Quin DIES In Oklahoma Prison Electrocution
A young rum runner named Earl Quinn was executed in the electric chair at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester after midnight for the murder of Dessin and Zexla Griffith on a Northern Oklahoma road in 1930. He said he was framed and spoke to witnesses in the death chamber. Nearby, Tom Morris, the ax slayer, fainted after hearing the sentence and later died from the shock.
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M'Alester
Okla
Oklahoma
No Sisters
Earl Quinn
Dessin
Zexla Griffith
Oklahoms
Quinn
Tom Morris
Senator Convicted in Dry Law Conspiracy in Philadelphia
State Senator John J. McClure and ten co defendants were convicted in Philadelphia on a federal charge of participating in a Delaware county liquor protection organization. The group faced charges of conspiracy to violate national Prohibition law, with Eu gene F. White among those convicted along with Republican ward leaders in Chester former constables magistrates and numerous alleged liquor law violators.
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Philadelphia
John J. McClure
Delaware County
Eugene F. White
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Chester
Prince of Wales takes up bagpipes in Scotland
In Dinburgh Scotland on November 23 the Prince of Wales, famed for versatility, announced he is learning bagpipes and hopes someday to play in a pipe band though he will not perform a solo.
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Shaw
Rogers Bros
Shaw's
City-Central Decded Home To South Texas Bank Trust
Dr F L Thomson director at City Central Bank and Trust, which failed in September 1941, deeded his home to South Texas Bank and Trust to cover a 58000 stock assessment. The deal, joined by his wife, valued the property at 4080 land and 19200 improvements based on 40 percent pass through.
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F. L. Thomson
City-Central Bank and Trust Company
South Texas Bank and Trust Company
Dr Thomson
Seventy-third District
5. D. Brand
Thomson
Eddie Thomson
Dr. Thomson
Houston
Losaya Streets
Theo F. Weiss
Central Securities Company
Oil Well Blaze Quelled After Second Blast Near El Campo
A heavy charge rocked the countryside and snuffed out a fire at a Pure Oil company well near Touise southwest of El Campo Texas. It was the second blast used to extinguish the flames after the first failed to halt the inferno. A classified note advertises a fresh Jersey mullein owl for sale in Classification 123.
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EL Campo
Texas
Pure Oil Company
Touise
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Tain
Okuaoma
Gotham
Gethany
Wales
Frost Bros
Shaw’s
Rogers
Paramount
MES
Manning Bowman
Bowman
Hotpoint Electric
Lowster
Elving
Oqiingthy
Pierce
Texas’ Greatest Jewelers
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Toel
Eamive Tromet
ATEN
TION
Houston ST
ST. Mary's St.—Gunter Hotel
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