Brief career of crime ends in Flint shooting
Howard Missler a 16 year old farm boy ended his two day crime spree by fatally shooting himself after challenging state troopers to capture him when halted on a highway in a stolen car. He had been sought since Sunday after taking a car from Miles Shearer and fleeing authorities. The youth departed home with a rifle a revolver and $15 and had shown restlessness recently. His father Elmer Missler described him as a good boy who liked shooting material but found high school impossible to attend. England's Hendrens of Wimbledon reputedly hold a large family record with 120 members across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Howard Missler
Bruce McGlone
Vincent Neering
Miles Shearer
Sergeant McGlone
Missier
Neering
Elmer Missler
Missler
Howard
Extensive Used Car Lot Ad Offers Many Bargains
A long classified listing from Amarillo Texas details numerous used cars and trucks for sale. It includes models from 1921 to 1984, many with new tires or paint, with prices and contact numbers. Cars include Chevrolet, Ford, Plymouth, Buick, Olds, and Packard entries, plus Diamond T trucks and International Harvester references. Multiple dealers are named and locations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbell Diamond T Truck Co
King
Plymouth
West 7Th St
Ford
Chevrolet
International Harvester Co
America
Amarillo
Texas
Toney Chisum, Inc
Polk
J. M. Wise
Packard
Landlords Ranked by 46 Disliked Traits
A Colgate University psychologist identifies 46 traits that make landlords disliked after testing 10 000. The writer jokes about landlords being likable except around rent time and notes Globe-News Want Ads help find tenants. An ad fragment describes a nicely furnished downstairs apartment at 1228 West Ninth with bills paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colgate University
Globe-News
West Ninth
Slaying Case: Son Charged With Murder After Family claim
In a midnight shooting, authorities charged the bachelor son with murder after his stepmother reported the old man’s suicide. The son blamed years of abuse and neglect by the father who allegedly mistreated the family and threatened them. He admitted to the shooting but expressed remorse, claiming the plan was to stay on the property with his stepmother.
Drake heirs claim vast riches tied to Hartzell case
Amos Hartsock of Laurens Iowa testified that Hartzell claimed the Drake heirs held large claims to wealth in India Africa and Canada due to Sir Francis Drake plundering. He said Roosevelt opposed estate settlement as part of gold standard policy and embargo, and he still believes in the estate despite not acting since Hartzell’s 1933 conviction.
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Roosevelt
Drake
Amos Hartsock
Laurens
Towa
Farmer
Hartzell
India
Africa
Canada
Francis
Hartsock
Gly Gas restores health after 30 years of stomach misery
Mr. Joe Morgan of Amarillo endorses Gly-Gas after thirty years of stomach pain gas bloating indigestion and kidney trouble. He says one and a half boxes cured him and he now enjoys meals sleeps well and has renewed energy. The Gly-Gas Man promotes the remedy daily at Fox Drug Co. in Amarillo with price 1.00 per box or 6 for 2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Morgan
South
Fillmore St
Amarillo
Fox Drug Co
Oliver-Ebakle
Mr. Morgan
Fox Drug Co. No
Borah Party Ranks Split
Washington, Nov 26 Senator Borah weighs a presidential run as Republican independents in the Senate split over backing him. Norris La Follette Johnson drift with Roosevelt, while Couzens is less sure. The group’s divide spans political and economic lines with shifting support.
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Washington
Borah
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
la Follette
Wisconsin
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Couzens
Michigan
Rain continues as Panhandle showers add moisture
Intermittent drizzles added another tenth of an inch in Amarillo, bringing two day rain to 1.26 inches and total November moisture near normal. Spearman led with one and a half inches, while towns from Fritch to Dalhart reported varied amounts. the season’s moisture deficit shrinks but year to date remains below normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Panhandle
Collman
Pampa
Plains
Spearman
Boise City
Okla
Shattuck
Fritch
Gruger
Stinnett
Optimo
Dalhart
Stratford
Texhoma
Hitchland
Oklahoma Line
Hardesty
Guymon
Tyrone
Conway
Shamrock
Groom
Alanteed
McLean
Clarendon
Denver
Fort Worth
Silverton
Lockney
Plainview
Lubbock
Slaton
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Mate Line
New Mexico
Roswell
Wildorado
Adrian
Glen Rio
San Jon
N. M
Tucumcari
Santa Fe
Plan To Entertain Detroit Gridmen In Amarillo Trip
The Amarillo chamber of commerce will consider funding to entertain University of Detroit Titans after their Thursday game with Texas Tech. Detroit’s 35 players will stay Thursday night in Amarillo then tour Borger and Pampa on Friday before returning by train. The good will committee, led by Bill Beechler, voted to seek 75 for transport to Borger Pampa and back.
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Chamber of Commerce
University of Detroit
Titans
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
Lubbock
Detroit
Amarillo
Borger
Pampa
Bodies found after shooting spree near Ada Oklahoma
A gunman fired a bullet through the forehead wounding a constable. Searching parties began combing Ada and Fittstown in the oilfield area, 110 miles southeast, for bodies. Gov Marland prepared to mobilize the National Guard to aid in the hunt. Col Daley called the suspect the main person of interest. The note found suggested a disturbed state. Comer's rambling statements yielded little about locations of victims. His admission of knowing the attorney and burial of a person named Stevens surfaced amid hospital care.
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Ada
Fittstown
Here
E. W. Marland
National Guard
Konawa
Wewoka
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Comer
Evans
W. J. Comer
Oklahoma City
Charles Stevens
Stevens
Ada Agpea
Forecast of Weather Change Tied to Greenland Air Mass
A scientist describes a long range forecasting method based on irregular Earth Moon Sun motions and a Greenland cold mass. He notes storms across Niagara Falls New York and New England reflecting a single source, with winds, ice, and Atlantic gales as evidence.
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Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Upper
New York State
Atlantic
New England
Seaboard
Greenland
Earth
Maxwell
Dock Worker Shot Dead in Front of Port Houston Clash
At Port Houston a gunfight during a dock strike left Sam L. Brandt dead and C. W. Swan wounded. The assailants, seven African American men in a car, fled as mediation backed by the Federal Labor Board began. Police hunted suspects. Swan’s condition critical. The event occurred as talks opened under the labor board.
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Houston
Sam L. Brandt
C. W. Swan
J. L. Swan
W. A. Swan
Sam Fite
Port Houston
Brandt
Fprcral
Frances Perkins
Edward McGrady
George Stocking
Texas University
Frank P. Douglas
Oklahoma
McGrady
Oil embargo considered against Italy after cabinet meeting
The Commerce Department disclosed a sharp rise in exports of chemicals and allied warfare materials to Italy. The announcement followed a defense committee meeting noting the risk of a direct Italian British clash if an embargo is imposed. Officials did not release purchaser details for October exports.
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Italian Africa
United States
Department
Italy
Defense Committee
Washington
Commerce Department
Benefit Dance Features Sid Finklea Amid Restricted Contracts
Charisse, the benefit dance director, cannot appear in person due to contract limits. The program delivers a ballet by Sid Finklea, an 18 year old Amarillo girl, under his direction with an orchestra overture led by Edgar Parsons. The bill includes Stewart Radio Trio, Born to be Married, Miss Rosalie Raymond, Sid Finklea ballet Top Hat on Tiptoe, The Builfight ballet with Holland, De Vore, Travis, Sullivan, and Finklea, plus The Tle tragedy directed by Wayne Eubanks and Kiwanis Quartette numbers.
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Charisse
Sid Finklea
Amarillo
Edgar Parsons
Stewart Radio
Howard Lynch
Rosalie Raymond
Cleta Grace Holland
Gloria de Vore
Jean Travis
Anlee Sullivan
Tle
Wayne Eubanks
Kiwanis Quartette
Chinese autonomy leader names new Peiping administrator
Ho Ying- Chin was named high administrative commissioner for the Peiping area and will depart Nanking for Tungchow to establish headquarters. In Peiping a large Japanese contingent reportedly crossed into northern China at Kupei Kow while 240 troops detrained in Peiping, amid unsettled autonomy tensions in Tientsin and Hopei.
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Ho Ying- Chin
Peiping
Nanking
Tungchow
Yin
China
Tientsin
Hopei
Ju- Keng
Great Wall
Manchukuo
Kupei-Kow
Shanhaikwan
Battle forces clash as Japanese assault reaches city
A detachment of 149 soldiers faced an attack as three hours later 80 Japanese troops entered the city. The forces were armed with light and heavy machine guns.
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Farm Boy
England
Hendrens
Wimbledon
Wolflin Motor CO
Fillmore
Jim Jenkins
Tyler
Square Deal
Dearborn
Am Real Valie
Hevelen
Walter Irvin
Olds & Coach
Oldsmobile Co. Inc
West
Selor
Feris and
Elmer
North Fillmore
Cleo Johnson
Sid
Georgia
By Nathan Robertson
H. V. Robertson & Company
Accountants and Auditors
Oliver Eakle Bidg
Roy G. Moore
Blackburn
New Texas
Laval
Paris
Pierre Laval
Croix de Feu
Chamber of Deputies
Ethiop
4Th ST
Liberty Theater
Tou
Oo Colman
Loretta Young
Svider
Bing Santo
Crosby
Screeno
Laurel Hardy
Bonnie Scotland
Perry Powell
LIFE
Paramount
Tex
Tri-Way Garage
Pierce ST
Lloyd Snyder
Buddy Rogers Orchestra
Ladiet Freel
Hugo Lowenstern
Fred Galle
Macon Carter
Elmer Lewis
Bunk
Wilbur Budd
Polk Heme
Pat” Wiggins
Motor Freight Line Inc
Tulsa
Dallas
St. Louis
Vasa
Tarrin Ann Dvorak
Fred Allen
Patsy Kelly
Paul Whiteman
Ramona Rubinoffe
Raymond Walburn Yacht Club Boys
California Navals
Alf
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