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BRONCHOS WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
THE State j>i Drary
Volume 6
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS PARTY
BENT ON PLEASURE RIDE
LEBANON Two lives snuffed
out and three seriously injured—
that is the toll taken by an auto
mobile accident last week-end on
the outskirts of Lebanon. The
party, apparently bound for this
city, crashed into the rear of a
truck parked on the side of the
road while traveling at a high rate
of speed on U. S. highway 52 about
12:30 a. m., Friday.
The dead are:
Madeline Griffin, years old,
52472 Indiana avenue, Indiapano
lis, who died on the way to the
Witham hospital of her injuries.
Her skull was fractured.
Eli Jackson, 36 years old, 815
Fayette street, Indianapolis, driv
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Report Ethiopians
Retake Dessye
DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland.
(C) —Reports reached her Friday
that Ethiapian warriors had re
taken Dessye, once field head
quarters of Emperor Haile Selas
sie, after the Italians had rushed
12,000 men to Addis Ababa to re
inforce the Italian hold on the cap
ital. The Dessye attackers were
led by Ras Seyoun, former com
mander of the Ethiopian army on
the northern front, it is reported.
The retaking of Dessye means the
Italian line between Addis Ababa
and Eretria has been cut.
Loses $1,500
In Gold Coin
JASPER, Tex. (C)s William
Land Williams, 60, lost $1,500 in
gold which he had buried near the
• mail box in his front yard. Wil
liams claims he never told anyone
about the money, which he had
saved as a timber contractor 35
years ago.
ARIZONA'S PREMIER RACE WEEKLY
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. AUGUST 14, 1936
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Boy Kidnaped;
Texan Jailed
TEXARKANA, Tex. An at
tempt of a white man to kidnap
and hold a Negro boy for SSOO
ransom was blocked when the lad
escaped and the kidnaper was ar
rested last wek and confessed.
The white man, J. H. Williford,
32, of Kingsville, Tex., has been
arrested by Sheriff Q. T. Harde
gree of Cass county and is being
held in the county jail at Linden.
Williford was arrested by the sher
iff at Rodessa, La.
William Rambo, 14, the victim,
was kidnaped June 25. Three
hours after his abduction, he es
caped from the ropes which Willi
ford had used to truss him up a
mile from home. R. Rambo, the
boy’s father ,told the sheriff he re
ceived two notes asking SSOO ran
som and giving instructions as to
where the money should be sent.
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EARL HINES
AND BAND IN
BUS WRECK
CUMBERLAND, Md.—Earl
Hines, known to thousands of mu
sic lovers, theatergoers, night life
habitues, and radio listeners-in as
“Father Hines,“ suffered a
wrenched back and was otherwise
shaken up in the accident which
occurred near here when the bus in
which he and his band were riding
on their way to Chicago, turned
over, after leaving the road.
The cause of the accident had
not been determined at the early
hour when the news of the mis
. hap became known. It is thought
: that due to the hilly nature of the
country near here, and because
i of poor visibility, the driver of the
[ bus temporarily lost control of the
; machine, and before he could re
gain control the vehicle plunged
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CHAMPIONS TO REPRESENT
STATE AT WICHITA KANSAS
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
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Killer Os
Boy Gets
20 Years
GRENADA, Miss. (C)
Zack Cockrell of Webster county,
who confessed the slaying of Ward
Wilson, a white youth, was given
20 years in state prison on a man
slaughter charge. The man was or
iginally sentenced to hang when he
was tried for the crime in January.
A change of venue brought the
case here.
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Drought Strikes .
Crushing Blow to
Sharecroppers
WASHINGTON, Sharecroppers,
tenant farmers and agricultural
laborers in the Southern states
have been hard hit by the drought
and face starvation this .winter,
according to federal officials.
More than 20,000 additional
Southern drought sufferers were
added to the WPA rolls this week.
Observers state that the govern
ment must extend its relief to
many more thousands of farmers
if the aid is meant to be effective.
It also must increase relief
wages to guarantee a subsistance
standard at least, they stated.
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DR. SMITH TO DIRECT
$4,000 RESAERCH
WASHINGTON (C) Dr. Alonzo
DeG. Smith of the Howard School
of Medicine is to direct a 4,000
research project in pediatrics. The
money came from the Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation.
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CONVICTED 155TH TIME IN
8 YEARS
TULSA, Okla. (C) When Judge
Hatch gave George Tipton fifteen
days and fined him S2O for taking
While Jesse Owens and his fol
lowers made history in the Olym
pic world, the Phoenix Bronchos
chalked up a record this week that
puts them tops in the, Southwest
baseball series.
Monday afternoon ,the Bronchos
gave the fans plenty thrills when
they scored two baseball victories
at the Nace Municipal stadium to
win the Southwest Semi-pro Base
ball Championship.
In the first encounter the Bron
chos, overcoming a 10-run lead,
spilled the Yuma boys’ bid by a
15-14 count, and then took the
Tucson All-Stars to the time of
13-11. The Broncs will represent
the state in the national cham
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Philippa Schuyler
Gets Fifth Spread
In N. Y. Daily
NEW YORK. (C) Philippa
Duke Schuyler got her fifth fea
ture article spread in the New
York Herald Tribune Thursday.
This time it was Philippas fifth
birthday, and the paper sent Lin
coln Bennett, star writer, and
carried a two column article with
a picture. The paper has fea
tured Philippa regularly since she
was 2 1-2 years old, with articles
in between. This year Philippa
got a grand piano on her birthday.
Italians Mixed Up
In Spanish War
TANGIER, Morocco (C) Italy
became involved in the Spanish
civil war Saturday as Italian air
planes, forced down in this terri
tory, were found to be armed. It
is charged the planes were going
to aid the rebels.
conviction in that court for petty
theft in eight years,
a lawn mower, it marked the 155th
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