West Funeral Rites For Former Amarillo Police Chief
Funeral services for EF J West age 50 a former Amarillo police chief will be held at 4 pm in Griggs chapel with Rev Roy Snodgrass officiating. Attending pallbearers include W D McNeils Marshall Turner and W Oglesby. Interment at Llano Cemetery. Survived by widow Bessie M Vest two sons Eugene and Jack a daughter Ellene. Also surviving are father H P Vest of Roswell brothers Elmo Vest Amarillo Alfred Vest Roswell sisters Mrs H A Whitt of Roswell and Mrs Lou Stewart Marlow Okla. West was Amarillo manager of the Praetorians at time of death and had served as assistant chief in 1929.
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EF. J
Jack West
Amarillo
Griggs Chapel
Roy Snodgrass
First Christian Church
W. D. McNeills
Marshall Turner
W. Oglesby
Police Department
Byron Vermillion
J. Walker Hunter
R. B. Nutt
Llano
West
The
Praetorians
Jack” West
Ernest O. Thompson
Vest
Bessie M. Vest
Eugene
Jack
Ellene
H. P. Vest
Rosewell
N. M
Elmo Vest
Alfred Vest
Roswell
H. A. Whitt
Lou Stewart
Marlow
Okla
Church of Christ
Security Benefit Association
Oil Field Workers Demand Wage Revision Protest in Fort Worth
International Association of Oil Field Workers delegates in Fort Worth threaten a shutdown of the petroleum industry to press for wage differential changes. They condemn the Federal Petroleum Administrative Board's differentials as inequitable and say they jeopardize Roosevelt's recovery program by lowering workers purchasing power.
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Fort Worth
International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America
Federal Petroleum Administrative Board
Roosevelt
Town projects give work to 46 on rolls
Shamrock relief head W. Veale reports 46 men on direct relief rolls were placed at work on city streets conditioning, shoulder building, and drift clearing after recent rains. Six work on Wheeler jail sewer project. others in Precinct 1. Veale to file for North Ward School grounds work including Bermuda grass and walks.
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News Shamrock
Shamrock
W. Veale
Wheeler Jail
Precinct 1
Veale
North Ward
Unemployed Teachers To Attend Training Centers
June 7 report states unemployed teachers from Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Florida and other Southern states will join federally funded classes to learn how to teach industrial workers about jobs and daily life. The first center opens at Atlanta University with 30 unemployed Negro teachers beginning a six week course.
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Washington
Atlanta University
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Yale U. to Honor President Roosevelt with Degree
President Roosevelt will travel to New Haven on June 30 to receive an honorary doctor of laws from Yale University. Carl Lohman, Yale treasurer, confirms the award and notes the President is a Harvard graduate. Possible stay at Dr. Harvey Cushing’s home is mentioned. Dr. Cushing just joined Yale and is James Roosevelt’s father in law. Duncan McNaughton, 1932 Olympic high jump champion, is pursuing a PhD at Caltech.
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New Haven
Conn
Roosevelt
Yale University
Carl Lohman
Harvard
Harvey Cushing
Cushing
Yale
James Roosevelt
Duncan McNaughton
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Duce's Eldest Wins Wings as Youngest Pilot in Italy
Vittorio Mussolini, 17, becomes Italy's youngest licensed pilot at Centocelle airport after completing the full course. His father, the air minister, signed the diploma and pinned the badge as Premier Mussolini and Gen Valle observed the final tests including high altitude climbs and a 125 mile flight.
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Duce
Italy
Rome
Vittorio Mussolini
Centocelle
I Duce
Vittorio
Mussolini
Valle
Mrs Roosevelt visits dream camp in West Virginia
Mrs Franklin Delano Roosevelt joins fifty pioneer families at Reedsville West Virginia for the opening of their Dream Coming project in Arthur House. The event features a conference with homesteaders and a gift of onions and radishes from the harvest.
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Reesville
W. Va
Arthur House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Divc
Federal Laboratory
Andy Goldstrom
Reedsville
Mrs. Roosevelt
Knight Considers Hospital Lease Amid Recovery
Hollywood June 7 U Pi Knight, recovering from her third operation in a year, contemplates leasing a hospital. Her first surgery was for appendicitis, followed by tonsil removal, and a recent procedure to address adhesions from the initial operation.
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United Press
Hollywood
U Pi
June Knight
Missing 17-Year-Old Edward Thorpe Sought Nationwide
Mr and Mrs BE M Thorpe of near Foss Oklahoma search the Southwest and West for 17 year old Edward Thorpe a University of Oklahoma Norman student who disappeared April 18 after leaving campus citing poor grades A $50 reward is offered for information. He was near a B average with strong scholastic record and was not in trouble according to his parents.
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BE. M. Thorpe
Foss
Okla
Edward Thorpe
Amarillo
University of Oklahoma
Norman
California
Thorpe
Barrett Goodson
Early Olney wheat tests set record and yields
A truck load of wheat from W. T. Swink farm west of Olney tested 65 1/2 pounds per bushel at Graham Mill and Elevator in Olney. The field average was 63 pounds per bushel yielding about 2 bushels per acre. The crop came from super hard black hull seed.
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Olney
Tex
W. T. Swink
Graham Mill and Elevator Company
Wholesale Credit Men Form Organization In Amarillo
More than a score of Amarillo robbers met last night at the Serr ing Hotel for a preliminary organization of wholesale credit men. The Amarillo Association of Credit Men will serve wholesalers as the retail group does for retailers. Mack W. West presided. speakers included H. W. Hardy R. B. McFadden and E. E. Barbee. Committees will canvass jobbers in two weeks to strengthen the local body with an interchange bureau linked to the National Association of Credit Men.
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Amarillo
Serring Hotel
Amarillo Association of Credit Men
Amarillo Credit Association
Mack W. West
Southwestern Drug Corporation
H. W. Hardy
Oklahoma Credit Men's Association
R. B. McFadden
Alexander Drug Company
Oklahoma City
National Association of Credit Men
Amarillo Joldbers
United States
Amarillo Credit
John M. Cole
West
Giant diamondback rattlesnake killed near Pontotoc
A six foot six inch rattlesnake with 93 rattles was killed in Brady Texas. Otto Bode snared the reptile in the Pontotoc community. It weighed about 20 pounds and locals say it is the largest on record in Pontotoc.
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Brady
Tex
Otto Bode
Pontotoc
Morgan & Company Seeks Private Banker Status
New York June 7 Dr P Morgan & Co announced an application to the state superintendent of banks to continue as private bankers under state banking laws. An examination of its affairs as of June 1 was made and, if approved, the firm would publish its statement whenever required by the superintendent.
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New York
Dr. P. Morgan & Co
State Superintendent of Banks
Texas WU, Student Wins Scholarship
Texas WU recipient Bascom Henry Caldwell Jr of the University of Texas receives a Charles A. Coffin Foundation fellowship from General Electric to pursue research at Yale. The announcement notes Caldwell was chosen from over 100 applications for the post graduate award enabling continued study at Yale University. The piece mentions upcoming changes to the University of Alabama baseball roster with three seniors set to graduate, affecting the team’s lineup.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Charles A. Coffin
General Electric Company
Bascom Henry Caldwell, Jr
University of Texas
Yale
City Manager Returns After Submitting PWA Loan Details
City Manager H. R. Smith returned from Fort Worth with plans and specifications for the water works improvement to obtain a PWA loan. State engineer officials will likely act early next week. The papers were delivered to Examiner Helland with a certificate of the special election validating revenue bonds. The federal government has signed a loan contract pending state approval.
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H. R. Smith
Fort Worth
PWA
Smith
Helland
H. A. Thompson
Amarillo
Tractor oil price at 20c to 25c per gallon
Ad notes tractor oil available at 20 to 25 cents per gallon. Location listed as 1900 W 3rd system.
Kamp Kiwanis Open To Visitors Tonight
Kamp Kiwanis welcomes visitors this evening from 7 30 to 9 o clock as the Girl Scouts in summer encampment host a camp fire program. Miss Dustin Lowrey invites parents and friends to attend at the camp reachable via Highway 86 to Indian Hill Golf Course, then north on the first road west of the course, about three miles from the highway.
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Kamp Kiwanis
Dustin Lowrey
School Officials to Gather for Texas Administration Conference
More than 150 city and county superintendents and public school officials plan to attend the first Texas School Administration Conference at College Station. The event, sponsored by Texas A&M College and several school executive organizations, will be held next week under their auspices.
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College Station
Texas School Administration
Texas A. & M. College
Three to recover after fatal crash near Palestine
Hospital attendants said three Tyler residents injured in a crash east of Neches would recover. Miss Ruth Franklin, 18, of Tyler, died in the accident. Eugenia Tunnell had a fractured skull and back injury, T. W. Shaw Jr. a broken collar bone, and Hildreth Parker a shattered elbow remained hospitalized.
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Palestine
Tex. Jung
Tyler
Neches
Ruth Franklin
Eugenia Tunnell
T. W. Shaw, Jr
Hildreth Parker
Yeggs Take Worthless Warrants From Gulf Tractor Office
Three men entered the Gulf Tractor and Equipment Company offices in Houston and stole warrants totaling 13 762 dollars from the safe. The county warrants were issued by about 14 Texas counties in the company's name for work done and are declared worthless as payment was stopped. The burglars also took 40 dollars in cash and 30 dollars in stamps.
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Houston
Jime 7
U.P
Gulf Tractor and Equipment Company
Texas
C. R Ledlow
Yeggs
Longevity Table Upset By 45 Year Old Farm Mule
In Kinston North Carolina a farm mule named Mike lived to 45 years. Officials confirmed he was 13 when Ira D. Sparrow bought him in 1902 and the Sparrow family owned him until his death.
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Kinston
N. C
Mike
Ira D. Sparrow
Sparrow
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