Detroit extortion plot ends with arrest of Edward Lickwala
Edward Lickwala, 20, confessed to threatening Edsel Ford for $5,000 after sending a note directing payment in small bills to a candy box on a Detroit porch. He led investigators to the extortion plan and identified his handwriting as the note’s. Formal extortion charges expected today.
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United Press
Detroit
U.P
Edward Lickwala
Department of Justice
Edsel Ford
Lickwala
Ford
William Larsen
Bureau of Investigation
Claude Landerville
Landerville
Larsen
Joe Barnhart
Belle Isle
Quarterinch Rain Boosts Panhandle Drought Relief
A drought plagued Panhandle area received its first general rain in over a month, with a quarter inch to three inches reported across towns from Waynoka Oklahoma to Dumas Texas. Heaviest moisture fell in Sudan Lamb County, with notable rains in Groom Hereford and Boise City, while forecasts suggested limited further rain and continued need for moisture.
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Channing
Panhandle Automobile Club
Mad Kidnapper Sought After Safe Return Of Mrs Stoll
Federal agents hunt Thomas H Robinson Jr now that Mrs Alice Speed Stoll is safe at home in Louisville after a ransom kidnap last Wednesday. The Lindbergh law limits penalties to life. state court could seek death if prosecutors pursue it.
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Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
Thomas Hf. Robinson, Jr
Loutaville
Robinson
U. S
Thomas J. Sparks
Commonwealth
Emmet O'Neal
Kentucky
O'Neal
Sparks
Stoll
Lime Kiln Lane
State
Hardy Nathan
Department of Justice
Red Cross in First Session in Amarillo
North western Texas Red Cross chapter leaders met in Amarillo to plan the upcoming Roll Call. The event is one of 34 conferences this month across the Midwestern Area states. Henry M. Baker Hilbert F. Keisker and Ella Gimmestad represented the national organization at the meeting with about 50 attendees in the morning session.
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Amarillo
Northwestern Texas
Hauptmann Fights Extradition as Jersey Links Lindbergh Case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann pressed an extradition appeal in the appellate court while New Jersey authorities faced questions over possible withheld evidence in the Lindbergh baby murder case. Supreme Court Justice Hammer denied a habeas corpus writ, preserving the extradition warrant.
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New York
U.P
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Ernest E. L. Hammer
Opportunity Days Bring Shoppers To Amarillo Parade Boost
Thrifty shoppers from across the Panhandle flood Amarillo for Opportunity Days with a 75 member Amarillo High School band parade directed by Oscar A. Wise. Parade starts at 10 30 and sales slips redeemable for prizes at 502 Polk Street.
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Amarillo
Oscar A. Wise
Polk Street
A. G. Barnes
A Dead King Two Views in The Strange Therefore News
A syndicated feature presents two perspectives on a “Dead King” figure, exploring contrasting interpretations. The piece appears in a daily pricing context, priced at one dollar, framed as a remark on cultural or political authority.
Kingpin Pierpont Electrocuted at Ohio Penitentiary
Harry Pierpont nicknamed the brains of the Dillinger mob died in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary. The 32 year old killer sat to death in the guarded high stockade after planning the Michigan City jailbreak and the Lima sheriff murder that freed Dillinger. He faced the end with a faint smile and gave no last words.
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Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Ohio Penitentiary
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Pierpont
Michigan City
Ind
Jessie Levy
Indianapolis
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Jess Sarber
Lima
Bluffton
Makley
Notable American Columnist Arthur Brisbane Featured
The Globe publishes Arthur Brisbane's widely read column with his daily opinions. The notes mention Lloyd George and former French president Millerand contributing articles on King Alexander's assassination.
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America
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Globe
Lloyd George
Monsieur Millerand
France
Alexander
Serbia
Marseille
Reserve heads plan to fight bank program
Federal reserve officials meet secretly to study potential banking changes and prepare counter proposals to curb new deal legislation seen in the upcoming Congress. The recovery commission discusses government ownership and other reforms as Congress may convene in January.
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United Press
Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve
Congress
Federal Reserve Recovery Commission
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Cloudy and colder tonight with partly cloudy conditions Thursday in Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico unsettled and cooler tonight with generally 16 degree temperature extremes today between 61 and 65. John Maynard Jr. listed as contact for NRA remodeling and HOLC repair plane at phone 285.
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West Texas
Eoger
New Mexico
John Maynard Jr, Co
NRA
Huey to trial centennial set December in murder case
Arthur Huey Hutchinson County tax collector will stand trial in Canadian on December 10 for the murder of A. P. Borger in Borger on August 31. A change of venue was ordered after a two day hearing on the state's motion amid claims of biased Hutchinson County jurors.
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Hutchinson County
Huey
Flier Dies As Plane Crashes At Sea In Mid Atlantic
A film-recovery plane with six aboard wrecked near a ship off the New York area. One mechanic, Harry W. Johnson of New York, was lost. Five others Eddie Beek Marion Grevenberg Jack Kuhne George Smith and Radio Operator Robinson survived with shock or injuries. The ship proceeded to New York with the rescued men as the search for Johnson continued.
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Washington
Marseilles
Eddie Beek
Marion Grevenberg
Jack Kuhne
George Smith
Robinson
Harry W. Johnson
New York
Johnson
Fleck
MacDonald Waite
Grevenberg
Four Panhandle youths join U S Army infantry
Four young Panhandle men left last night to enlist in the United States Army infantry at Port Francis FE. They include Leo McClain of 00 North Harrison Street Leker L Smith of Pritch Raymond EF Lloyd of Whittenburg and Joseph E Caskey of Borger with Sgt R E B Forsythe paying today.
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Port
Francis FE
Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sgt
R. EB
Forsythe
Leo McClain
North Harrison Street
Leker L. Smith
Pritch
Raymond EF
Lloyd
Whittenburg
Joseph E. Caskey
Borger
Roosevelt to Request More Housing Money
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that his coming Congress recommendations will include a large expansion of housing projects tied to relief efforts. He said the housing program would fit with a new public works plan and, despite limits on moving industrial unemployed to small farms, the administration aims to save lives under the first arrangement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Farm Administration
Peace Not War Seen After Assassination
Paria Yugoslavia and France react to the assassination of King Alexander and Louis Barthou with cautious steps toward peace. Jugoslavia seeks information on suspects. Mussolini signals solidarity with Jugoslavia amid anti Italian sentiment and an attack on an Italian consular official.
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Alexander of
Jugoslavia
Louis Barthou
France
Europe
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Belajevo
Budapest
Hungary
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Kidnaper Praised For Gentlemanly Treatment Of Victim
Louisville report details Alice Stoll kidnapping by Thomas H. Robinson Jr and his wife. Robinson guarded Stoll in Indianapolis while ransom arranged in Nashville. FBI official says agents waited until victim’s safety before acting, noting Mrs Robinson briefly cooperative. Mrs Stoll’s condition improved after ordeal.
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Robinson
Nashville
Thomas H. Robinson, Sr
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