Governor Sterling Denounces Ferguson Election Pressure
Governor Ross S. Sterling says Ferguson supporters in the Legislature threaten to file charges against his administration unless his election contest is dropped. He calls it intimidation and a smoke screen, says amended petition will be filed soon, and asserts he will be declared the Democratic nominee for governor in November after a court recount of ballots.
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Austin
Ross S. Sterling
Ferguson
Nat
Sterling
Democratic Party
Texas
Representative Pope Joins Steering Committee Inquiry
W. E. Pope of Corpus Christi says he is part of a steering committee of 25 or more examining a government investigation. The remarks were delivered in Austin on September 17.
Stink Bomb Bill Diluted by Texas House Action
The Texas House amended a Senate bill making stink bomb throwing in public a felony. Convicts face up to one year in jail and a $5000 fine, down from the Senate’s five to 25 year imprisonment. Opponents argued the measure is too harsh for mischievous acts.
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Austin
House
Texas
Senate
Two Railroaders Dead In Separate Careless Accidents
In Texas near Carey two Fort Worth and Denver railroad workers died. James Romine, 58, from Texline, was struck by a passenger train while driving a truck. J. H. Keeling, 34, of Childress, was crushed at a dirt fill under a railway underpass where he was working.
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Childress
Tex
Fort Worth & Denver
Carey
James Romine
Texline
J. H. Keeling
Silent search in blast case
Investigators reported no new developments Saturday in the gasoline blast that destroyed the Horace B. Thorp home at 508 Louisiana Street and killed two men. Search continued for at least one man and a woman linked to the blast and burglary. Funeral services were held for J. C. Passmore in Sayre, Oklahoma, with Ben Hughes Jr. to be buried in Elk City, Oklahoma. Passmore, 26, was a trash truck helper and Hughes, 30, a convicted bank robber who were friends.
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Horace B. Thorp
Louisiana Street
Tharp
Sayre
Okla
J. C. Passmore
Ben Hughes, Jr
Elk City
Passmore
Hughes
Moorewood
Murder Indictment Filed in Memphis Case
An indictment charging Eldon M. Hinton with first degree murder was returned by the Hall County grand jury for the fatal shooting of his father S. G. Hinton. Hinton had been released on a $7,500 bond last week. Clarence Stinson, recently arrested after an alleged shootout with Brisco County officers, faces car theft and bank robbery charges. He is identified as one of the men who robbed the Lakeview bank of $1,600 last May.
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Sunday News Globe
Memphis
Eldon M. Hinton
Hall County
Hinton
S. G. Hinton
Clarence Stinson
Brisco
Lakeview
Ducks Mistake Oiled Road Costly to Ducks
An oiled road near Ellis Kansas has killed dozens of ducks that aimed to land on water. Hunters report birds fall from the sky and strike the slick surface, causing fatal impacts as they attempt to alight.
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Ellis
Kas
Hoodlums hunted after fatal Okla. deputy shooting
National Guard troops and officers across eastern Oklahoma hunted three mountain hoodlums after a dawn gunfight that killed Webster Reece deputy sheriff and wounded Tahlequah officer Frank Edwards. Bud McClain was killed in the confrontation. grenades were requested for the manhunt.
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Muskogee
Okla
National Guard
Oklahoma
Thio
Muscogee
Cherokee
McIntosh
Haskell
Eugene F. Bell
Cherokee Hills
Tahlequah
Webster Reece
Frank Edwards
Bud McClain
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Barrett
Muskogee and
Senate defeats move for Texas Cotton Cooperative inquiry
A resolution to probe the Texas Cotton Cooperative Association was killed in the Senate when three-senator inquiry was rejected. The House had earlier refused a joint legislative investigation.
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Austin
Texas Cotton Cooperative Association
Senate
House
Woman Reaches Doctor and Dies in Lubbock
Mrs Hattie May Warren 52 of O'Donnell died of a heart attack as she reached a doctor's office in Lubbock. After being ordered to rest she drove 50 miles to the city Saturday morning. She collapsed while greeting Dr Sam G Dunn at West Texas Hospital. Death attributed to angina pectoris.
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Lubbock
Hattie May Warren
O’donnell
Roosevelt Voices Support for National Transportation Policy
At the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City Franklin D. Roosevelt urged cooperation with railroads to craft a national transportation policy. He outlined a sevenfold plan to promote growth and the general welfare and urged avoiding financial excesses while aligning plant capacity with traffic.
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Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brigham Young
Mr. Roosevelt
Aged mother of Garner IlI critically ill in Detroit Texas
Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner 81 mother of John Nance Garner Democratic vice presidential nominee lay gravely ill at her Detroit home. Doctor said recovery impossible though slight improvement allowed nourishment. Son John Nance Garner expected tomorrow as family travels from Uvalde.
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Detroit
Tex
Sarah Jane Garner
John Nance Garner
J. T. Meers
Garner
Prisoner Escapes Perryton Officer
Claud Tennison, convicted liquor transport violator, escaped last night from Deputy Sheriff Del Talliaferro’s custody in Perryton Texas. He fled to a nearby automobile and sped away. No trace found today. Tennison was sentenced to eighteen months.
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Perryton
Tex
Claud Tennison
del Talliaferro
Tennison
Big Free Gate to Swing Open Monday at Tri-State Fair
Weather plays a pivotal role as the tenth annual Tri-State Fair nears opening day. Bill Lampe, Avery Rush and directors say preparations are complete except for weather arrangements. Monday marks Amarillo Day with schools releasing early for attendees. Exhibits across departments are in place and rodeo attractions ready. The Black Mask Players, World War Pageant and siege of Argonne will draw crowds, with a 60,000 watt lighting system set for night racing and events.
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Tri-State
Bill Lampe
Avery Bush
John T. War
Bill Lampe Lampe
Avery Rush
Amarillo
Leonard B Stroud
Stroud
Red Remington
Denver
Byers
Tex
Charley Lyons
Black Mask
Charles Lowe
The
Argonne
Verne Newcombe
Serge
Panhandle
Leaps in front of train near Gladewater
A 24 year old named Ezel McLamore employed at a local utilities plant died after a freight train struck him as he leaped in front of it amid a drunken disturbance at the plant two miles east of Gladewater Texas. The incident occurred as workers described him in a wild intoxicated state and he attacked fellow employees.
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Gladewater
Tex
Ezel McLamore
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas Parts
Weather forecast shows fair conditions for Amarillo and western Texas on Sunday with fair to partly cloudy skies in other areas. Temperatures mostly near normal with a midweek shower chance, and yesterday’s high reached 94 degrees with a low of 66.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Central
East Gulf States
Piaing
West Gulf States
Fair Program For Week At Amarillo
Amarillo Day features a 2 PM rodeo beside the grandstand and a Midway carnival in the afternoon and night. The Vulture opens in the theater tent at 8 PM. Auto races run under lights at 8 30 PM and a platform dance closes the midway events. All city schools dismiss at noon. Delegations from Canyon Tulsa Borger Lockney Hedley Mobeetie Wheeler Memphis Paducah Matador Silverton Quita arrive with bands programs and radio.
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Canyon
Tulsa
Borger and
Lockney
Hedley
Mobeetie and
Wheeler
Memphis
Paducah
Matador
Silverton
Quita
Texas Legislature Blocks End Of Session In Stark Stand
In Austin the legislature hung on with sine die adjournment still uncertain as Governor Sterling pressed for an extraordinary session to craft tax relief. A bill lifting county bond construction obligations passed both houses and became law immediately upon signature, targeting debt estimated up to 100 million.
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Austin
Sterling
Mysterious ambush wounds elderly woman and child
In Nashville Tennessee a back yard ambush left an aged woman and her four year old granddaughter with twenty and seven bullet wounds respectively. The grandmother Mrs John W Carney 63 could offer no clue to the shooter or motive authorities have searched the area but found no suspect.
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Nashville
Tenn
John W. Carney
Woman and man slain. police arrest suspect in San Antonio
A woman identified as Mrs. Anna Lee man, 19, was found shot to death in her apartment in San Antonio. Shortly after, Corp. L. N. Leeman was slain at Camp Bullis. A man was arrested as the suspected slayer of both cases.
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San Antonio
Anna Leeman
Corp. L. N
Four bandits free captives after escape
Four bandits freed captives after a breakout incident. They seized $1,600 in cash while more than $5,000 in gold was reportedly overlooked during the heist.
Bandits Rob Nara Visa Bank. Four Escape With Cash
A robbery at the First National Bank in Nara Visa New Mexico nets about 916,600 as three masked men take hostages Leona Schultz and Jim Burns. The bandits flee northwest in a sedan, pursued by a posse led by Sheriffs from Tucumcari Mosquero and Clayton. Zerrel Smith and Oren Durham aided by the robbers were forced to help victims aboard the car. The search continues through Rosebud country with authorities tracing the car and remaining bandits.
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Nara Visa
N. M
First National Bank
Allen
Tuccumeari
McNeil
Mosquero
Tom Gillespie
Clayton
Rosebud
Mins Leona Schultz
Jim Burns
Zerrel Smith
Oren Durham
Robbery at Canyon City Pharmacy Loots Cash and Gems
Knob knockers forced entry at City Pharmacy in Canyon stealing 125 to 150 dollars in cash and about 1 000 dollars in diamonds and jewelry. Two small diamonds dropped during escape. Glass door entry, narcotics safe untouched. This follows a separate safe theft at Foxworth Galbraith Lumber this week. An Amarillo fingerprint expert assisted.
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Canyon
City Pharmacy
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company
Amerillo
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