Mexia man admits killing parents in quarrel fire
Lloyd Davidson, 34, confessed to fatally striking his father W T Davidson and stepmother Hila Davidson at their country home after an argument. He said a flashlight struck him during the struggle and a wood stick was used to kill, then oil was poured to set the house ablaze. He was jailed at Groesbeck awaiting grand jury action.
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Associated Press
Lloyd DaviDson
W. T. Davidson
Hila D. Davidson
W.T. Davidson
Lloyd
Davidson
Pilot 1000 to perform stunts at English Airport
Roy Hunt and his American Eagle airplane will perform every known stunt today at English-Bivins airport at 2 pm. Hunt, Graham Flying School chief pilot in Oklahoma City, leads a Southwest tour to demonstrate the Eagle plane. The field displays a 100 hp Kinner-powered model priced at 4595 and a version with anOXF motor at 2995. The American Eagle Aircraft Corp is based in Kansas City and also offers a folding-wing flyabout, a four-place cabin, and a six-place De Luxe selling up to 20000.
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English- Bivins
Hunt
Graham Flying School
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
O. B. Polk
American Eagle Company
Amerifla
Southwest
American Eagle Aircraft Corporation
Kansas City
Quitique to Get New Bottling Works
Quitaque will open a bottling works after a two year lease was signed with Mr. Heffington of Wichita Falls. He has extensive bottling experience and comes highly recommended as a businessman and citizen.
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Quitaque
Heffington
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures across Amarillo and the Panhandle. West Texas sees mostly cloudy conditions with a cooler north portion and possible showers in the Panhandle while New Mexico remains fair. A Colorado low shifts southeast into Oklahoma producing colder air over the northern Rockies.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Pastor Duke Trial in Lamesa Set for Monday
Rev W E Duke faces murder charges in the killing of J A Cox a Klondyke filling station operator. Trial scheduled for Monday May 6 in district court with both sides ready for jury selection. Duke and his wife have not commented on the motive. Cox and Duke were well known in the local churches and community.
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Sunday News Globe
Lamesa
W. E. Duke
J. A. Cox
Klondyke
Here
Gordon B. McGuire
Duke
Firing Breaks Out Again Near Berlin
Desultory gunfire returned to Neukoelln as May Day protests enter the fifth day. Police recovered from a cafe where Red Front Soldiers gathered. a police lieutenant was fired upon and arms seized. By now twenty seven people have died in the communist disturbances.
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Neukoelln
Handjergstrasse
Red Front
Earl Hartley Heads to Carlsbad Caverns for Visionary Trip
In Albuquerque on May 4 Earl Hartley a 15 year old Helenie high school student set off to the Carlsbad Caverns the world’s largest cave. Principal J W Reed said the trip will broaden his outlook by exposing him to larger things and ideas including Erasmus Tack of Amarillo Texas famous columnist.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Earl Hartley
Hellene
Erasmus Tack
Amarillo
Texas
Carlsbad Caverns
Earl
J. W. Reed
Payroll Loot in Galveston May Be Lost
A payroll of $6400 taken from Haom D. Pike a Galveston Dry Dock messenger by three men who shot and seriously wounded a policeman during a dramatic robbery. Police late tonight had not captured the robbers and believed the trio may be fleeing with the funds.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Haom D. Pike
Galveston Dry Dock and Construction Company Messenger
Robber Gets $20 In San Jacinto Store
A masked bandit entered Quality Grocery at 3808 West Sixth Avenue just before 10 last night and, holding the proprietor at gunpoint, took twenty dollars from the cash register. Police had only a vague car description to pursue and no suspect by midnight.
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Quality
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Amarillo High Wins First in Literary Meet
In Austin on May 4 the Amarillo Golden Sandstorm scholastic team edged Abi lene by two points, scoring 11 of 26 in the state interscholastic meet. J. J. Deisa won editorial writing and placed in headlines. Hollis Schreiber earned a second editorial prize and was elected vice president of the 1030 Press Meet. extemporaneous speaking results noted.
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Sunday News Globe
Austin
Abilene
Amarillo
J. J. Deisa
University Press
Hollis Schreiber
Schreiber
Downtown Grash Crash Injures Driver and Charges Filed
Ray Storeth, an employee of a downtown garage, is in St. Anthony's Hospital after his car crashed into the rear of another at Eighth Avenue and Polk Street around 10 PM. Witnesses say J Morey, driving an Essex sedan, struck a stopped car and showed little effort to brake. Ferrin Mitchell James Mitchell and W L Kerby of 1407 Lincoln Street were occupants of the struck vehicle and were uninjured. Morey was arrested for driving while intoxicated and sent to county jurisdiction.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Eighth Avenue
Polk Street
Essex
J. ¥. Morey
Morey
Ferrin Mitchell
James Mitchell
W. L. Kerby
Lincoln Street
City Police i
Former Mexican rebel aide and secretary arrested in New York
Salvador Ateca, former rebel pay minister, and his secretary Antonio Maques were seized in New York with a bag containing about $700,000, suspected to fund escape to Spain. They were joined by Russell Matthews and W H Fryer, an immigration official and a former U S attorney, as fugitives from El Paso. Bail was posted, then they were tracked to a hotel by Secret Service. Ateca faces charges for smuggling an airplane to Mexican rebels in violation of U S neutrality rules.
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New York
Kansas City
Spain
United States
U.S
Salvador Atech
Payminster
Ateca
Maques
Secret Service
Justice
el Paso
Ateen
Matthews
Fryer
George Mintzer
United States Atttorney
State income tax favored in House Revenue vote
Austin May 4 The house committee on revenue and taxation gave a favorable report to a state income tax bill modeled on federal law. The 7 to b vote supports replacing ad valorem taxes with a 5 percent rate on corporations and tiered rates for individuals starting with a $4 000 exemption, then 1 2 and 3 and 5 percent on higher brackets.
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Sunday News Globe
Austin
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
I. N. Maurits
Canada
Amarillo Girls Win State Dress Prizes in Dallas Contest
Amarillo high school entrants in the State Clothing contest for girls placed third and fourth. Miss Wilma Beeman took third with an afternoon dress and Miss Laverty Howell earned fourth with a tailored dress. Lenora Walters, head of Amarillo High School home economics, accompanied the delegation and served as one of nine feature judges.
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Sunday News-Clother
Dallas
Amarillo
Wilma Beeman
Laverty Howell
Lenora Walters
Amarillo High School
Balloon race starts in Pittsburgh under overcast skies
The national elimination balloon race opened at Pittsburgh Stadium with the Aircraft Development Corp entry piloted by W. A. Kirkoff and Thorvald Larsen aboard. Second balloon Army No. 9, with L. A. Jangon and Edgar Fogelnonger as crew, rose quickly as wind favored a New England to Canada course amid high elevation gusts. Weather delays and a memorial for fallen balloonists marked the event after last year’s fatal storm.
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Associated
Pittsburgh
Pitts Stadium
Aircraft Development Corporation
W. A. Kirkoff
Detroit
Thorvald Larsen
Dearborn
Michigan
Aide
Army No
L. A. Jangon
Wright Field
Dayton
Edgar Fogelnonger
Scott Field
Min
New England
New York Plate
Canada
Stream Bed Title Law Action To Be Taken May 8
Assistant Attorney General Ws Trueheart who handles the state’s suit against C W Bradford and 600 others to attack the new stream bed land title law will return to Austin next Wednesday. Steps will be taken to move the case toward trial as oil firm representatives press for new pleadings in the action. A planned conference of attorneys with the department was delayed by Trueheart’s absence.
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Austin
Ws .Trueheart
C. W. Bradford
Trueheart
Amarillo attorney freed on bond after fatal shooting
Amarillo attorney Judge Hamilton posted twenty thousand dollars bond after being charged with murder in a Saturday morning shooting. He said he acted in self defense to protect his family after Walton, a Texas University student and hotel clerk, revealed his secret marriage to Hamilton’s daughter. Walton had come to discuss the marriage license. the certificate remains unfound.
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R. H. Hamilton
Dudges Hamilton
Hamilton
Wos
Caun Ity
At & O'Clock
Commission of Appeals of the Supreme Court
Buchanan Street
Georgetown
Austin
Justhr Bryan Blalock
Austin Aas
Walton
Capitol Hotel
Brooks Vield
University of Texan
Mia
Grace Walton
Wes
Melvin Cox
Cox
J. H. Shurman
T He Us
Walton and Theresa Hamilton wed in Georgetown records
Georgetown court records show Thomas Walton Jr and Theresa Hamilton were married February 12 in Austin. The ceremony was performed by Justice Bryan Blalock as both attended the University of Texas. Walton was later shot dead in Amarillo. Hamilton and her daughter were missing from their Austin apartment.
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Thomas Walton, Jr
R. H. Hamilton
Austin
Amarillo
Therean Hamilton
Georgetown
Justice of the Peace
Bryan Blalock
Walton
Hamilton
University of Texas
Mia
Fragmentary court note on February license and a marriage certificate
A man recalls a February dated license but cannot recall its issue place. Stenographer Evelyn Whalley reportedly said she had seen the marriage certificate weeks earlier. The detail appears as Walton moves toward Judge Hamilton in the ongoing proceedings.
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Evelyn Whalley
Nendricks and Hamilton
Used Car Ads Invite Amarillo Buyers and Sellers
This page promotes buying and selling used cars in Amarillo. It encourages readers to visit and place or view ads in the Used Car columns, noting the wide selection and the freedom to buy or sell at any time and place.
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