Murderers Get Life Terms In Lovers Lane killings
Three men Fred Smith 22 Frank Oliver 19 and Thomayg Hlacketone 33 pleaded guilty to killing a couple on a lovers lane near Ypellant. They received four life imprisonment terms each after confessing. Authorities rushed them to the State prison amid mob threats. Hlacketone confessed to criminal assault on Anna May Harris, one of the victims.
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Ann Arbor
Mid
Fred Smith
Frank Oliver
Thomayg Hlacketone
Wodove
Urem
Lovers Lane
Ypellant
Tienegre
Anna May Harriac
Man Confesses Killing Youth Found With Girl
Colorado Springs Aug 14 Roy G King 41 confessed to shooting and killing Lewis Palmer 19 on July 20 after finding Palmer with his daughter Oienda 18 He admitted guilt after hours of questioning saying he acted to protect his daughter The girl later testified the youth attempted to assault her and Palmer drove away before being pursued and shot King claimed he acted to defend his daughter and the girl cooperated with officers.
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Colorado Springs
Roy G. King
Acarudas
Lewis Palmer
Palmer
Oienda
Fie Gaus
Girisa Charrey
King
Teddy
Erau
Une
Agai Eaki
Relics of Grim Past Uncovered in West Texas Camp
Monahans reports relics from early Comanche days found 12 miles north at the weeping willow springs. Old guns, copper spurs, wagon yokes and human skulls were taken by souvenir hunters from an Indian camping place where 200 immigrants were killed. Sam Hayes began the collection.
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Monahans
West
Texas
Weeping Willow Springs
The
Monahans News
Sam Hayes
Ward
Tom Green
Del Rio Area Weather Largely Fair Through Weekend
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Del Rio and vicinity Friday night and Saturday with little temperature change. The high reaches 91 with a low around 69, while mornings dip to 68. East Texas likewise shows fair skies and steady temperatures into Friday night and Saturday.
Victims and Scene of Michigan's Lovers Lane Murders
Reports describe the victims and the scene tied to Michigan’s so called Lovers Lane killings. Authorities pursue clues as investigators examine locations and timelines related to the case.
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Michigan
Lovers Lane murder suspect in custody headlines town shock
A society girl is held as a suspect in the murder of four people at Lovers Lane. The report notes local authorities and the community reacting as investigators pursue leads. The piece also includes details of the Uvalde County tax rate adjustments and road district funding.
Prominent heiress linked to Michigan family in killer trio case
Catherine Keller, 35, arrest follows confession tying her to Smith and two other men in a 1930s Ann Arbor crime. Police found bloodied pistol and newspapers at her residence after she helped wash evidence. Bodies of two girls and two boys were burned in a brutal slaying. Don Quixote.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Catherine Keller
Heirow
Rere
Smith
Catherine
Lieutnant Black
Black
Refinery Plans Early Opening Near San Angelo
Capehe Refining Company edges toward beginning crude runs northwest of San Angelo with two Irion County tank cars loaded for shipment to the new plant. The refinery will process sweet crude from Irion County and Texas American Oil at Goldboro, offering a new outlet for local producers. Capacity starts at 209 barrels daily, rising to 300. investment around 25000 dollars. charter application pending. Board names Joe Sanger president, R D Lavery VP, Harry J Earls secretary-treasurer. Uvalde council keeps 1931 tax rate at 130 dollars per 100 valuation, one of the town’s lowest for its size.
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San Angelo
Capehe Refining
Joe Sanger
R.D. Lavery
Harry J. Earls
Lawyer Sues City of Uvalde Over Abolished Offices
Attorney Jones sues the city of Uvalde seeking restoration of abolished offices after a council action in a prior ordinance. He petitions for a bond to cover treasure and argues the dissolution without duties assigned is void. Trial anticipated at district court in August.
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Triat
Uvalkie
Aline
Avainal
Uvaldt
Torney
Ieee
Jones
Physicians Attend Medical Society Meeting in Sabinal
Del Rio doctors left Friday for Sabinal to attend the Medical Society session. Dr. George H. Garrett spoke on the program and served as secretary in W. P. Meredith’s absence. Attendees included Drs. H. B. Ross and Elizabeth Donaldson.
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del Rio
Sabinal
Medical Society
George H. Garrett
W. P. Meredith
Drs. H. B. Ross
Elizabeth Donaldson
New Mexican Colosseum at Amarillo Fair for 20,000
A coliseum costing eighty five thousand dollars and seating twenty thousand is to be erected at Amarillo and dedicated by President Ortiz Rubio of Mexico during the Amarillo Tr ibate Fair this fall.
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Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Amarillo
Mexican Wheat Embargo Lifted After Quarantine Decree
A quarantine on wheat imports into Mexico from the United States and other nations was lifted this week. The measure, enacted March 4 to guard against diseases, is now rescinded following new word received in Del Rio Friday.
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Mexico
United States
del Rio
Sonora Mexican Team Defeats Negro Team 5 to 1
Sonora hosted a Sunday game where the Sonora Mexican team beat a negro team from San Saba Menard and Sonora 5 to 1. The Mexican nine are set to meet the Eldorado Mexicans in Eldorado next Sunday afternoon.
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Sonora
San Saba
Menard
Eldorado
Carries On Stella Carranza In Sister Captain Carranza Tale
Stella Carranza, sister of Captain Fanilio Caranza, pursues her brother’s legacy in a dramatic transcontinental flight from Mexico City to New York. She plans to carry on under the title Captain Carranza despite his death three years ago in a fatal air crash.
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Stella Carranza
Fanilio Caranza
Lindheareh
Mexico
Wartan Aritonia
Texas
Mexico City
New York
Captain Carranza
5 Year Hunt for Utah Gold Ends in Discovery
Royal Gardner and his son Kenneth, both mining engineers, revealed rock from Tank canyon assaying up to 1700 dollars per ton in gold, ending a half century feud and family search for the lost mine in American Fork Utah.
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Rawsell Pitt Five Ears Gardner
Tank Canyon
Gardner
Joseph
Heber
Robert
Royal Gardner
Kenneth
Birth of Girls Wins Land Award
SRINACAR India Aug 14 The Maharaja of Kashmir offered an acre of land to every father of a newborn girl to combat female infanticide. Pamphlets and banners warned villagers against killing female infants, addressing a historic preference for sons over daughters.
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Srinacar
India
Kashmir
Yarberry Bond Fixed In Texas Murder Case
Sinton August 14 Newton Yarberry charged with murder in the death of Doris Symons an 18 year old choir singer. He is held in jail in lieu of a 20000 bond after a habeas corpus hearing. Symons body was found buried in a shallow mud grave on a channel bank near here. Yarberry was last seen with her and was arrested.
Oklahoma Governor Attacks Stock Exchange at Old Settlers Meet
Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray told 12 000 at Weatherford that the United States must return to the constitution. He denounced the New York Stock Exchange as a private gambling club and said the banking system should serve farmers with control shared by farmers and merchants to avoid panics and foreclosures.
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Weatherford
New York Stock Exchange
Protests Prompt Change in Bridge Hours and Contest
El Paso dispatch notes varied protests influencing bridge hours while Hugo Hensquich announces a beer drinking contest for American Legion delegates at the State convention in La Paso on August 25. Bonaguidi cites special prizes for winners.
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EL Paso
Hugo Hensquich
Lobby No
Amerian Legion
la Pasa
Bonaguidi
Slump in Texas building permits hits July low
Austin reports July building permits in 35 Texas cities totaling 3.725 million dollars, 58 percent below June and 37 percent under July last year. Total Texas permits were 10.917 million, with declines across residential, nonresidential, and public works sectors.
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Austin
Bureau of Business Research
The
University of Texas
Texas
P. W. Dodge Corporation
Dodge
FP. W. Dodge Corporation
Note Arrives Too Late for Romance in Indiana
A World War romance began when Anna May Miller, a Jeffersonville quartermaster depot worker, pinned a note to a shirt. A soldier in Hawaii replied, but the correspondent is now Mrs. Harvey Deering, mother of three.
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Anna May Miller
Jeffersonville
Ind
Hawaii
Harvey Deering
Million Fish to Be Put in Creeks
San Angelo fish hatchery holds about 1,000,000 fish ready for release in West Texas rivers and lakes. Distribution begins September 15. Bream and perch total around 60,000 with bass and the remainder in cat and crappie. Ed Mose l supervises hatchery operations.
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San Angelo
San Angelo Fish Hatchery
Ed Mosel
West Texas
Mose
Bandits steal 17500 from Topeka bank payroll
Three men held up Merchants National Bank messengers in Topeka on Friday and obtained 17500 dollars in Santa Fe payroll funds. The incident occurred August 14 and was reported by United Press. The robbers fled after the theft.
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Topeka
Merchants National Bank
Santa Fe
Phrase on doing good to the ungrateful
A pithy adage notes that helping the ungrateful amounts to wasting kindness on the sea, likening mercy to rosewater poured into water without effect or appreciation.
Letters From Readers August 14 1931 Del Rio Rangers Case
A reader correction addresses rumors about a telegram to Governor Sterling over County Court proceedings against Rangers in Del Rio. The writer stresses no religious issue, only ensuring justice and protection of the Bill of Rights for all citizens.
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R. 8. Sterling
Texas
del Rio
FR. G. O.mll
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