Winnie Ruth Judd Is Found Insane In Arizona Trial
In Florence Arizona Winnie Ruth Judd was ruled insane by a 12 member jury after being accused of murdering Agnes Le Roi. The verdict, reached in under two hours by a nine to three majority, sends her to a state hospital for the mentally incompetent rather than to the gallows. The courtroom cheered as the verdict was announced and Judd, brought in by the warden, did not react.
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Florence
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Leroi
BE. L. Green
C. V. Wilison
Judd
Soviet Union hurls embargo in response to Britain
Moscow ordered a complete embargo on British goods and drastic shipping actions as Britain prepared to impose an 80 percent embargo on Russian goods. The decrees take effect Wednesday and stay in force while Britain maintains its restrictions, signaling possible economic war between the nations.
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Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
Britain
Local Classifieds Highlight Bargains and Swaps
A local used car dealer touts a late model Chevrolet Coupe in top condition for 165 dollars with no trade. Band instruments go on sell out price under classification 33. A plumber offers sewer line connection at 29 cents per foot with workmanship guarantee under 17-A. Another swap column notes a radio for hens and a cow for a car.
Jim Gober Potter County’s First Sheriff Dies
James R. Gober longtime peace officer and first Potter County Sheriff died at 9 30 Saturday morning at his sister’s home in Amarillo He was 67 Funeral services will be held Monday at Blackburn Shaw chapel with Rev Gaston Foote officiating Burial will be in Llano Cemetery He was a former deputy sheriff and head of the Gober Detective Agency Survivors include his sister Mrs Sallie Tolbert daughter Mrs Jimmie Bowersock son John T Gober brother John S Gober and other relatives
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James R. Gober
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Gaston Foote
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Amarillo Elects Smith and Twaddell City Commissioners
In a Saturday run off H Ernest Smith defeats Winters 218 vote lead while M N Twaddell tops Jenkins 397. Voters total 2606, near the April 4 mayoral election turnout. Smith, a North Amarillo grocer, succeeds Jim Vernon. Twaddell is a longtime local businessman. Oath set for May 2.
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Jenkins
H. Ernest Smith
M. N. Twaddell
Amarillo
John Winters
Joe Jenkins
Smith
Winters
Twaddell
Ross Rogers
Jim Vernon
Infant saved after safety pin operation in LaPorte
Laporte Indiana April 22 18 month old Robert Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Taylor is recovering in a hospital after a physician opened the stomach and removed a swallowed safety pin. The doctor then closed the incision by manipulating the stomach. A similar operation was done recently in Chicago.
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Laporte
Ind
Robert Taylor
Daniel Taylor
Chicago
New dynamite plots feared amid Mississippi flood fears
In Belzoni Mississippi patrols checked levees after night explosions cited as dynamiter activity. Militiamen moved to levee lines and shots were fired at suspected river prowlers. No breaks found though three blasts disturbed the area and renewed fears of faction clashes amid flood threats. In Kennett Missouri floods maroon over 200 people after four St Francis River breaches. National Guardsmen and U S engineers led rescues through the night.
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Belzoni
Miss
Mississippi Delta
Chute Bridge
Glendora
Tallahatchie
Kennett
U.P
Arkansas
St. Francis
U. S
Clarendon Leads Interscholastic Meet With 301 Points
Clarendon High School won the district track and field meet with 301-5 points at West Texas State Teachers College. Amarillo girls and Amarillo boys won district debating championships. Pampa placed second in overall scoring. Friona and Lefors followed. 22 Panhandle counties sent 750 students to the two day event.
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Canyon
Buffalo Stadium
Clarendon High School
Pampa
Amarillo
West Texas State Teachers College
Clarendon
Friona
LeFors
Reavis
Stewart
Fox of
Garrison
Channing
Dimmitt
Panhandle
Dumas
Jamita Hamilton
Florence Hill
Kathryn Reagan
Martha Davis
Selena Pressley
Jane Bivins
White Deer
Pamp
Yedda Stein
Opal Deacon
Bonnie Nichols
Roxie Hardux
Parsonage Mixup Finds Bailey In Memphis By Mistake
Plainview April 22 Reverend W G Bailey pastor of the Plainview Methodist Church went to Clarendon for a revival. He and Mrs Bailey checked into a hotel and planned dinner before calling the parsonage and learning the pastor there was W C Bowen in Clarendon. He discovered they were in Memphis, thirty miles away.
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Plainview
W. G. Bailey
Bailey
Plainview Methodist Church
Clarendon
Bowen
W. C. Bowen
Memphis
Boy Hanged To Roadside Tree In Oklahoma Mountains
Buck Brannam 11 was found hanged from a rope tied to a tree limb in dense brush in eastern Oklahoma. County Attorney Fred Green said investigators consider death by own action, with detectives seeking whether accident or murder occurred. Sheriff Byrd and Under Sheriff Gray questioned residents as the case gathered details.
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Sallisaw
Brushy
Oklahoma
Buck Brannam
Fred Green
Bill Byrd
Raymond Gray
Green
Child Falls From Hotel Window in Dallas Tragedy
A four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Phil Anderson died instantly after falling from an 11th floor window at the Hilton Hotel in Dallas. The couple resides in Dallas.
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Dallas
WPA
Phil Anderson
Hilton Hotel
Andersons
Merrick Freed On Bail In Denver Player Shooting Case
Oklahoma City April 22 former state highway enforcement officer E P Merrick pleaded not guilty and was freed on 5000 bail awaiting trial on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Denver basketball player Henry Downs.
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Oklahoma City
E. P. Merrick
Henry Downs
Denver
Reed Rallies GOP to Pressure Congress on Inflation
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania urged a nationwide push to defeat the administration inflation plan. He warned the bill harms wage earners and the poor, calling on voters to flood senators with telegrams to block what he called an insane scheme. The Capitol awaited a possible compromise as the Senate renewed debate.
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Washington
Congress
Reed
Pennsylvania
America
Senate
Senate OKs two billion farm mortgage plan in relief bill
The Senate formally approved a two billion dollar administration farm mortgage refinancing plan as part of the farm relief bill. The inflation amendment was added as pending business and the chamber recessed until Monday. The House had already approved the refinancing section, with Senator Trammell proposing that citrus and orchardist loans be appraised at fair value.
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Washington
Senate
House
Trammell
Gold content clause nearly dropped from bill by banking panel
The banking committee narrowly kept a drastic provision allowing a 50 percent cut in gold content. Democrats Glass McAdoo and Fletcher favored removing it. A rumored change would require international agreement before any reduction. The Senate subcommittee on silver discussed price restoration and planned joint talks with the House coinage committee next week. Hoover Not Consulted.
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Banking Committee
Glass
Virginia
McAdoo
California
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Banking Subcommittee
House Coinage Committee
Hoover
Adams
Colorado
Dreams House On Fire Jumping Rescue Nightmare
Hereford man Ed P. Smith who sells fire insurance dreamed his own house burned. He leaped from bed through a window into the yard and then tried to crawl back through the broken pane to rescue his wife. Hospital doctors sewed 40 stitches in his right leg and arm.
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Hereford
Ed P. Smith
Smith
Markets take another jump in New York trading
Financial markets rose as prices reversed yesterday's downtrend with gains in stocks bonds wheat cotton silver and other staples. Gold and currencies held, U S government bonds stayed near steady while traders awaited further signs of inflation impact and weekend surveys stayed cheerful.
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New York
Lindberghs Visit St. Louis Friends
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife toured the Jefferson Memorial trophies collection in St Louis April 22. The visit included a stop with George Herwig, a longtime field watchman, and the Lindberghs planned to depart for Kansas City later.
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Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Airways
Jefferson Memorial Building
Filer
Lindbergh
George Herwig
Lindberghs
Kansas City
Mollie Sparrow Weds Again Amid Murder Speculation
In Clovis, Mollie Sparrow remarried less than a week after Johnnie Sparrow's death. Local talk centers on whether the death was murder or accident, with Judge Patton challenging the official view and residents divided over Mollie’s quick remarriage and the fate of Johnnie’s successor.
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Sunday News-Globe
Clovis
Johnnie Sparrow
Mollie Sparrow
Harry L. Patton
Johnnie
John Sparrow
Mollie
Patton
Molly
Long Overdue Moisture Reaches Panhandle
A series of to downpours sweeps across the Panhandle delivering rapid rainfall after a long dry spell. Local farmers and residents welcome the moisture while forecasters warn of possible localized flooding and frequent lightning.
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Panhandle
Farmers Jubilant Over Rain Boosts Panhandle Tillers
Dry weather broke with light to heavy showers across the Panhandle on Saturday. Glazier in Hemphill County reported 0.75 inch, Plainview up to 1.5 inches, and Amarillo to Tascosa and Hereford saw rain that revived wheat fields and lifted crop prospects, with estimates predicting 15 to 18 million bushels of wheat if moisture continues.
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Dreuth
Glazier
Hemphill County
North Plains
Plainview
South Plain
Panhandle
Walter Barlow
Great Weat Mill & Elevator Company
Amarillo
Barlow
Tascosa
Texico
Hereford
Canyon
Pampa
West elected to Congress in Texas fifteenth district
On April 22 Rep Milton H West of Cameron County Democrat won the Texas fifteenth district seat to succeed John Garner by an overwhelming margin. Early unofficial returns show West ahead of Republican Carlos Watson by about eight to one with 14 000 votes vs 25 000 anticipated in the runoff.
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San Antonio
Milton H. West
Cameron County
Texas
John N. Garner
West
Carlos G. Watson
Cameron
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Kenyon
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Gober
The
Knights of Pythias
James R, Gober
Joe Jenkins Wees
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Downs
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