Judge to Read Written Charge in Pampa Liquor Conspiracy Case
In federal court Judge James C. Wilson recessed to prepare a written jury charge after ten days of proceedings in a large liquor conspiracy case in Pampa. Ten defendants remain, with Amarillo defendants named alongside others including Florence Walton and Buck Wilson. Additional liar cases noted include the LeFors docket and motions affecting dismissals.
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James C. Wilson
United States District Court
Wilson
Amarillo
LeFors
Pampa
E. S. Graves
Roy Aymition
O. C. Williams
Herman Wachtenford
Scott Rheudasil
Billie Bass
W. Murph Smith
Weldon Wilson
Ben Bolton
Granville Parish
Doctor 92 regrets day he originated electric chair
New York May 26 Dr A D Rockwell aged 92 the oldest physician and criminologist in New York recalls designing the first electric chair in 1888 and now opposes capital punishment. He says it is vengeance not justice and suggests criminals be used for state work and criminology study rather than execution.
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New York
A. D. Rockwell
Rockwell
Thomas Edison
Auburn
Rock- Well
New York State
Jean Reymond
Suzanne Reymond
Flushing
Long Island
Pacific airman hopes to hop off today
Fears for Lulu Reed of New York en route to Seattle to begin a nonstop Tokyo flight followed by reports of a mystery plane crashing near Snow Mountain Pass. Nathan Browne, another New York flier, plans to depart Seattle for Tokyo as favorable winds help his Lone Star monoplane. Weather indicates clear conditions over Alaska and the Aleutians. Harold Bromley plans long test flights for a nonstop Seattle Tokyo attempt with a $25,000 prize for June 1.
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Seattle
U.P
Lulu W. Reed
New York
Tokyo
Snowualmie Pass
Nathan C. Browne
Lone Star
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Dallas
Harold Bromley
War Bird Held After Pursuit to San Angelo
W T Ponder Fort Worth ace and DSC recipient admitted flying a liquor run at San Angelo airport. Customs chased his beer laden ship from the border in another plane, bond set at 1500 dollars. Ponder, 11 confirmed kills in France, is charged with unlawfully receiving and transporting imported merchandise.
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San Angelo
William T. Ponder
Ponder
Dartmouth
France
W. T. Ponder
Fort Worth Worth
Cummings
Eagle Pass
D. 8
Conner
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Southwestern Agency
Aircraft Corporation
Lafayette Escadrille
Fontaines
Paris
Mangum
Oklo
Frontier Days Open in Pampa with Cowboy Parade
Pampa marks its first Frontier Days with a cowboy parade rodeo and dances through Saturday. Sheriff Lon L. Blanscott of Gray County leads the celebration while Amarillo Kiwanis plans a 10 A M motorcade to the Gray County seat. The delivery of a floral offering from Cunningham Flower Shop represents Amarillo–Pampa friendship at the inter club luncheon Friday.
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Pampa
Lon L. Blanscot
Gray County
Amarillo
Wheat acreage due for big increase
The International Institute of Agriculture estimated that 1932 world wheat acreage exceeds 1931 by 7 million acres. Winter wheat area fell by about 4 million. spring wheat rose by roughly 11 million, including a 7 million acre rise in the United States.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
United States
Fifty Million Pine Timber In Path Of Ontario Fires
Timigami forest reserve about 250 miles north of Toronto faces forest fires endangering fifty million dollars worth of white pine timber. Capone asks Supreme Court to reconsider refusal to review his tax case from Atlanta penitentiary.
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Toronto
U.P
Timagami
Here
Ontario
Capone
Washington
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Walker Faces Probe as Governor Seeks Vote of Confidence
Mayor James J. Walker testified before the Hofstadter committee, claiming the session was a prelude to removal from office. Police guarded the courthouse as Seabury pressed Walker on finances and possible loans, while Walker invoked lack of memory and promised to retrieve records.
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New York
James J. Walker
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Samuel Seabury
Walker
Radical Squad
Louis Cuvillier
Hofstadter
Seabury
Block
Black
Herrick
Board of Aldermen
Taxicab Control Commission
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expected partly cloudy and cooler in the east portion with Friday remaining partly cloudy. New Mexico to be generally fair tonight and Friday with cooler readings in the southeast. Today’s temperature extremes reach 52 to 69 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pair Given Death In Louisiana Slaying Case
Boris Tolette and E. L. Patterson face execution on June 1 in Caddo Parish jail unless the governor grants clemency. They were convicted of murder in the Charley Jones store killing in November near Shreveport Louisiana.
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Shreveport
U.P
Boris Tolette
E. L. Patterson
Caddo Parish
Charley Jones
Here
Senate Rewrites Excise Tax Schedule In Final Bill
In a rapid push the Senate rewrote the entire excise tax schedule of the billion dollar revenue bill. New levies were restored on jewelry cameras firearms matches soft drinks candy boats cosmetics and toilet preparations as the finance committee proposed. The changes lightened auto taxes by lowering passenger car and truck rates and extended admissions tax exemption to tickets 30 cents and under.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Hoover Gains Backing for City Reconstruction Committees
White House officials report President Hoover won pledges of support from 39 newspaper publishers who met him to outline a national program. The plan calls for reconstruction committees of leading men in every large city, modeled on the banker-businessmen group led by Owen D Young in New York.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Banker-Businessmen Group
New York
Owen D. Young
Bonus Brigade Heads Toward Ohio From Washington
The “bonus brigade” resumes its advance on Washington Indiana moving out at 8 10 A M in 26 Indiana National Guard motor trucks Lieutenant Colonel R H Stillwell leads the convoy and doubts reaching the Ohio line before tomorrow Governor George White has promised transportation across Ohio for 300 World War veterans headed to Washington to seek cash payment of their adjusted service certificates.
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Washington
Ind
Here
Indiana National Guard
R. H. Stillwell
Ohio
George White
Public Pays Cost of Publishing Eulogies in Congress
USDA Soil Surveys costly as surplus printing floods Congress with gifts to constituents. More than 1,000,000 surplus pieces include 187,000 copies of eulogies for deceased members and 615,000 copies of the agricultural Year Book. The 1931 Year Book, cloth bound at 1,113 pages, priced 1.50, saw 380,000 turned to Congress from 400,000 printed, a value near 600,000 dollars.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
U.P
Congressional
House Folding Room
Government Printing Office
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Amarillo to choose new mayor by mid June
Colonel Ernest O Thompson resigns as mayor effective June 4 to join the Texas Railroad Commission. Gov Ross Sterling announces Thompson appointment to succeed Pat Neff on the railroad board. City commission to set a date for the special mayoral election between June 6 and June 16, with a minimum 16 and maximum 20 days after call.
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Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Colonel Thompson
Pat Neff
Railroad Commission
Ross Sterling
Neff
Baylor University
Thompson
State Railroad Board
Sterling
Houston
Texas
Classified Prompt Encourages Help Wanted Ads
A reader urges timely action on business needs before seasonals begin. The note suggests using Want Ads to hire workers, emphasizing placing Help Wanted ads to secure staff and promote services. It references Business Services ads as a channel for advertising and hiring.
Grain Traders Defy Federals at Chicago Board
Chicago May 26 Friction between the Chicago board of trade and the federal farm board escalated as the board suspended trading privileges of the government owned Updike Grain Company. The action cited rule violations in the transfer of the grain concern to the government and suspended two Updike officers. Officials claimed the Farmers National was the actual owner, concealed in stock registrations.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Farm Board
Board of Trade Directors
Updike Grain Company
George 8. Milner
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Board of Trade
Hyde
Updike
Updike Company
Farm Board
Farmers’ National
Curtis Will Be Indicted Predicted in Lindbergh Case
Hopewell N J May 26 The Hunterdon County grand jury considered the case against John Hughes Curtis confessed Lindbergh kidnaping father and according to counsel for Curtis will indict him The indictment probably will be returned Saturday at Flemington if agreed upon by the jury Curtis counsel said the indictment would be followed by trial after June No major development in the hunt for the Lindbergh baby killers Berry s for rug cleaning 905 W 10
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Hopewell
N. J
U.P
Hunterdon County
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Fater
Curtis
A. W. Hacuk
Flemington
W. C. Pender
Norfolk
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Mystery Jake slays girl at Cleveland school
A knife wielding man calling himself Mystery Jake slashed a girl to death and wounded two other girls near St. Cecelia's School in Cleveland. Patrolman Charles Mischely arrested the suspect, Jake Gordon, 40, who claimed a mission to kill millions. Elaine Mackin, 8, died. Lena De Sand, 12, and Rose Marie Parker, 8, were critically injured.
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Cleveland
Jake
Charles Mischely
Elaine Mackin
Lena de Sand
Rose Marie Parker
St. Cecelia's School
Jake Gordon
Mackin
Witneases
Mischely
Debatable Dean to address Amarillo grads at 8:30
Dean J M Gordon head of liberal arts Texas Tech will speak to Amarillo High graduates at 8:30 pm in Municipal Auditorium. The 308 seniors will receive diplomas from John Winters, school board president. St Mary’s Academy commencement follows at McKinley School auditorium.
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J. M. Gordon
College of Liberal Arts
Texas Technological College
Amarillo High School
Municipal
John Winters
St. Mary's Academy
McKinley
Courthouse Square Plowed For New Landscaping Plan
County workmen plowed the old courthouse and jail foundations on the courthouse square this morning. The area will be left to settle until next spring when the square is planted and landscaped, with loafers and outdoor speakers affected by the change.
Burton's Father Dies in Mart at 79
J. F. Burton age 79 father of Texas Ranger M. Red Burton died at his home in Mart early today. The longtime resident passed quietly as family gathered. His death marks the end of a life rooted in Waco region and local communities.
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Burton
Waco
J. F. Burton
M. (Red) Burton
Texas Ranger
Mart
Airplane seizure marks first clash with air smugglers
U S customs agents using a captured smuggler plane reported an air chase against liquor runners on the Mexican border. Agent Conner pursued, seized the Falcon aircraft, captured pilot William Ponder at San Angelo, and forced a landings blocking escape.
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Washington
Creighton
San Antonio
Fr. A. Eble
Customs
Corpus Christi
Conner
Eble
Special Squad
West Texas C of C Outlines 3 Objectives
West Texas Chamber of Commerce President Wilbur C. Hawk presents a threefold policy: create a taxpayers’ committee in every county to cut public expenditures and taxes. continue beautification efforts. promote buy-at-home shows in 117 affiliated cities. He urges the organization to press on amid economic stress.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur C. Hawk
Hawk
Mr. Hawk
West Texas
Sweetwater
West Texans
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