Two to Electric Chair in Texas
Raymond Hamilton died in the electric chair in Huntsville Texas following partner Joe Palmer. Hamilton, age 22, faced execution after a crime career including bank robbery and prison breaks. He surrendered meekly in Fort Worth after lawmen cornered him, and expressed affection for a woman named Katie Jenkins before death.
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Huntsville
Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Major Crowson
Palmer
Hamilton
Amilton
Bill Decker
Dallas
Fort Worth
Deakin
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Katie
Katie Jenkins
Cali
Puff Gets Mounted in Saddle Seat Prank
Ranchers declare readiness and yells as they lift Puff by the feet into a large saddle seat, aiming to ride him despite his claimed skill with tough steeds. The moment promises a humorous test of Puff’s supposed tame prowess.
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Puff
Talks of Presidents From an Emporia Editor
Oklahoma City May 10 The Oklahoma City Men's Dinner club heard William Allen White describe presidents from Washington to Hoover in humorous intimate sketches He praised Cleveland as a capable mass-details man and recalled stories of Roosevelt Wilson and Taft noting Coolidge as enigmatic and important White recalled meeting Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and quipped about ex presidents readiness for life after office He affirmed his wish to be remembered as a reporter and a Republican who hopes to be remembered after death.
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Oklahoma City
United States
William Allen White
Emporia
Grover Cleveland
White
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
National
John J., Ingalls
Jefferson
Jackson
Washington
Lincoln
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Nicholas Murray Butler
the Navy
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
The
Emporian
Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Operation for Ed Howe in Baltimore
Kansas writer P E W Howe plans eye restoring surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore after cataracts dimmed his sight for over a year. The 82 year old editor will travel with his son Gene, editor of the Amarillo Globe News, and is in good overall health aside from the vision issue.
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Atchison, Kan
P. E. W. Howe
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miami
Fla
Howe
Gene
Amarillo
Tex
Globe News
The Casino Murder Case at the Granada
Philo Vance returns in The Casino Murder Case as S S Van Dine’s sleuth tracks two poisonings and a shooting in a grand gaming resort family. Paul Lukas stars with Rosalind Russell as a promising screen presence and a strong supporting cast including Eric Blore Alison Skipworth Donald Cook Arthur Byron Ted Healy and Louise Fazenda.
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Philo Vance
S. S. van Dine
MGM
Warren William
William Powell
Paul Lukas
Filmdon
Rosalind
Mr. Vance
Eric Blore
Alison Skipworth
Donald Cook
Arthur Byron
Ted Healy
Louise Fazenda
Notable Cast Shines Amid Mixed Final Program
Isabel Jewell joins a strong supporting cast in the film lineup. Late news and an average technicolor cartoon round out the program, leaving audiences with a mixed but engaging night at the cinema.
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Isabel Jewell
University humor magazine barred over offensive serial
At the University of Missouri Columbia the May issue of The Show-Me humor magazine was locked in a university safe after Dean of Men Arthur K. Heckel warned the issue would be abolished and editors disciplined unless toned down. Acting President Frederick A. Middlebush ordered seizure citing the serial Confessions of a Ceed as particularly offensive. Gerald W. Klamon defended the piece as truthful depicting alleged seduction.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
University Safe Today
Arthur K. Heckel
Dean Heckel
Ceed
Gerald W. Klamon
Klamon
Frederick A. Middlebush
Heckel ‘Sal
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Ray
Desperado
Steve Davis
San Antonio
Foland
Germany
A. White
Oklahoma City Men’s Club
ED Howe
Kansas
California
Granada
Edmond Lowe
Victor McLaglen
Florence Rice
Charles Bickford
Tim
Tim McCoy
Standard Oil Station
Chesterfield Paper
M. U. Humor Magazine
Zeerus
Lawrence
Robt
Marine Doyle
Mystery Man
Wheeler and Woolsey
Ken Maynard
Champagne Paper Co
Lawrence's
Grarada
Mammoth
Philo
Vance
van Dine
Ange
Ras
CMT
Taya
Plaa Technicolor
Ce Nd Ve
Ea Et
Paul, Lukas Rosalind Russell
Ted Bot Ha
Ted Fiorito
Wren Amateur Hour
Arthur Somers. Roche
George Arliss
Cardinal Richelieu
Dickinson
Mars
Att Sc
Javert
Laughton
Cedric Hardwicke
Mosh
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