Weather and local notes brighten Amarillo page
Scattered showers will clear by Thursday with a general rain staying light. Mrs. Jude Bivins is recovering well after Temple surgery and will stay about two weeks. Jude Bivins toured a 1 200 acre cattle ranch in South Carolina where cowboys walked to herd cattle. A sandstorm photo from Black Texas is featured with reader submissions. A rummage sale for the First Christian Church begins Tuesday at 413 East Fourth Avenue. An Amarillo football game pits the Badgers against Lubbock Freshmen at Butler Field. Duck and goose season opens next week after recent rain totals across the Plains. Wolflin School seeks a Radiola trade or sale and invites telephone contact.
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Jude Bivins
Temple
First Christian Church
East Fourth Avenue
County Jail Shakedown Follows Escape Ringed by Lockdown
A county jail conducted a recent shakedown after four prisoners escaped by sawing through a tank, with officers reporting no contraband found. In other news, Sammy O Neil, about 20, was acquitted by a 47th District Court jury of burglary tied to an Amarillo gun shop looting case. O Neal had been brought in from Tulsa weeks earlier.
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Potter County
Sammy O'Neil
Amarillo
O'Neal
Tulsa
Mad Man Continues Kidnapping Case Developments
Federal agents reported only 500 pounds recovered as the investigation into a kidnapping widens. Mrs. Robinson was questioned after Mrs. Stoll was found near Scottsburgh Indiana with two Stoll relatives. The Stolls praised the family for aiding the victim’s protection and met investigators at the federal building.
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Robinson
Stoll
Fedral
Scottsburgh
Ind
Gre
Alice
Amarillo man dies from Vernon crash injuries
Vernon Texas October 17 R L Luttrell 42 of Amarillo died yesterday from injuries after a auto overturn on a highway near Vernon. His brother in law Ben Weyrick remains in critical condition with brain concussion. Luttrell formerly of Amarillo and a collector for John Deere Implement Company lived at 1600 Line Avenue. His widow and two children survive.
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Vernon
Tex
R. U. Luttrell
Amarillo
California
Luttrell
R. M. Luttrell
K. V. Delacy
Ben Weyrick
Weyrick
Eldorado
John Deere Implement Company
Line Avenue
Robinson described as unable to resist crimes in 1930 notes
Nashville reports detail Thomas H. Robinson Jr who kidnapped Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. Dr. E. W. Cocke calls him a man who cannot resist temptation and recounts hospital records, education, marriages, and a Louisville job after release. Federal agents escorted to safety after pursuit.
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Robinson
Nashville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
E. W. Cocke
Western State Hospital
Bolivar
Young Robinson
T. H. Robinson
Cocke
Vanderbilt University
Louisville
Stoll Re- Stoll
C. C. Stoll
Nashville Associates
Letters to Tack Seek First Job and College Plan
A young man fresh from high school writes seeking employment and plans to attend Amarillo College of Music and Art. He notes limited experience but expresses determination to start work while pursuing his studies.
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Tack
Amarillo College of Music and Art
Major Owen Boulter Held for Grand Jury
Major Owen Boulter a 62 year old Spanish American War veteran who broke two post office windows last week is held in Potter County jail awaiting action by the next federal grand jury ordered by U S District Attorney Clyde O Fastus of Fort Worth. He was penniless and hoped the break would gain him food shelter and a place to sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Boulter
Potter County
U. S
Clyde O. Fastus
Fort Worth
Boulter
Justice agents pursue alleged kidnapper in six day search
The U S Department of Justice details a six day effort to free Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll from a brutal kidnapper. They identify Thomas H Robinson Jr a 27 year old former attorney's clerk as the suspected kidnapper and race to prevent harm to Stoll.
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Washington
Alice Speed Stoll
Department of Justice
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Mrs. Stoll
Red Cross Hear Miss Gimmestad and Mr Keis ker
Red Cross officials reviewed the past year and outlined plans for the coming year at Amarillo with Wilbur C. Hawk presiding. Miss Gimmestad reported a 2 percent drop in Midwestern area memberships since 1929 and noted Texas chapters gained 13 607 enrollments last year.
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Miss Gimmestad
Red Cross
America
Gimmestad
Texas
Junk Dealer's Son Held for $20,000 Ransom
In the Bronx a 23 year old Lewis Esposito, son of a wealthy junk dealer, is held by kidnappers for a $20,000 ransom. Federal agents and police are closing in on the case as they near the Hauptmann Lindbergh abduction investigation.
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New York
Bronx
Lewis Esposito
Bruno Hauptmann
Amarillo Waterworks Project to Start Within Days
Amarillo plans a waterworks improvement funded by a 186000 Public Works Administration loan. City manager H R Smith issued work orders and about 250 men will be hired through the Federal Reemployment Agency for the project, with winter work anticipated. First loan installment of 95000 was approved, and tax rate setting was postponed to a 11 o clock meeting at city hall tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Public Works Administration
H. R. Smith
East Fifth Avenue
Ross D. Rogers
Italian youth held after extortion letter to Armour vice president
Chicago officials announced the capture of 18 year old Dominic Bausano who extorted 3000 from Isaac M. Hoagland of Armour & Company. Purvis and U S agents described a letter threatening to kill Hoagland and his daughter Doris. Hoagland, 52, is a sales executive and Armour vice president.
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Chicago
U.P
Department of Justice
Isaac M. Hoagland
Armour & Company
Melvin H. Purvis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dominic Bausano
Hoagland
Bausano
Purvis
Doris
Centennial tax proceeds debate for Cameron centennial
The Cameron centennial faces funding questions as legislators discuss diverting portions of the gasoline tax to a Centennial fund. Governor Stevenson had provided for the centennial, but no plan to raise funds was opened. The Senate then moved to Brazos River development after the Colorado River bill, while the House recessed at 3 PM to consider tax penalty and interest remittance bills.
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Jesse James
Cameron
Stevenson
Bil
Senate
Brazos River
House
Gangster shoots and capture linked to Dillinger escape
In Tucson on January 25 1934 Pierpont Makley and Clark were captured with Dillinger. Pierpont and Makley were sentenced to death for the Sarber killing while Clark received a life term. Makley was later killed by Ohio penitentiary riot squad after attempting an escape.
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Pierpont
Clark
Wilbur Sharpe
Dillinger
Darnell Denied New Hearing in Amarillo Murder Case
A. C. Darnell, an Amarillo machine works employee, must serve a four year term for the killing of Marvin Sissom in an October 9 1933 auto collision. The State Court of Criminal Appeals denied a plea for a new hearing after affirming the district court conviction.
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A. C. Darnell
Amarillo
Marvin Sissom
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Darnell
47Th
Sissom
CWA
Henry S. Bishop
Bishop
Peace honors to the king as his body sails to Split
Britain offers a cautious diplomatic overture as the Peace ship traverses Italian waters from Marseille toward Split. Hitler stays silent while Laval plans a London and Rome tour to press for Yugoslav Italian friendship and resumed disarmament, with Simon potentially visiting.
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Marseille
Split
Jugoslavia
Great Britain
Rome
Belgrade
John Simon
Barthou
London
Italy
Sir John Simon
Simon
Ramsay MacDonald
Markets report from Kansas City and New Orleans cotton
Kansas City markets show cattle and sheep listings with steady to weak tones across classes. Cattle calf and drouth lots trade slow to steady. top prices listed for choice fed steers and heavy heifers. New Orleans cotton opens steady with slight gains led by December to May futures and support from short covering and overseas demand.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Market Recovers From Morning Lows As Stocks Rally Shares
Prices eased in the second hour amid thinning demand and some pullback from early gains. December slumped to 12.42, March to 12.54, May to 12.60, off 5 to 7 points from highs. near noon a rebound of 1 to 2 points occurred as shorts covered.
Buick Winter Protection Promotes Eveready Prestone
The ad urges Buick owners to use Eveready Prestone to prevent cold weather damage such as cracked cylinders and frozen water jackets. It claims two way protection against freeze up and rust, odorless formula, and no car finish damage, with a dealer price chart and National Carbon Company guarantee. The note cites Amarillo’s average freezing date around October 29th and encourages immediate use.
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Buick
National Carbon Company, Inc
Amarillo
Eveready Prestone
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Panhandle
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Penn Road
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Roane
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Joseph Tead
Vee
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N Sane
Stewert-Warner Tees
Huey
Hemphill County
H. M. Hood
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van Dyck
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Woolworth
Ree
Rsd
Rey
PRTC
Eh al Te Rite Ca
Lec
Ecole
Gounew Radio
W.L. Finkler Electric CO
10Th and Pierce
Holger
Lewis Hardware Co
Bovina
Leake Bros
Pinson Electric Co
Childress
Reid BH
Scott Drew
Clarendon
H. C. Kerbow & Sons
Plainview
T. J. Shelton Radio Sales & Service
Petersburg
Pampa
Texas Furniture Co
Perryton
Shindler Drug Co
T. S. Garner & Sons
Hiwe
Ralls
Tex Ford & Cook Shattuck
Okla
al Perrin Stratford
Armstrong Motor Co
Spearman
Jimmie Davin Shamrock
Benson-Hamilton Howe
Pfurniture Co
Spur
Leon Love
Silverton
Silverton Drug Store
Texhoma
Crawford Pharmacy
Warnoka
Floyd Furniture Co
Wellington
Wrenk’s Purniture Woodward
Melonald Drug
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