Billy Arnold Loses Chance as Car Burns in 500 Mile Race
In Indianapolis May 30 Louie Schneider won the 500 mile race after Billy Arnold, the 1930 champion, crashed when his left front wheel failed and his car caught fire in the last 100 miles. Arnold and his mechanic escaped. Tony Gulotta also wrecked near the same spot moments later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunkley
Associated Press
Speedway
Indianapolis
Louie Schneider
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Billy Arnold
Chicago
Arnold
Luther Johnson
South Bend
Ind
Spitz: Matlock
Los Angeles
John
Johnson
Schneider
Fred Frame
Ralph Hepburn
Louie Meyer
South Gate
Calif
Myron Stevents
Russell Snowberger
Philadelphia
Jimmy Gleason
Ernie Triplett
W. H. (Stubby) Stubblefield
Cliff Berger
Chet Miller
Detroit
Schwedier
Frame
Hepburn
Amarillo Child Wins Battle After Lye Ingestion
Three year old Eugene Wooten of 2005 Arthur Street lay in North West Texas Hospital after swallowing lye. Doctors reported mouth and throat burns and initial doubt of recovery as nourishment was possible. Speech outcome and how the caustic liquid was obtained remained unclear.
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Eugene Wooten
Northwest Texas Hospital
Eugene
Horace Wooten
Arthur Street
Young Negroes Stage Gun Duel No Serious Harm
Ollie Maxie and Ray Arm strong fought with a 32 20 revolver and a 12 gauge shotgun at 303 Monroe Street. The duel ended in a draw with Ollie wounded and Ray shot in the torso. Doctors removed shotgun pellets, and both youths were jailed on assault with intent to murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Maxie
Ray Armstrong
Ollie
Ray
Monroe Street
Widespread May Rain Boosts Panhandle Wheat Prospects
Rain fell Friday night and Saturday across the Panhandle from Texline to Tucumcari. Ample moisture aided wheat in Tucumcari Sudan Happy and nearby towns, with totals over an inch in many places. Temperature in Amarillo reached 50 to 70 as rainfall continued.
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Panhandle
Denver
Texline
Amarillo
Claude
Santa Fe
Perryton
Miami
Here
Clovis
Groom
Tucumcari
Happy
Tulsia
Sudan
Muleshoe
Dimmitt
Sunday News Globe
N. M
Sunday News
Sunday News-Globe
Dallas Hotel Tragedy Ties Death to Frame-Up Plot
Mrs Fannie Anderson admitted involvement in a deadly hotel-room shooting in Dallas. She claimed saxophonist Thomas E. Davis planned to frame her husband Gus Anderson with whiskey planted at their home in Graham, Texas. Davis died from a pistol shot. Anderson's wife fled wounded, seeking to clear her family.
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Dallas
Fannie Anderson
Thomas E. Davis
Davis
Graham
Texas
Gus Anderson
Gus
Tommy
Fort Worth
Owen George
Thomas Davis
Hilton Hotel
Anderson’s
Anderson
Vesla Fouts
Irene Tackett
Harvard Goes Aground Off California
The coastwise steamer Harvard ran aground near Point Arguello in fog. All 465 passengers, holiday excursionists, were rescued with no one injured as the Louisville ferried them to Santa Barbara and San Pedro. The ship is a 3,800-ton former wartime transport.
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Harvard
California
San Pedro
Cal
Louisville
Point Arguello
Here
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Los Angeles
S. O
Hassell testifies in Cerf kidnapping case at Corsicana
Charles R. Hassell, one of five indicted in the December kidnapping of Robert Cerf, testified for Currie Caldwell in a disguise assault trial. He described his role, claimed a $1,300 share of a $15,000 ransom, and said immunity was suggested by County Attorney Cleo G. Miller though Hassell did not claim it.
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Corsicana
Charles R. Hassel
Robert Cerf
Currie Caldwell
Cerf
Caldwell
Léna Blanding
Hassell
Hawkins Scarborough
Cleo G. Miller
Boy 15 dies after accidental pistol discharge
Chester Edwin Sullivan aged 15 dies after a week in hospital from a May 23 accidental wound. Playing with a four barreled Derringer, he aimed at a dud cartridge, causing a self-inflicted bullet through his arm into the abdomen. He died at Northwest Texas Hospital. He left parents, four brothers, and six sisters in Amarillo and Erick. Funeral at Griggs Chapel with pallbearers from his school. Burial in Liano Cemetery.
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Chester Edwin Sullivan
Northwest Texas Hospital
William
Richard
Curtis
Alma Sullivan
Amarillo
Co. E. Smith
Ada Noel
O. C. Crafton
J. C.cox
J. E. Johnson
L. Z. Johnson
Erick, Oklo
Griggs Chapel
J. F. Johnson
Glenwood Baptist Church
Charles Oates
Wayne Nix
David Daniels
Preston Flint
Robert Ware
Glenn Palmer
Liano Cemetery
Cycle Map Supposedly Predicts Economic Swings for Decades
The 50 year old economic cycle map of S. P. McMann of Childress is cited as predicting a 1931 low, a 1923-24 low, 1926 boom peak, and recoveries through 1935 with a recession into 1942 and another boom by 1945. Walter R. Browne of Amarillo possesses a copy from 10 years ago.
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S. P. McMann
Childress
Mr. McMann
Walter R. Browne
Hughes Street
Amarillo
McMann
Santa Fe adjusts North Plains train schedule for faster connections
The Santa Fe changes the Shattuck to Amarillo line timetable to improve mail and freight transfers. Shattuck departure moves to 6:00 AM from 4:30 AM to align with Train No. 2 leaving Amarillo at 1:20 AM and arriving Shattuck at 5:53 AM. The revised schedule speeds the line and supports seven day service requests from North Plains residents, while six day service remains for the moment.
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Santa Fe
Shattuck
Amarillo
Morse
Dumas
North Plains
Lne
Teen in Critical Condition After Teennele Crash
Barney Blankenship 17 was crushed against a telephone pole when he leaped from a car to escape a crash in Texarkana. Six other youths in the car were only slightly injured in Friday's collision.
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Texarkana
Barney Blankenship
Beaumont Woman Is Named Head B. P. W. of Texas
Miss Mary O. Silverstrom of Beaumont will head the Texas Business and Professional Women as state president for the coming year. The 12th state convention in Amarillo elected Julia O'Brien of Brownsville as first vice president and named officers including Mrs. T. L. Gordon of Amarillo treasurer and Marguerite Warren of Belton recording secretary. The breakfast at the Herring Hotel opened the day with reports from committees and a look at Amarillo convention highlights.
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Mary O. Silverstrom
Beaumont
Miss Silverstrom
Mary Jane Higgins
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Julia O’brien
Brownsville
T. L. Gordon
Olga Eldridge
Marguerite Warren
Belton
Flo Folmer
Tyler
Herring Hotel
Estelle Duren
Brownwood
Clara H. Suter
Dalhart
Margaret Conger
Jewel E. Elland
Texas Woman
Ollie Mooty
Temple
Martha Connole
Texas
Illinois
First Christian Church
Florence Sands
Arlington
Flo
Panhandle railroads ready to load 12 million bushels of wheat
Panhandle’s three railroads report 12,000,000 bushels of the 1931 wheat crop ready for loading. Santa Fe, Rock Island, and Fort Worth and Denver lines each show about 3,000 cars in use or in storage with daily inflows of vehicles. Officials say plans speed handling to avoid delays, with harvest starting in two weeks and moving at near capacity by June 20. Nautilus set for under ice North Pole voyage from New London to Spitzbergen this summer.
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Panhandle
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Sayre
Tucumcari
Tucum
New London
U.P
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Europe
Spitzbergen
Pole
Pebbles and daughter killed by train in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs a car was struck by a C. & E. passenger train killing 85 year old W. Pi J. Pebbles and his Pueblo resident daughter Mrs. Helen Rimsey. The incident occurred today.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
J. F. Pebbles
Helen Rimsey
Pueblo
Local Driver Sweeps Tri-State Memorial Day Races
Lonnie Johnson of Amarillo dominated last night’s Tri-State Memorial Day Auto Races winning the Class A event an impromptu motorcycle race and the Tri-State Grand Sweepstakes. The crowd was small and spills featured as two crashes occurred in Tramp Car Junk races with Eddie Forshay and Lester Humphrey escaping serious injury.
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Lonnie Johnson
Amarillo
Tri-State
Tri- State
Eddie Forshay
Oldsmobile
Lester Humphrey
Lester
Bill Wool
Arrests Mounting in Panhandle Liquor Ring Case
Federal officers arrest Allen Johnson and William Sparks among 23 indicted for a sprawling liquor traffic operation in Potter and Randall counties dating back to 1926. Bonds set at 2500. several suspects previously failed in 1930 races. Prohibition agents from Kansas City led the investigation which covered 1928 onward with three already sentenced.
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Allen
Johnson
Potter County
Panhandle
William Leo Sparks
Potter
Rainall “Oastion
Sparka
Randall
Quin R. Thomson
Bam J. Henton
J. R. Sneed
George Johnston
U. S
Lee Crawford
Crawford Hotel
Amarillo
Clarence A. Wilmering
Frank W. Hayes
Walter W. Wilmering
G. Anile Craig
Neal Cobb
Hor T. Whittington
Leavenworth
Beauchamp Pottinger
Department of Justice
Kansas City
Fatal refinery blast at Tulsa leaves one dead
A May 30 Tulsa explosion at Midcontinent Petroleum refinery killed Ben Armstrong of Red Fork who worked as a gauger atop the stills. Four Tulsa workers were burned. Russell Rector Richard Bean James Oxford and Charles Norton were injured, with Rector and Bean in dangerous condition.
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Tulsa
Midcontinent Petro Corporation
Ben Armstrong
Red Fork
Russell Rector
Richard Bean
James Oxford
Charles Norton
Rector
Bean
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