Law Watches As Yet Plays With Death
In Alameda California May 31 a war veteran William Bennett sat in a car packed with explosives held to blow himself up if he switches a lever as police watched from a distance Patrolman William Pries spoke to Bennett and urged him to exit the car stripping to danger even as two rifles observed from a hill Bennett refused and police prepared for a long standoff with a potential powder keg in the vehicle.
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Alameda
Calif
William Bennett
Bennett
William Pries
Pries
Neptune
Silver Bill Advances as Senate Awaits Action
The House sent to the Senate the administration silver bill aiming to back currency with silver. Hugh S Johnson led talks with steel and textile union reps while a tariff debate continued in the Senate. Roosevelt’s absence at the fleet review was noted and a Florida Everglades National Park bill was signed into law.
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Washington
House
Senate
Administration
United States
Hugh Johnson
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
New York Fleet Review
White House
Everglades National Park
Florida
Trade Commission
Reed
Pennsylvania
Ickes
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Johnson and Steel and Textile Union
NRA
Amarillo Fort Worth Air Mail Schedule Announced
Post master Mrs. Floyd Cooper unveiled the new Amarillo to Fort Worth air mail route with trips 5A and 6A. Trip 5A departs Amarillo at 3 P M reaches Wichita Falls at 5 20 P M and Fort Worth at 6 25 P M. Trip 6A departs Fort Worth at 8 45 A M reaches Wichita Falls at 10 A M and Amarillo at 12 10 P M.
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Amarillo- Fort Worth
Brownsville
Floyd Cooper
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Good Oil Price Listing at 1900 W. 3rd
Local listing shows gas price at 20 to 25 cents per gallon. Address given is 1900 West Third Street.
Ballistics Free Bonnie Parker Ally After Barrow Case
May 31 report shows ballistic tests tied the two patrolmen slayings to a weapon found with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, leading Judge George Hosey to dismiss murder charges against Billie Mace and Floyd Hamilton. Spectators cheered as Mace and Hamilton were freed, with the judge apologizing for the earlier detention.
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Fort Worth
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Grapevine
Billie Mace
Bonnie
Floyd Hamilton
Clyde
Louisiana
George Hosey
Mace
Hamilton
Crockett
Emma Parker
Dallas
Bonne Parker
Martin
George J. Lacey
Houston Ballistes
Wheeler and Murphy
Barrow- Parker
Arcadia
Tito
Hosey
Panhandle roundup travels as Amarillo aids Pampa celebration
Amarillo joins Panhandle towns to support the Pre Centennial and Pioneers Roundup in Pampa. Amarillo’s float features Capitol Rock formations with live plants and prairie dogs. The parade begins at 2 pm with other festivities and a pageant tonight.
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Amarillcans
Panhandle Plains
Pampa
Bcores
Dale Duro Canyon
Amarillo
New Driving Law Used in DWI Case Here
Judge Henry S. Bishop applied a new state law governing license suspension in a DWI case. Jim Vester of Canyon pleaded guilty to driving while drunk and received a suspended one year sentence and a 90 day driving ban. Vester was arrested after a May 20 accident on Buchanan Street.
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Henry S. Bishop
Jim Vester
Canyon
Bishop
Vester
Buchanan Street
Fall Is Fatal To McMurry Student
Owen Martin, 21, a McMurry College sophomore ministerial student, died after plunging more than 25 feet from a gym rafters while adjusting a flood light during a dress rehearsal. He died at a hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Abilene
McMurry College
Owen Martin
Fleet Salutes U S Chief As Navy Fleet Parades Before Roosevelt
New York crowds line the harbor as a 96-ship U S fleet and 40 000 men pass in review for President Roosevelt. The procession includes battleships cruisers and a dramatic 12 mile long column with guns fired in salute and planes roaring overhead. The flag ships U S Pennsylvania and Indianapolis lead the line as a ceremonial parade unfolds near Ambrose Lightship.
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America
Saratoga
Atlantic
Roosevelt
New York
United States
Ambrose
Manhattan
Indianapolis
President Roosevelt
Swanson
William H. Standley
Joseph Daniels
Mexico
Daniels
Louisville
H. L. Roosevelt
U. S
Pennsylvania
D. F. Sellers
Cord Reveals Kidnap Scare and Flight to England
FE L Cord describes three attempted kidnappings of his family at Beverly Hills. He has been in England since mid April, taking a Surrey summer home, and plans to stay abroad until the panic subsides. An airplane flew over the estate to survey the grounds, possibly from a Mexican landing area. A guard was confronted by a would-be kidnapper but fired by a companion, while a third intruder was seen on the estate.
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London
Beverley Hills
Calif
FE. L. Cord
California
United States
Cord
England
William F. Gettle
June Robles
Arizona
Surrey
Cord Estate
Mexico
Cord Home
Sun Mocks Middlewest As Cattle
Heat and drought devastate the Midwest and West with cattle losses and wheat price spikes. Government programs consider mass slaughter in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Texas to ease feed shortages as grain futures surge to new highs.
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Middlewest
Chicago
West
Kansas City
Minnesota
Dakotas
Texas
George E. Farrell
The
Agricul
Tri-State Racing Meet Creates Wide Interest
Southwest turf fans show strong interest in the Tri-State racing meet set for June 15 to 25 with nine days of racing, seven races daily, and $10,000 in purses plus a $500 added Panhandle Derby. Admission 75 cents, season tickets possible, grandstand box seats fitted for pari mutuel windows.
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South
Tri-State
Wilbur
Hawk
O. L
Ted’ Saylor
M. F. Mitchell
Bender
Young Astor Ties Knot to Debutante’s Successor
May 31 47 Young Jacob Astor the third plans marriage to Ellen Tuck French after canceling his previous wedding to Eileen Gillespie. Astor recently returned from a world voyage and announced the engagement yesterday.
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New York
Jacob Astor
Eileen
Gillespie
Astor
Miss Gillespie
Ellen Tuck French
Freight agent Gordon King drowned in Galveston Bay
Gordon R. King a 37 year old freight agent for the Southern Steamship Company of Fort Worth drowned when waves swept him from a boat in Galveston Bay off Seabrook twenty five miles from Houston last night.
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Houston
Gordon R. King
Fort Worth
Southern Steamship Company
Galveston Bay
Seabrook
Children Injured as World Fair Stampede Sparks Chaos
About 500000 school children stormed the gates of the Century of Progress Exposition causing a stampede that injured 25. Gates were opened to ease congestion as police were deployed and concessions were made free for the day.
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Chicago
Fairs
Lenox Lohr
State of Seige
Lohr
Barbara Hutton Family Return Plans Revealed
Southampton May 41 am Franklyn L Hutton arranged staterooms for his daughter Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani to sail back to New York on June 6 but has not provided accommodations for her husband Prince Alexis Mdivan Hutton will arrive tomorrow and details of the return were made public today.
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Southampton
Eng
Franklyn L. Hutton
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani
New York
Prince Alexis Mdivan
Hutton
Two Dead in Bandit Chase in San Antonio
In San Antonio on May 31 two men died and a third was fatally injured after detectives tried to arrest a suspect. The fugitive was killed by Detective F P Littlepage as his car collided with a machine driven by John Zizelman and his brother Milton. The detectives involved were F P Littlepage Jack Hice and Homer Long.
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San Antonio
F. P. Littlepage
Littlepage
Jack Hice
Homer Long
John Zizelman
Milton
Clerk of Texas Supreme Court Dies at 64
Austin May 31 F. T. Connerly 64 longtime clerk of the state Supreme Court for 32 years died at his home after a long illness.
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Austin
F. T. Connerly
State Supreme Court
Memorial Day Reflections By Arthur Reiahane
The Globe carries Mr. Reiahane’s views on Memorial Day noting editors disclaimers and exploring the day as a time to honor heroes yet also a holiday of rest and amusement. It reflects on the mixed meaning of flowers graves and national memory for mothers widows and the general public.
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Arthur Reiahane
America
Globe
Heriebane
Amarillo Area Partly Cloudy With Tonight and Friday Showers
Forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas calls for partly cloudy skies with possible local thundershowers tonight and Friday. Cooler conditions expected tonight with continued cooling into Friday. In West Texas the Panhandle may see thundershowers tonight and Friday, southeast portions cooler tonight and Friday. New Mexico expected generally fair with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the northwest and warmer in the northwest tonight. Temperature extremes recorded from 63 to 83.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Noutheast
New Mexico
Northwest
Amarillo High Graduation Largest Class In History
Amarillo High School holds its largest graduating class tonight at the Municipal Auditorium. The class of 1934 includes 240 seniors, 170 boys and 170 girls. Dr. W. B. Bizzell delivers the commencement address at 8 o clock. Miriam Rubin gives the valedictory and Josephine Marehind the salutatory. Diplomas are awarded by Judge S A L Morgan with about a dozen honors planned.
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Amarillo
W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
Texas A. A& M. College
Miriam Rubin
Josephine Marehind
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