Bramlett Convicted in Texas Wife Killing at Center
Ter rence Bramlett, 21, CCC worker, was found guilty of killing Marlie Childs, wife of his sweetheart, in Center Texas. He received a 50 year sentence after prosecutors sought the death penalty. Bramlett testified accusing Mrs Childs of firing the shot. she had been sentenced earlier to 25 years. Both denied confessions claiming officers pressured them.
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Carthage
Terrence Bramilett
CCC
Marlie Childs
Joe McCasland
Bramlett
Reable Childs
Childs
Center
Texas
Second plot by children uncovered in extortion case
In Athens Texas on September 24, Sheriff Jess Sweeten disclosed a second extortion plot involving children. Two farm boys aged 15 and 18 allegedly sent a demand letter for 150 dollars to farmer Richard Ash, threatening two drugs through his hide. The boys were arrested in Austin for car theft and unnamed.
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Athens
Tex
Jess Sweeten
Richard Ash
Austin
Sweeten
Quick Hearing Demanded in Townsend Suit
Los Angeles report says John B. Kiefer, former Chicago director, seeks swift hearing in a $250,000 suit by Nia Mhel against Dr. Francis Townsend and four associates. Kiefer claims Townsend published an article accusing him of obscenity and drunkenness, harming his reputation.
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Los Angeles
Nia
Francis T. Townsend
John B. Kiefer
Old Age Revolving Pensions Inc
Kiefer
Chicago
Townsong
Holman Named Judge In Redhead Bathing Beauty Contest
In Salem Oregon state treasurer Rufus C. Holman admitted color blindness yet agreed to serve as a judge for a redhead bathing beauty contest at a resort. He quipped that he can still spot a red headed girl anytime.
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Salem
Ore
U.P
Rufus C. Holman
Holman
Mrs Bob Duke Named Historian Of XIT Reunion Plans
Old XIT hands organized at the Tri-State Fair for the first annual reunion to be held October 20 at the Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth. Mrs. Bob Duke of Dalhart named historian. James D. Hamlin of Farwell elected range boss. Numerous listed officers and members span Hereford, Amarillo, Dalhart, Plainview, Dalhart and other Texas towns.
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XIT
Tri-State
Fort Worth
James D. Hamlin
Farwell
Outfit
Bob
W. A. Askew
Amarillo
W. J. Bovee
XTT Ranch
Faly Moore
Ione
N. M
Albert Pietsch
Silverton
James A. Oden
Carlsbad
R. Smith
Hereford
B. P. Abbott
Bovina
F. Connell
Robstown
H. K. Baughn
Olton
Joe Killough
Clark Cain
Postman Earns Australian Record After 44 Years
Victor Pope, longtime Ryde postman, retires after 44 years with the service. He estimates delivering about 2,860,000 letters and walking roughly 260,000 miles during his career at Ryde's post office.
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Rydney
U.P
Victor Pope
Ryde
Pope
Roosevelt and Landon clash in Herald Tribune forum
President Roosevelt urged clear thinking on future policy from Hyde Park and attacked waste and extravagance in the New Deal. Governor Alf Landon condemned narrow nationalism in planned economy while defending press freedom and free speech as essential to liberalism in the forum remarks read by Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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New York
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Herald- Tribune
Hyde Park
N. Y
Landon
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Fresh eggs scramble after runaway truck in Boston
Max Bloom, a Boston trucker, parked a loaded egg truck on a slope when pranksters released the brake. The vehicle rolled into two cars and a building. The truck sustained little damage, but the fresh eggs were all scrambled.
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Boston
Max Bloom
Stockholm Marries and Births Boom in Sweden
Stockholm reports a rise in marriages and births with 1,984 marriages in the first five months, up from 1,675 in 1935, and 2,592 births compared with 2,295 the previous year. The Navy Department introduces an improved anti-fouling paint for ship hulls to deter barnacles and sea pests.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U. S. Navy Department
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Cunningham
Gray
Cunningham Floral Company
Cunningham's
West Sixth Avenue
Bob Duke
Arch Sneed
Dalhart
Will Culbertson
Alan Stagg
Vega
M. O. Owens
Lubbock
Charlie Brown
Plainview
Ira Aten
FEI Centre
Cal
J. L. Mauk
J. A. Smiley
Springlake
W. E. Price
Paducah
Bob Hood
John W. Measier
Powell
Wye
H. Fields
Bronco
Dora Burks
Monument
Mrs
Rkl, Duke
THE
Tri-State Fair
Paramount
News- Globe
Hussy
Joan Crawford
Robert Taylor
Paramount Theatre
Scau Coe Ccu
McCue Cure
Lionel Barrymore
Franchot Tone
Melvyn Douglas
James Stewart
News-Globe
Free Press
Journal
Ched
Dallas
Centennial Entennia
H. A. Gilmore
M. C. Burton
Amarillo Printing Ca
Spearman
McLean
Rogram
United Shows of America
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