
Mexico
Canada
U S Airship To Be Placed Into Service
The House Naval Committee adopted a resolution directing the chief of naval operations to restore the dirigible Los Angeles to active commission after an inspection by Dr. Hugo Eckener of the Hindenburg. Eckener and German experts called the airship sound and fit for flying. Governor Allred headed to Freeport and Brownsville for a centennial celebration and deep water port opening, planning a flight from Houston to Brownsville.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Los Angeles
Sutphin
New Jersey
Hugo Eckener
Frankfort
Germany
Eckener
Laos
Austin
Allred
Freeport
Brownsville
Houston
Austin Williams Fund Receives More Donations
The Austin Williams Fund for the fireman killed at the warehouse blaze last week stands at 281 dollars. The News-Globe urges immediate checks and lists contributors including Amarillo Sash & Door, Amarillo Hardware Co, Tri-State Fair Racing Association, News-Globe, and multiple individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Williams
News- Globe
B. B. Burton
Amarillo Sash & Door
Anonymous
Amarillo Hardware Co
Tri-State Fair Racing Association
News-Globe
I. P. Kerns
Clarence Willmering
Graves
C. B. Ridenberry
Carl Hinton
Vienna coup leader plans disarmament of Heimwehr
Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, installed after a swift coup, aims to disarm the Heimwehr led by Prince Ernst von Starhemberg. Starhemberg, ousted for congratulating Mussolini on Ethiopia, is ousted with Josef Reither seen as Austria’s hope for democratic government amid Mussolini’s setback.
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Vienna
U.P
Kurt Schuschnigg
Heimwehr
Ernst von Starhemberg
Starhemberg
Schuschnigg
Josef Reither
Reither
Mussolini
Josef Kollmann
Schuschnigg-Reither Christian Socialists
United Press
Memphis Baby Hurt in Crash
Five year old Russell Middleton Jr. was seriously injured in a Memphis automobile crash Wednesday afternoon. He is the son of Russell Middleton and his wife. The boy suffered a slight brain concussion and five scalp wounds after a collision between his mother’s car and a truck at an intersection.
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the Globe
Memphis
Russell Middleton, Jr
Russell Middleton
Woodmen of the World Buys Seventeenth Street Building
The Woodmen of the World Lodge purchased the three story brick building at Seventh and Taylor Street, previously the Moore-Poston Store. Terms were not announced. A local Lincoln National Life Insurance Company agent arranged the purchase. The third floor will house lodge rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Woodmen of the World Lodge
Seventh and Taylor Street
Moore-Poston
Lodge
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Tragedy of Soviet Northland Revealed
On the barren Chukholsk Peninsula in the Soviet North, a missing plane wreckage was found with one crew member dead from cold and starvation. A diary shows mechanic Bodgachelfsky wed four days after the crash as two companions failed to find aid after 27 days.
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Moscow
Chukholsk
Bodgachelfsky
G. Volobuyeff
Chukhotsk
Northern Sea Route Department
Butorin
Chukhotsk Peninsula
Siberia
Alaska
Bering Strait
James J. Mattern
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Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Jimmy Robinson
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Nashville, Tenn
WICC
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations
Japan
Austria
Hills
Panhandlers
Vice Ring
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Sacasa
Nicaragua
Lake
Sinforosa Martinez
Jose Jesus
Ramon del Carmen
Maria del Carmen
Socorro del Carmen
Maria de Jesus
Juana Ramona
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Bond
U. S
Dr, Kurt Schuschnigg
W. O. W. Buys Building
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