Butcher Slays Two Women and Hacks Bodies to Bits
Henry Molly, a former butcher and commercial artist from New Iberia Louisiana, is believed to have killed his wife Theresa Alfano Moity and his brother Joseph Moity’s wife Leona Lee Moity using a two foot long knife. Police hunted Molly as bodies were found in trunks with severed limbs arranged around torsos. Joseph Molly surrendered, saying jealousy fueled the killings. Frank Kimmell is held for questioning after his name was found near the scene.
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Henry Molly
New Iberia
Louisiana
Molly
Theresa Alfano Moity
Leona Lee Moity
Joseph
Joseph Molly
Henry
Frank Kimmell
Theresa Molly
Tactful Texan Receives Sharp Tales From Amarillo
A column features anecdotes from Amarillo including a sheriff’s remark on hotel guests and a Scot from Scotland named Sandy McTavish. The piece covers oil prices, trial marriages, a golf claim, local deaths, and a mayoral future, with notes on a PT A carnival at San Jacinto school and a hunting knife gift from the Amarillo Hardware 5y.
Texas Girl Stowaway to Be Returned
Miss Betty Simpson a 24 year old Brownsville Texas girl stowed away on the steamship President Polk sailing from San Francisco toward Honolulu. She was transferred at sea to the Maui which will reach San Francisco on November 1. Her scrapbook shows about 47 000 miles of travel since leaving her father's ranch near Brownsville three years ago with much of it as a stowaway.
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Associated Press
Maui
Betty Simpson
Brownsville
Texas
President Polk
San Francisco
Honolulu
Old Tack's Vision for a Bigger Better Amarillo
A list of public policy goals for Amarillo including lower utility rates, improved parks, a municipal pool, urban improvements, bus routes, and tighter regulation of law enforcement driving through signals. Calls for Bivins lake opening, new viaducts, more thoroughfares to San Jacinto, and more industries to boost livability and affordability.
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Bivins Lake
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Everhart Refuses to Name Bond Source in Teapot Dome Trial
Justice Siddons sustains Everhart refusal to reveal the source of 230500 Liberty bonds tied to the Teapot Dome case. The son-in-law of Albert Fall invokes immunity concerns and declines multiple questions about loans, stock, and dealings with Harry F. Sinclair, ending without cross-examination.
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Fall
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Siddons
M. T. Everhart
Albert B. Fall
Everhart
Secretary of the Interior
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Deme
Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
Tres Ritos Cattle and Land Company
M. B. Thatcher
Pueblo
Tres Ritos Cattle Company
Sinclair
Tres Ritos Company
George P. Hoover
Tom Thumb Wedding and city letters to Tack
Reader letters to Tack recount the Tom Thumb Wedding at First Baptist Church with Vera Joyce Genten and local figures named, plus praise for Tack's support and plans for a larger production. Other pages praise Amarillo nightlife contrasts with Missouri, complain about hard water, stray dogs, and ask Tack to address public nuisances.
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Erasmus Tack
News-Globe
Tack
First Baptist Church
Vera Joyce Genten
Helen Strité
Amarillo College of Music
Poetic reflections and notices from a Northern paper
A collaged page includes a Edgar A. Guest poem about virtue and judgment, a request by Mrs. Reid from Dexter New Mexico seeking work for a negro couple, and a reader letter from Bobbie Fitzsimmons asking the Globe circulation issue be investigated with a playful reminiscence about being a newsboy.
Texas Grammar Frog Humour in Rural Verse
A lighthearted, regional verse about a frog with whimsical grammar errors. The speaker jokes about the frog’s hops and croaks, noting it has little sense or tail and sits on what it lacks, in a playful rural voice.
Local builder critique overhangs city hangar plans
Irrigation plant complaint notes a sub irrigation project and urges visit to Cotton Oil mill east of the city to inspect two buildings as ideal hangar sites. Accuses air industry group of ignoring local services and prefers home experts over out of town firms.
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Phillimayork
Home Fire Burning and City Building Idea
A letter from M. M. Roche to Amarillo advocates a substantial city through the Home Fire burning concept. The exchange affirms agreement with Mr Roche and author expresses strong sincerity about urban growth in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
M. M. Roche
Mr. Roche
Dempsey Tunney Fight Fallout Sparks Letters Controversy
IRE of Wanderer signed column in The Globe is cited over alleged bias in fight coverage. The writer argues the photos favored Dempsey and calls for an end to postmatch excuses while noting fans cannot get refunds.
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Erasmus
Globe
Wanderer
Dempsey
Wright
Thankless Courtesy on a Crowded City Bus
A reader recalls a rude incident on a south loop bus. A well dressed older woman refused a seat and glared at others while a Woolworths worker girl offered kindness, prompting concerns about future generations' manners and courtesy.
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Tack
South Loop
Woolworth’s
Calles Cancels Arm Purchase Reprisal Rule
Mexican President Calles has withdrawn the decree from last May that barred government departments from buying from the United States in reprisal for the U S embargo on certain Mexican government shipments. The rest discusses Eskimo tribe beliefs about temper lying marriage and possession.
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Calles
Associated Press
Mexico City
United States
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Bobbie) Fitzsimmons
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