Memphis Doctors Debate chlorine gas for pertussis at medical meeting
At a two day Panhandle District Medical society session in the Herring hotel Memphis Dr Rh Ernest Clark described chlorine gas as an effective pertussis treatment citing wartime experiments and several case histories. The afternoon covered diseases of children with talks on thymus hyperplasia pyelitis in infants and infant feeding while a call for vital statistics registration urged state cooperation.
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Panhandle District Medical Society
Herring Hotel
Ernest Clark
Memphis
Clark
J. M. George
George
Hugh Leslie Moore
Dallas
Texas
Jesse T. Nichols
Austin
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Union
Tire prank deflates nearly 100 cars in church lot
In Indianapolis at Brightwood M E church nearly 100 motorists leaving a prayer meeting found every tire deflated. Mischievous boys blamed. air pumps and crowd effort restored some mobility as tires were re-inflated. An estimated 12 000 pounds of air escaped the tires.
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Indianapolis
Brightwood M. E
Hardware Convention Closes at Noon With Hill Talk
After two busy days and a successful banquet the twentieth Panhandle Hardware and Implement association ends at noon. Dr J A Hill president of West Texas State Teachers College Canyon will deliver an inspirational closing address. Committee reports and officers elected at the annual meeting.
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Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Stimson Rules On Mrs Gann Social Status For Curtis
Washington April 9 A special diplomatic corps meeting will decide Mrs Gann status wife of Vice President Curtis as official hostess. Secretary Stimson sent letters to Sir Esme Howard and Vice President Curtis outlining his view that Kellogg’s precedence ruling applies to foreign precedence but not to private society in Washington.
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Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Stimson
Edward E. Gann
Curtis
Esme Howard
Edward Everett Gann
Gann
Kellogg
State Department
United Staraay
Program Session on Controlling for Profit Merchandising
A Canyon Texas business club agenda lists topics on profit control and merchandising with attendees from Lubbock Carthage and Canyon. Officers are to be elected and the session ends with adjournment as the P H N T club plans a busy morning of business.
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T. ©. Thompson
Canyon
Texas
B. Sherrod
Lubbock
C. Carter
Carthage
Miscouri
J. A. Hill
Emil Jannings Granted Leave of Absence From Paramount
United Press reports German film star Emil Jannings received indefinite leave from Paramount-Lasky. He will return to Berlin in May for unspecified duties or engagements.
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United Press
New York
Emil Jannings
Paramount Farious Players-Lasky Corporation
Berlin
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Tex
Weather outlook shows Wednesday fair with moderate temperatures for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expected to be partly cloudy. New Mexico unsettled with likely snow in northwest and north central portions and colder. High pressure north of Minnesota with developing low pressure systems over the central Rockies and British Columbia signals warmer conditions overall.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
British Columbia
Seeees
Troops Arrive as Border City Reacts to Rebel Movements
Rebels evacuate Juarez as General Marcelo Caraveo leaves with his army for an unannounced destination. Juarez residents form a vigilance committee and patrols with armed cars appear in the streets. Meanwhile rebel forces under Gen. Jose Escobar arrive at Agua Prieta and Gen. Ramon Lopez takes command at Ojinaga as federal troops brace for an anticipated rebel assault.
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Associated Press
Juarez
Mex
Marcelo Caraveo
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Jose G. Escobar
Presidio
Texas
Ramon Lopez
Naco
Ojinaga
Lopez
Chihuahua
Juan Andrea Almazan
United States
Lindbergh Missing in Flight From Mexico City
Reports from Eagle Pass Dallas and other Texas airfields say Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has not been seen since leaving Mexico City. Officials checked fields along his supposed route and found no trace as he continues eastward possibly turning west toward Kelly Field. No alarming official notice was issued.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Tex
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico City
iBy
Preas
Dallas
Texas
United States
Brownsville
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Lindbergh
Dawes Named Great Britain Ambassador
Former vice president Charles G. Dawes has been selected by President Hoover as ambassador to Great Britain. Formal announcement awaits British acceptability as Dawes completes a Santo Domingo mission reforming finances there.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Hoover
Great Britain
London
White House
General Dawes
Alanson B. Houghton
New York
Dawes
Santo Domingo
England
Houghton
United States
Coolidge
South America
Gaither denies firing officer for auto ride on duty
Chief WH Gaither states Patrolman Thomas Bush was not discharged. Bush had claimed he was fired for taking a short ride with former Sheriff Wiley Pollard, whom Gaither calls an enemy. Gaither says Bush left his boat while on duty and should be discharged for insubordination.
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Thomas Bush
Police
WH. L. Gaither
Hush
Wiley Pollard
Bush
Gaither
Pollard
Roosevelt signs poison booze bill in New York
Governor Roosevelt signed the Cuvillier law making the sale of beverages containing wood alcohol a felony punishable by two to five years in prison.
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Roosevelt
iBy United
Albany
N. Y
City Charter Demands Special Election for No 2 Commissioner
Amarillo schedules a city election on April 22 to elect No 2 commissioner. Lester Stone led voting on April 2 by 50 with rivals dropping out, but officials say the November run off must proceed as a formality per the city charter.
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Edwards
Lester Stone
Amarillo
Stone
Col
Ernest Thompson
Jim Vernon
City Commission
J. H. Harris
Amarillo Mulls Rate Cuts After Gas Profit Audit
Amarillo’s city commission, after auditors found Amarillo Gas with 64 percent of receipts going to Panhandle Pipeline and a 48 percent net profit for that company, votes to reduce rates. The audit links all three firms to Southwestern Development and Prairie Oil & Gas. The commission warns of condemning the distribution system if rate cuts aren’t accepted and forwards findings to the next administration.
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Amarillo
Kansas City
City Commission
Amarillo Gan Company
Panhandle Tipeline Company
Amarillo Gas Company
Eity Commission
Panhandle Pipeline Company
Gai
Amarillo Oil Company
Ame
Gannold
Prairie
Southwestern Development Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Clinton H. Montgomery
Kansay City
Black & Veneh
F. B. Black
Montgomery
Commission
W. H. Brymer
Canyon School Needs Million Says Dr Hill
Dr J A Hill president of West Tex State Teachers College told finance committees in Canyon that the college needs 1 317 926 for operating costs and new buildings and equipment in the coming biennium. State legislators toured area campuses and planned a trip toward the Texas Oklahoma boundary dispute.
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Canyon
West Texan State
J. A. Hill
Finance
State Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
James O. Gulekie
Fort Worth
Denver
Quanah
W. H. Fuqua
First National Bank
Oklahoma City Smashed by Hail and Wind Fury
Violent wind and hail battered Blackwell Oklahoma, ripping roofs from businesses and homes, shattering windows, snapping power lines, and tossing parked cars. A freight car toppled into a yard. no injuries reported as damage assessments begin.
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Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Blackwell
Okla
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