Amarillo Lawyer Arrested in Wife’s Bomb Death
Prominent Amarillo attorney A D Payne was arrested on charges tied to the bomb that killed his wife and injured his son after an investigation by Newsmen Gene Howe and A B MacDonald. Verona Thompson, Payne’s former secretary, implicated him claiming he planned to marry her after his wife’s death. Police held Payne in secret custody after he was moved to Pampa for security. Continued on page three.
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Amarillo
Texas
Newsper
A. D. Payne
Gene Howe
A. B. MacDonald
Kansas City
Verona Thompson
Bequeathed Fortune Refused By Texas Waitress
In Beaumont Texas Mrs Addie Kingston ston refuses a fortune reportedly worth 1000 acres in Mississippi and 9000 cash for kindness shown 24 years ago to Mr and Mrs Henry Hendrix of Richburg Mississippi She says she is not entitled and will not accept the gift though she once received a $50 present from the couple.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Mississippi
Addie Kingston
White man shot and killed by posse after store burglary
An unidentified white man, about 35, was shot and killed by Mooringsport posse members on a Caddo parish highway while fleeing after a store burglary at Howard's store in Chatterton near the Texas line. A second suspect was captured. the slain man refused to identify himself.
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Mooringsport
Liberty
Caddo Parish
Howard
Chatterton
Texas
Louisiana
H. S. Moore
T. R. Hughes
Shreveport
T. H. Kerr
Will George
Marshall Moore
Kerr
Moore
George
Mississippi Boy Killed When Tire Blows Out
Meridan Mississippi Aug 6 Woodrow Dennis 19 was killed instantly and Rollyn Douglas 22 seriously injured when a tire blew out on their car sending it over a bridge near Newton as they returned from Meridan.
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Meridian
Miss
Woodrow Dennis
Rollyn Douglas
Newton
Tree sitters reach long protest hours in Shreveport
Ray Sparks marked his 524th hour as a local tree-sitter in Shreveport. Haynesville youth FE. LL. Young reached 504 hours, rounding out the pair's extended demonstrations.
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Shreveport
Ray Sparks
FE. LL. Young
Haynesville
First bale of cotton arrives in Greenwood ahead of last year
The first bale of the new cotton crop was received in Greenwood Mississippi consigned to Ben K Pearce and Bros. It was grown by Kimbrough Planting Company and graded strict middling inch and an eighth. The bale was two days ahead of the first bale last year.
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Greenwood
Miss
Ben K. Pearce & Bros
Kimbrough Planting Company
Greenville store blaze damages two buildings in Mississippi
Fire in Greenville Mississippi today caused extensive damage in the retail district with losses estimated up to 50 000. The blaze, of undetermined origin, began in the rear of the Reid brothers grocery on Washington avenue and spread to offices once used by a clinic and to a neighboring store through smoke and water damage.
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Greenville
Miss
Reid Brothers Grocery
Washington Avenue
Boy Drowns in Park Water in Atlanta
In view of many spectators, 5 year old Harry Biggers drowned in three feet of water at a city bathing park in Atlanta. A swimmer found the body after stumbling into the shallow area Tuesday afternoon.
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Atlanta
Harry Biggers
Woman Shot Accidentally By Nephew During Fishing Trip
Mrs. Ovelia Vice, 46, was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the right lung after a firearm discharged accidentally by her nephew E P Richard of Crowley Louisiana during a fishing trip near Port Arthur Texas early today authorities said.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Ovelia Vice
E. P. Richard
Crowley
Here
Two Thousand Chinese Slain by Red Army Reported
Shanghai dispatches claim 2,000 Chinese were executed after Changsha fell, with 4,000 missing and looting reported in Hunan. Foreign nations rush warships to reinforce the Yangtze zone as eleven whites are listed as victims and Allied sailors wounded in the conflict.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
Nanking
Hankow
Red Zone
Yangtze River
Skir
Standard Oil of Louisiana Plans for Memphis Expansion
Officials of Standard Oil of Louisiana announced negotiations for a slight expansion of Memphis riverfront facilities to handle normal business growth. The plan includes acquiring adjoining property and likely adding two tanks. The Memphis holdings date back 20 years for transferring oil from barges to tank cars, with ongoing enlargements to meet demand.
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Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Standard
Memphis River
Man Kills Wife and Son Then Rouses at Fort Snelling
Charles S. Hall, a war veteran and former mental patient, killed his wife and five-year-old son with an ax in Minneapolis and later wandered to the Fort Snelling Veterans hospital. Coroner cites heat as a possible factor in his mental state.
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Minneapolis
Charles S. Hall
Veterans Hospital
Fort Snelling
Seashore
Hall
Lightning kills Elmer youth near horse at home
Jack Andries 19 of Elmer was struck and killed by lightning yesterday afternoon while standing beside a horse at his home in Alexandria. A Forest Hill High School junior and sole supporter of his widowed mother Mrs. Albert Andries.
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Alexandria
Jack Andries
Elmer
Forest Hill High School
Albert Andries
Hoover and Farm Board Backers Win in Four States Primaries
Primary night produced strong showings for Hoover allies and Farm Board supporters across four states. In Kansas Senator Henry Allen secured the Republican nomination to complete Vice President Curtis's term, defeating Governor Clyde Reed who argued for wheat acreage cuts. Frank Haucke won the Republican primary, while Arthur Capper and Jonathan M. Davis earned renomination for the November race.
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Farm Board
Alfred E. Smith
Virginia
West Virginia
Kansas
Henry
D. Allen
Curtis
Clyde M. Reed
Frank Haucke
Cornell
Haucke
Arthur Capper
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas House
Police Jurors Discuss Hatchery and Gravel Road Plans
The police jury met to authorize plans for a Bayou DeSiard fish hatchery with land pledged by Southern Carbon and to study gravel road needs in parish wards. Residents urged graveled access to Smith and Antioch cemeteries, while ward versus parish project status dominated discussion.
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Bayou DeSiard
Conservation Department
C. L. Mengis
Southern Carbon Company
Theo Terzia
Smith Cemetery
Antioch Cemetery
Detroit Police Officer Kills Hotel Bandit
A Detroit patrolman shot and killed one of two robbers who held up the State hotel on Milwaukee avenue west. The other robber escaped with about $100 after forcing clerk H. C. Ross to open the register. Patrolman George Caughlin was guarding the hotel when he opened fire.
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Detroit
H. C. Ross
State Hotel
Milwaukee Avenue West
George Caughlin
Hawks Regain Cross-Continent Speed Record Bid
Captain Frank Hawks flies from Roosevelt Field New York to Wichita Kansas pacing about 180 mph aiming to beat the coast to coast speed record set by Lindberghs. He refuels at St Louis and continues toward Albuquerque with tail winds promised.
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Hawks
Wichita
Kan
Frank Hawks
Roosevelt Field
New York
St. Louis
Angelesae
N. Y
Frank M. Hawks
Los Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pistols Held Ready in Miss Political War
Jackson Mississippi August 6 The Jackson Daily News reports from Philadelphia that political tension at the Neshoba county fair has driven some citizens to carry pistols ready for action Franklin chairman of the state tax commission and gubernatorial candidate accuses Oscar Johnston Delta lawyer of offering him immunity to name Gov Bilbo in the Warrenite $80,960 payment Johnston calls the claim a lie and says he will not stand for it Franklin reiterates his charges during a speaking program and presents evidence
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Jackson
Miss
Jackson Daily News
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
Oscar Johnston
Delta
Franklin
Johnston
House
Bilbo
Drowning in Royal Regatta Collision Off Cowes
At Cowes Isle of Wight on August 6 a steward named William Saunders died when the racing yacht Lucilla sank after a collision with the Lulworth during the Royal Regatta start. The Lulworth rescued Lucilla's crew while King George watched from the Britannia as big yachts Astra White Heather and Westward trailed.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Lucilla
J. Lauriston Lewis
King George
Britannia
A. A. Paton
Lulworth
William Saunders
Marjorie
Lewis
Orleans retrenchment plan cuts salaries to save funds
The New Orleans commission council approved Finance Commissioner A Miles Pratt plan to trim city salaries to offset a $500000 revenue shortfall for the year. The economy includes 15 day unpaid vacations for officials and staff.
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New Orleans
Commission Council
A. Miles Pratt
Kansas Banks Fail in Topeka and Wichita
The Guarantee Title and Trust of Topeka and the Guarantee State Bank of Wichita failed to open for business this morning by order of their boards. Total liabilities reported reach 3,246,244.53, as announced by state bank commissioner H. V. Koeneke.
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Topeka, Kas
Guarantee Title and Trust Company
Guarantee State Bank
Wichita
H. V. Koeneke
State Bank
Lowden Warns U S Faces Dictatorship Risk
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden told the Institute of Public Affairs in Charlottesville that the United States risks dictatorship unless the public government improves its efficiency. He cited European collapses of self government as evidence and warned against fading confidence in democracy.
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United Press
Charlottesville
United States
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Institute of Public Affairs
Lowden
Young killer weds 24 hours after murder in Escambia border towns
Leonard Thompson, believed to be Leonard Johnson of Shawnee Oklahoma, married Miss Lucy Belle McKinley in Perdido Alabama a day after killing Frank A. Webb Jr. in Mississippi. Thompson says self defense after Webb threatened with a razor, then fled in Webb’s car to Mobile. He was later captured in Baldwin County Alabama and returned to Gulfport.
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Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Harrison County
Walter A. White
Leonard Thompson
Leonard Johnson
Shawnee
Okla
Frank A. Webb, Jr
Slidell
Thompson
Baldwin County
Ala
Webb
Alabama
Perdido
Navy
Pattleship
Texas
U S Ready to Land Armed Forces in Hankow
American officials said the United States is prepared to land forces at Hankow to protect nationals from bandit attacks if needed. Eleven U S gun boats are nearby and discussions occurred between Secretary Castle and British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay about protecting nationals without broader Sino-British cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Hankow
State Castle
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
China
Great Britain
Neck Broken in Diving Ends Life of Claudius Ivey
Claudius Ivey of Lovedale Mississippi died 24 hours after a diving accident in White's creek. He stumbled on the bank and, attempting a dive into two and a half feet of water, struck his head on the bottom and broke his neck.
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Laurel, Miss
Claudius Ivey
Lovedale
White’s Creek
Ivey
Annual Report Cites Market Downturn Despite Efforts
New Orleans August 6 Colonel H G Hester secretary of the New Orleans cotton exchange says the farm board and government actions have not halted declines in world markets. He notes the July middling price fell about 6.08 cents per pound and a bale value dropped over $30, with speculation and congressional interference affecting the market.
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New Orleans
H. G. Hester
Hester
Government Farm Board
Farm Board
Congress
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