Begged Girlfriend To Marry Him In Murder Case Testimony
Neal Myers testified in Norman Oklahoma that he did not kill Marion Mills, 19, a OU beauty queen. He described Marian as popular and said he loved her and offered marriage, while detailing events at Hazel Brown’s apartment and his flight after the death.
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Norman
Okla
Neal Myers
Marion Mills
University of Oklahoma
P. B. Myers
el Reno
University
Hezel Brown Duplex
Marian
Neal
James Rinehert
Myers
Rinehart
University School of Pharmacy
Delia Upsilon
Hazel Brown
Marian Mills
Miss Mills
New Mexico
Canyon Still Conceals Man From Officers
A posse pursued Fort Durham in Palo Duro Canyon near Claude after he reemerged on the rim following three days evading Panhandle authorities. Durham, armed and poorly clad, fled deeper into the canyon as bloodhounds were sought. He and accomplice Tense Martin are linked to the Elmer Barnes killing. Martin is jailed and Durham is the subject of a continued search amid harsh weather and hunger. A woman believed to be Durham’s wife surrendered after Martin’s capture.
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Palo Duro
Claude
Fort Durham
Durham
Martin
Brunson
Elmer Barnes
Wellington
Tense Martin
Memphis
Childress
McLean
War officials aid arms sale
The Senate munitions committee showed the War Department in 1929 helped the Driggs Ordnance and Engineering Company of New York obtain secret designs for rapid fire anti aircraft guns to boost its U S facilities. Louis L Driggs testified the company did business in Denmark Turkey Greece Lithuania and various South American nations and had 40 years in the munitions field. He said foreign work began in 1925 with a Polish order and that War Department cooperation was 100 percent, insensitive to government plants. Senator Vandenberg accused the department of preferring American business over safeguarding designs.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Munitions Committee
War Department
Driggs Ordnance and Engineering Company
New York
United States
Louis L. Driggs
Denmark
Turkey
Greece
Lithuania
Poland
Driggs Company
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Driggs
Newspaperman Guilford Shot Down in Gang Style
Howard Guilford a 40 year old former newspaper editor and press freedom advocate was shot to death by gunmen in a South Side Minneapolis street incident. A witness described a car with yellow plates as the getaway. Guilford had survived a prior seven year ago attack and led publications that attacked gambling.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Howard Guilford
Guilford
Sinclair Talks With President Hyde Park Visit
Upton Sinclair Democratic nominee for California governor met with the President at Hyde Park. The interview was extended from one hour to two hours, with Sinclair recounting a generally close alignment on views. The article notes an unresolved difference in mental operations between Sinclair and the President and hints at Sinclair’s controversial stance on human betterment.
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Upton Sinclair
California
Hyde Park
Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair
League to refer Chaco war to assembly
The League of Nations Council voted to refer the Paraguay Bolivia dispute to the league assembly. Bolivia asked for examination and stated it had complied with Article 15 covenant conditions prompting intervention. A separate item notes a killer suspect arrested in Borger over the shooting of Charles Payton, former Gorger policeman, who died Sunday.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
League Assembly
Borger
Charles Payton
Gorger
Payton
Firedestroyed hangar at Love Field harms four planes
Dallas reports a privately owned hangar at Love Field burned to the ground destroying four aircraft and a machine shop. Estimated damage ranges from 15000 to 30000 dollars with the cause still undetermined.
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Dallas
Love Field
Textile strike leaders urge federal troops in conflict
President Roosevelt's mediation board moves to end the textile dispute as 10 lives are lost and more than 390000 workers idle. National Guardsmen guard mills from Alabama to Maine while flying pickets threaten clashes with mill guards. Gov. Winant and the board plan sessions to seek a quick settlement amid talks of martial law and a possible general strike.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Mediation Board
National Guardsmen
South
Francis J. Gorman
East Gorman
iBy United Press
President's Peace Board
New England
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Maine
Massachusetts
Hugh G. Winant
New Hampshire
Dentists Open Two Day Meet With Tri State Presence
The West Texas Dental Society begins its annual two day convention at the Herring Hotel with speakers from Temple to Clovis and guests from the Tri State area. Entertainment includes Dutch lunches, a golf tournament at Amarillo Country Club and a trip to Palo Duro State Park.
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Tri-State
West Texas Dental Society
Herring Hotel
W. B. McCall
Temple
G. Cc. Turner
Lubbock
Bruce Storm
Elk City
Okla
L. C. Cox
Clovis
N. M
Herring
Amarillo Country Club
Palo Duro State Park
Jack Hall
W. B. Stevenson
Amarillo
Norris Ewing
The
Tacoma Tanker Cleared to Unload Hot Gasoline
Owners of the 1 percent tanker Papoose prepared to unload 70 000 barrels of East Texas gasoline after a court dissolved the injunction. Federal Judge John Bowen said he had no jurisdiction to block delivery since the fuel was produced in Texas and consigned to Fletcher Oil Co of Boise Idaho. The ruling could affect a second cargo on the tanker Republic. The government had argued the gasoline exceeded quotas.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
East Texas
John Bowen
Texas
Fletcher Oil Co
Boise
Ida
Republic
Thompson to probe stock feed rate as emergency tariffs questioned
Texas Railroad Commission member FE O Thompson planned to visit Amarillo to review the necessity of continuing emergency rail rates for livestock feed into the Panhandle growth area. The Panhandle Livestock Association complained railroads had dropped the tariffs and seeks minimum freight rates, while Ernest O Thompson had not yet arrived.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Grouth
FE. O. Thompson
Commission
Amarillo
Panhandle Livestock Association
Ernest O. Thompson
The
Mr. Thompson
Willis trial jury chosen for assault case in Tyler
Three jurors were selected at noon for the trial of John B. Willis an ex convict from Louisiana on an indictment accusing criminal assault on Mrs Maxwell Herring. The state pressed scruples against the death penalty as the special venire of 200 men was questioned.
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Tyler
John B. Willis
Louisiana
Maxwell Herring
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update Card
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with Saturday fair skies. West Texas shows partly cloudy conditions and warming trend, especially north. southwest portion remains warmer. New Mexico generally fair tonight and Saturday with hotter conditions in the extreme east. Temperatures reach between 53 and 68 degrees by 1 o'clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Forms Executive Committee to Drive Housing Act
A new executive committee in Amarillo leads the city’s drive to implement the national housing act. The group will direct the repair campaign with committees for planning finance publicity building and more. A Saturday meeting at the Amarillo Hotel will set further details.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
Lowell Munday
Carl Makely
John Maynard
John K. Boyce
Macon Carder
G. K. Richardson
Jim Williams
T. Crowe
C. 8. Lambie
Walter Barlow
Jack Sears
Carl Hinton
Wade Brymer
John Hill
E. W. Hardin
Charles Fisk
Howard Paul
Arthur Ware
Norris Ewing
Guy Carlander
Cotten
Pampa Men Bound Over for Federal Grand Jury
Hal Bowie and Wayland Ayres of Pampa were bound over to the federal grand jury today after arraignment before the U S Commissioner on charges of possession of a still and other non registered equipment for liquor production. Both pleaded not guilty and bonds were set at $500 each.
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Hal Bowie
Wayland Ayres
Pampa
U. S
Denison Doctor Acheson Dies at 92 Veteran Inland Waterway Advocate
Dr. Alex W. Acheson, 92, a longtime Denison physician and founder, renowned for inland waterway development advocacy, died at his home after several weeks of illness.
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Denison
Alex W. Acheso
Texas
House Passes Bill To Give Board Power
The Texas House voted to abolish the current relief setup and place relief administration under a nine member board of control chaired by Claude Teer. The board would select a relief administrator and oversee up to 6 million dollars in relief funds with wage limits and a ten cent per hour cap.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
State Board of Control
Ltd
Board of Control
Claude Teer
Granger
John Wallace
Teague
Henry C. Meyer
Rockdale
Teer
Dan Moody
Wallace
Rosas Sterling
Meyer
Ferguson
R. L. Holliday
el Paso
Senate Today
Senate
House
Miriam A. Ferguson
James V. Allred
Harry Graves
Georgetown
RE. Hunter
Johnson County
Graves
Doles
Heat
Youth Killed In Head-on Crash Near Weatherford
Two young men, Bob Dalton aged 24 and Tommy Reed about the same age, were killed in a head-on collision near Weatherford. Dalton, son of Mark Dalton of Dalton City, and the other youth, believed to live in Dalton, died when a car and a truck collided.
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Weatherford
Bob Dalton
Palo Pinto County
Tommy Reed
Dalton
Mark Dalton
Dalton City
Orleansville Earthquake Kills Five and Injures Twenty
An earthquake struck Orleansville at 4 15 this morning killing five people and wounding twenty. The tremor shook buildings as French colonists and local residents rushed into the streets in alarm.
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Algiers
Algeria
Orleansville
Militiamen Converge Upon New Orleans
United Press reports Huey Long mobilized the Louisiana National Guard to the city. Troops from all sections converged under Governor Allen with plans for possible partial military rule while a legislative committee probes vice graft. About 3,000 soldiers were expected to arrive and be held at the committee’s disposal.
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Farle B. Steele
United Press
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana National Guard
O. K. Allen
Long
Legislative Committee
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Tom Brunson
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Granvite
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Charlotte
N. C
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U.S. Department
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicates, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
League Council
Col. Thompson
Tom W. Cotten
Denison Pioneer
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