Crosby Bribe Trial Set for Monday in Crosbyton
George Aaron a 45 year old former Amarillo liquor dealer faces trial Monday at 10 a.m. in 72nd District Court in Crosbyton on two charges of attempting to bribe an officer and a third charge of bribe attempt in Amarillo. Indicted Nov. 14 after Sheriff Roy Hillin testified to a Texas Crime Investigating Committee regarding bribe offers during a West Texas bootlegging probe. Hillin testified threats were made when he refused payoffs to permit bootleggers in his county.
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Avalanche Journal
Crosbyton
George Aaron
Amarillo
Victor H. Lindsey
72Nd
Aaron
Crosby County
Roy Hillin
Texas Crime Investigating Committee
Hillin
Waggoner Carr
Lubbock
Austin
Tom “Pinkie” Roden
Pinkie
Big Spring
Odessa
San Angelo
Odessa - Andrews
Crosby County Sheriff testifies to bribe offer in bootlegging case
Hillin recounts two offers from Amarillo liquor operator George Aaron in November and December 1950 to run bootleggers in Crosby County. Aaron allegedly promised $1000 a month then $1500 if more bootleggers were allowed and warned of violence if refused. A jury panel of 150 is summoned for prospective duty as prosecutors Forrest Bowers and James Moore lead the case.
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Hillin
Aaron
Crosby County
Crosbyton
Forrest Bowers
James Moore
Lubbock CPAs hear state meeting reports at luncheon
Twenty seven attended the Lubbock chapter luncheon at Caprock Hotel with eight guests. Delegates Edwin Merriman Vernon Behner N Hallmark H Bolinger Wayne Kelly and C A White reported on the San Antonio state meeting. Merriman is chapter president. Defending Aaron will be Billy Hall Littlefield George McCarthy Amarillo and Lloyd Wicks Sr Crosbyton. Several routine cases are set for next week if the Aaron case ends.
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Lubbock
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Caprock Hotel
Certified Public Accountants
San Antonio
Edwin E. Merriman
Vernon L. Behner
N. Hallmark
H. A. Bolinger
Wayne L. Kelly
C. A. White
Merriman
Aaron
Billy Hall
Littlefield
George McCarthy
Amarillo
Lloyd A. Wicks ,Sr
Crosbyton
Teachers Group Installs Kappa Kappa Iota Officers
National officers of the Kappa Kappa Iota teachers sorority were installed at the Caprock Hotel as part of the fifth annual national convention. Okla City’s Mrs Irma Jean Shook was named president. other officers include Miss Marie Anderson Wichita Kan first vice president and Mrs Ruth Foster McClain Springfield Mo second vice president. Approximately 125 members attended. two board members did not attend. Delta state and Lubbock conclaves co hosted. Pearl Metcalf presided with a program including a song fest and square dance.
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KKI
Kappa Kappa Tota
National Teachers Sorority
Ina Marshall
Oklahoma City
Irma Jean Shook
Marie Anderson
Wichita
Kan
Mabel Lillard
Shawnee
Okla
Ruth Foster McClain
Springfield
Mozelle Waters
Albuquerque
N.M
Lilian Polk
Shreveport
Faye Stowell
Pampa
Kappa Kappa Iota
Caprock Hotel
Dorothy Wright
Little Rock
Ark
Helen Brian
Amarillo
Delta State
Lubbock
Pearl Metcalf
General Assembly
Lavern Davidson
Shook
Allegra Bush
Iva Duggan
Tulsa
Mary Ann Wallace
C. C. Lindsey
Don Elliot
Elois Elliott
Violet Lane
Don Craig to Direct Singers at Tech Summer Concert
Don Craig will direct a 120 piece Concert Band and a 65 voice chorus in a free 8pm Tuesday outdoor concert on the Texas Tech Administration Building lawn in Lubbock. The program features Ross Hise and Evelyn McCarty solos, choral works, a Battle in the Republic finale, and a finale with both groups. Joe Haddon will conduct the high school band number.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
Tech
Don Craig
Fred Waring
Cry
New York
Manhattan
Ross Hise
Falfurrias
Evelyn McCarty
28Th St
the Republic
Roy Ringwald
Waring Glee Club
Richard Richards
Noble Cain
Trina
Alexandre A. Arkhangelsky
Randall Thompson
Evelyn LaRue Pittman
Hall Johnson
Harvey Enders
Tom Scott
Waring
Hise
Enders
Joe Haddon
Tschaikovsky
D. O. Wiley
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
Mlada
G. Rossini
Algiers
National Intercollegiate Band
Petition Seeks Life Term for Lubbock Slayyer Jack Farmer
Petition presented to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles asks commuting Jack Farmer’s death sentence to life imprisonment. Farmer, 53, slain wife in 1951 in Lubbock, has a 30 day governor stay plus a three day extension to avoid Sunday execution. The board may contact counsel early this week.
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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Jack Farmer
Lubbock
Farmer
Clifford Brown
Lawrence Melcher
Austin
Brown
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P. D. Allston
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Luspock
Avalanche-Journal
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Calif
Goodwin’ J. Knight
San Francisco Bay
Oklahoma
Chelsea
William A. ‘Clark
Adm
J. J. Clark
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Long Beach
Washington
United States
Henry ‘Tuimore
Yonor
Clair Grundman
Green Domino
Keler-Bela
Italy
Huet
DIAL
29Th Street
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