Condon Urges Greater Use of Federal Aid in Crime Fight
Dr John F Condon the J A S S I E intermediary in the Lindbergh kidnapping told a Senate subcommittee that federal agencies should be used more in suppressing crime He urged cooperation among federal state and municipal police and cited the Lindbergh infant case from March 1 1932 He advocated fingerprinting rogue galleries and other scientific methods as aids in detection.
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New York
John F. Condon
Jassie
Lindbergh
Senate
United States
Condon
Royal
Copeland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Alaska Sees Gold Boom Amid High Prices
Alaska faces a gold rush revival as rising prices lure prospectors across the interior. Dredges work near Fairbanks and the Kuskokwim River while Dawson reports over a million dollars mined this week. New dredges are planned for adjacent grounds as ground previously unprofitable is prospected again.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Klondike
Nome
Fairbanks
Kuskokwim
Dawson
Former Governor Smith backs advertising crime consequences
Former Governor Alfred F. Smith told the committee he supports advertising the penalties of crime to deter youths. He said, I believe in advertising and it would be money well spent to show potential criminals what they would face.
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Alfred F. Smith
Smith
Woman Acquitted in Killing Ship Capitalist
Frieda Weltz, a 43 year old nurse, was acquitted of murdering Francis J. M. Grace 58, a Santa Cruz retiree, at his summer home on September 9. She claimed Grace attacked her and coerced her to avoid motherhood. The verdict came last night after a Santa Cruz jury absolved her of the charge. San Angelo mothers gathered 1000 pounds of wool for blankets to aid Texas A M College student loan fund.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Frieda Wilhelmina Weltz
Francis J. M. Grace
Grace
San Angelo
Texas
Texas A. & M. College
Hollywood Calm Over Tracy Deal
Hollywood weighs the Lee Tracy dismissal and Mexico location flare as sensitivities to Latin nations continue. Past protests over film villains as national types prompted production codes, with earlier titles like Girl of the Rio and The Broken Wing drawing objections and edits.
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Hollywood
Tracy
Mexico
Robbin Coons
Lee Tracy
South
Talking Picture
Producers’ Association
Beery Tracy rift at MGM over Mexican life portrayal
Objections to depictions of Mexican life delayed a Wallace Beery project after Tracy, during a parade, briefly appeared on a balcony. MGM had negotiated with Mexican authorities to ensure script acceptability, but Tracy’s action led to his departure from the film until issues are resolved.
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Shearer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Wallace Beery
Tracy
M-G-M
Vermillion services scheduled at 3 o clock
Funeral rites for William Perry Vermillion 80 were to be held at 3 o clock this afternoon from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Rev Robert C. Jones will officiate with burial in Liano Cemetery. He died last night at a local hospital after 20 years in Amarillo and vicinity. Survived by widow Alice Vermillion and 13 children across multiple states.
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William Perry Vermillion
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Robert C. Jones
Church of Christ
Vermillion
Liano
Amarillo
River Road
Alice Vermillion
J. B. Johnson
E. N. Allen
Crosbyton
Charles Vermillion
Lovington
N M
Will
Roy L. Vermillion
Artesia
N. M
D. R. Vermillion
Gannett
Idaho
H. G. Moulton
Stratford
Martin
Charles Smith
Perry Vermillion
Sam Franks
Malaga
J. R Law
Melrose
W. M. Lane
Exeter
Calif
Mixed Quartet Sings for Hill Bible Class at Texas Theater
A double mixed quartet from the Amarillo Conservatory of Musical Arts directed by Margaret K. Wood Ruff will perform at the T. Newton Hill Bible Class meeting at 9:40 Sunday morning in the Texas Theater. Doris Shaw leads singing while Judge W. B. Gee and Dr. R. C. Bodgress oversee the lesson.
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Amarillo Conservatory of Musical Arts
Margaret K. Woodruff
T. Newton Hill
Texas Theater
Doris Shaw
W. Be, Gee
R. C. Bnodgress
Health Boy Sessions Heads to Los Angeles
In Search of Health Boy Sessions, tied to the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, will depart Sunday night for Los Angeles to seek improvement in health. Mrs Sessions will join him there December 15.
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Boy Sessions
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Sunda
Los Angeles
Calif
Mrs. Sessions
Amarillo realtor Louis Defoe dies at 64 in home
Louis DeFor a prominent Amarillo realtor died at his home at 808 Carolina Street at 3 this morning. He had lived in Amarillo 24 years and belonged to W. O. W. and B. A. lodges and the Methodist Church. Funeral services Saturday at Griggs Funeral Chapel. Burial in Liano Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Elizabeth and siblings in Ohio and West Virginia. Farmers in Walton County Georgia bought 40,000 pounds of winter peas to plant on 12,000 acres.
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Louis DeFor
Amarillo
Carolina Street
Methodist Church
Griggs
Roy Snodgrass
First Christian Church
H. K. Stanfield
F. M. LeForge
K. 8. Loving
N. N. Thomas
Wales Madden
Roy Reed
Liano Cemetery
Elizabeth DeFoe
D. Bailey
Procterville
Ohio
Samuel DeFoe
Shoals
W. Va
Frank DeFoe
Kenova
Walton County
Georgia
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