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MORNING EDITION
of The
PAMPA DAIU NEWS
PAMPA MORNING POST
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Serving Pampa and Northeanlern Panhandle
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THE NEW PAMPA
Fastest Growing City in Texas;
Panhandle Oil and Wheat
Center.
VOL. 1, NO. 17.
<AP) Features and Comics
PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1031.
Full (AP) Lensml Wire
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3
%
WANT BIDS ON P.O, LOCATION
NTS BET INDICTED i*N SHOOTING OF BERT TAYLORiTWIEE SITES
DEVELOPMENTS COME SLOWLY IN DALLAS FLOGGING
FT
Ell STORY
FRIEND SEES LINGLE KILLED;
BLOND SLAYER JUMPED FENCE
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CLAIMS ASSISTANT IN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
OFFICE IS MAN I
REGISTER VlS DENIAL
RENTED BUILDING TO
KU KLUX ORDER;
NO MEMBER
DALLAS. Mar. 12. M1)—■Devolon-
ments came slowly tcday in tlio
grand jury investigation Uito re-
ports that C. J. Coder ami Lewis
Hurst, communist organizers, v/cie
kidnapped from th.' city hall steps
after their release from Jail here
last Thursday night and flogged.
Hur.-f. and Cider still had not been
found The principal event during The biggest one is, to say the least
i he day was the release from jail i "some egg."
of Edmund > Barr, Dallas Dispatch
leporter, who previously had re-:
fused to tell the grand Jury '.vho1
THREE IN LARGE AUTOMOBILE MEET REPORTER
AT TOP OF CHICAGO SUBWAY; TWO FOLLOW
JAKE BELOW TO DO SHOOTING
EDITOR'S NOTE:—This is I lie
>econ«: of a series dealing with
the slaying of Alfred (Jake)
I.ingle, Chicago reporter, the dra-
matic setting at the scene of the
os,sanitation, ant* the scries of
those who saw him die.
By II. B. BURTON
CHICAGO, Mar. 12. I/O—"H"y
Jake! play Hy Schneider in the
tourth!"
Three men in a raki'h nutomo-
I bile wheeled slowly b>,< the corner
! of Randolph street, and Michigan
J Avenue last June,'shouting their tip
I to a bustling little man with a "ran-
; ing form" thrust in his packet.
"Yeh," he shouted back, "I've got
j him." He stepped briskly down into
a pedestrian subway of the Illir.cis
Central ralircadl
Hy Schneider, a gelding of the
; Valley Lake stable, did not finish
and that from Clarendon. The di-1 i'v 'he money that day at Homj-
measions are 5 0-lGths. G7-lflths,! wocd race track, but he wa? the
and 7 S-16ths inches, respectively, medium for a grim pay-eff in the
echoing cavern under Chicago's
I busiest boulevard, in the shadow of
the public library.
When Irvln Cole offered to give
one hundred baby chicks to any-
one who would show a bigger egg
than he gave the l'ampun, he
made a bargain. That bargain
will cast him the chicks.
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A Clarendon farmer, whose name
temporarily is misplaced, sent Mr.
Cole a much bigger egg. On display
at The NEWS-POST are a normal
sized egg, the Cole hatchery egg,
gave him information on which ho
l aseel a story written last Friday.
13arr svas sentenced to jail lor con-
tempt and fined $100. He said he
"coukt net betray a confidence".
sends Word
Alter u confei jnc.® today with
Sawnie H. Aldredge, attorney tor' day cerobrntion." it was iio better li-
the Dallas Dispatch, Ban- pent word i lu&trated than in a. line 50-poge is-
hy Aldredge to Judge Orover Adams'sue of the Borger Herald. Congrat-
that he was ready to answer the'ulations are hereby extended to
Mr. Cole is still confident, how-
ever, that he has seen the biggest
egg of the season. He offers 500
baby chicks for presentation of
un egg bigger than the Clarendon
hen production.
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The spirit of Borger still is viru-
lent and resourceful. It was reflect-
ed in many ways during the birth-
question,
The name he gave in court uu-
cier cath, and later to the grand
jury, as that cf ins Informant, wan
Norman Register, an assistant in
(he office of District Attorney
William McCrav.. Barr said Regis-
ter had telephoned him conceal-
ing the kidnaping and that later
he had talked personally with R g-
i.stei.
Both Register and District At-
torney McCrnw denied Barr's is-
sertlon, MeCraw asserting' it was
"a figment of Barr's imagination",
lteuts ItlliliUug
Ban', in hi.? story, had attribu'ed
the kidnaping to the Ku Klux lClan.
'flie tsruiul jury was seeking '■ li?
bu,-.Ls lor this assertion. Register,
in an interview, admitted he rent-
ed a building to the Klun, but u-
luscd to say whether or not he was
a member.
Among witnesses heard by th
f.rancl jury today were Barr and
Borger and to Tlie HERALD.
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It is going to be very Import,
ant to Gray county to connect
the Pampa-Roberts county paving
on soon as possible. When given
a little more publicity and con-
crete, highway GO is going to be i
a popular traffic lane across the j
United States. This will bring the j
tourists through Pampa and be
of immense value. But, without
paving across the county, tiuit
same publicity will be adverse.
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Cheap fuel is a basic need for
industries. Transportation Ls anoth-
er. Proximity to a market Is im-
]>ortant. Cheap labor is desired by
many factor;, superintendents to
compete with rivals who have cheap
labor. Pampa, to compete in ihe
move lor industries, must have
cheap gas. It is said that this is
available, and all that is needed is
a p ropes it Ion of sufficient size to
attract the gas interests of the
county. This certainly should be
For half way through the tunnel,
there was the roar oi a pistol end
the little fellow dropped—dead. He
was Jake tingle, crime reporter for
the Chicago Tribune.
And Hy Sclinelder, as police later
reconstructed the murder, served to
"put the finger" on Llngle—to
identify him to a liired assassin v/ln
never before had seen his victim.
That assassin, prosecutors now say,
war. Leo V. Brothew*. -St. Louis, who
goes to trial for murder .soon.
Bui. the sunny June that Lingle
was killed, no ono eculd point n
linger ut the flayer. There was con-
fusion as Llngle crumpled to the
concrete flooring. Pedestrians mtii.'il
about the bedy, but paid little heed
to the fleeing slayer.
Patrick Campbell told police he
See (-INGLE, Page G
IS EX-COOK
ANOTHER R O O S E VELT
IS NEEDED FOR
PRESIDENT
UTILITIES ARE AN ISSUE
T A L K UNEMPLOYMENT
AT PROGRESSIVE
MEETINGS
In 181)9, ItIvers II. Ituford, above,
was cook in Florida logging camps.
Judge William B. Kheppard was his
boss, and- urged him to better him-
self. So Ituford studied law. Now he
lias just been chosen chief just-
ice of the Florida supreme couri
jWASHlNGTON, March 11. t^'i •
The conference cf political indepen-
dents focused its attention cn '.nt
1932 presidential rare in its c'.ns-
ing hours today with a demand by
Senator Noiris for the election of
a "progressive president".
Rejecting President Hoover as a
"power trust" man, the Nebraska
Republican also gave notice to the
Democrats that n candidate chose.l
on the platform offered by Chair-
man Raskol* would not do.
Need a Roosevelt
Political tcngues were set to wag-
ging by the Nebraskun's declara-
tion that "we need another Roo:e-
velt in the White House", but he i
mentioned no sjx>eific candidate |
and conceded inability of a third BROTHER GIVES BLOOD
party to be successful a year hence.) j^ ATTEMPT TO
IN TRIAL OF
MRS. NICHOLSON HELD
FOR TRIAL UNDER
FREEDOM BOND
TRIALS 1NILI. BE SOON
PROMISE CASES TO BE
TRIED IN PRESENT
COURT TERM
Amarillo
Negro Is
"Unguilty"
AMARILLO, Mar. 12. .fi -
"Unguilty," pleaded Daniel King.
King, a p- i. was In toiuf.y
court, charge ill drunkednrss.
A icnstable, two deputies, and
tho county Jafler testified that,
he was drunk. King brought in
eight negro friends to testify
that he had not taken a drink
In Mven years.
"Unguilty," agreed the jury,
anc> King was acquitted.
RUnniMG WILD
SAN ANGELO, March 12.
Forty-eight hours after it buist
its steel bonds at an undetermined
SAVE" LIFE
C. A. McLaury. until two months
o.s.o a resident of this city, will be
buried at Aspcrmont today. Mr. Mc-
Laury was fatally shot Wednesday
See COLUMN. Page G
Register, Police Chief Claude Tram- true for OTrtV county has tremen-
mell, Police Captain Jess Bonner, dolLS gns reserves.
Def-k Sergeant C. E. Plant and Jail • o
Sergeant Harry Trammel]. Attend- , It should be a matter for coop-
ing the! grand jury investigation « oration between the city and the
were Ranger Sergeant M. T. Oon-
zaullas and Ranger J. P. Huddle-
ston. assigned to the kidnaping
ease by Governor Ross Sterling.
George Clifton Edwards, attorney
for Hurst and Coder, who reported
he was abducted with his clicnts
but was released unharmed, still
was in Eastland, where he was con-
ducting a law suit.
"Death to Kithiapers"
"Death to all lynchers and kid-
napers" was the slogan embodied
in a lengthy statement issued late
today by George J. Papcun, of El
Pasc, styling himself secretary of
the Trade Union Unity Leagtp of
Texas.
Hii, statement charged that the
kidnaping of Hurst and Coder was
an "open frame-up" and asserted
there was "no doubt in the cotr-
mittee's minds that the two w r?
brutally flogj.ed and cold-bloodedly
murdered or else are being held
When asked later if the reference
to "another Roosevelt" meant Gov-
ernor Roosevelt, of New York, prom-
inently mentioned Democratic can-
didate, Senator Norris smiled and
iald: "I never thought about that".
The Norris speech, broadcast over afternoon in a cafe in Phillips ;amp
the Columbia radio systems, opcred.near Boreer when lie attempted to
the final discussion of the ccnf?r- arrest- a man. He died in a Pantex
ence—on public utilities, which Sen* ihospital yesterday morning.
ator Norris has projected as the j Murder charges have been filed
dominant issue oi the next, cam- u-.iialnst John "Denver Blackle" Ev-
Pn'Bn- jans. He is being held In the Hutch-
Propose Short Week jlnson county jail at Stinett. Evans
Under the leadership of Sena'/ r U known here, having been a resi-
3 BABIES DIE
EXPLOSION F A T A L TO
FIVE IN DUNCAN
THURLO HOME
LaFollette, Republican, Wiscoti-.ui,
the confereme received proposals
for i five-day week, establishment
dent of this city for a short time
last year.
Mr. McLaury first gained prom-
DUNCAN. Okla., March 12. (A'>—
Two mothers and three babies lost
their lives in an explosion and fire
'here last night.
Details of the tragedy disclosed a
\ futile attempt by Mrs. Ed Tliurlo,
'22, to save the life of one of her
owners of gas. The gain would be 'baby daughters, 2 and 5 years old.
Mother and child died after Mrs
cf an economic council, and groat- j inence here when he was instru-
er expansion of Federal construction mental in the arrest of several
u'. aids lor unemployment. Phillips Petroleum company and
LaFollette also leveled criticism Santa Fe employes in connection
at the Hoover administration, and Kith lhe wholesale thert of gasoline
averted the industrial, financial!from thc Phillips loading rack. He
and political leadership of the ni,. ialso worked with county officers un-
tlon had been broken down. ; til leaving for Phillips to take up his
The two-days conference adjourn- 0lUclal,?u '7ps,, ,
ed tonight with committees ap-1 N- McLaury, in^partner-
pointed to carry on the work in :i ?klp wlIth Dr- R- A' Webb, is a
After returning 17 indictments,
; the 31st district grand jury yester-
day afternoon adjourned until next
Friday morning unless called to j
I meet before that time. The grand j HIGH GRAVITY CRUDE
jury had been in session since Mon- i pi r\WS PKflM HRPTH
day morning after being charged! Ar.' Qsfi7iriT^T
by Judge W. R. Ewing to do their o.ocw 1 Liti I
duty.
Included in the list of indictments
was that of Paul Nlsbet, of LeFors,
charged ill connection with the fa-, ... .... - .. , .
tal shooting of C. H. Taylor near h^it beneath the surface, the la'.•
LrFors the night of January 27.! lar8f<-of ^e world's deep-
est oil producers, Group Number
One Oil corporation's No. 4-B Uni-
versity in Reagan county, early to-
night continued to flow out of con-
trol ut a total depth of 8,587 feet.
Oil of 01 gravity, forced by gas tnat
gauged 06,000,000 cubic feet beio ?
the well was tubed, overflowed thc
cellar, wtu being piped aside and
was showering'' through the steel
derrUk In a, pa?e yellow cloud,
drenching workmen In slickers nr.i
rubber boots.
Ascertaining, If possible, wh.'.lier
the oil was cr.mlng from bel'.iid
the nine-inch casing or the se^er.-
inch pipe, which was cemented at
U.Onu led, was the first problem to
be iclved and in an effort '.o do
tills the oil in the cellar was being
lowered by steam jet, being so lljrht
that pumps would not handle it.
Pressure had been raised from 1,000
to 2,000 pounds In a further effort
to establish a correct oil-gas ratlj
when the v,cll blew out, the Brtnieri-
iieatl falling to hold, and it was
theught most likely that either „hc
seven-Inch pipe parted or the ce-
ment. gave away.
night of January
Charles (Little Chuck) Wilson ls In
Jail waiting transfer to the peniten-
| tficry for 20 >ears In connection
jWith the same shooting.
Three Counts
! Nisbet's indictment included three
j counts: A principal in the shooting:,
. an accomplice, and an accessory.
I Upon agreement of District Attorn-
' ey Raymond Allred and the defense
attorney, Will R. Saunders, the trial
will be one of the first in tliis term.
I Nlsbet ls out on bond cX $2,000.
I Mrs. Wilson, wife of Charles Wil-
son, is in the county jail charged
with assault with intent to rob In
connection with the same case. Mrs.
Wilson was in the car with Taylor
when he was shot.
Indict Mrs. Nicholson
An indictment charging Mrs. Ber-
tie Nicholson with assault with in-
tent to kill was also returned by thc
grand jury. Mrs. Nicholson was in-
dicted In connection with the
shooting of her husband, N. A.
' (Nick) Nicholson, several weeks ago.
.The shooting took place at the
Nicholson home on North Gray
' street. The couple had been es-
tranged for some time preceding thc
1 shooting.
Mr. NiehoLson was released from
the Worley hospital two weeks ago.
A .25 caliber bullet pierced his right
side.
permanent oruanization. Imnv: !i-1
ate attention will be directed to
brother. Dr. McLaury cam.' here
last fall to make his home and to!
i practice medicine. At the time of
FORMER BEAUTY FROM
ST. LOUIS IS HELD
FOR SLAYING
Tliurlo had dashed from the house
and rolled In the grass with the in-
fant in her arms. The other little
girl perished In the blazing home.
Other victims of the blast and
fire, believed caused because one
of the women poured kerosene on
the embers of a kitchen stove fire,
were Mrs. John Thurlo, 20, and her
two-year-old girl,
Helen, 3, Mrs. John Thurlo's oth-
er child, was rescued from the back
porch by neighbors.
The Thurlo brothers, refinery
workers, were riot at home.
Purviance to Head
Reserve Officers
NICE, France, Mar. 12. t^)- In
her prison cell, Mrs. Fred G. Ni'to i-
Nlrdltnger, "Mls.1 St. Louis" of an
Atlantic city beauty contest eltjht; captain Walter Purviance was rc-
years ago. awaited anxiously today i elected president of the Pa in pp.
for police to check on her sti.-y 1 chapter of the Reserve Officer.".
I Lieut, George H. Olover secretary.
' t von curat* 1
against deportation of lot
eign born workers, cspcciall Me l. mt'nl ^ , , ,
can workers" ' Police Director Peadeleu exair.l"ed : treasurer.
Papcun said a southwest-Tk'- brulseR on thc 26*.1'"*r"°,w Reding officers were congrutu-
search for Coder and Hurst hai ar,n3 and necki whlrh 8,10 claimed | lated on their excellent work in
been conducted flnce Saturdav Vv1 were '"dieted by her husband mi guiding thc association through its
the league and three crews of men ! effort to choke her during a first year.
working in tars out of Dallas San jt'alciw-v c'unrre1' The doctor mn:'- Llcut' Howard E. Boggs was iho.i.
Antonio and Kansas Cltv had'bee-i a *ritten roP°rt "^c nr™ ' to represent thc Pampa chapter
searching fcr dues as "to the fn-,« nnd nt'cl{ f,llovvcd fle:n's lhat tlle I at the state convention to be held
of the two men woman had been roughly handled'.) in Sun Antonio, March 28.
i Police found In the Nlxon-Niid-1 Tfce speaker of the evening was
i ling;.' apartment a bxilcit which i MaJ. Gecrge A. Corbln of Amarilio,
iiad pierced thc bedroom door at: Infantry D. O. L. of tile U. S. Armv!
an angle, and this tended turtlv>r, He discussed several phases of ri-
to substantiate the young wife's; serve officers activities.
story that she fired from her bed. i
She said a controversy which had' TREMOR 18 PELT
continued through muc< cf ;ast j MEXICO CI1Y, Mar. 12. i p>_
evenlng was climaxed when her j Strain and prolonged earth shocKs
Schneider Obtains
Contract on Trees i
Bidding $928.70, Fred Schneidor
local man. was awarded the con-
tract to supply shrubs and trees
for use in beautifying the new cKv
park, city hall, fire stolon and
water well grounds. The bid in-
cluded thc supplying of 10-ioct
Chinese and Ameitycan Elms in-
stead of the 8-foot variety.
husband accused her cf having an j were felt today in Plntotepa Na?-
Italian lover. She declared she i lonal, State of Oaxacu, where much
drew a revolver from beneath her j damage was done by tremor* in
pillow and fired four times at him | January. The natives were panic-
as ho, partially disrobed, leaned I stricken but no Immediate dntn-
over and peizeU, h«r by the throat, age was reported.
formulation of a legislative progiam!ft®1.7in iin
fcr the ni'Xt eoiiar^ss in wtiteh f,.r l shooting he was In Aspermont
l«ria« Il,!u „ f visiting relatives. He rushed to Bor-
ivi^ balance > f „ei. and gnve a pint, of blood but
olii. , (without) avail. Physicians from Bor-
Public utilities, tariff, uncmp.e.,'- g.er an(j Amarillo were unable to .e-
ment, agriculture and the return to|fvove tjlt> Juliets
representative government were the | 'Coimtv and ' city officers from
topics assigned to committees. jhere attended funeral services con-
rhlrteen senators, Republicans, ducted at Phillips yesterday after-
and Democrats, were appointed to noon. The body was then sent to
the committees. Senators Norris,! Aspermont.
Borah, cf Idaho: LaFollette, anrlj ^
Cutling, Republicans, head four of I BURNRD TO DKATII
them, and Senator Costigan, Demo-' EUGENE, Ore., March 12. i/Pi---
crat, Colorado. Is chairman of he I Trapped in their flaming room,
ct'lei- ' two women. Anna Unkjr, 42, an in-
The power discussion developed j valid, and her sister, Violet Bale: r,
an attack on Owen D. Young, Nov.' I 37, were burned to death when 'Ire
York, another Democratic pre.,; • du troyed their farm home here
dentlal possibility. Edward N". Nock-1 today.
els. representing the Ameri'ih'i' The parents of the women. Mr
U.derai'.oi^ of Lubo^, referred to! and Mrs. Andrew Baker, escaped
him as "the guiding genius of fuel with slight burns. Thc fire sta-ted
radio trust". |n a kitchen flue.
F
Deputy Belcher
Back from Baird
Chief Deputy Warren Belcher re-
turned yesterday frcm Baira, Cal-
lahan county, where he wus called
Monday us a witness In a murder
trial. Mr. Belcher was not placed
cn the witness stand until Tues-
day.
lh> trial had been transferred
WANT CORN :R SITE FOR
NEW POSTOFFICE
BUILDING
MAY BE6INJ0RK SOON
AGENT WILL BE SENT
HERE TO APPROVE
OFFERS
(Exclusive to The Post)
Uncle Sam wants bids or offers
on the site for Pampa's federal
building—and he will consider prop-
ositions of citizens to donate ground
if there are any such proposals.
Postmaster William Crawford late
yesterday received instructions to
ask for bids, and was asked to post
thc following notice:
Solicit Bids
"Proposals are hereby solicited to
' be opened In the office of the su-
pervising architect, treasury de-
partment, at 9 o'clock a. m. on Aprtl
10, 1931, |for the sale or donation to
the United States of preferably a
corner lot containing 37,000 square
feet, with a dimension of approx-
imately 180 lineal feet on the more
Important of two street frontages,
centrally and conveniently located
and suitable for a federal building."
The postmaster also received leaf-
lets for distribution to prospective
bidders, containing instructions on
how to place the bids with 8. Low-
man, assistant secretary of the
treasury. Mr. Crawford will be glad
to give assistance to all Interested
in the project. It ls hoped that
through cooperation of local real es-
tate owners, congressmen, and post-
al officials the work may be start-
ed as soon as possible.
Three Approved
, Wha^-thwe 'itea ifrftetbeun ten-
tatively approved, some or them fcttl
to meet government specifications
and other sites may be submitted by
anyone interested. Nearly liaif u
block ls asked by the government,
with frontage on two streets. Hits
presents difficulties, although such
lots are available.
After the bids are opened In
Washington, an agent of the gov-
ernment will be sent to Pampo to
look over the proposed sites, to in-
vestigate the reasonableness of the
oifers, and to compare the data
with recent real estate transfers.
Btisc*d on the agent's report, togeth-
er with written representations froim
other sources, the treasury depart-
ment will select the site and, if the
property is to be chasen by purch-
ase, will accept the offer of the suc-
cessful bidder. No intermediary be-
tween thc landowner and the gov-
ernment is necessary.
May Condemn
When the department is unable
to buy a desired site, it may insti-
tute condemnation proceedings to
arrive at) the price it shall pay. Oh
sites offered for sale, the ownerfc
are asked to reserve the buildings
already on the location, subject to
removal in 60 days or less. It is un-
derstood ' that, the site would be
cleared of all buildings, water and
gas lines, and the like. Bidders ate
Called Monday
AMARILLO MAN DONATES HOUSE
TO FAMILY WHOSE TENT BURNED
Appeals of the pampa welfaie
association through the columns of
the pampa News-Post are still be-
ing answered, Mrs. W. H. Davi.i
says. Yesterday afternoon she re-
ceived an offer of a home for the
A. D. Verhanes family whose tent
was destroyed last week.
Following the appeal practically
everything necessary to equip a
home has been received. All they
lack is dishes, some sheets cooking
pan.s and clothing for the 10-your,
eld boy. Tne family did merciful;
ucts during the recent storm.
Members of the Presbyterian i
church supplied blankets. Chris- j
tian church ladies gave a complete I
tewing outfit, groceries and oth?v|
ncces: arles. Many other pe wns!
and f oclctlcs donated apparel r >d'
furniture. j
A letter received from Huph Mor-
row of the Amarillo Bank and Tru.-
company, offered a house in South
Pampa. Mr. Morrow Is a nephc .•
rf Mr. ond Mrs. F P Reid, Eaitj
Francis sl*reet. Mr. Morrow was
formerly connected with the Painpa
National bank here.
Mr. Morrow's letter follows:
Mrs. W. H. Davis,
Pampa, Texas,
Dear Mrs. Davis:
I see in the Pampa Morning P-st
where Mr. Verhanes had the mis-
fortune to loose hlf? tent in a tire.
I have a house In South Pampa
that has been vacant for >ome time
and if you care to you can let them
have the use of it as I would pre-
fer to have someone live in it thnn
have it vacant. Mr. F. C. Work-
man will give you thc location as
he has charge of some of my hor.'-es
in Pampa. If you can use it \ iu
are welcome.
Yours very truly.
H. W. Morrow.
Amarilio Bank <fe Trust Oo.
Amarillo, Texas
P- S. Jfou can use this house for
any ether needy family If you sen
MRS. FELKER CARRIED
DOPE AT TIME OF
DEATH. BELIEF
Officers here said today they be-
lieved "dope" peddlers, membeis < i
a narcotic ring operating in Dal'as,
1 Fort Worth and El Paso, opened
the grave of Mrs. Carrie Felkcr,
several days after the body wis
i buried.
Information obtained in un Inves-
tigation was turned over to Fedenil
narcotic agents frcm Dallas.
A caretaker at the cemetery nis-
covered that Mrs. Felker'- grave
had been opened, the body stood
up against the grave wall, and the
stockings removed frcm the wom-
an's body. In a pest mortcn exam-
ination, .poison was found In the
Viscera of the body.
The woman had been found lent
in an automobile parked on a down-
town street here and at first, a
coroner's verdict that death was
due to alcoholism was returned. It .
was reveuled today thnt stockings i _ ,a' preparations for the trip to
worn by the woman at the time of i Per''yt<Jn March 21 and 22 wci
her death were the same ones re-1 made 'ast night by the wrecking
moved from the corpse by person:; the Pampa voiture 953. of
who opened the grc'/c. Officers' "e j? und ® The official state
obtained Information which I 'd: waking crew from Pampa's vottu-e
them to believe the woman car-i 'di ' on wcrk Saturday night,
a quantity of narcotics in the hem < , A. '8r8e delegation cf Pampa
of her stockings at the time she' J^ionnaires and Auxiliary mem-
was found dead. On this they based, ^ri *'1" niake the trip, it has beer,
their theory thut the grave was: on ounced.
opened by persons seeking to oo-! chief speaker of the convcri-
tain thc narcotics. tl,on Major H. B. tCiistrip
i of Oklahoma City. Josh Lee of
lrom another county on a chorine, ui, uiiu iitt i4jm_
of venue, Mr. Belcher said. He wue I at°llt>erty to"wit'hdraw ^the'it^blds"*^
^ Wichita Falls Lyiany time prior S
Special Officer Frank Jordan. |the purchase. Once the title In a
* ; site is vested in the government, a
Criminal Cases I congressional act is required to
change to another location.
Descriptions of the property mu<t
be Included witl the bid. However,
District Attorney Raymond Ail- no special form is required and full
red staled last night that crltnlni'.l I Instructions may be had from the
cases would be on cull Monduv 1 postmaster. . jf
morning in 31st, district court, I _ _ , _
judge w. r. Ewing presiding. 7.? i Pampa Debate Team
district attorney stated that lie.
would clean up jaii cases first. i tseats * annanciie
A jury panel has been summon -1
ed for 9 o'clock Monday morning. By a vote of two to one, the
The Jail Is well populated nnd i boys' debate team of Central hign
officers are hampered because of j school won a decision from a boys'
lack of room for additional prison-1 team representing Panhandle high
er.t, Mr. Allred said, so we will i school here last night.
clean up some of the long stand- j Ihe local debaters defended the
ing cases first ro that the offievs! negative side cf the question: "Re-
can continue their good work.
Prepare for "Wreck"
To Be at Perry ton
the University of Oklahoma will
also be present. Reed Johnson of
Dallas will also be on the program.
Legionnaires from Texas, Okla ■
Legislation providing for the
nomination of candidates for the
office of Judge of the supreme court
end the several courts of appeal by
a convention was passed by the | homa and Kansas will be present.
Missouri state senate several days I *
ago. Candidates for these offices A total of 44,471 acres, mostly
before the bill goes into c^fect are I timber land, owned by the Rwiooe
nominated by the regular primary | Stith Building company of Kansas
election. City, ha« been listed for sale. ■
>olved that a substitute for trifc!
by Jury shculd be adopted".
Pair.pu debaters were Charles
Frost and LaVerne Vlckers. Mem-
bers of the Panhandle team w?re
Alf Fullingim and Frank Rome.
Judges were the Rev. A. A. Hyde.
Arthur Teed and Sherman White,
county attornev.
C. C. McAllister is in Jail in Mo^h
eriy, because, he will not tell police,
who want to shoot his dog, when
the animal is.
THE WEATHnl
WEST TEXAS — Cloudy, aottte-
what colder in north and west por-
tions Friday; Saturday portly
cloudy, somewhat colder in north
ond east portions.
OKLAHOMA — Cloudy, piolii|i|j
showers in east portion, somewhat
colder in west portion Friday; Sat-
urday partly cloudy, somewhat ooM-
or. '
BAST TEXAS — Cloudy Frtthft
Saturday unsettled, probably ah0t
ers in east portion, somewlMt o
iev Ut north and west portions.
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Hinkle, Olin E. Pampa Morning Post (Pampa, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 117, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1931, newspaper, March 13, 1931; Pampa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292931/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.