Dancer Yawns At Her Trial In Murder Case
In New York on May 14 dancer and model Madeline Webb sat bored as defense counsel tried to discredit 76 year old Elisa Klarmann who testified Webb lured Susie Reich to luncheon and death. Klarmann stood firm while questions sought to prove no calls preceded or followed the luncheon invitation. The hotel Sutton number Plaza 39800 was shown from Klarmann’s notes.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Miss Webb
Susie F. Reich
Elisa Evalina Klarmann
Buietenkant
Buitenkant
Miss Klarmann
Grumet
Hotel Sutton
Markets and Livestock Prices From Kansas City May 14
Markets report stock averages from Merrill Lynch and live cattle figures for Kansas City on May 14. Hogs sold 3,000 head with 5 to 10 cent gains. top price 13.95. Cattle and calves sold 1,850 head with feeders and cows varied. steers 12.25 to 13.25, cows 8.50 to 9.50. bulls up to 10.00. Sheep and lambs 5,000 head with native spring lambs 14.50 to 14.75, some higher.
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Kansas City
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Benne
Alleghany Lud Steel
Allis Chalmers
Am Zine & Lead
Anaronda
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive
Wnit
Bendix
Alvatron
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Kryster
Derre & Co Seeee
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
Gen Motors
Greyhound
Houston
Penney
Stand Oil
New Jersey
Studebaker
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf
Ay Tex Pac Coal & Oil
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
U S Rubber
Woolworth
Chicago
USO drive in Amarillo raises over 400 dollars
Campaign team led by John Maynard reports more than 400 dollars donated toward a USO fund aimed at six organizations aiding armed forces and war workers. City-county chairman L. H. Puckett says the drive supports recreation for soldiers and Amarillo could receive a government-built quarters project.
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John Maynard
L. H
Cedar) Puckett
Mr. Puckett
USO
Amarillo
Eight Corporations Face Trust Suit in Dyestuffs Case
Washington May 14 UP Eight corporations and 20 officers led by Lammot Du Pont of Wilmington are indicted on charges of worldwide conspiracy to suppress competition and monopolize the manufacture and sale of dyestuffs according to the Justice Department.
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Washington
Lammot du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Justice Department
Allied destroyers sunk in Mediterranean air raid
Survivors recount a four hour German air assault in the eastern Mediterranean that sunk three British destroyers the Lively Kipling and Jackal. The Jervis saved about 500 men by guiding them to safety amid midnight flames and heavy bombardment from Junkers 88s and Messerschmitts.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Libya
Crete
Gasoline Rationing Depends on Rubber
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said expansion of gasoline rationing would depend on government use of save rubber and that there is no need now to broaden restricted areas from a petroleum point of view.
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Washington
Ickes
Opal Young Elected President of Local 441 Cooks and Waiters
Opal Young was elected president of Cooks Waiters and Bartenders Local No 441 at the annual meeting. Other officers named include Johnnie Johnson as vice president Lola Langford chaplain Lottie Brooks inspector J W Tarter business agent Mrs Jerry Gamble recording secretary Billie Crable Ruth Sampley and Ernest Crowley as trustees.
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Opal Young
Johnnie Johnson
Lola Langford
Lottie Brooks
J. W. Tarter
Jerry Gamble
Billie Crable
Ruth Sampley
Ernest Crowley
Draft Aims to Shield Families from Disruption in Draft
The 13th holds no jinx for Santa Fe's storekeeper department which completed 13 years without a portable Interstate Commerce Commission accident and logged 900000 man hours. W. W. Davis notes the record as C. R. Tucker credits the workers' vigilance. Hershey tests possible shifts of family heads into essential war work to avoid breaking established households. Provisions urge $20 monthly allotments with government topups for dependents, while a bill would raise private and seaman pay scales.
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Santa Fe
W. W. Davis
Panhandle and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
House Military Committee
Army
Hershey
Navy
Federal Security Administrator
House
May
Kentucky
Military Committee
Free French Fliers Bomb Own Homes
Free French airmen serving with the RAF describe raids on their former towns. One jokes he is the owner of the factory he smashed, another recalls chasing enemies while over his kitchen garden, and another spots his mother waved from his old homestead in Normandy.
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London
RAF
Normandy
Spies Says He Obeys Instructions in UT Medical Row
Dean John W. Spies of the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston said responsibility for medical administration lies with the university president and regents, not with him. He offered to carry out any gubernatorial and regental directives and cooperate fully in the dispute.
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Houston
John W. Spies
University of Texas Medical School At
Galveston
University
Board of Regents
Spies
Homer P. Rainey
Dean Spies
German Claims Japanese Losses Exaggerated in Coral Sea
Rear Admiral Luetzow, German naval spokesman, told listeners on Berlin radio that early Japanese reports of Allied losses in the Coral Sea battle had greatly overstated the damage.
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Benlin
Luetzow
Berlin
Coral Sea
Arkansas Pilot Bombs Vessels
RAF Pilot Officer Mark Dennett from Little Rock Arkansas piloted one of two Hudson planes that bombed two enemy vessels off the Norwegian coast last night. One ship was set afire and another wrecked. bombs struck a large supply ship ashore near Vangso, igniting it.
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London
Mark Dennett
Little Rock
Ark
Air Ministry
Dennett
Vangso
Petted Horse Kills Woman at New York Farm
Miss Maude Herterich of New York visited a cousin’s farm in Tappan to pet a horse. The horse reared, attacked, and dragged her, causing fatal injuries. The horse was captured and destroyed after the incident.
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Tappan
N. Y
Maude Herterich
New York
Wrist Watch Lost in Four-Leaf Clover Hunt
Mrs. J. W. Noble spent the afternoon gathering 33 four-leaf clovers in Garden City Kansas and misplaced her new gold wrist watch during the search.
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Garden City
Kas
J. W. Noble
Continued Cool Weather Predicted By Weather Bureau
The Amarillo area experienced a cool day with a low of 41 degrees. The hunter and local reports align with the weather bureau forecast for continued cool weather and fresh winds ahead.
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Alaska
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Japs Admit Big Vessel Is Sunk
Tokyo reports a large Japanese merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the eastern South China Sea on May 8 while under naval escort. The submarine is believed sunk. Official ministries issued the statement today.
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Tokyo
South China Sea
War and Navy Ministries
Stimson Warns of West Coast Air Attack Danger
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim son warned of a real danger of air attack on the West Coast and said he was glad the armed forces are on alert. He spoke at a Washington press conference after answering questions about blackouts caused by alarms from approaching friendly planes.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Johnson seeks reelection as U S Congressman in Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson of Austin announced his candidacy for reelection to the U S House, ending rumors he might run for the Senate. A separate note from Tyler reports a draft board secretary asking a man about dependents and receiving the reply that his wife cannot be depended on.
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Tyler
Johnson
Austin
U.P
Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S. Senate
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