Brother Slain as Gate City Chief Faces Murder Charge
Gate City Virginia May 25 Clifford Davidson chief of police was charged with killing his brother Cecil David son during an attempt to arrest him for fighting with a negro. Davidson surrendered to Sheriff O B Darnall and posted 1000 bail with a preliminary hearing set. Prior to the shooting he had been summoned to a barber shop to quiet a disturbance involving the brother and said he took a gun from him. He claimed fear the brother had rearmed himself during the argument.
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Gate City
Clifford Davidson
Cecil Davidson
Davidson
O. B. Darnall
Allred Begins Panhandle Campaign Tour in Seven Cities
Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful James V. Allred launches a Panhandle tour with seven city stops. He opens May 31 in Pampa, speaks in Shamrock and Wellington, then Clarendon and Amarillo, followed by Dalhart and Canyon through June 4 with evening addresses.
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James V. Allred
Texas
Panhandle
L. M. Fischer
Mr. Allred
Pampa
Shamrock
Wellington
Clarendon
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Dalhart
Canyon
Bonnie's Sister May Be Freed for Rites
In Fort Worth on May 25, Billie Mace seeks a habeas corpus release to attend her sister Bonnie’s funeral. She was jailed without bond after a brief hearing on charges tied to a highway patrolmen shooting near Grapevine. Her attorneys plan to press for release in criminal district court as Dallas reports delayed funeral plans pending the hearing.
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Fort Worth
Billie Mace
Bonnie Her
Clyde Barrow
School Entertains At Rotary Luncheon
Students from Allison rural school entertained the Rotary Club at yesterday’s luncheon with a cleverly presented Japanese playlet. Rotarians praised the children's exceptional acting. Miss Laura V Hammer, county school superintendent, introduced the group. Program arranged by rural urban committee chaired by Charles W Rogers and Norris Ewing led the effort.
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Allison Rural School
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Laura V. Hammer
Charles W. Rogers
Norris Ewing
Sheriff Praises Barrow Slayers Ambush Officers
Potter County Sheriff Bill Adams commends Texas and Louisiana officers for killing Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker saying they did exactly right by not waiting to be shot. He believes officers would have been killed otherwise and credits their ambush for a safe outcome.
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Bill Adams
Potter County
Texas
Louisiana
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Frank Merriwell revived in court over film rights
New York May 25 Frank Merriwell's creator W Gilbert Patten sues Superior Talking Pictures Inc seeking to stop use of the name Prank Merriwell in a series of shorts. Patten seeks 250000 in damages claiming the loyal character has sold 123.6 million copies and 40 million words.
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New York
Frank Merriwell
W. Gilbert Patten
Burt L. Standish
Talking Pictures, Inc
Prank Merriwell
Merriwell
Fardale
Yale
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Patten
Superior
Hopes Raised But NRA Fails in Kansas City
Mary Van Kleeck of New York, resigning from Roosevelt's NRA committee, said the NRA stimulates disillusionment among workers and shifts the labor movement toward protecting workers' rights against property claims. She argued minimum wage laws lift only the lowest wages and do not address broader demands for a fairer share of the product.
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Kansas City
Mary van Kleeck
New York
Roosevelt
NRA
National Conference of Social Work
Guard waterfront as longshoremen strike sparks violence
In San Francisco merchants threaten to reopen the harbor to ships unless the strike ends immediately. The union head insists on recognition as the sole term. In Washington the administration moves to push Wagner labor disputes bill through Congress to curb strike disorders.
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San Francisco
Washington — Administration
Congress
Labor Troubles Today Reach Across Nation
United Press report covers Toledo Electric Auto-Lite strike violence with two dead and many wounded amid rioting. Troops with machine guns guard the plant. fifty three arrests as the plant is wrecked. In Minneapolis Gov Olsen cites substantial wage talks ending fears of violence and food shortage. New Orleans patrols remain strong.
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United Press
Toledo
Hope
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olsen
New Orleans
Adventurous Youth Goes West But Finds Death
The 14 year old Robert Kirby died after a journey west toward romance and Arizona. He told his father I am sorry before a fatal collapse as his father arrived at his bedside in Fort Worth. He disappeared from home days earlier and was hit by a freight train, losing a leg and sustaining serious injuries. Blood transfusions could not save him.
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Fort Worth
Robert Kirby
Johnstown
West
G. A Kirby
Robert
Arizona
Tuberculosis Rate Reported in Moundville Prison
In the state penitentiary at Moundaville West Virginia records show that there is one case of tuberculosis to every 26 imprisonments.
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Moundaville
W. V
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