Abduction of Wiliam Hamm Jr Spurs Ransom Plot
St Paul authorities report William Hamm Jr a Hamm Brewing Company head is kidnapped and held for a 100000 ransom. Two ransom notes signed by Hamm reach friends and officials as police question hoodlums in Twin Cities, with a brewery truck seen leaving the yards amid ongoing negotiations.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wiliam Hammy Jr
WVELE
Hamm
Theodore Hamm
Willam Dunn
Clarence J. Thomas
Thomas
Michael Kinkead
Ramsey County
Kinkead
Twin City
Verne Sankey
Charles Boettweher II
Denver
Haskell Bohn
Hamm Brewing Company
Wiliam Hamm Jr
W. W. Dunn
Herbert J. Charles
Charles J. Tierney
Unidentified man found dead west of Groom
A dead man was located on the highway one mile west of Groom. Authorities, unable to identify him, found a July 1931 receipt issued to Tom B. Billiott of Guymon, signed by J.3 B. Shomer. He suffered a fractured skull, indicating a possible hit-and-run hitchhiking incident.
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Panhandle
Groom
Geaterans Bureau
Oklahoma
Tom B. Billiott
Broadway Hotel
Guymon
J. 3 B. Shomer
Pampans Offer Special Train to Century of Progress Expo
The NEWS reports Pampans are signing for a special train to Chicago for the Century of Progress Exposition. A $5 deposit opens a reserved seat fund. a 100 traveler group is expected for July 16 to July 22, with a round trip from $25.25. Deposits are refundable if enough sign up.
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Pampans
Daily
Chicago
Sheriff Freed by Floyd and Keeps Silent
Ovar, Missouri June 17. Sheriff William Killingsworth says he was freed by Billy Floyd near Lees Summit after a 500 mile ride and will not disclose where. He questions whether Pretty Boy Floyd and accomplices helped kill two officers in Missouri and notes Floyd treated him kindly during the escape.
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Boone County
Ben Booth
Stile Highway Patrol
Wilson
Booth
Columbia
Mexico
Killingsworth
Floyd
Adam Ricchetti
Missouri
Riccchetti
Sandefer in Critical Condition After Major Operation
Dr. J. D. Sandefer president of Simmons University Abilene was reported in serious condition after a major operation at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. The physician and his wife traveled to Dallas for diagnosis and the operation was advised this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandefer
Abilene
J. D. Sandefer
Simmons University
Baylor
Pampa Plans Frontier Days Rodeo Attracts Enthusiasm
George Limerick reports World’s Fair excitement in Chicago and praises the Pampa Daily NEWS train to the fair. Pampans grow eager for Frontier Days events with Lon Blanchet building a track for horse races during the August celebration.
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George Limerick
Chicago
Panhandle
Lon Blancet
Divorce case details fill long trial in 11th district
Thelma Bowers testified in a Saturday session on alleged abuse by Joe Bowers to support her suit for divorce and damages. The hearing paused at 5:45 p.m. and resumed Monday morning. jurors were allowed to attend church or theater with permission. Bowers denied premarital affairs, described fights and injuries, and disputed the deposition claims. He recalled money and car settlements, spats with other women, and a prior dismissal of a related action. The case centers on violence, separations, and disputed settlements amid courtroom exchanges.
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Joe Bowers
Thelma Bowers
Bowers
Sheriff's Department
Sears
Panhandle race meet draws huge crowd for five races
Panhandle June 17 Thousands flocked to Carson county track as 1 500 fans watched Little Dude Mad Boy Cabin Camp and Blue Jane win four featured events The grandstand was packed and cars lined the half mile loop With early gate plans at 1 30 pm racing excitement spread across the region praising odds betting booths and a swanky barbecue by the Panhandle Race Meet association
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Panhandle
Little Dude
Mad Boy
Cabin Camp
Blue Jane
North Plains
Carson County
Panhandle Race Meet Association
M. B. Davidson
Ed. Co. Deahl
Asbery A. Callaghan
Kentucky
New Orleans
Agua Caliente
Maryland
Chicago
Lindy
Warner Brown
Star Lion
Pele
Baylor Co ed Slain In Hold Up
Baylor university co ed Elizabeth Hammond 26 of Rosse was killed and Ervin Conway wounded during a highway holdup nine miles north of Bryan on No 6. The pair were robbed by two men and a woman in a light truck as they traveled from Waco to Bryan to visit Conway's parents. Hammond died at a Bryan hospital. Conway, though shot through the lungs, drove to town and gave a description before collapsing, listed in critical condition but expected to survive. Authorities searched Central Texas for the trio.
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Conway
Bryan
Waco
J. H. Conway
Baylor University
Missing globe flyer Jimmy Mattern prompt search vows Alaskan waters
Admiral Pratt ordered all naval vessels and aircraft near Alaska and Aleutians to search for Jimmy Mattern missing on a Siberia to Alaska hop. Argonne and two fliers, Ensign Moffett Jr. and Lieut. West, were in the area as Alaska airmen noted rough conditions and possible landing spots along a 2600 mile Siberia Nome route. Local weather included rain at Nome and snow at Point Barrow with Dutch Harbor reports of a fox sighting.
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Alaskan
Brewer
Y Tashington
William V. Pratt
Aleutian
Jimmy Mattern
Siberia
Alaska
Navy Department
Argonne
Harry Dad
Navy
William A. Moffett, Jr
Meffett
John West
Pratt
Nome
Jimmie Matterit
Texas
New York
Khabarovsk
Siberian
Mattern
Kanbaroysk
Dutch Harbor
Point Barrow
United States Rejects Parley Currency Plan
The American government rejects the World Economic Conference currency stabilization plan drafted in London. Reported from Washington, the decision upends expectations of early concrete gains in the world monetary problem.
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United States
London
Washington
Royal Garden
Windsor
Lord Beaverbrook
The
Sunday Express
Roosevelt
Senate
Magnolia Petroleum Lifts East Texas Oil Prices
Magnolia Petroleum and other buyers boosted East Texas crude values by moving to gravity based pricing. North and West Texas regions show increases from 20 to 80 cents per barrel depending on gravity with nationwide adjustments and several named fields reporting gains from 10 to 12 cents per barrel.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
East Texas
Bwanks
Magnolia
Osie
Srahal
Texas
Oklahoma
Carson
Hutchinson
West Texas
Durst Creek
Miranda
Luling
Corsicana
Lytton Springs
Pampa Citizen Owns 698 Aged, Valuable Coins
James Bassey, Pioneer cafe proprietor in Pampa at 508 South Cuyler, owns a striking 698 piece coin collection aged 84 years or more. Highlights include a 1850 five and hundred dollar bills from Merchant's Bank, 1777 and 1788 silver dollars, two 1807 dollars with opposing berry head directions, a 1849 fifty dollar and ten dollar gold piece, plus numerous early copper and gold coins. Bassey began collecting in 1908 and plans to sell, inviting friends to view the collection at the bank.
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James Bassey
Pioneer Cafe
South Cuyler Street
Jimmy
Merchant’s Bank
Augusta
Dolings Hay
America
Bossey
Peoria
Ilinois
Lubbock
Pampa
Pampans at Panhandle race meet draw crowd near grandstand
Report describes many Pampans at the Panhandle race meet leaving the booth with money in hand while Sherif Tiny Pipes slept soundly at the Bow ers divorce trial amid testimony in a packed court.
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Sherif
Tiny" Pipes
Bowers
Desperado Fifth Victim Of Massacre At Union Station
Blazing machine guns shattered Kansas City's union station plaza killing five and wounding two officers and a prisoner. Oklahoma gangster Frank Nash, being transported back to Leavenworth, died in the ambush as investigators move to cross state lines for prosecutions. Authorities pledge closer federal and state cooperation as the manhunt continues.
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Ansas City
Kansas City
Union Station Plaza
Frank Nash
Oklahoma
Leavenworth
Nash
Raymond J. Caffrey
United States Bureau of Investigation
Otto Reed
Mee Alester
Okla
Frank Harmanson
W. J. Grooms
FP. J. Lackey
Oklahoma City
R. E. Vettern
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Cummings
al Spencer
Northmist
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Hot Springs
Ark
Verrerl
Batley
Vetterli
Sten
Mission Road
NLS West Texas Weather Outlook Sunday
Partly cloudy conditions with likely thundershowers in the extreme west portion Sunday. statewide forecast calls for unsettled weather with isolated thunder activity and warm temperatures ahead of the new week.
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Texas
Ana
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Girtha McConnell
Russell McConnell
Panhandle Priday
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M. K. Brown
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