Five Face Prison Sentences in Kerrick Death
Hollywood reels as five defendants including Mrs. Sarah Kerrick Iris Burns Anita Davis Henry Isabell and Joe Hunt are convicted of manslaughter in the Kerrick death. Sentencing set for May 27 with penalties from one to ten years. jurors condemn Hollywood wild parties and killings.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Tom Kerrick
Sarah Kerrick
Iris Burns
Anita Davis
Henry Isabell
Joe Hunt
Hardy
Kerrick
Miss Burns
Associated Press
Hollywood Today
Tow “Twogun
California
Hollywood
Wet Spring Hurts Crops in Manitoba
Manitoba and western prairie provinces face a poor crop outlook as extended wet spells and floods delay seeding. Only 4 percent of wheat sowing in Manitoba, 2 percent in Saskatchewan, 10 percent in Alberta by late April. Oats and barley not seeded in any prairie province. Estevan Saskatchewan hit by heavy May snow. warmer spells may offset some delays.
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International News Service
Winnipeg
Man
Prairie Provinces
Federal Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Estevan
Prairie
Black fringe gown with V lines and sheer back
A Lelong black flat crepe gown features a V neck and fringe at the back. Flesh chiffon fills the front V while the back remains decolletta to the waist.
Great Expansion Air Traffic in Germany Plan
Berlin May 25 Germany moves to expand air travel as Luft Hansa projects a full year of growth. After 6.1 million kilometers flown and 56,268 passengers plus 800,000 pounds carried last year, directors aim for a 100 percent rise in passenger and freight traffic while expanding routes and training pilots amid a tight supply. Major European capitals and a health-resort service featured in winter operations.
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United Press
Berlin
Europe
Germany
Luft Hansa
London
Paris
Vienna
Moscow
Stocckholm
English Faculty Member from Canyon to Teach Summer
Flora Powell McGee, English faculty at Texas Tech, will teach six weeks in the English department at West Texas State Teachers' College Canyon. She substitutes for M Ross Richardson who has leave of absence for the latter half of the summer session. McGee formerly taught English at Amarillo high school.
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Canyon
Flora Powell McGee
Texas Tech
West Texas State Teachers’ College
M. Ross Richardson
McGee
Amarillo
Australia Census Shows Aborigines Dying Out
Sydney reports a census shows full-blooded Aborigines declining from 62,145 in 1924 to 59,296 in 1926 while half-castes rise from 12,802 to 15,102. Most blacks remain nomadic, with about three thousand no longer counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Sydney
Australia
Weather prophet Browne cites 1927 disaster year forecast
Washington forecaster Herbert Janvrin Browne predicts a severe 1927 with frost, floods, and damaging storms. He warns of a potential year without a summer, late frosts into July, and widespread crop losses while clashing with the Weather Bureau over forecasting methods.
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NEA
Herbert Janvrin Browne
Washington
Northwest
Corn Belt
Ohio
Potomac
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Northern
Rodney Dutcher
Tierra del Fuego
Browne
Mississippi
House Committee On Agriculture
Fogg
Weather Bureau
Women Inmates Escape Pen And Capture Hounds
May 25 story from Huntsville recounts Lois Chase from Fort Worth and Louise Piemento from Weatherford escaping Goree State Farm, eluding guards, and using tied bloodhounds they captured to outpace pursuers. The chase lasted four hours through rain and floods before the escapeesoutfoxed the mounted dog sergeant Gus Gray and the dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntsville
State Penitentiary
Lois Chase
Fort Worth
Louise Piemento
Weatherford
Goree State Farm
Gus Gray
Grey
White rag leads to rescue after long night in woods
Grey and companions struggled through the forest seeking an exit as Lois fainted from cold and the Indian girl grew weak. They reached a farmhouse at dawn after about four hours of travel, were revived by a fire, and returned to the prison farm for 48 hours in solitary with their striped attire, still clinging to their cosmetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grey
Lois
Gores Farm
Summer School Opens at Amarillo High May 30
Regular Amarillo high school faculty will run a ten week summer session starting May 30 led by Superintendent W A McIntosh. Classes in history English and mathematics will be organized if demand exists with sessions from 3 AM to 1 PM.
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Amarillo High School
W. A. McIntosh
Feather Trimmed Hat Described in Vintage Style
A long pink hat with a roungey crown and medium brim features a delicate pink feather band forming a wreath of leaves, adding a subtle decorative touch.
Prisons Better Than a Black Wary Soaked Woods
A stark comparison places prisons as a safer alternative to a grim, marshy woodland described with tense, wary sentiment. The brief note contrasts confinement with an ominous, unknown outdoor setting to imply danger outside bars.
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J.W. Clifton
J.l.summers
West 6Th St
Guffey
William Guffly
Laurey Guffey
James, William
Lawrence Guffey
McKeesport
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Canyon College
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Rock Springs
Earth
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas Wheat Growers Association
Oregon
Elgin
Klinger
Panhandle
Heintz
Amarillo Tire House
E. 7Th St
E. 10Th St
John
John Taylor
Southland Life
Southland Life Insurance
Dallas
Texas
Southland Life Insurance Co
Southland Life Bldg
Tex
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