Then a Fight and a Song on the Zeppelin Visit
Arthur Brisbane reviews reactions to a Zeppelin visit at Lakehurst, noting a mixed entertainment of boxing and songs and reflecting on prize fighting and civilization. The piece highlights Senator Bingham's alertness, future air freight tech, and a federal official’s dramatic Lakehurst ascent.
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Bingham Alert
Lakehurst
Europe
America
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Washington
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Youthful Slayer Faces Trial in Eastland Death
In Eastland Texas on October 19 a murder trial moves forward as Thomas Davis 17 faces murder charges in the Shook brothers deaths at a Leeray cabin. Clyde Thompson awaiting a new trial after death sentence. Davis allegedly accompanied Thompson with his 12 year old brother Woodrow Wilson but stayed outside.
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Eastland
Texas
Thomas Davis
Lucian Shook
Clyde Thompson
Shook
Leon
Leeray
Thompson
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Davis
Radio political broadcasts listed for tonight
The Associated Press notes that Democratic Governor Smith appears from Chicago at 9 p m over WEAF and Coast to Coast Red with John W. Davis and Babe Ruth at 10 30 p m on WJZ and Coast to Coast Blue. Republican Senator Charles Curtis campaigns from Trenton New Jersey at 8 30 p m on KQLI. Times are Eastern.
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Associated Press
New York
Smith
Chicago
WEAF
Italian Gang Warfare Renewed In St. Louis Killing
Joseph Monti a 28 year old salesman was shot dead near his home in what appears to be a renewed Italian gang war in St Louis. The gunman fled in an automobile after the ambush which followed a janitor's remark that the slayer and Monti rode together. Ten gang related deaths have occurred in fifteen months.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Joseph Monti
Monti
Boy Killed in Pampa Car Crash Near White Deer
The Associated Press reports 13 year old Henry Clayton Mauldin died after a touring car he drove went over an embankment near White Deer, injuring him. the crash occurred yesterday and he died in a Pampa hospital.
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Associated Press
Pampa
Tex
White Deer
Henry Clayton Mauldin
Burned body of missing air mail pilot found
The burned airplane and the cremated body of air mail pilot William C. Hopson were recovered three miles east of Polk Pennsylvania. Hopson, on the New York to Cleveland mail run, was sighted by residents at 2 am earlier, when a bright light was reported.
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Associated Press
Polk, Pa
Air Mail
William C. Hopson
Here
Hopson
New York
Cleveland
Madame Chernoff Concludes Amarillo Beauty Classes With Show
The beauty program in Amarillo ends today with Madame Chernoff lecturing to women, a lingerie revue by La Mode, and prize drawings following recent talks to hundreds. Earlier she addressed about 700 at Palo Duro Furniture on color psychology and spoke to over a thousand at the Auditorium about timidity and nervousness.
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Amarillo
Globe-News
Madame Chernoff
la Mode
Palo Duro
Berkeley coed Jewel Irwin dies by gas suicide
Jewel Irwin a 20 year old University of California student reportedly took her life by gas in Berkeley. The death is said to be the third family suicide within months with brother Frank J Irwin dying by gas in Glendale last March and sister in law Kathleen Hays committing suicide in St Louis recently.
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United Press
Los Angles
Jewel Irwin
University At Berkeley
Frank J. Irwin
Glendale
Kathleen Hays
St. Louis
Denver Banker Dies in Atlantic City Plane Crash
A sightseeing flight over Atlantic City ended in a crash blamed on a frightened passenger who seized the controls. W Octave Chanute, Denver investment banker and convention delegate to the Investment Bankers Association, died in hospital two hours after the crash. Four other passengers were injured.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
W. Octave Chanute
Denver
New Denver & South Plains Line Set for Opening
Seven lower Panhandle counties prepare to celebrate the New Denver and South Plains railway as it begins operations next month. The line will join the Fort Worth and Denver City system November 10 with receptions November 20-21 along the route. Delegations from Estelline Turkey Quitoque Silverton Dimmitt Sterley Junction and Lubbock greet passengers at Childress and inspect the line spanning Hall Briscoe Floyd Hale Castro and Lubbock counties.
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Associated Press
Childress
Texas
Panhandle
Denver & South Plains Railway
Fort Worth
Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Estelline
Turkey
Quitoque
Silverton
Dimmitt
Sterley Junction
Lubbock
Hall, Briscoe
Floyd
Hale
Castro
Validity of Fall Deals Challenged
Secretary West orders a full inquiry into oil contracts made by Former Secretary Fall. The Lewistown Oil & Refining Co contract for Cat Creek Montana oil with a renewal option was not advertised, raising questions about other similar agreements. Further records review underway to identify additional cases.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Interior
West
Sargent
Salt Creek
Cat Creek
Montana
Lewistown Oil & Refining Company
Department
Sportsmen to Meet Tonight at City Hall
Amarillo sportsmen from the City League and affiliates are summoned to a 7:30 p m meeting in the city commissioners room to plan a Biological Survey data check on duck populations and hunting yields. Game Warden Sam Turner and City League members will report on rescuing hundreds of thousands of fish from nearby streams.
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Amarillo
H. City League
City Commissioners Room
Bob Ames
Sam Turner
City League
Real Estate for Sale calls for winter home investments
Winter is near and buying land or a home is framed as building an estate. The notice urges readers to shop in the Real Estate for Sale columns and call 4676 for details, presenting foundational steps and small payments leading to ownership.
New Legion Chief Didn't Get to France
Bloomington Ind October 19 The new national commander of the American Legion is a veteran whose World War service was essential though not spectacular or exciting Colonel Paul v McNutt aged 57 will lead the soldiers organization in its postwar activities He did not see combat in France during the conflict but served in other crucial capacities within the war effort.
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Bloomington
Ind
American Legion
Paul *v. McNutt
Soldiers’ of
Silver Must Die in Chair in Texas Murder Case
J R Bob Silver to be electrocuted at Huntsville State prison on October 26 for his role in the Fort Worth holdup and murder of Roscoe Wilson on January 31, 1927. Governor Moody says he will not intervene further.
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Austin
Tex
J. R
Bob) Silver
Hunteville State Prison
Roscoe Wilson
Fort Worth
Moody
Pampa Youth Struck Chasing Chicken Injured
Nine year old Hope McCarty was hit by a car while chasing a chicken across a White Deer street. He sustained severe injuries and was hospitalized in Pampa. The notice includes local business contact lines for John Maynard Lumber and Griggs Ambulance.
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Associated Press
Pampa
Tex
White Deer
Hope McCarty
White-Faced Boy of 20 Hanged for Murder of Child
William Edward Hickman, age twenty, was hanged at San Quentin for the Marion Parker murder. The execution occurred at 10:10 a.m. after a solemn procession from the death cage to the gallows chamber. Officials, witnesses, and clergy observed the long ritual ending with Hickman stepping on the trap and the noose released.
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Gerald P. Overton
United Press
DEATH
San Quentin State Prison
Calif
William Edward Hickman
California
Marion Parker
James Holohan
Hickman
William A. Fleming
San Rafael
Molohan
Hangman
Father Fleming
Atepe
Why I Killed Marion Parker Excerpt Themes
An article fragment cites the book Why I Killed Marion Parker and Romany with a reference to The Fox about impending execution. It also quotes Romans chapters 1 and 2 portraying backbiters and disobedient, linking crime to moral judgment.
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Marion Parker
Parentea
Masked hangman executes youth in Potter County case
The scene describes a hangman preparing to execute a youth as witnesses look on. The condemned man’s face is pale from months of imprisonment while guards bind him to prevent movement on the trap. A black cloth mask covers the hangman’s head.
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Hickman
Indiana anti saloon league head pardoned before penal sentence
Dr. E. S. Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana anti saloon League was pardoned by Governor Ed Jackson after beginning a sixty day term for contempt of the Indiana supreme court. He must also pay a $250 fine. The pardon came before reaching Putnamville state penal farm and ends a nearly two year effort to avoid imprisonment.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Ed Jackson
Indiana Antisaloon League
Indiana Supreme Court
Shumaker
Supreme Court
Dry League
Indiana
League
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