Confession in Hillsboro slaying of bondsman Jones
Sheriffs and District Attorney Sam Allred report Clara Taylor a 42 year old former convict confessed to murdering Walter L Jones 65 a Cleburne bondsman car bound to Waco. Taylor indicated an accomplice may be charged later. Jones body was found under a culvert southwest of Hillsboro. Watch recovered. ring status unknown.
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Hillsboro
U.P
Herschel Taylor
Walter L
Money) Jones
Cleburne
Sam Allred
Taylor
Jones
Waco
Fort Worth
Alfred
Here
Guthrie
Okla
Allred
J. W. Freeland
Oklahoma
Texas
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Emporia
Lightning Kills Diver on Scow in Sault Ste. Marie
William Currie, a diver, was instantly killed during an electrical storm when lightning struck a scow above him. The bolt traveled through wires and exploded six sticks of dynamite Currie held, crushing his helmet.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
U.P
William Currie
Rice program flop in Missouri ends with single unsigned contract
In Columbus Missouri a federal rice crop reduction program failed to attract growers. Only one applicant filed for a contract and he refused to sign.
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Columbus
U.P
Missouri
Switzerland Fears Reds As Geneva Grows Leftward
A Geneva riot leads to police firing killing thirteen and a socialist lead er elected head of Geneva Canton. Referendums defeat govt plans and reveal conservative fear of Soviet influence in the League of Nations backdrop. Motta frames Swiss objections as part of a broader conservative shift.
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London
Switzerland
League of Nations
Geneva
Russia
M. Motta
Frederic Martin
Leon Nicole
Nicole
Zurich
Lausanne
Fors
Motta
Switzerland's shift as industrial power and rising fascist ties
The article notes Switzerland's rapid industrialization outside Britain and Belgium with 50 percent in industry and 27 percent in agriculture. It highlights growth in metallurgy textiles and chemicals, rising unemployment at 28 percent, and a swelling socialist and fascist influenced middle class, with socialists becoming the second party in the chamber.
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Great Britain
Belgium
Europe
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Lib
Socialists Close In On Full Election Slate In Missouri
The Socialist party in Jefferson City outlines a nearly complete slate of candidates for national and state offices in the November 6 election campaign. Their platform calls for the orderly transfer of banks and public utilities natural resources and key industries to social ownership under Democratic management.
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Jefferson City
Socialist Party
Fined for Killing Turkeys in Albany
Ed Pederson was fined $25 for killing two turkeys in Albany Oregon police say the birds did not belong to him.
Comedie Francaise Adopts Film Roles With Two Pictures
Paris reports the Comedie Francaise will produce two films marking a shift from stage only. A documentary featuring Sarah Bernhardt and Edouard de Max, plus a Molierc adaptation Les Precieuses Ridicules, with limits to avoid vulgarization and no showings within 100 kilometers of Paris.
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Paris
Comedie Francaise
House of Moliere
Sarah Bernhardt
Edouard de Max
Molierc
Louis XIV
France
Principal Fined for Slapping Student in Ohio Fire Drill
J. L. Clark principal of local schools in Port Clinton Ohio was fined 1 dollar and costs 5.60 after being found guilty of slapping Ray Wright a high school senior during a fire drill The mother of Wright testified as the complainant before Justice Robert W Fall
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Port Clinton
Ohio
J. L. Clark
Robert W. Fall
Ray Wright
Wright
Major Boulter Breaks Windows to Seek Jail Stay
Owen Boulter, 62, a Spanish American War veteran, broke two service windows at the post office last Monday to be jailed. He remains at the county jail awaiting action by the federal grand jury or the U.S. attorney on a defacing government property charge.
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Owen Boulter
U. S. Commissioner's Court
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
City Tax Rate for 1934 to be set at regular meeting
Amarillo city officials postponed a special session and will set the 1934 city tax rate at the commission's regular meeting next Tuesday. City Manager H. R. Smith noted the change in plans as the tax action moves forward.
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Amarillo
City Commission
H. R. Smith
Columbus Day Program By Knights On Local Radio
A Columbus Day program sponsored by the Knights of Columbus council will air tonight at 8:30 on a local radio station. Afterward a benefit dance at the Nat will invite Knights and friends. Grand Knight Robey Funk and District Deputy M. T. O Neill will speak, with Hon. Jas M. Kernan delivering the principal address. Music by Kathryn Schecher and Josephine Honey. W. D. Walsh serves as announcer.
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Knights of Columbus Council
Knights of Columbus
Knights
Robey Funk
M. T. O'Neill
Jas. M. Kernan
Kathryn Schecher
Josephine Honey
W. D. Walsh
Toto Flies to St Louis Zoo From New York
Toto the 20 week old 200 pound elephant left Central Park Zoo by plane from Curtiss Airport yesterday. He occupied six seats in the carrier and traveled to his new home at the St. Louis Zoo with Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson. Toto carried his trunk but declined a parachute.
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Toto
New York
Central Park Zoo
Curtiss
St. Louis Zoo
Martin Johnson
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