Dick Herwig Out of Shadow of 15 Year Team
A full pardon is granted to Dick Herwig chief of police of Borger by Governor M E Trapp of Oklahoma. Herwig had been convicted of manslaughter in a 1926 oil field arrest shooting and sought clemency after appeals and a prior acquittal and a hung jury. Local officials and a Hutchinson county sheriff supported clemency.
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Dick Herwig
Borger
M. E. Trapp
Oklahoma
Herwig
Osage County
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals
Edward M. Box
Trapp
Attorney General’s Office
John King
George F. Short
Attorney General's Office
Owens
Hutchinson County
Central Indiana floods threaten farm lowlands after torrential rain
Rivers and streams swollen by a storm threaten thousands of acres of floodplains across central Indiana. Record rainfall near midnight of 4.51 inches disrupted rail service through Indianapolis to Tipton Richmond and Kokomo with washouts and damaged lines. Fire crews dynamited a dam at Cambridge City as water rose behind it while Whitewater river levels neared 1913 flood highs.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tipton
Richmond
Frankfort
Crawfordsville
Terre Haute
Kokomo
Cambridge City
Man makes wife his own mother in law trial set
Toledo fireman Harry Hendrickson 25 is bound over to a grand jury on a statutory charge after neighbors reported he lived with two wives. He faces bigamy in Marshall Illinois where he allegedly married Oralee Schaffer, 15, daughter of his wife Ruth in a prior marriage.
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The
Associated Press
Toledo
Harry Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Marshall
Illinois
Ruth Schaffer Hendrickson
Oralee Schaffer
Sikes Leads In Country Club Dinner Tournament
Walter Sikes' squad leads at noon with a two point edge in the dinner tournament at the country club. About twenty teams remain to play before tomorrow night when the losing side pays for the winners' dinners. Dough Herring captains the trailing team.
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Walter Sikes
Dough Herring
Woman Walks Mile for Aid After Arm Shattered
Eva Scott, mother of two, walked a mile with a severely injured arm after a shotgun exploded in a car near Big Spring. She reached help while in shock. doctors later amputated the arm. The scene contrasts with farmer statements about costs of living and global waste.
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Associated Press
Big Spring
Eva Scott
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Tonight and Friday partly cloudy in Amarillo and vicinity and across West Texas. Today’s temperature extremes reached 66 and 91 degrees, versus 61 and 87 a year ago. See John about building. John Maynard Lumber Co., Phone 8820, 6th and Jefferson.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
John
John Maynard Lbr, Co
6Th and Jefferson
Texas convict farms and prison labor criticized by Rotary speaker
Mrs. Elizabeth Speer of the Texas commission on prisons and prison labor outlined harsh conditions aboard Texas prison farms and penitentiaries. She noted 89,000 acres under penitentiary control with 50,000 cultivated, high food costs, and millions in deficits. The report cited illiteracy, early schooling gaps, age distribution, widespread disease, and many ex-service members among convicts.
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Texas
Rotary Club
Elizabeth Speer
Texas Commission On Prisons and
Realtors Out Determined to End R.1 Drive
Real estate agents marched in the city to end the Rock Island right of way fund drive. They met with Mayor Lee Bivins to distribute subscriber lists and declared a two day holiday to push the fundraising over the top. Martha Washington Candies advertised for sale at Hohl's Store on Polk Street.
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Rock Island
Lee Bivins
Martha Washington
Hohl’s
Polk Street
Carthage Woman Is Texas First Woman Senator
Miss E. Neal of Carthage won the second senatorial district convention race defeating Gary B. Sanford of Timpson to become Texas' first woman senator. The district includes Panola Gregg Harrison Rusk and Shelby counties with Neal's majority at 2381.
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The
Associated Press
Carthage
Texas
Miss E. Neal
Gary B. Sanford
Timpson
Panola
Gregg
Harrison
Rusk
Shelby
Miss Neal
Palisades canyon to open as Panhandle home sites
The Palisades in Palo Duro Canyon ten miles south of Amarillo will be opened on September 6 and 7. A development company plans to build a dam creating a mile long lake, stock the waters, and add two golf courses. Roads will traverse the canyon as it becomes a new city-like community with scenic home sites. Lieut R H Gray will present an aerial show at 1:30 PM each afternoon.
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Palisades
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
Madsen Ranch
Panhandle
R. H. Gray
Armed Robbers Hold Up Mexicans in City Hotel
Two men entered the Mexican hotel at First and Lincoln streets at 11 15 last night and robbed three Mexicans. Carlos Galindo was struck with a pistol but saved his money by throwing it under a couch. Jesus Aguilar and Juan Martinez were forced against the wall and robbed of all valuables.
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Lincoln
Carlos Galindo
Jesus Aguilar
Juan Martinez
Prairie Buys Half Interest In Shamrock Oil Deal
Shamrock Petroleum sells half its interest to Prairie Oil & Gas for 1.5 million dollars in a deal described as half cash and half oil. Prairie takes over drilling and leases with five wells in Gray and Hutchinson counties producing about 1000 barrels per day. Shamrock, capitalized at 1.2 million, holds acreage in Moore Gray Hutchinson and Collinsworth counties and includes the old Clark Baldridge interests in Pampa field. Stockholders include Mrs Olive Childers and Amarillo's C M Humphreys with listed partners.
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Panhandle
Shamrock Petroleum Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Olive Shilders
Prairie Company
Shamrock Company
Moore
Gray
Hutchinson
Collinsworth
Gray and
Oshkosh Triumphs Over Olathe Onion Skinners in Denver
Oshkosh defeated Olathe Colorado 14 to 8 in a free hitting Denver morning game. Olathe exits the Denver Post tournament with nine clubs remaining. Tournament organizers expect two more morning games to finish a doubleheader Sunday.
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Globe
Denver
Oshkosh
Nebraska
Gosh
Olathe
Colorado
Onion Skinners
Denver Post
Move to Quash Van Sweringen Charge Is Made
A motion to quash the information charging Dr. Walter Van Sweringen with procuring was filed in county court this morning by his attorneys. The motion argues the offense is not covered by any statute and questions the court’s jurisdiction. Judge Sam B. Motlow reserved decision until tomorrow. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is Famous For Food.
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Walter van Sweringen
Sam B. Motlow
Body of Man Believed Tortured to Death Found Near Chicago Heights
Police in Chicago report the body of a man found in a field near Chicago Heights. Believed killed in a bootlegger war, authorities say the victim was tortured with fire gasoline and a rope. Clothing burned and identification difficult. Seven related deaths noted in the suburb.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Panhandle Auto Club Drives to Record Membership
The Panhandle Auto Club readies its organizational meeting at 10 tomorrow in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The drive, started yesterday, has exceeded its quota with over 100 members counted and believed to reach 250. The club will affiliate with the AAA and Texas Automobile Association and issue AAA signs to members who gain full nationwide privileges. Officers and directors will be elected and the club charter requested at the meeting.
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Panhandle Auto Club
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
Panhandle Club
MacNider Heads to San Antonio for Legion Talk
Col Han ford MacNider assistant secretary of war left Hatboxfield Muskogee at 9 55 am by airplane for San Antonio. He expects a seven hour flight and will deliver the principal address at the Texas state convention of the American Legion on September 8. The same plane carries him on an official tour of army posts in the Southwest.
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Enlu
Sam
Philippine Islands
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Associated
Ress) Muskoder
Okla
Hanford MacNider
Hatboxfield
Muskogee
San Antonio
Here
MavNider
Texas
The
American Legion
Southwest
Woman 78 slain by feeble minded grandson
Mrs Flora Richards 76 was stabbed to death at her London home. Her twenty year old grandson Paul Wees, who had lived with her since infancy, confessed to the killing. Authorities say the youth is feeble minded.
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the Globe
London
Flora Richards
Paul Wees
Inland dirigible TC-5 begins Ohio flight after Shenandoah disaster
The army airship TC-5, a semi rigid craft from Langley field, starts from Wilbur Wright field in Dayton at 1 35 p m EST refueling en route to Scott field Illinois. It flies over Belpre Athens and Washington Court House tracing the Shenandoah route and marks inland trials since the disaster.
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Shenandoah
The
Associated Press
Dayton
Wilbur Wright Field
Scott Field
Belleville
Illinois
Army
Ohio
Langley Field
Virginia
Ilinois
Belpre
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Athens
Washington Court House
Washington
Sophomore Enrollment Tops Amarillo High Classifications
The Amarillo high school completed classifications for its sophomores this morning bringing total sophomore enrollment to about 850 with yesterday’s figures. Eighteen out of town pupils were classified today. Freshmen classifications follow, with irregular classifications to be done tomorrow. Total enrollment reached nearly 700 by noon.
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Amarillo
Consul Reports Azores Quake Disaster Details
American Consul Remillard in the Azores cabled that nine deaths are officially recorded and about 200 wounded with many unreported. Ninety percent of homes are uninhabitable, with thirteen Fayal villages largely destroyed. Continuous shocks, housing shortage, and upcoming rainy seasons threaten reconstruction and hardship.
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Associated Press
Washington
Remillard
Floria
Azores
State Department
Fayal
Famous For Food Amarillo Hotel Event Sparks Attention
A scrambled OCR item references an Amarillo hotel and a “Famous For Food” theme with Panhard and a meeting place. Readable details are limited, but the fragment indicates a local event at a hotel in Amarillo centered on food.
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Republican Party
Amelia Patterson
Frank Farrington
Union
Peabody Coal Company
Gertrude Ederle
Webb
Ederle
New Jersey
International Advertising Association
Oberamergau
H. H. McQuilkin
Orange
National Industrial Conference Board
GOV. Trapp
Peoria
Ill
Kickapoo Creek
Pottstown
Akron
Prairie
Shamrock
Wheatley
Ament
Kinderman
McCabe
Lute
A. Hyland
Honeycut and
Clark
van Sweringen
Amarillo Hotel
Auto Club
Macnider
Santone
FE. P. Hubbard
Steinway
J. W. Jenkins’ Sons Music Co
Burk
Noble County
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