County Funds Set July 1 Deadline for Panhandle Ads
The Panhandle of Texas Inc publicity committee at the Chamber of Commerce set July 1 as the deadline for county quotas to fund a 40 page rotogravure magazine. Fifty thousand copies will be printed for distribution at 12 fairs this fall, with pages for each subscribing county and regional matters. Paul Odor will assemble layouts, with two weeks after final materials for publication. Attendees included T. E. Johnson chairman and Howard A. Ferguson general manager. An early July meeting will approve Odor’s work and finalize pages.
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Panhandle of Texas Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Paul Odor
Amarillo
Odor
Howard A. Ferguson
T. E. Johnson
Borger
George Briggs
Pampa
Ed Kurran
George Maggard
Hamilton Luna
Mr. Ferguson
Collingsworth Extends Free Immunization Services
Wellington reports Collingsworth County expands health program with free physician vaccines for smallpox typhoid diphtheria rabies and more. State Health Department provides medicines. local commissioners and a central committee coordinate 12 divisions with doctors and nurse Violet Jones administering vaccines at scheduled community sites.
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Wellington
Collingsworth County
State Department of Health
Kinty
Commissioners Court
Violet Jones
Hungry man steals pants from Polk Street store
L. J. Ross, 19, from Texico New Mexico, entering Killough Davies on Polk Street, seized 14 pairs of trousers and fled. He told police he was hungry and planned to plead guilty. Police captured him as he explained his hunger prompted the act during a run with the loot.
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L. J. Ross
Killough & Davies
Polk Street Clothiers
Ross
Texico
N. M
Charles Kelly
Wife Jumps Him For Being Late
Iris FE Everhart pleads self defense after police arrest on Friday afternoon for slashing his wife with a knife. Everhart a bellhop on night duty at the Herring Hotel says his wife attacked him with a stick and he struck once. Wife seriously cut was taken to a hospital. He was held at the city jail.
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Iris FE
Everhart
Herring Hotel
W. R. McDowell
Fashion Model Claire Coulter Proves Success Needs Flair Not Beauty
New York June 1 fashion model Claire Coulter says beauty is not required to succeed in modeling. At 5 feet 8 inches and 117 pounds she earns about 200 weekly, learns the business beyond posing, and advises saving earnings as popularity fades within a few years.
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Claire Coulter
Julia Blanshard
NEA
New York
Mile
Gabrielle Chanel
Paris
America
France
Miss Coulter
Claire
Portland
Palm Beach
Central Park
England
Plan Demo Harmony Group To Keep Off Battles of Texans
Texas Democrats plan a state harmony group to avert intra party strife ahead of the 1932 presidential delegate selection. The effort seeks to unite Roosevelt supporters and opponents, prevent partisan fights over Smith Hoover or prohibition, and keep party cohesion as Texas votes 46 delegates in the national convention.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin
Texas
Smith
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Peter P. Leyendecker
Webb County
Harmony
Dan Moody
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Herbert Hoover
Jesse H. Jones
Controlled Roasting by Hills Bros. Coffee Process
Experienced cooks apply fruit halves to hot syrup and Hills Bros. uses a Controlled Roasting method. Green coffee is fed in three pound lots for gradual even roasting to achieve a uniform flavor. Vacuum packing keeps coffee fresh and free of air. Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc. Kansas City Missouri 1931.
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Hill Bros
Hills Bros
Hills Bros. Coffee
Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc
Kansas City
Missouri
Flight plans rush as summer aviation year begins
June 1931 brings rush of ambitious flights as Lockheed builds a world flight for John Henry Mears and Vance Breese to beat Graf Zeppelin. Wiley Post's monoplane will be overhauled for a transcontinental record attempt. Donald MacMillan prepares for a North Pole aerial expedition. Col Roscoe Turner eyes east west and west east records. Roy Ammen studies trans Atlantic flight. Lindbergh hints at a revved ship and possible cross country run.
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Los Angeles
Lockheed
John Henry Mears
Vance Breese
Post
Wiley Post
Brothers Reunite After 17 Years In Friona
J. E. Ware of Friona and evangelist Rev. A. Ware of Jacksonville Fla. met after 17 years apart and recognized one another at Friona. A factual note adds that apples grown in Australia this season would fill 8 643 000 bushel baskets.
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Friona
J. E. Ware
A. Ware
Jacksonville
Fla
Australia
Silent Signals Make Rubes Of City Drivers
Amarillo grows restless as silent traffic signals in the downtown district cause hesitation at crossings. Drivers crane their necks to look for warnings while honking cars and damaged fenders pile up. A pedestrian and driver shared a rare smile at Sixth and Pork as the change unsettles street habits.
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Amarillo
Episcopal Church Summer Conference to Be Held in Lubbock
The Episcopal Church plans a summer conference in Lubbock from June 15 to 26 led by Bishop E C Seaman of Amarillo. The program divides into young people, adult leadership, and clergy conferences with lectures by Texas Tech faculty and various church leaders. Activities include swimming picnics athletics and stunts.
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Episcopal Church
Lubbock
E. C. Seaman
Amarillo
Seaman
Bradner J. Moore
Sarah Ewart
University of Texas
Episcopal Young People's Service League
Southwest
Ewart
Winslow
Topeka
David R. Cowell
Lanta
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Page
Canyon
Covell
W. P. Gerhart
Abilene
Texas Tech
Kleinschmidt
Ellsworth
Waghorne
Granberg
Strout
Dean Weeks
School of Economics
Aged Woman Prison Worker Tours U.S. Prisons
Mrs. Virginia Young, 70, member of the American Prison Association women’s committee and director of a New York delinquent girls home, visited Amari en route from New York to the west coast. She tours women’s prison conditions after completing Oklahoma, and is an aviation enthusiast who has traveled in Europe.
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Virginia Young
American Prison Association
New York City
Amari
New York
Young
Oklahoma
Europe
Slays Girl and Uncle Then Kills Self in Round Lake
Clyde Clemens shot and killed Grace De Witt 19 and Gordon De Witt 56 before shooting himself in Round Lake New York. He broke into the home in the early hours, Mrs De Witt escaped by jumping from a second story window with a fractured shoulder. Relatives say Clemens 45 had shown affection for Grace De Witt.
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Round Lake
N. Y
Clyde Clemens
Grace de Witt
Gordon de Witt
Clemens
de Witt
Shingled Cats Dominate London Show With Siam Champion
Shingled cats from Siam outsold tabbies at a London cat show. Dion of Allington won champion of champions as the crowd hailed the foreign coat with black and gold. The owner valued the cat at far above five thousand dollars.
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Siam
London
Dion of Allington
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Uncle
KC Cook
Jaques Mfg. CO
Chicago
Ill
Ivan Camps
Henlg
van Camp
Indianapolis
Ind
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